Our Florida Trip So Far

Delray Beach, Florida

This is where we are staying:

The lobby is pretty:

This is what our bedroom looks like, sort of.

(The first night, we had this view,

but we had to move

because there is construction going on right there.  

Now we have a less impressive view.

But it's quieter.

Oh well.

We also have this living room with couch, desk and tv.

It's all very roomy.

The bathroom is nice:

I love these shutters all over the hotel:

In front of the Miami Courthouse

 Hmmm...

 When I was in my early 20s

I worked in this awesome Spanish building

for one summer.

 This is the name of the company.

 This is where I didn't live in Coral Gables.
(My parents and sister lived here before I was born.)

  

Coconut Grove:

We are wondering what this
New Orleans style building
is doing here.

A band was playing in the Gap.

Hello Kitty was at Coconut Grove!

Then we go to South Beach.

There are approximately a billion restaurants

along Ocean Drive and we end up

sitting at a table next to this person 

who looks like me:

She has stringy brown hair

in a ponytail just like mine.

She is wearing exactly the same

color shirt as my hoodie.

So I'm pretending to take

pictures of Bret

but really trying to get

her in the background!

Then we walk around SoBe

where Art Deco hotels abound.

Cardozo Hotel:

Loews:

More Googled photos of the hotels

because they have such varied

and fun architectural details:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ocean+drive+hotels+miami&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=38093640&biw=1280&bih=606&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=nUqfUIT7EIrI9QTSh4HoBw

We amuse ourselves in one of the lobbies

by posing on these

quirky oversized chairs.

This flamenco dancer

inspires Bret to dance

with one of the waitresses

but fortunately

the waitress doesn't notice.

Of course no trip to Florida

would be complete

without running into

Charlie Chaplin.

Lincoln Road:


We saw Salsa classes in progress:


H&M opened November 8th there:


Bret likes the garage...

and concrete decorations like this:

and this:

This guy is making fun stuff 

out of palm leaves

This is a 'real person'

posing as a statue.

Flowers are hanging from the trees.

Wine and Seafood Festival

by our hotel

Because it was Sunday

We could go to Open Houses

So on the way to Las Olas

We checked out some great properties.

like this

and this one

Las Olas Boulevard