“Man, she don’t speak no Spanish!”
(What I heard as I was getting checked out by one African American man and two Latinos while buying a cafe con leche in Hialeah.)
Tara Kray, Gainesville
Born and raised; a rare breed.
Mallory Colliflower, Hollywood
Best compliment: white boy’s got rhythym!
Marc Rabinowitz, New York City
My favorite place. Family, sun, ocean.
Elaine Cyr, Boca Raton
Sunshine. Chaos. Friends. Family. Love It.
Blanca Stella Mejia, Miami
Poolboy, where’s my mojito? I’m thirsty.
Kevin Cobb, Fort Lauderdale
Sun. Rain. Sun. Rain. Sun Rain.
Andres Almeida, Fort Lauderdale
Old leathery Canadians in Speedos. Gross!
Elaine Cyr, Boca Raton
Snowbirds that can’t drive on I-95!
Elaine Cyr, Boca Raton
Boca: More plastic than recycling plant.
Elaine Cyr, Boca Raton
Robert’s Rules. Condo meeting. Chaos prevails.
Leonard Nash, Hollywood
Birth. School. Sun. Work. Food. Death.
Deb Griffith, Plantation
For sale. Baby shoes. Size 12.
Jake Cline, Hollywood
Pool baseball with the radio on.
Rob Budowsky, Hollyweird
Born, raised, love, hate, can’t escape.
Alex Vidal, Pompano Beach
The land of misfit mental toys.
Benny, Fort Lauderdale
Hot, sticky, ridiculous. I am out.
Miranda Mulligan, Boston
Oye chica culture shock a go-go.
Leticia de Mello Bueno, Miami
Escaped Kendall; Found the real Miami.
Leah Weston, South Miami
Sunset in Key Largo, the best!
Leslie Hannah Skinner, Key Largo
Familiarity without depth may breed contempt.
Anonymous
Spanish beats, salty lips, sandy feet.
Leticia de Mello Bueno, Miami
Nerdy was sexy, fifty pounds ago.
@MzMayhem2You
Feels like you need a passport.
Benny, Fort Lauderdale
It is too hot out there.
Garrett Mickley, Jupiter
Well, my sun burn is back.
Garrett Mickley, Jupiter
Gringo=speaker, porkfat=government, silicone=beauty?
J. Wolfe, Coral Gables
Miami, like sunlight, booze, seeped in.
Kristin Eleazer
Retired, kinda. Now working the muse.
Robert H. Lyle, Lauderdale by the Sea
So much more than South Beach.
Lisa Cawley, Kendall
Embarrassing relative; I really love you.
Trina Sargalski, Miami
Mojitos aren’t just for girls anymore.
Leticia de Mello Bueno, Miami
Oigo! Coconutty sweat, BOOMCHACKABOOM leaping lizards.
Gretchen S., Coral Gables
Bootilicious before J-Lo made it sexy.
@MzMayhem2You
Oye, mi socio – Compromiso ain’t compromise!
@MzMayhem2You
Late ‘cuz we’re under the sun.
@MzMayhem2You
How did I become my mother?
Marika Lynch, Miami
We come visit our great daughter.
Frank Popper, Highland Park, New Jersey
First Florida summer: braised in sweat.
Jan Becker, Pompano Beach
I was My-AM-uh. Now I’m Miami.
Larry “Bud” Meyer, Morningside/Miami
Warm and weird, pastel and pastelitos.
Larry “Bud” Meyer, Morningside/Miami
Cacaphonous, ceaseless, coral, conundrum — Cane City.
Larry “Bud” Meyer, Morningside/Miami
Fun in sun followed by hangover.
Chris Ossman, Kendall
Surrounded by assholes. Ugh, the humidity.
Joel Kodner, South Floriduh
Defrauded America to buy the governorship.
Joel Kodner (@NotRickScott)
Rolling down hills at Greynolds park.
Janis Scharf, Davie
¿Oye asere, que bolá mi socio?
Steve Roitstein, North Miami
Cafe con leche is my drug.
Steve Roitstein, North Miami
I can’t help it; I’m Cubanized.
Steve Roitstein, North Miami
Get done before 1; pouring rain.
