15 | January | 2014 | Limeguy Writes Again

Vacation bunnies..

To the person from up north (not us) that brought the “norther” to South Florida, Go Home and take your weather with you! Wah, wah, I know we will get no sympathy in this cause. As you can guess, the weather down here has turned colder. We still have our shorts and flip-flops on. Instead of 82 and sunny we have 68, cloudy and breezy. Again, no sympathy is expected.

For breakfast we went to 5 Hermanos Too, a Cuban “joint” that serves authentic Cuban food and coffee. The egg sandwiches on the Cuban bread are outstanding. We found them last year when we stayed about 10 miles further north. My DW and I walked around the neighborhood to look at houses and dream. We found a fixer-uper that is listed for 599,999.00. On LBI it would be a tear down and start over. I took a video of some beautiful flowers in front of a house painted blue like the ocean complete with a mural of a jelly fish on the wall.

DS3 and I went out on the street to throw the lacrosse ball around. I will be playing in a tournament Friday, Saturday and Sunday. No time like the present to start warming up.

We kind of missed lunch and went out for ice cream around 3 pm. We went into a tiki bar and found two things. People smoking and no food. A quick Red Stripe later we were gone. We found a deli with ice cream just up the road and had our snack. After we returned to house I figured I better get some pictures in before it got dark out. I will post a few of the pictures below.

If you read this mornings post you read about our adventure last night for dinner. Over the course of the day I have traded texts with Barbie and I spoke with the owner of the marina on the phone. One silly comment has blown up into something else. Does the waitress still have her job? I really don’t know. But like I told the owner, we will return and eat there either way.

Thanks for reading.

Namaste

: Vacation bunny

: in the house

: more in the house

: view looking right

: view moving right to left

: view moving right to left

: view moving right to left

: No idea, anybody have a guess?

: artsy side sneeking out

: A plant (really)

Swingers? Not exactly..

Life is funny. Sometimes you have to work for the stories that you tell, other times, well, they come to you. Last night we ate dinner at Geiger Key Marina and RV Park. They bill themselves as “The Backside of Paradise”. This is another of those places that you probably won’t find in a tourist brochure. You should add them to your Lower Keys places to eat. How did we find them? There in lies the story.

About a year and a half ago I started following Barbie Wilson on Twitter. She is the “Sunrise Queen of Key West” @barbiedoll0087 is her Twitter name. She posts a picture of the sunrise and some sunsets from Key West every day of the year. I fantasize about living in Florida, so this is my way of living vicariously though her pictures. Especially on the cold winter days in New Jersey.

When we came down to Florida last January we, (DW, DS3 and I) met up with her at the Hogfish Grill for lunch. It was a leap of faith by both of us since we had “met on the internet”. Lunch went well and we have continued to trade twitter messages of the last year. Usually with her posting some epic sunrise or a Key West picture of some sort and me favoriting or commenting on the picture. I’m sure she has quite the following of people around the world that enjoy her pictures.

Last night we arrived at the Geiger Key Marina to meet Barbie for dinner. She was working until 8 pm at the KW Urgent Care. We arrived first and grabbed a table. I told the waitress that we were waiting for Barbie to arrive to eat. She gave me the strangest look. I said, yes we know Barbie, I met her on the internet. The waitress’ look was priceless. You see, Barbie’s husband running a fishing charter company called Knee Deep Charters out of the same marina. They know her quite well.

Not wanting to cause Barbie trouble at the marina (small town, people talk), I explained our story. This allowed the waitress to relax a bit. She looked at my DW and I and said, “Maybe I should not say this in front of the kids (DS3 and his GF), but I thought you guys might be swingers.. Umm, we laughed. No, just tourists! We are in the Lower Keys and that kind of thing probably goes on. The comment still has us laughing this morning as I write this.

This morning Barbie texted me that the manager of the marina called her to apologise for the swinger comment and that the waitress was in trouble with management. I told Barbie that we though the evening went great and were not at all offended.

As a sad note that gives this blog post a unhappy ending, the waitress lost her job this morning. That sucks.

Sometimes the stories come to you.

Namaste