You know when you go on vacation to a popular destination and everyone you talk to, before you leave, says, “Oh my god, I love it there! You’ve GOT to go to _________ and get the ____________”, and you go and end up feeling some measure of anxiety about whether or not you’ll be able […]
Key West
What Happens in Key West is Too Uneventful to Go Anywhere Else Anyway
I am reporting live from Key West, where I’m on a Thanksgiving vacation. You know, the traditional all-American island, tropical, step-over-the-drunks-in-the-street, Key West vacation. This is a nice vacation for a middle-aged woman, her husband, daughter and mother-in-law. As it turns out, you don’t have to drink yourself blind when you’re in Key West. […]
Time to Buy the Turkey
It’s time to start planning for another Thanksgiving. I know this, because at my grocery store, the featured meat case has turkeys in it and there is an archway of artificial autumn leaves at the cigarette/lottery ticket/customer service counter. (In Florida, it’s important to pay attention to these clues since we often forget what […]