Julie "Son Las Cosas Pequeñas..." A.'s Profile

Yoga on the beach while the sun comes up. The gentle roll of the ocean waves in the cool morning breeze is enough to relax someone. Especially one with a cluttered mind like mine. Couple this with a few stretches, deep breaths, and meditation to cleanse the body and spirit along with the mind and it certainly beats sweating it out in a stuffy room in a building somewhere.

A friend of mine mentioned something about sunrise yoga a year ago, but I have a rough time getting out of bed in the early morning, so I didn't make it there till today.

Sessions are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7am, during or shortly after the sunrise. (And yes, you can afford it -- it's donations only.) It's behind One Ocean right on the beach.

Yogi Nitin Gill is the instructor and he does a great job of showing and explaining the positions beforehand. Today, we also had Matt instruct us for the majority of the session. He did a great job, as well.

This yoga session was a bit of a challenge to a beginner like myself, but Yogi Nitin reminded us only to move as we were comfortable. If you are a beginner such as myself, you'll have to watch through the first round before the group repeats the movements.

I brought my son to the session, and there was another kid his age. Kids in their tweens and older should be fine to join as long as they are quiet and can follow along well.

The meditation was my favorite part of the session. I've taken one other yoga class and it focused more on the physical aspect of yoga involving our bodies and breath. In this one, we also focused on opening our chakras and prayer.

I'll have to practice before my next session. Yogi Nitin said if I practice everyday, I can touch my toes without bending my knees by the end of the month. That would be a miracle. Even more miraculous than me getting out of bed before sunrise on the weekend.

A massage for TWO HOURS for just $60. Try to beat that!

I usually watch the coupons and deal sites to get a good deal on a massage. Most introductory rates are about $40 for a first-time customer for an hour only. On your second visit, it may cost you $70 or more. At Alpha, you can spend $30 on an hr long massage and still have $10 leftover.

I have been needing a massage for a few painful months now, but I can't afford the $70 for an hour only massage. Also, I've started to realize that an hour just isn't enough time to de-knot weeks or months of painful muscles since I rarely get a massage. 2 hours did just the trick.

For my 2 hr massage, the setup was in a private room just like at a regular massage place. When I came here on a previous visit for the 1 hr massage, the setup was more like a massage school with tables partitioned by curtains.

Yes, it is a school. But sometimes the students are just as good or even better than professional massage therapists. My massage therapist Suzette did a great job and even gave me some tips on how to deal with my neck and back pain.

The distance is a bit much, but it was about time I did something to combat the ergonomically un-friendly computer setup at work. It was well worth the drive.

You can get deep tissue massage, barefoot massage, couples massage, and hot stone massage, as well as other massages. Check out their website for more details.  

Tip: Make sure to get there 15 min early if you are a new customer.

Alpha School, my muscles say thank you.

Bleh.. They were lucky to be one of the only things open after 11pm. Otherwise, if you like quality food that doesn't cost an arm and leg and stays open late, head to Rene and Manolo's instead. The food we got here at Cafe Tony was cheap, but also subpar. I got a spinach empanada thing and it tasted like it had been sitting under the heater thing the entire day. It was dried out and tasteless.

On the good side, there are plenty of choices for things to drink (and plenty of other food but who knows how fresh/not fresh they were). I got a nekkid drink with pomegranate. I needed it badly after all the alcohol and dancing around.

Really cute t-shirts for WMC, including one with an adorable penguin listening to his iPod. But too bad they weren't good quality. The silkscreen looked like it was already peeling away from the fabric. Not good. There were some cute dresses but I couldn't afford any of it. Hehe.

Went in here with my hostel roomie and wasn't impressed. Like Char G. says, the clothes looked cheap. There wasn't anything really memorable so we left after just 5 minutes of scoping it out. Sorry Kim. You're hot, but your store? Not so much.

Lmao this is review #700? Looks like my Yelp life outlasted her marriage. =P

Crazy fun medium-sized club.  Lots of friendly people, great atmosphere and I enjoyed seeing one of my fave DJ's Ferry Corsten here for his WKND CD Release Party the Thursday before Ultra. And the last day of Ultra, my fave DJ Armin Van Buuren was playing here as well. (I didn't come to see him, though. I needed sleep badly by then. Haha.)

It was really cool watching the lights and animations and seeing the fog fill the room. What wasn't cool was having my feet cramp up from the heels I was wearing. I was in so much pain, I had to sit on the floor for a bit and wait for the pain to go away. But Ferry is one of my fave DJ's so I made myself get up and just sway to the music. Lol. My feet started hurting again so I gave up and just took off my shoes and sat again on the floor. Haha. The cleaning guy and some other dude saw me and were concerned about me. They probably thought I was on something. Lol.

There were two options of DJ's, so Ferry was in the main room indoors while another guy was playing in the terrace outdoors. It cost two separate prices so coming in was a bit confusing. I was waiting in line for the wrong DJ. I had prepurchased tickets for before midnight (cost $40), but I arrived after 2am, so the bouncer told me to go all the way back outside and then the staff out there looked at my ticket and told me to go back inside to pay. The bouncer told me to give the paper to the lady in the window who told me to pay $40 more, then gave me a stub and a receipt and told me to give these to the bouncer. Pretty confusing process, if you ask me. Why not just have the people at the front to look at the prepaid ticket and make you pay right there so you don't waste your time in confusion bouncing between bouncers and staff? I don't get it.

