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Greetings from South Beach, Miami Beach
Aug. 22nd, 2011 09:26 am
South Beach, also nicknamed SoBe, is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States. It is the area south of Indian Creek and encompasses roughly the southernmost 23 blocks of the main barrier island that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. (Picture: Lummus Park)This area was the first section of Miami Beach to be developed, starting in the 1910s, thanks to the development efforts of Carl G. Fisher, the Lummus Brothers, and John S. Collins, the latter whose construction of the Collins Bridge provided the first vital land link between mainland Miami and the beaches.
The area has gone through numerous artificial and natural changes over the years, including a booming regional economy, increased tourism, and the 1926 hurricane, which destroyed much of the area. As of 2010, about 33,834 residents live in South Beach.
South Beach started as farmland. In 1870, Henry and Charles Lum purchased 165 acres (67 ha) for coconut farming. Charles Lum built the first house on the beach in 1886. In 1894, the Lum brothers left the island, leaving control of the plantation to John Collins, who came to South Beach two years later to survey the land. He used the land for farming purposes, discovering fresh water and extending his parcel from 14th Street to 67th in 1907.
In 1912, Miami businessmen the Lummus Brothers acquired 400 acres (160 ha) of Collins' land in an effort to build an oceanfront city of modest single family residences. In 1913 Collins started construction of a bridge from Miami to Miami Beach. Although some local residents invested in the bridge, Collins ran short of money before he could complete it.
Lincoln Road
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Beach
South Beach, how fun!! On South Beach there is obviously Lincoln Road that can't be missed. A good, consistently good, not overpriced restaurant is Balan's. Balan’s (1022 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) is always good, not over priced, Good for people watching, and good for either breakfast or dinner.
If you go into the city, our favorite restaurant is a Miami establishment that only the locals know about it, Hy Vong (3458 Southwest 8th Street, Miami). It is an all night experience, no reservations and sometimes people wait for some time. Go either at 6:00 PM sharp or after 9:00, especially on Fri and Saturday. Thursday night seems to have a lesbian crowd that goes there.
If you go south of 5th, you will find a ton of really good, pricier, restaurants, bars etc. So much to see and do in Miami!.
Remember that nearly every place on the beach includes tip to your bill (although it is not always clear they do unless you look).
Tapas & Tintos (wine) is on 448 Espanola Way, Miami Beach, I don't know how busy they may be on a Sunday night or whether or not they have their live music Sunday but the street is adorable and worth seeing. If you don't feel like that restaurant, you can walk north a few blocks and be right on Lincoln road or walk east a couple of blocks and be right on Collins Ave again where there are tons of options. It is sometimes hit and miss on both price and quality.
Haulover Beach is the largest nude beach in US. (10800 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour, http://www.hauloverbeach.org/). This place is a lot of fun and you might want to skip everything else and go to it. It is very mixed with all ages, sizes and sexual orientations. The "gay" area is on the North side of the beach. It would be quite hopping on a Sunday afternoon.
Good bars (these are all mixed bars): Sky Bar (www.shoreclub.com, 1901 Collins Ave. Miami Beach), Cameo Nightclub (1445 Washington avenue, Miami Beach), Mansion Nightclub (www.mansionmiami.com, 1235 Washington Ave, Miami Beach), Mokai Lounge (www.mokaimiami.com, 235 23rd Street, Miami Beach), Social Miami at Sagamore (www.sagamorehotel.com, 1671 Collins Ave, Miami Beach), Blue Door At the Delano Hotel (www.delano-hotel.com, 1685 Collins Ave, Miami Beach), Blue Martini (www.bluemartinlounge.com, 900 S Miami Ave, Miami), The Forge (41st Street, Miami Beach), SET (320 Lincoln Rd, Miami), Nikki Beach (www.nikkibeach.com, 1 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach).
Gay Clubs: Twist (Washington avenue), Score (Lincoln Road), Mova (near Lincoln Road on Michigan). –Ken Kimball
When I moved to Miami in 1986, I hung out a lot on South Beach. It was always a fascinating place, constantly changing. You had the contrast of the old Art Deco buildings, often fading and run down, against the beauty of the ocean. Gradually people began buying up old hotels and renovating them, and chefs opening cool restaurants, and then fascinating quirky stores opening.( Further Readings )
I wanted to set a book there for a long time. Finally, with GayLife.com, I had that chance. But there were still so many more stories that could be told. I wrote a few short stories that built off that setting, and then, one day I was walking past a gym just off Lincoln Road. Through the big plate glass windows I could see lots of handsome, muscled guys working out.
I wondered what it would feel like to live on Miami Beach and see that kind of thing every day, and long to be (or have sex with) one of those guys. That was the first genesis of The Guardian Angel of South Beach.
I wrote a short story around this idea and submitted it for an anthology. The editor rejected it, and I don't blame her; there was too much plot for such a short piece. I went back and expanded it, teasing out the relationship that develops between the protagonist and a very cute barista. So it's both a story about coming to accept yourself, as well as a sexy romance. --Neil Plakcy
South Beach, also nicknamed SoBe, is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States. It is the area south of Indian Creek and encompasses roughly the southernmost 23 blocks of the main barrier island that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. (Picture: Lummus Park)
Date: 08/24/2011
Date: 08/24/2011
I read this novella like a test-drive for this author, to understand if she was able to write a Gay Paranormal romance. I think she passed the test.
This is yet another of those Young Adult novels I was a little scared to read; in this case, for how shallow it could sound, it was also the cover that worried me, I had a “bad” feeling. And again I was wrong. Sure, Geography Club is not really about the romance, even if there is a teen romance in it, it’s more about the growth of all the characters, but it’s not a dramatic story, on the contrary, it has even a somewhat light and happy mood, like the reader is able to see that everything will be find for Russel and his friends.
Liam and Micah are not your ordinary guys, they are living the life of the beautiful and rich, and their trouble is not how to arrive at the end of the month; but even if they have not material issue, feelings are all another matter. Micah is comfortable with him being gay, so much that is own relatives, two beloved sisters and a brother-in-law, are able to joke with him about that, but deep down Micah is lonely, he would like a very normal, very ordinary family like his parents had, like his sister has. Like in an old fashioned movie, Micah, the owner of a vineyard, would like to pass his land to his own heirs, but to do that he needs a family.