There are aspects to Florida that are impeccable. Then there’s Miami. As long as a person realizes there is no discernible purpose in going to Miami, you’ll be fine. In Miami you are either paying parking or paying a toll. There is also a “Russian roulette” aspect to driving on the roads there (I don’t know how many people I talked to who said, “I’m from Florida and I don’t go to Miami“). I would have liked to go to the Perez Museum and the Bass, but as I was unwilling to either pay $20 for parking (admission was only $16) or parking wasn’t available, I’ll never know what they were like.

Palm Beach is a beautiful city. It also has unforgettable venues like the Norton Museum that I was very glad to have seen. The Keys are a nice area. The Everglades fantastic. Naples not bad. The people who are native to Florida are like most people in the south, the best. The weather is wonderful. In the 70’s and 80’s when the Midwest was experiencing -10 below. Evenings are wonderful at 68 degrees or so. Mosquitoes were almost non-existant. The trick is to avoid Miami. Because the weather is not even worth that.

‘Neapolitan Pie’, oil on canvas – (1963) at the Norton Museum, Palm Beach