Sunday, January 9, 2011

December in Florida

70 degrees farenheit.  Shorts and t shirt weather.  I love the South gulf coast:
1. Fort Myers Beach
2. Indian Rocks Beach

Both towns are not tourist towns, they're residential.  Rent a condo on the beach.  Condos are more quiet than hotels that have crowds of noisy groups waking you up late at night or early morning.  Live where residents live.  Go to sites like vrbo.com, homeaway.com, airbnb.com to rent a condo with a view.  A caveat though is that most of these sites won't allow you to cancel within 24 hours and get a full refund.  If you need something like that, focus on a hotel on the beach.

We spent lazy days December and January walking along the shore, watching dolophins - they appear around sunset, just swimming along the shore.  We walked every day, in the morning and at sunset.  Relaxing, beautiful.  By day, we went to special places for lunch - Columbia's in Clearwater is definitely a plus - beautiful water views, white table cloths, stunning cuban food, enchanting interiors.  

We listened to and read books that really changed my life and increased my sense of well being and happiness:
1. Change Your Brain, Change Your body
2. Emotional Intelligence
3. The Joy of Living

Also a very riveting book on character, leadership, and the U.K.
4. Tony Blair's - A Journey

These are some of the best books I've ever read.  If you pick any of them up, post back on this forum what you think.  They're my holiday gifts to you.  They'll expand your brain.  Happy New Year.

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