Travel: follow the road map of my journey

This is my neighborhood

2008-11-27T10:29:00.000-08:00

This is my neighborhood

Mi Barrio, en español
I was building my website and wanted to have so badly a cappuccino, but I realized that I didn’t have milk in my refrigerator. So with the mission of getting milk and inspired other to travel I get in to this short travel experience through my neighborhood.

I live in Hallandale, Florida. I am located between the two most important cities in Florida, which are Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

We all dream about travel around the world, but how many time we give us the opportunity to appreciate our neighborhood? So I got my camera and went for a short walk up to my grocery store not only to get milk, but also to discover how much I am missing in front of my nose.


From Mi Barrio	From The street

Most of the architecture around my home is from the 70’s, but thanks for the boom in Real Estate of 2005 we start seeing going up new high rise buildings. Even today with the Real Estate market down still very expensive to get into those buildings.

The majority of those people in those buildings use those apartment as a vacation homes or “winter homes” if you know what I mean. So from September to May we start seeing around here more action.

		If I go over the bridge I have pretty much all what I need to make my life comfortable, from grocery stores up to spas. So would not be fare for me to complain abut my neighborhood.
From El Puente

I have a Wal-Mart opens 24 hours/7 days a week, I have a bank that is also open 7 days a week, which I have to make a short stop to get money to buy my milk.
Also I do have my choices for fast food and a Starbucks Coffee, which I am not such a fun. If you come here and want to have a good coffee, visit “The Barista” located right on Hollywood Downtown, 5 minute drive from here.


From Mira mas fotos de mi barrio

		I also have this sign that I never see before. How many things are we missing of our neighborhoods.
From My neighborhood

	Office Max to get my office supplies,
From My neighborhood

	Panera to get my fresh bread and sometime their pesto chicken sandwich, which is delicious.
From My neighborhood

	Small restaurants with sitting on the side walk, which are great for the afternoons here in Florida.
From My neighborhood

	"Piola"Restaurant running by Argentines
From My neighborhood

	Liquor store it is always handy to have close to home
From My neighborhood

	And Christmas Tree for just only $44.99
From My neighborhood

	Ah! Here is my milk.
From My neighborhood

Ok, time to go back… I am going to prepare a nice cappuccino and toast. My recipe for toast: after toasting the bread, put butter, cinnamon and sugar.

From Foto desde el puente

		Mmm, Fue un placer poner este blog. Nos vemos.
From Mi cafe

Halloween 2008 Miami

2008-11-10T13:13:00.000-08:00

Halloween in Miami

En Espanol

I visited South Beach, Miami to watch the Halloween’s party 2008. To understand a little is better about this event I start my day visiting Jesse Thoreson’s studio, a famous local artist in the area of Hollywood doing body painting.

Jesse was telling me that today is one of his busiest days of all year around. His fist client a surprised it was Juan from Argentina! Today Juan is a bartender of Mangos one of top night clubs in South Beach.


Desde Halloween Body Paint 1	Desde Halloween Body Paint 2	From Halloween Body Paint 3

In a little be more than two hours Juan was converted from a bartender to a Zombie of Miami.

The client’s list it was long, I stay on Jesse’s studio up to 5 PM. Sadly, I got to go to watch the Halloween 2008 in South Beach, Miami. For Jesse today has appointments up to 11 PM.

Thanks Jesse.

While a change, I’ll tell a little be about the history of Holloween.

Halloween was a celebration of the New Year for the Celts a group that was having fun 2000 years ago in the area where today is Ireland.

Do you want a cup of coffee? I am preparing one, while I look in the computer ways to park today in South Beach, it is always a challenge.

Ok, how I was saying, the Celts had divided the year basically in two seasons: the summer or the “light time” and the winter or “dark time. The strongest winters of the region killed a lot of people during the winter time, so this time it was also associated with the darkness in life.

In the night of October 31 it was when those two world we communicated: The dark and the light time or the dead people world with the live people.

I am living to South Beach, I am a 30 minutes en car. Today I did not ware a custom, but I have the excuse to say that I did put a custom in my Mini Cooper make it look like a Dodge 1988 a little be rusted.

Tonight is the night where the “witches” received the massage from the spirits with predictions about the future and also is the night where the dead people walk in the street. Let see how many dead people we find in Lincoln Rd.

