Smooches To My Fans

I meant to post this the other day. I love the umbrella. I'm gonna get me one of these if we end up near the ICW.

But I really have to give a shout out to Robert for adding this picture to the Idiot Fan ticker. Hope he's a speed reader! Too fun.

His comment? Awesome read, laughed so hard, my mask filled with tears! Thank you Renee.

I really love you guys. If you've got a copy of A Sail of Two Idiots and haven't sent a photo in of you reading it, what are you waiting for?

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Vroom Vroom

Is that fall in the air? This was the first morning it actually felt cool out. The temps have been in the low- to mid-80s all week, but the humidity still kept the feel-like temps around 90. The stickiness continued no matter what time it was, but it seems we're supposed to have a 2-day break with drier air. Yippee! (Note: Summer's not letting go so easily; it got pretty darn hot.) The best part is that our friends are in town again! And this time we don't have to run a half marathon. And they aren't forced to sleep on an air mattress in our tiny apartment!

They're not the only ones to arrive. About 10,000 motorcyclists also descended on Key West for the annual poker run. There were 6 to 7 blocks of bike after bike after bike (or choppers). Wow.



What was funny was the fact that some had radios blaring. AC/DC? Lynyrd Skynyrd? Nope. Michael Jackson. Gloria Estefan. The Bee Gees. I kid you not.

This was probably more my style.

Mike's:

For those of you wondering what's up with our future:

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

So today is Michael's birthday.

Remember typewriters & whiteout? The Love Boat? Getting up and turning the tv channel? Where's the Beef? Leg warmers? Cassette tapes? Floppy discs? He does!

We started the weekend celebrations by going to a free Septoberfest beer tasting Friday at the Cork & Stogie. You'll remember that they were the only bar still serving by the time we made it down to that end of the street during last year's Food & Wine Festival. Last night we got to taste four beers, in surprisingly large amounts, considering we didn't pay anything.

One of the reasons we decided to check it out was because they were offering food. More specifically, they mentioned pretzels. We were hoping they were the large, soft German kind, but noooOOoo....Of course, we ate what they had anyway. I mean, they're pretzels!



Okay, so they didn't have real Octoberfest pretzels, but they had something better (sort of). Horseradish cheddar cheese. We'd never had it before, but Michael became obsessed with this cheese (remember our addiction to the baguettes in Les Saintes? It was like that). It was good, had a bite to it, and did a great job cleaning your palate for the next beer. I'm going to say it again - Michael became obsessed with this cheese. I finally had to stage an intervention: Step away from the cheese and no one will get hurt. He switched to potato salad, but I could tell he was pretending it was horseradish cheddar cheese.

This morning, I made breakfast burritos (there is enough protein in that thing to last a week). You'll note how clean the kitchen is when I cook.



I thought I should have added some sour cream on top, but Michael said it would have tasted better with horseradish cheddar cheese. Jeez. Food and presents. What more could you ask for. Well, beer. I wish I'd thought of beer.



I gave him a kitchen knife for a present (his favorite one had rusted and snapped). My mom also sent him a kitchen gift. You know you're old when people only buy you useful stuff. Anyone else see the resemblance?



Then it was a day at Fort Zachary beach. It's still very humid here, so that was definitely the way to go. It got a little nasty when we first got there, but as usual, the weather just passed by us.



Strike a pose! A man and his Eagle's Tervis cup (with beer) and trash magazine.



First day with the new toy! Yep. It's sharp!

And then it was time for the birthday "cake." I have to admit, I completely forgot about any such thing. Normally I buy something sweet and stick a candle in it - a muffin, a peanut butter cup, a slice of pie, etc. but I forgot. I don't have candles, anything to light one with, or a dessert. So we went for gelato instead. You do what you gotta do.

Duetto's gelato is delicious. We got to taste every flavor and liked things we don't normally like. Michael decided on peanut butter & chocolate. He was so in love with his gelato that he even said it was better than the horseradish cheese. ?! Talk about fickle! Personally, I could share this obsession. I want gelato for my birthday in two months too!