america, miami was also an just wanted to get off the grid, own rules. if you have ever read the excellent travis mcgee novels, you ll remember the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didn t want to do that anymore. now i m on this piece of iron. anthony: bob, aka captain bob, however, is still here and still living on his boat in the miami river. travis: we sit out here and we look like we re enjoying ourselves, but it is really hard work. just sitting here looking pretty. it s not for everybody. but yeah, it s a good life. anthony: i ve had many friends over the years who live on boats, work on boats, but
luther: my mind-set is i don t have to deal with this every day. i m going back to sunshine. when i have that on my mind, i can go into any city. i can go into a blizzard. i know i m going out. y all stay. anthony: this is really good. anthony: back inland, another world of little haiti. just in case miami didn t have enough tasty stuff from elsewhere. the b&m market is tucked away in that make me happiest. jerk chicken, who doesn t love that? curried goat, roti, and this. cow-foot soup. flavors, textures, some next level stuff. anthony: that looks, by the way, unbelievable. that s so good. what s the best thing about miami? women: the mix of cultures that we ve got. anthony: what s the worst
mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didn t want to do that anymore. now i m on this piece of iron. anthony: bob, aka captain bob, is still here and still living on his boat in the miami river. travis: we sit out here and we look like we re enjoying ourselves, but it is really hard work. just sitting here looking pretty, it s not for everybody.
everything that ever ailed you. long a refuge for people all over the caribbean basin and latin america, miami was also an inviting place for americans who just wanted to get off the grid, live differently, and make their own rules. you ll remember travis, the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didn t want to do that anymore. now i m on this piece of iron. bob, aka captain bob, is still here and still living on his boat in the miami river.
beans, potatoes. oh, i missed you. i missed you bad. and that was precisely what i loved about the food here. the portuguese thing, dishes like this stuffed cod crusted with ground portuguese sausage, bread crumbs, stuffed with scallop and crab. some sherry, red sauce. i hadn t been working for a while, i was a deadbeat. i mean, i was just just scarfing off everybody else. and he comes from work and says our dishwasher didn t show up today. you are our new dishwasher. and i said, oh, really. and the next day i put on the apron and didn t take it off for 30 years. i d wake up, all of us go to the beach, hang out on the beach until like 2:00, 3:00. yeah, it was fun. roll into work. work all night. drinking, getting high, drilling out food. you have all the food you wanted, all the liquor you wanted. all the sex you wanted. all the sex you wanted. it was true, it was fun. we had a good time. and yet you still were an essential part of the economy. it was a lot of fun, believ