http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Tropical Life 60 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:45:45 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/527301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/527301.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT ''Everyone thinks the tie that binds us is love or blood, but I think it is memory,'' says photographer Maggie Steber, who is documenting how her mother Madje lives with dementia. http://www.miamiherald.com/781/story/450606.html http://www.miamiherald.com/781/story/450606.html Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT To Thelma Kirlew, the dinner delivered to her door was akin to a meal at a top restaurant: Grilled bison, sweet potato soup and peach cobbler. http://www.miamiherald.com/781/story/485912.html http://www.miamiherald.com/781/story/485912.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT So far, our six dieters are holding onto their New Year's resolution -- lose weight in 2008 -- despite a few speed bumps. Collectively, they've shed more than 100 pounds the old-fashioned way, by eating less and moving more. http://www.miamiherald.com/home/story/527104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/home/story/527104.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Home interiors are lightening up. It has less to do with spare spaces than the hues of wood furnishings that these days often are left unstained. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/524651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/524651.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT If you're heading to Theme Park Central this year, get ready to dance, splash and play tug-of-war with a Bengal tiger. But don't expect it to come cheap. http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/530937.html http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/530937.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Retail may be in a funk, but designer Phillip Lim has a new angle on cinched waists and jagged-edged trim. This season, the Neiman Marcus darling introduced a sophisticated two-tone shift for $325 and orange tea dress for $225 -- both in girls' size 6 or smaller. http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/111094.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/111094.html Fri, 18 May 2007 10:26 EDT Not just fun and games http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/432274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/432274.html Tue, 15 May 2007 15:35 EDT News & deals with expert Fred Tasker http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/107669.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/107669.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT Watch the videos and vote! http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/529669.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/529669.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Tony Mendoza fractured his ribs and mangled his nose after he had an epileptic seizure and fell down a flight of stairs. Sydney Pershing often cried in her room because of the depression resulting from her epilepsy, a neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures, usually of unknown cause. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/530096.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/530096.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT A newlywed Sleuth was quite disconcerted to be greeted at the breakfast table by the racket of her spouse crunching through a bowl of Grape Nuts in the morning. http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/532171.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/532171.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT With the economy down and needs up for the homeless, the hungry and the elderly, donations to South Florida churches and other religious institutions are straining to keep up with soaring needs, leaders say. http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/533129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/533129.html Wed, 14 May 2008 17:04 EDT Fluorescent lights cast a yellow-green pall on the posted student artwork. Children's voices recite lessons behind closed doors. A group of seventh-grade girls giggle and whisper as they wander back to class. http://www.miamiherald.com/home/story/527104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/home/story/527104.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Home interiors are lightening up. It has less to do with spare spaces than the hues of wood furnishings that these days often are left unstained. http://www.miamiherald.com/home/story/527103.html http://www.miamiherald.com/home/story/527103.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque has a simple goal: ``I want to be the Latin Ralph Lauren.'' Colombian by birth, American by savvy and ambition, the Miami Beach/New York interior designer loaded a truck with props and two photographers and traveled through South America for a month in a search for just the right houses to decorate. From that trip came his first book, Latin Style (Thomas Nelson, $24.95). http://www.miamiherald.com/living/style/story/530937.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/style/story/530937.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Retail may be in a funk, but designer Phillip Lim has a new angle on cinched waists and jagged-edged trim. This season, the Neiman Marcus darling introduced a sophisticated two-tone shift for $325 and orange tea dress for $225 -- both in girls' size 6 or smaller. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/style/story/530931.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/style/story/530931.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT The Miami Herald takes a look at a different day spa every week. Send nominations to spa@MiamiHerald.com. Le Boudoir Spa 1072 Kane Concourse, Bay Harbor Islands http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/523975.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/523975.