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3301 Coral Way
Miami, FL 33175
(305) 445-7140

Bally Total Fitness - CLOSED  

Category: Gyms

1.0 star rating
10/6/2011
If you truly want to join a gym and have the fitness equipment avilable to you then do not join this gym. I came here and signed up for a biweekly plan after moving out of my aparment and no longer having a community private gym to go to. That little free gym that I had was a ton better then this two floor, expensive  monstrocity.

Visit the gym for yourself and notice how they have office rooms after office rooms of Bally's staff trying to make people join up. That's a good indicator of what's really important to the company.

The second floor with the gym is a disaster. I'm specifically talking about the freeweight section.You can't find matching dumbells at all. People do not rerack weights. I HATE PEOPLE THAT DON'T RERACK WEIGHTS! The area is small and filled to the brim with guys working out. I'm not just talking peak hours Monday thru Friday after work. I went at all sorts of time to try to sneak in a workout without so many people and I could never find it. Bally's has oversold memberships to this gym and it shows.

The only bright side is the plethora of cardio machines downstairs. Congratulations, they were good at putting lots of treadmills in one big room. That's it.

As soon as I quit the gym, a month or two after,(Wasn't terribly difficult but I did it over the phone and I was charged a fee for canceling over the phone. Figures.) it felt great in knowing I could save money and workout outdoors or join a real good gym.

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100 Evergreen Dr
Glen Mills, PA 19342
(610) 358-9866

Purebread Deli  

Category: Delis

2.0 star rating
10/6/2011
I came here on a lunch trip with some coworkers. They were all excited about coming here so I decided to tag along and check the place out. Nice, clean looking place and very nice pun on the name. The menu is pretty large with many sandwhich and soup of the day options. However, $8.99 + tax for a cup of soup and half sandwhich was too small and priced way to high.

It's not like they were using a thick loaf of bread or a ton of deli meat to make my sandwhich. This was a simple piece of sliced bread with some roast beef and peppers thrown in. No drink, no house chips. That's all you get and I left the place still hungry! The sandwhich and soup did taste good, but would it kill to give the customer more of them?

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2200 N.E. 7th Avenue
Dania Beach, FL 33004
(954) 779-1776

Park 'N Fly  

Category: Airport Shuttles

5.0 star rating
7/24/2011
I just had my first experience a couple of days ago with this off site parking place. Reason I chose it from the economy parking that FLL Airport advertises was the location and the reviews from other Yelpers.

Go online and reserve and pay for your parking through their website. You will get a discounted rate per day. Even though there was a $3 reserve fee, It still came out to less.

The location was easy to find. As others have said, you take 595 towards the airport but get off at the Port Everglades exit and hang a right.

As soon as I was parking, a shuttle pulled up behind me and a driver was there to receive me, I told him my airline and I was on my way.

Returning was just as easy. You get picked up at the off-site parking/hotel pick up. I waited no more than one minute and got picked up quick, mind you it was almost midnight! I thought I'd be stuck there waiting a while.

When leaving I presented the paper I printed out from my online reservation and I was out.

Park N Fly was extremely useful and provided greats service, will definitely be using it again then having to uncomfortably ask family members or friends for favors to the airport.

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2320 W Flagler St
Miami, FL 33135
(305) 649-4011

Elio's Optical Vision Center  

Categories: Eyewear & Opticians, Health and Medical

4.0 star rating
7/4/2011
I was really surprised coming in at the selection and service of this little shop.
No appointment required to get a vision exam and you do not need insurance. My $60 eye exam gave me a prescription for contacts and glasses. if you just want glasses it's $30.

The selection of frames is great, I had no trouble finding the kind of glasses I wanted. Best of all they crafted the lenses for the frames in about 30 minutes!

I got many trial pairs of contacts to get by while they ordered and shipped me some new contacts. The price of the contacts are actually a lot better than the usual http://visiondirect.com website I use.

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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
(954) 561-8888

Go-Airport Shuttle & Executive Car Service  

Categories: Airport Shuttles, Limos

3.0 star rating
6/2/2011
Pros:
+ A cheap way to get from Miami area to the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport. A one way ticket was $24.15. (Tip Included but not that I would even give him more, read later.)
+ Reservation online!
+ I some how got a trip in their Lincoln town car, even though I paid for regular shuttle van service.
+ I was picked up on time and even a little early. Which is okay!
+ I shared the ride with only 2 other passengers which were picked up after me in my area.

Cons:
- The driver wouldn't stop complaining about work. He made sure to tell me how I shouldn't pay with credit card online because they take a portion of it away from his pay. He also complained about he is barely making nothing out of the trip or something. I tuned him out by this point.

- There was a part when we were on the expressway when he started talking on the cell phone. Not cool and not safe.

Conclusion:
I would use them again but would hope not to get the same driver!

