We woke to
an overcast day. We got up and got ready and took the bus to South Beach. Got
off at the pedestrian area near Lincoln Road.
We got there around 10am but most
stores didn't open until 11am so we just walked around. We walked over to Ocean
Drive which is the area with lots of sidewalk cafes. As you pass each one,
someone is standing outside trying to get you to come into their cafe. They all
offer 2 for 1 drinks and there are lots of breakfast and lunch specials.
We stopped
at a place with cheap snack type food. We each got a beer (2 for 1) and I got
the calamari and Diane got the shrimp which we shared.
The food took a really
long time to come out so the waiter brought us 2 more beer on him :). The food
when it finally came was yummy. As we were sitting there we had our first
celebrity sighting (well, sort of celebrity); Ross Matthews (Ross the intern
from Jay Leno). We had read in the paper he was staying in the area and if I
hadn't read that I don't think I would have recognized him.
Just as we
were getting ready to leave it started to rain. Most of the cafes have
umbrellas so we could walk under them. It then started to rain even harder, so
we stopped and waited for it to let up. This cafe had cheap drinks so we both
got a small pina colada (we are on vacation).
Once the
rain stopped we walked over to TJ Maxx and Diane bought a new pair of shoes as
her feet had been really bothering her. Stopped at a Publix and then we got
the bus back to our hotel. As we got close to the hotel, the traffic was really
bad as there is a Miami Heat game today and there were lots of people heading
there.
For dinner
tonight we went down to the hotel bar. Diane had a beer and I had a diet Coke
(trying to watch the calories lol). We shared a roasted pineapple pizza. Our
order took so long that the waitress brought us each another drink on the house
- deja vu from lunch.
We are
hoping for better weather tomorrow since Diane would like to get a bit more sun
before she heads home.
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