Also, they were pretty strict. No glowsticks allowed at all. And no giant styrofoam LED things from Arkadia. (I suspect they didn't allow those because it said in big letters ARKADIA. Haha. It must be like walking into the Budweiser Tours carrying a Corona in your hand.) Wow, why take away all the fun?

Despite this, I'll still come back to Space for the big names and I want to check out the terrace next time.

Went to the H50 event and had a great time. The best view in Miami on the top floor of Viceroy hotel, fun people cooling off in the pool, playing beach ball while DJ's spin out great EDM music.

There isn't much room to sit except at the perimeter of the pool. Be careful, though, because it gets hella slippery. So either walk barefoot or wear shoes with an extra good grip. A friend of mine slipped and fell and scratched up her feet tearing some skin up and getting an infection. =/

There was a small stage area right in front the DJ, so there was a small crowd gathered there to dance. It was right near the pool, so I wondered if anyone was going to fall in. Haha.

The Miami sun gets hella hot, and there is no shade over the pool area. But us being early, we found great seats in the shade. The others across the pool were burning in the sun, though. So, if you come here, it's better to come near the early evening when it isn't as hot.

The price online was $80 and up, but we got in for $60 or so because we got there right when it opened in the early afternoon. Early bird gets the cheap ticket price! I was here trying to see Nadia Ali, but I was too early this time (after being too late the night before). I made a joke about getting a nightmare about her since she was so hard-to-find. Haha. By the time she got on stage, I was already at Ultra, and she sang 3 songs only anyway.

But the time I spent at Club 50 was still fun. I had a delicious apple martini (which I added my own apples to, haha) and the bartenders are really cool, too.

This is definitely a place to impress a date or simply to live it up.

Love this little touristy shop. If you want a cute shirt or accessory to celebrate Miami tourist style, this is where you get it. They also have other souvenirs. I would have gotten the LMFAO I'm in Miami Bitch shirt, if it was the censored "Trick" version. Gotta be a good parent, so I didn't bother, and opted for the Grand Theft Auto-style shirt design instead. My bro was sad that I didn't get him one also, but he's hard to buy for.

Stop in and grab some tacky tourist goodies before you leave South Beach!

If you ever go here for an event, make sure to get your tickets in ADVANCE, or you will be out there waiting in line TAO style while your friends are inside having a blast. TAO style means waiting in line hoping to either get cool bouncers that don't play cliqueish or putting on more charm than usual to coax the bouncers into letting you in.

Unlike Liz W. I was too late to get my tickets so I had to show up and hope for the best. But I should have expected the worst. I was hoping to see Nadia Ali but she went on before I was able to get in. I bet she was singing while I was out there waiting in line for almost an hour watching everyone else get in, including some dude who had a long line of 17 chicks going in with him. WTF? Haha.

I was so irritated, that by the end of it, I was starting to get hysterical. So it was the 20th time I asked the bouncers about getting in and I swear I must have smiled like the Joker and he prolly let me in out of fear bc I got in pretty quickly after that. He whispered in my ear to get into VIP line. I was gonna pay the girl entry fee, but before I could do that, the guy behind her ID'ed me, slapped a bracelet on me, and next thing you know I was walking into the club for free. Womp womp! Good things do come to those who wait. =)

Arkadia the club is pretty awesome. It reminded me of the bottom room at Temple nightclub in San Francisco bc it was pretty small in size, but the energy was just as crazy fun. They gave everyone who got in an LED foam stick thing so we all had a blast dancing. People there were really friendly and down-to-earth and the music was loud, but not blasting into your eardrums.

Definitely I'll be back, but I'll make sure to order online and bring a group of 10 chicks with me. Hah!

Saw Paul Van Dyke here. It's a big space with plenty of room to dance and a small bar to the side. Not much else here. Pretty simple setup. Nowhere to sit either unless you want to sit on the floor, or if you have VIP they have seats I think. There are two rooms. The main big room with the DJ's and the other room which was much smaller and empty except for a few people sitting on the floor by the walls.

We wanted to chill out and get away from the music, but we went out the wrong door. Some punk ass bouncer wanted us to leave instead of going back in because he didn't see us exit the club. My friend was PISSED. I told the bouncer to just ask the bartender because we had just left the bar. He was adamant about being an ass and refused to budge saying he couldn't leave his post, and was threatening to call the manager on us. I saw another bouncer nearby and asked him if he could go in and ask the bartender for proof of witnessing us at the bar and he just quietly said, "Oh it's ok. I saw you guys exit the building. Just go right in." And just like that, he told the punkass bouncer that we were telling the truth and we went back in.

We didn't dare bother going out of the club again until we felt it was time to leave. The place is split between two buildings. One building was Paul Van Dyke and the other was another DJ. (We didn't go into that building.) You had to pay separate covers for each side. We didn't buy a ticket in advance so we paid $80 to get in.

Besides the crappy bouncers and lack of seating, I loved the crowd here. Everyone was so friendly and dancing their butts off happily. I ran into the guy MindGamez here. He has the videos on youtube where he does the LED glove moves.