Will Someone Please Explain Florida to Me?

Iโ€™m the problem. Itโ€™s me. Florida is fineโ€“ they know what theyโ€™re doing, lumbering around blinding freeways in their hulking SUVs, eating their fried fish fillets, painting stuff beige, keepinโ€™ it familiar. Itโ€™s just that I donโ€™t get it. I try, really I do. I went down there with the best intentions, eager to spend … Continue reading Will Someone Please Explain Florida to Me?

Back to the Beach

Iโ€™m about to board a plane for the first time in 14 months and jet down to sunny Florida. Like drug-induced hallucinogenic paranoia, itโ€™s a state I havenโ€™t been in for 25 years, and one I have mixed feelings about revisiting. Working the Caribbean as a lowly musician aboard monstrous American cruise ships, the town … Continue reading Back to the Beach