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Fare Thee Well
To the point: As of this post, I’m stepping down as a writer for Miami Metblog. It’s been fun doing this, but it’s time to move on. I’m not a person who goes out a lot or pays much attention to events in the area so that right there limits the amount of content I can [...]
Goodbye North Beach, Hello South Beach
After seven years of living in Normandy Isle, in North Beach, I’m moving down to South Beach.
I’m trading this
For this
What, you thought I’d put a pic of neon-drenched Ocean Dr? I live next to Flamingo Park, and that’s more the South Beach I’m interested in, the quiet village that lies almost inexplicably between Alton and [...]
Miami #1 in Attractiveness, #29 in Intelligence
Just saw this come through the @CityofMiami Twitter account:
A new gimmicky list released by Travel & Leisure ranks America’s Favorite Cities, including Miami. The verdict? Miami has the #1 spot in Attractive People. That’s our best score, our top draw, we have beautiful people. Of course, we also scored #29 in Intelligence, making it our [...]
No Fishing From Bridge (Except For You, Of Course)
In general I’m a very laissez faire kind of person; do your thing as long as it’s not illegal and it doesn’t bother other people. When it breaks those two qualifiers, I tend to get grouchy. Like now.
I travel the JFK/79 St Causeway between Miami Beach, North Bay Village and Miami daily, both on car [...]
Autumn Sky
As I rode my bike to synagogue this morning, I thought I felt a slight, very slight, coolness in the air. As I got to top of the drawbridge and looked at the sky, I knew it wasn’t a tactile hallucination: there’s a cold front going through!
That is a bonafide Autumn sky right there! In [...]
No More Bike Miami?
It started this morning with a status update on the Bike Miami page on Facebook:
Bike Miami Days Team: Working hard to bring Bike Miami Days back on Sunday, October 4th. That’s just around the corner… will you help us get the word out?
Cool! There’s been rides all summer, but we weren’t sure when the whole-day [...]
Miami 21 Passes First Reading!
In a (dare I say it?) historic moment for Miami, the City Commission, after an 8-hour session, voted 4-1 to in favor of Miami 21 (Commissioner Regalado was the sole “no” vote, surprise surprise).
The plan now needs to face a barrage of amendments and scrutiny from various groups as it embarks on its way to [...]
Miami 21 – Round 2
Back in August 6th, the ambitious and forward-looking plan known as Miami 21 was presented to the City of Miami Commissioners for a vote. It should have been a day of celebration, yet it turned into a bittersweet stalemate when one of the up-to-then supporters, Commissioner Joe Sanchez, voted “No” on the plan, achieving a [...]
Farewell Miami Beach Castle
Woke up to see the news from @MiamiHerald on my Twitter feed: The mansion known as Capt. Burke’s Miami Beach Castle, located on 4462 North Bay Road, was completely engulfed in flames early today. The house was currently on sale for $6.9 million and I swear that if I had had money to burn and [...]
Miami Social Starts Tonight on Bravo
Bravo TV’s newest docu-drama series, Miami Social, starts tonight at 10 pm EST. Here’s the show description from the website: Miami is an international cultural melting pot filled with the young, gorgeous and wealthy looking to live the good life. South Americans, East Coasters, native Floridians…everyone comes to Miami for the sun and fun – it’s [...]
Luau Night at Grapeland Water Park
Just a quick post from Puerto Rico, copied from the City of Miami website:
Grab the family and check out Grapeland Water Park, 1550 NW 37 Avenue. Luau Night means tropical fun for an affordable price $5 admission per person, the event runs from 8pm – 10pm and will include limbo contests, water games and at [...]
Food, Inc. Opens in South Florida
The film “Food, Inc.” has now opened in various locations across South Florida:
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Gateway 4
North Miami, FL: Intracoastal 8
Palm Beach Gardens, FL: BMC PGA Cinema 6
Miami Beach, FL: South Beach 18
Food, Inc. presents a documentary-style look at the food industry of the US, and what exactly is happening behind those happy farms that [...]
In Puerto Rico Again
I’m in Puerto Rico once more dealing with a family thing, so posts here will go on hiatus until I get back to Miami. Check the South Florida Daily Blog for your fix.
Miami Tops U.S. City for Cycling Events Thanks to Bike Miami Days
With yesterday’s Bike Miami Days, the last of the inaugural season, The Miami Herald reports that Miami becomes the top US city in regards to car-free cycling event days with a total of 7, one per month since November, 2008. Booyah! The last Bike Miami Day of the season was fun, even if less attended than any [...]
Bike Miami Days on Sunday, May 17
After six awesome months of Bike Miami events, this coming Sunday we’ll have the May edition of Bike Miami Days, the last of the current season. It’s already getting way hot out there and in typical Miami fashion, Summer months are indoor months. In the Fall, the bikes come out again and invade Downtown.
In the [...]
Miami An Overpriced City? Nah!
Forbes.com, via NBCMiami.com, has just released their list of “America’s Most Overpriced Cities” and our dearly beloved hometown has ranked #3, right behind Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois. The article explains that “the cities are ranked by average salary for workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher, annual unemployment statistics, cost of living and [...]
There Goes Our History: Coconut Grove Edition
No better way to welcome me back to Miami from another trip to Puerto Rico than to read about this atrocity happening at the Grove. The Miami Herald reports (with video!) that the oldest church building in Miami, the original 1912 Mission-style chapel at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Coconut Grove, is being demolished to add [...]
Flight of the Conchords @ UM
Why the heck did I not hear anything about this before today?
New Zealand “two-man novelty band” (name the song title) Flight of the Conchords will be performing at University of Miami’s BankUnited Center tomorrow Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Jermain and Bret are also the stars of a self-named comedy show on HBO, now in its [...]
The Blessing of the Sun
You might miss it if you blink or look the other way, but this Wednesday morning, April 8, will be a very special day for Jews all over the world, not only because it is the morning before Passover, but because it will be the time to celebrate one of the rarest mitzvahs (commandments), the [...]
Pass Over the Passover Coke
Consider this a Jewish PSA, if you will.
When you go to local supermarkets and see the yellow-capped bottles of Coke and Diet Coke, if you are not Jewish, please don’t buy them. Those yellow-capped sodas are Kosher for Passover, so leave them for those that need them. My local Publix just put up the display [...]
