Today started as a typical Tuesday and continued to be a great day. I have a standing breakfast appointment with a friend every Tuesday at Harpoon Harry's which another friend and I named "Breakfast at Tiffany's about 20 years ago. I don't recall where the name came from but I will assume their life changing Bloody Mary's had something to do with it. We met at Harry's at 8:30 as usual and had an excellent breakfast. We sit at the same table with the same waitress and order the same thing every time. They don't even bring us a Menu anymore. After breakfast I needed my second dose of caffeine so I went across the parking lot to Cuban Coffee Queen for a Cafe Con Leche. They have excellent coffee at a low price and are right on the Marina. I walk out to the docks and enjoy my coffee watching the boats come and go. Doing anything in shorts, a tee shirt and flip flops in mid December is a good thing. Even better when you're doing it on the water in Key West.
I think I am a glutton for punishment. After my walk on the Marina I went to the Post Office two days in a row on Christmas week. Much to my surprise there were only 3 people in line. I think I got there after the people going on their way to work and before the people who closed the barroom last night and slept in. The crazy part is neither of my Post Office trips this week had anything to do with Christmas. They both just coincidentally happened this week when i usually go to the Post Office maybe three times a year. Today I had to return a package that had to be post marked by December 31st and I am going out of town for Christmas leaving Thursday afternoon. I got my morning smile when I saw a Grandpa pull up on a bike with a baby behind him on the seat and another in tow on a Bicycle Baby Carriage. We actually see those around the island quite a bit.
I mailed my package and went over to Truman Annex to take some photos of houses for sale as well as the common areas and grounds. I have been working with a couple who have been looking at buying in there. Truman Annex is a very nice area with beautiful homes but a little too busy for me. They are one of a very few areas in Key West that allow weekly rentals causing it to be very transient. A great place to vacation but not where I would want to live. I am very content living in New Town. I've been in the same house over 20 years and am happy here.
After my visit to Truman Annex it was my favorite time of the work day; lunch time. If you read this blog regularly you have probably realized by now I'm a little obsessed with food. I guess there are worse things I could obsess over. Since it was a beautiful day and I was downtown I decided to go to B.O.'s Fish Wagon and eat outside. I like B.O.'s a lot. It is literally an old fashion fish wagon just as the name says. It is in the parking lot of the Key West Bight. To use a big Oxymoron, it is a "Classy Dive". Great food, good service at a very fair price.
I left B.O.'s very full and came back to my home office to work by the pool putting an information email and photos together for the couple looking at Truman annex. I won't bore you by going into detail about estimated P&L's for rental figures for 2015 and 2016 YTD. I could mention how good I am at putting photo presentations together with Photoshop but that would be a lie and I want my readers to like me so I won't do that either. Boring work, yes, but I did it sitting outside with my feet in the pool while most of America had their feet in winter boots and snow.
Dinner was quiet and simple tonight. Burgers on the grill and Pasta Salad. Wolfgang Puck doesn't have to worry about me putting him out of business today but it hit the spot and was easy to make. Didn't do much after dinner. Ran to Publix to get Almond Milk. Exciting, I know. That was another Day in Key West.
Until tomorrow,
Gary
Gary McAdams, P.A.
The Key West Life
Barbara Anderson Realty
305-731-0501
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