4 July Vacations in Miami Beach, Miami 4 July Rentals

Fathers Day Miami Vacations, Fathers Day in Miami

If you are like me that constantly have guilt on not giving back as much as your Dad gave to you, Fathers Day Vacations in Miami are the perfect occasion to stop this hunting phantom to keep him from coming back every year. There are lots of things that you and your Dad can do in Miami like golf, good restaurants, Miami Car fair, etc. Here some recommendations on what to do in Miami, where to stay in Miami, and what to eat in Miami.

Where to stay? Not in a hotel for sure. Expensive standard service and packed for festivities is not what you really want in order to spent Fathers Day with your dad. Get a Miami Vacation Rental. Comfortable, affordable, you can even rent a car in Miami and parked it on the property rental. It will be like an extension of home in Miami.

Where to eat? The list is endless, but good Miami restaurants are not that much here a small list of my recommendations. Actually my dad and I have eaten in these places:

B.E.D
China Grill
Smith & Wollensky
The Forge
Barton G

What to do? Well, that depend, my dad likes Miami Golf. Perhaps a movie or a presentation of the symphonic orchestra in Miami. That’s very personal but here some wide recommendations:

Coral Castle
Everglades
Miami Science Museum
South Beach
Vizcaya

Ooo and bye the way, dount give him a tie as a present. Not this year AGAIN

Miami Gay Vacations

In a resent post I wrote about how men should have more (man) vacations by themselves. By the comments I receive, and a second overview of my last post I realize I omitted a very popular type of man in Miami. Those how also like men. For all you out there here some great tips for Gay Miami vacations.

Miami is the winter playground for gay America. Imagine a long, perfect beach, the world’s best Art-Deco architecture, and pulsating Gay Miami nightlife. Then fill it with gorgeous people and spice it up with a little Latino culture, and you’ve got Miami Beach, more commonly known as South Beach or SoBe. It seems like everyone here is a model...or could be. It’s a very trendy place to be, and people tend to look their best. But, where to stay? The Sun City has a very well develop industry of Miami Vacation Rentals, for those of you that desire the privacy of your own furnished apartment in the hart of South Beach.

Before you head to Miami beaches, check out the Art Deco Historic District. There are guided walking tours available. But few attractions pull visitors away from the beach, and the collection of cafes, galleries, and Miami Clubs around it. Ocean Drive runs along the beach, and it’s a great place to people-watch. Lincoln Road, parallel to Ocean, is a pedestrian-only strip of Miami Restaurants and shops.

The Bass Museum of Art can be a great diversion if rain chases you indoors. Winter and early spring are undoubtedly the best times to visit gay South Beach, which is famous (or infamous) for its chain of mega-parties, which begin Thanksgiving weekend and run through Miami Spring Break, when the college crowd overruns the beaches and clubs. Summer is rainier, with little reason to attract the northern crowds (who only come in summer to escape the snow). Virtually everything gay in South Beach is clustered along Collins Avenue between Española Way and 12th Street, and there’s absolutely no reason to have a car here, you can walk everywhere.

Spring Break in Miami Drinking Binge

The Journal of Studies on Alcohol defines binge drinking as an extended period, typically at least two days, during which time a person repeatedly becomes intoxicated and gives up usual activities and obligations in order to be intoxicated. One of the commonly used thresholds for 'binge' drinking is 5 or more drinks for men and 4 or more for women per occasion. For a college student this could also apply to the definition of Spring Break.

Let’s face it. For those of us that have been there, done that, Miami Spring Break is just a self destructive face in which you just decide to kill yourself with liquor, sex and some other things that I prefer not to talk about. But Whyyyy? Is what make me write about this.

Stupid as it might sound, I believe the more you forbid some one to do something, at 21 the forbidden is what you want to do. In 1984 the National Minimum Drinking Age Act effectively raised the minimum drinking age to 21, and as a result binge drinking became common among American young adults and minors since alcohol became viewed as a symbol of rebellion, and private, dangerous environments are for many young Americans the only place where they can access alcohol. Spring Break is the celebration off all of these behaviors.

Maybe, I am just getting old but, these are definitely no vacations at all. By the time you binge your liver to a whole week of liquor you will be so tired you will need at least a whole entire week to recuperate from your “vacation”. Young America has a tendency of defining Miami vacations with just one word “Drinking”. Let me tell you all; there is plenty more in Miami to enjoy.

East of Collins Ave is Ocean Drive, and this is where you will find the Miami you see on TV and in the movies. There are plenty of famous Miami restaurants and clubs on Ocean Drive, including Nikki Beach. Being on the Florida coast, Ocean Drive is also a great place to go people-watching during your spring break vacation.

Washington Avenue runs parallel on the other side of Collins and it is one the most famous spots in South Beach. This is where some of the world’s largest and most well-known clubs are, including Prive and Mansion. Washington Avenue is packed with party goers every night of the week from evening until early morning, and Spring Break in South Beach is definitely no exception. There are even concierges services that can get you in the clubs with no door standing.

If you are looking for cheap eats during your spring break in Miami head on over to Alton Road, where you can find plenty of fast-food joints, restaurants, and grocery stores. For art galleries, restaurants, and luxury car rentals, head north to Espanola Way. For shopping, many people consider the Lincoln Road open-air pedestrian mall to be Miami South Beach’s premiere spot.