i'm going to miami.............bitch!

in december. what should we do?

whoops can mod please move to ILE. thx!

i heard the rainstorms aren't nothing to mess with

Park your rental car in a fancy garage.

http://www.checkonsite.com/wp-content/gallery/1111-lincoln-road/1111-lincoln-rd-miami.gif

in october. what should I do?

learn Spanish

eat lobster empanadas at http://www.olamiami.com/

Miami Beach! Yeah, yeah!
What a beach! Yeah, yeah!
Everybody's goin' surfin'
At Miami Beach!

I just got your email, Stevie. I'll respond in a couple.

How does Miami work layout-wise? Like is South Beach just a beach and lots of hotels? I'm trying to make a rough itinerary of places to stay/hang out but have no idea what's what. Somebody told me the design district was cool.

South Beach is 20 blocks long: First through Twentieth streets along Ocean Avenue and a few blocks west. The rest of the beach is rather blah.

Wynwood and the Design District, however, are the happening parts of town and are well worth a visit.

my copy of the Sunday NY Times includes a glossy copy of the guide to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.

FUCK A BUNCHA THAT SHIT

My university created it.

see you in February?

not w/out beisbol

get Sockless Joe Jackson to accompany you

if you can manage this, I may even go to an air conditioned game.

The initial section may interest you, Sotosyn, if you frequent this theater

http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/bombast-holiday-tour

Yep. Go there often.

Q: is there any reason it would be unpleasant to be in Miami with one's family during SPRING BREAK? We have an offer for a free place to stay.

And like, are there beaches where one can avoid the collegiate hordes?

Plenty of beaches for everyone. The farther north you travel, the fewer college-aged northerners with sunburnt knees.

So we're heading to Miami/Miami Beach for a long weekend in April -- any local knowledge, good places to eat, interesting stuff to do? We're looking forward to the beach, though also interested in museums/political history/neighborhoods. Missing Rubio's announcement by a few days :/

bad news, everyone... the baseball convention i usually attend is dere next July.

see if you can convince Sockless J0rdan Jackson

you have 10-1/2 months to persuade me to go!

My charm dissolves on contact with astroturf.

we won't feed it to you, then.

I haven't been to Florida (St Pete) since the spring of '84.

also, the Marlins play on grass.

and an air conditioned stadium with a retractable roof that I'll keep paying for after the waters cover Gainesville.

Will be staying for several days with the family at the north end of south beach. Recs?

speaking as an adult whose parents moved our family from ny to s fl when i was 9 my only recommendation is 'don't relocate there'

how north of South Beach -- 20th, 25th?

30th actually. Maybe that's technically not south, idk.

http://www.timeout.com/miami/music-nightlife/best-jazz-clubs-and-latin-music-clubs-in-miami

2 year old list

I can't verify it either

Any recs for a good, non outrageously priced dinner in a place that would be friendly to small kids?

send me a private message

Alfred sorry saw this too late but we did pretty well on food. First night we had Peruvian at a place called Chalan - unassuming but great seafood. Second night we are at SuViche Wynwood bc we were at the Rubell. It was fine, not amazing but fresh and the right kind of food for the weather. Third night we are at a place called Cleo which was incredible, not really kid friendly but they were cool about it and we ate early and sat outside so we weren't too inch of a buzzkill for the beautiful people.

It rules here btw.

Are = ate

Chalan is good! Which location?

Washington and 16th?

We got caught in a crazy rainstorm after and took refuge in a gelato place. No one in this city carries umbrellas.

suviche seems like it should suck but it's actually pretty good

Yeah, the menu had all this corny fast casual gimmicky stuff but the food itself was decent, and I liked the atmosphere -- an outdoor patio with a bunch of porch-swing-like seats.

Should we move to Miami? My wife wants to now, and I've always wanted to leave NYC and try somewhere else myself. Some concerns about raising a family there though.

Not if you want to live on an island.

Yeah but that might not be for like 50 years right?

Well.

A New Yorker article I read recently made the whole "Miami is getting reclaimed by the sea" thing seem like a matter of active concern for city engineers.

I must confess that, on an evening walk up the boardwalk, after an excellent meal, following three days of sun and beach and lounging by the pool, in the saturated orange-pink evening light, I experienced a kind of mild ecstacy and near-orgasmic state in which many of the quirks and tics and grudges and angsts that I think of as making up my unique "self" seemed to evaporate, as though my need to hear challenging music or read book reviews or get angry about income inequality and privatization could just be taken by the waves, allowing me to live in an eternal present.

that's me after an hour at Disney.

too lazy to actually search out the thread but ^ striking imagery

almost ready to book... last week of July, Wed thru Sun nights

If the tide's out, I should be here.

I'm guessing if I'm looking to go between Miami Beach and downtown between 10-2 at night, a cab is my best bet? Or is there a Night Owl party shuttle?

