South Beach, Miami is a really cool place; a quality stretch of restaurants and cafes with a very nice beach, and not cheesy or over crowded. There was a rumour that Spring Break was going on this week, but thankfully we saw no evidence of it. We got plenty of attention cruising around. Here is Cory about to race a Miami cop:
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| From 2007 USA Elises |
He won but got arrested and tortured horribly. Never mind. Here is a pic of us heading into South Beach. I love the flared corners at the front of the Elise; they are the only things one can see in front of the windscreen when driving:
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| From 2007 USA Elises |
We had a brunch at the edge of the beach and walked around a bit. Weather was 85 or so with nice humidity and the water was lovely. I did my customary 5 mile swim. Well...I paddled around a bit with the water up to my knees then ran out of the water. One thing we did ponder was that there can't be many people that have undertaken a drive where they have dipped their toes in the Atlantic, The Gulf and The Pacific. Looking forward to completing that hat trick :)
You know you are with Elise-obsessed people when they tell you to meet them at "the lifeguard hut that looks kind of saffron yellow and krypton green with the chrome orange trim"
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| From 2007 USA Elises |
I came across this place. I remember rolling a car here once. I think it was in Grand Theft Auto 3:
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| From 2007 USA Elises |
We cruised back to the hotel after the beach. Plenty of attention and amusing conversations coming back, including:
Boy: "Is that a Lamborghini?"
Jared: "No it's a Fettuccine"
40-something woman leaning into car: "How much does it cost?"
Me: "45 grand or so."
*pause*
"Are you Jewish?"
"No"
"Oh you sound Jewish"
"Ummm..." (light turned green at this point)
I never worked it out...
The guy on his little moped revving enthusiastically next to us at a light made me laugh a lot, and he and his girlfriend were cracking up too. It's the little moments that make the day...
