Victor Au:  

Life June, 27, 2005 This appears to be more akin to a running journal than an entire life bio, but it's more fun this way: those titles and headings are probably more suggestions than hard and fast rules at any rate... I am still in Maimi, specifically Doral, although my apartment is in Miami Beach, specifically South Beach. Why specifically? Well, in most cities in Canada, you refer to the city and that's that. In urban America, entire cities are suburbs. Right around me there are probably ten cities with nary a mile of anything resembling open space between them. Enough about that though... In Miami Beach, I live in an apartment which, by local standards is cheap. It is, however, stupidly expensive by normal people's standards. Imagine a monthly mortgage and car payment. Double it. There's the one month's rent. The only reason I stick with it is because I will probably never live here again, so I might as well enjoy it as much as I can, and having a very spacious and comfortable place to call home for awhile does this for me. There's that and the fact that the lease on the apartment isn't up until next February. There are many places around where I live where I find things to do and consequently, help me eke out a blissful existance. There's Lincoln Road, South Beach, and the bay. Lincoln Road is basically a fancy schmancy walkway with exotic (re: expensive) restaurants and boutiques. Now, this has never really appealed to me, but you will not find many other places to people watch, which, when firmly grasping a gelatto or mocha frappacino, is actually quite amusing. South Beach is a fantastic beach with great sand; not as nice as Aruba, but then again, where is? If not for the fact that the sun bakes my skin a fairly lively shade of crimson i...Expand for more