In the land of little dogs, stilletos, and sunshine

Today is our last full day in Miami. I am going to miss the sunny, warm weather (today was 78 degrees). I realized I would never fit in down here. 1. I'm way too pale 2. I don't speak a word of Spanish 3. I have blond hair 4. I am not fashionable AT ALL (thought I was but no ). Here are outfits Zach and I should be wearing if we didn't want to look like tourists.

 I think Zach would look HOT in this.

Even hotter...

If we did dress like this (and walked an ankle biting dog), we still would stand out because we boarded the big, white tour cruise ship. Nothing says your not a local more than this. It was "enjoyable"?





Our ventures in Miami

Today Zach is in meetings/classes. Matthew and I took ourselves out on the town. First, we walked (well, I walked, he sat) to the Biscayne Bay Park where we discovered this..

That's it. A tiny corner of the park designed to mimic an exotic island. I'm in. Then we headed to the Bayside Marketplace which is really an outdoor mall/made-in-china kiosks/food court. It is fun to walk through. I found a few items for the kids, of course.

I ate at Mambo Restaurant. A delicious salad with grilled chicken. Not quite authentic, Cajun food but since everywhere else was offering red beans and rice, black beans and rice, and fried everything, I knew I needed to get my healthy food now.

The nice Spanish (?) man who served me offered to take our picture but I

felt like an idiot when I asked him not 2 but 3 times, "what?". So I

declined his offer. (I feel like I'm in another country)

Hotel & City Views

We are staying in the JW Marriott Marquis along the bay (oh..such a fancy name AND place). We are on the 31st floor. Doesn't seem to high compared to the surrounding hotels. Here are few pictures from the room looking out to Biscayne Bay.

I think the hotel in the picture has to have 100 floors.

And pictures of our luxurious hotel room.

I'm still trying to figure out how I am going to build this

bathroom in my house. (Except for the wall size  mirror)

So this made me laugh... all our clothes and what nots thrown about.

What? I had to make it look like home.



Matthew in Miami