Art Deco Tour…
Today we took a drive about 30 miles up US 1 to Miami and Miami Beach.
On the way we stopped for lunch at Tony Roma’s, a restaurant we used to eat at a lot when there was one in Webster near where we lived in Friendswood.
We started at the bottom of Collins Ave. on Miami Beach and drove up thru the Historic Art Deco hotel district, past the famous Fontainbleau Hotel, and all the way up to Bal Harbour.
Driving that route brought back some old memories.
When we moved back from Colombia, South America in 1963, my mother, sister, and I stayed in a hotel in South Miami Beach for a month waiting for my father to follow us back.
A friend I made that was also staying at the hotel and I spent a lot of time roaming up and down Collins Ave.
Right across the street from the Fontainebleau was the dock site where the TV series “Surfside 6” was filmed, although the show was no longer on the air by then.
There were also a lot of Jewish deli’s in the area where I was first introduced to bagels, lox and cream cheese.
We’re still planning on driving up to Cape Kennedy on Monday for the Space Shuttle launch if the weather holds.
We’ll see…