Here in USA Halloween are the second commercial holidays. Last year the Americans spend $5.8 billions of dollars.

Halloween has been introduce in USA by the immigrants from the area of Ireland. Halloween has it owns history in USA, from been a festival related to vandalism up to today where the whole family take part at this holidays.

See you next time.

Alfredo de la Fuente.

Body Paint: Halloween 2008

2008-11-03T13:04:00.000-08:00

Disfraces de Halloween en Miami

En este Halloween 2008 visite a Jesse Thoreson, en Estados Unidos, un artista famoso no solo por sus grandes diseños haciendo “body painting”, pero también por sus trabajos pintando en motos o autos. Hubo una Collection de PT Cruseir en los salones de la exposición de autos en Detriot.

Jesse Thoreson es un artista desde el alma, cuando era chico casi lo expulsan de la escuela por pintar a una mujer desnuda. Los trabajos de el tienen una mezcla de sensualidad, Rock y mucho metal.

El primer cliente que tenía cita llego al estudio a las 11 de la mañana. A sorpresa mía “el flaco era de Mar del Plata!” Si Juan hace uno años que vive en Estado Unidos y hoy es un bar tender en Mangos uno de los boliches mas famosos de South Beach. Como referencia no cualquiera entra a trabajar ahí.

Juan vino con la idea de convertirse en un zombi para estas fiestas de Halloween. Enseguida a Jesse le gusto la idea y comenzó a pintarle el torso y la cara. Después de marcarles las venas de color verde, Jesse quería pintarle un hueco en la panza de Juan donde iban a salir gusanos, mostrando el grado de petrificación del cuerpo.

Juan iba a utilizar una camisa rota que le iba a cubrir parte del cuerpo por lo tanto Jesse cambio su idea y le pinto las costillas y parte de los intestinos saliéndose del cuerpo. Acuérdense esto es Halloween el día que los muertos salen a la calle.

Después de un poco más de dos horas de maquillaje Juan estaba casi listo. Lo que le estaba faltando ahora era la ropa toda rota para terminar su personaje. Mientras Juan corría su casa para cambiarse he irse a trabajar al boliche, Jesse seguía pintando hasta las pasadas las 11 de la noche. Yo por lo tanto saque algunas fotos de otros clientes de Jesse y después me fui a casa para luego encontrarme devuelta con Juan para ver como quedo terminado su traje completo.

Mas: Mira como quedo Juan y otros disfraces de Halloween 2008 en Miami.

Alfredo de la Fuente

Una Mansion con estilo europeo en Miami

2008-10-29T09:37:00.000-07:00

Vizcaya una mansion en la bahia de Biscayne con estilo europeo.

>Mi primer parada es la mansion de James Deering industrialista Americano de los 20’s. Esta mansion era su casa de invierno, hoy convertida en un museo y lugar para eventos sociales.

Esta mansion de 34 cuartos esta localizada en la Bahia de Biscayne. Lo que hace esta mansion interesante es el fuerte estilo europeo, desde el diseno de los jardines hasta los muebles que encontramos en cada cuarto.

Despues de escuchar al guia hacerca de la historia, muebles y obras de artes que se encuentran en la casa decidi ir al jardin donde uno claramente puede apreciar la belleza de esta casa y su locacion enfrente de la bahia.

Esta escondido pero esta. Vizcaya tiene un cafecito que ofrece sandwiches y tortas. Si hablan con Pola, la gerenta y le piden un cortadito ellas se los va a preparar, le deje la receta.

Alfredo de la Fuente

सुम्मेर इस अल्मोस्त ओवर हियर ओं केल्लेय्स इस्लंद, Ohio

2008-08-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

The summer is almost over and I am planing my next trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
I am going to try to stop at New Orleans on my trip down to Fort Lauderdale.

I had a great time at this road trip that start some time in may from Miami, now is time to go back home. But I am going to keep writing about my experience of my trip. After getting hundreds of email from folks looking simple information such as where to stay I realize the need of honest information on the travel industry. So I am going to keep my email open for all of you that need some local info.

Thank you so much for all your support. See you guys in Fort Lauderdale.

Alfredo de la Fuente.

NO brew for me!

