As was noted last week, Miami Beach High came into existence as Ida M. Fisher School in 1926. As the history of the school progresses, the actual date of the first use of the nickname “Typhoons” will be garnered, but, for now, that moniker was the school’s surname (“Miami Beach Typhoons”) until the move to [...]
What follows is an email I sent to one of my neighbors that called me this morning wondering why she had endure a trash filled and ill kept city park; Maurice Gibb Park here in Sunset Harbour. In full disclosure I ran for city commission in 2007 and lost to DeedeWeithorn.
Miami through my iphone. Miami’s urbanscape has been redefined in the past couple of decades by Arquitectonica’s “miami style” buildings. Some consider this architecture to be superficial or without substance but we can’t deny the impact on our metropolis. Every time I go by 500 Brickell Bay Condos, I have to snap a photo to capture an intriguing angle of the building that always gets people commenting.
A project requires three “legs” for successful completion: time, quality and money. Otherwise, it’s like fixing again and again a crookedy stool. So, where’s the free WiFi? If you have it, don’t tell the residents of Orchard Park. WiFi there is not on the menu. Here’s the problem. This system was designed eons ago, or [...]
Once again the Miami Herald doesn’t have their facts straight or a clue about what they’re talking about. Which of course has never prevented them from going about printing it anyway. In a May 17 editorial (“Miami needs new facility for big conventions”), the paper lauds Tampa for its selection by the Republican National Committee [...]
From all information presently available, it appears that Miami Beach High School began as Ida M. Fisher School in 1926, graduating its first very small class in 1928 and having its name changed to Miami Beach High School in 1935. While, at the moment, we are uncertain of when or why the nickname “Typhoons” was [...]
Some people call me the “Queen of Mojitos” because of all the mojito reviews we do around town, but once in a while my attention gets diverted to a different type of cocktail, like this one. The Mellow Melon from Sugarcane in Midtown Miami – watermelon juice, muddled cilantro, guava juice, Cruzan rum … WHAAAAAT! [...]
Miami-Dade county commissioners won’t be seeking that pay raise after all. Shockingly, they decided not to ask voters for a pay hike, even with a financial crisis looming. (Most unlike them.) Someone must’ve woke up and smelled the coffee, and now the commission has concluded it isn’t the time to ask for a pay raise. We’re so glad logic prevailed; just when we were wheeling up the heavy artillery. That slaughter wouldn’t have been pretty.
Abigail DuBearn is probably special-ordering a bumper sticker right now that declares: “I’M THE PROUD PARENT OF AN HONOR STUDENT WHOSE PRINCIPAL HAS A FOULER MOUTH THAN MY KID’S.” Ms. DuBearn is a member of Coconut Grove Elementary’s “Educational Excellence School Advisory Committee”. Her recent email request – about a seemingly tame matter involving an upcoming committee meeting – provoked a rather unsavory and unpalatable response from her kid’s principal, Eva Ravelo, who, according to the Miami Herald, wrote back, tersely:
There are hidden gems all over Miami but this one is beyond special – said to be assembled like a puzzle from a dismantled Monastery in Segovia, Spain. Truly intricate stone work that leaves you in total awe. I took this photo during a Jewish wedding this past weekend – the event was glorious and [...]
“Try not. Do or do not. Trying is nothing.” —Yoda: Return Of The Jedi “Resolved: Encourage the city of Miami Beach to support and pursue implementation of the Baylink project through the MPO by requesting the MPO to commence and take appropriate steps to move the process forward.” —Allen Fishman: Return Of Baylink Thank you, [...]
