One of the few American cities I hadn't visited in my 7 years here had been Miami, or more specifically South Beach (SoBe). Joe had been several times and had been constantly telling me how wonderful it is. Talking up the culture, the art deco buildings, the beach, the weather and the wonderful eye candy!
So with a leg on our Global Explorer free, we booked a trip to SoBe over the Memorial Day long weekend. If we took Friday off we would get 4 full days in the sun, relaxing and drinking cocktails by the pool. To cap off the experience we splurged on a room at The Tides Hotel, a beautiful and decadent boutique hotel right in the heart of the "action".
Action it was! Unknown to us, every Memorial Day SoBe turns from a gay beach meca into a Hip Hop festival cramming the sidewalks with humanity. There was so much booty going on, none of the straight boys could work out where to look, or touch or call out obscene, supposedly flattering, comments. This wasn't the South Beach Joe had told me about.
Despite the change in atmosphere, we managed to have a good time. Our photos are here.
Posted by dvenuto at July 05, 2004 11:14 PM