2008-07-10T09:20:00.000-07:00

The owner of kelleys Island Brewery had an emergency, so he cancel the brew for today.
So my plans change too. Thursday on Kelleys Island, what to do?

I am going to visit my friend Bob at West Bay. Today he has what he called blue thursday.
Their special is hamburger with blue cheese.

Kelleys Island Brewery experience

2008-07-09T09:42:00.000-07:00

I think is going to be a really good experience. I got invite by the owner of Kelleys Island Brewery to work all they in the process of making beer.
I am going to take a lot of pictures. See you.

Reviews: The Caddy Shack

2008-06-24T14:17:00.000-07:00

Caddy Shack Square

The Caddy Shack Square is located right in downtown and I think is one of the biggest commercial property in the island.

The founder started this commercial square with one vision: see the whole family having fun, from the little ones up to those not too little anymore.

The owner is almost retired, but he always is keeping an eye on the property. At the beginning it was here The Caddy Shack pizza place, which still running today.

The Caddy Shack become a popular bar, today at the roof read the Buckeye Bar. They serve pizzas, (the white pizza is my favorite), subs, (you have to try the Italian) and they also run special almost every day from hot dogs to paella.

To keep the kids busy they build 18 holes mini golf, then Karaoke in the bar, etc. Today they offer golf cart and bike to rent which is the best way to go around Kelleys Island. They also have the Whacky Shack where the little ones have a lot of fun. I am quite sure I can stop at any kinder garden 2 hour driving distance from here and ask to the children: Where is the Whacky Shack? All of them would scream at the Caddy Shack.

Dipper Dan’s Ice Cream is another big attraction for the kids, is their refreshment after doing the “18-hole”. The shops, I am not going to say that is the entrainment for the girls, while the boy watch the game at the Caddy Shack’s bar, because at the Beach Rack you would find Hawaiians’ shirt and Native sunglass for the boys.

Ok the Flip Flop shop we can say is for the girls, yes it is for girls. The good news, in my case next door is Erie Island Coffee Co. great lattes.

Keeping the legacy of the owner, his daughter is the founder of the Whacky Shack and another symbol of this island the Booga Wear.

The Booga Wear sales Booga t-shirts, I bet that in Kelleys Island people buy more Booga T-shirt than souvenirs. Booga represent the “booga people” the whole philosophy behind those t-shirt is to be relax and enjoy life in the simple ways possible.

Visit the the Booga website and read the history of the “booga people” to not only understand this philosophy but to understand the whole concept of Caddy Shack Square.

The legacy of The Caddy Shack Square is going to continue for many generations on Kelleys Island.

I am really happy that I have the opportunity to spend some of my time with the Caddy Shack’s family.

Alfredo de la Fuente.

One day in Put in Bay, Ohio

2008-06-23T06:58:00.000-07:00

I got invited last Friday to Put in Bay a small island located on the Lake Erie. One of the locals Kelleys Island took me in his boat to the other island.

It was around 6 pm the lake was flat as a pool. The ride was really smooth and took no more than 20 minutes.

After getting into the dock at the Board Walk we walk upstairs to the “Cantina” for a few cold drinks.

For dinner we decided The Goat. It is located in a comfy building. We chose the dinner room, if that the way to call it, but they also have a full bar section and a patio where you can enjoy the good weather of the island.

I got, what the call a beer platter: 4 different types of cheeses, hard salami, black olive, green stuff olive, are you getting the picture, and crackers with a glass of red wine. This type of item should be on every menu on the restaurants. That’s how we got start it. I can’t tell you how we finish because I don’t remember.

After dinner we went to the captain’s cottage that is the way he call it. We keep testing some more read wine and then we were invited to Level 2, guauu!!1 a new night club that was open that night.

The Level 2 it is a Las Vegas style nightclub, I can’t tell the different because I never been there. The place has a complete full bar, servers at the floor offering drinks, VIPs areas and big security people. It was the firs night and was a lot of fun I am sure is going to be soon one of the top clubs in the area.

Back to the house to sleep to get up at 9 AM to go back to Kelleys Island.

check the complete set of 46 pictures

Frustration

2008-06-18T15:03:00.000-07:00

The day is over and I still have a lot of work to do. I am tire, hungry and feeling that I didn’t enjoy my day.

