http://www.miamiherald.com/living/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Tropical Life 60 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:55 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/living/top-stories/story/538456.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/top-stories/story/538456.html Tue, 20 May 2008 03:01 EDT Gustavo and Marina Lumer, two of the six people we've been profiling monthly since January, have kept their resolution to lose weight. They've shed a combined 60 pounds so far by eating less. Their 10-month-old son Ian was an excuse for avoiding exercise, but not any more. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/top-stories/story/603805.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/top-stories/story/603805.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Dwaine Simpson has been feeling pretty good lately, good enough to play 54 holes dressed like the late pro golfer Payne Stewart in his trademark knickers and tam-o'-shanter. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/652042.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/652042.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Strolling down Ocean Drive, Steve Toffoli's eyes dart toward the eye candy. ''Check out this one,'' he says, pausing by an Art Deco hotel. ``These two on the side are repairs; you can see the difference in the color. That one has three colors of chips in it. Sizes one and two.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/650134.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/650134.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Never mind the questionable singing in Mamma Mia! or the teenage angst that nearly drowns Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. In the summer of the ''staycation,'' you ought to go for the scenery. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/659276.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/659276.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Call it Mommy Ink. Mothers of all ages are hitting the tattoo parlors -- and it's not about nos-talgia for their rebellious youth. They're getting inked with tributes to their children: their kids' names, their baby footprints, their portraits, even their finger paintings. http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/111094.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/111094.html Fri, 18 May 2007 10:26 EDT Not just fun and games http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/432274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/432274.html Tue, 15 May 2007 15:35 EDT News & deals with expert Fred Tasker http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/107669.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1001/story/107669.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Review a Miami Spice restaurant http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/659754.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/659754.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:01 EDT The night before Jonas Read became a kidney donor, his mother was almost frantic. Dressed in his hospital gown, he mocked her concern: ``Oh, no, you can't go driving around. What if you get in a car accident? No, you can't do this because you're gonna die. No, you can't do that because you're gonna die. Everything was gonna kill me!'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/657396.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/657396.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Christopher Dodd tends to a typical patient, Luis Orozco, 52, who had half of his left leg amputated after a cut toe turned into a gangrene infection. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/652952.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/652952.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:01 EDT After a young Rachelle Nelson had sung Kol Nidre for the first time in her professional career, an elderly man in the congregation stopped her on the steps of Temple Israel in downtown Miami for a revealing chat. Initially, he had not been pleased that the congregation had hired a female cantor, he told her. That was a man's job, had always been. He was accustomed to hearing the ancient Jewish prayer recited by a man at Yom Kippur evening services. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/537667.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/537667.html Mon, 19 May 2008 03:01 EDT The cafeteria was crowded, overflowing with more than 400 homeless people, mostly men, celebrating their birthdays. Of course, they all weren't really turning a year older that particular Wednesday -- the two-hour celebration at the Miami Rescue Mission was just a way to bring together a forgotten group living in the streets. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/652042.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/652042.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Strolling down Ocean Drive, Steve Toffoli's eyes dart toward the eye candy. ''Check out this one,'' he says, pausing by an Art Deco hotel. ``These two on the side are repairs; you can see the difference in the color. That one has three colors of chips in it. Sizes one and two.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/652040.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/652040.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Want to go green and reduce your home's carbon footprint without spending a fortune? An eco-friendly model of a green home is coming to Miami Beach for the Labor Day weekend Miami Home Design and Remodeling show. The surprise: there are lots of low-cost and clever things you can do to recycle and reuse and even design from scratch. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/fashion/story/659213.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/fashion/story/659213.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT The Solutions: Mid-priced: Bath & Body Works Mandarin Lime Sugar Scrub, $16 (www.bathandbodyworks.com, 800-756-5005) The late-summer doldrums have officially set in. We need some stimulation -- and we don't mean the intellectual kind. Bring the spa home -- to the shower, to be exact. With a kick of lime, this charged-up scrubber leaves the skin tingly and the bod revived. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/fashion/story/659220.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/fashion/story/659220.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT The '80s have been mined so thoroughly, so deeply, that it's come to this: Hypercolor is back. Generra Sportswear created the craze in 1991, with heat-sensitive T-shirts that changed colors like magic. Touch a purple shirt and leave a pink fingerprint; boogie down and your green tee would be splotched with bright yellow hot spots. