Tuesday Open Thread
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I hate self propaganda, but there is a great article today on the american spectator:
http://wallstreetcafe.blogspot.com/2006/04/double-standard.html
Thinking about Cuban pastries. Your a bad man Val. Very bad! Now when we head to Miami to visit my sister-in-law, we going to be ON THE HUNT!
Venti, that is exactly right, and it's the usual castro loving commie left that's behind all those thousands marching, they did a major media blitz, including enlisting the help of the church and busing people in, and the truth is they don't really matter. As visible as those leftists are, they are a minority and the illegals don't vote, so it's a lot of noise and distraction and nothing changes, not for those millions walking into the US without consequence, or for Cubans, fucked again.
ok, im in garanhuns, pernambuco, brasil.. to be exact im at avenida djalma dutra #120A, barrio heliopolis to be exact.. and right now, id KILL for a sandwhich from sarrusi on 8th and 64th, accross from the post office.. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE
Dear Gringo Nordestino,
Bon dhia, garoto!
I used to live only a few blocks away from that Sarussi's in Miami, and I was a weekly visitor/patron there. You may find it interesting to know that it is no longer the ole little hole on the wall type of place. Evidently, its owners have done well, quite well, because they have expanded the place tremendously, though in all honesty, the entire area seems to have "grown" way beyond the carrying capacity of existing roads.
For instance, getting from Red Road to the Palmetto nowdays, along either 8th Street or Coral Way, takes about 45-60 minutes, and that's if there are no accidents!
Currently, I live in Maryland, about 1,500 miles north of Sarussi's, and I miss it just as much as you do. I still haven't found someone in Miami willing to FedEx me a Cuban sandwich and a stack of pastelitos!
I still own my house in that Miami neighborhood, but a visit to the area a few weeks ago, in February, cured me of any notions to move back there. More than likely, I will head further south when the time comes.
You may find it of interest that a week-long search of the Florida Keys revealed that the least expensive "home" in the market was a rather decrepit two-bedroom *trailer,* a place that was advertised at $187,000... and some locals told me they considered it an incredible bargain! Meo Deus!
I guess this is not much help with your problem, but at least you know there are other folks in basically the same boat as you, so I extend my sympathies.
How do you like living in "o pais de futuro..."?
JulioZ
Julio, 45 to 60 minutes from Red to the Palmetto! You are definitely Cuban! (Dicen que somos exagerados!) Traffic is horrendous at all times but it still will not usually take more than 15 or 20 minutes!!!
Un abrazo, Jose
Gringo Nordestino, I work about a mile away from Sarussi. When I drive by I can smell the churrasco steak sandwiches. I urge all Miamians who have not eaten there to try one of their sandwiches. Heavenly.
Zivs, the main group behind all these protests is ANSWER, the lovely leftie communist castro loving group. They are also calling for a boycott, on of all days, May 1!
fyi, its me daniel, i just used the same login systemn here on another brasilian blog.. thanks alot george for rubbing in the "cheiro" (smell) of the churrasco.. now buy stomach is making the "gru-gru-gru" sound.. on the flip side, i can have a "salpicao" sandwhich for lunch now, which i cant get in miami (im 2 hours ahead of you guys) and speaking of two hours, thats how long i get for lunch, its not all bad here.. you take the good with the bad..
Dang, the "viejos" shoulda bought Keys property back in the 50s when it could be had cheap - and woulda been kagaSStro-proof...miss the Miamuh symbolized by an airport with a 1-story terminal building, which you walked to via the runway or "tarmac" - last time I had to go there, it resembled the surface of the Star Wars' Death Star. And what happened to Latin American Cafeteria on Coral Way? Kaput or just moved?? Well, that was then, this is now, and glad I "knew it when."
As for the proposed May 1 "boycott" by the loony-lefties for "la causa" - let 'em...we may find out that way how much we really DON'T need illegals. Let's boycott the boycotters and their fellow travelers on May 1 instead.
Alberto Q,
The Latin American cafeteria on Coral Way is, indeed, kaput. I tried to visit but couldn't find it and when I asked at another one, they confirmed that it had, indeed, closed.
Luckily, there are a bunch of others around town. Don't know exactly why that one in particular closed. More than likely, because of the rocketing real estate values in the area. It seems like *everything* along Coral Way is getting expanded, or torn down to make way for taller buildings, etc.
Their landlord probably boosted their rent to such a level that the sandwiches would have to sell for something like $25 each. I mourn its passing.
Val Prieto took me to lunch at one of the other Latin Americans, though I can't remember exactly where it was... maybe on Bird Road. I wish I had known in advance he would be treating... I would have ordered the expensive stuff!
To Jose Aguirre,
Maybe I exaggerate, but not by much. I'll have to look at my notes from the trip, where normally (though not all the time) I write the mileage and the time of day as I tool around certain locations. But make no mistake about it: Each and every time I went west on Coral Way or 8th Street beyond 57th Avenue (Red Road), it was a bumper-to-bumper-to-bumper nightmare (same thing on I-95 going north!). At least during *daylight* hours.
And on one rather forgettable night, around 10 PM, I found the *same* situation on Coral Way. Good Lord! I couldn't understand how there could possibly be that many people *awake,* much less driving around, at that time of day!
I used to live a mere 50 yards from Coral Way, in South Miami (just west of Red Road)! Am I going to go back to that when I retire?
No way, Jose!!!
Julio
Stop with the food comments. Sheesh. Someone pass me a beer!
Thanks Venti, I am well aware of ANSWER and their activities. Good ole May Day demonstrations- they're stuck in 1968.
To Alberto Q,
I'm "only" 58 and therefore NOT a "viejo," but I remember that when I resided in Miami back in the good ole days of 1972-1987, I had the opportunity to purchase a four-unit building in the Florida Keys for about $72,000 (at least, that was the *asking* price). But of course I thought it was woefully overpriced (particularly because it needed painting --the building was a truly funky pink shade at the time).
And so I passed on the deal.
Today, that building is probably worth about 2-3 million (MILLION!) dollars. Argh!!!
Whenever I start to think I'm the "cat's pajamas," or a real "smart" operator, I think back to that and it slams me back right down to earth.
I figure that with a little bit of luck, in about a year or two, when I'm ready to return to the warmth of Florida and the wonderful world of scuba diving in the Keys, I may be lucky enough to find a place, perhaps for a small trailer or mobile home, for about a quarter of a million dollars.
Yes, I AM playing the lottery here in Maryland, just in case. I definitely know that my savings won't stretch that far.
JulioZ