| The following piece was to appear in a
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| | Miami will see. An hour later I'm
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| Miami magazine (which shall remain
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| | beginning to think our Dame has either
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| nameless) that never got beyond its first
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| | cancelled without telling me, or is lost.
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| issue which was to include a story on a
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| | You can only pose a guy so many different
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| Miami chopper builder, a downtown
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| | ways on a chopper before it becomes
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| jeweler, and a local bikini designer. The
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| | impossible to avoid posing him for some
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| parentheticals are my comments
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| | kind of gay publication-- not that there
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| after-the-fact.Let me tell you a true
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| | is anything wrong with that as Seinfeld
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| story about a young woman who got up
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| | and Castanza have reminded us over
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| early one morning looking for a fish
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| | countless reruns.Home is only a short
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| market and ended up on the cover of a
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| | drive away. I decide to go back and see
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| magazine.It's six o'clock on a Sunday
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| | if I can get hold of our female model via
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| morning. The sun still isn't up and I'm
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| | an email. While I'm on the net, I call
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| waiting below the Watson Island bridge
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| | her cell phone. Still nothing. I haven't
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| between Miami and Miami Beach feeling a
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| | a clue where she is. I drive back
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| little foolish holding a bejeweled bra in
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| | thinking we can't just have a guy posing
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| my hand and a little uncomfortable
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| | in the magazine. We're already skating on
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| watching the homeless emerging from the
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| | politically incorrect thin ice as it is
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| shadows with the stray cats. I'm there to
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| | what with pin-ups for crisesakes, but
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| shoot the cover and pin-up pages (okay,
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| | having just a guy and not a girl really
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| so it wasn't very politically correct--
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| | would paint a different kind of picture
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| at least we offered both sexes), alone in
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| | of what the magazine is all about. So,
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| the dark with the rats, the cats,
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| | it's with great relief when I turn onto
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| homeless zombies looking for a smoke, and
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| | the dirt road beneath the bridge that I
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| an over-the-top bra in my hand that would
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| | see Dennie talking to a woman. I can't
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| make a jaded Las Vegas showgirl blush
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| | believe it, but our model finally showed
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| with envy.The bra is made of red acrylic
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| | up! I park, jump out and rush over to
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| and covered with Swarovski crystals. It's
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| | shake her hand but the young lady stops
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| on loan from a downtown jeweler for the
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| | me short with "I'm not her." I look at
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| photo shoot which, God willing, will
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| | Dennie. He's smiling broadly. Seems this
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| happen in a few minutes. I'm looking for
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| | woman was looking for the fish market on
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| cops patrolling the island but there
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| | Watson Island. She had gotten up early to
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| aren't any because it's too damn early!I
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| | score some fresh fish for dinner that
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| know my faith in mankind is being tested.
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| | night. She grew up in Miami but hadn't
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| The photographer who had agreed to do the
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| | been back in ten years. Since she was
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| shoot, bailed at the eleventh hour. In
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| | away, the city moved the fish market and
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| desperation I turned to Dennie and DK
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| | the commercial fishing boats. In the
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| Cody of Cody Photo who shot our first
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| | short time I was away, Dennie convinced
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| cover. They agree to help me and suggest
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| | her to pose for our magazine.She's only
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| we schedule the shoot for 6am under the
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| | wearing flip-flops, shorts, and a
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| bridge to catch the early morning light
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| | t-shirt-- and no makeup. But we don't
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| on the downtown skyline. This probably
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| | care. She's adorable, smart, and has a
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| had something to do with Dennie's pioneer
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| | great self-deprecating sense of humor.And
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| spirit bloodline (he's a descendent of
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| | she's brave, the kind of personality that
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| Buffalo Bill) where no one ever gave a
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| | says "yes" to new adventures; the kind of
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| thought about getting up before sunrise.I
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| | person that has helped this magazine get
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| know the Cody's will show, but I'm not so
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| | published (Little did I know that this
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| sure about the others. I've never met
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| | courage was not shared by the publisher).
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| them. I've only spoken to them over the
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| | She's perfect. Her name? Alecia Walker.
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| phone. Knowing that they are trading
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| | She's on vacation, visiting her brother
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| their time only for publicity and copies
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| | in Miami. Her home is in Maryland where
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| of the magazine makes me wonder if they
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| | she works as a Surgical
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| will really show. The longer I stand
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| | Technologist.Within moments we have her
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| there alone in the dark, the less I'm
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| | ditching her t-shirt and wearing the
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| sure they will.Dennie and DK are the
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| | "bejeweled bra." When I see the light
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| first faces to appear out of the darkness
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| | bouncing off those Swarovsky crystals, I
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| that don't ask me for a cigarette or
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| | know it was meant to be. If we had shot
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| money. I hear myself paraphrasing the
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| | the pictures with Alecia any earlier, we
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| Cowardly Lion, "I do believe in people, I
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| | wouldn't have gotten that startling
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| do believe in people." Now, if only the
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| | effect. Call it serendipity-- I can't let
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| rest will show so I can shake loose of my
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| | go of my Cowardly Lion tail long enough
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| Cowardly Lion tail: the owner of Miami
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| | to say it was meant to be. That might be
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| Choppers who agreed to bring one of his
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| | assuming too much. Only time will tell.
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| custom bikes down to the shoot, and the
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| | (I made the mistake of letting go of the
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| models.Patrick Jones is the first model
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| | tail at the launch party for the magazine
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| to arrive. All the way from Ft.
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| | that followed this shoot a week later).I
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| Lauderdale. He turns out to be a great
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| | also can't promise if you say "yes" to
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| guy with lots of enthusiasim for so early
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| | the magazine your life will change for
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| in the morning. I suspect he's from
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| | the better. I don't know how being on the
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| pioneer stock too. Before long, Miguel
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| | cover of our magazine and becoming the
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| Suarez and his lovely wife Yami of Miami
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| | second ever Downtown Dame will make your
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| Choppers drive up with the first light of
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| | life better, but hopefully for this young
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| the day and I feel my faith in humanity
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| | spirited Ms. Walker, the Cody's, Patrick
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| rising with the new day's sun.Since the
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| | Jones, and the Suarezes, something good
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| pin-up pages are single, full-pages
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| | will come out of saying "yes" to us (or
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| devoted to a "Downtown Dude" and "Dame,"
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| | at least to me).D.C. Copeland is a writer
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| we start shooting Patrick on the bike
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| | and award-winning artist. When visiting
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| immediately to catch the kind of light
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| | Copeland's personal website and blog you
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| only insomniacs, milkmen, intrepid
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| | will discover that Wayne Cochran is the
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| fishermen, farmers, buffalo hunters, and
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| | Patron Saint and that many people
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| people living in Ft. Lauderdale who have
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| | consider it to be "The Rodney Dangerfield
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| to get up early for the commute into
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| | of Blogs.
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