Better late than never!

It is 5 o’clock in Key West. I am just doing today’s blog. Sorry. I was running late this morning and just returned  home. My emails and telephone calls have been voluminous! Where is today’s blog? Are you ok? What happened? And so on.

I am glad people are concerned.

Last night was bocce.

We won 2 out of 3 games. Normally a good night. Not last night. We should have won all three.

We won the first and second. Lost the third.

I played in games 2 and 3. Played well in game 2. Sucked in game 3. The reason for my reversal in game 3 was drinking. I had one drink too many. I became a bit wobbly. My concentration was affected. I went everywhere, but to the pollina.

My excuse is not over indulgence. I was too busy to eat and forgot. I had last eaten at noon.

Afterwards, I headed over to Don’s Place. Drank only diet Pepsis.

This morning was my internet show. The Key West Lou legal Hour. Another good show! I am pleased and excited with the shows. Too early to tell yet what topics proved the most interesting today.

After the show, I had a one hour business meeting. Then a haircut with Lori.

Now home.

At 6:30, I will be at the Florida Keys Community College. Graduation. Jennifer Johnson, my sometime bocce partner, Keith’s love, and David’s prospective daughter in law, is graduating. I am honored to have been invited. Afterwards, I will be attending a party in her honor at Benihana.

Sunday is Mother’s Day. We are all waiting for Lisa to tell us what she would like to do!

Marty, where are you? How are you? You are worrying me, my friend.

Enjoy your day!

Good morning world!

I feel terrific this morning! Probably because I had a good night’s sleep.

Again this morning next to no breeze. We are starting to feel humidity. Still light. But becoming a constant.

Played golf yesterday morning. A better description would be I tried! It was a bad day at Black Rock!

I forgot how to putt. Sunk a twenty footer on the first hole. Whoopie! It was going to be a great day. Except, that was it!

I four putted 2 greens and three putted 4.

How much did I loose? Nothing. Broke even. We play all sort of side games. That saved my ass.

I played with Tom, Yankee Jack and Aaron. Tom was the big dollar winner, in spite of a bad back and screwed up knee.

Between not sleeping well the night before and playing, I was tired. I spent the afternoon sleeping. Intended to go to Aqua last night to see Bobby Nesbitt. Never made it. Stayed home and read. And then early to bed.

Dentist this morning. I will be there a while. Tonight bocce. In between, I will be working on tomorrow’s internet show.

Watch, if you can. http://www.konkbroadcasting.com/. 10 am EST.

Great show! The President and bin Laden, of course. Also Donald Trump, no fault divorce, second hand smoking, the S in Harry S Truman, leporsy, greyhound racing dogs, male circumcision, children who steal from parents, and an interesting Miami health fraud case. Plus more!

Enjoy your day!

It is 7 am. Very little wind. Already humid. I play golf this morning. It is going to be a hot one!

Good night last evening!

I started at Don’s Place. Boomer bartending. Don stopped in for a few minutes.

Don’s was a bit too quiet for me. So I headed over to the Chart Room. Stayed quite a while. Had a great time.

Emily was bartending. She is relatively new. Works three nights a week. Things were slow at first so we got to talk and know each other.

I like Emily. Short and thin. Long light brown hair. Cheery disposition. Mid 30s. She has lived in Key West off and on since 1984. Did middle school and high school in Key West. She has a Master’s degree in the enviromental field and has worked in the enviroment in various states.

Bartending pays better these days.

Pam came in. I had never met Pam before. Emily introduced me to her.

Pam is a local.She works at the Old Town Bakery on Eaton and Grinnel. It is directly across from my old haunt the Paradise Cafe. We talked about the Cafe. Someone is reopening it soon. I hope the sandwiches will be just as good as the old place.

Dan and Nancy came in. Not locals. Not tourists per se. They have been coming to Key West several times a year for years. They are from Ontario, Canada.
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Dan is retired. Nancy still working. She is a nurse. Works across the border in Michigan.

Dan worked for Dow Chemical. The name brought back fond memories of my days as a lawyer.

Once Nancy retires, I suspect Dan and Nancy will move to Key West permanently.

I have to move my butt. I am down to $3 in cash. I will probably need more to pay my debts after golf. I have to get to an ATM machine before I play. How is that for positive thinking!

Enjoy your day!

My yesterday was pure simplicity. You will recall I was going to have a screw off day. I did.

I took a shower and threw on a bathing suit.

I spent the day outside in the shade of the tiki hut. Writing. Periodically jumping in the pool to cool off.

I did this till the sun set sometime after seven. Then it was off to bed and TV.

My nothing day. Good to do every now and then.

Already today is busy. A doctor’s appoinment to start the day. Then coffee and the newspapers at the Coffee House. Chatted with Rocco. He will soon be leaving to wait tables at the Cape. He works winters in Key West and summers on the Cape. A good life!

