STL CDPB On The Road: Party On In Miami Beach

There are many old buildings undergoing restoration as hotels and condos in the South Beach district of Miami Beach. One of them, with the un-Florida name The Clevelander, is right up on Ocean Avenue and marketing itself with traditional Miami techniques. Party on, dude.

TOMORROW: The most somber place in Miami Beach.

STL CDPB On The Road: The Penguin

If someone were to say to me, "The penguin!", I would immediately think of:

A. Monty Python: "There's a penguin on the television!"

B. The Blues Brothers: the Penguin was the nun who ran the orphanage where Jake and Elwood were raised; or

C. Some Batman movie.

This version is a Miami Beach hotel on Ocean Avenue. I guess penguins do fly south for the winter. There were damn well none out on the street on this June day.

STL CDPB On The Road: Miami Beach

I'm attending a professional conference in Miami Beach, a very distracting place. It's very hot in the bright tropical summer sun but I just have to get out and shoot it. The South Beach district is renown for its Art Deco buildings in pastel colors, international clientèle, fabulous beaches and, shall we say, liberated lifestyle. This is a commercial building on Collins venue, the main street. There is a set of Florida pictures on Flickr that I will add to in coming days.

TOMORROW: The Penguin