Miami South Beach Blues

TIm DORSEY Editorialiste de Floride

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Je connaissais Carl Hiassen, également éditorialiste et écrivain délirant, j'avais dévoré TOUTE sa production littéraire, des nouvelles hilarantes qui toutes tournaient autour de l'expansion urbanistique dévorante du Sunshine State, des magouilles politico-politiciennes, de l'écologie..... je les avais lus en français puis en anglais et attendais désespérement son nouveau roman quand je suis tombé sur "FLORIDA ROADKILL" de Tim DORSEY, dans les bacs du bouquiniste près de chez moi! Et là, impossible de s'arrêter de lire.
Ce bouquin est une série d'aventures ou plutôt de mésaventures de tous les paumés et laissés pour compte que l'Amérique peut produire, des désaxés, des junkies, rencontrés au fil des éditos à sensation des canards pour lesquels il a bossés. PArce que je pense que ces presonnages très atypiques, déjantés, ne sont pas que le produit de son imagination mais les acteurs des faits divers quotidiens en Floride. Je me suis décidé à décorcher du bouquin pour sauter sur amazon et chercher les autres ouvrages de l'auteur , et en V.O. c'est plus croustillant, on n'a plus le filtre du traducteur, onest en live et en stéréo! Les titres sont alléchants et évocateurs, "Cadillac Beach" ou"Hurricane punch", ou encore "Atomic lobster" comment résister!!! et celui la: "Hammerhead Ranch Motel"
J'attends ma livraison (de bouquins) comme un addict sa dose de poudre!!! Les jacquettes de l'édition américaine sont délirantes!
Certe, me direz vous comme la critique du New York Times, c'est violent, vulgaire et
plus tapageur qu'un coucher de soleil sur Key West. Le style rappelle un peu l'écriture très visuelle de "las Vegas Parano" ou dans le texte "Fear ans Lothing in Vegas" ce bouquin à l'acide de Hunter S. Thompson! le Pè_re du journalisme gonzo, et on verrait bien Terry Gilliam des MOnty Python acheter le script pour le mettre en scène!!

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Tropical fish by Charlotte, 11 years old. (my daughter)

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Drawn after a mural painted in a restaurant in Naples, Fl, aug. 2008

Bar B QUE BEACH CAFE MIAMI BEACH

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BB QUE BEACH CAFE

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BB QUE BEACH CAFE TIKI

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BB QUE BEACH CAFE SOUTH BEACH TIKI

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BB QUE BEACH CAFE SOUTH BEACH TIKI

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BB QUE BEACH . MIAMI BEACH Fl.2008

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Juan Cafe, South Beach, 1993

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San Juan Hotel, waterpainting and acrylics, 1993

On the way to Route 66

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JErry's cafe, Waterpainting, 1993

Miami Beach, 1993

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Waterpainting, 1991

SPangled Banner, Acrylics and coolage, 1991

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fashion victim....

2008-09-17T14:08:00.008-07:00

You want to be trendy this summer? No need to go to a Boot Camp to get them!!! Just wear those plastic boots, any models will fit, dotted boots, unicolored boots, striped ones, Burberry Tartan type, (no matter if the sun is shining, and the temperature is over 95° Fahrenheit, just have your feet in those things !!! I did not see any "LV" logotype but it should not be long before some Funny Designer has the idea to invent this model!!!

We spent 2 weeks in New York City, before touring in Florida last summer, and noticed that THE trend is just the same there. We saw dozens of fashionistas, brightly booted and wearing very short silken skirts!!!! quite an image!! I think I should start a business in Paris shortly and import tons of boots pobably "made in China"!!! (that's just the next Trend after the CROC wave!!)

Paradise is way up there, but just wait here

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Mini-Gator from the Naples Zoo

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We made a real smashing encounter at the Naples Zoo. A new born Gator. People living in Florida, share their land with....over a million of aligators, some of them weighting about five hundred pounds!!! They said that a caiman could spend 2 years without eating anything, not meaning that their belly is empty, it's quite the contrary!!! they eat untill they are full up and can go on a diet for almost 24 months!!! But be carefull if you pass by one of these monsters, they might change their mind!!!

Meter on the beach

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and if you don't pay, you will be towelled away too!

Do not dock your Gallion here!!!

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You will be either towed away, or even worse, at owner's risk...

"Company CLerk"

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Stars and Stripes

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Last month, as we made a round trip in florida, we stopped at Punta Gorda and found a little Museum , the "Military Heritage & Aviation Museum" at the Fishermen's Village. We met there a very gentle Man who runs the Museum, his name is Pat. We spent an hour with him, and he introduced us to the marvels of his Museum.

At the entrance , one can see a big flag, and he explained that this flag was painted by the kids of a local school there in Punta Gorda and the children printed their hands to make blue stars and red stripes and then sent the flag to the Troups based in Irak, were probably some of their fathers had been sent. Then the Marines all proudly signed the flag and returned it to the school where it originated. (forgive my english!!) This is a real proof of Love and Faith, and now the flag is in the Musuem where it belongs for ever!

