Hey all, ena and I will be in the Miami area for 2 full days on March 31st and April 1st.

This is a surprise trip within a trip for ena as she has no idea I am taking her to Miami for a few days

I know this may be a long shot but I think there are quite a few Floridian mm board members who live not far from there.

If anyone wants to suggest something fun to do, maybe a get together in South Beach , let me know ASAP (leave for NY on the morning of March 26th).

We are flying into Ft. Lauderdale Intnl. Airport and will be staying with cousins/uncles/aunts in Miami but it has been many years since I was last down there.

Any last minute ideas on cool places to go, things to do, etc... are much appreciated as well.

Booklady, how far do you live from Miami???

Saludos,
jer...

Jer,
wish I could go down and party at So. Beach, but I can't get away from work!

But please bring your bathing suits and very cool clothes, the Miami Herald just carried this story: Posted on Sun, Mar. 23, 2003

El calor implanta un r�cord en el sur de la Florida
MEL FRISHMAN
The Miami Herald

El sur de la Florida experiment� un r�cord de calor ayer, durante el d�a m�s caliente de marzo por lo menos en 100 a�os. Las temperaturas llegaron a los 93 grados F.

La temperatura m�s elevada se registr� a la 1:47 p.m. en el Aeropuerto Internacional Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, y a las 2:49 p.m. en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami. La antigua marca, de 92 grados, fue implantada el 22 de marzo de 1997 en Fort Lauderdale y Miami.

El calor de ayer fue uno m�s en la cadena de records de calor diarios registrados este mes. Los records han sido superados por 14ta. vez en Miami y s�ptima en Fort Lauderdale.

Con poco menos de una semana para que el mes finalice, �cu�nto calor ha habido ya? Mucho m�s que el registrado en cualquier mes de marzo o en cualquier mes de abril, declar� el meteor�logo Jim Lushine, del Servicio Nacional del Tiempo.

He aqu� el por qu�: hasta ahora el promedio para este mes es de 80.5 grados. La temperatura promedio m�s caliente registrada en abril: 79 grados.

''Eso es m�s t�pico de junio o abril'', indic� Lushine.

La polic�a report� ayer m�s situaciones relacionadas con el calor que lo normal.

Tambi�n hubo problemas en los campos deportivos. ''Fue despiadado. El calor fue incre�ble'', afirm� el entrenador de b�isbol de la escuela Coconut Creek High School, Roger Davidson, cuyo equipo derrot� al equipo visitante Piper High 3 a 1. ``Yo no pod�a creer que mi lanzador llegar�a a las siete entradas en esta temperatura''.

Davidson agreg� que tuvo cuidado de que sus jugadores bebieran mucho Gatorade para que permanecieran hidratados.

Afortunadamente, el brutal calor de marzo pudiera estar finalizando. Los meteor�logos predicen fuertes lluvias para esta tarde y la noche. Las temperaturas altas proyectadas para hoy son solamente 88 en Miami y 87 en Fort Lauderdale.

Un frente fr�o muy d�bil --''pudiera llam�rsele un frente menos caliente'', coment� Lushine-- llegar� y la temperatura m�s alta el lunes pudiera estar muy cerca de los 80 grados F.

Hey Jer!
Happy that you're coming to visit this side of "town" while in the US.

You could check out the nightlife in South Beach and you MUST visit Las Olas Riverfront (in Fort Lauderdale).

During the day it's the same as South Beach: restaurants and stores, and people sunbathing, etc. But at night it's a completely different atmosphere: clubs, drinks, skin, parties, and best of all... the most beautiful people on the planet! You know...the ones that intimidate you by their good looks alone?

There's also another place you can check out: Bayside in downtown Miami. Either day or night, since there's always something to do there - and it is more "family friendly" than the other 2 places stated above. During the day, they have "mini-cruises", where they take you out on a boat around Star Island (where the famous people live), and you get to see their houses - the back at least. You've got Glorida Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Cristina, and many more.

There's actually a lot of things to do here in Miami ( believe me there is! I'm just one of those people that when you ask them about it, they do this: )... I'm gonna go now and check out "the stuff" and I'll post my findings later!

Thank you both for the tips on Miami.

I have been to the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area at least 15 times in my life as my mom's brothers settled there and all my cousins live in the area but it has been about 10 yrs since I was last there.

Love South Beach but I hear ya on that complex thing Stacey.

People see Ocean Drive in movies and always think everyone is a model in the scenes because it is a movie. Those of us who have been, know that it is no movie but it is "de pel�cula"

Stacey, I leave tomorrow but will check this thread from my mom's in NY to see if you have added any more cool info.

No need to go nuts, we will only be down there for 3 days.

Saludos,
jer...