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I guess it's time to get a little more personal in this blog. I'm a writer, a very experienced writer -- 24 books and five plays so far. (You wouldn't know this, of course, unless you've checked out my LauderBlogger bio or been reading this blog regularly for a while.) I've also just founded a national non-profit group based in Fort Lauderdale called The Humanity Project, which is a literary and educational deal.
I tell you all this to make a point: Like most writers, I spend a lot of my time locked away inside a room, writing. The blog is something different for me -- a chance to have some fun, both outside my house by finding things to explore and experience around Broward County and inside my house when I'm writing up the accounts of my weekly roamings and discoveries.
I'm also recently divorced, no kids thank gawd! Like a lot of divorced guys, money can be a challenge at times. Making the effort to get out and about enough to meet new people and experience new places can be a challenge too. Sometimes it's easier to just work, get together with a friend or date at home and leave the roamings and discoveries to others for now. Divorce is never a good time, even when it's amicable, as mine was.
Ok, so again, why am I telling you this? Because this blog serves some purposes for me and I feel I should make that clearer, maybe. One important purpose is to get me out of my housebound office to enjoy this incredible place I call home. I've lived in Broward County for nearly 17 years now, my only residence ever since moving from Vermont to Florida. (Wow, was it COLD up there! Beautiful but cold...) I really do love it here, obviously. You don't stay in a place this long unless there's a good reason. Broward gives me many, many good reasons.
So I hope that, as you read my little stories twice each week, you'll keep in mind a bit about my situation these days: I really am a newly single writer, a serious writer, who's trying to have some fun on the town. I really do need to get out to soak up some of our ever-present sunshine more often. I know it and I'm making en effort to do it.
I hope you'll like following my small adventures, whether I'm walking along Las Olas or partying til 4 a.m. at some local nightclub or talking to another local who has a great tip about things to do. Let's explore greater Fort Lauderdale together, then -- one beach, bar, restaurant, club, attraction or hotel at a time.
And let's continue this process next week with a nice ... Hm, yes, maybe a nice morning beach walk and breakfast? That would be nice, I think.
Look for it next Tuesday -- or perhaps come and join me on the beach Tuesday morning! I'm sure the weather will be great! It almost always is around here.
I tell you all this to make a point: Like most writers, I spend a lot of my time locked away inside a room, writing. The blog is something different for me -- a chance to have some fun, both outside my house by finding things to explore and experience around Broward County and inside my house when I'm writing up the accounts of my weekly roamings and discoveries.
I'm also recently divorced, no kids thank gawd! Like a lot of divorced guys, money can be a challenge at times. Making the effort to get out and about enough to meet new people and experience new places can be a challenge too. Sometimes it's easier to just work, get together with a friend or date at home and leave the roamings and discoveries to others for now. Divorce is never a good time, even when it's amicable, as mine was.
Ok, so again, why am I telling you this? Because this blog serves some purposes for me and I feel I should make that clearer, maybe. One important purpose is to get me out of my housebound office to enjoy this incredible place I call home. I've lived in Broward County for nearly 17 years now, my only residence ever since moving from Vermont to Florida. (Wow, was it COLD up there! Beautiful but cold...) I really do love it here, obviously. You don't stay in a place this long unless there's a good reason. Broward gives me many, many good reasons.
So I hope that, as you read my little stories twice each week, you'll keep in mind a bit about my situation these days: I really am a newly single writer, a serious writer, who's trying to have some fun on the town. I really do need to get out to soak up some of our ever-present sunshine more often. I know it and I'm making en effort to do it.
I hope you'll like following my small adventures, whether I'm walking along Las Olas or partying til 4 a.m. at some local nightclub or talking to another local who has a great tip about things to do. Let's explore greater Fort Lauderdale together, then -- one beach, bar, restaurant, club, attraction or hotel at a time.
And let's continue this process next week with a nice ... Hm, yes, maybe a nice morning beach walk and breakfast? That would be nice, I think.
Look for it next Tuesday -- or perhaps come and join me on the beach Tuesday morning! I'm sure the weather will be great! It almost always is around here.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 8:49 PM
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