Not much to report today, so mostly photos and a story about fruit and romance.

We walked the entire length of King Street and noticed as it went from local, to slightly gentrified, to super fancy.

King Street has a residential section toward the water with beautiful historic homes, flower boxes in windows, and $100,000 to $150,000 cars parked on the street. How do I know this? Peter can’t seem to retain any information (including what’s for dinner, or how long we’ve been married); but he does know car values and wine ratings.

He proceeded to inform me the prices for these homes was between $4 million and $12 million dollars and added that he would never pay that much for a 150 year old home that probably needs a plumbing overhaul (good to know). I abruptly halted our walk and asked him if he was making all this stuff up. Apparently he found time to get on Realtor.com while we were walking along the narrow uneven sidewalk, in oppressive heat. He evidently can multi-task.

On to fruit and romance, specifically pineapples. There was a tradition many, many years ago for sailors to bring their sweethearts fresh fruit upon returning. And by sailors I mean sea captains.

They didn’t return with just any fruit. They brought back the highly coveted Caribbean pineapple. Call me crazy, but I think I’d rather have an exotic jewel or even 100% single-sourced chocolate. I could do either, like I said, I’m not super-picky.

Pineapples morphed into a symbol of wealth and hospitality because they were hard to keep fresh during sea voyages, and if you managed to get one back in tact and still edible, and you served it to a guest, it showed them that you had mad resources and skills, and really cared about them (or at least showing off to them).

Today, you see pineapples everywhere. They are on fountains, finials on gate posts, door knockers, etc. But oddly, not really on any restaurant menus. Maybe after consuming thousands of bruised, overly ripe, or even rotten pineapples, people learned to appreciate them more for their aesthetic qualities.