South Beach - Dec 20

Headed down to South Beach for a one night trip this past weekend... enjoyed the beach, the pool, and the sun!

Breakfast on the flight to Tampa

French toast, sausage patty, and a Mimosa. Anxiously awaiting the 80 and sunny this afternoon!

Beer

I found a new best friend... http://www.surlybrewing.com/beers.php
Drank a few pints of their Furious on Friday night down at Sheffield's in Chicago. Outstanding!

And if you happen to be a fan of beer and haiku do I have the website for you: http://www.beerhaikudaily.com/

Siesta Key

Here are a few pics from our trip down to Siesta Key!

More winter in Florida...

Absolutely beautiful this afternoon. Come and visit us and enjoy it too!

Goodness!

1/4 pound hot dog that was beer battered and deep fried! YUMMY!

Winter in Florida...

I love winter in Florida... 70 degrees and we even had a cold front come through!

Thanksgiving Breakfast!

These are some of the goodies that go into our Thanksgiving breakfast known as the Bloody Mary!

Living in Florida

Here's some pics we took over the past couple of weeks!

Some friends hanging out at Sneaky's to watch the Packers vs. Vikings! Who's the girl with the braids?

Cheesing it up.

New friends, Jenny and Al!

The Midwest Girls!


Our patio!

Controversy in Ybor... over chickens???

These pictures were taken from our balcony this morning... Yes, those are roosters you see and no, we do not live out in the country. Seems some people want to get rid of them but evidently they are part of the fabric of the neighborhood. Thankfully our bedroom is at the back of the condo so we don't hear them cock-a-doodle-doing at 4:30 in the morning!

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/13/na-trapper-checks-out-ybor-city-chickens/

There's actually a "rooster funeral" to remember the death of on rooster from awhile back... from the story here: http://tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article896242.ece, "The rooster funeral is one of Ybor's most anticipated annual events. Last year's multi-kegger and street parade drew about 600 "mourners" in bright costumes." Our neighbors told me it's this Sunday afternoon this year, but I will already be on a plane back to Milwaukee.