The Big Orange will become La Gran Naranja on New Year’s Eve.
The neon orange wearing sunglasses, a vestige of downtown Miami’s Orange Bowl parade, drops each year at midnight at the Intercontinental Hotel in the style of the apple in New York’s Time Square.
This year, it will be renamed in Spanish as part of Florida’s three-year tourism campaign highlighting Florida’s Spanish heritage. Spanish explorers brought the orange from Europe to the Americas in the 1500s. The campaign starts Jan. 1.
The Open House on a leafy street near South Miami featured a snack wagon with cupcakes and chilled beverages, but the real draw was the newly listed house for sale for $435,000.
Cash-wielding investors are dominating the market for distressed homes and condominiums.
Even with good credit, a solid down payment and an easy-to-please attitude, a young couple finds home buying a test of endurance.
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