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Dec 15: Walkin' the Walk
Posted On: December 15, 2005 10:28 AM
Posted By: LauderBLOGGER
Related Subjects: Greater Fort Lauderdale
I was reminded this weekend about the Las Olas Riverfront. Not that I ever really forgot, mind you.
But when you live in a vacation destination like Fort Lauderdale, you tend to fall into patterns. There's lots of cool places to go anytime. Some cool places you visit often, some cool places you don't. For whatever reason. We're all creatures of habit anyway.
So I was at a movie Sunday afternoon ("The Ice Harvest" -- dark comedy, but very funny!) at the Riverfront and walking around after and thinking, "Hey, why don't I get here more often?"
They had some kind of crafts festival at the time. But kiosks with crafty stuff-for-sale are always around Riverfront, with or without a special event. And festivals seem to come and go there on weekends frequently, so you've got a good chance to catch one, if that's your sorta thing.
But yeah, I'm walking along in the late afternoon, soaking up a pleasant sun, and just taking in the great sites around Riverfront: massive yachts on the New River and scads of people of all ages wandering along the brick-paved walk that winds beside the water. And of course, there was my own personal favorite -- plenty of lovely local women to help reinforce the idea that life really is good!
I drifted into Vogue Italia and checked out some fairly amazing shirts and drifted out again among the crowds, walking by the people eating and drinking and laughing. And that was it for me this day. Nothing wild that afternoon. I had to get home.
But it was enough to remind me that, well, yes -- "Hey, why don't I get here more often?"
I guess maybe now I will.
But when you live in a vacation destination like Fort Lauderdale, you tend to fall into patterns. There's lots of cool places to go anytime. Some cool places you visit often, some cool places you don't. For whatever reason. We're all creatures of habit anyway.
So I was at a movie Sunday afternoon ("The Ice Harvest" -- dark comedy, but very funny!) at the Riverfront and walking around after and thinking, "Hey, why don't I get here more often?"
They had some kind of crafts festival at the time. But kiosks with crafty stuff-for-sale are always around Riverfront, with or without a special event. And festivals seem to come and go there on weekends frequently, so you've got a good chance to catch one, if that's your sorta thing.
But yeah, I'm walking along in the late afternoon, soaking up a pleasant sun, and just taking in the great sites around Riverfront: massive yachts on the New River and scads of people of all ages wandering along the brick-paved walk that winds beside the water. And of course, there was my own personal favorite -- plenty of lovely local women to help reinforce the idea that life really is good!
I drifted into Vogue Italia and checked out some fairly amazing shirts and drifted out again among the crowds, walking by the people eating and drinking and laughing. And that was it for me this day. Nothing wild that afternoon. I had to get home.
But it was enough to remind me that, well, yes -- "Hey, why don't I get here more often?"
I guess maybe now I will.
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