October 19th, 2008
The Miami Seaquarium offers ghoulish fun in a kid-friendly environment with its Monster Splash Nighttime Halloween Bash, a four night Halloween adventure. You can feel scared, while still doing good, and hang out with some of the best creatures around!
This Halloween event features age appropriate activities for the entire family, including:
Trick-or-treating with costumes and [...]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment
March 3rd, 2007
Today is Admission Day for Florida, our 27th state, admitted to the Union on March 3rd, 1845.
Florida is located in the southeastern part of the country, with the Atlantic Ocean flanking one side, and the Gulf of Mexico the other. Ponce de Leon named it, and many believe that it was in Florida that he [...]
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January 7th, 2007
When you hear the destination Miami Beach, what do you think of? If you’re like me, you probably think about sun and sand, the beaches and swimming pools, lazy days and wild parties at night, and a pretty laid back, carefree attitude. You aren’t far wrong if that’s what comes to mind.
Situated among all the [...]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 4 comments
November 24th, 2006
When you think of the day after Thanksgiving, what comes to mind?
Relaxing around the house and eating leftovers? Watching football? Listening to holiday music and putting up the holiday decorations? Or are you one of the many, many people who will be heading out to the stores for the kick off of the holiday shopping [...]
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September 14th, 2006
The Baltimore Sun reports that Miami International Airport has plans to train all 35,000 airports workers in “behavior pattern recognition,” a methodology used to identify potentially dangerous behavior by recognizing patterns of behavior outside the norm.
Miami officials want all workers, including janitors and barristas, to receive the training, instead of only security and law enforcement [...]
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August 27th, 2006
New pal, and AOL City Guide, Andie Taylor, tipped me off to a study of the 100 angriest cities in the United States.
It was a big surprise for me to learn that Orlando, Florida was found to be the angriest city. Is it too much Disney-mania? Too much fake touristy niceness?
The study, commissioned by Men’s [...]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 6 comments
March 20th, 2006
Up until the early 60’s Lincoln Road was known as the “Fifth Avenue of Miami Beach,” and was THE top commercial district in the area. Upscale, luxury hotels were there, along with the stores catering to that wealthy clientele.
As many of these luxury hotels recognized how much money was being spent, they began to change [...]
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