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/649220.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/649220.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT I plan to celebrate my Swedish heritage and the end of summer Thursday night at a crayfish party at Sunrise's IKEA store. I'll wear a silly hat and paper bib and sing songs about beer with about 250 other fans of the tiny red crustaceans. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/649246.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/story/649246.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Here's a cool meal for a hot summer evening. The wonderful flavor and texture of fresh tuna tops a refreshing salad of lettuce, sugar snap peas, corn and grape tomatoes. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family//story/652953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family//story/652953.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Sometimes a teenage girl's biggest problem isn't getting a guy to talk to her. It's getting a guy to stop. Christia Brown, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, and Campbell Leaper, professor of psychology at the University of California Santa Cruz, asked 600 girls age 12 to 18 about their experiences with sexism and sexual harassment. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family//story/644819.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family//story/644819.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:32 EDT I have faith and confidence in my children that they'll be good people and find success. I'm here to help get them there. I'm not here to carry them on my back. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/641607.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/641607.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Q: There was a story in The Miami Herald regarding neighboring dogs who got into a fight. The owners of the two dogs did everything wrong in trying to end the fight. Finally, the attacking dog was shot by the owner of the other dog. Perhaps you could inform readers of the proper way to break up a dog fight. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/632062.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/632062.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Q: My backyard lizards are wreaking havoc with my indoor cats. Whenever one makes it in through the screen, Mama Cat pounces on it and Fraidy Cat eats the tail before I can do anything to stop him. Are lizards bad for cats? If so, could you help me cure my cats' lizard addiction? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/660125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/660125.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT You won't hear much of Nicole Sandler anymore. Well, actually nothing at all. WINZ-AM (940) Program Director Ken Charles confirms in an e-mail to upset listener Gloria Pierce that the New York native isn't on vacation. She's been silenced permanently. It's the oldest reason in the book: low ratings. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/660115.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/660115.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT What's Kate Hudson's beauty secret? Ash. This is no joke. Los Angeles-based 220 Laboratories is suing the actress for fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract, among other complaints. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/650134.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/650134.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Never mind the questionable singing in Mamma Mia! or the teenage angst that nearly drowns Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. In the summer of the ''staycation,'' you ought to go for the scenery. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/650143.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/650143.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT We had started in Albuquerque that morning, driven through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, across the Texas Panhandle and the flat plains of Oklahoma to Oklahoma City. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/651227.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/651227.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT This tropical storm nonsense that annoyed us on Monday brought a few of my friends together at CoolGirl's place to watch the Fay updates. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/583621.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/583621.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT In the never-ending pursuit to define men -- according to some women we're all a bunch of big dummies -- Spike TV and Social Technologies recently published their results on the State of Men in 2008. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/books/story/657372.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/books/story/657372.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT So you know how you were driving to work this morning, and some idiot in the left lane of I-95 was going 40 mph because he was yammering into a cellphone, and you got really angry? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/books/story/657368.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/books/story/657368.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT THE STRONGEST TRIBE: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq. Bing West. Random. 417 pages. $28. We interpret reality through the clouded prism of our own experience, so it is unsurprising that Bing West sees Iraq through the lens of Vietnam. He served as a Marine officer there, and he thinks politicians and the media caused the American public to turn against a war that could have been won. Now a correspondent for the Atlantic, West has made 15 trips to Iraq and is almost as personally invested in... http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend/story/654712.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend/story/654712.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Blues Traveler, North Hollywood Shootout (Verve). Features the single You, Me and Everything. Eva Cassidy, Somewhere (Blix Street). http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend/story/651223.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend/story/651223.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Comedy is on the house at JohnMartin's in Coral Gables; it comes with serious cuisine at Laffing Matterz in Fort Lauderdale, and it has those you-gotta-be-there moments at Just the Funny in Miami.