A little stormy yesterday morning. Kevin and Craig bringing Craig's boat over to the beach in front of our campsite: Wildlife: We found this raft down the beach a ways, likely a raft built and used by Cubans escaping to the Florida Keys. Styrofoam, covered in tarps and plastic bags,…
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Well, good morning. It's beautiful here. (This is the view from our Airstream.) We sat out front here and had our coffee this morning: Every spot in this park is waterfront and most are quite private. There are two other Airstreams just down the row from us, and a lot…
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We went out to the sailing center/marina in Coconut Grove with Kevin's brother Craig today with the intention of taking Craig's boat (a Viper F16) out for a quick sail before getting it set up on the trailer for him to bring down to the keys this weekend. Unfortunately, Craig's…
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Our 5-year old nephew Ryan drew this yesterday as his homework. I love that he sees it so colorfully. (But where are all the unicorns??)
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After work I met up with Craig and Karen and their boys for dinner at Monty's in Coconut Grove. Gorgeous view of the marina. Sunset from our table: We ordered an appetizer of conch fritters because you know, look where we are! However, according to this recent article in the…
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Yesterday and today are not the kinds of days I'd usually blog about, because (1) we didn't do anything very exciting, (2) we didn't go anywhere cool, and (3) there was nothing to take pictures of that I haven't already shown you. But I'm going to blog about it anyway,…
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After our Cuban lunch yesterday we took a drive and walk around the Wynwood Arts District. Wynwood is an area with a large number of art studios and galleries and is home to the Wynwood Walls — an outdoor permanent mural exhibit featuring some of the worlds most renowned street artists. There…
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Yesterday we'd planned to go sailing with Craig, but the weather didn't cooperate. We all did a little work (while the thunder roared) and then headed to Calle Ocho/Little Havana for some Cuban food at Versailles Restaurant. According to their website: Versailles Restaurant, The World’s Most Famous Cuban Restaurant, has been…
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Saturday night and Sunday day, Kevin's brother Craig was playing a concert with (while coaching the trumpet section of) the New World Symphony for their 25th season opening: The Russian Musical Soul. The first half was Stravinsky: the Circus Polka (1942) with a super cool animated film by Emily Eckstein, followed by…
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Our spot at Larry & Penny Thompson Campground (right next to Zoo Miami) Yesterday we found a cool little hole in the wall spot for lunch that wasn't too far from our campground and had good reviews on Yelp and Urban Spoon, so we decided we'd give it a shot.…
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