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<br />'I <br /> <br /> <br />CHRIS DOUCmE <br />1OronIo SlII <br /> <br />Pianos, a happening bar In <br />trendy Coconut Grove, where <br />no mailer how liberally you <br />apply your..unscreen you <br />could stili get burned. BUI <br />only II you get too dose to the <br />flre.breathing bartender. <br />As musicians pound away <br />non-stop at two pianos - tak. <br />Ing requests scrIbbled onto <br />paper napldns and keepIng <br />the dance floor .p.acked all <br />night long -the young man <br />tending bar during a recent <br />visit periodically took a time <br />out from mixing drlnlu to <br />stoke the crowd by spewing <br />a ball of fire up over <br />their heads. <br />If you want to <br />keep the party <br /> <br />going. cross one of the three <br />bridges connecting down. <br />town ~Uaml to the beautiful <br />resort area of Miami Beach <br />and check out yet another <br />hOISPOI, the Louis Bar <br />Lounge on the ground.floor <br />of the luxurious Gansevoort <br />South hotel. ' <br />I( go-go dancen aren't <br />your thing, try heading 18 <br />storeys straight up to the <br />rooftop bar. Plunge. Don'l be <br />too surpriJed II you pass a pro <br />athle.te or a famous hlp-hop <br />artist IS you walk through the <br />uPscale hotel, whlch features <br />Ii 344-square;merre presl. <br />dentlal suite and Just about <br />everythlng else imaginable. <br />Al Plunge you can take a <br />dip In an adults-only pool, <br />lounge around In a cabana <br />sipping cocktails or dance <br /> <br />.. Angela Henao, public relations <br />manager for Gansewort :; <br />Miami Beach hotel, below left. <br />with guide and local resident <br />JeMifer Haz.leams how to <br />make mojitos. the hottest <br />drinks in Miami, <br /> <br /> <br />The Sunday Sun. JUNE 20, ZOlO <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Usually when the sUn goes <br />down. the temperature drops <br />with It - but not In Miami. <br />Day or nigbL this town Is hot! <br />, Travellers heading to thIs, <br />dl}' on the lOuthern tip of <br />Florida will no doubt be <br />looking forward to .pend. <br />Ing their days basldng hi the <br />balmy, tropical dlmale. But <br />be advised: After nigbrfallls <br />when MiamI reaII)' heats up, <br />Perbaps nowhere Is this <br />more evident than at Crazy <br /> <br />3ili <br />...,.,. <br />I <br /> <br />the night away beneath Ihe <br />.Iar. while looking down on <br />South Beach (Solle), <br />"It"like an e.cape, or an <br />0...., and there'. a great <br />view,' .ay. Loul. EKolo, a <br />Gansevoort 1JlOkaman. <br />On a billy Saturday, PIw1ge <br />bartender Brian Gillooly typi- <br />cally shakes up thousands of <br />moJito., a lasl}' cocktail thaI <br />originaled In Cuba. <br />"It'. a very refreshing <br />drink." be says with a laugh. <br />If you .IOp by before busi- <br />ness gets hopping. Gillooly <br />may thow you.how to make <br />Miaml'. most popular drink. <br />by crUshlng mint leaves and <br />mixing In whlte rum,. Sprite, <br />sugaJ; and lots ofllmes. <br />If you prefer a slower pace, <br /> <br />A young woman gets nlore. <br />than a little squeamish as <br />a bull python Is laid around <br />her shoulders at E~ <br />ADigator Farm, one of the <br />. many amazing attractions <br />Miami has to offer. <br /> <br />or If you're Just looking for <br />.ometh1ng 10 do after wad- <br />Ing In the .urf and feeling <br />the white aand between your <br />toes, check out the trUly fas. <br />elnatlng archJrecture In the <br />nearby Art De'co Dlstrlct, <br />From there you can walk <br />to the Bau Museum of Art, <br />whIch features works from <br />around the world, and the <br />Holocaust Memorial, a trib. <br />ute to ihe .Ix million Jews <br />killed In WWlJ by the Nazis, Is <br />within walking distance. <br />Or you can heat things up <br />again by headlng'to the new <br />World Erodc Art Museum: <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br />l'anI ofw cult c1aMlc movie <br />A CIodcworic 0riJnBf may rec;- <br />ogruze'1.large phallic .tatueeamong the thousands of hIs- <br />torical and contemporary <br />pieCes on display, <br />For another unique ~ri- <br />ence In Solle, try slghlS<<lng <br />In a GoCar. You can rent one <br />of these little, yellow .tory- <br />telUng vehicle. - .on of a <br />large go-cart with the lien- <br />Ing wheel of a motorcycle - <br />for, $49 per hour. Then hop <br />In and zip around town on a <br />GPS-gulded lOur. <br />Just be sure to park your <br />GoCar before doIng any <br />"people watching." a popu- <br />lar SoSe pastime. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I!. <br />t <br /> <br /> <br />I- <br /> <br />. ~ ~~. j ..~- ; p <br /> <br /> <br />Ir <br />I <br />Ir~ <br /> <br />t __ <br />,- <br />I <br /> <br />.l <br />s <br /> <br />I:: <br />If" <br /> <br />i <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />I~ <br />i <br />t <br /> <br />I <br />