It seems like Fidel Castro dies every Friday. For the last few weeks the last day of the work week has seen our news room scrambling to check out the multiple rumors swirling from Sweetwater, over to Hialeah, on to the heat of Calle Ocho that Fidel had gone toes up.
I took plenty of [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Who Is Yanking Our Castro Chain?
August 29, 2007
Hurricane Andrew: the small stuff
August 22, 2007
It is the small things that seem to stick with you over the years. The big important stuff sometimes goes away but it is those little incidents that seem “just like yesterday” when you relive major events in your life, especially a catastrophe like Hurricane Andrew.
Here are a few memories that have lingered over [...]
One Plug Hurricane Peace of Mind
August 18, 2007
The door bell rang just after 8:00am on a weekday morning. What’s up I wondered as I headed for the door, looked out the window and saw a tall man with a hard hat and clip board. “I’m here to install your ‘One Plug,’” the guy told me. “Damn you guys are fast,” I said [...]
Hank’s Vacation: Dollars and Cents!
August 12, 2007
Hank’s Florida Vacation: the dollars and cents.
I report on tourism and I am a Florida tourist. Yep, I too vacation in Florida. We drive. It beats flying somewhere; flying back fatigued wondering where the relaxation went. My wife and I have often vacationed [...]
So you think this is hot? Try Yuma, Arizona in 1950!
August 6, 2007
I remember like it was yesterday, my mom pulling into the driveway at the ranch house. She was in the 1949 Ford Two-door that my Dad bought just after we moved to Yuma, Arizona. “It is going to be 127 degrees, get in the car I am taking you to the swimming pool,” she [...]