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103 Atlantic Ave
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 670-0637

Urban AdvenTours  

Categories: Tours, Bike Rentals
Neighborhoods: Waterfront, North End

5.0 star rating
5/31/2011
I highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in seeing the sights and sound of Boston. I can't understand why anyone would want to be stuck in a bus and traffic to be driven around town from place to place. Boston is very bike friendly  and this tour is really the way to go!

We did the Boston City View Bicycle Tour a Tuesday afternoon  at 2PM and had no problem joining the group without prior reservation. We were group of 9 and got the friendliest of tour guides who was also highly knowledgeable! The tour lasted a little over 2 and 1/2 hours and took us through about 11 miles of Boston downtown. If you are squeamish  about riding for so long, let me tell you it's not hard at all.

The tour provides you a hybrid bike with a little bag on the front to put your stuff, cold water in water bottles and bike helmet.

A really nice touch is that the tour has another person come along and take pictures of the tour and then post them online for you to save them and add them to your trip album at home! It's also absolutely free

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4 Yawkey Way
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 226-6666

Fenway Park Tours  

Category: Local Flavor
Neighborhood: Fenway

5.0 star rating
2/14/2011
Absolutely worth every penny if you have any interest in baseball! I came here on my first trip to Boston wanting to see one of the city's most historic and iconic places. The tour was $12 and I had mines at noon on a Thursday during February. It was very cool to see the park during the off season as the entire field was covered in snow! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly and took us around to three different areas while explaining the history of the park. Your first stop will be on the second level behind home plate where you'll take a picture with the field behind you that you can later purchase at the end of your tour. The second stop is atop the Green Monster and the third is in the grandstand where you will get to sit in baseball's oldest seats! No, really! They are very old! I enjoyed the tour very much and would recommend it to all baseball fans and the tour is still a great idea to do even during offseason.

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401 SW 2nd St
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
(954) 463-4629

Autonation IMAX Theatre  

Category: Cinema

3.0 star rating
12/20/2010 1 Check-in Here
The odd thing about how supposedly "advanced" IMAX theaters is that they don't even have the option to buy tickets online. It would be great if you could pick your seat too because you cannot afford to get there late and get a bad seat. Other movie goers know this and will show up to an hour early and wait in the lobby for the doors to open.

The concession stand, While I didn't go buy anything, is pretty much non existent here. Tickets are $13 but there's a service charge of $2 for each ticket when you buy them through the phone. Which you must or risk driving to the theater and finding the show is sold out which will happen during a very popular movie like Harry Potter or Tron.

Still a great experience! But I wish IMAX would leave the museum business and make their own theaters somewhere else where you can have two or three more screens with more movies playing.

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3101 PGA Blvd
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
(561) 626-9445

H&M  

Categories: Women's Clothing, Men's Clothing

5.0 star rating
11/23/2010
I made the trek to H&M 2 weeks after it opened its doors. This store is well known in the north in states like New York but this is the closest store to Miami now. This store is large with the first floor entirely devoted to men while the ladies get the second floor. H&M has some good stuff but I would suggest you try everything before committing to buy. I would have hated to make the long drive up and have something not fit exactly how I wanted to. They've got cool scarves, peacoats and furry hats that you just don't find down here often.

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1131 Washington Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Yelp Elite Event at Vinyl & Kai  

Category: Local Flavor

5.0 star rating
10/26/2010
I remember Vinyl & Kai from the Yelp's Midsummer Night's Dream event when I became infatuated with their lambchops and and pulled pork sliders. It looks like they knew I was coming because that's exactly what V&K welcomed Yelp with as food to munch on for this event.

Very big thank you to V&K for continuing their Yelp love! Thanks to this event I became aware of the place's location that I would have otherwise misplaced with all the other places on Washington and Miami Beach. I'll try and come here on my own when I get a chance.

You guys were very gracious with your accommodations and certainly with the food! Normally some places don't serve enough for Yelp events and every time I looked back at the table you guys had another plate of stuff for my friends and I to munch on! Props to V&K!

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"I'm a guy. Since when do we get anything right the first time?"

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Location

Media, PA

Yelping Since

September 2008

Things I Love

Reading, shopping, traveling, drinking

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Miami, Boston.

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Miami

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When I'm Not Yelping...

Road Biking, hanging out at an open bar somewhere, chilling with my friends

Why You Should Read My Reviews

I try to Yelp for like-minded 20 something guys and girls out there.

My First Concert

Warped Tour ( it sucked)

My Favorite Movie

The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark

My Last Meal On Earth

Churrasco Steak

Don't Tell Anyone Else But...

I'm a really good Starcraft 2 Player.

Most Recent Discovery

True Blood, Dexter and Mad Men, Pawn Stars

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Christina Hendricks