Terry
and Chuck came in from Memphis on Thursday, February 28, and we went to
Bennigan's where I had cake and ice cream. That evening they, Allen and I
went to see "Confessions of a Mormon Boy" and then to the Peter Pan
diner, where I had a slice of carrot cake!

  

    
MY
BIG DAY started off with Terry and Chuck dropping me of at the AMC
movie theatre where Allen and I saw "the Other Boleyn Girl" while they
went 'sightseeing' at the Ft. Lauderdale Beach and Wilton Manors--they
took some 60+ pictures (mostly 'eye candy'!!)
At
4:30 we met up at Sweet Tomatoes where the party took place--I lost
count of how many pictures were taken between Terry, Chuck, Francis and
me. Just to give you an idea of how much I love Chuck and Terry I even
got up at 7:30 AM (yes, in the morning) on day 4 but that's another
blog :O)

In front of the AMC theatre:Terry, Allen and Chuck


The
day after my birthday we went to Haulover Beach stopping at The Rascal
House, which was a landmark in South Florida, for breakfast. Afterwards
we went to South Beach and that evening to the Hard Rock casino where I
lost $150--and that's why I don't gamble too often as I am a bad loser.
The
next day it was off to the Everglades where we did the tourist thing by
taking an air boat ride and Big Louie's for dinner. On March 3 it was
the Hometown buffet and on March 4, after breakfast at IHOP the boys
went back to Memphis.
My
birthday officially ended the following evening when, using a gift
certificate I got, Allen and I went to Il Mulino's. I still have the
poem that redwolftimes (Tim) wrote for my birthday.


Haulover
Beach is a nude beach in North Miami Beach and has been there for
years--I don't know blog rules about frontal nudity so if you want to
see those pictures just e-mail me. :o)

Meanwhile here is a
'nude' sea gull--notice Man of War--lower left and upper right--they
look like a blue balloon and have a very long thin tail that can sting
you and cause a lot of pain and possibly a trip to the hospital--at this
time of the year you have to be careful both in and out of the water as
they are along all the beaches in South Florida.



A discreet nude



And then we were off to South Beach!!!
 
On February 29, 2008 13 of us went for dinner at  Sweet Tomatoes!

Trust me when I tell you that I had some of EVERYTHING!!!   

Salads




Soups, pastas, bread




Strange--I forgot to take pictures of the desserts--soft ice cream, lava chocolate cake, puddings, fruits

part of the party table



Me, Michael and Dominic



Jim, Gino and Terry



Francis and me



Robert, Jim and me



Larry, me and Terry