crab

The terrace of the Rosewood Sand Hill hotel, a sprawling 16-acre estate near the Santa Cruz mountains that serves crab rolls and $35 signature vodka martinis, is where the big Silicon Valley deal-making gets done.

Sadly he climbed out of the barrel, like a hermit crab being evicted from a favorite shell.

Head down, he scuttled away like a nervous crab and disappeared into the shadowed hall.

You see, Gorringe had forgotten about one important detail— the crabs!

Seabirds and otters and crabs had gathered on the rocks, and lying in the middle of the gathering was a seal.