SPRING BREAK IS BACK!

SPRING BREAK IS BACK!

Spring break is back and Ft. Lauderdale is buzzing with students fleeing frozen regions for sun, sea and sand. The cruise ships are packed with winter weary revelers and lining up to leave Port Everglades every half hour. Sandbar parties are filled with boats rafted...

HIGH-ROLLING AT THE HILTON

Thursday night (3-12-15) the fine folks at the Ft. Lauderdale Hilton pulled out all the stops to celebrate the Grand Opening of their “Venice Balqony.” Our invitation said, “Attire-Cocktail Chic,” so I pulled out my tropical black shirt with...

WEDNESDAY AT THE W

Karen and I attended a showing of the 2,607 square foot penthouse at the W Wednesday night (3-4-15) . We were greeted like old friends and ushered out on the balcony 24 floors above A1A for a refreshment from the rum bar. There was also a regular bar for non rummies....

PRESIDENTS DAY PORTRAITS

President’s Day (2-16-15) was cool, cloudy and the yellow warning flags were posted on the lifeguard towers. Not ideal for lazing on the beach as we had planned. Still, a decent day to sit in the sun and sip beach drinks.          ...

FRIDAY NIGHT VALENTINE’S WARM-UP

My good friend Todd Snatchmeyer once gushed so enthusiastically about seeing Tony Bennett live that I was convinced Tony was something special. Frank Sinatra said George Jones was, “the second best-singer in the world.” Frank did not think he was the...