Spice Safari, Bronco busting, Biltmore tour, and Trail Trivia
How’s your personal dining safari progressing?  Miami Spice is halfway through, and the Grove’s 19 participating restaurants have prepared their best for this feast for locals who love fine dining on a budget.

Live theater and concerts make perfect date nights. Here’s a run down of sometimes-hidden but always top-notch local theater and small-venue concerts.

Miami’s newest ride: Virginia Key’s Marine Basin Trail at Miami Marine Stadium opened yesterday. This J-shaped trail starts at the Marine Stadium parking lot and ends at one of the best skyline views of Miami. There and back—about three miles. Family time is Elemental at the Coconut Grove Branch Library.  Free matinee Disney movie Elemental (PG) Saturday[Read More…]

Snuggle with your baby at the library, with a brew, in a sacred hip-hop venue or in the child pose.

End-of-summer camps, late night at the museum and free second Saturdays.

Go Sarah, Our Olympian sailor! Casual friends bike with GAG and Miami Spice starts.

Glued to the Olympics and cheering local Olympian sailor Sarah Newberry Moore who will compete for the US in mixed multihull (Nacra 17) races starting Saturday 6 AM.  How? U.S. Sailing has live tracking tools online that let you see every boat’s position, speed, course, and rank.  Read our profile[Read More…]

Taste the Gables is Coral Gable’s month-long celebration of its dining scene.  We counted more than 50 dining spots participating throughout the city.  Tonight (7/26) the female ensemble from the Frost School of Music known as Diva Revolution will perform from 8:00 to 10:00 on McBride Plaza, 150 Miracle Mile.[Read More…]

Tiny local treasures perfect for Grovites ‘in the know’. Kids fish, mermaids sing, romantic moonrise and free trollies.

Young tikes like to drop a line in the water and ‘fish’ from the seawall at Alice Wainwright Park. Even if there’s no real hook on the line, kids love the experience next to the Bay. And the park’s recent renovation stuns many that haven’t visited since its redo. Perhaps[Read More…]