Category Archives: Florida

Born To Be A Billionaire

May 4, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Summer was the low season on Palm Beach. The seaside mansions were battened down for the hurricanes of August and September. The palm-lined avenues were devoid of Bentleys. The tables of the chic restaurants were wide open from Bice to Amici and the Leopard Bar was empty at 5pm. There was no happy hour at [...]

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Mission Underwear Control

April 21, 2013 – 10:17 am

Four summers ago I was living in Palm Beach. The off-season population of that wealthy enclave shrank 10% of its winter height. Few of the fabulously rich resided in their mansions and they appeared once a day to shop at the Publix supermarket. The only poor were the dutiful off-island workers tending to the vacant [...]

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Heaven or Hell

March 25, 2013 – 5:34 pm

Two old men are living in Miami Beach. Their hotel is undergoing renovations. The entire neighborhood has been transformed by young people. Izzy and Moishe sit on the terrace of the Breezemore Hotel and watch the parade of revelers. They are feeling their age and Izzy says, “You know Moishe, we’ve had a good life, [...]

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BURNT ORANGE HERESY by Charles Willieford

March 4, 2013 – 9:58 pm

I could have taken State Road Seven straight away by picking it up west of West Palm Beach, but because the old two-lane highway was used primarily by truck traffic barreling for Miami’s back door, into Hialeah, I stayed on U.S. 1 all the way to Boynton Beach before searching for a through road to [...]

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A Winter Poem

January 4, 2013 – 3:06 pm

I found this beautiful winter poem and thought it might be a comfort to you. It was to me and it’s very well written and I hope that you enjoy it too . ” WINTER ” by Abigail Elizabeth McIntyre Shit It’s Cold The End Thanks to Allison of Palm Beach. Her tree are dying [...]

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