By now, Casa Cavaliere was supposed to be reality, bustling with dollfaces and babycakes.
I was recently called incompetent by a man who fundamentally rejects my taste in hot dogs.
When I opened the front door, Billy the pooch pranced out in a hurry, grabbed his bone, shook his tail and darted anxiously from side to side, not knowing exactly how to handle the revelation of my arrival.
After 20 minutes, it was so bad my sweat was sweating.
The way Palm Coast has grown the past 10, 15 years, it’s sometimes easy to forget that we live in a fantasy world.
Coquina Lanes was mostly empty mid-afternoon on St. Patrick’s Day, and I preferred it that way.
"There’s something romantic in the inefficiency of it all. A store like Blockbuster could never survive in the 21st century."
Mike Cavaliere meets the Palm Coast Wood Carvers, at Holland Park, and tries to carve a ‘fancy’ wooden spoon.
About Mike Cavaliere | Staff Writer
Mike Cavaliere earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English/creative nonfiction writing from the University of Central Florida. He is a published author and editor, and is currently business editor for the Palm Coast Observer.
Tracks in the Sand: Sea Turtles and Their Protectors, his award-winning book about an eccentric group of conservationists in Volusia and Flagler Counties, was published in April 2010. He has also published several music columns.
He lives in Palm Coast, with a cactus.
Email him at mike@palmcoastobserver.com
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