Castillo de San Marcos, FL 2008
Westminster Dog Show - 2007
Palatka, FL- 2008
The Met - 2008
Central Florida - 2008
West Village - 2008
World Golf Village, FL 2008
Ponte Vedra, FL - 2008
Little Italy, NYC - 2008
Murray Brothers, FL - 2007
Neary's, NYC- 2007
Jacksonville, FL- 2008
Little Italy 2007
Ponte Vedra, FL 2008
2nd Ave and 56th - 2008
Broadway Parade - 2008
Ponte Vedra, FL - 2007
Times Square- 2008
Barber Shop, FL - 2007
Barber Shop, NY - 2009
Bodega, NYC - 2008
Convenience Store, FL - 2008For a little over a year I was back and forth between NYC and Florida. I was always amazed at the contrast between the two and how I felt about each. Arriving in NYC was like sticking my finger in a light socket. Going back to Florida was shifting from 5th to 2nd gear. Thomas Wolfe found it hard to go back. I do too.
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That would be difficult - two entirely different mindsets.
But you are loved in both places! We miss you! DMW
Wow, great series. I particularly LOVE the shot of the courtyard and well. LOVE.
That's a fun concept, comparing the two extreme locations with photos. I don't know what made you take some of the images you did, but some are quite telling. I'm with JMW, my mind would hurt too much if I had to shuttle between the two, and make sense of it all.
Glad you like where you settled now. Good job.
-DB
I like the Gator Lodge Lounge. I can only imagine.
this is your dumbest post ever.
JMW- Not difficult for military brats.
DMW- It would not appear by all.
Alice- I'll tell you how I did it for $5.
DB- Come on. You and I both did this most of our lives. Most of these are from a cell phone camera. I'm preparing a series on mens rooms across America.
Cathleen- Some history with the Gator. The Army put me up here the day I enlisted. I remember the almonds in the mini bar were stale.
Anon- Have you read them all?! And if so - - Why?
I've never really considered Florida part of the South. I know that it's very much southern in terms of geography, but it just seems different to me than the rest of the South. Always has. I'm headed down to Destin in a couple days though where I will be spending a week in the non-South south. Looking forward to it.
Memphis 88-
FL is a toughie when it comes to a simple definition. South Beach is eight hours and a universe away from Jacksonville, FL which is a spit away and much more like her neighbor in Brunswick, GA. The panhandle is another world as well. Add to this the changes going on all over the state and it's a moving target.
I would say that NEast FL (from Jacksonville down to Palm Coast) is very southern. A lot has changed in 30 years to be sure but the attitudes, food, politics and culture remain the same. And I don't know if that's good or bad.
Really enjoyed these.
Haven't been to Ponte Vedra since 1976, and these photos show me a place quite dissimilar from my memories of it. Must be the bourbon. Or progress.
Stew- Progress, beach erosion and money. Sounds like "A Flash of Green"
Cathleen pegged it: the Gator Lodge is now a well-known staple of the working girl set. I have a distant cousin (whom we don't acknowledge) who was busted there on prostitution charges a few months ago. A proud family moment, to be sure. It is always entertaining to gawk at the meth-heads lolling alongside the road trying to entice customers. Yucky, but entertaining.
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