*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!

*south*fla* recap - Part 1

i left for my

last-hurrah

of summer vacay to

*south*fla*

three weeks ago.

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sorry for the delay,

but here were some snaps

from the trip:

JFK airport had this great artwork in the bag-check area.

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our 11:00 departure

was *on time*

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the cute [overpriced] cookies in the airport

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my feets.

the rug looked like speeding planes in the night sky, right?

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after a not-so-relaxin' turbulence-filled flight,

sippin' on the G. Ale...

...we arrived.

these were the first palm trees i spotted.

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...and like i said i was going to,

i stared,

and

smiled,

and

appreciated:

see the palms in my sunglasses?

see my weird Kyra Segdwick lips?

WT...?

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also...you notice the *airport*fashion* talked about in this post.

tee hee!

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met up with *the*Grams*

while some people who read this might think

"LAME! Hangin' with your Grandmother? On VACATION??!!"

they would be totally wrong.

my Grams rocks.
plus, Tomas & I hung with my little cousin Claudia, seen here and here,

and my cousin Ryan who just recently came back

from Afghanistan and was discharged after several years

serving in the marines.

Nuts!

I was so happy to be with family.

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here,

we walkin' to the pool area:

[Claude, the*boyf*, Ryan]
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what's he got in that cup??

[hey, it's vacation...whadaya think??]

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POOL TIME:

above you might spot:

Grams & her yellow noodle,

scuba-Claude,

my cute navy&white polka-dot bikini,

my great*aunt Tina in her diva hat & sunglasses and classic 'Stan Laurel face'
&

Tomas in a state of bliss.

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us three girls went to a rock&roll show:

me & claudia:
she was excited to wear my skirt.
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this was my face in reaction to the boys not attending the show:

they didn't attend because of this:
[this was a mobile phone pic sent to me by Tomas]
Tomas couldn't get in because he was wearing shorts, not pants.
Grams insisted that he go back
to her condo and wear a pair
of her stretch pants underneath his shorts.
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my cousin Ryan refused to let him
go out in public like this.
he said Tomas looked like a Samoan Peter Pan.
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the boys didn't show,
and
us girls watched The Shindigs rock out by ourselves:
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after the show,
came window shopping.
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my cousin,
Claudia,
who's only 14 and already taller than my 5'8" frame,
should model, I think.
she's got that natural skinniness most models starve themselves to achieve,
and
can act as a perfect moving clothes-hanger.
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case in point:
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these crack me up.
she is such a sweet, kind-hearted person.
i'd like to think she got some of that from me.
:)
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back at the condo at wee hours of the night,
Grams was arguing with the boys about why
she couldn't see stars at night:
light pollution?
cloudiness?
who knows!!
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another
can't-be-overlooked
aspect
of the
*south*fla*
trip was the
yumminess:
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yes, the yumminess.

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Grams/Granddaughter & red wine & ravioli.

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i had me some happy memories on my trip. Thanks for viewing!

Part 2 [Date Night] will be coming tomorrow, so stay tune, loves.

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have a wonderful wonderful Wednesday.