Save the date: The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne
While you and your honey both love to wine and dine in Brickell, it’s been quite some time since you’ve stopped mixing work with pleasure. In fact, your sig-other seems downright peeved after spending many recent Friday evenings rushing to change in the work bathroom for a night out. She needs to be whisked away and reminded of the wonders of a weekend getaway for two, and a rubdown before partying.
Key Biscayne is just a $1.50 trip over the picturesque Rickenbacker Causeway, and beyond lies the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne. Exotic Brazilian hardwood décor, freshly cut flowers and mother-of-pearl wall coverings in the lobby invite you to a type of relaxation that you haven’t experienced since that trip to the Bahamas.
Once you whisk your date away — duffel bags packed — erase her memories of a stressful 5 p.m. power meeting with a 50-minute couple’s massage, followed by a complimentary glass of white or red wine and fresh fruit.
After your treatment and a quick shower, whisk your date away to dinner at Italian restaurant Cioppino, where fresh Burrata cheese is flown in from Italy twice weekly and the oceanfront terrace view is as rejuvenating as the menu’s choice of fresh pastas and Chianti wines. Or, if casual, home-grown fare is more your style, head to Cantina Beach, where you both can sampling a selection of 85 tequilas and dine on tender beef carnitas or veggie-rich tacos while enjoying the tranquil ocean breeze.
Once dinner is over, grab an after-dinner cocktail at Cuban speakeasy-type lounge Rumbar. There, give your dancing shoes a workout to the sounds of local salsa and merengue house band Grupo Nostalgia while sipping a freshly made coconut mojito or one of their 52 unique rums, cachacas and piscos from over 18 countries.
If you and your sweetie are lucky enough to spend the night at the Ritz, wake up early and sip a mimosa made with the Ritz’s own champagne at the hotel’s oceanfront Dune Oceanfront Burger Lounge while trying out their delish warm goat cheese and signature kobe sliders. The skyscrapers and traffic in Miami can wait a couple more hours, as you finish the perfect faraway date close enough to home.
The sweet deal: Mention this story and get a free glass of Ritz champagne at any of the hotel’s eateries and 10 percent off any full-price service booked Sunday-Thursday at the Ritz’s spa. Offer good through January 11.
Published: 12/08
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This story was originally published December 31, 2008 at 12:12 AM.