Article March 2014
QCT Miami In May Trip™

Our first wake-up in the city of perpetual funin and sunin will begin with a hot breakfast that is included with your package. Next, it’s off to explore Miami and Miami Beach on a city tour hosted by me or some other dude if I cannot remember where all these places are located. Just kidding. One of the fascinating niceties about my hometown is the number of celebrities who either live there now or who used to live there. My tour will cover both species and you will be treated to current and former celebrity homes like those of Barry Gibb (The Bee Gees), Sylvester “Sly” Stallone, Jennifer “J Lo” Lopez, Cher, and Matt Damon for example. Some stops may be excluded while others may be included depending on availability. Next up is a brief tour of Miami Beach and a Dutch-treat lunch and shopping stop at the world famous Lincoln Road area where you may spot a celebrity or two or three just hanging out. From there is a Dutch-treat dinner stop on your way back to the hotel and then free time to reflect on all of that day’s activities and prepare for your final day in my hometown.



Day Three [Wednesday]:



Up and Adam and after your included hot breakfast we head on over to the set of the blockbuster movie hit Ace Ventura Pet Detective (1994) starring comedian/actor Jim Carrey. Viscaya Museum and Gardens  is a lavished former summer home of American industrialist James Deering who hired a young New York painter by the name of Paul Chalfin to assist in supervising the entire project.  Together they traveled throughout Europe surveying residential architecture for ideas and obtaining components such as doors, wall panels, mantels and ceilings that would be incorporated into the proposed home (Cir. 1916). This Spanish-style concrete home comes complete with its own private boating dock and other niceties only afforded to the filthy rich but not so famous. Look over into the Biscayne Bay and you might just see a dolphin or two or three hanging out just like Flipper which was filmed not too far away from this place at the Miami Seaquarium. Next up is a Dutch-treat lunch and gaming at the new Magic City Casino. Maybe here you will be able to recoup some of your monies spent on Escargot and shopping? If not, you should at the least enjoy the possibility of being around all that money that could possibly depart with you back to North Carolina. I was in Las Vegas once and this lady in our group won $10,000 at the slot machine. She had many friends on the way home. I probably would have booked a different flight myself. From gaming we head over to our final Miami destination, Bayside in Downtown Miami, for a Dutch-treat dinner, last minute gifts, souvenirs, drinks, sightseeing, or just people watching. Miami is truly an international city which attracts folks from all four corners of the world. I find it quite entertaining to just sit and watch how they interact with each other especially after a few stiff drinks. Smile! At this point it is very possible that some of you may not want to leave the Magic City. We understand this phenomenon and will grant you that request upon your duly signed waiver of your rights to be returned to North Carolina. Perhaps we will run into you next year!

Day Four [Thursday]:

Both feet on the floor and after your included hot breakfast it is sadly time to head back home to North Carolina not in our minds but for real. Hark, the fun is not over as we will take our sweet time to say goodbye to paradise by strolling up the scenic A1A highway which mirrors the Atlantic Ocean and renders some of the most spectacular beach scenery you will ever see in your lifetime unless you make it over to western Florida. Smile! Miles and miles of endless beaches will certainly leave an indelible imprint on your minds that you can recall anytime you get stressed by your neighbor, a co-worker, friend, boss, or significant other. Thank you and “I Hope To see You There!”

Wanna go? Then what are you waiting on!