I posted Friday that I got a great last minute deal to Ft. Lauderdale so I went! Couldn't find my old post but it was nice to get out of town!

I remember but I thought it was Miami. Well I am glad you had a good time. People were teasing about the weather etc.

Sue, what did you end up doing while there? Was the hotel nice, where did you eat? A little detail, if you please!

Sue, I'm not sure about Ft. Lauderdale, but the weather in Naples the past two days was solid rain and clouds, supposedly the same on the East coast. Did you have the same? Must have put a damper on the sun, but would love to hear what you did.

Did rain some but I still had a great time and I found heat!

Shopped on Las Olas and went Outlet Shopping at Sawgrass Mills. Ate, drank, and slept. Partied with one of my girlfriends.

Well, I had a nice FLL visit the previous weekend. Drove to north end of the Birch Rd strip of budget beach hotels and La Lorraine had no studios left, but would give me an apt for the same price (only $33!).

Was kind of a long walk to nearest waterbus stop (Seville st), but bought the all day pass (only $5!) and boated downtown with the full monologue about the jaw-dropping mansions along the way. So many yuppie restaurants, but stopped in Argies(?) for fantastic cheap empanadas and about the freshest, best value smoothies sold anywhere.

Walked a few miles back along the waterfront, the yuppie main drag, the ritzy marina area, across the bridge, along the surprisingly uncomercialized beach, and back to hotel. Body surfed. In evening toured the whole waterbus network and worked in nice film festival.

Saturday, took the waterbus excursion to Miami south beach (only $25 including Miami bus pass)!). Saw and heard about endless more mansions and puttered slowly under a zillion bridges. Haven't been to Miami Beach since it became trendy, but it seemed the same cheesy dump now overrun with homeless, with the few bright spots hardly compensating.

Now I wonder if FL east beach strip has some inbetween place with activities but not the sleaze of Miami, with classiness but not quite as sterile as FLL.