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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 Cafe/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
Tyreek 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
