this weekend was relaxing and lazy and lovely. friday after work i drove up to palm beach, to visit kim & ira- who were in town from nyc for a few days. kim & i went to her grandmas condo there last march for spring break- but this time she was staying at her aunt's place. anyway, wow. if youve never been to palm beach, its pretty insane to explain. picture the hampties, times a thousand- with a gorgeous beach and palatial houses, streets lined with balanciaga, sax, ferragamo, brooks brothers, pucci, and restaurants knocking out $37 pasta plates; fancy cars like bentleys, cadillacs, sports cars roaming around; and who could forget, the old people in wowza bright-hued outfits, and inappropriately dressed middle aged women showing obvious signs of plastic surgery... in fact, i think we saw no face younger than 40 while there. its one of those places that you cant quite believe exists, yet.. it does. kim's family has an amazing condo there and i had my own bedroom suite complete with full bath, across the apartment from them so we all had plenty of space. friday night we went out to a restaurant in town--drank and ate marvelously, and we were the only ones there until closing time. initially our waiter was so hesitant approaching us, so cautious- but all 3 of us just wanted him to feel more comfortable- 'dont worry, we're not going to yell at you tonight.' i wonder the stress level in that kind of environment- with every patron knowing exactly what they want and/or what they think they deserve... after seafood all around, we ended the night sharing key lime pie, and then took a bottle of champagne down to the beach in plastic cups; briefly followed by a trip up to the roof for another hour or so.
saturday i woke up feeling as if i were on drugs- one of those moments when you cant tell if you feel that way because you dont remember what its like to feel hungover, or if you just feel that way because you havent slept that much in weeks. either one, there was little time to contemplate- just enough to put on a bathing suit, grab some diet coke and water, and head to the beach with our collection of trashy magazines. gorgeous day, lovely sun, warm... and sharks. no, i kid you not. apparently there was a school (if they even exist normally) of about 5 sharks relatively close to the shore line, so no one was swimming- you could look up and down the shore line and see clusters of other humans just gazing at the water, every now and again nodding, pointing, agreeing that yes, there were sharks out there. to be honest, i still cant believe it, but then again, i wasnt about to be the only kid to go in the ocean that day.
saturday night i drove back down to miami, avoided a night out, and woke up expecting to see thunderstorms all day. just my luck it was sunny and warm again, although i was feeling highly lazy. i guess its the first weekend in a while that i had to myself- first my dad, then home, then my sister- so it was nice to clean, run errands, buy flowers, and cook. i also was able to sit upstairs by the pool for a while in the sun reading- it was practically heavenly- minus the 3 other people up there. one was barking into his cell phone, far away from me on the other side of the roof- and the other 2 were a couple who came and sat like 2 chairs away from me. you could tell they were fighting over something, and then the girl just literally got up, and lay on top of the dude, and every now and again would gyrate on him. this went on for at least 30 minutes before the clouds descended on us and i left. um... do you two realize that is kind of inappropriate to do in front of your neighbors? i dont get it. well, isnt that just the miami lifestyle.
so here we go. another week! good luck handing in your writing patty! my foot is starting to feel much better so hopefully i will able to take it easy with a little run later this week. for now, a little more sunday itchiness before i make myself get to bed and read. i *finally* finished this historical novel (barf) that my boss gave me for xmas. it was literally 500 pages, if not more. im just amazed i was able to read it all within 2 months. HA. to be honest though, its hard to keep eyes open at the end of the day, particularly when the reading involves the 1800s and alexander hamilton. i kid you not.
xo
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