Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Tallahassee -- back to the old stomping grounds!

We headed back to Tally, where I went to FSU and lived from 1996-2000. We stayed with Dave and his awesome fiance, Morgan, which was a total blast. I hadn't seen Dave since he visited me in NYC in 2002, along with Chris D and Jason B. Thanks for hooking us up with a place to stay and your diner chow, Dave!

Carson and I also toured the FSU campus and checked out some of my old spots -- the places I lived, went to school, and even where I bought records, Vinyl Fever! I'd heard that things had really changed, but I wasn't prepared for how much. Frankly, I lost my way just trying to get around town near the campus, all the roads and businesses have changed! There are a bunch of pics on here for my old FSU peeps who want to see how things are looking in Tally these days.

We had planned to check out Wakulla Springs or something like that while we were out there, but it rained almost the whole time, oh well.

Anyway, here are some pics:

Me & Dave
Tallahassee

Morgan & Thor
Tallahassee

The old house on Call St., eight years later, sans all the nice plants Chris D put all around it.
Tallahassee

Where Glen & Jenee's little house used to be, now an apartment building. The second pic is where I lived during my Sophomore year at FSU, in that door on the second floor. The ground there, now concrete, was dirt at the time...the dirt onto which my apt mate Steve once dumped a cat-litter box he had filled to the brim himself, ultimately resulting in (Diana's) my other roomie's cat being discovered by the landlord.
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This was called "Cash Hall" when I lived there during my Freshman year at FSU. Hopefully, that was a reference to someone's last name. The second pic is the site of "The Louvre," the club I used to promote and DJ for during my Soph and Junior years.
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Vinyl Fever, so different inside from when I knew it that it made me feel really old. I found a whole bunch of old albums I loved in the bargain bin and all the turntables but one or two were gone. There was no longer a section for vinyl beyond maybe a few feet of mostly hip hop. It was super lame.
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This one is for Jen, her old dorm, Jennie Murphree Hall.
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Me & Paul.
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This used to be a street that went right through campus. Now it is a car-free brick walking area with this nice statue up there. Peeps who went to FSU should recognize the spot, the light up there is at Tennessee St.
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This is mine and Jen's old haunt, the Bellamy building. The second pic is just a nice admin and medical center building on the quad.
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This one is for Glen & Jenee. This is the dorm they lived in and met in back in 1996.
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Oglesby Union, if I remember the official name correctly, just "the union" to students, of course.
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Carson on the quad.
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If you lived in Tally, you have to click on this and look at the big version. This is the corner of Call St & Stadium Dr. My old house was one block away from this spot and I walked by this everyday to get to campus. This road going around the stadium was not here. I believe that's part of the new medical school there on the left. WOW, totally different!
Tallahassee

Finally, there's Dave, plying his trade in the second diner he's opened in the last 3 years or so! Awesome food!
Tallahassee

Monday, August 11, 2008

Hanging with the Moras in Sarasota!

We had some SERIOUS catching up to do with Glenee and the Mora clan, Dominic is already two and half years old and I've never met the kid!

Da Man.
Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

Awwww.
Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

Even Jenee can hardly keep up.
Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

The many faces of Dominic:
Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL


Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

Dancing to Wiggles!
Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

Mina and her stern-looking Momma.
Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

An ill-fated attempt to hit the beach; there was way too much seaweed in the water to enjoy it.
Hanging with the Mora's in Sarasota, FL

Saturday, August 9, 2008

We really LOVED the Keys!

Wow, we just loved the Keys and Key West way more than we expected! We hit the beach hard, snorkeled, took in some live music, mixed it up with the locals, and drank. We got wondering if this was a place we could settle down in...hmmmmm.

Roosters in Key West:
the Keys the Keys

Tropical Vacationland!
the Keys

Gorgeous sunsets every night (these shots are from Mallory Square: "The World Famous Key West Sunset Celebration!")
the Keys

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Rainbow Pier in Key West:
the Keys

Begining & Ending:
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The Green Parrot Bar. Seems to me to be the best bar in the historic district of Key West. Weheard an aweome band play here and drank it up with a mostly local early evening crowd who were there to hear the band do a "sound check."
the Keys

Purty:
the Keys the Keys

The Southernmost Point...I wonder if we're going to end up in the Northernmost Point out there in the Seattle area?
the Keys

Bahia Honda: absolutely without any doubt the most beautiful beach in FL and possibly in the USA. If you are in the Keys, please GO HERE! The remaining pics are all from Bahia Honda park.
the Keys

the Keys

the Keys

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Visiting the Fam in New Smyrna & PSL!

We spent a couple nights over at JB's --

At JB's in New Smyrna Beach, FL

in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Heron in New Smyrna Beach, FL


Bubbles!

Bubbles Bubbles


Pops and bubbles in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Carson in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Lots of great sunsets, as always:

Mom, Dad, and sunset in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Awesome lighting on the docks at JB's:

Carson at JB's in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Carson at JB's in New Smyrna Beach, FL

JB's in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Sunset in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Playing hopscotch in the sand:

Carson on the hopscotch

Happy yet?

Mom and Dad in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Momma:

Mom in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Pops:

Dad in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Dad grillin' in New Smyrna Beach, FL

The many moods of Doug:

The Borg in New Smyrna Beach, FL Dad in New Smyrna Beach, FL


Dad in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Momma:

Mom in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Sunset at JB's in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Carson got very close to several Manatees:

Manatee in New Smyrna Beach, FL Carson & Manatee in New Smyrna Beach, FL

Most of these great sunsets shots are from JB's. These shots were taken about 15 minutes apart. One focuses on the lamp and the other on the clouds (I think it is better on the lamp, since the clouds are more about the sunset colors, but oh well):

Sunset at JB's in New Smyrna Beach, FL Sunset at JB's in New Smyrna Beach, FL

The moon is out during the sunset:

Sunset Moon in New Smyrna Beach, FL


The Confederate rebel battle flag, and a symbol of racism to all but the insincere, all over as I travel across the south...

Flea Market in Daytona Beach, FL Flea Market in Daytona Beach, FL


New Smyrna Beach, FL

Uncle Bud:

Uncle Bud in Port St. Lucie, FL
Granny:

Granny in Port St. Lucie, FL

A close in crop of the moon taken with a stabilized 200 mm sigma lens on my Canon 40D, and a sunset:

The Moon, Port St. Lucie, FL Sunset in Port St. Lucie, FL

Got a little golfing in with Pops, he nailed a par on one hole:

Golfing in Port St. Lucie, FL

Golfing in Port St. Lucie, FL

Hanging at Shrimper's in Stuart:
At Shrimpers in Stuart, FL