Luxury Guide: Miami Winter 2021-2022

HAPPENINGS PLAY

A REAL-LIFE CANDY DREAM Want to swing on licorice vines? Surf with candy dolphins? Miami Sweet provides all this and more. The interactive, multisensory and ‘Gram- worthy “shoppertainment” experience is a tribute to the city in candy art, set to tropical music and plenty of confetti. And of course, there’s an on- site candy store! Aventura Mall, 19501 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura; miamisweet.com

Miami Sweet at the Aventura Mall

A FUN SEALIFE SANCTUARY Miami Seaquarium is a must-visit attraction that combines education, conservation and just plain fun. See and learn about manatees, sea turtles, penguins, rays, sea lions and cetaceans; find out how the facility is helping vulnerable sea life; and actually get in the water with dolphins. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami; 305.361.5705; miamiseaquarium.com ICE CREAM TO SCREAM ABOUT Wynwood’s Dasher &Crank is officially Florida’s best ice cream, awarded the honor by Food & Wine . This craft ice cream shop makes everything in-house and from scratch, using high-quality local ingredients. Try its most popular flavor, Ube Macapuno, a vegan combo of coconut ice cream and Filipino purple yams. 2211 NW Second Ave., Miami; 305.640.8579; dasherandcrank.com JAI ALAI IS BACK! In Miami, the Basque sport jai alai skyrocketed in popularity, then fell by the wayside. But guess what? It’s back! “The world’s fastest game,” a featured sport at both Calder Casino and Magic City Casino, sees skilled players ricochet a ball off the walls of a “fronton” with distinctive wicker cestas, not unlike racquetball. caldercasino.com, magiccitycasino.com

Pop Up & Shop Up

ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL Check out the Lincoln Eatery food hall’s first retail establishment, Pop Up & Shop Up . The permanent boutique fosters community, highlighting local, small, minority-owned businesses who create such products as cosmetics, artisan goods, homemade jewelry, art, sustainable fashion and

more. 723 N. Lincoln Lane, Miami Beach; thelincolneatery.com A MIAMI FILM HISTORY ROAD TRIP

Miami became a beloved filming location back in the silent movie era, and the Miami-Dade Office of Film & Entertainment has made it easy to visit the spots that made it on-camera across more than a century by providing a convenient mapped tour on its website. So jump in your car and have an entertaining history-themed road trip! lmiami.org

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