I heard a knock at the door, and opened it to find one of the homeowners handing me four mangoes–two that are ripe, two that need another day or so. We started talking about the coconuts that he harvests from the street, and that led to a machete and a handmade, welded striking implement cracking [...]

…and so I drove to the end of the turnpike yesterday afternoon, and met Jessica and Al for a tour of South Florida. Awash in the interesting mix of high and low culture, we arrived at Robert Is Here, the fruit emporium that began in 1959 as a roadside stand. Perusing stacks of sugarcane that [...]