We went to see several movies here including the Odyssey, F1, Maria Callas etc. The staff are…read morefriendly and helpful including if you arrive late and have to get tickets for a later show. The theatre is conveniently located at the Shops at Merrick Park so you can eat and shop when you go to the movies. We like the reclining seats in some of the movie rooms here.

Absolutely unacceptable treatment by management. We complained because the drawn-butter machine was…read morenot working, which was disappointing for a theater of this location, caliber, and price point. Things break -- we understand that. The issue was how the manager handled it. Instead of simply acknowledging the inconvenience and handling the complaint professionally, he became defensive and offered us butter in a cup in a way that felt completely dismissive. When we expressed that we were unhappy with the response, he apparently took our criticism personally and decided that we would not be allowed into the theater at all. Seriously? Customers can't complain about the service without a manager becoming offended and kicking them out? A good manager would have said, "I'm sorry about the inconvenience. Unfortunately, the machine isn't working tonight, but we'll make sure it's addressed." That would have been the end of it. Instead, the situation was unnecessarily escalated and we were treated as though we had done something wrong simply for voicing a complaint. For a theater charging premium prices in a prime location, I expected a much higher level of professionalism and customer service. The theater was practically empty on a Friday night, and after seeing how management treats paying customers who raise a concern, I can understand why. Needless to say, we will not be returning.

Hialeah Entrance Plaza is one of the landmarks in the City of Hialeah. I have to say when it was…read morefirst restored in 2005 (for a whopping $411,000), I didn't like it. It grew on me as time progressed and I always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with it. Then again that exemplifies my whole experience being a born and bred Hialeahan. Hialeah's motto is the "city of progress", but being born and raised here I can tell you that the city and its people can get a bad rap from the rest of the county, state and heck even sometimes the rest of the country. Sometimes to be fair to the detractors, rightly so, other times very unfairly. Its to the point that the city is mocked as the land of "agua, fango y factorias", or water, mud and factories. There have been times where I have been judged for being from Hialeah. Its a working class/poor area of Miami-Dade County, heavily minority, with a large percentage of its residents who do not speak English. Still, I was born and raised in Hialeah and it has shaped who I am and who I became. In the end, this structure shows Hialeah is more than what its detractors say it is. It is beautiful, well maintained, with a cascading fountain. As an aside, one of my fondest memories of this place was when back in September 10, 2009 some high school student spiked the fountain with soap just before rush hour. I laughed so hard right on my way to work! Like to the story: https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/hialeah-fountain-throwing-a-suds-party/2051397/?amp=1 I took pictures myself that I found which are attached. Ahhh sweet memories!

It's not the Arc de Triomphe but it is the monument that serves as the entrance way to Hialeah. In…read morethe 1980s and 1990s, a coral rock fountain on a grassy patch at SE Fourth Street and Okeechobee was all that stood here. In 2005 the city built the that pale yellow Mediterranean style building that features two sentry towers and a stone fountain on the ground floor at a cost of a $411,848.56. In 2011 the Miami New times listed it as "the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for." They site the lack of parking, no sidewalk, and the inability to climb up to the top although there is a staircase on the inside. On occasion pranksters will fill the fountain with soap causing the suds to spill out onto the roadway. Although the New Times may have a point that the fountain was an expensive cost to tax payer, it's final price tag came in twice as much as it's budget, I still like it. It fits nicely in with the Mediterranean Revival theme that was popular in the 1920's when Hialeah was founded. It would however be better if it was more accessible for public use like the entrance ways to Coral Gables.

Was turned away at the entrance because apparently you can't bring children under three. Drove an…read morehour just to swim at this pool with our nine and one year old. When you look up the business on Google and yelp it does not say there's an age requirement. You have to physically go on the website to see that information. Waste of time. Used the bathroom before leaving and they were dirty and had no soap aside from one dispenser. Waste of time. Information should be clear.

The coolest pool in town...literally! Venetian Pool is filled with water from the Biscayne aquifer…read more Its infamously cool waters can feel a little frigid to us locals, but it's a great place to beat the heat of summer in Miami. This beautiful public pool recently re-opened after extensive renovations. They have a small pool designated for children, and the main pool which is divided into shallow water and deep water. Also be sure to explore the grotto and the waterfalls. They will stop admitting guests once they reach capacity, so try to arrive early. There are plenty of lifeguards around to keep everyone safe. The facility is well-outfitted with ample parking, a casual café, and M/F locker rooms with showers.

