Check Out the Official Art Deco Gift Shop and Museum on Ocean Drive in Miami
This week the Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center began carrying Nevada Bob's 50 Years with the Wrong Woman . The beachfront store and Welcome Center is located at 1001 Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. This is a shout out to Guest Experience Director of the Art Deco Gift Shop and Museum, Mark Gordon. (No relation to Nevada Bob Gordon.) When I caught up with Mark yesterday we talked about Art Deco and how he ended up in this public-facing role here. "It goes back to my college days," Mark said. " My mentor had a contract with the first four hotels that were changing from old people hotels to these wonderful hotels. I learned about the art deco buildings then. I've lived here most of my life and never lost my love for it," he said. The Breakwater (All photos courtesy Gary Firstenberg) Gordon so enjoyed the scenic architecture that when he retired he started doing art deco walking tours. At first he did it as a volunteer, which he found meaningful and p...