monday, november 30, 2009
this morning i left jacksonville heading west and south (!!) towards sarasota to see my brenny and hers. realizing that i would not get to see the atlantic on this trip, i took a detour south and a bit east to daytona. i cant tell you what beach i went to exactly, but i parked in a no parking zone and walked out to get my feet wet in this atlantic ocean. i can now say in my life i have walked in the tide at the pacific, the gulf of mexico and the atlantic – all in the same month!!! hahahahah eeeee!
leaving the beach, i was surprised to pass by the daytona international speedway, where the daytona 500 is run. surprised, because even though i knew i was in daytona, i had no idea i was so close to the speedway. so chuck & jason, and all those other nascarers out there…this is for you:
i arrived in sarasota for supper! having felt bad that i did not visit new orleans, brenny prepared a big pot of gumbo (!!) with rice for supper, and played jazz music while we ate. (sweetheart!!) then, her and lee took me to st armands circle for pralines to finish off the experience. now, just how thoughtful is THAT!!? we had ice cream too :o) . we tried to make it for the sunset at lido beach, but just missed it drop. the beaches in sarasota are omg SO incredible. lido gave monterey a run for its money, in my opinion.
st armands is a shopping area in sarasota, which is very shi-shi, but fun to walk around and window shop, and eat sweets. there was a really neat spice shop (see below) and look close in the jeweler's window – that snake…its a ring!!
they have sculptures all around, and this one i thought was pretty neat. its is called the seven virtues:
on the way out, we ran into venus, and neptune
whew!! a busy, fun, exhausting day!!
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