Key West and Miami

November 30th, 2009

Key West: The Water, The Beach and the Sunset

This was photographed by Kelly as I emerged out of the very shallow waters at Bahia Honda State Park near Big Pine Key, Florida. This pretty much summerizes the tropical paradise to a tee.

The beach on Atlantic/Caribbean side at Bahia Honda State Park can be both ugly and beautiful depending on the time of the day and weather. I would suggest to visit it on a sunny day(of course) and during low tide if possible. During low tide, the shallow water (knee-high at most) stretches out fairly far and is beautiful beyond words.

Drop the top. Instead of flying into Key West, I opted for landing us in Miami and rented a convertible Mustang to drive southward. It actually works out cheaper this way, even with gas and rent added in. Mustang's seat height is a bit uncomfortable for Kelly to drive in, so she only took over the driving for a short while.

Key West: The Wedding

Attended a wonderful Key Western wedding. Congratulations to the beautiful couple.

The reception was outdoor and on the pier. During the event, there were tourists onlooking in while the wedding guests were having a blast<br /> drinking and dancing.

The first dance. Didn't want to get in the official photographer's way. She didn't seem to be the friendliest person in town.

Key West: The Drizzles

The morning after wedding, we headed over to Blue Heaven to grab some breakfast.

The rain does give the Key Western streets a different vibe.

When in Key West, don't forget to try the amazing home-made pancakes at Blue Heaven.

If you are feeling particularly in need of calories, especially the morning after a wedding banquet(scarcasm intended), the english muffin with lobster(yes, lobster), bacon, egg (with yolk oozing out) and cheeze will satiate you.

Blue Heaven's Garden

Key West: Chicken Paradise

Why Do Chickens Cross The Street?

Because I am chasing after them with a big ass camera.

Miami: Fabulousness

The ever fabulous South Beach. Upon arriving in Miami, we headed out to the beach first.

The Miami beach has these...

...marvelously...

...painted...

...lifeguard houses which decorate the beach nicely.

Art deco style building. While strolling the streets and feeling the fabulousness, someone other than myself decided that we would eat dinner right on SoBe sidewalk. Overly expensive drinks($25 for a giant mojito), but otherwise somewhat pricey (expected) and decent (unexpected) food. The big plus is that there is always abundant supply of fabulous people to look at. And yes, I do notice how incredibly sharp this photo is. God, I love my 24mm F/1.4.

Other than the great beach, there are many beautiful people with large percentage of them being gay and definitely physically fit. If you like people watching or if you are a guy and like being checked out by gay guys, this is the spot.

Absolutely love this big aperture shot. Non-prime lens photographers, eat your heart out.

Swung by Vizcaya estates while we had some time to kill before jetting back to NYC.

During our short stay in Miami, we visited Calle Ocho or 8th Street for those who don’t speak Spanish in Miami. Supposedly it has some of the best cigar factories outside of Cuba. We went to El Credito Cigar Factory, and it is a small factory with several store fronts and you can onlook in through the windows to see many cigar senoritas and senoras rolling up the cigars.

Now, the cigar factory/store is sitting in the middle of Little Havana, not exactly the best neighborhood in the world, if you ask me. Two lone Asians rolling in there on a convertible with people on sidewalk looking at you funny as you get off the car is NOT the most comfortable feeling one can have. As soon as we bought them cigars, we got the fuck out, pronto.

The End.

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