Paper towel dispenser in a Burger King men’s restroom.

I was looking through the Google Analytics from my blog a couple of days ago and noticed that people where finding my blog on the search term “underwear knife”.  Sure enough, my son’s story that I posted on May 21st is the second search result.  I am not sure why someone would be searching for an underwear knife, but if I have learned anything in the last 10 years at InternetSafety.com it is that people have some wierd tastes.

OK, who hired the Midget to install the urinal?

After hours and hours of searching and reading tons of reader comments I settled on the The Pelican Hotel for our 4 nights in Miami.  It was posted as $160 a night, but with the fourth-night-free special they were running it came to $120 a night.  Seemed like a great price for right on Ocean Drive across the street from the beach.

When we arrived the room was not ready yet, but we arrived before the official check-in time so we expected this to happen.  The lady at the front desk was very friendly and offered to take our bags and give us a call as soon at the room was ready.  We decided to get some lunch and right at 3:00, as promised,  the hotel called to let us know our room was ready.

We were given the “Peace, Love, and Leaf Forest” room on the second floor.  The room was nicely decorated and furnished.  Being a boutique-style hotel the room was pretty small, but we planned on spending most of our time on the beach and not in the room anyway.

My base requirements for a hotel room are really quite simple.  It needs to be clean, the a/c needs to work well, the bed needs to be firm, and the shower needs to have good pressure.  Very few hotels score a 4 out of 4 on the Shane scale but the Pelican did!  The a/c was so good, in fact, that Heather had to add extra blankets the first night to stay warm.

On top of this, the Pelican also provided beach towels, beach chairs, and an umbrella each day.  I didn’t realize how great this was until I learned that it would cost $60 to $75 a day to rent the chairs and umbrella.  So, the $120 a night seems like even more of steal now.

If I ever need a hotel in the South Beach area of Miami again I will definitely check the Pelican out first.  If you are headed to South Beach you can’t go wrong with a room here.