Last call for anyone crazy enough to meet me (and a couple of other folks) at Haulover Beach Sunday morning. Sunrise is listed as 7:07 AM, so I’m planning to get there around 6:15-6:30. If you don’t know me, look for the chrome-dome with a tripod in the sand. The King Mango Strut was — [...]
It looks like I am finishing up the year with a cold, possibly blowing away my plans for a year-end wrap up. I will try to complete it Saturday, but writing will be competing with the 2005 King Mango Strut for my time. For those of you who have expressed interest in joining me to [...]
On my way to work each day I pass Miami’s Federal Detention Center. The construction fence across the street from the facility is clearly visible from many of the cells, making it ideally positioned for families to use to send messages to their loved ones inside. Hand drawn or professionally [...]
The past few years I’ve made an effort to watch the first sunrise of the new year at the beach. It takes a bit of extra effort to get up at that hour, but since I no longer ring in the new year at all-night parties, it isn’t an insurmountable task. So far I’ve always [...]
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate that, and Happy Kwanzaa to the followers of that more recent tradition. Oh, and Merry The-Stores-Are-All-Closed Day to those who aren’t celebrating anything. May you have an easy capitalist fast. I spent the day with my father and brother in nearby [...]
I hope you enjoy these candy canes and Hot Wheels cars in lieu of actual content today. Personally, I would class this as Art: Zbigniew Libera’s Lego Concentration Camp. This has been around a bit, but as a productivity class drop-out I enjoyed The Adventures of ACTION ITEM! Because we all enjoy a bit of [...]
To those who have been visiting here any length of time, it will come as no surprise that this entire “war on Christmas” thing infuriates me. I’m not going to bother with any links, since the story has been played to death for the last few weeks. I will just say this: if you seriously [...]
As I’ve mentioned before, Critical Miami is one of the best new Miami-based sites around. Unfortunately, Alesh has also broken (to my mind) new ground, in that his writing resulted in his firing from a job before he started work there. Critical Miami has been very interested in the “coming soon” Miami Performing Arts Center [...]
The next few days I’ll be publishing mini-reviews of various bits of media I’ve consumed over the last few weeks. Perhaps you’ll find something of interest here, for you or for someone on your holiday shopping list. Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad This was a Book Fair purchase, made primarily because Atwood was such a charming [...]
Under normal circumstances Fairchild Garden is closed after dark. However, from 6-8:00pm each Thursday night during the run of the Chihuly exhibit they are opening the garden to visitors for Tropical Chihuly Nights. This event is not part of the standard garden membership, and carries an additional fee: $20 for Garden members, and $30 for [...]
Updates will continue to be light while I work out a little medical issue. We’ll be right back! Share/Bookmark
I’m having some technical difficulties today, so this isn’t as pretty as I would like. Nonetheless, my Chihuly at Fairchild photos are now available for your review. Share/Bookmark
While I am putting my Chihuly photos into a rough semblance of order, here are a couple of weekend amusements for you. Stuck on the Palmetto links to a marvelous video which may as well have been shot in Hallandale. And Hella Frisch tells the tale of his efforts to find a yoga class that [...]
Ah, the marvels of modern technology! I took the day off today to attend the premier of the Chihuly exhibit at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, and through the tireless efforts of the data elves, I am able to sit in the shade beside the Victoriana amazonica Pool, relaxing to the sounds of falling water, and [...]
At the moment, Miami is all about Art. People have come in from all over the world for Art Basel, a huge exhibition/trade show for all kinds of big-A Art. It’s all anyone is talking about. Well, all anyone is talking about in the media, anyway. It is a refreshing change from Miami news being [...]
Over my long on-line years I have encountered many personal examples of mis-tells, those cases when you accidentally send an instant message to the wrong person. Most of the time they resulty in a moment of confusion and nothing more. Occasionally they are embarassing, as when you send a message saying “I’m chatting with some [...]