If you don't use Uber -- I assume you don't -- then a cab is best. An cheap ride -- probably not the first time you've heard the phrase.

i'm just worried about the bellboy who used to work at the Fontainebleau

http://upload.waysofseeing.org/uploaded_images/bellboy-4-720806.jpg

quote from NYT interview w/ Rob Corddry (who is in The Rock's TV series that shoots there):

"I'm a 45-year-old man. There's nothing in Miami for me."

There's shuffleboard in some places, and domino games

and a few delis i've been told

What should i do with a free Sunday? bcz if there's nothin better than say a South Beach Art Deco tour, i need to reserve that shit (then go drink inside til the sun goes down).

We're gonna have dinner in the Wynwood/Design District area on Saturday, so you might have your fill of street art

AD as in architecture, no?

The Rubell is worth seeing if you like contemporary art.

Rubell 'offseason' hours are miniscule, can't do it.

Been monitoring the heat/humidity, what (expected) dreck. I will have to pour a pitcher of margs down my throat at some point.

hey it's a reprieve: the week after the Fourth of July it was 86 at night.

at 2pm today, NYC was 91 (feels like 94)
Miami 91 (feels like 103)

don't start sugarcoating

but we have an ocean breeze -- BIG difference.

we have it in Coney Island and the Rockaways etc

Good luck, Wynwood!

http://wlrn.org/post/local-transmission-zika-mosquitoes-confirmed-miami-dade-county

how's the spraying going, and do you feel like yer living in a Don DeLillo novel?

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article93386952.html

Three servings of Peroni inoculate one against it.

btw i had the lobster roll at Joe's Stone Crab, good enuff

Hey Alfred:

(1) how serious do you think the zika threat is there and
(2) what's it like in mid-late october there?

Just asking because I have seen some ridiculous travel deals through costco. Like airfare for 4 people plus five nights in a nice beachfront hotel plus transport from the airport plus a $400 costco cash card for $1800.

Also is there a time of year when mosquitos aren't an issue? Or are they year-round?

(1) Not much if you're not a pregnant woman
(2) Cooler. Stevie D once visited in October.

Mosquitoes aren't usually a problem! I can't remember the last time I was bit.

It was beautiful in October iirc

Thinking about a feb visit -- is there any real disadvantage to staying in North Beach or Surfside if I can get a better deal there? Family trip so no need for trendy nightspots.

None whatsoever. No reason to hang out at beach after dark anyway. Keep me posted!

visiting here & the keys in december, the keys are in ok shape by now right?

mmmmm well

The middle Keys are in rough shape, according to a reporter friend who visited for a story two weeks ago.

Let me know when you're around and we'll grab a drink.

hmm good to know ~ thx

yea will see what works, details are still in flux but will be a nice escape from the cold

Will be there with the fam the 18-24.

1) Anything interesting going on art or music-wise?

2) Any highly recommended eats?

3) Any good low-key (non-velvet-ropey) dance spots? Wife and I will have free babysitting from my folks and want to go out.

Staying in North Beach this time fwiw, but will have a car.

hi!

hey alfred, that was quick, had a feeling this bump would summon you

I can recommend a place in Normandy Isle: Rouge, a French-Moroccan joint with a lovely back patio. A couple miles south is the Broken Shaker, a hip cocktail joint in a hostel surprisingly good about its craft shit.

those both sound promising. We ate at Cleo last time and were pretty impressed.

One more full day before we go home. Have had a nice stay, got ourselves an apt in North Beach which is less stylish but still has good vibes and a lot of solid Latin American food. Had good Cuban at Las Vegas, a nice lunch at Michaels Genuine Food & Drink in Wynwood and a good but kind of overblown dinner at Kyu, also in Wynwood. Very sceney sort of restaurant with a little too much schtick. Also got to see the De La Cruz collection and gave H some time on her own to see more art while I took the kids to the seaquarium, which was fairly nice. Oh and we hung out at Wood after Kyu where we were about ten years too old and too well dressed from our dinner but there was a good hip hop DJ. Almost made it to Broken Shaker tonight but H got sick. Great weather and we have a balcony where you can see both the beach and the bay, where I’m sitting now.

Paging Miami (Alfred et al.): what is Miami like around Christmas time, weather and whatnot? And how is Miami as a family (with teens) destination?

You may get a night or two in the high fifties, but this has been increasingly rare. Except comfortably warm weather (highs in the 80s).

What with Wynwood and the Perez Art Museum we've got plenty of things for the kiddos.

Since we've been ordered to work from wherever isn't our office, spouse and I are planning to do 4ish nights in MIAMI this week or next. Alfred, will you be around? Recs for a cool hotel with excellent pool?

I have never been to MIAMI. Well maybe as a child but I do not remember it.

im in miami for an undefined amt of time. already hit up alfred, ofc, but wanted to bump this thread just in case...

I'll be there tomorrow for a death metal show at Gramps.

Been a while!

Lol Gramps is an outdoor Tiki bar? Nice

lol just seeing this post but I was there at the beginning of the metal show (left because they were gonna make me pay)

Lol damn!