Maybe one of my problems is that I didn’t found what I really like to do in life or my “passion”. I have a really clear idea of what I like to do and how I want to do it. I guest we all know that answer. In my case, the things that I like to do are not valuate in this society.

In this industrialize world the only things are valuate are all related to produce more of the same, or find new way to sale more “stuff”.

Any kind of art that can be music, painting, poetry, or even cook is not valuated even though we need them to live and usually and the end of the road those are the only thing we remember.

Spend time with your family or friend in this community. I am sure that is something wrong, but I don’t know what.

People in general should find way to produce in more efficient ways. I agree with that, but if I find the way to produce let say 10 cars in a short period I would still producing 10 cars and use the rest of the time in something else. The system we live in it know produce 20 cars, so know I need to find way to sale those extra cars and make the idea that at 10 years old car is a old car and you should through it in the garbage to get another one.
What I about if I give you the opportunity in your life to buy just one car for all your life, one boat and one airplane and the only thing you can change to experience something different is your holidays.

I heard ones that if you spend just one day in all the beaches in the world that are good for surfing you would spend 15 years going through all of them.
Think how many things are you going to miss when you choose to buy another car instead of taken a trip or maybe now you don’t have

Enjoying life

2008-06-18T08:32:00.000-07:00

Today is a little be cold. The island is pretty quite so, I am going to spend all my day in the computer updating the info about my reviews in the area.

I really enjoy so much what I am doing. I wish one day we as a human being realized what matter in life and would give more value at those things.

I don’t know the exactly number but we all know that in America we spend a lot of money in stuff and so little to spend in our vacations.

We have to start voting with all dollars the things we value the most. For those who change their car every year, just hold the car for a while and spend that money with you family taken a trip. You can simple stay in the house for a week, cooking having dinner together, etc.

At the end of the road we always remember our good moments and never the new TV that I bought in 1965.

Alfredo de la Fuente

My days in Kelleys Island

2008-06-15T07:32:00.000-07:00

The graduation party was really good. My only simple mistake I didn’t have extra batteries for my camera with my so, I only took one picture.
Today is Sunday, and I have the feeling that I didn’t do anything all week. So I hope today when I finish this day I have different thought about that.

Graduation Party

2008-06-14T10:36:00.000-07:00

Today I am going to a graduation party on Sandusky, Ohio. I never been in one American graduation’s party before, I am sure is going to be fun.
When we graduated from high school in Argentina we have some kind of graduation party, but the real party is that the whole class takes a trip for 10 days to another city. Here are some photos of Bariloche : http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bariloche%2C%20argentina&w=all

Changing the Economics principles

2008-06-04T08:38:00.000-07:00

Changing the Economics principles

Today we have 1 billion of the world population producing “stuff” to the rest of the world. Mmm? Let me re-phrase that: “ producing “stuff” to the east European markets, USA, Canada and I would said Australia.
This balance between high production in one end and high consumption at the other end works pretty well in economics. But my question here is “this type of system works, for the natural behaved of humans and the World as a planet?
I don’t know the answer to that question but I have some data that I think is proving it doesn’t work. USA has high indices of suicides and still racing. Depression pills are being sale as milk in developed countries. At the other side of the balance a guy working in a factory only takes 10 minutes to eat in shift that goes for more than 10 hours, and then he doesn’t have the right to choose how many children he wants to have. Let’s build more factory and make this guy happy is not the answer.
My idea is to change exchange process, (getting & producing stuff), to a new exchange process of “discover and learn”.
Here I show you how as a developed countries can still contributing with millions of dollars to producer countries.

Instead of getting a T car lets take our holidays in Asia and spend $20 thousands dollars having fun over there. Think with that kind of money you can stay in Asia very comfortable for around 3 month learning that wonderful culture.

This kind of re-structure organized by the governments can take at least 100 years. Executed by the private sector, guy like you and I, it can take 10 years to start notice the change. Maybe then, governments instead of sending billions of dollars to relief campaign can start supporting this new way of economics by tax benefits for companies and individuals that are spending their money in those countries without getting “stuff”.

We already have a lot of “stuff”. A sensor located in a rear bumper of a car seams pretty handy, but how many people died by rear bumper? Let used our great mind developing for the health system, international law systems, instead of just a simple car. Yes I am waiting to see and get the cars that are able to fly.

