¡Bienvenidos a Miami!

Started to write around 9:25 a.m. as I drank coffee on the terrace of our room at Tempo Miami.

The cold reality of Washington, D.C., awaits Andrés and I this evening, but sitting on the terrace soaking up the strong South Florida is an obviously wonderful way to start this December morning.

It remains somewhat challenging to precisely define Miami’s scene, but the fist-pumping crowd at the Viceroy last night who appeared as though they could have been Snooki’s BFFs provided a fascinating glimpse into how this city’s revelers like to roll. Any vantage point along Ocean Drive, however, provides an instant front row seat to South Beach’s never-ending outdoor catwalk. And lunch al fresco on Lincoln Road simply goes without saying…