We hadn’t planned to spend the day walking around South Beach Miami, but the opportunity presented itself. Fearing it wouldn’t knock twice, we said yes. Excellent choice.
We were with brand-new friends, freshly-met on a music cruise. They were familiar with South Beach, so we let them lead the way. Not only did they show us around and feed our faces with great food and coffee (the very best cortadito I’ve ever had, thank-you-very-much), they also fed our souls with great views and company. Mister was busy taking pictures and when he snapped a lady who lunched – and smoked – I knew I wanted to paint her.
After a week of music, cruising and frivolity, that entire day in South Beach was a bonus, thanks to our friends. But it was also thanks to us, for we could easily have said no when asked if we wanted to tool around Miami, and just waited for our flight at the airport instead. But we said yes. We got memories out of that yes. I got a painting out of it. Excellent choice.