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  • Holiday events are on!

      Who says it doesn't feel like the holidays in Florida? Who needs snow to usher in the season? We've got boat parades, The Nutcracker , and even the Rockettes.    We've got fabulous light displays, and every holiday production you can think  of is being performed on one of South Florida's many stages.    Holiday events are happening in virtually every community in Miami-Dade and...read more...
    Posted on: Nov 30 2009 - 06:00:00 AM

    Shooting for perfect holiday photo

      My husband and I are photographers for The Miami Herald, and have faced some difficult assignments. But by far, the most challenging job we have all year is the annual Christmas card photo. This year, our boys are 7 and 10 years old, and we want to include our chocolate Lab as well. Over the years, we've had the boys run through hot sand and cling to coconut trees. We've tied them up in Christmas...read more...
    Posted on: Nov 16 2009 - 06:00:00 AM

    Where to find the fireworks

      Get out the star-spangled bathing suits; it's time to celebrate the Fourth of July.    Gather up your beach towels, picnic blankets, lawn-chairs, and bug spray. And ponchos for whole family, because you KNOW it's going to rain at some point over this long weekend.    Although a few cities -- including Coral Gables and West Miami -- have canceled the fireworks shows, there are plenty to choose...read more...
    Posted on: Jun 30 2009 - 06:00:00 AM

    Undecking the halls

      Admit it: After all that shopping, tree trimming and "Secret Santa'' skulking, you  were almost over Christmas even before it arrived.   Now that the holiday has come and gone, there is a sleigh-load of post-Christmas tasks to tackle -- and we're not talking about sharpening the elbows before diving into the post-Christmas sales.    The answer is to map out plans for the post-holiday...read more...
    Posted on: Dec 26 2008 - 09:30:00 AM

    Tips for the holiday cookie bake

      Shortbread, Toll House, peanut butter and plain old sugar cookies. However you make them, people will eat them. But cookies also present a blank canvas for creative home bakers, especially at the holidays.    Whatever your choice, make sure you start with quality ingredients, says Marc Haymon, who teaches baking and pastry at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.    Inferior butter with...read more...
    Posted on: Dec 11 2008 - 06:00:00 AM

    Green parenting: Eco-holidays

      When artist and environmentalist Harmony Jones sees metal scraps, odd cuts of wood, even plastic bottle caps, she doesn't see trash. She sees a creative opportunity for her and her daughter, Skyler, 9, to fashion found objects into ornaments for their Christmas ‘‘enviro-tree."   This holiday season, green-minded revelers are putting their creativity to use and turning recycled materials into cards,...read more...
    Posted on: Dec 9 2008 - 06:00:00 AM

    The return of layaway

      Olga Valeriano has found an old solution to her new budget crunch this holiday season: shopping on layaway.    The concept that went out of style with the rise of credit cards in the 1990s is making a resurgence this holiday season among shoppers like Valeriano.    At Kmart, she can put 10 percent down and spread out biweekly MORE ON SHOPPING It's hip to be cheap: Mama Sass blogs on the new...read more...
    Posted on: Nov 17 2008 - 06:00:00 AM
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