Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Miami is Nice, so I'll say it Thrice

Whenever I here the word Miami, I always think about that Golden Girls episode when Rose (Betty White) is writing lyrics to a song about the city. Although there were plenty of Golden Girls references on our most recent trip, fortunately there were no Golden Girls moments.

Mr. T and I set out for a five day adventure that helped us recover from an otherwise stressful holiday season. It was also the perfect opportunity (and first that I have had) to use my new macro lens!

These shots were taken at Vizcaya: a surprising and stunning "retreat" for an urban industrialist, built at the beginning of the 1900's. The gardens were my favourite part.




Of course, our entire visit wasn't spent absorbing horticultural and architectural marvels. In fact, the larger part of it was spent spent lounging on the beach or on the roof top terrace with the other South Bitches, and a margarita, of course.



We both arrived back in Montreal feeling relaxed and Vitamin D'ed: ready to face a busy six weeks of packing for the big move.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

that is too funny because i sang that GG Miami song to Mab over the weekend. actually, it's more scary than funny.

on a side note, your pictures have a phallic theme. any reason why??

Andrew said...

RE: GG Song. I was singing it at our place when you came over for pizza last week.

RE: Phallic theme. What can I say, I have a strong preference for the Amorphophallus over the Orchid. Can you blame me?

Anonymous said...

don't you guys know that gg is code for gilmour girls? sheesh!
nice pics, mister. now i wanna go to miami. i don't care that that stupid groundhog says winter's almost over--i'm not falling for that one. too many months left to go before we look as warm and contented as mister t on the beach...

Andrew said...

*Bea Arthur scratches out Alexis Bledel's eyes*

Need I say more?