аЯрЁБс>ўџ 24ўџџџ1џџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅС7 №Пх&bjbjUU (07|7|п"џџџџџџlДДДДДДДШИИИ8№ ќШћЖz||||||$Б б b Д ,ДДЕ,,,ВДДz,z,N,zДДz `ПсWggТШ№ИЮ^zzЫ0ћz3 ,3 z,ШШДДДДйDowntown In a Day (or three) Trish Riley We know that a life of traveling can a little tedious, the same old shops and the same old restaurants, city after city, all around the world. Miami has some of the best known names in retail and cuisine, but the most wonderful corners of our beautiful town can’t be found anywhere else in the universe. Let us help you discover why we love the Magic City. Need to pick up a few souvenirs for the kids back home? Bayside Marketplace provides a nice opportunity to find samplings of all the different colors and cultures found in Miami. Kiosks sell crafts and trinkets from South America and you’ll find fashions from India, unique shoes and handbags from Spain, plus hot styles for teens. Then there’s Art By God. Who knew you could buy dinosaur bones, pre-Columbian artifacts and human skulls that are thousands of years old? All this and more natural phenomena are sold at the unique Art By God located at Bayside and also off Biscayne Boulevard at highway 195 and 38th St., across from the American Police Hall of Fame and Museum. Beautiful crystals, from emeralds cut for jewelry to translucent candle holders to huge hunks of glistening amethyst can be found here along with plenty of nifty gift items like stuffed lizards or snakes and the toothy, grinning jaw bones of alligators and piranhas. It seems illegal that these items are even marketable - at least it must be against natural law - but the real question that comes to mind is: Who buys things like raccoon penis bones ($20) anyway? Rest a moment after shopping with the beverage of choice in Miami – cafщ con leche, a cup of Cuban coffee, sweetened espresso with steamed milk. Imported beers and all sorts of other foods and drinks are available to enjoy on the outdoor patio while watching boats come and go at the docks or listening to the frequent free musical performances on the waterfront stage. Three blocks due west from Bayside at 10 NE 3rd St. you’ll find the Wallflower Gallery, an eclectic forum for local art and music. The gallery is the brainchild of photographer David Haskins and is managed by a character called Flash, a South Beach transplant. “We took all the best from the beach and brought it here, where events are a little more affordable,” Flash explains. “I believe we’ve got something people will want.” You’re sure to find something of interest, whether it’s a mosaic table, sci-fi painting, hand-painted silk clothing, hammered jewelry or a sculpted wax candle. CDs by local musicians are sold here, too. Or you can sit and sip organic juices and nibble rainforest nuts while listening to free or practically free local music. Hike a few blocks south for a bit of urban shopping. In case you happen to be in need of an engagement ring or anniversary gift, there’s no better place to find it than at the Seyboldt Building at 33 W. Flagler, Miami’s jewelry wholesalers headquarters. The lower two floors are dedicated to the retail trade and offer excellent prices on first-rate diamonds, gold and other jewelry. It’s kind of exciting to get a bargain on such high ticket items. Back on the street, you might find bargain fashions or electronics at the rows of stores lining the city blocks. Head east on Flagler for a musical or dance performance at the beautifully restored Olympia Theater at Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Or if it’s time for a sup, turn west to La Loggia, a Georgetown-style lawyers bar across from the Miami-Dade county courthouse where you can join barristers for lunch or state your case after hours. Live jazz and happy hour on Thursdays. A few blocks further west brings us to the Miami-Dade Cultural Center. Pick up a snack at Cacique’s Cuban Restaurant at SW 1 Ave. and west Flagler then climb the long flight of stone stairs for a picnic on the terrace - a plateau the size of a city block. Flanking the courtyard are the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami Art Museum and the Miami-Dade Public Library. There are always interesting activities among the three. The Historical Museum currently displays Florida’s Rock ‘N Roll Legends, a collection of music paraphernalia gathered from the likes of Floridians Tom Petty and Gloria Estefan as well as relics from Elvis, the Beatles and Jim