Vero's city marina is different from most marinas. It's funky chic. It has a dash of delightful Florida moldiness and a canopy of ancient, gnarled Live Oak trees dressed in Spanish moss.
So, what's it like living in a marina? It has "A Little House On the Prairie" feel. Like living life in miniature. The sink in the bathroom is only thigh-high. The distance between the galley and sitting area means turning to your side to get by the other person, something that doesn't work well when you're in a sh*tty mood.
However, I have to admit like this kind of living, although it pains me to say so since I'm a registered cynic. (Looking into leaving Balboita here over the summer, but that's this week.)
However, I have to admit like this kind of living, although it pains me to say so since I'm a registered cynic. (Looking into leaving Balboita here over the summer, but that's this week.)
More marina scenes....
Waiting for the free bus to go shopping
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Some Vero discoveries....
1. Havana Nights, a Cuban restaurant with an entrance like a speakeasy...
...and a piano bar for Barry
2. Int, which stands for international, a Latin fusion restaurant decorated by a South American artist who did all the murals, the chairs, the bar, everything.
And now, the gratuitous boat wreck video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euARI7PkOiA
(copy and paste url into browser - it's a good one)
(copy and paste url into browser - it's a good one)
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My art class ..
I'm taking encaustics, which is not a disease. You melt wax and then brush it over a substrate -- in my case, a photo -- and then you add stuff, and brush with some more wax which ends up shiny, and I'm not sure why else you would do this than to get it shiny. With each layer of wax, you bond it with a hot gun, add some image, cover with wax, bond with hot gun.....Pretty messy. It's basically a class in how to play in a sand box.
It's also how to be an instant abstract artist including all the cliches of being an instant abstract artist. "I just do a little bit of marking here and then if I don't like it, I rub it out, but sometimes it ends up working, and then I try some of the white (I like white a lot) over the top and the pigment goes down into the markings and then I put some more wax, lots of wax, on it and if I don't like it, I rub it off............................." says the instructor.
An unexpected entertainment part of the class is the circuits regularly get blown because 16 students are using 16 electric frying pans and 16 hot air guns and 16 hot trays to keep the wax melted and the building workers are running around pushing reset buttons. Love it.
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Unrelated postscript...
Unrelated postscript...
Trip home last week...
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That's all folks,
