Miami Trip 2-6 July 2014


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My friend Frank and I had a good time, visited some familiar sites and some new places.

 

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The Evan Garage is still there, has been Oster Tire for some time, kind of shabby up close.  Gas pumps are long gone.

 

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The Charlotte Jane Cemetery in the Grove seen in Tale of the Goat and in Michael Jackson's Thriller video. Cemetery is resting place for some of Miami's earliest black residents who built the Grove.  Bahamian style graves.

 

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Kind of a misty day.  Looking across the Bay from the Rusty Pellican Restaurant, best view in town.  Used to be a slightly upscale seafood place but is now a huge, overpriced, gourmet fancy restaurant with items like "Patagonian Tooth Fish." You can't make this stuff up.

 

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This is the Seminole Casino at Krome and 8th St.  Just poker and electronic slot machines.  Won $30.
 

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Glad to see the Biltmore is doing great, booked up for the big 4th of July fireworks behind the hotel.  Big show and crowd.

 

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Strange creatures at the Biltmore.
 

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One of several chicken statues in Little Havana.  This one is patriotic.
 

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The wagon wheel restaurant from Heart of Darkness.  A Carreta is an old fashioned wagon.  I made the mistake of asking for decaf and got a cup of milk and a small container of coffee to mix together??
 

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The old Coral Gables fire and police station built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in "Depression Moderne."  Now a neat museum.
 

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Where we stayed, the Miami River Inn, built around 1910 and fully restored in the heart of downtown.  Very nice, well maintained, safe, and relatively inexpensive.  It was in the movie Marley and Me. Lots of European travelers there.
 

Club Deuce postcard

Back of a postcard showing a Playboy Magazine rating Club Deuce as one of America's greatest bars.
 

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Club Deuce, Miami Beach's oldest bar with Vice's neon they allowed the bar to keep.  Michael Talbott was the bartender at the rap party.
 

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Me with Mac, the owner, who is 99 yrs old, really.  That's him on the right.  He looks and acts great.  All he would tell me about DJ at the rap party was: "He stayed by himself."  Not sure how to take that. Being discreet?  Didn't see much of DJ?
 

Club Deuce business cards, match books & coaster

Some of the stuff Mac gave me, business cards, matchbooks, stickers, and coasters.

 

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Tobacco Road, Miami's oldest bar, in Bad Timing.  Surrounded by highrises, it will be torn down soon.  They are trying to relocate but it's the end of an era.

 

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Frank inside Tobacco Road, now I know why they never filmed inside at the bar.  Pretty small.
 

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Matheson Hammock with Miami skyline in background.  Used often in Burn Notice.
 

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Matheson Hammock, a big round tidal swimming area.
 

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Frank and I with our dates at Key Biscayne.
 

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Jose Marti Park from No Exit etc. Our Inn was right across the street.  Place looks run down when you get close.
 

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Warsaw Ballroom etc now Jerry's (Sex World from LMD etc.)  Jerry has sold out and it will be a TexMex restaurant in August, "Senor Frog."  Fortunately they are not allowed to change the exterior.  
 

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Shot of No Name Harbor on Key Biscayne where a scene from Tale of the Goat was filmed.
 

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Closer look at the faces on the front of the Coral Gables Museum.  Lots of photos and memorabilia from the start of the "City Beautiful."

 

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Fireworks seen from the Biltmore Hotel's pool.  Largest hotel pool in the world.
 

Traffic was not as bad as the last time I was there.  Only one mishap when a woman backed into me at a stop sign, think she put it in reverse instead of drive but no damage to my old pickup.  Huge megalopolis with more high rises going up everywhere.  Downtown Miami's 99% Hispanic residential area is like a foreign country, crowded, different but generally clean and safe with friendly people. We didn't visit Little Dominica and other minority locations.  Some depressed areas like every other US city.  Beautiful areas, beaches, unique, glitz and super high end places, a real study in contrasts.  All young people speak English. Totally different from what I remember growing up but as Thomas Wolf said, "You can't go home again."

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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My friend Frank and I had a good time, visited some familiar sites and some new places.

 

 

 

more to come

Evan.  :thumbsup:

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My friend Frank and I had a good time, visited some familiar sites and some new places.

 

 

The Evan Garage is still there, now Oster Tire, kind of shabby up close.

 

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The Charlotte Jane Cemetery in the Grove seen in Tale of the Goat and in Michael Jackson's Thriller video.

 

gotta take a break

 

 

Great Jim - love them - remember apparently the TOTG cemetary was appparently the inspiration for the cemetary seen in Thriller - but that is it was actually shot in East LA and at the Palace Theatre Downtown La 

:D  :)

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Thanks for the insights! :thumbsup:

Looking forward to see MORE!!!

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Thanks guys, check the first post in this topic.  I've added all my best photos and some comments.  Click to get larger view of photo.

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Thanks guys, check the first post in this topic.  I've added all my best photos and some comments.  Click to get larger view of photo.

