House Crush Thursdays / Jueves de Casas

I've decided to dedicate Thursdays to my love for architecture, houses, structures, places... but mostly houses. I will produce all the pictures and I hope this is not a 'More than I can Take" kind of a task I'm imposing  myself.

There are so many beautiful houses in Miami, Mediterranean Revivals, Art Deco, Miami Modern (MIMO), Zen inspired (is that even an Style?. 

So I will do my best trying to expose and explain some Beauties... and maybe some Beasts!

He decidido dedicar los Jueves a mi amor por la arquitectura, las casas, los lugarcitos que descubro cada dia. Todas las fotos seran mias, nada de estar copiando del cyberspacio.

A pesar que Miami es una ciudad adolecente, siempre logra sorprenderme y alegrarme con casitas o mansiones, esquinitas o masivos edificios, detallitos sutiles o lujo desbordante. Asi que tratare de expones esas bellezas que me encuentro... y quizas algunos horrores tambien.

Today's House is located in the French inspired neighborhood of Normandy, in Miami Beach. I believe they call this house the "Reef House". I grew up in a little Cuban Village, where millionaires from around the world build mansions using this oolite limestone, extracted from the coral barrier that zigzag all around the Caribbean Sea. It is amazing how this material keeps a cool environment inside the houses. Sometimes it can gets too humid, but the air smells different (better) inside the houses build using this Coral Stone. And it looks soooo romantic!!!

Saturday Morning in South Beach

Saturdays are sacred for our family. We like to have breakfast watching The Colbert Report online. We have our eggs, our stinky cheese, some jam, sour dough toasts, and pleeenty of coffee or tea. This "Ceremony of the Breakfast" ends around eleven, and then we are to sleepy and too full to do anything else, so we just hang around the house, talking, cooking, talking and cooking. Some light cleaning might be involved, but it is promptly discourage. We don’t follow any religion, but we have our own Sabbath for sure.

So this Saturday was different, my husband had an appointment at the Apple Store at 9.00 A.M and the Apple Store happens to be in Lincoln Road (the heart of South Beach). So we packed the kids, cleaned the eyes boogers, didn't take a shower and rode to Lincoln Road.

The sky was MIAMI BLUE, blue, extra blue. The people were MIAMI  mix of weird, cool and plain and breakfast was MIAMI expensive. But we had good family fun.

I lent my camera to the kids and this is what they registered.

A Big Hug to everyone out there.  Have a Happy week.