I Miss You Already Miami!

Posted on January 21, 2011 by ounitproductions

After a very LONG and ROUGH night on Wednesday, we got up early on Thursday, checked out, and unfortunatally, left the Newport Beachside. I absolutely loved this hotel. There’s not much wrong I could say about it. We ended up driving up North of Miami and ended up at the John U. Lloyd State Park in Dania, Florida. Awesome place. They have beautiful beaches, offer boating, biking, actually a wide variety of different activities. They also feature a restaurant, the Loggerhead Cafe.

We had an AMAZING meal there, including a sampler we got which included Salmon, Mahi Mahi, and Marlin! I had Mahi Mahi a few days earlier at Kitchen 305, and loved it, but before this never tried Marlin. Let me tell you….wow. It was absolutely delicious. The rest of the meal was amazing as well, and not over-priced whatsoever, as are a lot of places in the Miami-area. Not to mention, there was only one woman running the entire place (which is sort of hard to find, so it’s not that busy) and she did a damn-near PERFECT job. Friendly service like you wouldn’t believe!

The park itself only costs $6 per car to get into, and is well worth it. It’s going to be a future stop for sure next time I’m down in Miami…

After our delicious meal we took one last walk on the beach, and fast-forward some 31 hours later and 3 or 4 hours of sleep mixed in there, here I sit in my office writing this Blog post. I am already sort of upset that I’m no longer in Miami, but that’s how it goes. I am looking forward to my next journey, as well as the hustle in between. To give you an idea of why I may be upset as well, let me give you a comparison…..

Yesterday when I left Miami…….

Today when I arrived back in Pennsylvania:

Seems sort of unfair, doesn’t it? Regardless, I’ll always have my great memories… not to mention my photography! In case you are wondering, we decided not to stop at DisneyWorld on this trip (although we did go through the Orlando area) due to time constraints, etc… When we do go to Disney, we want to make an entire trip out of it. It’s not the kind of place you can just “see in one day.”

From here on the 2011 OUP Photography Tour will be stopping at Cedar Point & HersheyPark in June, as well as back to Outer Banks, NC in July! Plus, you NEVER know what might pop up in between then! (wink wink). STAY TUNED!

In Miami.. Day Three.. SOUTH BEACH BRINGIN’ THE HEAT!!!

Posted on January 18, 2011 by ounitproductions

We woke up around 6:45 AM today and got “ready” real quick, went down to the beach, and experienced the sunrise. Let me tell you, it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL this morning. I couldn’t ask for any more. I took an outrageous amount of photography at that point, but I’ll share just a few of my favorites with you right now….

Afterwards we decided to take a little “road trip” straight down to the tip of Miami, a.k.a. 1st Street… South Beach & South Pointe Park. It is beautiful down there! Amazing architecture, beautiful landscaping, the whole nine yards. And this morning was absolutely beautiful! We’re talking about 80 degrees at 9 AM!

After driving around a while, and stopping at McDonald’s for breakfast, it was back to the hotel! Pretty much right away we went out to the beach, and spent the entire afternoon, swimming in the ocean, bodyboarding, swimming in the hotel’s pool, looking for seashells, and just simply lounging around in the sun. Couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful, relaxing day, yet tomorrow is supposed to be about the same!

We also did some souvenir shopping, and got a few awesome things. We might do a bit more tomorrow, as well as spend another entire afternoon on the beach. Our hotel’s bar/main restaurant/club, Kitchen 305, is supposed to be having an event, “We Love Ladies Night,” that we might be attending as well. There is supposed to be a DJ, DJ Hana, and a fashion show as well. Will let you know if we end up attending!

Until tomorrow….. have a great night! I’m off to “get it poppin’….” “I’M IN MIAMI BITCH!”