Think about this new world:

• Reduce the production of “stuff” by half will solve a lot of the problems of global warming.
• Companies and individuals will stop spending energy in those developed countries at least 10%, (because they would be traveling)
• The soul and mind of humans would be enriching by the cultural exchange.
• Clear minds can produce more new ideas to make us live longer in this beautiful world call Earth.

Alfredo de la Fuente

Finding my self

2008-05-06T14:13:00.000-07:00

After visiting Cocoa Beach I went to St. Augustine where I stayed in a B&B.

From there I run back to Daytona to take a tour with Dusty in her Ghost Haunting tour.
The people of Cocoa, Daytona and St. Augustine were teaching me a lot. I got such as quality of information that I can write a book with that.

I learn how important is to have passion for what we do. I learn about respect and although that I-95 is the only part flat and bored in the State of Florida.

I was getting a little be overwhelming with all the new ways of seeing and understand things.

So I keep driving to Kelleys Island and my next stop was Jacksonville, Florida. Men, here I met two girls, I will say: one 24 and the other one 27.

One start doing a research for a book about the subject: “ If you are destroying the world”. After a press conference on UN she got her answer. The other one’s, works in a nonprofit organization to prevent or be ready if another climate disaster hit us or any body else in this World.

After spending almost 36 hours with them my mind shot down. Those 2 girls they are not activist, they are not complaining, they are not against this or that. They are taken action doing something everyday. The power of thinking and their passion about life change a lot inside of me. I don’t understand it yet, but something happened.

I diced to comp in a State Park for two nights. Today, Tuesday, May 5, 2008 I feel so much better and ready to continue with my journey north. Tomorrow I am going to be in Charleston South Carolina, but first I am going to make a small stop in Savanna, GA.

I am going to keep posting pictures and some of my experience through this trip. Know I understand better way I am so attractive to Kelleys Island Ohio.

SECOND PART

In Jacksonville I was a “green guy” for more then 24 hours, I met an illegal family from Sough America.

I met a lot of the greatest mind of United State. I always say the same thing: that is not an accident that this country has the most brilliant entrepreneurs in the world.

Alfredo de la Fuente

People very good People

2008-05-05T06:31:00.000-07:00

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Resume of my trip

Start on April 29

Total Days into: 5th day.

see my pictures
Places:

            Fort Pierce

            Cocoa Beach

            Daytona

            St. Augustine

            Jacksonville

People:

            Cathy: I never met her

            Jude:

            Charles

            Sean O’Hare

...........Wayne Coombs

            Pat O’Hare

            Jason

            Tammy

            Jennifer

            Molly

            Dusty

            Bonnie

            Attended of a booth selling trolley tours in St. Augustine

            Owner of a boutique store

            Owner of vinyl store

            Jennifer

            Molly

            Fred

            Dylan

            Bike enthusiast.



My world is now ten time more open then when I start this trip, thanks of all those special people that I met through my trip.

PHRASE

Feel the wind and listen to yourself

            By Charles

Make the life of other better

            By Sean O’Hare

Listen to your heart and find your own timing.

            By Wayne Coombs

Define your own style and build from there.

            By Pat O’Hare

It change our point of view

            By NASA.

Hotels:

            Vacation Homes

            B&B

            Couch: get invited to sleep in some one home.

            Hotel

Activities:



            Drive: enjoying my time, no rushing

            Met new friend:

            Listen to stories

            Surf Lesson

            Wayne's Galleria with him as my guide tour.

            A manager of a co op market food, show me his establishment and explained to me the philosophy of the business

            Listen to: Jude and Charles about how the city of Cocoa Beach, Space Program, (NASA), and surf got started.

            Learn how to surf by Sean O’Hare, (I didn’t learn, I am terrible)

            Learn from Pat O’Hare how the surf got started from California to Cocoa Beach

            Get a general view of the past, present and future of the surf through Surf Hall of the Fame.

            Learn how a Tammy and Jason are making a different helping people in Nicaragua.

            Ride in a Jeep with out doors through a reserved park to take picture of birds and alligators.

            Ride through the cost of Indiana River in Cocoa Beach

            Guide tour: Ghost haunting.

