Ceil didn't tend bar for long in Seward, but it was long enough for Bob Valdetta to get smitten. One of Alaska's first and foremost celebrity bartenders, Ceil gained her fame at a bar in Indian called the Bore Tide. "The Tide is In" the sign would announce, as Ceil went on shift. The parking lot would immediately begin to fill.
During her tenure, Ceil had a number of keepsakes made for the tourist trade that highlighted her best feature. When Valdetta offered Sara Nan a postcard of Ceil that he had been saving, Ceil's niece knew instantly how to return the generosity. Sara had inherited molds of Ceil's torso that were originally used to make lollipops.
She took the molds to Sweet Darlings and had them filled with chocolate. Sweet Darlings, a subsidiary of Brown & Hawkins, has been making chocolates for over a hundred years. Click on the title to go directly to their webpage, www.sweetdarlings.com, where you can order some sweets of your own. Their peppermint bark was recently rated the best in the world.
Sara presented her offering to Bobby at his regular five-o-clock meeting of the minds held daily at the Breeze Inn. A glance at his face tells the whole story. It was noticed that Bobby didn't ask any of his fellow meeting attendees if they wanted to try a bite.
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