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...when the sun was setting I decided to get away from them and walk down the beach, alongside the endless row of carbon copies of the Bal Harbour Regency Spa. As I looked down the shimmering beach, I saw what appeared to be young people engaged in calisthenics They were bending over and standing up and bending over and standing up and as I got closer I realized that it was more of THEM. They were gathering shells. Fascinated, I just had to watch them for a while...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...have been to Miami Beach. I have seen the malls, I have seen the beach, I have seen the pool and I have seen the Bal Harbour Regency Spa. I never saw the mineral baths, though I saw a lot of wet raisins exiting from a steamy room next to the pool. All day I sat by the pool and slept, intermittently woken up by my grandmother who told me to put on suntan lotion or to turn on my stomach or to say something to prove that I was visiting her and not just there...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...doctor. As soon as I walked in the door she muttered something about my complexion. When I asked for a Coke, she brought me a glass of milk. She offered to drive me to the beach so I could gather shells. During the car ride back to the spa, my cousin asked me about my grade-point average and if he is Jewish...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...worst part of the day was after dinner when the Spa provided a nightclub act which THEY were convinced was chosen specifically to irritate the hell out of them. Something was wrong with every show and they would start talking loudly while the act was on stage, only to be countered by noisy, wet "sssh"ing. Before long the comedian ("He's talking down to us." "Ssshhh") or the duo ("Her voice is too loud" "Sssshh") couldn't be heard at all. And that's when they started walking out. ("You can't hear these people...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...they call each other behind closed elevator doors. You can just hear them over the muzak. "He's just an old fogie. His hands shake. He has liver spots. He is almost dead." Oh sunny sandy southern peninsula, home of The Fountainbleu, The Princess, The Bal Harbour Regency Spa...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

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