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The Weather's Fine... Twenty-six years and 364 days
ago, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick
Mason released an album that shares its name with an inn near
the strip. Get there and get the sign in your photo.
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Wish You Were Here Inn
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As seen on TV! William Wallace's foe at the Battle
of Falkirk, this English monarch was the most successful of
medieval rulers. Take the year in which the monarch died,
add East Las Olas Boulevard, and you've got Checkpoint 2.
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Cathode Ray Club (1307)
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The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow... It's a patented
Urban Challenge Wacky Equation.®
- She's got no pupils but this little parentless girl ain't
blind.
- "I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me." Who's me?
- PRND321. What's P stand for?
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Annie Beck Park
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No Coke, Pepsi! It's on Las Olas:
| Customer: |
[sitting down, spots Nico and makes his
order] I'll have a couple of eggs, and sausage - is that
link sausage or patty? [Nico nods] Link? [Nico nods] Link?
[Nico nods] Uh, link sausage, a large orange juice, and
coffee. |
| Nico: |
Cheeseburger? |
| Customer: |
No, I don't want a cheeseburger. Eggs,
couple of eggs.. [Nico nods] ..eggs.. [Nico nods] Do you
speak English? [Nico nods] Eggs, couple of eggs, over
lightly, with sausage.. cafe.. cafe.. |
| Pete: |
[interrupting] No, no, no, no, no eggs
- cheeseburger! |
| Customer: |
When do you stop serving breakfast? |
| Pete: |
Now. No breakfast. |
| Customer: |
No breakfast? |
| Pete: |
Nope. |
| Customer: |
I just want a couple of eggs. |
| Pete: |
No breakfast! Cheeseburger! |
| Customer: |
Shut up! I don't want a cheeseburger! |
| Pete: |
Come on, come on, come on - don't give
me that. Come on, let's go, let's go, we gotta have turnover!
You want a cheeseburger? Everybody got a cheeseburger,
you want a cheeseburger? Come on - cheeseburger? |
| Customer: |
I don't want a cheeseburger! I just got
up, it's too early for a cheeseburger! |
| Pete: |
Too early for cheeseburger? Look - [points
around to his customers] cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger,
cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger,
cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger,
cheeseburger, cheeseburger. |
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Cheeburger Cheeburger
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Priced to Move: Find Whirly-Gig #1 by Jean Claude
Rigaud and if you happen to have the 20 large, buy the stainless
steel sculpture today. It's west of Checkpoint 4 and not on
the Riverwalk.
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Whirly Gig Statue
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That Sinking Feeling: This piece of nautical equipment
is believed to be from the wreck of the British ship "L'Athenaise"
sunk November 1, 1804. Get your pic wit' it.
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British Admiralty Anchor on Riverwalk
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On Golden Pond: Near the Museum of Discovery and
Science, find a fine example of Annona Glabra in an unironic
location.
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Pond Apple Tree
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Draw! Get your picture with the portrait of the first
mayor of Fort Lauderdale on the bridge dedicated to him.
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William H. Marshall Memorial Bridge
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Iyamwhatiyam! The most recently released novella
by Norwegian author Nevil Shute shares its name with this
AFL-CIO International Union. Get your photo at the union's
Ft. Lauderdale offices for CP 9.
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Seafarer's International Union
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Run on this sentence! Two Old Farts Auto Parts is
within four blocks of the park which shares its name with
the light pastry which is a breakfast favorite of the citizens
of a country once led by the namesake of the Florida governor
whom Ft. Lauderdale's county is named. Get your picture under
the Two Old Farts Auto Parts sign. By the way, the makeshift
sign covers the location's real name and is the work of a
vandal/joker whom the owner tolerates.
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Two Old Farts Auto Parts
(South Andrews Auto Parts)
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Bimini Bread to Go! Sharing a name with the taxi
driver in a Frank Capra movie, conch is king at this restaurant.
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Ernie's Bar-B-Que
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Is that a big wooden statue or are you happy to see me?
Developer D.C. Alexander was the first to recognize the
beauty of Fort Lauderdale's beaches and work to preserve them.
His plaque on the Strip is Checkpoint 12.
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D.C. Alexander Plaque
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Click number for photo.
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