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Ana's Place for the Ordinary.

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Buen Camino Peregrino!

Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts

Monday, July 30, 2012

Back to South Beach and more...



Life is slowly returning to what 'was' prior to my European re-unification. I  am slowly and lethargically preparing to face the unexpected challenges that meet and greet me from sun up to sunset and some times even while I sleep.

Knowing full well that my reconnect with Florida has been bumpy- at best, my daughter and son-in-law invited me out on a date last Friday night.  I sometimes forget  that we natives are extremely fortunate  to be in spitting distance from infinite variations of  local paradise; fifteen minutes from anywhere we can indulge in an outrageously luxurious multi-cultural international city-scape.

And... as for today, my return to life and art is still at low tide, the following are visuals that illustrate the indescribable evening this Momma spent with her besties; an evening that kept us out and about past two a.m.-- very a-typical for me!

The first stop was the dinner stop at an amazing Sushi place just east of of  North Bay Village, Katana Sushi.  A small, low lit restaurant with a unique dining experience called Kaiten sushi. We waited to be seated for a bit, but it was worth it.  The  term Kaiten is used to describe sushi places that have plates with sushi on boats or conveyor belts circling... We hungry sushi lovers were not shy and proceeded to pluck sushi off boats that traveled on a steady stream of water next to our table.  In the middle,  an expert chef would prepare different entrees and then place them onto the current.  Needless to say, we did Titanic type damage to the dinner vessels. 



Loving me some eel sashimi!

The night was still young at this point!


Lincoln Road was buzzing with locals, tourists and families into
the wee hours of the morning!

Portofino handbags! All Italian leather- wuzza!
I swore to return...I am in love!


Salsa Mia! Salsa Classes over
YUCA: Young Urban Cuban Americans (That's us!)
Let there be ART at the LIK Gallery!
 I made a new friend, William.
  I don't know how much alcohol was in his Red Solo Cup,
but after a private tour and several
outbursts of just how beautiful he thought I was,
I too promised to return to to the Museum just to hear him say it all over again!
Laughing Out Loud (LOL)!




Nespresso Cafe! Best time at a coffee shop ever!
Nespresso Monster Coffee Maker!
Nespresso Cups and a storefront!
Ali's new clickers!


I think this portrait of a lady was created just for me!
 She pretty much expressed my mood on Friday.
I will call her Ana-is-a-smiling- Britto!



Riding around SoBe in the Mustang with the top down.

And a good night was had by all!
Buen Camino en Miami, FLA!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Rickenbacker Causeway - the Way to Key Biscayne - view from the office


Not today, but soon the training will begin on the Causeway.  It's imperative that I start putting some miles under my trekking shoes. What better way to prepare for the Way than on our very own picturesque causeway; a Florida treasure.  

The virtual plan is as follows: today is fat Tuesday therefore, starting tomorrow, I have promised myself to commit to several miles under my stride every day. By the end of the forty days, I will be good and ready to navigate the causeway fully geared up and under the Florida sunshine! 
The Rickenbacker Causeway connects Miami, Florida, United States to the barrier islands of Virginia Key and Key Biscayne across Biscayne Bay.[1]


Also known as (unsigned) State Road 913,[3][4] the causeway’s northbound continuation is a pair of flyover ramps to northbound Interstate 95 (unsigned SR 9A) and southbound Brickell Avenue (US 1/unsigned SR 5); the southbound continuation is Crandon Boulevard, which extends roughly five miles through the center of Key Biscayne, terminating near the Cape Florida Lighthouse in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park.

Named after Eddie Rickenbacker, the American World War I flying ace and founder and president of Miami-based Eastern Air Lines, the causeway provides access to the Miami Seaquarium, the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, MAST Academy, Virginia Key Park, and Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key, and to Crandon Park, the Village of Key Biscayne, and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on the island of Key Biscayne.



Buen Camino!