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Golfcart Gestapo, April 3, 2011
Golfcart Gestapo, April 3, 2011 [dcs_p]Angie had a run-in with the Golfcart Gestapo yesterday. Delray Beach has a peculiar volunteer "civilian" police force relegated to the enforcement of parking violations. Basically, they're meter-maids on steroids. Not a...
Traottoria Romana, March 31, 2011
Traottoria Romana, March 31, 2011 Victor's Birthday. Took the family to Traottoria Romana to celebrate. This Boca restaurant is one of my favorites. Every time I come in the bar-manager, Allen, and his lovely assistant, Lorraine, greet me like I'm family. Allen knows...
Louie Morelli’s Daughter
Louie Morelli's Daughter Announcing the release of Louie Morelli's Daughter. This is a fast-paced thriller set in glitzy Palm Beach County with a (surprise) Detroit/Macomb County connection. Louie Morelli's Daughter tells the tale of a beautiful young woman...
South Beach Pimp, March 25, 2011
South Beach Pimp, March 25, 2011 Trash has been hanging around Franco's. Franco doesn't mind the working girls, but lately their pimps have been coming in to check on them. He throws them out, but Franco's is where the action is, and the girls come back. Their...
Amante’s Restaurant, Deerfield Beach, March 23, 2011
Amante's Restaurant, Deerfield Beach, March 23, 2011 Sitting at the bar talking to one of my favorite bartenders, Joey. He's a great kid, not that he's really a kid, but these days anyone under the age of forty is a kid. Joey always takes good care of me. Today he...
Legal Trouble in Lake City, March 18, 2011
Legal Trouble in Lake City, March 18, 2011 Michael and his blonde drove upstate to visit a friend in Jacksonville. This blonde being the bimbo Victor caught with a baggie of prescription pills, I urged caution. "Yeah sure, dad," Michael says. So what does he do? He...
March Madness
March Madness March madness and the weather in south Florida is spectacular. My bettors are calling in sporadically, and I've got both my phones running. I give them a time frame, but today is the first big day and nobody's on schedule. I'm sitting on the patio...
My Son’s Bimbo, September 9, 2011
My Son's Bimbo, September 9, 2011 My twenty-four year old son, Michael, lives in the New Orleans area. We're a close family, and Michael visits often. Usually, he flies in for the weekend, but on this last visit he had some time off and decided to drive. He...
Roma Cafe
Roma Cafe I'm sitting at the bar in Roma Cafe. This restaurant is one of the last of the greats left in the city. Located in Detroit's Eastern Market, it's a classic with really superb food and an excellent all-male wait-staff. Earlier, when I stepped in, I...