            Walk through the downtown of St. Augustine.

            Walk through the river area of Jacksonville

Cocoa Beach, Florida

2008-04-30T05:04:00.000-07:00

I met Jude and Charles through the Internet and they are show me their city, Cocoa Beach and introduce me to the locals:
Wayne Coombs
Sean O'Hare

Jason is another local that I met the same way. Hi is going to show me more the night live on Cocoa Beach.

But today I am going to take surf lesson with Sean O'Hare. What I honor.

I am in the road right know so I am writing like crazy, but when I get to Kelleys Island, Ohio I am going to be there for one month and write all about my trip and you guys..

Thank you so much for all your help.

Tomorrow I am going North to Daytona, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville.

This is what I did:

breakfast in The Diner: with Jason and his girlfriend
Lunch in the pier of Cocoa Beach: with Jude and Charles
Dinner in Alfredo Italian restaurant: wiht Jude and Charles

I met:

Wayne Coombs: Great Local artist and I am not meaning great because hi is big.

Sean O'Hare: founder of the surf Hall of the Fame .
son of Pat O'hare.

A dream is coming true

2008-04-27T18:16:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow, Monday April 28, 2008, I am going to start my trip. It’s coming to my journey new places, new friends and new stories to tell all of you.

Everything it is packed, the car is ready thank of Byron, (my mechanic). Today I went through laundry, clean the refrigerator, clean my apt, double check my itinerary for the next week, that is going to take me up to Savannah, GA.

I am still looking for places to sleep and things to do. But the hard part of anything in life, is to get start it, that part is done. I have a great start for this week, so I am anxious to find out what is going to match this coming week in the future.

I don’t have word to thanks all my friends, co-workers, sponsors, and you all that keep sending me emails with ideas.

One of my highest point of the next week is going to be my stop on Kennedy Space Center, where great dreamers change the way we think about the Space today. I am going to know the history of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs where everything got started.

Ok, I am going to do my best to keep you all updated, but for sure when I get to Kelleys Island I am going to review every part of my trip.

See you soon.

Alfredo de la Fuente.

Thanks to all of you for making this trip possible

2008-04-14T07:52:00.000-07:00

I am 2 weeks from “day 1” in my trip. I am exited, I am anxious, I am nervous. But over all, I am really happy to be able to make this trip with such good wishes from my friends, my family and all the new friends that I met through the Internet.

My first stop is Hutchinson Island near Fort Pierce, Florida, a quiet place to relax and connect with local people, hear their stories and learn about the area.

Cathy runs The Mellon Patch Inn, bed and breakfast or what I call from the pictures on her site “a little resort”. Their rooms are decorated in a comfortable Southwest style with hand painted walls. Anything made from our hands has a mystery feeling of love, we can’t see, but make us feel like we are at home.

On my second day, I am meeting Jason from Cocoa Beach, who is going to introduce me to a local diner that “makes a great coffee”. He is a cameraman with a lot of local stories to tell.

In Cocoa Beach I am staying in a vacation home half a block from the ocean with a view of Shuttle and Rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center. What makes this property special is not the location or it’s warm decoration, but the family who owns this property. They settled in Cocoa Beach in 1895 from Columbus, Ohio. They built the history of Cocoa Beach through “the first jelly factory in the South” and also were involved in the “space program” since 1956.

Cocoa Beach is the home of many champion surfers such as Kelly Slater, 8 times world champion. For my friends, I will make a must-stop at the “Surfing Hall of the Fame” and learn more about Pat O’Har, the famous surfboard shaper.
After two days at this great city, I will stop in Daytona Beach and discover all about the Daytona 500.

My trip keeps going north to Kelleys Island, stopping in Jacksonville, Fl, where I am going to meet at local professional tile floor installer with his Italian wife. She has challenged me and says she makes the best and original “late” that you can ever tested.

Savannah, GA, Isles of Palms, SC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Carolina Beach, NC, another Jacksonville but this one in NC, The Rocky Mount in NC, Virginia Beach, VA, Ocean City, Atlantic City and Perth Amboy in NJ. Manhattan, NY I will be there for two days, to turn left and go west through Pennsylvania and then Ohio to my final destination KELLEYS ISLAND, OHIO.

