{"id":2217,"date":"2016-11-22T16:03:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:03:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T21:03:56","slug":"best-buddies-miami-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=2217","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies Miami 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were in Miami this past weekend attending the Best Buddies gala.\u00a0 Best Buddies is a non-profit that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with friendships, jobs, and leadership development.\u00a0 The annual gala in Miami is always a fun event to attend\u2014both in terms of helping a very worthy cause and because Miami has some of the best people watching ever.
\nThis year\u2019s theme was rock-and-roll.\u00a0 There were Michael Jackson and Prince impersonators who were quite talented.\u00a0 There was also Guns \u2019n\u2019 Roses impersonators, which we had to ask about as neither of us were ever Guns \u2019n\u2019 Roses fans.<\/p>\n

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Bohemian rhapsody<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Santana’s surf & turf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elton’s piano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were several celebrities attending, but the one I got a photo with is Nolan Gould, who plays Luke in \u201cModern Family.\u201d\u00a0 He is a super nice kid, very personable and low-key.<\/p>\n

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\nKesha was the entertainment, and while her voice leaves something to be desired, she puts on a fun show.\u00a0 She also was quite lovely to talk to.\u00a0 I especially like her since she admired my necklace (which is a piece of meteorite).
\nThe weather was perfect\u2014around 80 degrees and breezy.\u00a0 We spent some of the weekend going to the Wolfsonian, a museum specializing in propaganda materials (seems somehow very apt right now) and walking through one of the outdoor malls.<\/p>\n

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\nWe also had a tremendous meal at Bazaar, one of Jose Andres\u2019s restaurants, but more about that in a later blog post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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