Key West is everything you can imagine … I stopped into Jimmy Buffet’s place and drank a toast to an old friend Heather. And found a great book he wrote “How to quit you job and move to Key west” this place has great sunsets and is a few blocks from the southern most point in the USA. The shops have loads of fun stuff. The book explains the ins and outs of life there .. food, flats, police, rules, old timers and locals. It’s as great as the state of California but smaller. I continue to read and plan my escape from Memphis which was voted last year by the FBI as highest crime city in the US. It’s time to say “Been fun … Gotta go”
Jan 15, 03:28PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
WOW !!!! what an incredible city. I stayed outside the city and picked up a rail pass for little of nothing. The hour train ride was an adventure in itself. All those small towns with their main street right next to the rails. Seeing the small shops and quaint little garden backyards. In the city you come up to not just big buildings but F*ing HUGE skyscrapers. The kind of buildings that makes you lean back to see them. they really do scrape the sky. How about that Sears Tower 110 stories tall. WOW….. Take a water taxi from Union Station to Navy Pier and ride that giant Ferris wheel.
There are so many things to do … my friends said oh you have to see yada yada yada. This is really a great walking city. 9 hours walking on just the first day. You have to see the aquarium, planetarium, Millennium park, Grant Park, Navy Pier, Zoo, the boat yards, skyline at night, from Navy Pier ride the Segway six hour tour down the beachfront to Oak Beach and back thru the park and downtown neighborhoods. I’ve been in major cities all over the world and this rates in my top three.
Don’t forget to sample the food too … Harry Carrie, Mulroney’s, Bubba Gumps, Chicago pizzas and hotdogs, the ball parks, ride the “EL” just out to the end and back. All these years I wondered why would anyone go on holiday in Chicago. I’m back to say I’M GOING BACK real soon. Why did I wait so long for this adventure.
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Sep 22, 12:18PM PDT | 0 comments
Someone gave me tickets to the KY Derby for both days. Thousands of hats everywhere you look. This was my first visit to the Derby and it was really impressive to be there. You have to walk all over and see the presidential floor and the infield too. The vendors and the groups spread out on their blankets on the lawn. There was a hefty man reaching into his pants and pulling out Ziploc baggies full of whiskey. He told me that’s how you bring the booze in. Be aware they will search you when you enter the gates. You are required to empty your pockets and purse onto a table. Then you have to put your items in a clear plastic bag and be scanned with a metal detector wand. The baggies of whiskey are undetectable. Rooms are expensive so plan ahead. Don’t try to park close to the Downs as there are no spaces. Park at the stadium and take the shuttle bus. If you like to walk it’s only a mile from there. Hang by the paddocks where the jockeys mount up. They are wearing clean uniforms going out and coming back in they are covered in mud (except for around their eyes). They will sign autographs as they pass thru the crossing area. They raise the crossing barriers as the jockeys come thru be sure to be on the side you need to be as they keep the ropes up until all the jockeys have passed thru. At the end of the races they pass out gorgeous roses from the winners circle too.
Aug 06, 2008, 08:29AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
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