This house was built in 1926 and designed in the Pueblo Revival style. It was added to the National…read moreRegister of Historic Places in 1985 and designated a Miami Springs Historic Site in 2003. The first occupant of the house was Lua Andrews Curtiss Adams who was the mother of famed aviator Glenn Curtiss. Glenn had the house built for his mother when she decided that she wanted to move from California to live closer to him. It is only one of four original buildings in Country Club Estates now named Miami Springs. When Glenn Curtiss had the house built he made sure he had large windows facing north to let in light for his mother who was a painter. Other features of the two story house are it is curved to allow air to flow through, the living room has a vaulted ceiling and a floor to ceiling fire place, and the exterior has rough hewn logs called vigas that are used to decorate the outside of adobe buildings. The house has been nicknamed the Alamo and there is a sign on the outside of the house. After only living in the house for a short time Lua Curtiss decided the house was too small so her son built a second larger house called Lua Curtiss House No, 2. This house is privately owned so you can't see the inside. On Saturday mornings however you can tour the Pueblo Revival Curtiss Mansion just up the road which was the home of Lua's son Glenn Curtiss.

As the focal point of the quad or the sentinel leading the way to class, the Hialeah Gardens street…read moreclock in the morning stands high and looks great and in the dark skies it illuminates and tells you the time precisely to the second according to world time server (I checked). There are street clock's and clock towers all over the world standing proud and tall and now Hialeah Gardens has one. Just another sign of progress by the city of progress!

For all you people out there like me that crave some History - here is some, and right in the heart…read moreof the Modern Design District. In 2017 the old Historic Buena Vista Post Office building in Miami's Design District sold for $8.1M The historic Buena Vista Post Office building in Miami's Design District just sold for $8.125 million, marking a near-record price per square foot in the redeveloping neighbourhood. The 2,287-square foot building at 4000 Northeast Second Avenue, which was the former site of the Billionaire clothing store, sold for $3,553 per square foot to a New York-based investment group that represents foreign investors, Chariff Realty Group President Lyle Chariff told TRD. The buyers are part of the same group that purchased Power Studios in the Design District from Chariff and his partners in June 2015. Chariff and Steve Budin, CEO of Sportsinfo.com, were the sellers. Chariff said he had a 10 percent stake. They purchased the building for $479,000 in July 2003, meaning it sold for nearly 16 times its purchase price in just under 14 years. Built in 1921 by Buena Vista's original developer David P. Davis as a post office, the neoclassical building sits on a 3,375-square-foot lot.

Upper Buena Vista is an old neighborhood with a new bohemian vibe. Located south of Little Haiti…read moreand north of the Miami Design District, in the 1890's it was a small village, with the homesteads of cracker immigrants William Gleason and E.L. White from Georgia and North Carolina. Along with Lemon City and Little River, Upper Buena Vista is one of the oldest settlements in Miami. Many of the homes here date to Florida's land bloom years of the 1920's when the first subdivisions were built. Tampa developer and architect David P. Davis partnered with pineapple plantation owner Theodore V. Moore to develop two investment properties in Buena Vista. Davis designed both buildings but he only paid for one while Moore paid for the other. Designed in a masonry vernacular style, Davis' building became the Buena Vista Post Office with neoclassical design elements. Moore's building was built in an L shape around the post office. The south portion of the building was completed in 1922 and the north portion was completed in 1926. Moore gave up his pineapple plantation for commercial development. In the 1930s, he opened the T.V. Moore Furniture Store in his building and both the Buena Vista Post Office and Moore Furniture Building anchored the growing neighborhood. On August 4, 1924, the new town of Buena Vista was incorporated only to be annexed by the City of Miami the next year. At that time the post office ceased operation. The building as since served a variety of purposes through the years including a city hall, municipal courthouse, tire store, insurance office, restaurant, and clothing store. In 2017, the building sold for 8 million dollars. There is a sign on the building that lets you know that this summer it is going to be the luxury Swiss watch maker, Patek Philippe. The Moore building is now an event venue. There is a historic marker detailing the history of the buildings in front of the post office.

