Life & Style
EXCITING NEWS JUST RELEASED! PALMETTO BAY TO LAUNCH FARMER’S MARKET
Categories: Life & Style, Palmetto Bay, Real Estate News
hiOpen-air market is good for you – and the environment…(Information taken from official village press release): Palmetto Bay is really going ‘green’ this time – by contracting with The MarketCompany to create a farmer’s market within the village’s Franjo Triangle/US-1commercial island area, The open-air market will officially begin Sunday, November 2, and take place every [...]
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Great kayaking in Miami!
Categories: Life & Style, Moving to South Florida, Palmetto Bay
hiIn South Florida we have one of the premier kayaking locations in Biscayne Bay. For those who are visiting and brought your own kayaks, you can launch them at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center of Biscayne National Park or further north at the Deering Estate/Canal located just off Old Cutler road and SW 173rd Street. If you [...]
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Crabby Old Cutler Road
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Community Information, Cutler Bay, Just For Fun, Life & Style, Miami, Moving to South Florida, Palmetto Bay, Real Estate News
hiWhen I was a child I remember my parents would go crab hunting along Old Cutler Road. Weather conditions had to be perfect, the moon had to be full and if it was a rainy night that is all they needed to pack the kids into my uncle’s van and drive [...]
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Magnet Schools – an option for those not in an “A” district. Part Two – Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, FL
Categories: Around Town, Buying Real Estate, Community Information, Kendall, Life & Style, Moving to South Florida, Palmetto Bay, Real Estate News, The Burbs
hiEstablished in 1997, Coral Reef High School in Miami, FL is described as the Mega-Magnet school of Miami. Students from all over the county submit applications and those who are eligible are selected by lottery to attend. With a state-of-the-art facility, Coral Reef is the size of a non-magnet, with the higher caliber education of [...]
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SHOPPING “Oh, No She Didn’t!” Where Do You Shop in South Florida?
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Boca Raton, Community Information, Coral Gables, Just For Fun, Life & Style, Miami, Miami Beach, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Real Estate News, South Miami, The Redland, Urban Living, Weston
hiWhat you really want to talk about:
SHOPPING! “Oh, yes, I did!”
Here are the biggest and the best, the most expensive and the least!
So, you heard it here: the hottest thing coming up is the Chanel “black satin” nail polish! I love the Juicy green and pink as well . . . And how can [...]
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Tales from Paradise Point
Categories: Around Town, Community Information, Gated Communities, Just For Fun, Life & Style, Moving to South Florida, Palmetto Bay, Real Estate News, Waterfront
hiOne of the things that attracted us to Paradise Point was the great kayaking we would enjoy on Biscayne Bay starting from our own backyard. After we moved in, one of our first purchases were 2 Hobie Kayaks which opened up a new water-world for us! We have gone through small streams in the mangrove [...]
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Best School District in Miami, FL – Boundaries, Scores, School Links
Categories: Around Town, Buying Real Estate, Community Information, Front Page, Life & Style, Miami, Moving to South Florida, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Real Estate News
hiMoving to Miami poses many questions to the relocating family. The most important among them is, “Will my child be in a good school district?”
Schools in Miami-Dade County are “graded” from “A” to “F”.
The best all-around school district in Miami is the Palmetto School District.
This district consists of the following schools: Pinecrest Elementary, Palmetto Elementary, [...]
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Tales from Paradise Point
Categories: Community Information, Gated Communities, Life & Style, Palmetto Bay, Waterfront
hiIf you go east on Coral Reef Drive (SW 152nd Street) to Biscayne Bay you’ll arrive at a small island that is aptly called Paradise Point. This is a gated community of townhouses and free standing homes that has it’s own marina and a nature walk through a mangrove forest. It also has a private [...]
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