Fram pane

gree dog past the mansion of
nwurdered fashion designer
Versace. Property prices are
rising fast and S1 million
condos are being snapped up.

Want an outside table at
the News Cate? Be prepared
to line up on the sidewalk for
half-an-hour.

Sobe is not the cheapest
place to stay, but it is the
most stylish. Actors, music
industry people and models
gravitate here and you never
know whom you'll sce at the
Albion Hotel's cocktail bar,
where the amiable young
nan with the Brad Pitt hair-
cut is the horel's managing
director, Martin Larsson.

Frequent travellers will
recognize the 97-room
Albion as one of that rare
breed of special hotels which
says it looks atter its guests
and means it. When you
phone reception you vet the
“help desk” which will deal
with any request; nobody says
“Tlf ring the concierge” or
“That’s not my job.” Ring
for ice and it’s at your door
before vou put the phone
down.

Mind you it’s a family
business, the name being
Rubell. one of which was
Steve Rubell, an owner of
New York's famous Studio

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David Wishart photo

A great place for a cruise ship stopover. (Above) The Albion Hotel on Miami's South Beach.

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The Albion's right on the
corner of Linceln Road,
whose pedestrian area is com:
ing along just as nicely as
Ocean Drive.

Here are several blocks of
restaurants, bars and stores
interspersed with little plazas
for live music where vou
might hear a salsa band or
Bach. Actor Michael Caine
has a restaurant here, the
South Beach Brasserie, and
yes, it does serve hangers and
mash.

I tound an agreeable out-
door table ata place serving
Japanese and Thai food and
also dined well ar Norma's,
where the accent was an
exotic blend of Jamaican and
French.

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But the best place by far
was Joe Allen. While the
exterior of building could not
be called attractive by any
stretch of the imagination,
inside the atmosphere is clee-
tric. The lighting is superb,
the statfon your side, and
the food simply fabulous like
mother makes. There's a
decent bar, draught beer and
an attordable wine list.

The bus to dewntown
Miami is $1.50 although Fd
get off just before and go te
Bayside tor its waterfront
shops and restaurants. Take

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the bus up the coast, a bar-
gain scenic drive, and there
are wo big shopping malls,
and it's rumoured, golf
Courses,

OF course there’s always
the ocean, miles and miles of
it rolling on to clean white
sand. No matter where
you're staying it’s casy to
pack a lunch, take a bus to
SoBe and join the beautiful
people at America’s trendiest
place in the sun.

Rates at the Albion Hotel
start at $195, For more intor-
mation call 1-888-665-0008.

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