Botanical Adventures!

The strongest tree...looks like it's upside down!

Hugging baobabs

In an effort to stir up our normal routine of beach time,  Raven Runs, cooking and chilling, we ventured off South Beach and headed to the Fruit & Spice Park in the Redlands. The park is an agricultural haven near Miami with real live Baobab trees, a wonderful variety of bamboo and some other fruity and spicy treasures (miracle fruit, fresh tamarind, starfruit, etc.) in a park that boasts 150 varieties of mango, 75 varieties of bananas and the list goes on! If you ever have a chance, definitely visit!

Wonderous Bamboo

Fruit Striped Bamboo?

Bamboo Pose?

Timeout for a silly photo

A bird friend we made on our way back to South Beach

barney car

What does the beloved purple dinosaur Barney have in common with Miami Beach's "Hip Hop Weekend" (or as some call it Urban Beach Weekend)?

Just this sweet ride - or as I like to refer to it, the 8th wonder of the world.

amazing.

dad on bike

no, that's not lance armstrong--it's richard hirschler!

while i support dads on bikes, i also support helmet use--so please watch the following (things get astonishingly good at 00:49):

hooray!

no more "pshh" at spf

sometimes you have to learn the hard way.

spf, welcome aboard.

warm highlights

the weather outside is frightful!

in miami, iguanas are falling out of the trees because they are going numb.

we were lucky to enjoy a few days of warmth before the big freeze.

basking at the Botanical Gardens

eating a sandwich from la sandwicherie, purveyors of possibly the best sandies in the world

new years in the ocean

and it wouldn't be south beach without some beautiful creatures.

this is casper the bunny

we all scream for sunscreen...

remember this? i just thought of how maybe this time in miami i'll take his advice.

Hot Hungarians on Wheels

When the weather outside is frightful, pictures of warmth are so delightful. Let it snow let it snow let it snow?