The beach says, "come hither"

The beach says, "come hither", originally uploaded by schoolio.

We had arrived in Florida from Minnesota and what?!? No sunglasses. Not that important back home, critical here. A quick trip to Publix and we were set with some cheap sunglasses.

The next day, Melissa headed down to the ERE conference and I slept in and offered to meet her for lunch. I probably should've checked the distance first but I thought "How bad can it be? It's sunny, warm - a walk down the beach would be nice." I left the comfort of the Marriott and headed down the beach toward the Westin.

A while later, I stopped because I thought: did I miss it? I pulled out the Blackberry, pulled up Google Maps, and check - nope, still have 2 miles to go!!! Dang. I only had a 1/2 hour to make it too so I picked up the pace and didn't really think about the fact that it's 90 degrees and humid. Two miles later, I found myself sitting with Melissa at one of the Westin Diplomat Resort bar/restaurants. After a delightful mandarin/cranberry and a light ahi tuna salad, I caught a glimpse of where we should go next - back to the beach! Well, maybe later. Let's shuttle back to our hotel first and change into something more fitting for the weather - swimsuit!

Hollywood, Florida. Sunglasses required.