Hamburger Heaven: Palm Beach, Florida, 2007

I love hamburgers! I have a list of my favorite spots and this one has been at the top for the past twenty years. Sharon took me here when we first met and we keep coming back. In season we have to wait until after two to eat because the place is packed with hotel guests from the Breakers but every now and then we get lucky. They had a spot at the counter which is fine and I had my little camera with me which is also fine but the big disapointment was the waitress who did not want me to take her picture. It's not that she was uptight, she just didn't want me to take her picture. I was watching her kibbitz with this elderly gentlman and could have snuck off a few but I don't do that so I passed. Just before leaving I took this one of the people on my left but it was the waitress that I really wanted. We finished and I left her a big tip and maybe next time..

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoon on Lake Street in Lake Worth. It's hot, the sun is burning down and people are just hanging around drinking beer, watching football on TV, or just driving around in their cars. Sharon slips into a newstand to buy a New Yorker while I stay on the street corner watching things and enjoying the view. From K Street come the sound of a car radio, Salsa, playing loud, very loud. I turn and watch as a white car creeps up the street in " silent running" mode. Its almost dancing to the music as this guy stops on the corner, head bopping, waiting for the traffic to pass.

Sunday afternoon on Lake Street. Yah!

Hotel: Boulder Colorado

I think the guys who design hotels are the same ones that design prisons. The only difference is the decor. In prisons, the walls are painted puke green. In hotels they choose a wallpaper that matches puke. That's because the guests in these places cannot tell where the puke stains are. Actually prisons are better constructed. Most of the furnishings and fixtures are strong and indestructible due to the violent nature of the inmates (guests). In hotel rooms, the furnishings and fixtures are cheap, plastic, and chintzy because the guests (inmates) don't give a shit. They are chosen by bean counters on a cost/room basis. As I said, the plans are the same; only the inside furnishings are different but the prisons are better quality. Oh ya, the only other difference is the doors. In prisons, they are designed to keep people in and in hotels, they are designed to keep people out. In both cases, their success rates are questionable.