In what I hope is my first of many weekend excursions around the state of Florida, I spent a couple days in Orlando this weekend with my high school buddy Mike. We don't get to see each other as often as we'd like since I went to State, but he just moved to Orlando to start school in the fall, so we jumped at this opportunity.
He had a couple tickets to DisneyWorld left over from a family vacation, so we spent Saturday at Disney's MGM studios. But before we got there, we had a minor setback. With suntan lotion and full wallets in hand, we left Mike's apartment only to find that the Silver Bullet had vanished. I thought someone must have stollen my magnificent machine, but then Mike suggested it was probably towed. I guess that made sense. We went to the leasing office, and Mike's guess was right. It would be $110 to get it out, plus cab fare since Mike has no vehicle besides a 10-speeder mountain bike.
In the cab ride there, the driver was being a punk. I asked him how much it would be and he told me around $18. The place was only 5 miles away! So anyway, I complained a little bit about how in DC it was so much cheaper (probably sounded arrogant) and he said to me, "Well, life isn't cheap." After spending $130 in a half hour for nothing, I know that. Jackass.
But we got the car, drove to MGM and had a great time. It was Star Wars weekend, and a lot of people were dressed up and walking around. Chewbacca was available for pictures. Jedis were fighting in the streets. It was a good time. But even more excellent was the Muppets in 3-D show, which featured Sam the Eagle in a quite prominent role. At first, I figured the 3-D would be pretty lame, but it was actually amazing.
At a Checker's restaurant (like Rally's), Mike and I also saw an add for a Swamp Safari in the Everglades. From what I could tell, it was run by Seminole Indians and it didn't look too touristy. It's about an hour and a half from WPB, so I think I may check it out. You can spend the night there in these straw and palm huts for pretty cheap and take a night-time tour of the Everglades in a swamp buggie! There ain't nothing wrong with that!
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hey! how's your summer going? hopefully it's not as hot in florida as it is in ohio, which one wouldn't think is normally possible, but then again ohio isn't 100 percent normal. it's flat, grassy, it never rains, and they don't even have a single marshall fields! well, have a good one and watch out for gators. peace out, atrain
Hey Don! No clue what JTT's doing these days, although I bet it involves not eating animals.
How's Palm Beach treating you? Is it as ritzy and glam as the celebs want us to think?
-Lauren
Hi, Don, it's Jun. How have you been? Are you in Flordia now? I just started this blog thing, and it's good to stay connected to the other side of the world. Holla back
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