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Despite the ongoing cough and reduced energy, I’ve been managing decent walks most days and have noticed some new arrivals on the beach. We’ve had summer-like days recently and it’s clear Fuengirola is preparing for “season.” We saw from our terrace that a new lifeguard stand had arrived. It can be seen immediately below with the base of the old lifeguard stand in the background. Following that is another new one about 20 minutes away. The stands with the concrete bases got washed away during winter’s higher than high tides. I wonder what the plan is for the new, more artful ones.
Another new bar has opened across the street from the beach about 15 minutes from here. Among the drinks prominently advertised are Sex on the Beach and Martini Porno Star. I had hoped for a Slow Comfortable Screw.
Just opposite that new bar, is an old chiringuito (beach bar) that has just changed hands. In preparation for the kinds of crowds the new bar will attract, the chiringuito has added an alarm system and a security cow.
The sand on the beach is again being graded and the boardwalks are in need of adjustment after the winter wave action. It’s a nice time of year.
Above you can see the new batch of lifeguards. Like the ones I remember from my youth, they do an awful lot of preening and strutting, and they’re always trying to upstage each other. Not the usual types I’ve seen around here.
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A pesar de la tos continua y la reducción de energía, he estado manejando caminatas decentes la mayoría de los días y he notado algunos recién llegados a la playa. Recientemente hemos tenido días de verano y está claro que Fuengirola se está preparando para la “temporada”. Vimos desde nuestra terraza que había llegado una nueva caseta de socorristas. Se puede ver inmediatamente debajo con la base de la antigua caseta de salvavidas al fondo. Después de eso hay otro nuevo a unos 20 minutos. Las gradas con las bases de hormigón fueron arrastradas durante las mareas más altas que las altas del invierno. Me pregunto cuál es el plan para los nuevos, más ingeniosos.
Se ha abierto otro nuevo bar al otro lado de la calle de la playa, a unos 15 minutos de aquí. Entre las bebidas que se anuncian de manera destacada se encuentran Sex on the Beach y Martini Porno Star. Esperaba un Slow Comfortable Screw.
Justo enfrente de ese nuevo bar, hay un antiguo chiringuito (bar de playa) que acaba de cambiar de manos. En preparación para el tipo de multitudes que atraerá el nuevo bar, el chiringuito ha agregado un sistema de alarma y una vaca de seguridad.
La arena de la playa se está nivelando nuevamente y los paseos marítimos necesitan ajustes después de la acción de las olas de invierno. Es una buena época del año.
Arriba podéis ver la nueva hornada de socorristas. Como los que recuerdo de mi juventud, se pavonean, y siempre están tratando de eclipsarse unos a otros. No son los tipos habituales que he visto por aquí.
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Such a pretty time of the year, can we get more pictures of the lifeguards?
David:
The monk parakeets or real lifeguards? If it’s real lifeguards you’re looking for, they’re not on duty yet.
Those aren’t the kind of lifeguards I was thinking about.
I was more in line with a Slow Comfortable Screw with a Martini Porn Star on the Beach.
Bob:
I didn’t know until I just looked it up that a Porn Star Martini (actual English name construction) is the same as a passion fruit martini. I’ll order passion fruit. But, yeah, a slow comfortable screw with any kind of porn star on the beach could be interesting.
“martini espresso” is calling my name ~
Ron:
Oh, I love espresso martinis!
Gearing up for another season. We were down at the beach looking at what preparations were being planned for our long-neglected surfing beach……..lots of new things/showers/picnic areas/canteen/life guard stations.
Yes, an exciting time of year.
Jim:
Wow. That beach is undergoing major changes.
Somebody needs to inform ALEHOP that one of their cows has gone AWOL!
Nick:
They painted the eyes (weirdly) to make it look like an unrelated cow!
I think as well that an Ale-Hop cow is moonlighting! Don’t they pay them enough?
Debra:
Yep, it’s the same cow, except they painted the eyes. Very strange.
You promised lifeguards. You know what I was looking for and, well, I’m very disappointed.
Frank:
Our lifeguards aren’t what you’d expect anyway. No Speedos (baggy box-cuts instead) and loose-fitting neon T-shirts.
I must be boring. Just give me the Margarita from the photo.
I like the cow and for a brief moment I thought that was Olga in the background!
Kelly:
I’ll take an espresso martini or a mojito. I went too far with tequila when I was 20, and have never recovered.
Very fancy lifeguard station – but it’s probably too early for the topless Speedo-clad lifeguards to put on a real show, I imagine. Jx
Jon:
No topless, Speedo-clad lifeguards here, sadly. Baggy neon T-shirts so they’re easily identified on top of baggy shorts. Ah well.
Looks like the new batch of lifeguards are just lined up waiting for the bar to open! The lifeguard stands are certainly colourful — a nice change from the usual white, red or orange. Maybe the Ale-Hop cow changed jobs in anticipation of better tips on the beach?
Tundra Bunny:
Maybe that’s where the Ale-Hop cows go when they retire. So no one would suspect, the new owners painted the eyes.
Quaker parrots! We used to own one of those. They’re VERY loud.
I’d like to try a Martini Porno Star! 😉
Jennifer:
We know them as monk parakeets here and, yes, are they ever loud. That’s a porn star martini to you. There was something lost in translation, don’t you think. But it turns out it’s simply a passion fruit martini, which is much less embarrassing to order.
I’ve had Sex on the Beach–the drink and unfortunately not the act. It’s vodka, peach schnapps, and various fruit juices. It’s pretty good, though I would have preferred the act. At least once, anyway.
Kirk:
I’ve never had sex on the beach in any form.
That darned cough! Mine is lingering, but it’s much better than it was and I can sleep again. Good luck!
Walt the Fourth:
Thanks. I’m glad yours has eased up a bit. May it soon be nothing but a memory.
Sorry to hear that your cough is still lingering. You brought my mind back to my college years when you mentioned a slow comfortable screw. I remember I was with some friends in a bar when that drink was ordered. I couldn’t stop laughing!
mcpersonalspace54:
That was the first time I heard of one, too, but I never had one. Well… in a bar.
How I wish I had a security cow, and a slow comfortable screw, but not with the security cow.
Love,
Janie
janiejunebug:
I agree.
Patience above! Such names of drinks!
I am suspicious: I have a theory the sillier the name the less ‘quality’ is the drink.
Urspo:
Oh, not necessarily. I looked up that Martini Porno Star (Porn Star Martini) and it’s actually a passion fruit martini, which is delicious.
This led me to look up what constitutes a “porn star martini.” It seems passion-fruit and vanilla vodka are the key ingredients. According to Wikipedia, it was the most ordered cocktail in the UK in November 2018. (Who collected THAT statistic, I wonder?!)
I just realized I Americanized (or Anglicized?) it from “porno star” to “porn star,” but I’m guessing the drink is the same!
Steve:
I, too, Anglicized it from Martini Porno Star to Porn Star Martini.
Steve:
I had to look it up as well. I’ve had passion fruit martinis and I’ll stick with that name. They can be delicious. Yeah, I wonder WHO and HOW.
At first I thought you were just using a titillating title to lure us n, but then I read this “I had hoped for a Slow Comfortable Screw. ” Oh, you big tease!
Sassybear:
Have you ever had sex on the beach?