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And another fast food franchise opens in Fort Lauderdale. It is big, looks and feels new and except that they focus on chicken tenders they are no different from Burger Wi-Fi or The Whole Enchilada or any other new franchise operation.

You walk in--and there are assorted sizes of their menus…

First and foremost a standing ovation and a “Bravo!” to the Broward Performing Arts new sound system. It has been a long time since each spoken and sung word in a musical was as clear and understandable as it was at this performance of “The Addams Family”!

From the first three “Snap! Snap!…

Young people who went through ‘Occupy Wall Street’ should go to see “The Company You Keep” to see how people protested the Vietnam war which had the government killing college students while some of those a little older were members of the Weathermen Underground, a revolutionary group to bring down the U.S.…

This was one of my first blog posts---January 28, 2006--at the third site I started to blog at--7 years later I still believe in all these plus a few more!

Some of the philosophies I have gathered for myself after 70 years (okay 77 now):

1. Life is uncertain--Eat dessert first!

2. Never say never.

3. Eliminate try from a sentence and it becomes a positive statement.

4. Say won't instead of can't which makes you honest.

5. Those who think they know it…

GPS Carlos Melia two AMAZING weeks in Thailand  |  And we are back in New York, after spending two AMAZING weeks in Thailand, planning and producing…

For all the glitter, glitz and glamor in South Florida just head to the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami where it is all on the stage in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert--The Musical”. Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner won the Oscar for best Costume design and then triumphed again on Broadway…

AND I WON'T EVEN POST THEM--THE WORDS I MEAN!

I've experienced better right here at Carlos and Pepe's but let me explain. The first time I came here was about 3 weeks after they opened in 1979. At that time there wasn't a 'Cantina' or a Tex-Mex franchise on every other corner in Fort Lauderdale. For the next couple of years it was a favorite…

By a process of elimination--no desire to see “Jurassic Park in 3D”, “Evil Dead” or “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” we were left with “Admission”. I am a Paul Rudd fan, more about him later, but I publicly admit I am not familiar with Tina Fey. I stopped watching “SNL” years ago though I did catch her clever Palin…

1) Seeing "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" April 2, 2013 after dinner at Carlos & Pepe's (will post review of later over the weekend.)

2) I do cook at home--this is a chicken and lentil stew

3) Norman relaxing in his new lover's couch

4) Friday means going to the movies at…

CHECK THE VIDEO OUT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbRy6OB2_3w…

Exciting Polo Action

By Roy Heale

Although many visitors come to Buenos Aires for an urban vacation experience, often times they want to escape the hustle and bustle of the mega city and enjoy a more relaxed break at an estancia in the…

As I said last week usually in mid February The Dollar Tree store gets packets of various flower and vegetable seeds, bags of various soil, all kinds of saucers--and I go crazy!!! Heck, the packets are 4 for a dollar or big $2.99 boxes for a dollar so I bought an assortment but---stupid…

About a week ago, going to the Dollar Tree store, we saw this car parked outside. There are all sorts of miniature animals, toys, religious artifacts glued to the car, mainly on top. He was talking to the manager who obviously asked him what I was thinking and that was, "Why?" He was saying that it…

The full title of Tyler Perry’s new film is “Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor” which is a big handle for what would make a good TV movie with about 15 minutes cut from this fairly slow moving film. I am a big fan of Tyler Perry (except for his Madea character) and I keep hoping…

Opening night is Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at the Arsht Performing Arts Center in Miami--and I will be having a singing, swinging time there that night--oh, yes--I'll tell you all about…

After 15 years of a dictatorship Chilean Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, was allowing the people to vote in an upcoming plebiscite, an expression of the people’s will, as to whether they favored, voting ‘yes’ or not, voting ‘no’ as to if Pinchot should remain in office. There was no doubt, legally…

As a rule life goes at one speed most of the time and then comes a big bump which could be either positive or negative. I have come across these bumps from as far back as I can remember until 2008 and since then it has been at that one speed but I am jumping ahead of the story.

I have…

Living with the elephants in Thailand  |  Golden Triangle, Thailand  |  A year passed by, and I had the need to see my girl back again. Yes you are reading right... I LOVE my girl. TongKam is the elephant I try to visit at least once a year, in…

1996 didn't end on a good note as once again I was robbed though I did have insurance and got a check for over $1,000. With the bad there is always good and I was promoted to trainer of servers at Who Songs which gave me a much better paycheck plus I was getting better stations and making more in tips .…