The New York Times’ Frugal Traveler Lucas Peterson recently paid our fair, seaside city of South Beach a visit and like so many travel writers and first time visitors before him, he fell into the typical tourist traps of Ocean Drive and its surrounding streets, rattling off (for the most part) a list of bars that no self respecting local would be caught dead in. He even called Mango’s the “quintessential” South Beach club experience—uh, not quite, bro. See: LIV, Story. To […]
Posts tagged: South Beach
May 26
2013
2013
Daily Dose: Mansion, Miami Beach
There’s a reason South Beach is renowned for its nightlife. It’s because we party harder and later than any other city I can think of. And because we have nightclubs like Mansion. A mainstay on the Miami club scene for almost a decade, with a massive renovation in 2012, including a multimillion dollar sound system and lighting upgrade, it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Imagine Champagne showers, confetti showers, a crazy light show, aerialists, robot men, and a packed dance […]
Apr 23
2013
2013
A Miamian’s Guide To Key West
Thanks to an invitation from Robert Fontaine of the Robert Fontaine Gallery in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District, I spent last weekend in Key West. Along with a group of about 20 people, we were there to celebrate the opening of Nick Gentry’s solo show XCHANGE–running now through May 4. Having lived in Key West for about four years before moving to Miami, it was sort of like two worlds colliding. We spent much of the long, leisurely weekend relaxing around […]
