Sunshine with a passport. Caribbean, Cuban, Haitian, and unapologetically itself — Miami is the American city that parties in three languages and brunches in four.
Miami is the northernmost city of the Caribbean, and that's a compliment. Little Havana runs on cafecito and dominoes, Little Haiti on compas and murals, and the beach on a golden light that makes everyone look famous. The mix isn't a melting pot — it's a rhythm section, each culture keeping its own time.
We plan Miami constantly, and the play is balance: Ocean Drive's deco parade and pool days, yes — but also Wynwood's forty blocks of commissioned walls, the Pérez Museum's bayfront sculptures, and a proper Cuban lunch counter where the sandwich press never cools.
Time it right — November through April — and the weather is a daily miracle: low humidity, ocean like bathwater, sunsets that overstay beautifully.
Beach-and-blocks balance, deco-district timing, the cafecito map, and Dionne-grade dinner reservations.