Miami Beach
by Gili_S
Miami Beach as a whole build for the service of tourists, what ever you like to do in your holidays you can find it here. I enjoyed the most the relax beaches, coffee shops and restaurants. In each place I got good service with positive attitude, so, in short, great place for holiday.
MM 1089 Miami Beach Marina
by grandmaR
In Miami we went into Miami Beach Marina initially which is right inside the breakwater on Government Cut - was $2/foot as long as your boat isn't longer than 79 feet. Very convenient from the ocean. Electricity, and water included. There was a $25 deposit for a gate key to get access to the boat, and one of us had to go up to the gate to let our daughter in when she came to get us.
Not much in the way of services for that - did get a daily Miami paper, but that might have been meant for the bareboat that shared the short fixed finger pier. The docks are concrete, and they tied us so far out that I couldn't get to the finger pier from the boat except by special gymnastics - either I went out the gate and sidled along the lifelines until I got to the piling at the end of the finger pier and then leaned back and clutched the piling with one hand while clinging to the shrouds with the other hand and stepped backwards groping for the pier with my foot. OR - I climbed over the lifelines forward of the shrouds (can't go through the shrouds) and then sidled sternward toward the piling and went through the same manuever. The boat was only close enough to the pier to step across right at the piling.
Our boat was full of soot when we got back to it - the air is very dirty here. This is also where the boat show is held, so you can't get a slip then.
They advertise a fuel dock, pumpout, ice and:
Casual and fine dining
Neam's Gourmet Market, gourmet grocery and provisioning
Hopkins Carter, complete marine hardware, bait and tackle
Tarpoon Lagoon Diving Center
Dive Charters
Club Nautico, boat rentals
Biscayne Towing
Yacht and Sailboat charters
Yacht and Sailboat brokers
New boat sales
Sport and drift fishing charters
Majesty Casino Cruises
Water Taxi
I don't know what this metal...
by pulgaron
I don't know what this metal building isdoing in the middle of South Beach at Washington Avenue and 11th Street. I am researching and I will post my findings, but for now I can only tell you is an all polished metal building, and inside are a lot of soda and beer cans. There is a table aand chair built out of beer cans, the floor is beer can tops, and there are various decorations made out of beer cans. Well if go by there take a look you can brag to your friends back home that you saw the metal building on Washington Avenue.
Purdy Lounge
by goingsolo about Purdy Lounge
Its one of Miami's only NY-style dive bars. Unlike most of South Beach, there's no velvet rope or bouncer with an attitude. The people are friendly, the music is good and the drinks are reasonable (for the beach anyway.) Plus, the place is open till 5 am casual. Jeans are fine. I've even seen a few people in shorts.
Baby, you can drive my car!
by Deus_ultima
Rent a car! That's what we did.. arrived at the airport and hoped in this new mustang waiting for us!
:)
The distances between Miami beach, Coconut Grove etc, make it unpractical to use the public system, so..