Hi from South Florida

[miamifem]

Welcome. How south in Florida are you. I spent some time last winter on Marco Island and will be there next year for a month. Gotta love that climate. A wonderful escape from frigid Canada in the winter.

I'm in Miami, but I go all over the place for various reasons from school to hobbies and vacationing. I've been spending loads of time in Hollywood and down in the Keys.

 

[ZMAN]

We spent a week in Hallandale beach near Hollywood a couple of years ago. Penthouse condo, very nice. Love the climate. Took a day cruise to the Bahamas from there and last year took a jet boat ride to the keys for a day.
This year we hope to spend a month on Marco. I kind of figured you were from Miami. Spent some time at the Guitar centre in Hallandale, are there any other good guitar shops in the area.?

 

[miamifem]

We spent a week in Hallandale beach near Hollywood a couple of years ago. Penthouse condo, very nice. Love the climate. Took a day cruise to the Bahamas from there and last year took a jet boat ride to the keys for a day.
This year we hope to spend a month on Marco. I kind of figured you were from Miami. Spent some time at the Guitar centre in Hallandale, are there any other good guitar shops in the area.?

Guitar Center Kendall....lol!! I love that store!

 

[dws]

Welcome!

 

[Brian Krashpad]

And yet I went to University of South Florida, located in Tampa. It's always seemed more central to me, but as a USF alum I have come to think of Tampa as south florida. When I drive the four hours southeast to see my parents I'm reminded there's a lot more south to go on the peninsula.

That's a good point. The USF monicker is a bit of an anomaly in Florida geographic usage, innit? Fwiw, I tend to think of Tampa/St. Pete as part of Central Florida, along with the ORL/Daytona area. Further south on the west coast I tend to think of as "Southwest Florida."

 

[miamifem]

That's a good point. The USF monicker is a bit of an anomaly in Florida geographic usage, innit? Fwiw, I tend to think of Tampa/St. Pete as part of Central Florida, along with the ORL/Daytona area. Further south on the west coast I tend to think of as "Southwest Florida."

It is pretty interesting considering the Univ. of Central Florida is in Orlando and if you follow Tampa on a map, it's actually a bit north of Orlando, but I wonder if maybe they were brother/sister schools during the time of gendered universities. For example, I know that FSU and UF were brother/sister schools. FSU was an all woman University and UF was all male, and I think they became co-ed in 1947, so I wonder if UCF and USF went the same route. Here's a historical link for anyone who's interested. I'm a bit of a history buff.

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Fem stands for female/feminine/feminist, anything in the girl sense.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!!! Glad to know that there's loads of locals on here, or at least more local to me then say California.

Iz what I thought. Welcome.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

It is pretty interesting considering the Univ. of Central Florida is in Orlando and if you follow Tampa on a map, it's actually a bit north of Orlando, but I wonder if maybe they were brother/sister schools during the time of gendered universities. For example, I know that FSU and UF were brother/sister schools. FSU was an all woman University and UF was all male, and I think they became co-ed in 1947, so I wonder if UCF and USF went the same route. Here's a historical link for anyone who's interested. I'm a bit of a history buff.

Actually, Orlando is a little north (and of course east, being in the middle of the peninsula) of Tampa:

Being a Gator alumnus, I knew of the past relationship of UF/FSU, FSU is frequently still referred to as "That Girl's School" here in Gainesville.

USF and UCF are both newer universities, and do not date back to the times when there were all-male and all-female schools. I had to look it up, but classes didn't start at USF until 1960, and UCF was founded (under a different name, Florida Tech. Univ.) in 1963.

I'm a bit of a history fan too. History was my undergrd major at UF and I taught geography and social studies (junior high school) for a year in between undergrad and law school.

 

[duhvoodooman]

Wow, I'm s-o-o-o behind on my welcomes! WELCOME to The Fret, Miamifem!! Glad to have you with us! :AOK: :dude: :rockon:

 

[Miami-Ace]

:dance Hello, this is a welcoming message from a real-life Miami guy. You truly should check out Robert's Dolphinstreet site. He's got a gift for straightforward instructional videos, in which he slowly, patiently explains everything. He also has mastered how to give really good views of what he is doing -- and he takes pains to repeat things quite a bit. He's also a highly likeable dude.

Good luck on your learning adventure. I got serious about guitar culture at age 59 ... and I have been having a blast. Even my cat and my wife like to listen to my noodling about. I hope you get that kind of satisfying experence. When you do something that you previously couldn't -- and it sounds pretty good -- it's a joyful thing.

 

[Spudman]

2 years since they last checked in. Hmmm.