Dan stopped at our table, “Is the music too loud?” This question poised to the Gringo that makes all the noise! Of course I assured him the sound level was just fine.
“I asked the trumpet player to use one of those…what do you call it…?” He said.
“It is called a mute, Dan”
“Yea one of those. A mute.”
The trumpeter was playing a solo with a mute. Of course various mute types lower the volume and alter the timbre. It was fine, better, without as far as we were concerned.
Dan went about his business of moving chairs, seating as many as possible and engaging in small talk with several tables of guests he knows as regulars, or not.
Dan (in blue) Holds Court
We have waited too long to write about Dan’s Café Deluxe; but we were waiting to actually get together with Dan and get some more personal details. And we will do that soon. But here is what we know so far:
We have known Dan for several years. Know him for instance to stop in Super Che, the local grocery, and chat for a bit kind of know him. Dan and I have touched on 60’s Rock N’ Roll – we being comrades of that period. It think Dan might have been at Woodstock (of course who wasn’t?).
Yes, There is Always Ping Pong if You Do Not Love Jazz
Dan is a foreign fixture here in Puerto. He had started the very popular Cafecito Restaurant with his then wife many years ago. She got the restaurants (there are two). Dan moved on and started the Deluxe along with constructing lovely vacation rental units. Apartment style rentals mostly for short term.
Dan is laid-back. Puerto suits him to a “T”. He never wanted Puerto to be Cancun like so many wanted Huatulco to be. But the man has a flare for detail and first world dining and renting. The food is consistently good and very reasonably priced.
We have breakfast at the Deluxe often. Today’s fare: fried eggs, potatoes, wheat toast and fruit (papya, watermelon, cantaloupe and pineapple). Nicely done and plenty to eat for 35 pesos ($2.75 usd). For another 80 cents they toss in tocino (bacon) for you non-vegetarians. All good and tasty – consistently.
Live Jazz on a Sunday morning in a grand setting for cheaper than the cost of an Egg McMuffin – wow! After breakfast a walk along the beach and a dash home as it started raining! Remarkable already four raining’s in 14 days. In the previous five years we had not had that much rain in between September to April.
We arrived in La Punta and picked up our recent housekeeper helper, Anna, who was walking in our direction. She reported there had been no rain in La Punta. It works like that around here.
So the sun is out and so is one of our Iguanas. I just cannot resist taking photos of these amazing creatures.
A good and restful Sunday in Puerto Escondido. If you are here or plan to be here do not miss the opportunity to eat at Dan’s and to be entertained with some smooth Jazz on Sundays. Viva Puerto Escondido. Stay Tuned!
