Icon Las Olas

Here's another building that I have been fascinated with. Icon Las Olas. Yes, right next to the poor Ol' Stranahan house. 42 stories. Makes it one of the tallest buildings in Ft. Lauderdale, along side the empty , but , somewhat growing on me, Las Olas Riverhouse. Parking is the main issue here, along with finding people with just tons of cash to live downtown. It makes no sense to me to make all these sky scrappers so "high-end". Make it affordable so normal people, professionals, young people, eclectic /artistic/ Richard Florida type of stuff, who like to go out and create a scene live there. Maybe people with children......Fill up these places first with really affordable prices, demand will drive prices up, people will sell, then you'll get the people you really desire to live there. I mean, haven't these people played Sim City????? Click Icon Las Olas to check it out.

Atlantic Center

Here is a building I have been digging lately. Its the Atlantic Center (blue, right) that they are going to build on 2nd street, one block north of Las Olas. Its going to be office space (business and finance) with retail and a health club. Oh and by the way it will be very "green" and hurricane "proof"(?). We'll see. I will be able to see this building as I drive to work in the morning going east on Broward bvld from Plantation. The taller the better in my opinion. We really need one signature building in Fort Lauderdale to frame the skyline. Click Atlantic Center title to check it out more.

Go Retro

I say keep this paint scheme. I love it. It is way better than the current one that they designed. You would of thought they would of gave JR a cooler scheme at the beginning of the season....Who knows.

Just one road

At times, you only have one road to go down, no matter what you think.

I'm Not There......Really.

Shawncy and I hated this movie. Being Bobby D fans, I don't know, we found it painful to watch. I get the whole "spirit" of him stuff, the different characters, but found it unwatchable. If you want something truly trippy and surreal, just listen to Blonde on Blonde. There is nothing left to be said.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

I love this beer. Its very pure to me. The second glass is always the best. I went through a stage with this beer about a year ago were it was all I wanted to drink. It stays in the back of your mind, so I bought it this time around. I am trying to do "new" beers, but I decided to revisit. Maybe I should do some more revisiting.

Four Corners

Four Corn-ers
New
Mex-I-Co.
666
and I
Missed the Show.

Grand Theft Auto 4

Wow, this game is too much!!!! Its so deep, so complex, that at times, you cant even believe it. I mean, I went on a date with some chick, and took her bowling, man..........is this really a video game?????? The graphics are awesome, the city, in which you play the game in is so big, that you wonder how they can fit all of this information on one disk. Its good, clean, American fun...for a while. I am ready to go back to Halo 3.....

Bird Feeder Update II

Well, this bird feeder has at least....survived. Its not squirrel proof. I see them eating out of it all the time. They"suspend" themselves from the cord. Been enjoying the cardinals a lot. The blue jays too. I enjoy birds being around.