Miami Recap: The Week in Miami (3/20/09 to 3/27/09)

Below is what happened in Miami, Florida this week, as reported on Miami Beach 411 and from other places across the web.

From Miami Beach 411:

• The Changing Face of South Beach Think you know this town like the back of your hand? Better look again! Times are changing, and so is the landscape! [...]
• Abel Holtz: Break the Law, Get a Street Named After You! How is it perfectly acceptable to have a major downtown thoroughfare named after Abel Holtz, a guy who admitted to breaking federal laws? Am I missing something? [...]
• What’s There To Do? (WMC & Funkshion Fashion Week) Winter Music Conference is in full swing and there is plenty more going on this week: Funkshion Fashion Week, ArteAmericas, the SoBe International Animation Film Festival, the Home Design & Remodeling Show, and more! [...]
• The Fair Looks Like Fun (Video) The Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition starts today and continues through April 12, but don’t be surprised if the annoying theme song keeps playing in your head through summer. [...]

More News From Around The Web:

Local

• Romero Britto Charged with DUI, Riptide 2.0
• Trading Park Space for Parking Space on Miami Beach, Transit Miami
• Robber Fatally Shot in Miami Burger King Holdup, Miami Herald
• The Herald Doesn’t Bother to Cover its Own Funeral, Random Pixels
• Patricia D. White to Be Dean of UM School of Law, Discourse.net
• My Homage to Miami Murals, 305: Misadventures in the MIA
• Abstract Cinema and Technology at MOCA, Artlurker
• Earth Hour Miami 2009 Event Guide, Soul of Miami

Real Estate

• Price is right for many first-time home buyers, Miami Herald
• Lenny Kravitz Lists Home for $29,900,750, South Beach Condo Blog

Sports

• Down at County Hall for The Marlins Vote, Eye on Miami
• The global takeover of French handball begins in Miami, Riptide 2.0

Travel & Recreation

• Why don’t we just go and bring them over?, Coconut Grove Grapvine
• Southernmost Point Guest House in Key West, Hurricane Harbor

Food, Nightlife & Entertainment

• BLT Steak Grand Opening @ The Betsy Hotel, All Purpose Dark
• Restaurant Review - Table 8, Foodtastic
• WMC photo Bizness, Miami Nights
• WMC Starts Today. Guess What? I Couldn’t Care Less, Local Motion Miami
• I Corsini, South Beach, All Purpose Dark
• Run, Don’t Walk to A Fish Called Avalon, South Florida Traveler
• Excessive Expectations, Restaurant Gal
• Mojito Review - Moonchine, Miamism
• Stuff Your Face ~ Baleens, From Lola’s Lips
• Will you Tickle my Electric Pickle for a Wooden Nickel?, SuperBee

Other Items

• I Wanna Be Somebody Else Now, A Mom, a Blog, and the Life In-Between
• Viddler vs Vimeo vs YouTube, Carlos Miller
• Manola is Back!, Sex and the Beach
• A South Beach WTF Moment, South Florida Daily Blog

Hot Topics From Our Forum

• Merengue Star Crespo Accused of Sex Act on a Flight to Miami
• Miami’s Beautiful People
• The truth behind speaking Spanish in Miami Beach
• The 80’s drug wars of Miami
• Finding jobs in Miami without a degree
• Moving to SoBe from San Francisco
• Greetings From England
• Party at Kristine’s place!
• Is the “Fedde Le Grand Flamingo Nights” a gay night?
• Burgers on the Beach
• Where to eat Midtown Miami?

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