Big Ahha

Thursday morning we took a drive to South Beach since Bar Camp wasn’t starting until 3PM.

We had breakfast on Lincoln St. and then walked to the beach.

While there the young woman in the photo above came up and asked if I would take her picture. I said sure and she asked if I would take another, and another, and another and one more. We basically did a 360 photo shoot of her. I hope they turned out the way she wanted but it was kind of comical at the time.

We headed back over the water to the hotel and decided to grab lunch before heading to Bar Camp. Driving up Biscayne Blvd. we saw Latin Cafe 2000.

I’m glad we did because the food was awesome! So awesome that in the next 36 hours we ate there three times.

We had Cuban Sandwiches, Vaca Frita, the Latin 2000 sandwich, the Miami Sandwich and the best Cuban Coffee I’ve ever tasted.

Friday we left Miami at 6:30p and drove back home.

Over all we were pleased with FOWA Miami 08 and Bar Camp Miami. It was definitely different then what we expected but none the less a good experience.

No we are not learning to make Mojitos though a few passed my lips while at the Latin American at Bayside in Miami last night.We are sitting in the Knight Conference Hall waiting for Bar Camp to begin. Bar Camp is a free un-conference the day before FOWA Miami. The focus is on innovation and there are about 50 guys (and about half a dozen girls) most of whom have their laptops open…some of which are actually typing or looking at something…the rest just to look the part.The main event is the Future Of Web Apps conference tomorrow but this is just a pre-event.This is the first conference for Big Ahha. Brad and I drove in yesterday. After Checking into our hotel we asked the concierge where to get some dinner and he directed us to the tourist area of Miami called Bayside. Not exactly what we had in mind but we made the most of it. After asking one of the shop keepers where to get a good local dinner and with his recommendation being Chilis or Bubba Gump Shrimp we elected to go with the most latin sounding restaurant nearby. The Latin American. I had Masas Puerco something or other (Fried Pork Chunks) and Brad had Vaca Fritas (fried steak and onions). Mojitos and margaritas rounded out the meal.An after dinner cigar sitting next the bay finished off our trip to Bayside.Conference is getting ready to start …more updates later.