Bizjournals.com (blog)
"Miami ranks fourth in the nation for meetings and conventions, according to event management solutions firm Cvent. . . “Meetings and conventions are important revenue generators for cities, supporting not only the meeting venues and hotels, but also local restaurants, entertainment and numerous other businesses within the city,” said Bharet Malhotra, vice president of sales for the Cvent Supplier Network, in a statement. Meetings and conventions has been a hot topic in Miami Beach. On Aug. 14, voters will decide whether to increase a tourist tax 1 percent to help fund renovations at the existing facilities of the Miami Beach Convention Center. “In order to sustain and grow greater Miami’s meetings and convention business, it is vital to make improvements to the Miami Beach Convention Center,” said William D. Talbert III, president and CEO of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau . . . "
Bartender at Yardbird in French finals
Sun-Sentinel
Robert Montero, bartender at Miami Beach's Yardbird Southern Table and Bar, won first prize and $1000 at the Marie Brizard USA Cocktail Challenge finals held at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. The French liqueur brand dates back to 1750, when it ...
Miami New Times (blog)
Thursday, August 9, 11 p.m., Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-695-8411;mansionmiami.com. Tickets cost $15 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Paolo Mojo is billed as "a true international," dropping underground electro beats ...
Dwayne Wade and His Fantasy Ballers Will Take Over the Loews Miami Beach ...
HotelChatter (blog)
Starting next week, there are going to be a whole lotta ballers passing through the Loews Miami Beach and by ballers, we mean both the rich kind and the basketball-playing kind. That's because Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade is hosting his fantasy ...
HotelChatter (blog)
News @ City of Miami Beach
With your best photos, help us highlight everything that makes Miami Beach a great ... $50.00 certificate to Five 5 Napkin Burger on South Beach, and $25.00 gift ...
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Miami Beach Carpenter Jailed For Machete Slicing Spree
CBS Local
Both Baez Del Castillo and Fojon work for the City of Miami Beach's Property Management Division, and we were working yesterday on the 1200 block of Michigan Avenue. During the worker's lunch break the two got into a verbal tiff about break times.
CBS Local
Lesbian Gets Top Position at Miami Beach Botanical Gardens
SouthFloridaGayNews.com
Cindy Brown From overseeing the 2.6-acre garden to overseeing its membership development, being the executive of the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens is no easy task — one which Cindy Brown has just been appointed to. Brown is a Miami native and has ...
'Man Up! Community Forum' to be held 7 pm Wednesday at Miami Beach LGBT ...
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
'Man Up! Community Forum' to be held 7 p.m. Wednesday at Miami Beach LGBT Visitor Center. SOBAP · South Beach AIDS Project is hosting "Man Up! Community Forum" 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Miami Beach LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Ave.
Luxury home sold for $47 million
7Online WSVN-TV
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- The most expensive home in Miami-Dade County up for sale has been sold for $47 million. The luxury home is 30000 square feet with 10 bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms and was sold by Jill Hertzberg and Jill Eber of the Jills. "It ...
Openly Gay Candidate David Richardson Could be Florida's First LGBT House ...
SouthFloridaGayNews.com
Four Democrats are running for South Florida's district 113, which covers all of Miami Beach (per recent redistricting, the city is wholly in one district for the first time), a bit of South Beach, a bit of Downtown Miami, and a bit of Little Havana ...
Britney Spears: "X-Factor" Miami Hotel Hottie
The Gossip Girls
Kicking off a beautiful day in sunny Florida, Britney Spears exited her Miami Beach hotel this morning (August 8). Joined by her handsome fiancé Jason Trawick, the “Baby One More Time” singer looked city chic in a black tank top with black leather ...
Get me out of here: Miami, Turkey, India
The Independent
Slink off to Miami for a four-night stay in one of the stylish all-white rooms at The Delano, South Beach. The deal, with Western & Oriental, is valid for stays between 19-31 August, costing £989pp with BA flights from Heathrow and breakfast included ...
A taste of three Mexican taquerias
MiamiHerald.com
After helping to open Rosa Mexicano locations on Brickell Avenue and South Beach, chef Omar Covarrubias decided it was time to put his culinary experience to work in his own restaurant. Covarrubias opened the Pembroke Pines location in April with the ...
Florida Clusterfuck a Contender for Worst House of 2012
Curbed National (blog)
It's not every day that Curbed stumbles upon a shoo-in for the year's worst house, and while there have been some strong contenders in recent months—a curious creation in Indiana, an architectural mess in DC, a bonkers bedroom in Miami Beach, a crazy ...none are quite as spectacular as this 25,000-square-foot beaut in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Listed for $10M, the seven-bedroom manse has a laundry list of special features: statuary inside and out (busts, full figures, a cool-looking Santa reading a book), baroque furnishings that defy explanation, ornate cathedral-style ceilings, marble columns inside and out, an elephant mural, a kitchen where everything is either solid wood or china, and a taxidermy/trophy room that likely supplies decorators near and far with their zebra rugs. . . .
Deals: Pascal's, Essensia, Dolphin Mall
MiamiHerald.com
Essensia, 3025 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, presents the third installment of its Seasonal Supper Series at 7 p.m. Aug. 16. On the five-course, wine-paired menu: Florida spiny lobster salad, pan-seared pompano, mango and more. Seating is limited to 50 ...
Subway Cafe: Sandwiches Go Upscale in South Beach - Miami ...
By Laine Doss
And South Beach will be a testing ground for the concept. Subway Cafe will occupy a 1238-square-foot space on the corner of 15th Street and Washington Avenue in South Beach. In a partnership ...1500 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL ...
Short Order
Miami Beach official guilty in extortion scheme - Fox29 WFLX TV ...
A former top code compliance official in Miami Beach has pleaded guilty to an extortion scheme involving cash payments made by a nightclub owner.
www.wflx.com/.../miami-beach-official-guilty-in-extortion-sc...
Dark night in jail for Miami Beach joker - New York Daily News
Panicked moviegoers fled a packed Miami Beach screening of “The Dark Knight ... of several shots fired in the Regal South Beach theater, according to reports.
articles.nydailynews.com/.../32966457_1_dark-night-regal-so...
Miami Beach Man Attacked Coworker With Machete: Police
NBC 6 Miami
A worker for the City of Miami Beach is behind bars after he attacked his coworker with a machete, nearly severing the man's arm, police said. Guillermo Baez del Castillo, 63, was arrested Tuesday after an altercation with coworker Marcos Fojon, 59 ...
Homeless victim of cannibal attack: Stranger ‘just ripped me to ribbons’ - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com: "“For a while he was acting nice. Then he got flustered. He probably remembered something that happened on the beach and was not happy about it,” Poppo said. He said Eugene said something about wanting “to score” and not being able to. Eugene, he said, started talking funny. He started to scream. He seemed preoccupied with death, Poppo recalled. Although he did not mention it in the taped interview, in a later meeting with police the victim said Eugene accused him of stealing his Bible. “For a very short amount of time I thought he was a good guy,” Poppo said. “But he just went and turned berserk.” Poppo remembered Eugene telling him that they would both die. “You and me buddy and nobody else,” he quoted Eugene saying. “He must have been souped up on something" . . ."
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