If I was were to post photos of every single tacky thing in Florida, this entry would be approximately as long as the unabridged, annotated Oxford English dictionary.  I am sort of a connoisseur of the tacky, but even I can only take so much.  Mae West was wrong.  Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.

Now to the tack.  In Florida, the tackiness comes in different form, ranging from architecture to Christmas ornaments.  It all looks a little crazy and a little over done and therefore, delicious and delightful.

Case in point:

OK, after looking at this photo about 18 times I started to think it wasn’t that bad.  But it is also a perfect example of the Floridian tackiness.  This is a simple seating area at a beach and it looks like a set from a 60s heist flick with Steve McQueen.  I’d half expect him to appear here.

Next up, your average Florida info stand:

So much going on there.  So much….

Not to mention the architecture that always just has so much going on or is just in some crazy candy color:

Or again, reminds you of Oceans 11:

Even small, earnest seeming restaurants can fall under the spell of tackiness:

But what always, always gets me about Florida is the use of these statues and figures everywhere.  Most of the time they are to comic effect and I have never seen as many as in Florida.

This first one is similar to one we have seen before:

OK, he looks like a classical Roman statue without all the dirt and grime, but notice how really neat and clean he is.  And the palm trees, oh the palms.

Next:

Well, isn’t he a friendly fellow.  Would you rather look at her?:

Or maybe this thing?:

Or this thing, which I can only assume is modern art because otherwise I don’t have even the slightest clue of what it means:

And the tackiness extends too all holidays and all objects:

I do mean everything:

And that is all from the tack vault.  For now….