Ran into Eddie! I have not seen him in several years.

Eddie was Lisa’s boy friend for a couple of years. This was before Corey’s time. Eddie was a personal trainer. He trained me. Taught me how to box. For which I am eternally grateful!

Tonight, I plan on going out. Probably to Don’s Place to start. From there, I do not know.

Enjoy your day!

Sunday breakfast with Lisa and the family!

Lisa cooked up a big spread. Robert and Ally were their humorous selves. Cameron shared his rugby experience from the day before. A good time was had by all!

Tom Dixon is a Facebook friend. He is from Buffalo. A Syracuse fan, also. A loyal reader of this blog.

We met face to face for the first time last night. By prearrangement. At the Gardens.

After a drink or two and some interesting chatter, we headed to La Trattoria for dinner. Jean Thornton joined us. We made a jolly trio!

We ate at the bar, of course. Kathy bartending. Becha came over to greet me with a hug and kiss. Kathy gave me a kiss likewise. That was my sex life for the night!

I had a wonderful time. Tom and Jean are both very interesting people. We talked long.

Tom is looking for a place to rent for himself and his family this summer for one month. He has been here in the summer before. I am sure we will hook up when he returns.

Jean  left us to play poker with the girls. I have already heard from her this morning. She says it was a bad night!

Osama bin Laden has finally been made to pay for his sins. I compliment President Obama and his team. I am waiting to hear Trump’s comment.

I am planning on enjoying a screw off day. Nothing on my plate.

Enjoy your day!

I’m losing it!

I visited Tammy yesterday. Needed a manicure. She was embarassed. Finally told me why. I forgot to pay her last week.

Last night I went to Schooner’s Wharf to watch the Conch Republic battle. No battle! It was the night before!

From Schooner’s Wharf to the Chart Room. Michael bartending. Captain Peter was there. Had not seen him in a while. And Sheila. Good people! We enjoyed a great conversation.

Then to the Hot Tin Roof for dinner. At the bar, of course.

They have a new menu. Small print. Very small. Even with glasses, I had difficulty reading the thing.

Met Julie. She was sitting next to me. She has lived in Key West for many years. Strange we had never met before.

Finally, Jean Thornton! She came in for dinner. A bar diner, also. She has been back in Key West for a couple of weeks. We kept missing each other. I like Jean. She is special.

All of a sudden, Chris showed up. The Chris whose wedding I attended three weeks ago. Where is your wife, I asked. Home. He just stopped in for a few minutes. He was picking up their dinner.

I had snapper and mashed potatoes. I was able to handle it.

On the way home, I stopped at Don’s Place.

Kurt was bartending. His first night back to work since his shoulder surgery.

I chatted a bit with Kurt, Herschel, Erica, Todd and Michelle.

Today is Sunday. I am due at Lisa’s at 9 for breakfast. Have to hurry!

Enjoy your day!

What a beautiful morning!

I appreciate some of you may get bored with my frequent comments regarding the weather. But…..weather is the reason people settle in Key West!

The sun is bright. Absolutely no breeze. The palm trees are not moving even the slightest. The water, the same. Not a ripple. Like a mirror.

The tide is out. I enjoy what remains. Rocks and roots of  mangroves.

Mangroves are the predominant vegetation in the Keys. They are relatively short. Protected by law. When a hurricane hits, the mangroves are the only things certain to survive. Their roots run deep. And that is what I am getting a glimpse of this morning!

I was all excited that I met Hulk Hogan yesterday. I told Lisa. She said no big deal. He has a place in South Florida and visits frequently. Well…..it was a big deal for me! I did not know and had never met him before.

Yesterday was my parents’ 77th wedding anniversary. I wished them both well. My 97 year old Father over the telephone. My Mother from  my heart with a nod to the heavens. She has been gone twenty plus years. My Father said his wedding day was the happiest day of his life!

God bless them both!

I never went out last night. I was tired. Made myself a light dinner and went to bed. Had a good night’s sleep.

My jaw continues to bother me. On the left side. What a pain! Dentist says everything is ok. The cadavers and my bones are healing well. It is just a question of time.

Enjoy your day!

The last 36 hours have been very exciting!

I started last night with Hansel and Gretel. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Robert was in it. His first play on a big stage. He was thrilled and proud!

We all went. Lisa was more excited than anyone. She lives for her children.

Ally is 5. She grew up last night. She did not want to sit with the family. She asked to sit with her girl friends.

Robert, of course, was brilliant! He played a mouse. He sang. He danced. He did some gymnastics.

My grandson, the performer!

After the show, I hurried over to bocce.

I missed the first game because of Robert’s show. The second game had just started. We had lost the first game decisively. Not good. It was a money game. However, my team came back in the second game and won big.

I talked with Don prior to the third game. He and Keith were playing at my end of the court. My thought was you guys just played a terrific game. You’re hot. Stay in and let the momentum carry over. It would not bother me under the circumstances. He and Captain David agreed. I sat out the only game I could have played.

