From Boxing at the Rock to Queens in the Palace, Miami Beach Has it All!
We rented a condo here in Miami Beach for the month of September and it has been a really great time. Now some people would say "why go to a hot beach location in the summer?" but we love the ocean and beach. Hot weather is the best time to enjoy it. And since it's not prime time vacation season here now, it hasn't been crowded.
You can see from this beach picture that it is not at all crowded. The ocean temp is perfect. The sands are white and soft and just enough wave action in the ocean to be enjoyable. You can go parasailing or rent a jet ski or kayak if that's your thing. We just enjoy being in the ocean and walking the beach. So lucky for us, what we enjoy the most is FREE. Now there were a few days that the "purple flag" was out at the lifeguard stations indicating dangerous marine life was present (in other words, the jellyfish were out!) and we stayed out of the water on those days.
Miami Beach is not the cheapest place entertainment-wise however. Most of the food and drink at the restaurants is pretty pricy, which is why we prefer to rent a condo with a full kitchen and have at least some of our meals at home. If you want to go out, there are literally hundreds of open-air cafes, bars, and restaurants to chose from.
If you look around though, not everything has to be super expensive, there are normal prices to be had. We love to walk everywhere so it's much easier to discover these little hidden gems. There is a small New York Style Deli on West Pointe Drive that's three blocks from our condo and features a breakfast special and taco special every day.
You go inside and order from the counter then you can sit outside at one of the little cafe tables and enjoy the scenery while you eat. People-watching is one of the most entertaining things to do here in Miami Beach. You never know what you might see!
Miami Beach is an island consisting of South Beach (where we are staying), Mid Beach, and North Beach. The Miami Beach Trolly makes it very easy to get from one end of the island to the other. And it's FREE (and air-conditioned.) We made use of the trolley when we wanted to explore other areas.
My husband is a huge lifelong boxing fan and there just happened to be a boxing matching between Evander Holyfield and Victor Belfort at the Hard Rock Cafe, just 30 miles away in Hollywood, FL. We couldn't pass up the opportunity to see a live boxing match.
Evander Holyfield is a legend, but really past his prime for a boxing match. He was a last-minute fill-in after Oscar De La Hoya contracted covid. Unfortunately for us fans watching, Holyfield was knocked out in the first round, so the main event didn't last long. I was lucky enough to get in at least one picture of the fight, lol.
Rapper legend Fifty Cent was one of the ringside announcers. Here he is wetting his throat with a little champagne.
One of our other evenings of entertainment involved dinner and drinks at the Palace. The Palace has been the #1 Drag Bar and Restaurant in Miami Beach for over three decades. Their weekend brunches are legendary. Nightly shows are ongoing with a variety of performers. My personal favorite was the Queen who performed "Walk Across the Fire For You" by Melissa Ethridge, which is one of my all-time favorite songs.
The dollar bills were waving and the smiles were everywhere as the Queens performed.
So you can see, there is something for everyone at Miami Beach!
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There is so much to do here, and I have had a great time! Except for the boxing match lol
Yeah I didn't even mention the bad part about the boxing match, the fact that Trump was there and we sat closer to him than to the boxing ring. And the fact that his "fans" kept standing in up in front of us to take his picture. 🤢
LOL ya Holyfield should not be in the ring anymore, that's like Bradshaw throwing for the Steelers again.
Good analogy, but we couldn't help ourselves having never had the chance to be this close to a live match. I kept telling @crypt-skip that I'm going to take him to a real match at Mandalay Bay in Vegas one of these days.
Course, you got to see giant drag boobies, not sure I could complain about that level of entertainment 🤣😜
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Well holy moly girl! You really do get out! I can't well you win the last time was that I got to see fake boobies in Drag. LOL oh well, I think that everybody should do everything at least once. I think that was a vacation to remember and I'm with you on this one. I don't mind beach in the middle of the summer because we're else would you want to be? I happen to life the ocean when it's warm. Your vacation rocked it to the sky!
Yes, that Drag show was fun. There was a lot of energy and good vibes in that crowd. And those boobies were really something! We definitely had a good experience with the beach. It was a welcome relief after our last beach vacation in San Pedro, Belize. The beach sucked there with tons of that stinking sargassum (dead seaweed) making the whole area miserable.
Do you know that everybody Raves about Belize? I have been there five times now and the only good thing there was to do there was scuba diving. I shouldn't say they only good thing but my experience has not lived up to everybody's talk about it. I find that the more popular it gets the worse I seem to feel about it. In fact the first two times I went was years ago and it was so much nicer than it is now although it has more touristy things now. So I guess it depends on what you want.
We've been to Belize twice, both times the island of San Pedro. After the first time we swore we wouldn't go back, but we made friends with the resort owner and she gave us a really good deal to come back since she was about to go broke from covid. But it still wasn't a good deal because everything else was so freaking high-priced. And that stinking seaweed just ruins everything, both times. We've decided there are still too many things we haven't seen in USA, no more travel abroad for quite awhile!
There is no travel abroad for this chick until things get much better the world, or at least stabilize where I don't have to worry about everything. I think you're right and I am really thinking long and hard about purchasing an RV for that reason but because I work oh, I have to weigh how much use I will get out of the price of one. But for you, something to think about. When when everybody starts dumping them on the market because there is no longer covid and there's millions of them on the market, that's when I will purchase one.
Hey that sounds like a good plan. My brother and his wife bought an RV and they love it. But then he also bought a 5th wheel truck to pull it. Then you have to pack it and stock and clean it and set it up, then tear it down to go home. I've seen first hand how much work it is to take one camping for the weekend.... But we do love to travel!
I had o mb e before. Traveled with the kids while homeschooling! It was amazing. No 5th wheel! What a pain. RV drivable. So much less trouble and you can tow a smart car easy as can be. Fifth wheels are roomy, but require extra pieces to work.
I want to do both again!! I loved it!