Dateline: Sunny Isles, 1961 Pauls Safari Into Miamis History. Then and Now: A Glimpse of the Sunny Isles that Once Was. ___________ Once upon a time, he tried to explain to the children as they made their way along the shadowed condo canyon, flip flops smacking and slapping loudly in their own private parade, there used to be a sweet little place that Grams and Poppa used to take us, when we were your age. He paused to try and put his finger on the name, for it was eluding him, yet almost close enough to touch. It was driving him crazy! Atlantic Breeze? It had been so long... His youngest stood in place long enough to yawn slowly, like a lion, yet without affectation or self-consciousness. The poor baby is tired, he suddenly realized, reaching down to scoop her up and hold her. She fell gratefully against him. Daddy, she asked him, bleary-eyed, where is the beach? He was momentarily taken aback by the simple question. Wh-why, its just there, right behind all of these buildings, sweetheart. He took a minute to scan for even a spot or a dash of blue water, in vain. But, he spied a public walkway, and so found reason for hope. Come on, kids!, he exclaimed suddenly, trying his best to project that sense of spontaneous excitement he felt that they deserved, being children on vacation at the beach. Lets hit the surf! What do you say? _______________________ As fate would have it, the very next day he and his wife chanced upon a hole in the wall store, of the quite-odd, miscellaneous, and WAY too over-full variety. The kind that seemed forgotten by time, even in its prices. Exactly the kind of place that they appreciated, and sought out whenever they had a rare chance, these days.... And Lo and Behold! There crammed into a rusty old spinner rack with all the other vintage cards, just about in exact middle, was a 1961 postcard of his place, of all the damned things! The memories came flooding back, at first glance. The SEA Breeze, he exclaimed aloud, without forethought. THAT was it! He slowly picked up the treasure to hold in hand, allowing himself a short journey back in time, in his imagination. He considered the image, read the Sea Breeze Motel in Miami Beach, Florida at 16151 Collins Avenue, and smiled. He then hesitated only briefly before carefully returning the card back to the exact place he had found it, tapping it most gently back into place. Just then, his wife said with some excitement, Honey, come look at this! He went to her right away and with a sense of joy, as he almost always did. ___________________________ Thank you.
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