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yeah, we know it's hot out there. duh, it's miami. you kind of signed up for this. but that doesn't mean you have to suffer above and beyond the call.
eat cold food.
follow rule numero uno: no hot food. or at least, none served straight from the stove. lucky for you there's ceviche - "cooked," but cold - and if you try the scallop-vodka concoction at la cofradia. couldn't ask for more, but if you do, they also have the interesting leche de tigre cocktail, pisco mixed with ceviche juices and spices, to chill you out even further. 2525 ponce de leon boulevard. entrance on andalusia. coral gables. 305.914.1300.
don't have a V-8.
instead, get the skinny at paciugo's. the gelateria has rolled out its line of veggie-fruit-herb combos of sorbetti. fat-free, and banana-beet, strawberry-celery, or lime-chili-mango have a correspondingly high number of vitamins and minerals. sort of like diet coke plus, but colder. 60 southwest 10th street. across from mary brickell village. downtown. 305.416.4800.
www.paciugo.com
get shivers down your spine.
miami-based novelist diana abu-jaber's spine-tingling noir thriller, origin, has just been released from norton. in one of the back-jacket blurbs, house of sand and fog (oh, sounds chilly) author andre dubus II describes her prose "as cool as a razor yet as wildly impressionistic as a fever dream."
www.dianabujaber.com
put that champagne on ice.
make that champagne ice cubes. piper-heidsieck has an easy four-step system called piscine: 1) fill ice cube tray with PH cuvée brut. 2) place cubes into red piscine glass. 3) pour cuvée over cuvée ice cubes. 4) drink non-watered down, ice-cold champagne. at nikki beach. 1 ocean drive. on the sand. miami beach. 305.538.1111.
www.piper-heidsieck.com
watch someone else sweat.
in the kitchen. kitchen spaces the learning channel is a south florida-based show focusing on remodeling, meal planning and entertaining. the antidote to top chef miami. it'll help you drift off to sleep in the frigid air-conditioning while you tune in. you can plan your next post-hurricane renovation.
www.designingspaces.tv
skip to desert.
for the first time ever, there's a focus on sweets at sushisamba dromo. the extensive list features fresh fruit tiraditos, small plates, large plates, and dessert beverages. nor do we dare offer any when palate-dousing treats such as arroz con leite, mango, sake gelée and dolce de leite ice cream are on the menu. after all, we don't want to get the cold shoulder the next time we feel like some sizzling brazilian-japanese fusion. it may feel like it, but summer doesn't last forever. (also, keep telling yourself that.) 600 lincoln road. at pennsylvania avenue. miami beach. 305.673.5337. www.sushisamba.com |
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