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I had gone to pick up my luggage at the Rimowa Store in Miami Design District. The attendant at the Valet parking station was a Cuban, who had arrived in…
THE BEAUTY OF MIAMI LIES IN ITS PEOPLE Miami may lack towering mountains or expansive rivers, but it boasts beautiful clouds and equally stunning people. Yesterday, at a Japanese Peruvian…
Some flowers in bloom now at the Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, Florida Poinsettia is a commercially important flowering plant (euphorbia) indigenous to Mexico and Central America Brazil Raintree, native…
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida has the world's largest palm collection, with more than 500 species and 1,000 palms across 13 acres. The collection includes the 13-acre Montgomery…
I enjoyed very much the first day of Nowruz, sending and receiving greetings and exchanging photographs and seeing many a haft sin tables and to see the happy faces of…
A WONDERFUL NOWRUZ TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHEREVER YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU ARE IRANIAN OR NOT.. SPRING IS BEING PROMISED BY UNCLE PIRUZ All lovers of Iranian cinema would be…
Some books and certain authors enter your life at transforming moments and remain there, even as fashions change and seasons shift from torrid summers to autumnal tranquility. I first encountered…
A friend of mine is visiting from another part of the USA, so I decided to be her tour guide. Today, I took her to a small town rarely visited…
I had a fantastic encounter at the University of Miami Outpatient Radiology clinic, an experience that one could describe as truly exceptional in a medical setting! As part of my…
Oh, unlucky American patients-so close to good personal medical attention in Mexico and yet so far from a holistic approach. Just about a month ago, I returned to the Ticuna…
Embracing Self-Employment: A Path to Work Satisfaction and Happiness In the bustling economy of the United States, a significant 10% of the workforce has embraced self-employment, translating to approximately 15…
I like my language very much and fascinated by the etymology of the myriad of words that has entered the English language through conquest of and conquest by the British…