Morrison, including the transcript of Morrison’s trial after dropping his pants onstage at Miami’s Dinner Key Auditorium. Discounts on joint admissions, and both are open late on Thursdays for JAM at MAM featuring gourmet hors d’ouvres and live music. Both offer unique collections of books, toys, stationery, pens, jewelry and kitsch for sale. SOUTHSIDE Head south of town on southwest 2nd Avenue over the Miami River then east to find the vintage pub Tobacco Road, once a speakeasy frequented by Al Capone and built on the site of an Indian trading post. There’s a funky gift shop next door and the delicious Fishbone Grille restaurant. If atmosphere is a priority, you may prefer Big Fish, a riverside restaurant that presents an incongruous blend of fine white linens on a decades-old dock. You can nibble Italian cuisine while watching cigarette boats and sailing sloops against the sunset, or sip a cocktail at the round bar, built around a Banyan tree. If you’re more interested in finding a modern brewery and steakhouse, head a few blocks farther south to 13th St. (Coral Way), then east back toward Biscayne Bay. It’s like hurtling through history from yesterday into the future - as you cross toward Brickell Avenue and Miami’s financial district, you’ll pass tiny protected hundred-year-old homes contrasted against the steel and glass skyscrapers of the money-keepers. Bankers are said to frequent Morton’s Steakhouse, at the corner of 13th and Brickell, and the Gordon Biersch Brewery across the street. NORTHWARD Perhaps you’d rather head north from Bayside Marketplace instead of south. You can’t miss the American Police Hall of Fame and Museum on north Biscayne Boulevard – there’s a police car parked on the SIDE(ITALICS) of the building, a feat even the best stuntman couldn’t accomplish. Inside the museum holds the largest national memorial to fallen officers, with some 7,000 names inscribed in white marble and a chapel for remembrances. An American officer dies in the line of duty every 57 hours, so names are frequently added and, sadly, there’s plenty of room for more. The museum isn’t all somber, though, with urban assault vehicles from movie sets and a crime scene full of clues where you get to be the detective. There’s a guillotine, gas chamber and electric chair, where visitors are invited to sit and pose for photos. Collections of weapons, badges and police hats fill the museum, and safety tips are provided on a number of topics. Looking west from the museum you’ll spot more odd wall art – a dual mural depicting a pair of boxers, one haloed, the other horned, said to depict good vs. evil, alongside a pose of a sleeper. This beacon welcomes you to the Miami Design District, several blocks from 36th St. to 41st. St. between NE 2 Ave. and Miami Avenue. The district houses more than 50 galleries and interior design shops, most open to the trade, but with some retail traffic and buying opportunities as well such as Susane R. at 93 NE 40 St, where prices range from $30 to $30,000. “I am such a strange shop, I’ve got Louis XVI furniture and 60s furniture, Moroccan and French Deco sets living harmoniously together,” says owner Susane Ronai. “I think we are the most upscale consignment shop you have ever seen.” Take a break at Piccadilly Garden (35 NE 40th St.), where you can sip an award-winning martini at the tiny neighborhood bar or in the outdoor courtyard, paired with gazpacho and beef Wellington or salmon salad. Tables are pushed to the sidelines to make room for dancing late Saturday nights, when the place becomes a hot spot for British pop. Back to Biscayne Boulevard (U.S. 1) and a few miles north, another building-side mural beckons at the corner of 73rd St. A pair of bright macaws in the jungle oversee a few interesting shops and restaurants, including Divine Trash, a collection of cool chic consignment furniture, clothes, knicks and knacks. In the back yard is Tommy’s Pottery Barn, though it looks more like a pottery garden, where owner Tommy Trujillo’s father Jose displays piles of fresh terracotta pots in all shapes and sizes, direct from Columbia and pleasantly priced. In the midst of the pottery and second-hand kitchen and patio furniture is a sparkling find: Trujillo’s own hand crafted tables of iron and polished black marble. Have you found what you were looking for on this offbeat and out-of-the-way whirlwind tour of Miami’s most unique places and prizes? 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