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Jan 19: Yes We Can
Posted On: January 19, 2009 9:20 PM
Posted By: LauderBLOGGER
Related Subjects: Greater Fort Lauderdale
Often, change is a scary thing to us human beings. We tend to avoid feelings of uncertainty whenever we can. We look for easy answers and comfortable situations. There’s an old Irish saying that sums up this common attitude: "Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t." Not always a good approach to life. But every now and then something happens that makes many of us eager to wrap our arms around change. This moment in history, right now, is one of those times. As I write this, Barack Obama is less than 24 hours from taking the oath of office as our nation’s 44th president. I think most Americans are ready for that. We can feel that he’s carrying into the White House some kind of optimism, a hope sweeping through the front door right along with his beautiful family.
So I find it appropriate that Fort Lauderdale will be represented at the big happenings in Washington D.C. After all, this place of endless summer sunshine is about the most cheerful environment you can find anywhere. I know this because I just finished driving my convertible, top down, south on A1A under a nice, bright sky. In January, I remind you. That tends to make you smile.
Anyway, Fort Lauderdale is bringing its delightful Beach on Wheels to the capital, tooling along Pennsylvania Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue, around Logan Circle and Dupont Circle and through Georgetown. It will also make a stop somewhere on the National Mall. So what is this Beach on Wheels? It’s a flatbed truck that carries a large glass case containing a slice of Fort Lauderdale’s famous beach. Well, a reasonable facsimile anyhow. You know – sand, hot temps, good-looking people in small bathing suits. Summer in a box. There even will be a slogan attached to the beachmobile just for this special day. “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sunshine.” Kinda cute. I’ve been to Washington in the winter and, believe me, all I wanted at the time was a change in climate. So think of this as Fort Lauderdale’s unique way of spreading around some of that change, some of that hope. And who knows? Maybe the new president will somehow catch sight of the Beach on Wheels, for a moment imagining himself in our sunshine. If that happens, I hope he also remembers this: South Florida is a short hop from Washington on Air Force One.
So I find it appropriate that Fort Lauderdale will be represented at the big happenings in Washington D.C. After all, this place of endless summer sunshine is about the most cheerful environment you can find anywhere. I know this because I just finished driving my convertible, top down, south on A1A under a nice, bright sky. In January, I remind you. That tends to make you smile.
Anyway, Fort Lauderdale is bringing its delightful Beach on Wheels to the capital, tooling along Pennsylvania Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue, around Logan Circle and Dupont Circle and through Georgetown. It will also make a stop somewhere on the National Mall. So what is this Beach on Wheels? It’s a flatbed truck that carries a large glass case containing a slice of Fort Lauderdale’s famous beach. Well, a reasonable facsimile anyhow. You know – sand, hot temps, good-looking people in small bathing suits. Summer in a box. There even will be a slogan attached to the beachmobile just for this special day. “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sunshine.” Kinda cute. I’ve been to Washington in the winter and, believe me, all I wanted at the time was a change in climate. So think of this as Fort Lauderdale’s unique way of spreading around some of that change, some of that hope. And who knows? Maybe the new president will somehow catch sight of the Beach on Wheels, for a moment imagining himself in our sunshine. If that happens, I hope he also remembers this: South Florida is a short hop from Washington on Air Force One.
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