Why I Love Miami Beach Florida

A mong the many attractive         spread through the land as fast    reasons for visiting Miami      as Disco gold chains and           Beach, Florida, are, of         polyester did.                     course, the excuse now known as                                          the must-attend Spring Break, or      But in the same genre, thirty      the roller-blading beach              years later, the even more         beauties, or the ideal weather        influential Miami Beach, Florida   conditions.                           show is CSI: MIAMI. The hang-dog                                         heroic, the neo-Clint Eastwood     But more glamorous reasons,           with an intellect of David         transcending the traveler’s           Caruso’s character leads the team  penchant for balmy bay winds and      into the Miami Beach, Florida      such, is in the reputation a          luxury homes, onto the speedboats  place like Miami Beach, Florida       and yachts, and through the        has for featuring popular TV          hippest of clubs of the famous     programs and series and hosting       party town. The details are        films which have a Miami Beach,       fascinating; the scenes are        Florida setting.                      riveting.                                                                                                   The first long-standing show of       So maybe the crime                 the past is of course the Don         statistics—implied—are too         Johnson and Phillip Michael           off-putting for one to think of    Thomas original “Miami Vice”          actually taking vacation at Miami  version, which highlighted the        Beach, Florida….                   Miami Beach, Florida scenes,                                             ocean- and landscapes, and even       Then the cinematic way to go is    southern fashions of the              by old films and newer             seventies and eighties—the open       non-detective/mystery/crime story  necked t-shirt and sports coat        themes. That is, maybe one can     and shoes without socks look that     understand the local offerings,    the schools, the libraries, the       the palms atmosphere in films      networking possibilities, the         like “Always Something Better;”    real estate, by watching “Police      “Black Sunday;” or “The            Academy” or “Bad Santa” or “Wild      Godfather” or “The Crew.”          Things.”                                                                                                       Sure, it may be an odd, quirky     Maybe one can get a sense of the      way to go about looking for real   aesthetics, the social climate,       estate in Miami Beach Florida or   and the politics of Miami Beach,      deciding on the ideal vacation     Florida in a movie such as the        hotel or venue.                    new “Miami Vice” or the older,                                           more non-fictionalized “A             Then again, it might be a more     Sculpture of Love and Anguish:        realistic impression to closely    The Miami Beach Holocaust             watch a show than to read a        Memorial.”                            pamphlet or two…and besides, how                                         do you think 3-D advertising got   Or, maybe one can appreciate the      its start?                         straight up beaches and wind in        About the Author: Bill Johnson Travel Magazine Read more articles by: Bill Johnson Article Source: www.iSnare.com