The Hunting Lodge is a historic log cabin in Miami Springs. It was built in 1924 by famed aviator…read moreand developer Glenn H. Curtiss for use as a hunting and fishing lodge. It was the first building he constructed in the northern Everglades which became the development, Country Club Estates. The lodge soon became the hub for social events in the fledgling town. Curtiss used logs brought to Florida from Kentucky and Tennessee for the construction. Interior features of the lodge include a coral rock fireplace, Dade County pine wood flooring that is prized because it is impervious to termites, cathedral exposed log beam ceilings, and multi pane original casement windows. The winding road to the lodge is still called Hunting Lodge Drive. Later on the building was used as a school until 1933 for the quickly expanding town. It also served as a library, a perfume factory, an airplane factory, and as the headquarters for the Miami Gun and Archery Club. This property was registered with the City of Miami Springs Historic Preservation Board in 1994. The lodge was last sold in January of 2018 for $315,000.

Unexpected and funky! Fun visuals in Miami Beach. Stumbled upon this art deco surprise I didn't…read moreknow I needed.

I went on a free walking tour of Miami Beach and what appears to be a giant side boob stuck between…read moretwo buildings was there. Apparently, it's a bridge to connect two buildings and inside you don't even know you're inside it. It looks cool from the outside. I'm glad they added the color illuminating lights in his alley way.

Muhammad Ali helped make Miami and Miami helped make him. He came to the area after winning gold at…read morethe 1960 Rome Olympics. Back then he was known as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. During his time on south Florida, he lived in many of Miami's neighborhoods, including historic Overtown. It was the end of segregation and the beginning of an integrated society. Ali would eat at Wolfie's, an iconic, 24-hour delicatessen that stood for 60 years at 21st Street and Collins Avenue and he trained at the famous Fifth Street Gym in Miami Beach. All of the greats from the 50's to the 80's worked out there including Roberto Durán, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson. Even all these years later, interest in Muhammed Ali's time in Miami has not waned. Last year Ali was the subject of a photo exhibit at the HistoryMiami Museum. Most of the exhibit showcased him going about his daily life in the ramp up his first fight against Joe Frazier which was dubbed the "The Fight of the Century." Last years film One Night in Miami is a fictionalized account of a February 1964 meeting between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke in a room at the Hampton House, after Ali's surprise title win over Sonny Liston. Ali won the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Muhammed Ali lived in a modest home on the corner of NW 46 Street and 15 Court in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami. While Ali lived there he had a young neighbor named Nelson Adams who idolized him. Ali kept in touch with Adams throughout his life and inspired by his hero, Adams grew up to be a doctor. Adams used to watch boxing movies outside with his celebrated neighbor. Ali returned to his old home for a visit in 2001 to relive a few memories with the current owners, the Ross family. Muhammed Ali passed away in 2016 at the age of 74. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see." No boxer was greater than Muhammad Ali. What a neat piece of Miami history.

This is the Former home of Muhammad Ali in Miami. He had a house in Miami's Allapattah…read moreneighbourhood. The modest home is at the corner of NW 46 Street and 15 Court. "It kind of hurt me when I heard about it," said current resident Kevin Ross about the champ's death. Ross has lived his entire life in Ali's home. Ross's parents bought the house from Ali in 1965. His father moved quickly to seal the deal. "Growing up, it was a big experience for me because everyone knew he stayed here," Ross told CBS4 Reporter Donna Rapado. "I had a lot of neighbours around here who lived here when he actually lived here. My friends all knew. So it was like a celebrity-type feeling."

I first saw - and entered El Jardin in 1982/83. At that time it contained the office of Father…read moreRoger Radloff, a Catholic priest and Jungian psychologist which he used in relation to a private practice that he maintained in addition to being the "shrink for the diocese" as he put it. His assistant at that time was Eugene Ritter. I believe Radloff also offered services to students at the adjoining Carrollton School, which owned the gatehouse. As with all Miami revival architecture, El Jardin is at one with the earth, looks organic, and is built with color, shapes and textures as well as stone.

I went to coconut Grove to see as many historical places as possible, and spotted this one. See…read moreinfo I got from the net regarding it. El Jardin is a house located at 3747 Main Highway in Miami, Florida. It is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. El Jardin is now home to Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami, Florida. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1974. Built in 1918 along a ridge of oolitic limestone, El Jardin expresses the broad training of its architect, Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott, and the experience of its owner, John Bindley, then president of Pittsburgh Steel. Kiehnel, in a September 1928 article for Tropical Home and Garden, referred to the house as a "progenitor of the Modern Mediterranean style home." Kiehnel relocated to Miami from Pittsburgh and became the architect for many landmark buildings, including the Coral Gables Congregational Church, Miami Senior High, and the Coral Gables Elementary School.