Thanks to all of you for making this trip possible. Without your hospitality and your guide through your city, it would be impossible for me to find all those little secrets that make you and your city special in this world. Thank you so much.

Alfredo de la Fuente.

Day 1 Summer trip, Miami: Vizcaya Museum

2008-04-09T10:10:00.000-07:00

Today I start testing my gear for my trip to Kelleys Island, Ohio. So, I drove to Vizcaya museum in Miami, Fl.

Admission: $12

This house was build in 1910, huge house build in time where it was no roads in the area. It was a tremendous job. Of course took years to be build.

I pick this location because there are not many people who knows about this property. If you like to take pictures, here you would have a lot of opportunities to test yours skills. It is a great place to walk through European’s gardens without leaven Miami. The view of Key Biscayne is one of the best, and of course they have a coffee shop with a decent coffee.

This property is also used for special event such as corporate event, (which it was going on today) and a lot of weddings.

If you like more information send me your email and I would provide you with phone and contact information from the coffee shop up to the catering who was doing the event today.

I met today a few tourist from Chicago, get a coffee with a chocolate cake, a lot of water and enjoy greats views with a pleasant walk.

Alfredo de la Fuente

Trust

2008-04-03T11:24:00.000-07:00

Trust, live with passion and good things will appear in front of you.

Getting ready for my Road Trip to Kelleys Island, Ohio

2008-04-02T10:47:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for my Road Trip to Kelleys Island, Ohio

I when to check my car to be sure is up to the challenge.
My mechanic and good friend Byron found a few things to fix. Inner tie rods and civic-join, I guest is the name that he said to me. Plus change the oil.
So right now I have to way 10 days for some part to come replace it and that set.

I am putting together too my stops, and trying to find where I am going to sleep and what to do. Luckily I have a lot of good advise through the email that I am getting every day from people through Myspace, Facebook, etc. I am really glad about all the help that I am getting.

Thank you so much.

send by email this blog to your friend or my website.

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Alfredo

When you are 70 years old

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I am 70 years old, retired from retail business. Everybody knows me in my town. 3 kids, 4 grand kids.
At this aged I am trying to find out what means:
Experience
Open minded
Hard work

This is what I got. For experience I believe that we learn not for how many years of repetition we do something. Repetition brings perfection. What makes some one experience is how many times we solve a problem. Problems challenge us if we want to solve them. To solve a problem we have to go back to our knowledge, our believes, our common sense. I love problems. Problems help me to grow.

Open Minded help us to be free. Help us to open our horizons. Help us to have more questions, more curiosity. Help us to be free, to know that is something more then just number,(salary, taxes, mortgages, tickets, saving, 401k,etc). Open minded is the way to know the universe.

Hard work? I always believed that was progress. I believed all base on the number. Through hard work I would find my goals, my dreams.
Today I know that Hard work without passion may help in the numbers, but would never help to get my dream, find my goals.

NOTE:
All those comments come from a good friend of mine. I am 30 years old.
Live your life with passion. Don't give your life away.
Thank you.

Summer Trip connecting with People.

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.The mission:

My goal is to meet the “locals” at every city and do what the locals do. The most important part of this trip is for me to connect with people. Find out what type of work they do, how they have fun and of course discover their cities.
I am carrying with me my coffee espresso machine, I would love to stop in your office or place of work and prepare a few cappuccinos or a late. So that way I can get more inside about you and your city.

About me:

My name is Alfredo and I am planning a road trip from South Beach Florida to Manhattan, NY and from there to Kelleys Island OH.
I am from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I come to United State 6 years ago. I love this country and the people. I had been dreaming on a trip like this all my life. I guest all of us go through dream such this. But on April 28, 2008 I am going to start my trip.

The Challenge:

I am going to drive with my little car Dodge Omni 1988. My friends are telling me that I wouldn’t make it. You will see it.
I am going to drive 2109 miles through 10 States in 28 days.

Please joint me in my journey through this trip. Visit my site and post your comments. I hope that I can take a picture of us drinking coffee.

Help:

I need your help as local guide. Can you telling me:

Where can stay for sleep? Cheap
Where to have lunch?
Where to have dinner?
What to do?

Links

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LINKS

www.sunny.org

www.broward.org/airport/