Let's help out the lost, frustrated tourists

You know what would be cool? An actual map or two or three around Coconut Grove that would tell tourists where things are. These lost tourists on Florida Avenue were looking at Mayfair's map on the wall, which only indicated where things are at the Mayfair. They also had a large fold out map of Coconut Grove, but that didn't give them the info they needed either.

I asked them if I could help. They were looking for places to eat. I pointed them to CocoWok, The Grove Spot and CocoWalk right down the block and then told them about all the places on Commodore Plaza and up and down Main Highway.

We need maps in the Grove that show tourists where the things are that they are looking for. Almost daily, people come out of the parking garage at the Mayfair complex, looking for the entrance to the Mayfair Hotel. Only they end up walking away from it, toward Mary Street. I'm sure there are many frustrated visitors simply because we don't have proper maps around the Grove.

While it's true that the Grove is only a few blocks long, it seems that most tourists need to be lead to their destinations even within those few blocks.

I've talked about the M*A*S*H signs many times. You know the signs that would simply point in different directions and say "Restaurants," "Hotels," "Shopping," "Waterfront," you know, pointing to the places the tourists want to go. I think this would work.