Ana Veciana Suarez

A theme park that glorifies gunplay? I’ll pass

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.

Home & Garden

Fairchild’s tropical garden column: Palms with bite

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.

Travel

The Cube: British Columbia lodgings are not your average hostel

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.

Health & Fitness

School students to raise money through Boosterthon physical activity program

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.

Gay South Florida

‘Openly single’: Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine clears up relationship status

On a recent trip to Tallahassee, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine was joined by Scott Robins, his longtime collaborator on real estate projects. There was some confusion, though, when Levine said to a prominent politico in the state capital: “Let me introduce you to my partner.”

Cooks Corner

Plan your Super Bowl Sunday spread

Flatbreads and dips are crowd-pleasers for the big game.

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Bake chocolate shortbread bars for date night

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Carolyn Hax: The alcoholics in the family mean a dry party for all

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.

Carolyn Hax: Friends drift apart once kids enter the picture

Carolyn Hax: My wife is obsessed with her smartphone

Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend stole my wedding venue

Carolyn Hax: Why does mom keep asking daughter for her old wedding rings back?

Food & Drink

Chefs and eaters are moving toward humble but flavorful foods like sardines instead of expensive, rare ones like truffles and caviar.

FIU student makes winning spice blend for Doral-based Badia

Diner’s Dictionary: Elena Ruz

Paleo dieters make an unlikely food trend out of bone broths

These snacks are coming soon to a grocery shelf new year

Travel

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.

Spain: In the art of ancient caves, a universal language is found

Expedia buys booking site Travelocity

Travelwise: Never overpay for a hotel room again

Kansas prairie park preserves vanishing tallgrass

Wish Book

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.

Advice

Carolyn Hax: The alcoholics in the family mean a dry party for all

Carolyn Hax: Friends drift apart once kids enter the picture

Carolyn Hax: My wife is obsessed with her smartphone

Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend stole my wedding venue

Food & Drink

Chefs and eaters are moving toward humble but flavorful foods like sardines instead of expensive, rare ones like truffles and caviar.

FIU student makes winning spice blend for Doral-based Badia

Diner’s Dictionary: Elena Ruz

Paleo dieters make an unlikely food trend out of bone broths

Travel

Spain: In the art of ancient caves, a universal language is found

Expedia buys booking site Travelocity

Travelwise: Never overpay for a hotel room again

Wish Book

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.

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All-girls hockey team carves niche in the ice in Pembroke Pines

“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.

Living

Southern Cross Stargazer for Jan. 25-31, 2015

How the stars will align this week

Health & Fitness

Baptist Health South Florida, PBS, take ‘Sweet Revenge’ on processed food

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.

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New Miami-Dade craft breweries open in time for South Florida Beer Week

South Florida Beer Week opens with new craft breweries in Doral and Wynwood.

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