It was not Santa at my door

  Yesterday I went to take the trash out and there was a note on my door.  I was thinking that Santa had left me a note telling me that I had been a good boy.
  That was not the case.  The note was from the apartment management people telling me that my lease would be up in March and that my rent would be going up from $599.00 a month to $615.00 a month.  Merry Christmas.  

  I will renew the lease for 12 months again.  Since the world is going to end in 2012 this will be my last lease. 

  I do wish now that I had stayed in FL.  I looked at places to rent there and I could have got a one room studio right on the beach for what I am paying here.  But I needed something bigger than a studio because of my grandson. 

  The only way I will end up living on the beach someplace is if I win a lottery and we know that is not going to happen.  I looked online last night and for around $10 million dollars I could buy a hotel on the beach in FL.  In fact there were a couple on South Beach for that price and each one had around 40 rooms to rent out.  If I won the lottery I could buy one and make the entire top floor my living space. 

  I wonder how much the two hotels next to Haulover Beach cost?  I am sure they are not for sale.  But on each side of Haulover Beach is a new high rise hotel. 
  In case you do not know Haulover Beach is a nude beach. 

  I have been at the beach.  It is a great beach.  It is totally legal and people come from all over the world to visit the beach. 
  It was sort of funny.  You would see people coming out of the hotels next to the beach and they would walk (fully dressed) through Haulover Beach.
  I would love to live in the hotel.  I would love to own the hotel.  I would set up a webcam on the roof and aim it at the beach.  I would not zoom in close enough that you could see any faces but just sort of as a tease.  I bet I could keep the rooms rented out.  Truth is I do not think you have to do that to rent out those room  or other rooms in the Miami area.

Comments

[Phil]

You're always welcome to come back to the Miami area. I'll save a chair for you at Haulover Beach. Leave your bathing suit at home

[Jim Howard]

Sounds good. I would be happy to just live in a one room studio close to Haulover Beach. I would walk over and eat at Haulover Beach.
Not sure I can make it. It cost so much to move.
I will have to win a lottery.
I am broke for the next couple of days but when I get my SS money this time I am going to buy 25 $2 scratch off tickets. If you win you get $1K a week ($52K a year) for 20 years.
If I won I would move and rent a place on the beach someplace in FL. If I got a place in the Keys you could leave your swim suit at home and come and visit me.