 

This is exactly what I meant when I wrote MORE ... MORE ... MORE ... ;)

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My friend Frank and I had a good time, visited some familiar sites and some new places.

 

 

The Evan Garage is still there, has been Oster Tire for some time, kind of shabby up close.  Gas pumps are long gone.

 

Eingefügtes Bild

The Charlotte Jane Cemetery in the Grove seen in Tale of the Goat and in Michael Jackson's Thriller video. Cemetery is resting place for some of Miami's earliest black residents who built the Grove.  Bahamian style graves.

 

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Kind of a misty day.  Looking across the Bay from the Rusty Pellican Restaurant, best view in town.  Used to be a slightly upscale seafood place but is now a huge, overpriced, gourmet fancy restaurant with items like "Patagonian Tooth Fish." You can't make this stuff up.

 

 
This is the Seminole Casino at Krome and 8th St.  Just poker and electronic slot machines.  Won $30.
 

 

Glad to see the Biltmore is doing great, booked up for the big 4th of July fireworks behind the hotel.  Big show and crowd.

 

 
Strange creatures at the Biltmore.
 

 
One of several chicken statues in Little Havana.  This one is patriotic.
 

 
The wagon wheel restaurant from Heart of Darkness.  A Carreta is an old fashioned wagon.  I made the mistake of asking for decaf and got a cup of milk and a small container of coffee to mix together??
 

 
The old Coral Gables fire and police station built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in "Depression Moderne."  Now a neat museum.
 

 
Where we stayed, the Miami River Inn, built around 1910 and fully restored in the heart of downtown.  Very nice, well maintained, safe, and relatively inexpensive.  Lots of European travelers there.
 

 
Back of a postcard showing a Playboy Magazine rating Club Deuce as one of America's greatest bars.
 

 
Club Deuce, Miami Beach's oldest bar with Vice's neon they allowed the bar to keep.  Michael Talbott was the bartender at the rap party.
 

 
Me with Mac, the owner, who is 99 yrs old, really.  That's him on the right.  He looks and acts great.  All he would tell me about DJ at the rap party was: "He stayed by himself."  Not sure how to take that. Being discreet?  Didn't see much of DJ?
 

 

Some of the stuff Mac gave me, business cards, matchbooks, stickers, and coasters.

 

 

Tobacco Road, Miami's oldest bar, in Bad Timing.  Surrounded by highrises, it will be torn down soon.  They are trying to relocate but it's the end of an era.

 

 
Frank inside Tobacco Road, now I know why they never filmed inside at the bar.  Pretty small.
 

 
Matheson Hammock with Miami skyline in background.  Used often in Burn Notice.
 

 
Matheson Hammock, a big round tidal swimming area.
 

 
Frank and I with our dates at Key Biscayne.
 

 
Jose Marti Park from No Exit etc. Our Inn was right across the street.  Place looks run down when you get close.
 

 
Warsaw Ballroom etc now Jerry's (Sex World from LMD etc.)  Jerry has sold out and it will be a TexMex restaurant in August, "Senior Frog."  Fortunately they are not allowed to change the exterior.  
 

 
Shot of No Name Harbor on Key Biscayne where a scene from Tale of the Goat was filmed.
 
 

Closer look at the faces on the front of the Coral Gables Museum.  Lots of photos and memorabilia from the start of the "City Beautiful."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderful Jim - No Name Harbor in "Tale of the Goat"  :D

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Great Jim - love them - remember apparently the TOTG cemetary was appparently the inspiration for the cemetary seen in Thriller - but that is it was actually shot in East LA and at the Palace Theatre Downtown La 

:D  :)

 

Matt- I think Michael Jackson did film at least part of his video at the Charlotte Jane Cemetery.  What convinced me was the eyewitness account in the second video on this site.  If Michael was just looking at the area for inspiration, why all the commotion, lights, police cars etc at night.  Check it out.  Am I missing something?

 

http://miamitourcompany.com/thriller-cemetery.html

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Thanks for posting these pics, Miami Jim! They are great.  Someday I'll get down there, hopefully.

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Thanks for posting these pics, Miami Jim! They are great.  Someday I'll get down there, hopefully.

 

Hope you do Tony !

:D

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Matt- I think Michael Jackson did film at least part of his video at the Charlotte Jane Cemetery.  What convinced me was the eyewitness account in the second video on this site.  If Michael was just looking at the area for inspiration, why all the commotion, lights, police cars etc at night.  Check it out.  Am I missing something?

 

http://miamitourcompany.com/thriller-cemetery.html

I will check Jim  :D appreciate the information 

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Here's a few more from No Name Harbor in Key Biscayne from my recent trip to complement Jim's  :D

As seen in "Junk Love "

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Matt- I think Michael Jackson did film at least part of his video at the Charlotte Jane Cemetery.  What convinced me was the eyewitness account in the second video on this site.  If Michael was just looking at the area for inspiration, why all the commotion, lights, police cars etc at night.  Check it out.  Am I missing something?

