Miami, FL

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Via Daily Candy, here’s your weekend guide.

SEE
Universes
What: The theater collective’s shows combine poetry, jazz, hip-hop, politics, blues, and boleros.
Why: It’s like performance paella.
When: Sat., 8 p.m.
Where: Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Rd. Info online at miamilightproject.com.

PARTY
Sneaker Pimps Show
What: A battle of the kicks, plus skate demos, art, and Slick Rick.
Why: Finally, a reason to rock the ’Roos.
When: Sat., 8 p.m.
Where: The Collins, 139 NE 39th St. Tickets online at inticketing.com.

Kraftworks 2
What: Music, massages, and lots of crafty wares; plus, exchange your old faucet for a new ultra-low flow.
Why: This fun’s all handmade.
When: Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Rag Trade Happy Clothing Co., 4600 NE 2nd Ave. (305-573-1478).

Enjoy your weekend and be safe!

Miami, Weekend Guide

Today’s Gem is located at 599 Ocean Blvd., Golden Beach, FL. At only $10.9 million, all 5 Bedrooms and 5.5 Baths within 6,667 square feet can be yours.
Jill can hook you up.

Miami, Million Dollar Monday, Golden Beach

Just as the fall shows are heating up on the big networks, some of cable’s hit shows are winding down. Burn Notice debuted on USA this summer to fun reviews and enough of an audience to earn it a second season, and tonight the show will go out in a blaze of Miami glory with a two hour season finale.

Burn Notice, Miami, USA

Cane stars television legend Jimmy Smits and focuses on the trials and tribulations of a family of South Florida sugar barons. The first preview gives promising glimpses into the show, which looks like more than just a typical rich soap opera with its political story lines and adoption premise. This second preview clip from CBS seems to be more about sugar v. corn as the ideal ethanol source than sexy soap stuff, but the underlying political references and family tensions somehow makes that heady subject sexy and entertaining. Bottom line: we endorse watching Cane, which premieres on September 25th at 10 p.m. Miami time.

Cane, Jimmy Smits, sugar, corn, ethanol, Miami, South Florida, CBS, television

Love Hate Lounge/Photo Via website

Miami is the ultimate location shoot for TV shows this season. TLC’s Miami Ink is about a Miami Beach tattoo parlor and the life and times of the colorful staff. Chris Nunez, part of the show’s ensemble is a co-owner of Miami’s latest night club, Love Hate Lounge. TV Buddy caught up with the artist:

Located in South Beach, Miami Florida, Love Hate Lounge features tattoo designs inspired by Miami Ink artists, Ami James and Chris Nunez. It is described as a relaxed bar with a variety of drinks that conveys a fun atmosphere where people can enjoy hits from the 90’s, hip hop, rock and a mix of top 40.

“Well we wanted to make it kind of a club house, the kind of place we would like to hang out a place for ourselves, we go we kick back we have drinks and the name comes from the fact that you love what you do but some times you hate doing it. So totally a bitter sweet thing,” he said.

Intended to make Miami nightlife a little edgier, Love Hate is open to all types of people; however, it isn’t the type of place that allows unruly and wild behavior.

I love Miami Ink and the club sounds awesome. Drop me a line if you’ve been there.

Miami, Miami Beach, SoBe, Chris Nuez, Miami Ink, TLC, Love Hate Lounge, Miami nightlife

The charming Lucy Lawless recently posted a fun YouTube video talking about her experiences filming the television show Burn Notice in Miami. She also reveals that it was Burn Notice star Bruce Campbell who “taught her how to be a star” twelve years ago, as well as other fun tidbits.

Miami, Burn Notice, Lucy Lawless, Bruce Campbell

Today’s gem is located at 9901 S.W. 60 Court, Pinecrest, FL 33156. For $4.2 million, you get a 6 Bed, 7.5 Bath, 10,158 Sq. Ft. McMansion. Miguel can hook you up.

Miami, Million Dollar Monday, McMansion, Pinecrest, Miguel Sainz

Today is the day that you flex-fuelers out there can purchase ethanol blended gasoline in Miami. Via the Post:

The UGas station on 210 N.W. 79th Ave. will sell the E85 - for 85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline - beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday for 85 cents a gallon for the first two hours.

After that, it will sell for about 15 or 20 cents cheaper than regular unleaded gas, the station’s owners said. The fuel can be used only in so-called flex-fuel vehicles. It would damage regular engines.

There are only about 11,000 flex-fuel vehicles in the Miami area, officials said. UGas hopes to make a success of the business by selling to flex-fuel fleets.

I like the development. Now, if only more was being done to prevent global warming.

Miami, ethanol, flex fuel, UGas

Or more appropriately, Shana Tova Umetukah.

Today is Rosh Hashanah.

Miami, Jewish Holiday, Rosh Hashanah

Organizers of the popular Miami Caribbean Carnival have been told by the Miramar City Commission their request to have their annual celebration at Miramar Park October 7 has been turned down because of the amount of trash left at previous sites.

Via Trinadad Express we learn that complaints from the previous years led to the decision:

"Representatives from Lockhart Stadium and Markham Park complained about trash left after the event. And Markham Park had about 25,000 attendees at Carnival last year, although the park can only hold about 15,000 people,’’ stated a report from the Miami Herald on-line news.

In defence, organizers of the Broward Caribbean Carnival stated that the event was a major boost to Broward County and would help showcase Caribbean culture, as 26 per cent of Miramer’s population is of Caribbean origin.

Some commissioners in fact voted for the five-year-old international event, saying that there were no incidents of crime or structural damage at previous Carnivals and Miramar should be given a chance.

"What you are talking about is garbage that can be cleaned up,’’ one of the commissioners told the Miami Herald.

Organizers estimate they pump $60 million into the local economy, as the interest the international event stirs is beneficial for local eateries and hotels.

An alternative venue has not yet been determined.

Here’s hoping they land somewhere better.

Miami, Miami Caribbean Carnival, Miramar Park

… were non-existent, it seems, as everyone who was anyone was in Vegas for the MTV Video Music Awards. I never thought I would see a day when 451 Press’ photo service would not provide us with some lovely celebrity news South Florida, but between the VMA’s and the Toronto film festival we seem to be SOL on celeb sighting news.

But never fear, when you have Miami celeb news … Danny DeVito is near. He appeared on the premiere of The View last week to plug his South Beach restaurant and his various business ventures including the launch of his own limoncello line (the beverage he was supposedly drinking when he appeared drunk on The View last year). Winnie has a rather scathing review of his decidedly unfunny appearance here.

This gem is located at 415 Centre Island, Golden Beach, FL. For only $4.25 million, this three bedroom, two bath with an incredible view is all yours. Sue can hook you up.

Miami, Golden Beach, 415 Centre Island, Million Dollar Monday, Sue Honowitz

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day Weekend and a shortened work week last week.

Sorry about the lack of posts, but I Spent the week traveling around London and the English countryside. The break was nice, but no city compares to Miami! At 451 Press, we have a UK blogger and he is the authority on all things Pop British. Check out Dave’s blog here.

We will now return to our regularly scheduled programming.

About Miami will be taking the week off for an extended Labor Day Weekend. I’ll drop by for sporadic posts through out the week.

Be safe.