We finally left Florida. How weird is it to be gone from Buffalo that long?









I forgot to post pictures of the house we rented. It was pretty awesome - for less than the cost of a hotel, we had three rooms, bedrooms, and even it's own birdcaged pool and of course HGTV. Everyone in Florida seems to just run from enclosure to enclosure in the summer lest you get snatched by an alligator or flying shark.

The last night of the trip, we headed over to Terry's mom's house to hang out with the family.

I played the gross Jelly Belly game that (e:paul)'s mom had gotten for the boys with Aiden and CJ. Luckily I missed most of the gross ones but I still tried dog food and stinky sock flavored beans. The taste sticks with you. I'd hate to have been the test taster for these.







By the time we left, Finn was crying ;(. Poor guy. Hopefully we will see them all again soon. Here's a drawing that Finn made of his favorite video.

We headed up to Sarasota with Caleb, Paris and Denise to see if there was anyone who stayed up past 9pm in the whole state. There wasn't a ton going on but there was this "secret" bar behind a sandwich shop called Pangea Lounge - 1568 Main St, Sarasota, FL 34236 - no sign or anything. They had good fries and alcohol cereal - I traded my weird liquory drink for Caleb's cereal. Even the prices were reasonable for frou-frou drinks.

(e:paul), (e:terry) and I on the second last night biked to Caspersen beach, an place in Venice allegedly popular for naked people and sharks' teeth (weird combination) nude beach in Venice. While we didn't see anyone there who was swimming nackt, we did see this grumpy tortoise, sea turtle nests and a really beautiful sunset. We even gave him a brain pet although he wasn't happy about it. Is this what cheating on your pet feels like?

In the ultimate bougie showdown, I somehow managed to out eat (e:paul) and (e:yesthatcasey) at the whole foods in Sarasota. I ended up with nearly 1.5 pounds of food, more than (e:paul)'s $12 meal. I did not buy a $4 coconut drink or dessert plus the ridiculous $12 a pound cherries they sold him. I refuse to go here once it opens in Buffalo. A lady was being carted away by ambulance when we got there. I'd like to think it was a severe case of sticker shock.









This flamingo bike was pretty awesome