Some palms have mastered the art of self-defense — they have developed spines to protect their leaves, fruit and stems, mostly from being eaten by raccoons and rodents.
The Cube, near the Revelstoke Mountain Resort, fancies itself a newer, hybrid take on lodging, offering fewer comforts than a regular hotel, but more amenities than a hostel.
Students of the Aventura City of Excellence School and the Ada Merritt K-8 Center of South Miami will fundraise by exercising through Boosterthon, a nine-day program that promotes the importance of physical activity in a child’s life.
Oh, wowee, I’ve found the perfect attraction to visit during our next vacation — and only a three-hour car ride away, too. I’m always looking for places that promise to hold the attention of a family that argues over which restaurant to go to for dinner.
Broadway veteran Lee Roy Reams says performing ‘La Cage aux Folles’ at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton has taken new meaning, now that same-sex marriage is legal in Florida.
Dear Carolyn: I recently invited my family to our home for an afternoon open house. This is not something I do often, maybe once every five years, in part because my family is hard to be around as a group. There are seven sibs, three with alcohol addiction. A couple of their kids also struggle with addiction.
Even though snowstorm-related travel bans were lifted in New York and New Jersey Tuesday morning, many East Coast airports were still reporting thousands of canceled flights and hundreds of delays due to a major snowstorm packing up to three feet of snow as it barreled down on the region.
Generous donations helped grant the wishes of more than 150 South Florida families in need in the 2014 Miami Herald Wish Book campaign. Donations were up 8 percent over last year at this date.
Dear Carolyn: I recently invited my family to our home for an afternoon open house. This is not something I do often, maybe once every five years, in part because my family is hard to be around as a group. There are seven sibs, three with alcohol addiction. A couple of their kids also struggle with addiction.
Even though snowstorm-related travel bans were lifted in New York and New Jersey Tuesday morning, many East Coast airports were still reporting thousands of canceled flights and hundreds of delays due to a major snowstorm packing up to three feet of snow as it barreled down on the region.
Generous donations helped grant the wishes of more than 150 South Florida families in need in the 2014 Miami Herald Wish Book campaign. Donations were up 8 percent over last year at this date.
“Most people would think that since we’re a girls’ team, we might not play just as well as boys’ teams,” said goalie Stephanie Ibanez, 11. But that hasn’t been the case.
Dr. Robert Lustig and Baptist Health have teamed up to spread the word about the perils of sugar and processed foods in a PBS documentary to air Friday.
Written in Munich in the waning days of World War II, a letter, written on Adolf Hitler’s personal stationery, was penned by a Jewish-American soldier for his wife.
