*south*fla* recap - Part 2 - [date night] KEY*WEST

after two days with the Grams,

we left and headed south for Key*West:

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seven mile bridge:

longggggggg stretch of road

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we arrived!!
[4 hours later]

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my Key*West attire:

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first stop upon arriving:

Ernest Hemingway's

crib.

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the style...

...was like that of the house at the end of *Away We Go*

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outside Hemingway's second-story bedroom

was a balcony that wrapped around the house

...and was surrounded by lush palm-tree forest.

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*thumb*cats were everrrywhere:

it was said Hemingway himself had about

40-60 of these *thumb*cats roaming around.

weeeeeeeiiiiirrrrrrdddd.

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i'll stick to my normal-toed *babies*,

thanks very much.

i'm hiding behind the Jurassic-Park-like shrubbery
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it was interesting, Mr. H.

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gotta get back on my mope, though.

sorry, dude.

we mopeded to...see what's at the end of the block?

in the left hand corner?

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it's:

the southernmost point!

[although, honestly...we didn't really think that. we just didn't.]

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then,

we chowed down @ Alonzo's

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stupid sign if you ask me.

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me & my mojito, always & forever.

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him & his,
looking rather mischievous.
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mojito,
you don't know
how you do
the voodoo
that you do...
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tasty, oh so tasty Buffalo Shramp!
I love me SHRAMP!
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seafood ceviche
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after stuffing our bellies wit' some yumminess,
we went back to the room to get properly attired
for our *date*night* at Mallory Square
for the sunset celebration.
made up,
lookin' pretty,
& actin' a fool.
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he liked the boats he saw parked at the pier.
i like his *date*night* shirt & smile.
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gorgey gorge!
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thanks, random couple!

"We'll take a picture of you,

if you take one of us!"

[works every time]

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humminna hummina!

dress by U.O.

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shoes are sister's

that she bought in T.J. Max

and that she insisted I bring

since - according to her - they

are the only shoe either of us own

that make sense with the dress.
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totally fake-Coach mini wrist clutch

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yeah. it was.

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had to get his ciggy.
i picked blueberry flavor fo' 'im.

DO NOT inhale. :)

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stop...smile...hair flip...CLICK!

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made our way over to Jimmy:

and what do you know?!?!

he liked us. we liked him.

his specialty was mojitos.

heeeeeeeee!!

he made us six drinks for the price of two.

Jimmy, ya done us good.
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we needed to find the nearest ledge to rest our drinks upon:

4 Mojitos, 2 "Green Things"

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start wit' one then

on to the next one

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three down, three to go, YO!

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aint no thang,

sippin' on a green thang:

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headed over to the infamous:

Sloppy Joes was poppin',

but we didn't stay.

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my chariot awaits.

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so...yeah...

that chick riding around

Key*West on a moped

wearin' heels and dress

in the middle of the night...

...that was me!

i felt pretty bad ass.

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There you have it, beauties!

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that was my Key*West experience in a nut.

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haa haa!

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it feels so good to revist it today,

especially since it's my first

day back to subbing

...in my aunt's middle school...

...where my aunt makes the kids sound like they're from Dangerous Minds...

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...whatever.

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happs to yuh Thurs!