Posts Tagged ‘south florida’

Sunny Isles Beach wants strip club to shake a leg

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Sunny Isles Beach’s sole strip club — Thee Dollhouse — is fighting the city’s plan to regulate where adult businesses can operate.

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Mondrian designer awakens sleeping beauty on Biscayne Bay

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Dutch design star Marcel Wanders lounges in the back yard of the new Mondrian South Beach. A sparkling panorama of Biscayne Bay lies beyond his feet. The setting he imagined, this enchanted white palace of fantastical proportions, rises behind him.

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Fort Lauderdale Winterfest Boat Parade

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The 37th annual Winterfest Boat Parade will launch on Saturday in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
In South Florida, we take our holiday traditions with a twist.

Holiday lights wrap around palm trees. Carolers travel in flip-flops.

And Santa Claus rides into town on the river, gliding atop a glass barge and flanked by two snow bunnies and four hunky South Florida firefighters.

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JetBlue to expand flights at Fort Lauderdale airportf

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

JetBlue Airways said Tuesday that it plans to further expand its service at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with two new international routes.

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South Beach Art Basel kicks off with Design Miami

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Four-year-old Design Miami has come of age — and so has the Design District in which it sits.

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Miami Midtowns a gritty Basel experience

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

At the opening of The Station, a 12,000-square-foot, three-floor exhibit in Miami’s Midtown, more than 40 artists displayed mixed-media and site-specific installations in a half-finished condo building.

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In Fashion Photo brings style to Miami Art Basel

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Fashion lovers may want to head to the second annual In Fashion Photo, an exhibit featuring some 250 works by more than 35 top fashion photographers, including Slim Aarons, Miles Aldridge and Bettina Rheims.

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Climate change increases problems for Florida reefs

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Despite new federal protections, Elkhorn Coral may disappear from the waters off the coast of South Florida.

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South Florida I-95 Express toll questions answered

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Through Thursday, The Miami Herald will answer some of the more frequently asked questions about the new Interstate 95 toll lanes.

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Stars come out for the Miami Beach Fontainebleau

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The place to be in the universe around 10:15 Friday night: The Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Star watchers got whiplash at the first of two fabulous parties celebrating the seaside icon’s $1 billion rebirth.

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