News Type: Local Information

Miami Beach Raven Run

Here’s an interesting local event for you – Robert Kraft, aka “The Raven” is a Miami Beach Runner who has been running 8 miles per day on South Beach religiously for the past 34 years.  Amazingly…

Village Place at Miami Shores

Anyone that has lived in Miami Shores knows that a lot of people have been going out of their way to encourage new businesses to open up in our Downtown Miami Shores area.  I am happy…

Miami Blog Resource

Time to give credit where credit is due – No one in the Miami Blogosphere does a better job of sifting through blog after blog and picking out snippets and gems than Rick at The South…

Food and Wine Festival 2009 – South Beach

Another of those Miami events that just makes you happy to live in paradise! Not only do we have perfect weather, but now we can also satisfy our palates to their hearts content! (do palates have…

St Rose of Lima Carnival 2009 – Miami Shores

THIS IS A REAL ESTATE BLOG If you are looking for real estate in and around The Saint Rose of Lima Carnival, you are in the right place.  We’re talking Miami Shores homes, Biscayne Park homes…

South Beach makes the Worlds Sexiest Beaches List

How am I not surprised that South Beach would make it to the Travel Channel’s “World’s Sexiest Beaches” list? South Beach is HOT! from bodies, to clubs, restaurants and talk about eye candy no matter what…

You HAVE to check out these Miami Blogs

In the spirit of the holidays, I wanted to share with you a piece of the Miami Blogosphere so you can feel our Miami Energy – diversity is king here, so enjoy! Merry Christmas and Happy…

The Elections and Miami Beach Real Estate

I don’t write about politics or religion here in Miamism.  We are open to different opinions an d never pass judgment because of someone’s beliefs.  But we cannot deny that The Miami Beach Real Estate Market…

Cultural Idiosyncrasies

  Being in Metropolitan Miami we deal with a lot of foreign nationals sellers.  Yes you read correctly, a lot of our listings are absentee owners from other countries that either bought vacation homes or investment…

The Vagabond Embraces Positive Change for Miami

I just finished reading the Biscayne Boulevard Times’ article on The Vagabond Hotel in Miami’s Upper East Side and all kinds of thoughts started racing through my head.  Can you tell me why in a world…

Florida Insider’s Guide to good Hotel Deals

Did you know that as a Florida resident you can get incredible hotel deals this Summer? I felt like a kid in a candy store while reading Jane Wooldridge’s article in The Miami Herald: Why go…

Hurricane Season is here…..again

  Did you know that a lot of people would not even consider Miami as their place of residence because of hurricanes?   I guess we take it for granted that we are used to the preparations,…

Best of Miami 2008

Last year I wrote about Miami’s HOT list according to the Miami Herald. This year I’m sharing The Best of Miami according to The Miami New Times. (I guarantee you will find it a lot more…

Burritos Grill Cafe – New and improved

If you never ate at Burritos Grill in North Miami, you missed awesome authentic Mexican Food.  The owners Mario and Karina Manzanero are not only gracious hosts, but really nice and down to earth people. Their…