the expired beach

the expired beach
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you can't run away from hepburn

KATHARINE HEPBURN
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR.
in
"MORNING GLORY"
with ADOPLHE MENJOU

java head

Jesse L. Lasky
presents a
George Melford
Production

"Java Head"

by Joseph Hergesheimer
with
Leatrice Joy, Jacqueline
Logan, Raymond Hatton,
George Fawcett, and
Albert Roscoe.

because if that stance doesn't say "go-getter", I don't know what does

Cosmpolitain
Corporation
presents
"The Go-Getter"
with Seena Owen

lloyd nolan and lilo

underdog

underdog
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Suzanne Muldowney, aka Underdog, at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

coney island

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brooke shields

Brooke
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the directrix

the directrix
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key west

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one for the history books and so 'right now' too

one for the history books and so 'right now' too
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somewhere in the florida keys

the swap shop

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The Swap Shop in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

spa

spa
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miami

marathon

marathon
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semi-abandoned motel, miami

semi-abandoned motel, miami
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semi-abandoned because, despite many rooms exposed to the elements and mold-ridden like this, there were signs of life: some rooms were locked with blinds down; other exposed rooms showed evidence of contractors (beyond the measly bag of mortar seen above); one room had a cleanish bed laid out that we suspected was being used by a prostitute; and most unusually, the pool out back was filled and chlorinated.

solares hill groceries

solares hill groceries
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

key west

a message from hong kong willie

Preservation artist goes home empty first time in 10 years. Empty in material projects but completely understanding and leaving full of knowing what the Florida Keys can give you. The Florida Keys have faced 3 hurricanes. All they need is a hammer. They will find the nails, straighten them and use the boards they find floating up. We will be back.

--Hong Kong Willie.

how's it goin'?

how's it goin'?
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Laid back Key West gave me a mild rattle at first. After leaving the Cuban convenience store neat the motel one afternoon, we backtracked, and on the deck we had descended from not ten minutes before sat a stoic man bleeding generously, arterially from his arm; strange phone calls at the motel were probably from drunken holiday revelers, but that combined with the knife-fight aftermath, and culminating in a ghost tour, left me a shakin' some over. Still, as soon as we departed for the mainland I started to miss the place and its peculiar brand of local insanity, perhaps best made manifest here, by the restrooms at the Sunset Pier, where an overaged beach bum ambled by us asking "How's it goin'?" Before we could give him an answer he shrugged, said "Sorry!" and ambled on, eyes never meeting ours, as if he was on auto-hospitality mode in a tropical asylum of which he was a lifelong resident. Which may well have been the case.

monkey tom and the two ricos

monkey tom and the two ricos
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

Joe, the artist Bunny and I met on our last road trip, met us on this trip and led us around shrimp boats and fishing villages in tourist-untrammeled Keys. Joe told stories of Monkey Tom, a wino who sold coconut shell heads for $5, and the two Ricos, each with their own tale of escape from Cuba and the hard adaptation to life in America. We only met one Rico and no Tom, but in one afternoon spent following Joe around the Keys, there was character and adventure to spare.

the pick-up artist

the pick-up artist
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

somewhere in the Florida Keys.

the lowest point in america

the lowest point in america
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The boys' matching tee shirts read:
Attention
drunk ladies
free
breathalizer
test
blow here

neil young

neil young
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poolside pompano beach

poolside pompano beach
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

The Truth About Fonzie

The Truth About Fonzie
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swap shop

swap shop
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The ground level and outdoor vendors at the Ft. Lauderdale Swap Shop peddled a variety of knock-offs of mostly ordinary consumer goods. But when Bunny spied a neon sign that beckoned you to "CLOWNS 'N' THINGS" on the upper level, that's when sparks flew. A handful of (economically) functioning entrepreneurs kept going amid abandoned shop booths, but the meat of the second floor was what amounted to the attic of a drive-in theater /circus/flea-market, scattered with random objets d'art. Put up dry-wall around one of these spaces, ship it to NY, and you've got something keener than the Whitney Biennial.

auto show, florida city

auto show, florida city
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In a side lot hard by the Mutineer restaurant in Florida City, this "auto show" set up shop, announced by a roadside marquee one step above a sandwich board that flagged down enthusiasts to strap your hands cross their engines between 7-10 on a saturday night. Bright lights shon, a dj just off stage left played rock and roll and a middle-aged woman (photo coming later, as will many of you) sashayed in a manner reminscent of Blue Velvet. And that was just my first night in Florida.

marathon

marathon
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a defunct lunchmobile tucked under branches by the side of the stuffed pig cafe in marathon, fl.