We were getting killed in the last game. Badly. Finally rallied and only lost 16-12. I told Don never again. We should all pay when we are supposed to. I think one of our recent problems is we are mini managing our every move at bocce. Screw it! Let’s just roll the ball and have fun!

I had no intention of watching the Royal Wedding this morning. For what ever reason, I  woke at 5. I watched the wedding. Beautiful. Colorful. Touching. The size of the onlookers bespoke tradition and stability.

Comforting!

I recalled that in my lifetime,  the wedding days of my four children were extremely happy ones. A warm feeling of family and friends.

At 10 this morning , I did my Key West Lou Legal Hour live on the internet. I probably am immodest, but the show once again was terrific!

Great topics. Like gasoline prices, Exxon and Shell’s first quarter profits, Russia cutting back on petroleum exports, storms in the South, a couple of matters involving the U.S. Supreme Court, Georgia stepping into Arizona’s shoes regarding show me your papers!, Japanese fu-go, Alabama weird dumb laws, the new Key West school building, Massachusetts and pot smooking, suicide in the news again, and that charmer of charmers, Donald Trump. My comment regarding Trump was made with tongue in cheek.

I had lunch today at Hogfish. Guess who sat at the table next to me? Hulk Hogan! In the flesh. A big guy! Wow! What muscles!

Hogan is the world famous wrestler and actor.

A nice guy. We chatted a bit. He is in Key West with friends. They were boating the keys. Pulled their boat into Hogfish’s dock for lunch.

I ask you, does it sound like I had a good time the past 36 hours? Absolutely!

And…..I still have tonight ahead of me.

Enjoy your day!

It’s a small world!

I have been eating yogurt daily for years. About six months ago, I tried Chobani Yogurt. Greek yogurt. I was motivated to do so based on comments I had heard from others that it was good.

I am now a confirmed Chobani Yogurt fan.

Yesterday, I was reading the fine print on the Chobani labeling. The address for the manufacturer was New Berlin, New York. New Berlin is 20 miles south of my home town Utica. It is a very small community in the heart of the dairy farming belt.

An internet investigation was in order.

Strange! I had never heard or known of Chobani being in New Berlin. Turns out the reason I did not know was because Chobani was only founded in 2004. I was already living in Key West by that time.

In its short existence, Chobani’s sales have reached $50,000 million a year. A wow!

My relatively new breakfast friend is also a neighbor from up north. A comforting thought!

Golf yesterday!

I played terrific! The best in years! Won $22! Big!

I played with Larry, Yankee Jack and Aaron.

I may have played good. Larry shot better.  He pared the first 5 holes. He pared 7 of the 9 holes on the front side. Spectacular! Shot a 38. He lost it on the back side, however. Not one par. Shot a 47 or 48.

Still a good round!

The reason for his down fall on the back nine was simple. He started drinking. No beers on the front nine. Four beers on the back side.

We told him not to drink. His game was outstanding through nine. But…..Larry is Larry!

I had dinner with Lisa and the family last night. I intended to go to the Larry Smith Show at 9 at Hogs Breath.  Instead, I went home to bed. I was tired from golf.

I have a dentist appoinment early this morning. Have to hustle. I am about half way through this ordeal/procedure.

Enjoy your day!

Good morning!

Gray outside. Sun will be breaking over the ocean soon. I am up early. Golf this morning.

My yesterday started with Office Max. I work on a large laptop. It seemed to be hot all the time. The heat coming out of the left side was making me perspire. That is hot!

Someone suggested a cooling platform. That is why I was in Office Max.

I wish I had known about cooling platforms sooner. It makes a big difference.

Ran into my neighbor Andrew at Office Max. Andrew is the neighbor with the MTV house across the water from me. We argreed to have dinner together next week.

Took a walk after Office Max. Along the Atlantic at Smathers Beach. Never a lonely place. It is amazing how many people walk there every day.

I spent the afternoon writing. Did yesterday’s Amazon Kindle legal blog. FU-GO. Appears to have dirty word implication. Does not. It is Japanese for ballon bomb.

Last night started at Don’s Place. The whole world was there. Including Don, David, Jeff and Boomer. Bocce tonight. Much of our conversation surrounded bocce. Tomorrow night is a money game.

It is amazing how values change. Bocce has achieved a level of importance to me. I never played it in my other life.

I have been desiring the mussels and shrimp served at the Southernmost Beach Bar. It was my spot for dinner last night.

In addition to the shrimp and mussel appetizer, I ordered fried calamari. My jaw is not yet ready for calamari. Oh, the pain!

Emmett is now bartending at Southermost. The pool bar oceanside. I went over after dinner and had a drink with him. A good guy!

Have to move my butt now! Can’t be late for golf!

Enjoy your day!