Showing posts with label City of Miami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City of Miami. Show all posts

Friday, October 1, 2010

Good Day Sunshine!


Hello!  Woohoo, it's Friday!!
Here are some great pictures I took of the sunset, sunrise and Downtown Miami Skyline yesterday and today.  By the way, the building that's lit up purple is called the Freedom Tower.  Hopefully soon I will get a good camera and my pictures will look crisper! 
Have a great weekend!



I thought the sky looked amazing yesterday as I was driving home from work!


This was the sunset yesterday!



The Freedom Tower gorgeously lit up in Downtown Miami
I've never seen them light it up like this!


This is the view from our balcony up Biscayne Boulevard..... there's the Freedom Tower (and the American Airlines Arena to the far right)
 

This is today's sun rising in the sky over downtown....



(All images in this post are my own personal images)

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Craigslist Miami Finds: 9/16/10


Every morning I have a routine, I log on to my e-mail and Blogger, browse my favorite blogs and browse Craigslist! Why you ask? Because there's no telling what treasures I might happen upon! People are constantly getting rid of incredible antiques as well as Art Deco, Retro, Vintage and Danish Modern pieces... And usually, it's for a great bargain!

Anyway, since I find so many great listings it's impossible for me to take advantage of each and every one (although if I had enough money I'd buy everything I liked and open a store! - some day). So, what I do is share the link to the ad on my Facebook page; however, what I should be getting into the habit of is doing daily or weekly Craiglsit Finds postings right here on Inspire Bohemia! Unlike Apartment Therapy, I don't have colleagues to contribute item finds from other major cities, so for now it will just be Craigslist finds from Miami.

In the past I have done special scavenging/hunting/searching through other Craigslist cities for friends, upon request. Therefore if you are one of those people who doesn't have the a) time, b) patience and/or c) desire to look through never-ending Craigslist listings just to find some treasure but you'd still like to take advantage of such opportunities, feel free to e-mail me with what you're looking for and I'll do my best to source out some options for you in your city. I enjoy doing this and I have a good eye for great furniture and decor so I've decided to donate my services to anyone out there who doesn't want to do it themselves....until the demand becomes too much (if it does that is).

For those of you in Miami, I hope you see something you like and if so - GOOD LUCK getting it! It's a first come first serve kinda thing and not everyone has the patience for it, you gotta e-mail or call the seller as soon as possible to see if their item is still available, but believe me it's usually worth the effort!



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Not my style, but I know these can be popular so here they are!
1950's Style Chrome/Metal Bar Stools w/ Turquoise upholstery

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Decor Indulgence!



I'll admit, this week sure has been a good one for decor finds.... *wicked smile*

Aqua Foo Dog?? YES PLEASE....


A new Heliconia plant in its temporary spot inside a stunning white flower ceramic planter found at Ross....



The turquoise Chinese ceramic stool my mom found for me at Ross for $29.99! *sigh* We're long lost lovers that Chinese stool and I.... it's perfect!


....my wonderful mother also got me one of these....


My boyfriend and I threw on some workout clothes and took a walk over to Ross in downtown Miami the other afternoon, look at what I spotted seconds after walking in......


GASP! TONS OF CERAMIC PLANTERS! Each one was a set of a small medium and large ranging from $3.99 to $8.99! The cheapest I've ever seen them! But these were my absolute favorite...............


Awesome huh? I think so too!

Oh, and I picked up these babies, pretty drawer knobs! Seems I'm having great luck finding cute turquoise stuff lately, wheee....


What else, what else? Oh yeah.... we saw Miami Heat player Udonis Haslem waiting in line at an ATM on our walk home through downtown Miami, ha! If my boyfriend hadn't noticed I would have walked right on by oblivious! The only reason I bothered him (because he looked less than thrilled when I approached him for the picture) was for my brother, who loves The Miami Heat. The girl he was with did not know how to take a picture with an iphone and after much explanation she even managed to move and blur the picture. After walking away I realized, oh well! I really don't think he is that tall next to me, and I'm 5'7"! Oh yeah, and I look like a total chubster in my little workout clothes next to his skeletal figure! Hey, at least we were on our way back to the gym in our building to work out! :P


And then when we got home we went up to the jogging track of our building for some sweaty time, here is the view East from the track out to the Port of Miami....


Here is the view to the West a few minutes later when the sunset started turning crazy shades of pink, yellow and orange..... spectacular!