Hidden at the doorstep to south beach. This has great views of the bay. Some of America's heroes…read morework here. There is a little exchange and a rally good cafe called the Gator Den. Had some good chow at crazy low prices. Military only access unless you have business on the base. So if you want a cool place to hang out when it is a bit warmer and have privileges. Check this place out.

Traffic tickets were never a part of my life until recently. I scored a double header and earned…read moremyself some traffic school. I did what any tech lovin' girl would do and completed traffic school online. Then I decided to go drop off my freshly awarded traffic school graduation certificate to the powers that be over at the county clerk's office. I reviewed the locations and decided between Downtown and South Beach. Ultimately, South Beach won as I had a hunch it'd be more pleasant. Lo and behold it was lovely. Well, as lovely as a county clerk office can be. Everyone from the security guard to the ladies printing up receipts and records were friendly and helpful. They had a television on and although it's a small room there was almost enough seating for all. Best part yet? This office is situated inside Miami Beach City Hall a beautiful, historic building that screams Old Miami. Nothing like a local landmark to cheer this girl up.

I have to agree with Maria. If you have to spend time paying " the man " for any traffic stuff in…read moreDade county, this the place to go. Everyone from the Officer on Duty who directs you which ticket to take, to all the counter people behind the glass are friendly and helpful. In fact, they are just plain funny and patient beyond belief. If you get there at 8:30 am, you can be out before 9:30 and he some crazy stories from the people around you that make think twice about complaining you little parking tickets that you know you deserve anyway - Monday is the best day for great stories because of the weekend. Tips: Bring Cash or Check - they do not take Credit Cards for all fines and the ATM at the Police Station is always empty from people bailing out the crazy cousin who came to SoBe and thought they were untouchable ...lol

They are amazing. We have some problems in our building with elevator and older residents and…read moretheir response has always been fast, professional and truly amazing

Not the greatest neighbors to live across from... The passed 3 yrs have left my family and myself…read morewith PTSD from the living hell that it is listening to 911 calls day in and night out 24 hrs of the day. I cannot wait to be as far as I can possibly go from this disgusting neighborhood. They are inconsiderate to say the least. 24/7 noise, car alarms toying around, loud engines, alarms, more alarms, did I mention these engine trucks also have alarms? Sweet baby jesus... YES! We love our fireman dearly and I thank them for their service but as neighbors with all due respect Y'all S U C K. Thank you for the passed 3 yrs of misery.

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.

I needed my US Passport renewed and Miami Passport Agency is the closest to me to get same day…read morerenewal. I highly recommend filling out the paperwork online and making an appointment to make your experience much smoother. Once my first thing in the morning appointment time came a group of us were let in the appointment side. They also take walk ins, through a different side of the building. However if you have an appointment you go to the front of the line for security screening and get to the processing windows first. Security screening (think airport screening) was quick and I was off to the processing window. They reviewed my paperwork and I was told it usually takes about 2 hours to be processed. The procedure for picking up my renewed passport was explained and they also told me a text message would be sent when it was ready. After exploring Miami a little bit I was texted and I got my new passport. Very efficient process and the employees were great.

Miami Passport Agency is great for in person passport renewals, new passports or any last minute…read morepassport needs. YOU MUST HAVE AN APPT!!! No walk-ins. Appointments only. They are located in the Omni Center on the 4th floor in Suite 400. You can park across the street at the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral for $15, cash or Zelle only. It's legit. Somebody told us about it. The park meet at Omni Center building is pricey at $15 for the first 60 minutes, eight dollars for each additional minute and $50 maximum daily rate. We had plans to travel to the Bahamas on Thanksgiving day. On Monday night, we realized we didn't have passports for the kids!!! No, seriously. Our two oldest have expired passports our youngest never got one. Oh man!!! This slipped our mind as we travel to Bahamas often and just forgot that you need a passport for travel there. We jumped on the computer and went to the passport website. Very secured site as they ask for email and phone verifications. Good for us! They literally had one appt open at 9:30am on Tuesday morning, the next day. We snagged the appt and got all paperwork together, completed necessary forms and gathered proof of documentations. Woke the kids up the next day at 6:30am and went to Walgreens to get passport photos at 7am. Walgreens hustled and got us 3 passport photos within 15 minutes. $16.99 for each passport photo. Amazing! Worth every penny. Drove to Miami in the morning rush hour, funnnnn! Made it there by 9am for our 9:30am appt. Found out they have a passport photo service on the first floor. They charge more at $24 per passport photo. It's worth it for the convenience being in same building as Miami Passport Agency and a quick solution. There's also World's Smallest Café on first floor across from passport photo service. Coffee, tea, empanadas, small pizzas and pastries. Went to 4th floor for Miami Passport Agency. Lots of security. They check your printed confirmation of appt. Then they check your documents before you go through the security check. Once inside, it's massive. Quite efficient and smooth actually. You wait in line for them to check all actual documentation, they input into computer and give you a number. You sit and wait for them to call your number and which window to approach. Once we got called, they get everything together, confirm all information, check that both parents are present for kid's passports, confirm kids match passport requests, double and triple check everything and then you pay all the fees (application, expedited fee, etc). They print a receipt and let you know you can return the same day between 12-2pm to pick up your passports. My return time was 1pm. They emphasized that you must be here before 2pm or you don't get in!!! We arrived at 9am and everything went smoothly. We left around 10:30am. I came back at 12:30pm for passport pick up. The first line before security was super long, about 30-40 people deep. Waiting to get through security. Once you get through security, the room I was in before was PACKED!!! Everyone that came back to pick up their passports. Almost every other chair was full and still more people coming in. Although my pick up time was estimated for 1pm, they didn't call me until 1:45pm. Keep in mind, if they did call your name and you weren't there, they will repeat your name. Got the passports!!! Yayyyyyy!!! So freaking happy. All in all, I have to say Miami Passport Agency was incredibly efficient and such a smooth process. Of course it was a waiting game. But if you have everything they ask for, it should flow pretty smoothly. Thanks to everyone who helped us here! We are so grateful this worked out and we can travel to the Bahamas in less than a day now!

THESE WORKERS ARE VERY DISRESPECTFUL! they ARENT nice at all, I walk in with my mother and the…read morewomen who checks with medal detector, she caught an attitude, there usually supposed to check the bag run through it not just pass it through the detectors, she said "GIRL GRAB YOUR STUFF!" like who you talking to baby this miami dade county my mom might not understand you but i sure do so do us hispanic people a favor and pipe the attitude down because we and I can go there to, respectfully THANK YOU!

I'm giving 5 stars as I would like to stay in this country :)…read moreAnyway lots of parking. By appointment and it's pretty punctual. Staff is friendly to me, wish the whole system was like the staff here.

South Shore Community Center is my polling place, and I'm proud to cast my vote there. Whether the…read moreelection is big or small, the volunteers that staff this place on are helpful and generally happy to see you. Granted, it may not be the quickest process to go through what seems like endless identity checkpoints, but when you're doing your civic duty, what's an extra 5 minutes? Parking around here sucks, without a doubt. It's mostly residential, and it's directly across from Meridian Market and just a block or so away from Las Olas Cafe - both of which are extremely busy at odd times of day (like early in the morning). For residents, I'd recommend walking.