Best of Miami 2023 According to Me

If you are a tourist, please stop reading; this column is not for you. These are and were the best of Miami in 2023, of course, according to me, and in order.

ARTS – 15 BEST EXPERIENCES
Rosie Herrera’s Make Believe at Miami Light Project
Mimy and Tony Succar at MDCKoubek Center
UNTITLED Art Fair
David Brooks at the Miami Book Fair
Miami City Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Arsht
Books & Books
Tribeca & Art Basel present Yussef Dayes
iii points
Andrew Otazo Miami Creation Myth
Jewish Film Festival
Scope
Design Miami
O, Miami
Sweat Records
Musicians Discount Center

LOCAL AND HUMBLE BUSINESSES – 27 BEST THINGS
Zak the Baker
Ventanitas with ceramics
Vegetables from Knaus
Tinta y Café
Milam’s Markets
Lagniappe
Graziano’s Mercado
El Carajo
Matsuri
Mainzer’s
Aguacate Sanctuary of Love
Epoca Brewing
Outrageous Bagel Co.
Golden Krust
Sweet Liberty
Mary’s
Macondo Doral
Sugar Mill Estate at Jamaica Kitchen/Sergio’s on Coral Way
Arbetter’s
The Middle East Best Food
Frankie’s
Casola’s
Soriano Brothers
Jama Benn Jama/Lost City
Pinolandia

SPORTS – TOP 15
Tyreke Hill/Mike McDaniel (Ted Lasso with Technical Brilliance)
Spoelstra
Messi
Luis Arráez
Jimmy Butler (+ the Emo Look) Larrañaga
Norchad Omier/Bam
The Waddle
Jake Burger
Nijel Pack
Xavier Restrepo
Kam Kinchens
Jazz Chisholm

WORKOUTS AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE:
SalsaCraze at the U
The Salsa Cooperative events, especially on Giralda: Amparo and Oscar’s gift to salsa
Casino d’Primera: (Alain’s speech at the Renaissance Anniversary Party was beautiful, heartfelt, and gracious) Lifetime

NINE OTHER SHOUTS:
Fairchild: Our Gift that Never Stops Giving
Nicole Danna: Nice person writing only positively about Miami restaurants
Best place to get honest restaurant reviews: Google Maps
Decent place to get honest restaurant reviews: The Infatuation/Michael Mayo’s Let’s Eat, South Florida
130K lunatics from Broward mostly arguing about Tropical Acres/Quinn PR Tati, Micah, and Karla: Miami style doing personal PR
Dana Agency: Working hard/Christmas Palace in Hialeah
The colorful lights on the expressways

ELEVEN BAD THINGS:
The death of turn signals
Christmas lights immediately after Halloween
Cradle to grave road corruption, I mean construction
Five cars moving after the yellow light
Tow trucks and turkey vultures
Sunday lawn service
Merciless traffic
Overdevelopment
Housing prices
Wasteful AC
Tasteless, pretentious mansions

 

 

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