Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself.
The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting
with Joe Arriola at which time the former city manager informs Sarnoff
that another city commissioner, Michelle Spence-Jones, is shaking down
developers. After the clandestine encounter, Sarnoff jots down the
detai
LocalGosh darn it, when this town decides it wants to build its airport a people mover, it's going to happen. It may take 20 years, but it's going to happen. [Herald]Giant mulch fire up in the NE part of the county. [Herald]You've heard this, but the county has backed off on the stadium deal. [CBS4]Miami Beach developer Michael Stern has filed for bankruptcy. [SFBJ]PoliticsIleana Ros-Lehtinen didn't much care for this stimulus bill, but now that it's passed, she is going to make sure people in h
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We here at Short Order are committed to giving you the fullest picture possible of all things Miami food. With that in mind here are some interesting food-related items floating round the blogosphere.- The Faux Foodie Girl falls in love with Il Gabbiano while on a dining divas eatscapade.- The Herald reports that Jane and Michael Stern found the best Cuban Sandwich in Miami down on South Beach and documented it for their book "500 Things To E
Photo by Lee KleinPastrami at Ben's​David Sax has been called "The M.F.K. Fisher of pickled meats" (A.J. Jacobs), and his just-published book, Save The Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was referred to as "a voluptuous mitzvah for schmaltzophiles" (Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Roadfood).David ate his way across America (and other countries, too), sampling the fare at hundreds of Jewish delicatessens in order
