darlings
we are Renewed, Refreshed and feeling Really well (and Quite a bit sun-love-burnished)
for some reason (no alarm – no need) we awoke with the dawn over the ocean.
isn’t it breathtaking?



and then – not long after (well, after the hours or so it took to walk down the beach to enjoy the people putting out chairs on the sand and the dogs running free with their owners panting to keep up) – suddenly – blue skies – and a BALLOON!
Do you know The Tides?
At least that’s what it was called when we were Last Here (for the Millennium) – now it’s called King & Grove The Tides.
Anyway.
we had a lovely breakfast.
no one was around (twas early, we suppose, for beach lovers and nightclub dwellers) so it felt a Tiny Bit off-season-in-Eastbourne and sort of Anita Brookner, writing alone, by the window, sheafs of papers and plot points (yes, we’re writing Something New) – and yet delicious. 
and then – an afternoon by the Pool.

why yes.
that Is Rimbaud.
a decent counterpoint of deep thought and wondrous prose poems to the ice-cream beauty of South Beach, darlings.
why not, indeed?
did you have a simply gorgeous day? We heard NYC has rain.
oh dear.
sigh.
thank goodness we have One More day (but not night, for tomorrow we return to the glittering Gotham in-the-rain).
so – for the last time – until we don’t know when (and isn’t that just one of the Most Magical things about Life?) -
goodnight, Miami

About teamgloria
I used to make my living from writing. And then it all stopped and so I went and did something else, part of which entailed a whole new look from Brooks Brothers (it wasn’t really me, but it was necessary). But a decade later I started to write again (during nights and weekends and frustrated lunch-times and long haul business travel) and one of the things I wrote (or came to me – as I do believe in the whole Muse concept) was a character called Gloria.
Gloria was a trainee angel and sat “up there” waiting for her first assignment. To occupy the hours she should have been studying humans and their foibles, she spent her time enjoying the new celestial movies-on-demand channel and became obsessed by Doris Day. So you can imagine the drama that unfolded when she came to Earth. Quite a shock to the system. But Gloria was determined to see Manhattan through the eyes of a vintage Doris Day movie and something magical started to happen – to me too.
Because I started to do the same thing and life became easier (and then I got Tobias the tumor which changed the trajectory, for now).
There are a lot of glorious people, places & things that help me get through my day – they make my life great – and so I call them “team gloria” (although they don’t usually know that). So I thought I’d start documenting them, and looking out for new people, places & things on a daily basis, and sharing them with you (whomever you are – do say hello. Oh, and tell me who your team gloria is :-)
Love this. Your photos are great. Today was fab in New York, so don’t be too afraid to come back! I’m reading Rimbaud too if you’d like to check out my recent post:
http://sophiaharvey.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/one-thing-on-which-patti-smith-and-i-agree/
how glorious.
we adore sophia-s-who-read-rimbaud ;-)
Rimbaud and South Beach, not to mention a moody and gorgeous sky. A lovely combination.
Dearest D
We knew you would understand such a marvel in juxtaposition and mood and decor and prose ;)
Waving from Miami.
_TG x