Leticia de Mello Bueno, Miami
I’m the lost shaker of salt.
Leticia de Mello Bueno, Miami
Didn’t shoot guns. Made cookies instead.
Melissa (@_melississippi)
It was “Maiammuh,” now its “Meeahmee.”
Steve Roitstein, North Miami
Rushing for naught; waiting for treasure.
Surey, Miami
Forty-one years of bitching about humidity.
Marc Kevin Hall, Unincorporated Miami (Miami Shores/North Miami area)
Our calendar revolves around “the season.”
Steve Roitstein, North Miami
Funky roadside attractions, all now defunct.
Marc Kevin Hall, Unincorporated Miami (Miami Shores/North Miami area)
Still an outsider, like everyone here.
Marc Kevin Hall, Unincorporated Miami (Miami Shores/North Miami area)
Life without snow, but, whoa, hurricanes!
Robert, Hollywood
There’s a gator in my pool.
Mallory Colliflower, Hollywood
Leaving since the day I arrived.
Paula Niño, Miami Shores
¿Habla español? Eske ou pale kreyòl?
Marc Kevin Hall, Unincorporated Miami (Miami Shores/North Miami area)
Crucifix nestled between giant fake tits.
Joe Clifford, Hollywood
Please feed me and my baby.
Sarah Pearsall, West Palm Beach
Beach High Education. Honors Teen Mom.
Edurne Poggi, Miami Beach
Sweating at peninsula’s tip to eighties radio.
Stephanie Howard, Kendall
Sadly, blood’s not thicker than humidity.
Stephanie Howard, Kendall
Fifth-generation Floridian. Hates Jimmy Buffett.
Jake Cline, Hollywood
Raised in Davie. Not a redneck.
Jake Cline, Hollywood
Uncle Luke for Mayor? Check Yes.
Carlos Frias, Miramar
At least it’s a humid heat.
Carlos Frias, Miramar
Say hello to my little friend.
Eddie Serrano, Hialeah
Driving the 7-mile bridge munching arepas.
Andrea Wulkan, Broward
Miami lights. Jewels on black velvet.
Fay Aronson, Coral Gables
Even the mannequins have fake boobs.
Benny, Fort Lauderdale
Walking The Edge at America’s Edge.
Carlos Miller, Miami
Mini dinosaurs are the real majority.
Leticia de Mello Bueno, Miami
Last run, but Columbian jail sucks.
John Doe, PineCrest
Moved to Miami and never left.
Danny Rivero, Miami
Never thought I would be back!
Pam Suchman, Coral Gables
I don’t want to play this.
Abraham, Hialeah
Adventurous, naive, broke, hungry, stable, content.
Irene Schoenfeld-Diaz, Plantation
I read too many romance novels.
Tiffany Wingard, Tampa
Campfire cooking with friends I love.
Peggy Sue Wingard, Kendall
Walked into WLRN; I’m still standing.
Adrianna Prothero, Silver Bluff
Walked into WLRN; refused to leave.
Sammy Mack, Downtown
I loved. I lost. Still here.
C.S. Oaksmith, Coral Gables
Single forty-something woman exploring her options.
Vikki, Coconut Grove
Laugh and love despite your surroundings.
Elena, Doral
We love to hate our city.
Leticia de Mello Bueno, Miami
Totally serendipitous Vermont transplant healer goddess.
Nancy Clarke, Miami
Jailhouse teacher, made it out alive!
Marjorie Waterman, Miami
Expected disappointment, found interest and engagement.
Karal Hansen, South Beach
Wander in to porn-shoot? Only South Beach.
Anonymous
Oh my God; living in paradise.
Anonymous
A nostalgic journey thru sand & surf.
Maria A. Gonzalez, Miami
Pale Italian dancer, coach, daughter, wife.
Cee, Coconut Grove
Things have really changed last years.
Nicole, South Miami
Almost died twice; seven lives left.
Rosalyn Kaplus, Aventura
Miamian Lawyer, legislator, regent, husband, father.
Murray Dubbin, Miami
My am a Miami Native.
Lori Dubbin, Miami
Florida Native with 4 sons, 10 grands.
Helene Dubbin, Miami
Child, student, husband, father, lawyer.
