We spent a night in South Beach for our anniversary and had a great time. It's about an hour from here. I was not prepared for how many of the old buildings from the 30's and 40's survive and have been turned into boutique hotels, etc. Of course it is known for the nightlife and (some) shopping nowadays, but we enjoyed the food and beach and just walking around. It's a wonderful walking city. We put the car in the garage when we got there and never took it out. Our favorite thing was the guided walking tour of the historic district and hearing stories about the places, such as " So and so movie was shot here". The reason building continued here through the depression was that organized crime was flush with money from its gambling and bootlegging operations so it also functioned as a bank and loaned money. Miami vice, I guess. Our anniversary meal was Nuevo Latino food and we also went to a place called sushi samba which mixed sushi with Peruvian influences.
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival sponsored by the Food Network was to open the day after we left. We are too old for whatever that scene would have been like.
To the north and to the west were the tall skyscrapers that could have been any city, but South Beach was one of a kind and very worth our visit.
Somehow we had such a good time that we forgot to take any pictures!
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