LauderBlog
Nov 5: Weather Permitting
Posted On: November 5, 2008 5:12 PM
Posted By: LauderBLOGGER
Related Subjects: Greater Fort Lauderdale
As I write this blog Wednesday morning, the big Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show has just wrapped up. Under absolutely lovely skies. After a weekend of weather that just about approached perfection. I can’t imagine that anyone could complain about the temperature or humidity or anything else. That’s the wonderful thing about South Florida this time of year. There is not much need to add the words “weather permitting” to event advertising. Except in the most unusual circumstances, the weather will permit. And so we head into the dry winter season now, already November with Halloween just behind and Thanksgiving just ahead and the clocks fallen back an hour. Wow. We’ll be into the holidays before we know it. For me anyway, this year has raced past.
I’m already seeing signs of the annual migration of snowbirds back into town. I stopped for coffee along A1A on Saturday morning in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. As I sipped, I noticed cars motoring through the parking lot with plates from Ohio, New York and other states. And I’ve seen more and more out-of-staters on the highways too.
At my condo complex on Halloween, they held the first Happy Hour of the autumn. This is the kind of little party these folks only put together from October through about April, when the seasonal residents come back south from their cold northern homes. Just another sign of the changeover we see in Fort Lauderdale around the time of the boat show. After a hot summer, we all feel ready to throw open the windows, turn off the AC and put away the umbrellas. You spot more people out just walking in the morning and evening, standing around talking to neighbors, breathing in the fresh sea breezes. There is almost a sense of relief among the locals, even as we welcome back the tourists and part-timers. Sure, the restaurants get more crowded and it may take longer to snag a drink at our favorite bar. But the hot, wet season is behind us again and the cool, dry season is just starting. Like all those pleasant ocean breezes, change seems something in the air -- arriving not a moment too soon.
I’m already seeing signs of the annual migration of snowbirds back into town. I stopped for coffee along A1A on Saturday morning in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. As I sipped, I noticed cars motoring through the parking lot with plates from Ohio, New York and other states. And I’ve seen more and more out-of-staters on the highways too.
At my condo complex on Halloween, they held the first Happy Hour of the autumn. This is the kind of little party these folks only put together from October through about April, when the seasonal residents come back south from their cold northern homes. Just another sign of the changeover we see in Fort Lauderdale around the time of the boat show. After a hot summer, we all feel ready to throw open the windows, turn off the AC and put away the umbrellas. You spot more people out just walking in the morning and evening, standing around talking to neighbors, breathing in the fresh sea breezes. There is almost a sense of relief among the locals, even as we welcome back the tourists and part-timers. Sure, the restaurants get more crowded and it may take longer to snag a drink at our favorite bar. But the hot, wet season is behind us again and the cool, dry season is just starting. Like all those pleasant ocean breezes, change seems something in the air -- arriving not a moment too soon.
RSSComments
There are no comments added for this post.