A big friendly hug to Pat who presented his fabulous drawings and caricatures. He happened to be a painter for advertising murals and billboards (we would call him a "peintre en lettres") and he is retired now. We share a common passion for billboards (I have quite a huge collection of ektachromes from all over the U.S. that I intend to present in a future bog, some were taken in Forida back 20 years ago....but it will take time to scan all slides and B&W films!!!)

I'm an architect, and I started to build 3D Us motel signs. I hope Pat will see some of them in these pages....

reflexion

2008-09-06T02:05:00.000-07:00

DId you take you vitamines today??

2008-09-06T02:01:00.001-07:00

Les Américains sont sans doute les champions des vitamines. On en prend à toute occasion, et les têtes de gondoles dans les Hypermachés ne sont pas en reste pour vous rappeler votre dose quotidienne!! Mal de tête, mal de ventre, la nausée....une gelule existe pour résoudre chacun de vos maux!

Gators are swee(a)ts!!

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FLamingo attitude

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Gator droppings

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Gators

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Les HAbitants de FLoride partagent leur Territoire avec 1 million d'aligators!

You have to pay

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En arrivant de l'aéroport, nous cherchons un parking. Car la vraie galère est là, c'est le parking! Autant la voiture est un outil indisoensable et obligatoire aux Etats Unis, autant ici à Miami Beach c'est un boulet. Des centaines d'interdictions et mises en garde en tout genre fleurissent sur les trottoirs, les façades des immeubles, "park at your own risks", "vous vous garez à vos risques et périls"!!!, "enlèvement immédiat", "zone résidentielle parking interdit".... Le moindre trottoir est une source de revenus pour la VIlle! les parkings d'hôtels sont bourrés en permanence, les parcmètres fonctionnent jusqu'à minuit et redémarrent à 6 heures du mat. (ou 7H00??) 2 dollars de l'heure çà monte vite. LEs parkings publics sont répartis à peu près partout dans Miami Beach, mais le gag..... vous payez pour 12 ou 24 heures snas possibilités d'alleées et venues... si vous décidez d'une petite ballade, au retour, le compteur repart à zéro!!
Certains parkings publics "officiels" affichent clairement les prix, d'autres vous proposent des tarifs à la tête du client, entre 15 et 40 dollars les 12 heures! à négocier férocement, même si l'agent (improvisé et auto procalmé??) en face de vous (torse nu, Rayban fumées sur le nez, et hâle genre BeachBoy) semble tout juste sorti d'une after sur Collins.

PAY HERE!!!

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STOP!!

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DO not Park

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Mustang

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Harley

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Funny car on collins av.

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reflexions

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Valet Parking

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Taxi

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Road Hog, COllins Av. Aug.2008

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Bat Mobile

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Bar Be Que Beach Cafe

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Ferninand in MIami Beach

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Delano Hotl, SOuth Beach,

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COllins av. Little planet

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Miami Art Deco District, 199&

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MIami art deco district, 1991

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Waterpainting, 1991

Waterpainting,, 1991

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shadows in the patio

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view from Washington av. South Beach 1991

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CarPark

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waterpainting & collage, 1991

Orlando, 1991

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Waterpainting and collage, newspapers, 1991

St Petersburgh, Gulf of Mexico, 1991

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The Yeloow convertible,1991

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collage and acrylics on cardboard, 1991

Oldies but goodies...

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China Ink on newspapers, collage on wood, 1991

Skyline , Miami beach 1991

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Acrylics and newspapers on wood, 1991

Ritz Plaza, Miami Beach 1991

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I don't remember if the Ritz Plaza looked that way about 18 years ago, when I painted it with bright colors, but today, it's been renovated, a total makeover for a new shining, glittering life.

Postcard from St Petersburgh, Fln 199&

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Don Cesar Hotel, Waterpainting, 1991

Billboard, MIami Florida, 1991

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Mixed media, waterpainting and collage, 1991

Collins Avenue, waterpainting, 1991

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Miami Beach, 1991

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Conch House, Waterpainting 1991

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Waterpainting, 1991

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This waterpainting and a hundred more drawings were presented in one my exhibitions in Paris, the them was "Miami Art Deco District" as we discovered it few months ago, in 1991.
Our last trip to Florida, last month Aug. 2008, we found many changes in almost 20 years, and this blog will present our reactions, feelings we had during this very last trip.

MIami SOuth Beach, 1991

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This is a waterpainting that I had done back in 1991, during our first trip to FLorida. The Art Deco District was living a total makeover, after years of fear to see this jewel abandoned to greedy investors who could have transformed the area in brand shining contemporary (or not) condominiums and Hotels. Thanks to the Prevervation Association for the Miami Art Deco District, it's today a real smashing architectural lesson for those who will forget the beaches for a while and will wander in the streets around South Beach.

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