Posted on 05/27/2012 7:45:36 AM PDT by SteelToe
The scene in South Florida was surreal Saturday.
On one side of the MacArthur Causeway, the side where police had braced for trouble, scantily clad men and women poured beer and testosterone into the streets, cafes and clubs, while thumping to the loud, restless beats of South Beach.
Meanwhile, on the mainland side of the causeway, allegedly the quiet side this weekend, a naked man was shot to death by police after he was found chewing on another man’s face.
Under the hot sun Saturday in South Beach, long before the nighttime partying began, revelers took videos, posed for photographs and sipped basketball-sized cocktails, strolling Ocean Drive for the annual hip-hop/rap extravaganza known as Urban Beach Week. The event, which traditionally draws upward of 250,000 people from all over the country and from all walks of life, is known as much for its over-the-top fun as it is for its music and celebrity mix.
Ladies in bikinis, fishnet dresses and barely-there bra tops strolled in throngs (and thongs), some of them daring enough to wear spiked heels. Men with low-riding shorts and jeans mingled on the strip, talking game and getting turned away more often than not.
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Yeah, DC isn’t a place I like being in either.
Netflix streaming.
Darlin, please access blink. Nully was so kind as to acquaint the rest of us w/thing that had better be left unposted.
Please ask him or me. He is one in a million!
You are my kindred soul! How’s Darkchyled doing? I wish her only the best!
Oops. Darkchylde.
It’s OK that your brems have fallen out. Mine, too. We just need to keep on posting, dear FRiend!
There were no flies at my parents’ condo, three floors and many security doors away from the Dreaded Exterior.
Our pets can open the screen door, but can’t (or won’t) close it!
Sis is doing okay.
She’s been sending me odd words and such.
From what I understand, she’s been lurking.
Thank goodness!
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