Miami Recap: The Week in Miami (5/1/09 to 5/8/09)

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:

• New Bike Lanes Sound Good in Theory, Painful in Practice While the city and county seem to be making some efforts to make Miami more bike-friendly, one has to wonder if it is even realistic to think it will make a whole lot of difference.  I really wonder if some new white lines on the ground are going to make Miami any safer for those on 2 wheels. [...]
• Father Cutie’s Dismissal Shines Light on Church’s Hypocrisy I met Father Cutie on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2007. I was hired by Services Employees International Union to photograph a rally that kicked off at Cutie’s church on South Beach, St. Francis de Sales. [...]
• What’s There To Do? (Aqua Girl & Exxxotica Weekend) Women and the sex industry are flocking to Miami this weekend. Is this really different than any other weekend? [...]
• What I Miss About Miami If you were to leave Miami after having lived there a while, what would you miss the most? The ocean? The nightlife? The Cuban culture? Here’s a look at some of the things both expected and not-so-expected that you might find yourself pining for. [...]
• Vacation Horror Stories Weekend OK, you researched the destination, bought all the guidebooks, and purchased your tickets. Everything is set to have a vacation of a lifetime. What could possibly go wrong? Well, as you probably know, vacations don’t always go quite the way you planned. [...]
• When A Couple’s Vacation Goes Bad Vacations are supposed to be the highlights of relationships. A time when you and your significant other get to leave the stresses of everyday life behind and just be with each other in a romantic, fun setting. But what happens when the people running that setting are completely incompetent, and add more stress to your life than your boss, your kids and your dogs combined?
• A Vacation From Hell For A Mets Fan My boyfriend Josh and I are both Met fans, so we decided a spring training game in Port St. Lucie would be a perfect spring break activity. We decided to stay for two days and booked a hotel room. “Hotel,” though, is a grandiose term for roach-infested shoebox. [...]
• Having A Vacation Meltdown in Coconut Grove By the time we showed up at the Doubletree in Coconut Grove, we were ready to tear each other’s clothes off. We hurriedly checked in, made out in the elevator, and dashed down the hallway to our room. We opened the door and our room looked like it had been occupied by Motley Crue the night before. [...]

More News From Around The Web:

Local

• Gravy Train, Biscayne Times
• We stand with Padre Alberto, Generation Miami
• Should Reverend Cutié be forgiven?, South Florida Daily Blog
• Bodies found floating off Florida Keys, Miami Herald
• Miami police officer was most likely drunk when she crashed the squad car, Carlos Miller
• Regis and Kelly let it Ripa at the Fontainebleau, Scene in the Tropics
• South Beach Chatter, Random Pixels
• Architecture taking shape on Miami Beach, More About Buildings and Food
• City of Miami Trolley Lines, Transit Miami

Real Estate

• $200 million Bayview Market closer to start, Miami Today
• Real Estate Market Reports, Miamism

Sports

• Friday Night Fights at Fountainebleau, Soul of Miami
• (Ph)ins to the Left: more on LandShark Stadium, The Business of Sports

Travel & Recreation

• Why You Should Never Let Your Children Visit Miami Beach, How was your day, Dan?

Food, Nightlife & Entertainment

• 050509, Miami Fever
• Bulldog Barbecue, Brickell Life
• Zuma Coming to Miami, All Purpose Dark
• Mother’s Day Brunch in Miami, South Florida Traveler
• Hog’s Breath Saloon, The Burger Beast

Other Items

• Ford Fiesta: Training and Delivery, Sex and the Beach
• Willing, A Mom, a Blog, and the Life In-Between
• How Stupid Can You Be?, Restaurant Gal

Hot Topics From Our Forum

• Black beach week in Miami
• Guys: What do You Think About so You Don’t “Finish” Too Fast?
• The Catholic Church: What a bunch of hypocrites
• Brad A Schenck’s Birthday Extravaganza- ECOMB benefit!
• Golden Beach Police are Rude Bullies with Mental Problems
• Female from Oregon looking for a roomate
• New media couple making the move
• Sea Lice
• An Englishman’s first time in America
• Memorial Weekend Hip-hop party information
• 22 Guys for Bachelor Party in May
• Best restaurants on South Beach
• Could use some hotel advice

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