Jolly Roger

 It was one of our family beach week trips- we had all come down a day before our house we rented was ready- figuring we could enjoy an extra day in a hotel 

Being a Friday night we were having some difficulty finding a restaurant that could accommodate a party of 12 - 6 adults and 6 children- (2 more children were not born yet!)

Frank would run in each place- running back out with the thumbs down signal- everyone was starving!

Finally we decide to try one more place- it was not a bad place but on a Friday night and by then it was likely after 7pm- well let’s just say it didn’t scream family restaurant! Oh it was called The Jolly Roger- 

Frank comes back out- motioning- they can take us- come in- ushering everybody in 

They set us at a table further into the crowded room- as we all filed in you could hear people saying- “ they just keep coming- look at all those kids”- the staff was really sweet and as I recall the food was pretty good 

We were noisy but hey it didn’t seem to matter as they were getting ready to start karaoke night- the kids were begging to stay for it but we didn’t 

Frank had decided to tip more than he usually did- but after we left - he was kinda upset to realize they had already added a tip! Oh well - Frank said maybe that person really needed it and hey we had made it through dinner!

As I write about this memorable time - I wonder if I can lay my hands on the pictures we took of some of us posing outside with the huge statue of Jolly Roger