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Some people get really spooked whenever another Friday the 13th rolls around. Not me. I like these days. If anything, they’ve usually turned out to be fairly lucky for me. Superstition cracks me up anyway. I’m always amused when a hotel elevator somehow skips from the 12th to the 14th floor. Does this really fool anyone? Or when an athlete doesn’t want the number 13. It worked out pretty well for a football player named Dan Marino, as I recall. Superstitions can make adults act like kids. Walking around ladders, tossing salt over their shoulder. But even many kids know better than this. (There’s a new posting on our kids blog about Friday the 13th, by the way. To read it, just click here on http://www.sunny.org/lauderkids/. )
So I’ve decided that this Friday the 13th is a good day to remember how lucky I am to live in South Florida. The sun is shining day after day, sometimes punctuated by an afternoon cloudburst, one of those dramatic thunder-and-lightning shows that are so common here in the summertime. But when the storm ends, the sun usually comes back out and the sky clears. And the evening soon takes on some sultry, sexy, tropical mood and all the possibilities of a nighttime in the Fort Lauderdale area – the chic but casual restaurants and bars, the gambling and the clubbing. Or maybe just strolling quietly along an oceanside walkway. I find South Florida a very sensuous, very romantic place all year long, but especially so in the summer months.
Summer also is one of the best times to settle into a waterside table for meals or drinks. The heavy humidity seems to dissipate with the breezes that waft off the sea or the Intracoastal or the canals. To me, the summer heat in South Florida is preferable to the worst summer heat in the north. Just this week, Chicago and other northern cities sweltered in temperatures much higher than anything we have here. I remember several days that exceeeded 100 degrees in Vermont. So I’m grateful for all the spots near my home where I can sit and sip a cool drink and feel the wind on my face in this hot season. Prices are cheaper, special bargains are common. This is a good place to be and I really do feel lucky. Even on a Friday the 13th in mid-July.
So I’ve decided that this Friday the 13th is a good day to remember how lucky I am to live in South Florida. The sun is shining day after day, sometimes punctuated by an afternoon cloudburst, one of those dramatic thunder-and-lightning shows that are so common here in the summertime. But when the storm ends, the sun usually comes back out and the sky clears. And the evening soon takes on some sultry, sexy, tropical mood and all the possibilities of a nighttime in the Fort Lauderdale area – the chic but casual restaurants and bars, the gambling and the clubbing. Or maybe just strolling quietly along an oceanside walkway. I find South Florida a very sensuous, very romantic place all year long, but especially so in the summer months.
Summer also is one of the best times to settle into a waterside table for meals or drinks. The heavy humidity seems to dissipate with the breezes that waft off the sea or the Intracoastal or the canals. To me, the summer heat in South Florida is preferable to the worst summer heat in the north. Just this week, Chicago and other northern cities sweltered in temperatures much higher than anything we have here. I remember several days that exceeeded 100 degrees in Vermont. So I’m grateful for all the spots near my home where I can sit and sip a cool drink and feel the wind on my face in this hot season. Prices are cheaper, special bargains are common. This is a good place to be and I really do feel lucky. Even on a Friday the 13th in mid-July.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 2:31 PM
You are making me miss Ft. Lauderdale more than ever. We had those 90 degree temps here in MI last week. Even though I love this type of weather, without the ocean breeze that you describe, not so nice. Now we are back to 72 degrees day, 54,night, too cold for July. Thanks for stirring up memories of my perfect paradise!
I'm from Michigan and recall those sometimes-sweltering summer heat waves -- and sudden cool down periods. Hope the rest of the summer heats up beyond 54 at night -- brrrr! And hope you can make it back to paradise soon! Thanks for the nice comments. Let me hear from you again! Bob
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