Miami Thanksgiving
I'm writing from South Beach, where the temp today was about 85 degrees.
Tuna salad and iced tea (at an outside cafe) was my lunch.
No potatoes or stuffing for me. Tonight's Thanksgiving feast will be Brazilian steak.
How's that for being an iconoclast?
The good thing about being in Miami is that everything is open today. The bad thing is that -- despite the weather -- they insist on playing Christmas carols???
Now, I don't even feel it's appropriate to play Christmas carols before Thanksgiving in DC. But doing so in Miami is entirely surreal.
The city of Miami also insists on putting big fake Christmas trees outside. Rather than just throw some light bulbs on a palm tree (which would be quaint), they insist on building these really big fake-looking Christmas trees.
All in all, it's pretty sweet for a Maryland boy to get to swim and eat his (Brazilian) turkey. Happy Thanksgiving.
Tuna salad and iced tea (at an outside cafe) was my lunch.
No potatoes or stuffing for me. Tonight's Thanksgiving feast will be Brazilian steak.
How's that for being an iconoclast?
The good thing about being in Miami is that everything is open today. The bad thing is that -- despite the weather -- they insist on playing Christmas carols???
Now, I don't even feel it's appropriate to play Christmas carols before Thanksgiving in DC. But doing so in Miami is entirely surreal.
The city of Miami also insists on putting big fake Christmas trees outside. Rather than just throw some light bulbs on a palm tree (which would be quaint), they insist on building these really big fake-looking Christmas trees.
All in all, it's pretty sweet for a Maryland boy to get to swim and eat his (Brazilian) turkey. Happy Thanksgiving.
posted by Matt Lewis at 1:36 PM
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