Fried Chicken and Phillipe

It's been some time since our last post and we apologize. It is hard to keep up with the posts when you are laying on the beach, thinking about life choices and catching up with locals. Let's go back...

The last time we left you, we were off to make the best of our overcast day. At the Hertz Rental car place we chatted up Carlo. For your information, he has heard about Teach America and almost started his own non-profit, Teen Attrition. We could not tell if he was socially awkward or was chuckling at us and how we help kids. We may never be sure. Our biggest takeaway from him was that there were a ton of places to eat along the way to the mall. Reality, Carlo's version of a ton of places to eat are: Burger King, Checkers, McDonald's and assorted in-gas station Subways.

We bypassed theses fine establishments and headed straight to Sawgrass Mills Mall, a shopping mecca, otherwise known as my heaven. Because we couldn't spend time on the beach, we compensated by spending time with our wallets. More specifically, opening them and spending large amounts of money on high end bags. Kimber bought a fine green Coach bag. I am convinced that someone was hiding it and probably returned later sad and disappointed. She probably had to settle for a wristlet.

We could see the rays of light through the sunroof in the mall, so we hightailed it back to the beach. It took careful scheduling, but we were able to navigate to the Publix to buy fried chicken and get the rental car back in time. Special shout out to Jenn for helping us find the location! The sweet fragrance of the fried chicken would waft up from the package, tempting us in the store and on the car ride home. It was intense.

Back at the hotel, we laid our feast out on one of the decks so that all of the hotel patrons could be jealous of our meal. We made sure to keep things real classy. Washcloths for napkins, and there was no need for utensils even though we also got a salad. We opted for the $6.49, 8-piece special and it was worth every penny.

The night's activities deserve its own post, so I'll stop here. Just a preview: You will find out who Phillipe is, where the locals hang out, that Kimber can identify Latino men from 25 yards away, and what my life choice is.

Posted by: JR