Edy and Fiona Take Florida and Texas

Guess what?! I went to Flori-di-a to visit the great Miss Sarah Barr.

Isn't she the business? Aren't we the business?

You have to love that girl's expressions. LOL

I came down to play with Sar in Florida then move her back home to Texas and play a bit in Houston and Austin too. So this trip will be covered in 2-3 posts. 2-3 epic posts.

Day 1: Fly into Orlando, drive to Miami. We had cuban sandwiches and mojitos and saw some pretty epic drag shows. I love drag queens the most, the most. But how could you not love this face?!

IT'S SO PRICELESS.

(cuban sandwiches, my one pic of Miami by day)

For the long version of the Miami night story complete with narwhals, various hotels, ocean swims, international friends, the Cleavlander, the hostel locker, Dutch girls speaking English, breakfast cuban sandwiches, et alia, please contact Sarah or myself directly. :)

We made our way down to Key West the next day.

It was an amaaaazing 81 degrees on the drive down, so naturally I kept things classy while trying to tan in the passenger's seat:

Bikini in the Corolla. I know. But it's so coooold in Michigan, and so not sunny in Ireland! I was sun-drunk.

We spent the night on famous Duval Street in Key West, met some interesting characters, made our way out onto a sailboat moored by Christmas Island to watch the sun rise over the Gulf of Mexico. We went to a nude bar called Adam and Eve too. But we kept all our clothing on. Cuz we're classy. Classier in the nude bar than in the Corolla. Go figure.

That's us in Key West. Just take my word for it, 'kay? For you Nancy Drews, you can tell I'm in the keys because my hair is frizz-diculous, despite having straightened it THIRTY MINUTES before this photo was taken. I had a total Channel 5 Eyewitness News 'do going on that night. GROSS.

For the long (and I do mean long) version of the Key West story complete with Norwegians, gingers, two-step, jet skis, life preservers, God rock, piiiiiineapple, $4,000 giraffes, pink taxis, roosters at Sunoco, Racetrac, jammit, et alia, please contact Sarah or myself directly. ;)

After that we met up with some friends in Boyton Beach then headed back to Sarah's in Melbourne to pack her up and get her home! We luxuriated in the warm-ish weather and good tropical fruit. When do we get cheap papaya in January in Michigan?

Oh and we visited Cocoa Beach, where I added to the jewelry I got in Ireland (with Miss Kara Samuels). Please don't tell me my ear looks like a zipper now. I'll flip. I can't take it.

Okay, and here's the real treat for you. Two videos of Sarah scaring the h-e-double-hockey-sticks out of me trying to catch a MASSIVE FLORIDIAN PRIMORDIAL BEAST stuck to her wall. I screamed, I ran for the porch. Unfortunately the sliding glass door was closed. Later, I would windex my faceprint off the door in shame............shame.

Sigh (Sarah, read: saigh), if work is THAT slow for you today, here's the two videos I took while bug-spazzing. They're pretty funny, honestly. G'head, enjoy. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXu-6B64bzM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzzSuSaCR-k

We packed, we partied, we packed some more. We left Florida and headed for Alabama where, unbeknownst to us, Mardi Gras was already underway. But that's a story for Post #2.....Stay tuned!