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 eveing 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 tool 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 teh Hard Rock casino where I lost $150--and
that's why I don't gamble too often as I am a dad 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 th folowing 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