Intown 411

It's time for the monthly Dialect party at Brew Urban Cafe. Tonight, 23 artists will join four DJs and a bunch of other random people who are standing around talking and drinking coffee or beer for the exhibit/dance party. It usually brings out an interesting crowd of artists and people who go to dance parties.

Dialect - list of artists and djs

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It's 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning... hundreds of folks line the main drag of the Town of Davie, anxiously looking north for the first sign of movement.  We were out in force, three generations of local Davie residents from two sides of the family.  Our supplies: a cooler full of beverages (non-alcoholic), a truck tailgate or two, three cameras, and six folding chairs that hadn't been cleaned since their last trip to the glades. I hadn't been to the parade for a few years, but it had been a yearly custom for the family since it began.  My grandmother had been highly involved with the local historical society and the Old Davie School Museum which did a float every year.  I'd been on that float one year, dressed as a pioneer for the "Pioneer Days" theme.  Dressed in our gingham dresses and matching bonnets, we waved and threw candy and oranges. 

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Friday evening, @ 8 p.m., there were cars parked neatly in a row.  One car had a tall sign atop it's roof that read "FEMME PEDALS" (pronounced as femme pe-dolls).  The moon was just up over the Downtown Fort Lauderdale skyline and a train horn sounded in the distance...

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