Miami is a city full of style. Some are great, others not so great. Miami has created trends and revived others. Anywhere you look you can see people with style. I don't just mean fashion style, I mean personal style as well. Miami is a city where people are passionate about their beliefs. Maybe it's our diverse culture and our Hispanic influence but people here are passionate. Whether it's the current custody case, who's running for President next election or something as simple as what to wear to dinner on a Saturday night, Miami defines it's own.
The people here break all types of rules. Whether they're battling to keep Elian or send off the 4-year old Cuban girl back to Cuba, the people in Miami are passionate whatever side of the story they stand on. They're confident enough to wear gym cloths out dancing on Saturday night, wear white after Labor Day or go to class in their PJs. The people in Miami dance to their own beat. Everyone here has their own unique style, influenced by culture, by the city, by their upbringing, by politics, by a million other factors. Yet, somehow we all come together when the need arises. Think back to Hurricane Andrew, the city came together like no other.
Miami has a style of it's own and that's something I hope explore here on Living Miami Style.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Expansion to the West || Mariana
The view from my window: trees, mud, and swamp waters.
When people ask where I live, it's hard to say so I give them my two points of reference: the Miccosukee and the Everglades.
Where I live is not officially Kendall, but it's not officially anything else. I guess it is one of the "unincorporated" Miami areas. That's when I start thinking of the expansion Miami has had toward the west and how much the city officials have expanded the construction limits for building into the Everglades.
It true that many years ago this was all a swamp and Miami was built out of filling up the land. But when is it west enough to stop building?
Sometimes I think of the possibilities there are that I will wake up and find an alligator sunbathing in my backyard or perhaps munching on one of the ducks we have swimming on the community lakes.
It seems to me more and more that we are sharing our living habitat with them -- the Everglades wildlife. Or are they sharing their environment with us?
For now, I'm off to the Everglades.
When people ask where I live, it's hard to say so I give them my two points of reference: the Miccosukee and the Everglades.
Where I live is not officially Kendall, but it's not officially anything else. I guess it is one of the "unincorporated" Miami areas. That's when I start thinking of the expansion Miami has had toward the west and how much the city officials have expanded the construction limits for building into the Everglades.
It true that many years ago this was all a swamp and Miami was built out of filling up the land. But when is it west enough to stop building?
Sometimes I think of the possibilities there are that I will wake up and find an alligator sunbathing in my backyard or perhaps munching on one of the ducks we have swimming on the community lakes.
It seems to me more and more that we are sharing our living habitat with them -- the Everglades wildlife. Or are they sharing their environment with us?
For now, I'm off to the Everglades.
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