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Located in Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has 83 acres of tropical palms, cycads, flowering trees and breathtaking vistas. And now you can visit these beautiful gardens on certain days — for free.

BILTMORE RESTAURANTS SPICE UP YOUR SUMMER

 Miami Spice Restaurant Program

August 1^st to September 30^th

CORAL GABLES, FL (July 16, 2010) – This summer the Biltmore Hotel’s signature restaurants Fontana and Palme d’Or are joining forces with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and other top restaurants to bring diners the 9^th annual Miami Spice Restaurant Program. From August 1^st to September 30^th, the Biltmore will offer three course prix fixe lunches, at $22 per person, and dinners at $35, giving diners the rare opportunity to sample full-course meals at an incredible price. Each menu will include an appetizer, entrée and dessert offering an average discount of 30-50 percent off the regular value (excludes tax & gratuity).

In Journalism, one of the first things you’re taught is to avoid using words such as “Wonderful, Beautiful, Marvelous, Too Sweet, Too Cute” etc.   A professor once told me that it made for interesting reading, when a writer goes to the trouble of finding obscure words to describe original thoughts.  But there are times when you just have to disobey authority and go with the obvious.  So, in my humble opinion, the newest animated film to hit the theatres this July 9^th is DESPICABLE ME and it is “Too Cute, Adorable, Beautiful, Marvelous and So, So,  Sweet” that it will probably give you a high-powered sugar rush and make you want to say aaaahhhhhhhhh.

THE LOWE ART MUSEUM WILL FEATURE IMPORTANT MESOAMERICAIN PIECES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION  

The University of Miami Lowe Art Museum’s summer exhibition will include objects from ancient Mexico through Panama that explore the complex relationship between art and the natural world. Jaguar’s Spots: Ancient Mesoamerican Art from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami will be on view from June 26-October 31, 2010. A preview lecture and reception will be held on Friday, June 25 from 7-10 pm. The lecture will be presented by Exhibition Curator, Dr. Traci Arden.