Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Margaret Pace Park

Margaret Pace Park is a really nice park by the Biscayne Bay close to Downtown Miami. It had a wonderful view of the bay and South Beach skyline. It's right in between two major bridges to South Beach from Miami.

The park is prefect for jogging, basketball, soccer, tennis, beach volleyball and occasionally cricket. It's one of the most dog friendly park I have seen so far. There are picnic spots with grills right by the bay.

On the bay shore you would notice mangrove - something we dont get to see in NYC too often.

As far as I know Dexter was shot here. Also Dostana, a Bollywood movie was shot here too.




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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Galaxy Tab - T-mobile

Recently I cracked the screen of my Motorola Cliq. Cracked screen isn't covered by the warranty. Do I went to the T-Mobile store to get a new phone. I really liked the HTC My Touch 4G. Then the helpful sales person told me about buy one get one free deal. Since I break my phone a lot, I was considering buying a free backup phone just to be on the safe side. That's when I saw the new Galaxy Tab. I played with it and I fell in love with it.

I was planning on getting an iPad at one point, but it's too expensive and the 3G connection isn't cheap either. Also I felt the ipad is too big to carry. Since I work from home, I needed a true portable device that will allow me to leave home and still be able to keep up with work. This device did a lot more than that - it replaced my laptop and most of the functions of my phone. It's light, portable and most importantly functional. The swype option that lets you swype across keypad without taking the finger off is amazing. 16 gigs of space is more than enough for me.

Do it turned out I do most of my blogging with this Samsung Galaxy Tab. I take pictures, edit them, blog, twitter, yelp, goggle, gmap, research and facebook with this. It's so much easier and faster. If you are a frequent traveler, I certainly recommend Galaxy tab.

Here is a picture of my Galaxy Tab taking a picture of biscayne bay at night. Most of the recent pictures I took are with the Tab. Please let me know what you think.
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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Welcome 2011 - Downtown Fort Lauderdale

This was my second NYE in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Last year I missed the ball drop and the fireworks. This year we were really close to the whole thing. There were so many people on the street, but it wasn't as packed as Times Square. It was a wonderful night to be out. All being said, I still think NYE is more lively in NYC than in Miami.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The DBR (The Democratic Republic Of Beer) Miami

The Democratic Republic Of Beer - Miami is a small classy bar located on 225 NE 14th street, Miami is one of the few places in Miami I have been to has a fine collection of domestic and international beers. With a 12 pages of beer lists and a relaxed atmosphere, I really like d this place.

The beer I tried here today is Flying Dog's In-Heat Wheat. It's an American Hefeweizen beer. The Flying Dog brewery has a great sense of humor. Here is what it says on the back of the beer:
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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Downtown Miami

A shot of downtown Miami. In so many ways it reminds me of Chicago with the river going through the city. Over the ground train is something we dont see in nyc. i wonder how it would have looked like with subways going over the ground on bridges around midtown Manhatten.
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Guns!!??

I don't think I ever saw any gun stores while I was living in NYC. I doubt there are any. Here I am in South Beach driving down Alton road and wow, a gun depo! It surprises me to see how Miami is so different from nyc.
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South Beach, the day after Christmas

The beach is empty - just a few people walking around in jackets or sweat shirts. Last year this time out wasn't so cold. I was able to get into water and it was nice.Maybe I have lived in Miami long enough to get used to the warm weather. It's still better than freezing cold Conry Island or Jones Beach.
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