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By Paige Albiniak

Miami, of course, offers visitors more than the Super Bowl. To figure out the best places to go and things to do in Miami, Watch! checked in with Navi Rawat, who grew up hitting the beach in the South Florida sunshine.

Rawat, of German and East Indian descent, shares the spotlight on CBS’ popular Friday night show, Numb3rs, with stars Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz. She plays graduate student Amita Ramajuan, who exchanges flirty banter and an occasional mathematical insight with Krumholtz’s Charlie Eppes as he helps big brother Don (Morrow) solve tricky cases.

When she’s not busy on the set, Rawat hops a plane back to Miami as often as she can. In fact, when we caught up with her, she was hanging in South Beach with one of her best friends.

What to Do:

First Street Beach • First Street at Ocean Drive
Super Bowl fans hoping to take advantage of Miami’s sunny days will find plenty to do. Rawat hangs out at First Street Beach where she likes to tan and swim in the ocean.

Monkey Jungle • 14805 SW 216th St.
If she’s not at the beach, Rawat might pay a visit to Parrot Jungle or Monkey Jungle (“where the humans are caged and the monkeys run wild”) to check out some of the tropical wildlife that thrives in Miami’s hot and humid climate.

Miami Seaquarium • 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway
The Miami Seaquarium, which overlooks Biscayne Bay, offers the opportunity to don a wet suit and swim with the dolphins. “The main misconception about Miami is that it’s just a party town,” Rawat says. “But it also has a lot of fun stuff to do during the day.”

Where to Eat:

Prime One Twelve • 112 Ocean Drive
Rawat doesn’t eat red meat, so most of her favorite restaurants offer seafood or other vegetarian options. Still, one of her faves is steakhouse Prime One Twelve, located in South Beach’s red-hot South of Fifth area. The pricey and exclusive restaurant offers hefty beef choices, including a 48-ounce porterhouse for two and a $30 Kobe Beef hamburger that is to die for. But Rawat goes for the seafood, and Prime One Twelve serves up wild king salmon and yellowfin tuna tartar.

Joe’s Stone Crabs • 11 Washington Ave.
One of Rawat’s favorite places to eat likes to play hard to get: Joe’s Stone Crabs is a seasonal restaurant that features—you guessed it—stone crabs. It’s not open during the summer months, to Rawat’s regret, but Super Bowl visitors can drop in come February and get crackin’. Miami’s stone variety is “served cold and plain and you dip the meat in butter and lemon,” Rawat says.

Sylvano’s • 820 Alton Road
On the less expensive side is Sylvano’s, a sporty Italian restaurant at Alton and Eighth Street, which offers budget food, lots of TVs and a young and bustling clientele. Entrées include pappardelle with lamb ragu, gnocchi with pesto and string beans, thin-crusted margherita pizza and a Northern Italian lasagne. Sylvano’s also has opened a second location on trendy Collins Avenue, which isn’t quite as economical.

David’s Café Too • 1058 Collins Ave
Rawat likes to grab a café con leche at David’s Café Too on the outdoor Lincoln Road Mall, where she can hang out, read the paper and watch the stylish people pass by.

Where to Shop:

Chroma • 1920 Lincolon Road
Like any good Miami girl, Rawat loves to shop, and one of her favorite boutiques is Chroma. Chroma features up-and-coming designers and the latest, hippest fashions. “They have an eclectic collection, and the staff is helpful and friendly,” Rawat says.

Intermix • 634 Collins Ave.
“I can’t even believe I’m letting people in on this secret,” Rawat says. Intermix, which also can be found in New York, is closer to the beach on Collins Avenue and offers unique clothes from some of the country’s hottest designers, like Norma Kamali, Emilio Cavallini, Catherine Malandrino and Chloe. Net reviews peg the staff as snobby, but Rawat finds them helpful and they “always have the smaller sizes I need.”

Where to Go Out:

Snatch • 1437 Washington Ave.
Like most Miami dwellers, Rawat enjoys an occasional night on the town. Snatch features a free-for-all rock and-roll theme with gaudy décor, including a flag-draped motorcycle and a bucking mechanical bull.

Suite • 1439 Washington Ave.
Snatch’s sister club, Suite, is even more over the top. Rawat says they are “two of the hottest clubs in Miami right now.”

Mynt • 1921 Collins Ave.
Rawat also likes to hit Mynt, which boasts about its extremely exclusive clientele.