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I left Key West "International" Airport this morning at about 5:00 AM with a different view of the world.
Walking down Duval street, the main strip of road in the commercial section of Key West, I saw people of all walks of life. I saw incredibly wealthy European men cheating on their wives, I saw incredibly drunk American men get in fist fights over a misunderstood glare, I saw 14 year old girls trying to stuff their faces with as much alcohol as humanly possible before being ticketed by police ($400 fine). I saw a lot of things I had never seen before.
As I stood on the sidewalk, looking for a cab and waiting for my friend to finish puking next to Ernest Hemingway's old house, a young girl about my age (20...although she could just as easily have been younger) approached me on the street.
"Hey man," she said. "Do you have a room around here?"
"Yep, I'm staying with a friend and his family." I replied nervously.
She then went on about how she was a stripper at a local bar and needed a place to stay for the night because she had been kicked out of her hotel room. She said she had $300 dollars in cash, but that it was all she had left and would do anything to spend the night somewhere. I told her I was seeing someone (which as of that afternoon was untrue) and apologized. She then twirled back around and walked back toward a man leaning against a store a few meters ahead of me. I flagged a cab, grabbed my sick friend, and threw him and myself inside. I told the cab driver what happened.
"Fuckin' whores, thats how they do it down here. That guy she's walkin' with is'er pimp, I see that shit all the time down here, specially 'round spring break."
I guess it's kinda humbling to have that sort of thing happen to you. I felt bad for her. Ah well.
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Beer:
Heineken
Bass
Sapporo (Good shit!)
Bud Light
Green Light
Amstel Light
Corona Extra
Guinness Extra Stout
Liquor:
Bacardi Superior
Bacardi 151
Don Q
Jack Daniels Green Label
Johnny Walker Blue Label (!)
...a Haitian Rum whose name I don't remember.
Wine:
Some cheap ass, styrofoam corked, shiraz...
I drank my brains out last week......
Walking down Duval street, the main strip of road in the commercial section of Key West, I saw people of all walks of life. I saw incredibly wealthy European men cheating on their wives, I saw incredibly drunk American men get in fist fights over a misunderstood glare, I saw 14 year old girls trying to stuff their faces with as much alcohol as humanly possible before being ticketed by police ($400 fine). I saw a lot of things I had never seen before.
As I stood on the sidewalk, looking for a cab and waiting for my friend to finish puking next to Ernest Hemingway's old house, a young girl about my age (20...although she could just as easily have been younger) approached me on the street.
"Hey man," she said. "Do you have a room around here?"
"Yep, I'm staying with a friend and his family." I replied nervously.
She then went on about how she was a stripper at a local bar and needed a place to stay for the night because she had been kicked out of her hotel room. She said she had $300 dollars in cash, but that it was all she had left and would do anything to spend the night somewhere. I told her I was seeing someone (which as of that afternoon was untrue) and apologized. She then twirled back around and walked back toward a man leaning against a store a few meters ahead of me. I flagged a cab, grabbed my sick friend, and threw him and myself inside. I told the cab driver what happened.
"Fuckin' whores, thats how they do it down here. That guy she's walkin' with is'er pimp, I see that shit all the time down here, specially 'round spring break."
I guess it's kinda humbling to have that sort of thing happen to you. I felt bad for her. Ah well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beer:
Heineken
Bass
Sapporo (Good shit!)
Bud Light
Green Light
Amstel Light
Corona Extra
Guinness Extra Stout
Liquor:
Bacardi Superior
Bacardi 151
Don Q
Jack Daniels Green Label
Johnny Walker Blue Label (!)
...a Haitian Rum whose name I don't remember.
Wine:
Some cheap ass, styrofoam corked, shiraz...
I drank my brains out last week......
