South Beach
Trip Start
Jan 18, 2008
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Trip End
Jan 21, 2008
Miami, Florida
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The best part of staying at the South Beach Group hotels are their evening happy hour where vodka drinks are free from 6-7. We managed to get our money's worth each evening, people watching on the couches outside, reading the paper, and playing cards.
The Art deco festival happened to be going on that weekend, so the streets wee teeming with vendors, people, dogs, rollerbladers, and some neat antique cars. There were lots of free outdoor concerts, which were fun.
We had a decent brunch at News Cafe on Ocean at 8th. Mostly it is good people watching.
The columbian hot dogs at La Ventana weren't bad, either.
We had a fun dinner with peter's coworkers at Lario's, one of Gloria Estefan's
restaurants. The outdoor atmosphere on Ocean drive is great, although the food was just mediocre.
I was curious to see Little Havana, so one day we rented a moped and head across the bridge. After driving by a few places, we found the best cuban sandwich and coffee at Cafe Versaille. Turns our Mccain was campaigning there the next week! On our way back to south beach, we jumped on the bunjee trampoline.
By far our worst meal was at Joe's Stone Crab, where the line was long (even though we arrived very late) and the service horrible. Our stone crabs were cold and tasteless. What a waste. At least we were close to Nikki Beach Club, where we stopped in for some dancing. It was a sort of strange crowd, however, so I don't know if it was all it was cracked up to be. I think I preferred Mansion, the place we had tried out the night before, although that place was also pricey and not all that...
We also caught a nice flamenco show at tapas y tintos, on espannola way. It's tucked away on a very picturesque street. I wish we had tried the food there.
