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The Perfect Storm

by Mark Seal


Immediately upon Awakening: the Beach
I wake up and grab a chair at the beach. There are three hotels: the Sagamore, the Ritz-Carlton, and the Shore Club. And the best chairs are the ones facing the water, because you get to look at the ocean while you're lying down. They [all] have the little chairs that are set up for you, and you can order food. I'm going to stay [at the Sagamore] when I go there for my Fantastic Four premiere.

Where Women with Curves Are Celebrated
After I get superhot, I just go swim, and then more sunscreen and reading and sleeping. There's no other place in the States where the water is that warm and the sand is white and clean. In Miami, women with curves are celebrated, and they just walk around different. They're real proud of their bodies, and I love that. You can tell the people who are from Miami, just their bods. They're usually really tan, and they have light hair and don't wear a lot of makeup. They wear real sexy outfits, and no matter what size, what age, it's all accepted.

Paying Homage to a Legend
I always go by the Versace mansion, just because it's fabulous. [His] was such a senseless death, so there's always a little bit of paying respect to a genius. I mean, Gianni Versace was incredible - what he did for clothes and for women, and the glamour that he added to couture. It was very wearable couture, and he was an icon. The mansion is unreal. It covers an entire block in Miami, and it's right on the strip. I haven't been inside because I keep missing the tours. It feels like someone literally swapped it out of Italy and plopped it in Miami. It's surrounded by so much art deco, it sticks out. It's, like, this little gem, and it's really, really lush and green. It feels historical.

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