Florida Vacation and Easter in Charleston

After a hard month of March, Sohail and I took a week off to go visit Daniel in Miami (after years of promising to visit!), spend some time in the Keys, and see family in Charleston.

Sohail and Daniel on a little Spanish-like street in Miami

At a latino cafe in Miami

There are beautifully groomed ficus tress all over Miami

The Holocaust Memorial in Miami

Lots of cool art deco architecture in Miami.

Spending the afternoon on South Beach. It was great people watching but no really our scene (we're too out of shape an not tan enough!).

South Beach

More South Beach

The Delano Hotel where we went for drinks. This photo really doesn't do it justice. The place is incredible

Driving down to Key West through the Keys.

Watching sunset our first night in Key West.

Watching street performers in Key West.

At the butterfly conservatory in Key West.

The butterfly conservatory had all these cool little birds there to eat the insects (but presumably no the butterflies...).

Having lunch overlooking a beach in Key West.

We wanted to go windsurfing but the conditions were bad so we settled on spending the afternoon in these two chairs.

Snorkeling on Looe Key.

This was 5 miles off shore and the water was still so blue.

Then we had lunch at this cute little spot.

Watching another beautiful sunset from a roof in Key West.

This time, the sun snuck behind a cloud before making another appearance. It was breathtaking.

An awesome view flying out of Key West.

Right as we arrived in Charleston it started hailing like I've never seen before.

A rainbow during the hail storm.

We had aperetif with Becca, Karim, and their new baby, Nathan. He was a perfect baby and so cute!

Before having brunch with my Dad, he took us on a cool walking tour of part of Charleston.

We found these "figs" but found out later that they're actually kumquats.

Today we had Easter brunch at my Dad and Joanne's. Derek and Avea drew for a while.

My Dad played with his rubix cube. He's a pro!

Joanne wrapped things up in the kitchen.

My Mom checked on the kids!

Sohail and I chatted with Sarah and Jonathan.

And then we all had brunch. Melissa's there on the left.