i can't remember the last time i celebrated my birthday at home and this year was no different. instead of having what would have been my 3rd annual 21st birthday in vegas with my friends, i decided to celebrate my birthday with aaron. since he lives in dc, we were trying to think of fun places to go that were "halfway" from la to dc. the other condition to the trip was that it had to be a place we've both never been to. we came up with austin and chicago but we thought both cities would be too cold in november so we decided miami! luckily for work, i get a day off for my birthday and aaron doesn't have class on fridays so we were able to go for 3 days. we decided to do airbnb which i was a little hesitant about but it ended up being a really great experience and cheap! aaron arrived late thursday evening and i arrived early friday morning, so i didn't have to deal with the hassle of checking in (thank you aaron). friday & saturday, the weather was perfect -- i couldn't have asked for better weather, but sunday (my actual bday), it poured all day! i wasn't that bummed though since i felt we had done everything we wanted and this just gave us time to relax and hang out. thank you to our lovely airbnb host for letting us check out late!
like all of our trips, it was mostly spent eating and thinking about the next meal. our airbnb was within walking distance of the lincoln road mall which was filled with fun shops and restaurants -- it kind of reminded me of third street promenade in santa monica. we actually ended up doing a lot of walking since we didn't rent a car. the most we walked though was about 20 minutes. i was really surprised by how walkable miami beach was and if we did take uber, it was about $5. overall, i really enjoyed miami beach. aaron is the perfect traveling partner since he is always down to have a good time or just lounge around. this was one of the best birthday weekends :)
