I spent a recent Friday with two of my most favorite people in Miami. We parked the car and walked Lincoln Road, Espanola Way and Ocean Drive. I know many people have mixed feelings about South Beach, but I have to say it is pretty spectacular in its own glitzy, unapologetic way. It's such a break from the normal for me. A 45 minute drive thrusts me from the gut of suburbia into pulsing city night life.
I won't recommend the restaurant where we ate. It was good, but expensive, and nothing extraordinary. We walked by this Indian restaurant after finishing dinner and it seemed the only anomaly on all of Ocean Drive. Next time.
Espanola Way is worth a stroll, simply because the aesthetic is so completely unique to its surroundings. There are no cars allowed on the street, and it is lined with Spanish bars and restaurants, serving tapas and the like. It resembles the streets of old San Juan.
We finished the night at Segafredo, a local chain coffee bar on Espanola Way. It was comfortable and they had an interesting shabby-chic atmosphere, with plush vintage furniture and candelabras dripping in the dried wax of yesterday's candles. We sat and philosophized.
Bianca provided the soundtrack for the evening…
"I need love
Cause only love is true
I need every wakin' hour with you
And my friends cause they're so beautiful
Yeah my friends they are so beautiful
They're my friends"
