Mojitos, rain, mojitos, rain, mojitos, rain!

March and a good part of April kept us busy with Nasir and Michelle's wedding celebrations in Chicago and North Carolina. It was so wonderful to celebrate with so many family and friends from near and far. The Oh-Bhanpuri wedding goes down as the most beautiful and fun wedding ever. Hands down!

By the time soreness from all of the bhangra and shuffling wore off, we began preparing for our next set of visitors. Kerrie and Peter made the long journey from L.A. and Joy flew in from Chicago at the end of April.  Living in Florida, you automatically assume that  the majority of the fun will take place at the beach. Unfortunately, dark clouds and heavy rain forced us to change our plans. Before the storms came we were thankfully able to get in Stand Up Paddle (SUP) lessons on the intracoastal. 

This was a first for all of us and everyone did well. It truly is all about balance. While on the water we all had a great view of different planes and jets doing a practice run for the Fort Lauderdale Air Show. After paddle boarding we hung out on Fort Lauderdale Beach before dinner.

Even though we knew the sun would stay hidden all day we decided to spend Saturday in Miami. We hung out on South Beach for all of ten minutes before the storm rolled in. As it poured outside we enjoyed mojitos at YUCA.

 After the rain diminished we walked around Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Road and had lunch (and more mojitos) at The Tides. Sunday was rainy as well, so we went to the Miami Marlins game. That evening we had dinner at Catalina, a Cuban Spanish restaurant. We all agreed that the food—garlic chicken, empanadas, grouper, desserts, and mojitos, were delicious, but the service was, well different. Let’s just say we won’t be going back. Monday was another rainy day, so we spent the afternoon at the outlet mall. We made plans to go downtown for dinner, but the rain never let up. So we had “Leftover-palooza,” watched the NBA playsoffs, experimented with different mojito recipes and played games. 

Luckily we were able get out to The Everglades on the last day to see and hold gators!

 

 I know the Sunshine State didn’t live up to its nickname while you all were here, but to have you all come visit meant the world to us! We miss you and look forward to our next trip! Vegas, Austin, Elgin?? Who knows!