On the Beach
What is it about Miami, folks? If you’re living here, you love it, and you can’t do much of anything except get up at noon, pop open a can of beer, and let the sunshine pour into your room. There goes that lady in the pink raincoat walking her poodles past the bank again. She’s a riot. I walk downstairs and see all my friends checking their email on the computers in the windswept lobby—but I haven’t checked my email in months! Everyday, I do the same thing: Walk down Washington Avenue to pick up a falafel sandwich from my favorite Egyptians. I sit in their back garden and do the Miami Herald crossword for three hours. Time for another beer. So I head back to my room, close the shades, and get drunk. Before you know it, it’s 5pm; I’ve got to go to the movies! They’re showing The Lady from Shanghai at the Art Deco Education Center in an hour.
