Miami
South Beach - November 2001
Miamis South Beach
(known as "SoBe" for short) is where some of the worlds most tanned
and toned boys congregate and where perfectly defined bodies are virtually
everywhere you look. "Muscle
Beach" is known as the main
gay area on the long 2-mile South
Beach strip, between 12th
and 13th street
on Ocean Drive.
It's easily spotted by the pink volleyball nets and gorgeous muscle-bound men,
walking hand in hand. The Sand is white and the sea crystal clear.
The beach starts to get busy around midday-ish. Sun lounges and umbrella
are available for hire. Muscle
Beach is a posers
paradise and a place to show off your bodily assets (or at least watch others
doing it!) in your best designer Speedo's. It's full of glancing eyes and
complimentary smiles in the way that only American boys can give.
If this is all to much and you become desperate to see some cock in the
flesh then there is a nudist beach further on up the coast. It takes about 20
minutes on the local "S bus", get off on 79th street, Sunny Isles. It's not overly
impressive but very gay and attracts the older, less attractive people. It's
worth checking out for one day of your stay, just for a change of scenery and
to tan that white bum. If you look hard however there are a few cute straight
boys with their girl friends to keep you stimulated!
At about 5 o'clock-ish Muscle
Beach starts to wind down
and the Palace opposite becomes a popular haunt for a post beach snack.
It's this sort of time that the local gym Crunch (on Washington Avenue) or Golds Gym (1617 S W 107th Avenue)
gets most busy. They are well worth attending even if its just to perv on all
the lavish, pumped, sweaty men excelling there bodies in there sexy gym gear.
From 9 o'clock onwards Ocean
Drive gets very busy as it's the place to dine
before you hit the clubs. A very popular mixed/gay restaurant is News Cafe
near 9th street.
You'll find it very atmospheric in the evenings to sit outside with your meal,
watching the world go by. Its quite a tradition on this street for the Miami boys to cruise up
and down, showing off their flashy vehicles and pumping out the music. It's
also a popular haunt for the rollerbladers to whiz up and down.
Here are some photo galleries and videos from the week. 
= Windows
Media Player video. 
= Real Player video
November's White Party marks the end of the summer season in Miami, with the Winter
Party in March celebrating the end of Winter / start of Spring. Its also the
same time as Americas
wild Spring Break, so lots of horny young students about! If you can't visit Miami's South
Beach during either of
these amazing events you'll still be guaranteed at great time from the scene
life that exists there throughout the year. One of the busiest and best
bar/club throughout the week is Score on Lincon
Road, attracting the younger sexy boys. Music
varies between nights and there's always good entertainment - singers,
strippers, Latino nights, go-go's and even drag queen wresting! Five bars on
two levels make up the venue that offers free entry 7 nights a week - till 5am.
Weekends get very crowded, Sunday's kick off earlier than usual with an
afternoon "T-dance" from 5 o'clock. Drinks are reasonable and service
always with a smile from those barmen with bodies like temples.
A seedier,
cruisy club open 7 nights is Twist on Washington
Avenue (10th
Street). Down stairs are several horny video bars
and a games room, while upstairs holds a small dance area and quieter lounge.
It attracts an older crowd and kicks off later into the night being more of a
pick-up joint if you didn't pull at Score earlier!
The Big one
of the week has to be Salvation
(Saturdays). A large 3,000 capacity converted warehouse further out of the gay
district on West Avenue.
Hard house and garage shake this club in every corner creating an immense
atmosphere. Looking down from the top floor you'll see a sea of muscle and
flesh like you've nether seen before, everybody getting sexual together. It's
just a fantastic venue, getting busy around midnight going right through till
5am and costs a reasonable $15 (£10).
If you fancy a change of scenery then check out Fort Lauderdale. It's a large town
about an hour north of Miami
on the "Greyhound Bus" and home to another large selection of shops,
pubs and clubs. Nights tend to finish earlier than Miami at 2 am.
A bit further a-field but still close to Miami
and worth paying a visit is Key
West also well known for its large gay community.
Where ever you decide to go you'll find Americans very friendly to us English
(either because of our accents or just the fact that we have foreskin's) and
always helpful for advise on the gay scene. Alternatively once you get to a gay
venue, you can usually pick up a copy of "David", "Contax"
or "Scoop" which are the Miami
versions of Boyz, Pink Paper and Now Magazine. These along with the flyers on
the beach they are great guides to what's going on in the week.
Here are some Miami web sights worth
checking out :-
WhiteParty.net
WinterParty.com PenguinHotel.com
TwistSobe.com ScoreBar.net Audace.com
Accommodation varies but basically what you pay is what you get. Here
are a few good hotels:-
The Penguin / President 001 305 534 9334, Island
House 001 305 865 2220, Jefferson
House B&B 001 305 534 3247
Brigham Gardens Hotel 001 305 531 1331, Delano Hotel
001 305 673 2900, South
Beach Gay B&B
001 305 673 6665, Crest 001 305 531
0321
