More Crab Day Pictures

Every year during crab season, which around here is November to June, we drive down to Half Moon Bay to buy some crabs right off the fisherman’s boat. This year we spent crab day with two couples, Orion and Rebecca, and Mike and Meg.

O+R drove down with Steve and I, M+M met up with us later. We ended up buying 20 crabs, and got 3 or 4 box crabs for free. Those things are crazy looking, they fold up into a tight little ball that looks like a rock, with two perfect holes – not sure what those are for. Neat little critters, and they tasted delicious, a fluffier more delicate meat.

As soon as we got back to our place, Steve started cooking all of the crabs. He did about 4 at a time. When M+M arrived they went to the grocery store with Orion to get ingredients. Rebecca and I started shelling some of the crabs. I believe we de-shelled 8 or 10 crabs, the rest are frozen for later. We had a really big bowl full of crab meat, it was difficult not to stick my face in it.

I’m usually clean up crew, so aside from de-shelling, I mostly drank and chatted with everyone. They made two types of crab cakes, some pasta thingies (even made the pasta) and more.

And now for the Lost part, usually we would watch the TV show, Lost, but it hadn’t aired yet. So instead we watched a mini series called The Lost Room. It was a fun show, at the end I found myself wanting more – both crab and lost.

Here is Orion’s post about crabs.

Yesterday I saw another accident, the second one I’ve ever seen (the first was in 2005). It happened right in front me. Had I not been paying attention I surely would have been a part of it.

I was on my way home and sitting at a stop light, the middle lane of three. There was a car (car #1) going through the intersection very slowly when the light changed. I think he was going slow because maybe he wanted to turn, but wasn’t sure. He realized the light must have changed because the car to my left and I started inching forward. So car #1 finally decided to go straight and darted forward.

Meanwhile, in the empty lane to my right, car #2 was coming through the green light. BAM! Car #1, darting forward, was hit in the passenger door by car #2, driving through a green light. The collision caused car #1 to also crash into the traffic light pole (in the center of the road), causing the traffic light itself to crash to the ground (I’ve heard those can cost between $40,000 and $75,000). I drew a diagram to help my explanation (below).

I immediately went through the intersection and pulled over, so did the car to the left of me. I grabbed two of my business cards and got out to make sure everyone was OK. There were a lot of people around, pedestrians and motorists alike. Several people got on their cells to call the cops.

Car #1 had a couple in it, the woman was in the passenger seat and she looked pretty dazed and confused, sitting on a chair on the sidewalk. Her husband didn’t look too good either. When I asked if he was driving, he just mumbled a little. Car #2 had a father and son. The father, all shook up, kept saying, “it was green right?” His poor son had a bloody nose.

Knowing how long the cops take to come around and deal with these things, I decided to give both drivers my business card and leave. Later that night a police officer called me to get the story from my perspective. I told it to him the same way I told you and he seemed to really appreciate the information. Hopefully I was able to clear a few things up for him.

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