Miami Beach still knows how to celebrate

I’m a Capricorn from Wisconsin, which means my birthday arrives at the coldest, darkest time of the year — when people stay close to home, not linger over dinner or celebrate anything at all. So this time around, after a hellish year for myself, and frankly, the entire country, I decided Vitamin D was a requirement: I needed to go somewhere warm.

Miami, where a friend of mine is based, seemed like the obvious choice.

The city delivered on spectacle. I celebrated my birthday at a...