Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
White Party
(
www.whiteparty.net
) A raucous gay and lesbian celebration (and HIV/AIDS fundraiser),
the White Party is actually a series of parties and nightclub events in Miami Beach and
Fort Lauderdale over a week in late November. And yes, wear white.
December
High season begins for South Florida beaches. Manatees arrive in warm-wa-
ter springs.
Art Basel Miami Beach
(
www.artbaselmiamibeach.com
) Very simply, early December sees one of the biggest in-
ternational art shows in the world, with more than 150 art galleries represented and four
days of parties.
Victorian Christmas Stroll
The landmark 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel (now a museum) celebrates Christmas, Victorian-
style, for three weeks in December, with folks in period costume acting out fairy tales.
King Mango Strut
(
www.kingmangostrut.org
) Miami's Coconut Grove rings in the New Year with this
wacky, freak-alicious, after-Christmas parade, which spoofs current events and local polit-
ics.
