Miami Recap: The Week in Miami (9/8/07 to 9/15/07)

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:

• South Beach Art Deco Tours: The Story Behind the Style In South Beach, the buildings are as exciting as the things that go on inside them.  Imaginative and sensual, they make a perfect backdrop to this tropical playground.  Want to learn about their history and the fanciful visions that brought them about? Take an Art Deco Tour…
• Top Chef 3 Miami: Episode 10 - Howie Heads Home Tartlettes that looked like poo-poo and tacky cucumber canapés made for some interesting cocktail party talk aboard a luxury yacht.  Who got thrown overboard?  Read on for more dish…
• I’m Bored, What’s There To Do? (Go Party) I’m in Orlando this week and am more concerned with what’s going on around here, but here’s what you all have to do…Music on Saturday (9/15) includes the Dave Matthews Band and The Wailers back at Sound Advice for a second night; Subhumans at Studio A; and old school heavy metal at the Heaven and Hell Tour at the BankAtlantic Center…
• University of Florida: The Gator Nation Has No Sense Of Humor Our Local Correspondent, Matt Meltzer, has moved up to Gainesville to attend graduate school at University of Florida. Matt’s a funny guy and a very talented writer, but it seems that some uptight person with no sense of humor read his blog, and complained to the University…
• Despite Winning Tradition, UM Football Still Not a Draw If you know anything about Miami, and the hotbed of sports fanaticism that it is, it should not surprise anyone that a school with five national football championships in the past twenty-five years can barely fill half their stadium…
• Sharks and Gators?  Riptides, Lightning and Boat Accidents Are The Real Killers Do you think about sharks when you’re at the beach? Dive in for a look at what’s really dangerous in Florida…

More News From Around The Web:

Local

• Assault-Weapon Attacks on Rise in Miami, AP
• 60% fewer performances, Critical Miami
• Miami police arrest man sleeping with AK-47, Miami Herald
• Cycling The Contours of Miami, Planetizen
• E85 Pump To Open - Fill ‘Er Up Cheap, Greener Miami
• Good News Social, Critical Miami

Real Estate

• Florida: Epicenter of Housing Bust and Corruption, Eye on Miami
• Real Estate Statistics: SoBe Condos, South Beach Condo Blog

Sports

• 1 Year After Brawl, FIU-Miami Say It Won’t Happen Again, NBC6
• Florida Marlins: take me out to the ballgame?, Eye on Miami

Travel

• Fla. Couple Says Bugs In Hotel Ruined Wedding Night, NBC6
• Places of a Lifetime, National Geographic
• Miami International Airport opens South Terminal, BizJournals

Food, Nightlife & Entertainment

• M.I.A. extends tour, and makes stop in Miami, Miami Nights
• Waiter, give me some service, please, Miami Today
• The Party Crasher, Riptide 2.0

Other Items

• Shotgun Conservation, Stuck on the Palmetto
• It’s All Upside Down, Restaurant Gal
• Cultural Sensitivity & Reader Comments on the Miami Herald’s website, Habla Mierda

Hot Topics From Our Forum

• Habla Mierda is live blogging the shooting in Miami
• Jackie Gleason’s Occult Collection on display at UM
• 2 Questions About Renting
• Looking for housing near Jackson Hospital
• Working in North Miami Beach - Looking for apartment
• South Beach Nude Resort Opening in 2008
• Where to go in the Caribbean for cheap?
• Art Deco Walking Tour (Pictures)
• Smith & Wollensky
• Bottle Service at the Clubs
• 3 Friends After Mad Party Holiday
• Any info on Waldorf Towers?
• Amistad entre hombres y mujeres, los polos opuestos se atraen? 

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