Sam Dubbin, Miami
Amo a Miami. Sol, palmeras, café.
Ana Maria Ortega
I am Latina. I am Miami.
Victoria Alpurus, Miami
I am self-actualizing in Miami, Fl.
Lynn Herald, The Roads
Skin cancer at 16. Moved away.
Becky, Coconut Grove
Third world island feels like home.
Lane Sell, Miami
Stubbornly kiss cheeks in the northeast.
Ali Seitz, Miami/NYC
My life revolves around my next dessert.
Margery Berger, Miami
Packed up and moved to Miami.
Kimberly, Palmetto Bay
I work at the word pile.
Rick Hirsch, Miami Beach
Be careful – I might curse!
Cindy Schwartz, Kendall
Learned the words resources, volunteerism, extracurricular.
Andrew Robert Hyde, Midtown
I am going to the Bar.
Scot Coloney, Ft. Lauderdale
Anticipation, friends, spiritual, careers, father, next?
Carole McConnell, Coconut Creek
New York-Amsterdam lifestyle in South Florida.
Renee de Leaune, Ft. Lauderdale
Okie from Maskogee, well Miami now.
Lisa Ware, South Beach
One vodka, two vodkas, three … FLOOR.
Nikki Worsnop, Ft. Lauderdale
Born, raised 33176 just moved 33156.
Anthony Akowitz, Pinecrest
We just moved here last week.
Anand Narasiman, Coral Gables
Bionic hips sure are wonderful!
Evelyn Weiner, Ohio & Bay Harbor
Hippie Chick joins Mom, publishes books.
Kim Weiss, Boyton Beach
Juray. So Sad. Then juicy joyful.
Lisa McCourt, Boca Raton
Sancing in Fields of Endless possibilities.
Angelina Guerra, Hallendale
After Michigan Winters, South Florida is bliss.
Laura Kohn-Wood, Coral Gables
Single Married Divorced Single Married Divorced.
Valerie Garazi, Ft. Lauderdale
Wanted adventures in life. Matured in Miami.
Laura Coburn, Cutler Bay
Upagain, downagain, inagain, outagain, onagain, offagain.
George Colony, Ft. Lauderdale
Born, lived, gay, loved, children, surviving.
Anna Harriwozon, Miami Springs
Never planned, live Miami LOVE IT!
Loren Pulitzer, Coconut Grove
Gay man, Cuban refugee, loves life!
Roberto A. Fernandez, Miami
Kin color smells foreign languages relief.
Minst Henidrds, Miami Springs
Love hard, live strong, go gators.
Julia Hammond, Miami Shores
Even generations of Miami made me.
Ellie Groden, Plantation
Warmth, love, family, life is good.
Reina Lipkind, Miami Beach
Very Very Very lucky; I am.
Lee Gonzales, Cooper City
Young, parents, memories, older, own memories.
Ofelia Minagorri, Coral Gables
A big change from the Northeast!
Leanne Rutter, Pinecrest
Ice cream plus me equals love.
Jordan Payne, Coral Gables
Californian shamelessly followed true love here.
Laura Payne, Coral Gables
Put your head in my hands.
Chris Adams, Rutland, VT
Gay athlete, empathetic with a brain.
Gene Sulzberger, Brickell
Born and always lived in Miami.
Sonya Rapee, Aventura
Married, Kids, Divorced, Looking, Married, Divorced.
Elaine Silny-Baesa, Kendall
Hialeah Salsa Queen to business owner.
Rebecca Ruiz, Miami
Frizzy hair now gorgeous in Vermont.
Sheryl Rutland, VT
Native Floridian stuck in sand.
Elyse, North Bay Village
Was aggressive before, less so now.
Michael McConnell, Coconut Creek
It all began in a hottub.
Tere, Miami
1960, Cubans cant rent here! Ha!
Maria de Escandalo, Coral Gables
Moved here to windsurf, still sailing.
Steve Winsberg
Bipolar, has its ups and downs.
Wanda Movedsto, CA
Astounded by implants and impractical shoes.
Jane N, Currently in the ether
Culture shock: strange food, lizard attack.
Kathy Hirch, Granite Falls, MO
One of eight two of hundreds.
Linda Smith, Miami Shores