 

http://miamitourcompany.com/thriller-cemetery.html

 

Im just not sure Jim - this may be publicity spin - Ive seen a number of sources state it was filmed on a soundstage .

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_was_Michael_Jacksons_thriller_filmed

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Very nice Jim, thank you for all the great information....can never get enough of Miami pics.  All you guys are so lucky to have been there!  

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Very nice Jim, thank you for all the great information....can never get enough of Miami pics.  All you guys are so lucky to have been there!  

 

 

Yes great pictures Jim  :D  :fireworks:

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My friend Frank and I had a good time, visited some familiar sites and some new places.

 

 

The Evan Garage is still there, has been Oster Tire for some time, kind of shabby up close.  Gas pumps are long gone.

 

Eingefügtes Bild

The Charlotte Jane Cemetery in the Grove seen in Tale of the Goat and in Michael Jackson's Thriller video. Cemetery is resting place for some of Miami's earliest black residents who built the Grove.  Bahamian style graves.

 

Eingefügtes Bild

Kind of a misty day.  Looking across the Bay from the Rusty Pellican Restaurant, best view in town.  Used to be a slightly upscale seafood place but is now a huge, overpriced, gourmet fancy restaurant with items like "Patagonian Tooth Fish." You can't make this stuff up.

 

 
This is the Seminole Casino at Krome and 8th St.  Just poker and electronic slot machines.  Won $30.
 

 

Glad to see the Biltmore is doing great, booked up for the big 4th of July fireworks behind the hotel.  Big show and crowd.

 

 
Strange creatures at the Biltmore.
 

 
One of several chicken statues in Little Havana.  This one is patriotic.
 

 
The wagon wheel restaurant from Heart of Darkness.  A Carreta is an old fashioned wagon.  I made the mistake of asking for decaf and got a cup of milk and a small container of coffee to mix together??
 

 
The old Coral Gables fire and police station built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in "Depression Moderne."  Now a neat museum.
 

 
Where we stayed, the Miami River Inn, built around 1910 and fully restored in the heart of downtown.  Very nice, well maintained, safe, and relatively inexpensive.  It was in the movie Marley and Me. Lots of European travelers there.
 

 
Back of a postcard showing a Playboy Magazine rating Club Deuce as one of America's greatest bars.
 

 
Club Deuce, Miami Beach's oldest bar with Vice's neon they allowed the bar to keep.  Michael Talbott was the bartender at the rap party.
 

 
Me with Mac, the owner, who is 99 yrs old, really.  That's him on the right.  He looks and acts great.  All he would tell me about DJ at the rap party was: "He stayed by himself."  Not sure how to take that. Being discreet?  Didn't see much of DJ?
 

 

Some of the stuff Mac gave me, business cards, matchbooks, stickers, and coasters.

 

 

Tobacco Road, Miami's oldest bar, in Bad Timing.  Surrounded by highrises, it will be torn down soon.  They are trying to relocate but it's the end of an era.

 

 
Frank inside Tobacco Road, now I know why they never filmed inside at the bar.  Pretty small.
 

 
Matheson Hammock with Miami skyline in background.  Used often in Burn Notice.
 

 
Matheson Hammock, a big round tidal swimming area.
 

 
Frank and I with our dates at Key Biscayne.
 

 
Jose Marti Park from No Exit etc. Our Inn was right across the street.  Place looks run down when you get close.
 

 
Warsaw Ballroom etc now Jerry's (Sex World from LMD etc.)  Jerry has sold out and it will be a TexMex restaurant in August, "Senor Frog."  Fortunately they are not allowed to change the exterior.  
 

 
Shot of No Name Harbor on Key Biscayne where a scene from Tale of the Goat was filmed.
 
 

Closer look at the faces on the front of the Coral Gables Museum.  Lots of photos and memorabilia from the start of the "City Beautiful."

 

 
Fireworks seen from the Biltmore Hotel's pool.  Largest hotel pool in the world.
 

Traffic was not as bad as the last time I was there.  Only one mishap when a woman backed into me at a stop sign, think she put it in reverse instead of drive but no damage to my old pickup.  Huge megalopolis with more high rises going up everywhere.  Downtown Miami's 99% Hispanic residential area is like a foreign country, crowded, different but generally clean and safe with friendly people. We didn't visit Little Dominica and other minority locations.  Some depressed areas like every other US city.  Beautiful areas, beaches, unique, glitz and super high end places, a real study in contrasts.  All young people speak English. Totally different from what I remember growing up but as Thomas Wolf said, "You can't go home again."

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great shots Jim. Btw.....your dates? :)  ;)

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Thanks Sonny.  We were there 2-6 July of this year.

 

 

No not date dates....meant who were your Dates in the photo?  :)

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Looks like he got some 'ladies of the night' :)

 

Yes Jim is looking very happy with himself and with the background & car looks like Sonny Crockett in 2014!!

:done:  :D  :)  :fireworks:

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