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Day 5: Back to Miami

11 January, 2004 at 08:07 PM
categories: scooters travel
Last night was cold! I know it's much colder home in Boston, but Key West shouldn't be 50 and windy as hell! We spent our second night heading down to Mallory Square for "Sunset (We saw clouds)":http://www.sunsetcelebration.org/. I was wearing a wool turtleneck sweater, and was chilly. Sadly, we walked around the "Hilton":http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?moreDesc=true&ctyhocn=EYWKWHF (which basically took over the waterfront a few years ago), but couldn't find the "Cat Man (must be the best street performer I didn't see)":http://www.catmankeywest.com/. We did catch "Jeep and Mo":http://www.sunsetcelebration.org/performers/jeep.htm and some tumbling/acrobatic group. Not bad, I suppose, but nothing you couldn't get at "Fanueil Hall (Boston's tourist central)":http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/ on a Friday Night. Drinking was again the goal, but we had such difficulty finding good places to drink. After a drink in some sports-type bar on Duval, which had the "Patriots":http://patriots.com playoff game on, we settled on Key West's cheesy landmark, the "Hog's Breath":http://www.hogsbreath.com/. The food is average, the service was terrible (we ordered dinner in the bar), and the music can only be described as _awful_. D'ya like Dave Matthews or Jimmy Buffet? super. So, we walked up and down Duval again, and retired around midnight, utterly sober. In the morning, we took the scooters for a ride again, and then returned them. Then we headed down Route 1, back to Miami. Meeting Sara in South Beach, we walked along Lincoln Road, browsing the antiques and overpriced clothing shops. We ate at the "Nexxt Cafe":http://www.southbeach-usa.com/restaurants/list/nexxt.htm -- which is a bit like the Cheesecake Factory, only you're stuffed into a hundred tables out on the sidewalk where you can watch the beautiful people and ugly tourists shuffle by. I could tell you what I ordered, but it wasn't really memorable. It was nice to see Sara, and escape the _Totally Tourist_ ambience of Key West. Sadly, I'm a city boy. However, you Miami folks honk your horns too much. For now reason. Seriously. Since our flight is leaving tomorrow at 7:25am, I think we're going to leave here and find a cheap motel near the airport. End of vacation, and back to work!

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Mom Mom
wrote on Feb 1, 2004 11:19 AM

Dad and I enjoyed reading your trip journal. Sounds like you did some fun things!