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‘America's Worst Driver’ Heads South To Miami

Submitted by Laurie Peterson, April 2, 2010
America’s Worst Driver’ takes its search for the worst driver in the country to Miami this Sunday, April 4 at 10 p.m. E/P on the Travel Channel. AAA’s collaboration with Travel Channel as the official safety partner on the new reality travel competition continues in a city known for its nightlife and Art Deco architecture -- and... Read More

Robert Is Here: South of Miami

Submitted by Frank Swanson, February 4, 2010
Robert Is Here, Homestead, Florida


Robert is Here is the unusual name of a fruit stand specializing in exotic produce not far from the entrance to Everglades National Park  just off U.S. 1 on the way to the Florida Keys. A local institution for the past 50 years, Robert is Here got its name when Robert Moehling’s father stationed the then 6-year-old next to a roadside table loaded with cucumbers from his farm. Despite being there all day, he didn’t make a single sale. Figuring passersby must not see the boy standing there,... Read More

Miami’s Herald Hunt: Just Don’t Call It Nerdapalooza

Submitted by Frank Swanson, December 17, 2009
Photo Credit:Lilly Echeverria, Miami Herald
 
“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”

It’s a beautiful late November day in Miami and I’m watching two actors perform the iconic balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” on the steps of the Adrienne Arsht Center. Decked out in Elizabethan garb, they are strikingly out of place in this modern setting of geometric concrete, glass and stainless steel shapes. The costumes as well as the dialogue (at least initially) are faithful to Shakespeare and his times, yet the crowd watching the scene in this tree-shaded courtyard pays rapt... Read More

 


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