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ONE WEEK!!!
Little known fact: on the Eighth Day, God shook all the eccentrics of America into the nation's Southeast corner pocket. And They Became South Florida. And It Was Weird.
What was once a citrus farming town is now a pan-American mosaic, the most Latin city in the world north of Mexico. Throw in enterprising Caribbean immigrants, Jewish Holocaust survivors and their children, a fantabulous gay party scene, mad rednecks, the cast-off spawn of the dinosaur age cruising local waterways, and a South Beach celebrity scene that would make OK! magazine wee itself in joy, and, well;Look guys: it&'s weird here. And beautiful. Think of those clean lines slimming down a deco hotel on Miami Beach. The impossibly sexy people lining up at a Fort Lauderdale club. That pale full moon making love to the Everglades on a dank, sweaty night. Here's how it works: cruise down I-95 from the northeast corridor and at some point, near Richmond, you cross the invisible line separating the North from the South. Now go further, all the way to America's tip. Somewhere around Orlando, you crossed another line, separating the rest of Florida from reality. Here in Miami, the Everglades and the Keys, things are a little Alice in Sweaty Wonderland. It's the weather, y'know; all the humidity and hurricanes drive everyone a little crazy. And the alligators. And the mosquitoes, goddamn them. And the people, of course.
Which isn't to say modern Miami lacks problems. This international city has both the cheerful energy and hungry Third World edge of the Caribbean and Latin America. Economic inequality is rampant, and the grandiose spirit of American capitalism has mixed with Miami's Latin/Mediterranean flair, making the gulf between the haves and have-nots here seem particularly vast.
But that shimmering mirage of wealth and sex is also what makes this town so fun and fast. "The World is Yours" was the iconic catchphrase of Scarface, a movie that captured the highs and lows of Miami's hyperextravagant 1980s, and the citizens of this town have taken that motto to heart.
West of here is the Everglades, possibly the most unique ecosystem in North America, a flooded wetland that feels like nature's own musty womb. To the north,Fort Lauderdale; sips a martini by its yachting fleets. Down south stretch the mangrove islands and sultry sandbars of the Florida Keys, islands of both exile and refuge for those nonconformists who are too out there for even South Florida's misfit mentality.
Sounds good? Come on down. The air feels like a silk kiss and the beach smells like lotion and hormones. Welcome to Miami. The party started five minutes ago. You gonna dance?
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Cinco de Mayo was a tequila-infused success. These photos sum the night up the best:
If only I could remember these being taken! Then I got my wisdom teeth out and I've been in a daze 4 daze. So really I've lost 4 daze.
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Finding a hubby to call me "dahling" casually
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Britains Got Talent season is the most wonderful time of the year.
Love Ant and Dec, been watching SCTV (Wonky Donkey) allll morning.
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Seriously you guys, I'm 6 days in and they're flawless (photo below). I am definitely finding a salon out here to do this for me monthly. And for once my nails can grow without one of them breaking every other day.
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My Future, According to Madame Trelawney
Firstly, see that square with the little tea leaf in it? That is my heart in a box of tears. My two year long relationship is about to fail (I had one?). At least I didn't get The Grim.
Starting at the bottom right part of my tea leaves the tea lady saw that I was going to travel to South America with one other person this August. Because 4 o'clock on a teacup is August. Then I will be taking a year off of school (I suspect she may have detected my already-had gap year), and I will travel, but "not to tourist destinations like Thailand." Thailand isn't a tourist destination like London isn't right?
After my travels I will spend 8 years at school, that is the little bridge in the middle there. She apologized for this, but I'm planning on doing that anyways. Spooooky. It gets better too, my studies will take my abroad and into international relations. Straight after I finish up with them I will get a job in international relations and work abroad. Yay! During this time I will also meet the love of my life (which is the big fat heart towards the top left, but not the separated bit) and with him I will settle down, but not in a house.
At some point too I get my pilot's licence, possibly for a helicopter.
I have a great future! And just what I hoped, even if I have to wait until I'm 28 to meet the love of my life... at least its not 21 and then settle down. My cousin got pregnancy at 19 from this hahahah.
In all seriousness though, it was so fun to get my tealeaves read, even if I can't take it that seriously. Mostly I was amazed that this woman can make a living off of it.
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"All of Steinbach's VIPs will be there!"
I may have been introduced as Kate, but Grandma Vera had the best fascinator, and that is what's important.
That's also her to my left, HOT.
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