Florida Adventures

I've been offline for days since there's no hookup at Ali's Ft. Lauderdale house, and have found the only convenient way to get on the Net is in a parking lot nearby where there's an open wireless signal. That means sitting in the car and typing at the steering wheel! (There's a Dunkin Doughnut place which offers free internet, but their system is on the blink. What can a guy do?)

Meanwhile, I've been having a great time hanging out with Ali and getting affiliated with the West Palm Beach VA hospital as well. (No health news until my labs and bone scan reports are returned except the dratted PSA has jumped from 6 to 20 in a month. Not a good sign, but these docs always seem to find a solution. )

Ali and I are remodelling his kitchen, since he had a long holiday weekend and I was free. We're putting in a full set of cabinets (assembling them from Home Depot kits) and a nice stainless sink. (Fotos later.) I'm continuing the installation today since Ali had to go back to work.

Here's a shot of us at an all-you-can-eat salad bar type restaurant. Hanging out with us is Darren and Osmond. Osmond and Ali are diving buddies and Darren is going to start a refresher course to be able to dive with them.
I was invited to Maria Rita's house for a fancy dinner (prepared by her brother, Orlando--her other brother and family were there as well)

Here's Ali with Maria Rita. We were all being intertained by Orlando and his son and daughter who were singing old Venezuelan folk songs. A real delight!
This is a shot of Orlando's daughter singing up a storm . These were really great old songs! He's playing a Venezuelan version of a Ukelele. (Unfortunately it's out of sight.)Here's the whole gang at the family dinner: