South Florida is the treasure chest where knowledgable consumers can find everything from the rare and beautiful to the cutting-edge. A list of our retail meccas reads like a Who's Who of 21st-century retailing: Bal Harbour Shops, Palm Beach's Worth Avenue, Coral Gables' Village of Merrick Park, Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. From huge regional malls to the most intimate custom fashion boutique on South Beach, if you can dream it, you can find it here.

Peerless Cultural and Social Opportunities

If you have the energy, an evening in Miami can go something like this: A late afternoon concert by Michael Tillson Thomas' Miami Symphony, a fabulous early supper of tapas and tiramasu followed by a gallery preview of this year's Art Basel stars adn that's just one evening! We'll save the all-night dancing in South Beach for another time... Whether you like your culture high or low, early or late, bare-bones or over-the-top, there's always something going on. Every night, all year long

Can Miami really be this perfect? It's no wonder the world is at our doorstep: Everybody is having such a great time. For sheer excitement let's start with aquatic sports: Boating, fishing, scuba diving. On land, there's year-round golf, tennis, soccer, exploring the Everglades and let's not forget spectator sports in a great sports town: The dolphins for football, the Marlins for baseball and the Heat for basketball. We've got the world-class Ericson Open for championship tennis, etcetera - the list of activities is virtually endless and when it's all said and done, there's always the lounge chair on the beach.