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Throwback Pictures: 3 Days in South Beach For MTV VMA’s

In 2004 MTV decided to move the VMA’s from it’s longtime home in New York City to Miami. Since my friends and I had been to the the show the previous two years we figured we’d take a long weekend and head down to South Beach for the event - it ended up being one of the best decisions of my life.

Here are some highlights…

We went to a handful of great parties: Usher’s VMA post party where we took over Usher’s pool side cabana when he left for the night, the Billboard Magazine party which had this crazy ice bar and picked up a ton of free celebrity swag at the Style Villa.
We had some celebrity encounters. I asked Xzibit to to pimp my life, ripped shots with Jimmy Fallon, sat with Good Charlotte and their crew at the award show itself and drank a Budweiser with Tony Hawk and Johnny Knoxville.
Probably my favorite part of the weekend was running into our Morristown neighbor Robert Randolph a few times. He’s a cool guy, loves drinking brews and will be going out on tour with Dave Matthews Band this summer so pick up tickets.

I’ve finally uploaded the pictures to Flickr, better late than never I guess so check them out!

My Three Days in London

The UK board of tourism wants more U.S. college students to visit the UK on vacation and since COED kicks a— in the college market they gave me a free trip to drum up some publicity. Part one of the trip consisted of a road trip to St. David, Wales (photos coming soon) and part two consisted of three days of exploring London - I took a ton of pictures, check them out!

If you have only three days in London here is what you need to accomplish, buy some good shoes because you will be doing a lot of walking.

Three Walking Tours

Historical walking tour: Start at Buckingham Palace, walk east down The Mall and through St. James Park to Trafalgar Square. At Trafalgar Square you’ll see the National Gallery art museum (look around for 45 minutes). Then walk south down Whitehall St. You’ll pass Banqueting House, 10 Downing Street and end up at Parliament Square (House of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey) which is the heart of London -if not all of England.

Commercial walking tour: Start by taking the “Tube” to Piccadilly Circus, check out Regent Street directly to the west as well. Walk east down Coventry Street to Leicester Square. In the vacinity of Leicester Square is China Town and Soho keep going east to Covent Garden. In Covent Garden you’ll find good food, the Royal Opera House, the Covent Garden outdoor shopping mall. If you’re looking to party at night Covent Garden is the spot to be.

The Views walking tour: Start St. Paul’s tube station. Go in St Paul’s Cathedral then walk south across the Millennium Bridge, you’ll end up at the Tate Modern(check out Tate for 45 minutes - it’s free, good looking babes and unique modern art). After the Tate walk south-west along the River Thames on the “Bankside” footpath. Along the the South Bank you’ll see the small art galleries, outdoor flea markets, street performers and end up at the Southbank Centre home of the London Eye, Dali museum and Westminster Bridge.

Must See Views

The view of Parliament, Big Ben and the London skyline from Southbank Centre.

View from the midway point of the Millennium Bridge - Directly to the north will be St. Davids Cathedral, directly to the south with be the Tate Modern and the East will be the Tower Bridge.

Must See Museums

Must See Locations

Places to Avoid

Kensington- It’s overrated. People are douchy and unless you are with your girlfriend and she is a Victoria Beckham wannabe avoid Kensington at all costs.
Queen’s Jewel Tower: f—kin tourist trap. I was expecting $1 billion in diamonds and gold and there is nothing, just a 600 year old tower that hasn’t held any riches in over 400 years.

*Make sure you check out my pictures!*