Had to show my new 2015 Sonata to my
son so I drove to Pitman NJ. I turned over the driver seat to him and I got into the passenger seat with all the luxuries that the driver's seat had
----- fully powered, heated leather seats. We took off on a test drive
adventure. Working at Fox news as a video photographer my son has learned about unique
restaurants and businesses in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. Our first stop
was a bit of a throw-back when we went to Benihana's of Cherry Hill
actually Pennsauken, NJ which started back in 1964 in New York City. Hiroaki Aoki died in
2008 at age 69 but his restaurants still draw patrons to its showy
table side preparation. I had a shrimp and scallop dinner and my son chose a calamari and steak dinner.
My new ride:
http://www.foodspotting.com/places/78953-benihana-pennsauken/latest
Menu cover:
A surprise stop at Fancy Feathers Exotic Birds:
I was very happy to escape to Florida and visit my daughter and her family. I appreciated the mild weather knowing that I was missing 24 days of some typical nasty New Jersey weather. When I returned nature made up for what I missed by giving us some single digit temperatures with snow. While everyday was wonderful in Palm Beach Gardens, the highlights were trips to wilderness areas, a day trip to Miami Beach, a Segway tour of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Island, and a matinee performance of "The Wiz" at the Maltz Theater in Jupiter.
It always is a surreal experience to go "live" to a place you've only seen on TV and the movies but I finally got to the famous resort of Miami Beach. We visited the pedestrian mall there called Lincoln Road:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Road
Shopping, live bands, street performers and good restaurants provided young and old with a good time. We also walked on the paved path along the beach and visited the beach as well. I guess you can say we crammed the essentials in just a few short hours. For some reason there was a hookah shop and a restaurant that featured those exotic water pipes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah
Nice shot of an airplane taking off from Fort Lauderdale airport from the car window:
We visited Aventura Mall not far from Miami Beach. We came upon two scenes with police activity. One outside the mall and another in a residential area. Like a scenes from Miami Vice------the excitement level was kicked up a notch. In the mall was an intriguing store called All Saints. The fashions, the store decor and the name itself ----so unique. For a person that keeps four old sewing machines on display in my living room, I was quite happy to see about 50 or more vintage sewing machines stacked up as a window display.
If I were not worrying about
being rude I would have had a better
shot of this man getting a shave at
this specialty shave shop.
I guess I should not have
worried so much after all it
looked like the art of shaving was on
display for the world to see:
Only in Florida:
Here is a unique way to donate change for the homeless:
More of that famous Miami architecture:
My best photos came when I was practically on my back to get shots through the crowd that was watching a group of break dancers. Capturing one fellow head down feet in the air was a lucky shot. Others were twirling on their heads:
Rockin....."I like Candy!"
Dinner Guests:
Florida Night Life:
Maps:
More action shots:
Florida's Feathered Friends:
Florida's Flowers:
Nature Walk:
Here we are on our Segway tour of West Palm Beach
and Palm Beach Island. We crossed a large bridge.
Such a delightful tour of a beautiful area---highly recommended by me.
