| As a young man growing up in the cold northern | | | | and order a fruity drink that everyone in a |
| regions of America's great Midwest I often found | | | | Midwestern bar would laugh at. Then, I can take |
| myself looking forward to February knowing that a | | | | three hours simply talking to the bartender about |
| swimsuit magazine full of beautiful supermodels would | | | | where the best local cuisine is located. |
| be headed to my mailbox. The pictures always | | | | Thinking of food, you know supermodels couldn't eat |
| showed these glamorous women wearing the | | | | all the food in those pictures, but we can. Going to |
| smallest of bathing suits and bikinis as they played | | | | warm beach of South America, maybe lounging in an |
| and enjoyed the beaches and towns of a much | | | | all inclusive Brazil resort and eating whatever I want, |
| warmer climate than mine. Yes, those women sure | | | | sounds like a great idea. Those all inclusive resorts |
| were pretty, but I also remember looking at the | | | | have to have food when I want it; I could eat two |
| sunny beaches and the streets lined with palm trees | | | | breakfasts, brunch, lunch, a mid-day snack, and dinner |
| and thinking how great it would be to be swinging on | | | | with dessert, oh, and a midnight treat. The |
| a hammock in the tropical sun. Marrying a beautiful | | | | supermodel may live on eight glasses of water a day, |
| woman has erased my need to look at supermodel | | | | but on a warm beach in the tropics we can be fed |
| pictures, but the desire to visit the tropics during | | | | real food ten times a day. |
| February has not. Plus, I now know that those great | | | | Well, maybe eating ten times in a day isn't the best |
| looking models did not have the awesome amount of | | | | idea, but having a great time, actually playing some |
| fun displayed in those photographs. I want to have | | | | of the beach sports the supermodels acted out, is a |
| the fun in the tropics that the supermodels were | | | | terrific idea. A visit to the warmth of the Caribbean |
| never allowed to have. | | | | could mean running from each of the Negril resorts |
| Think about it. Wouldn't you want to be lying on the | | | | to the next. A person could experience the beauty |
| beach of some Jamaica resort? Or, do you really | | | | of the tropics, learn some local customs, and like a |
| enjoy thirty below wind chill? No, I want to swim up | | | | supermodel - get a great work out. |
| to the bar of a pool overlooking the Gulf of Mexico | | | | |