The recently held Annual South Miami Rotary Art Festival brought thousands of folks to Sunset Drive to look in amazement, at the artwork that was brought to town from all over the country. (See photos inside). As I watched from my favorite vantage point, Starbucks, the beautiful people parade seemed to go on and on [...]
Grant Miller and I were among the more than 1,000 children, teens, parents, grandparents and supporters who walked in the fourth annual Walking 4 Friendship on Sunday, Feb. 10. The 3K Walk and Carnival in Kendall benefited the Friendship Circle, a group that offers amazing programs for children with special needs. It was so [...]
It’s almost here, folks. Palmetto Bay’s 11th Annual Celebration Picnic will take place on March 2 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the usual place, the landmark Coral Reef Park, 7895 SW 152nd Street. This popular yearly event allows village residents to get together for an old-fashioned community picnic with complimentary beverages and food, [...]
Had brunch with my wife last Sunday, over at Town Kitchen and Bar on SW 73 St and 57 Ct.. Gotta tell ya, that the service was great, the food was super and the weather was gorgeous. It was a pretty classy crowd (coming from my prospective) and the beautiful people were there, having a [...]
Folks, if you have a favorite place to eat, shop or do recreational things in your area, Channel 10 TV is giving you a chance to cast your votes in their “Top Ten” survey now under way. If you go to www.vote.local10.com you may cast up to one vote in each business category during each [...]
Ok, folks, the triumvirate made up of Mayor Stoddard, C o m m i s s i o n e r Harris and the newest clown, Commissioner Bob “ the Bobble Head” Welsh are doing their darndest to get the Chief of Police Orlando de Castro Martinez to resign. Stoddard spent months putting together a [...]
Ed MacDougall, who is also having a birthday on February 8th, will not only be running for re-election as Mayor of Cutler Bay in November of 2014, when his current term runs out, he will also be running for the District 26 seat in the United State Congress. “Currently, I have put a team together [...]
Does your doggie dream of stardom? Well, here’s his or her chance (sort of). The Village of Palmetto Bay is doing screen tests of pooches for a video being produced for the Village’s Government Access TV Station WBAY. It takes place at Perrine Wayside Park (the dog park) at 16425 S. Dixie Highway on Sunday, [...]
Story around town is that Eda Harris, a self-anointed NIMBY, (Not in my back yard) soul, was involved in a small, (maybe a scratch or two) not quite a fender bender accident and Oh My Goodness, she reportedly left the scene. And before you know it, the cops were swarming her home. Walter, her husband, [...]
There’s a lot going on this month and a number of things are being done through the Economic Development Council (EDC) so mark your calendar if these events interest you. First is the ‘Business Training Program’ which begins on Thursday January 10, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. According to the EDC, the business training [...]
The public swearingin ceremony for the recently elected and reelected Village of Pinecrest officials was held on Dec. 11 at the Pinecrest Municipal Center. Village Clerk Guido Inguanzo administered the oath of office to James McDonald, the newest member of the Village Council. At the same time, Councilmember Bob Ross and Mayor Cindy Lerner began [...]
Out of my zip code: At Lots of Lox on US1 and SW 149 St, I ran into (at different times) Mel Mann, Eugene Flinn, the former Palmetto Bay mayor, current Palmetto Bay Councilman Patrick Fiore, Gary Rackear, a South Miami attorney, real estate moguls, Chip Black with EWM and Levi Meyer, a real estate [...]
Ever since receiving a copy of Unselfish World by Richard E. Sasso, we’ve been waiting for the right time to review its contents. A South Florida business executive, Sasso, President/CEO of MSC Cruises, N.A., has a 40-year career in the cruise line business. Now, he’s dedicated himself to restoring unselfishness as an instinctive condition of [...]
It seems as though our fair mayor, Phil Stoddard has finally had enough and through his attorney, sent letters to, (from what I have been told) John Edward Smith, Kenneth Harms, Brad Cassel, Commissioner Valerie Newman and everyone’s favorite... Sharon McCain. I’ve been told that the letters essentially said, stop saying bad stuff about the [...]
