Miami...day to night...old hood, tourists, cruis ships, skyline & more (80+ pics)
Well...another day spent as a tourist in my hometown. I hadn't posted pics here in a while. Today we headed to Little Havana. Then off to South Beach.
Finally headed towards the Brickell district of downtown Miami for dinner. In between are old buildings, tourists, old guys playing dominoes, cruise ships, the skyline...etc.
Hope you enjoy these...
First off...late breakfast at Versailles...pastelitos, empanadas, croquetas & of course, Cuban coffee
This is where the old Cuban men meet to discuss the future of Cuba after Castro dies.
Next off I stopped at the Interamerican Center at the entrance to Little Havana on SW 27th Avenue & 8th Street. Drove up to the top of the parking lot to take these.
East over Little Havana
Down SW 7th Street
Northeast on Beacom Boulevard
North on SW 27th Avenue
Northwest
Maximo Gomez Park...aka as Domino Park
The tourist buses show up...
They go in here
Where are they from?...Japan. Most of them made off with bags of Cuban fried plantain chips and packaged Pilon Cuban coffee...Only in Miami
Cuban nick-nacks
Along SW 8th Street
Me taking pictures of tourists taking pictures
Old neighborhoods, homes and apartments
Some shots from Watson Island
Traffic into Miami Beach
Fisher Island from South Pointe Park on Miami Beach
Kids will be kids
The Port of Miami
More cruise ships...wish I was on there
Some of the South of Fifth neighborhood of South Beach along Collins Avenue
Finally we ended up in Brickell...dinner at PF Chang's. This is Mary Brickell Village. This will be an urban open-air shopping center.
Some of the restaurants have opened. Oceanaire opened up this week. The owner's/executive chef's sister works with me.
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