After work I met up with Craig and Karen and their boys for dinner at Monty's in Coconut Grove. Gorgeous view of the marina. Sunset from our table: We ordered an appetizer of conch fritters because you know, look where we are! However, according to this recent article in the…
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Yesterday and today are not the kinds of days I'd usually blog about, because (1) we didn't do anything very exciting, (2) we didn't go anywhere cool, and (3) there was nothing to take pictures of that I haven't already shown you. But I'm going to blog about it anyway,…
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After our Cuban lunch yesterday we took a drive and walk around the Wynwood Arts District. Wynwood is an area with a large number of art studios and galleries and is home to the Wynwood Walls — an outdoor permanent mural exhibit featuring some of the worlds most renowned street artists. There…
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Yesterday we'd planned to go sailing with Craig, but the weather didn't cooperate. We all did a little work (while the thunder roared) and then headed to Calle Ocho/Little Havana for some Cuban food at Versailles Restaurant. According to their website: Versailles Restaurant, The World’s Most Famous Cuban Restaurant, has been…
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Saturday night and Sunday day, Kevin's brother Craig was playing a concert with (while coaching the trumpet section of) the New World Symphony for their 25th season opening: The Russian Musical Soul. The first half was Stravinsky: the Circus Polka (1942) with a super cool animated film by Emily Eckstein, followed by…
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(Posted by Kevin) You may wonder why we're here – in Miami, Florida – just about the farthest place in the U.S. from our home base of Portland Oregon. Nope, we're not snowbirds. And, if we were, this would be way too early to be leaving a place with Octobers…
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As long as we've been on the road, we're still occasionally finding places that we think "I could stay much longer in this place." The Florida Panhandle is one of those places. I thought I'd show you a few of the houses here on the gulf coast, in case you…
1 CommentBillboards we saw today on the Florida Turnpike: LawyersSell Your RV Right from your CampsiteX-Mart Adult SuperstoreMany, many, MANY "Don't kill your baby" signsMedieval TimesGun World More LawyersDisneyMarines Animals we've seen since Texas: One Armadillo (dead)Two wild pigsCowsHorsesLlamasRaccoonsOne water snake (probably a cottonmouth)Crabs (Ghost, Hermit)Heron, buzzards, hawks, gulls, pelicans etc. FishTurkeysTwo…
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This afternoon we went for a nice hike up in the wilderness area of St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. (You do need a permit to get into this area, but they just give 'em out at the park office free.) We parked and took the path over to the bay…
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We took our lunch break today and drove down to Apalachicola for some more local oysters. (You'll also learn, if you click that link, that the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue was shot in Apalachicola.) Anyway, we went to Boss Oyster for our lunch and sat out on the deck…
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