After reading the extensive listings of maps, descriptions, and info for the upcoming Sleepless Night, I’ve compiled a list of things I’d like to do and see. What are you planning to go to or see this Saturday?
Here are my top picks:
top picks for sleepless night, miami beach November 3, 2009
sleepless night in miami beach (11/7/09) October 29, 2009
Sleepless Night takes over Miami Beach again this year on November 7, 2009. It will go from sunset on the 7th to daybreak on the 8th- approximately 13 hours of art, installations, performances, and public interaction.
With so much to see I will have to take some time to map out what I want to get to. I’ll be helping Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez set up for Elusive Landscape at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, so definitely put that one on your list. She’ll be animating the space with her hand-crafted films. I also hear that Momentum Dance Company dancers may make an appearance there.
Here’s the general info from Sleepless Night’s website:
“From 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, 2009, until 7:00 a.m. the next morning, Miami Beach will stay up all night with more than 150 free arts and entertainment events presented at 80 different locations throughout the city. Over 100,000 people of all ages will enjoy free museum admissions, indoor and outdoor art installations and performances, architectural tours, dance (and dancing,) theater, music, slam poetry, film, video, fashion, acrobatics, comedy and more, including several unique collaborations and South Florida and world premieres. The City of Miami Beach collaborates with every cultural institution in the city, and with numerous other organizations, businesses and individuals to ensure that Audi Sleepless Night includes all aspects and points of view of what we collectively call “the arts.” Free shuttle buses with onboard arts programming connect the four zones of activity and remote parking for the full 13-hour night.”
More info including maps and event info at http://www.sleeplessnight.org/
Global Mala – Miami Event, 9/19 September 12, 2009
Join yogis worldwide and form a “mala around the earth” through a community practice of 108 Sun Salutations and 108 rounds of Gayatri Mantra. Plus, enter a raffle to win some very cool prizes like a weekend getaway at the Standard.
Global Mala Miami takes place on Saturday, September 19, 2009, from 9 – 12 at Bayfront Park.
cleaning tips August 24, 2009
While packing up our old place and getting it super, squeaky clean, I found the tips from Real Simple Magazine to be extremely helpful. I had picked up a copy on a recent trip (it’s the magazine I like to read on airplanes), and thought the simple tips would come in handy during our move. They did!
Some of my favorites:
1. to get off scuff marks – make a paste of baking soda and water. then, using a cloth rub the paste onto the mark until it is gone. then wipe down with a damp cloth. done! so easy and so fast!
2. water and vinegar clean everything. really! put a mixture (50/50) in a spray bottle and get cleaning. counters, floor boards, walls…this will get it clean.
3. wd 40 gets off those black scuff marks on floors. spray on and wipe it off with a cloth. you may have to use some elbow grease for this one, but at least those marks will come off.
4. get the tile in the kitchen floor sparkling with a big bucket of soapy water and a large scrub brush. simple, classic, and effective. the magazine also suggested using cream of tartar and lemon to clean grout.
After all that I am happy to report we received our entire security deposit back after we moved out!
yoga on the beach with natalie (miami) June 21, 2009
UPDATE: Free yoga class extended for the whole year! Thank you North Beach Bandshell!
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a truly great yoga teacher, natalie morales, will be teaching yoga on the beach again this summer starting on july 3. and, it’s free! what more could you ask for?
Here’s the info from her website:
Back by Popular Demand: Free
Class on North Beach Fridays 7-8a
Just like last summer, I’ll be leading a free yoga class in North Beach on Friday mornings behind the 73rd St. Bandshell in “the Sand Bowl”. Last year we had such positive feedback that the program has been continued, courtesy of the North Beach Bandshell Trust, a group that promotes family-friendly programs at the Bandshell. Classes will start Friday July 3rd.