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT Tastes remembered from our mother's kitchens have been an abiding theme of Cook's Corner columns over the past 25 years. My favorites are those that educate as well as endear, and in so doing celebrate the lives of women who warmed our lives with sick-bed chicken soup and after-school brownies. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/523961.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/523961.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT As the South Florida skyline grows, it's nice to know a pocket of one-story cottages from another era exists at Cauley Square, just off Dixie Highway in far south Miami-Dade. The ''village'' is a cluster of about 25 structures, many housing galleries and small shops, set on 10 acres with tropical gardens, gurgling fountains and little plazas. http://www.miamiherald.com/360/story/530937.html http://www.miamiherald.com/360/story/530937.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Retail may be in a funk, but designer Phillip Lim has a new angle on cinched waists and jagged-edged trim. This season, the Neiman Marcus darling introduced a sophisticated two-tone shift for $325 and orange tea dress for $225 -- both in girls' size 6 or smaller. http://www.miamiherald.com/360/story/533475.html http://www.miamiherald.com/360/story/533475.html Wed, 14 May 2008 19:14 EDT Lisa Simone knew her son was different, but she didn't know why. http://www.miamiherald.com/357/story/527107.html http://www.miamiherald.com/357/story/527107.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT It's Mother's Day, and it's an excellent opportunity to discuss the maternity of our pets. Dogs and cats are often pressed into maternal service by their owners, either by neglect of their alteration (spaying) or because of the express intent to see these pets procreate. http://www.miamiherald.com/357/story/517243.html http://www.miamiherald.com/357/story/517243.html Sun, 04 May 2008 03:01 EDT Does your pet ever stray from home? If you answered yes and you live in hurricane-prone South Florida, you're in need of a microchip to keep your pet safe. Hurricane Katrina's many thousands of missing pets proved that even those who never leave home are at risk of homelessness after a natural disaster. http://www.miamiherald.com/358/story/532316.html http://www.miamiherald.com/358/story/532316.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT While Brad Pitt squires around his pregnant galpal Angelina Jolie and brood of four in France, ex Jennifer Aniston is living it up here with sexy singer John Mayer. The two stepped out to eat at Il Gabbiano in downtown Miami on Monday night, according to the upscale eatery. http://www.miamiherald.com/358/story/532321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/358/story/532321.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Before the results of Tuesday's Dancing with the Stars were shown, Jason Taylor said he was ''fooling America'' into voting for him. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/524651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/524651.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT If you're heading to Theme Park Central this year, get ready to dance, splash and play tug-of-war with a Bengal tiger. But don't expect it to come cheap. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/524662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/524662.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Waterslides, wave pools, meandering rivers and cooling fountains -- and dolphins? Dolphins and other creatures are the newest twist on Central Florida water parks, found at Aquatica, which opened in March. http://www.miamiherald.com/818/story/525436.html http://www.miamiherald.com/818/story/525436.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT When you're a single guy, there is usually one woman you can always count on (and, no, I'm not talking about Chastity at your friendly, neighborhood strip club). http://www.miamiherald.com/818/story/516668.html http://www.miamiherald.com/818/story/516668.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT I had the pleasure of attending an open casting call last weekend for International Lovers, an aspiring television show that was billed as the ``latest addiction to reality TV.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/215/story/529675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/215/story/529675.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Winter Study. Nevada Barr. Putnam. 370 pages. $24.95. For much of Barr's 14th Anna Pigeon mystery, it's not a question of who-, why- or howdunit, but of whether a crime has been committed. How can you hold a wild animal guilty? http://www.miamiherald.com/215/story/529673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/215/story/529673.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT STORMING LAS VEGAS: How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Millions of Dollars. http://www.miamiherald.com/275/story/525418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/275/story/525418.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Hollywood has been trying to make a live-action movie out of Speed Racer since the early 1990s: At one point, Johnny Depp was set to play the hero. But it was The Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski who figured out how to transplant the 1960s Japanese anime TV show into the world of flesh-and-blood while still retaining the colorful palette and outlandish physical action the show was famous for around the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/275/story/525419.html http://www.miamiherald.com/275/story/525419.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Were Larry and Andy Wachowski just really, really lucky when they made The Matrix? Speed Racer, the brothers' live-action, special-effects intensive adaptation of the beloved TV cartoon, is such a dull, clunky, joyless mess, it's hard to believe the people who made it understand much about movies.