Florida Garden

Huge thunderclaps and bolts of lightning.
A downpour that was mesmerizing.
Sheets of blowing rain.
Mike says let's walk to Florida Garden -1/2 block. I'll buy you breakfast.
Umbrella in hand we scurried across Florida and watched people going about their daily routines as if the sun were shining.
Our favorite waiter, Oca, brought the lagrimas and medialunas while we read the paper and chatted. As usual, the conversation turned to tango. Yesterday was a tango marathon. 4 1/2 hours at La Viruta with Noelia and Javier + the famous old timers Osvaldo and Coca. A great review of the basics.
I decided to strike up a conversation in Spanish with Oca who has no English. I told him about the tango lesson and how we had a chance to study with the greats- Osvaldo y Coca. In Spanish he said we should have had Osvaldo with "vino" instead of "Coka". Mike, as usual with is quick humor whispered in my ear, "Right about that. I guess he must have seen Coca."