The South Beach Lifestyle

Sometimes people will go to South Beach for a vacation and become so enamored with the South Beach lifestyle that they begin to dream of living it on a full time basis. What’s not to like about South Beach? The tropical setting, the beautiful and plentiful white sand beaches, the almost unlimited water sports, fishing, golfing, the best and most diversified restaurants...have I left anything out?

Vacation days on South Beach begin with you awakening to sun light streaming through your window and not a single snow flake in sight. Those dismally grey, cold days can begin to seem like a distant bad memory in short order. You crawl out of bed and dress so casually that it takes only minutes. You don’t need a coat, a scarf, a hat or gloves....shorts and a t-shirt will do just fine. You have your breakfast of really fresh locally grown fruit right by the pool.

Making a choice of activities for the day is the only problem that you have. You could just change into your bathing suit and take yourself down to one of the beautiful sunny white-sand beaches and work on your tan, of course. That is always an option. But wait! You could also rent a sail boat and take yourself and your friends out on the bay for the day. There isn’t anything quite like the feeling of absolute freedom that you experience when you are sailing.

You could go swim with the Dolphins or you could go scuba diving. There are so many terrific natural and man-made reefs where you can see hundreds and hundreds of fish. You could go fishing. Goodness knows there are almost an unlimited number of fishing opportunities available.  

If you don’t want to get wet, there are a host of other activities that you can enjoy. Maybe you would like to go visit the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. That is a trip that you most certainly do not want to miss. If golfing is in your blood, you could make the short drive to see the World Golf Hall of Fame. That’s a real treat!

So many choices! So little time! What a problem!

When lunch time rolls around, you will be faced with another problem. You will have to decide which of the many cuisine choices will be yours for lunch and don’t forget that you get to make another one for dinner. You might choose from Greek, Colombian, New World Caribbean, Mediterranean, Mexican, Italian, Cuban or Vietnamese for lunch and make another choice for dinner.

After lunch you might need to go back to your hotel or cottage and grab yourself a little nap...after all, you are going to want to participate in some of the great nightlife that you will find in South Beach.

Whatever your choice of music, you will find it in South Beach. If Country and Western is your bag...no problem. If you want hard rock, you can find that as well. Clubs stay open until 5 AM. Maybe you can make several.