Comfort Food
Even mermaids and mermen like a good basket of fries now and then.
Which is why the first thing I did when I swam out of the Pacific Ocean and up onto the beach at Lincoln City, Oregon, was to pick off the strings of kelp from my hair, shake the water off my scales until they turned into legs, and walk in the direction of The Clam Grotto.
I was pretty sure I was going to find LeeAnne there. And if I didn’t, I was pretty sure I was going to find someone who knew where she was.
If you don’t know The Clam Grotto you’re missing an experience. The place sits on the bay at the south end of town. You don’t see it from the highway, you have to get off the main drag and head to the water. When you can’t go any further without getting sopping wet, you’ve found the Grotto. The crowds
