Miami is the land of melting pot of ethnic backgrounds. Miami music is varied. Cubans brought the conga and rumba to Miami from their homelands instantly popularizing it in American culture. Dominicans brought bachata, and merengue, while Colombians brought vallenato and cumbia. West Indians and Caribbean people have brought reggae, soca, kompa, zouk, calypso, and steel pan to the area as well.
In the early 1970s, the Miami disco sound came to life with TK Records, featuring the music of KC and the Sunshine Band, with such hits as “Get Down Tonight”, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” and “That’s the Way (I Like It)”; and the Latin-American disco group, Foxy (band), with their hit singles “Get Off” and “Hot Number”. Miami-area natives George McCrae and Teri DeSario were also popular music artists during the 1970s disco era. The Bee Gees moved to Miami in 1975 and have lived here ever since then. Miami-influenced, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, hit the popular music scene with their Cuban-oriented sound and had huge hits in the 1980s with “Conga” and “Bad Boys”.

On our way to South Beach…. The Party town with Samba, Congo, and the sun-shine beach……

Miami is also considered a “hot spot” for dance music, Freestyle, a style of dance music popular in the 80′s and 90′s heavily influenced by Electro, hip-hop, and disco. Many popular Freestyle acts such as Pretty Tony, Debbie Deb, Stevie B, and Exposé, originated in Miami. Indie/folk acts Cat Power and Iron & Wine are based in the city,[43] while alternative hip hop artist Sage Francis, electro artist Uffie, and the electroclash duo Avenue D were born in Miami, but musically based elsewhere. Also, punk band Against All Authority is from Miami, and rock/metal bands Nonpoint and Marilyn Manson each formed in neighboring Fort Lauderdale. Popular Cuban American female recording artist, Ana Cristina, was born in Miami in 1985, and became the first Hispanic person in history to perform the “Star Spangled Banner” at a presidential inauguration.

We have not done with shopping yet… So, even when we are heading for dinner we stop by and do a bit more Shopinggggggg…..

We eat at an eclectic place, the Wasa, 5 miles south of Miami.

The atmosphere was great, especially eating outside where the temperature is cooling off…

The food was great especially the Tabuli…

At lunch we went to a Cuban resturant in South Beach called Yuca..Great food, especially the fried banana… We took a picture of our server. She was pleasant as you could see…

Well the night is not over yest. Miami is alive with lots of things to do.

I’ll keep you post it..