Unpacking

Gaslighting Another Black Community For Fun & Profit

Scratch beneath any story in Coconut Grove and you’ll discover the issue of race lurking. We’ll get to that eventually, but this true fable — with a twist on the race issue — starts with the approval of a Wawa gas station in the City of Coral Gables. So what? Cities approve gas stations all the time. However, this approval didn’t have any public consultation with the community, nor public hearings, both of which would normally have taken place. And, that’s ...

And Still More Notes From The Road

• IRONY ALERT: I had to get something from the trunk of the car and needed to move the First Aid kit. I managed to slice my hand open on ...

More Notes From The Road

• South Carolina is the shredded tire capital of ‘Merka; • Dixie Chicken by Little Feat, the live version, is one of the all-time great driving tunes. Eight times in a ...

Notes From The Road

Here’s what I learned today: • A smartphone is useless if the Starbucks finder doesn’t work; • Sixteen hours of tunes and only one clunker; • There are some really shitty drivers out ...

When the picture is sideways

The phone needs to be in landscape.

Preparing for the Road Trip

I will be posting to Not Now Silly while on the road. This is how updates from my phone will look.

Unpacking The Writer ► Hits and Misses

Something happened overnight. I don’t know what it was, but I’m delighted. When I woke up early this morning Not Now Silly already had 230 hits since 8PM last night. ...

The Sunrise to Canton Road Trip For Research

Dear Readers: I am taking a road trip north for some very deep research into one of my ongoing writing projects in a few weeks. I’ll be leaving Florida on June ...

UPDATED: WebVee Guide ► Fun While It Lasted

Still waiting for that Friday morning conference call I am no longer associated with WebVee Guide in any way, shape or form. I felt WebVee Guide an interesting concept, which is ...

An E.W.F. Stirrup House Shocker! ► Is Gino Falsetto Following The Rules?

The dumpster on the property is finally legit, until August at least Dateline May 17, 2013 – A quick visit to the E.W.F. Stirrup House produced something totally surprising. For the last ...

The Latest Visit to the E.W.F. Stirrup House

The E.W.F. Stirrup House on May 14, 2013 Dateline May 14, 2013 – It’s almost a nervous tic. Anytime I am near Coconut Grove, I visit the E.W.F. Stirrup House and ...

To West Coconut Grove’s Continued Health

May 6, 2013 – Community Health of South Florida cut the ribbon on its spanking new Coconut Grove Health Center. It was quite the celebration at 3831 Grand Avenue in West ...

Homeowners’ Associations Invented To Discriminate ► History Is Complicated

KEEP OUT! THIS MEANS YOU BLACK &JEW! Dateline May 3, 1948 – The Supreme Court ruled that restrictive covenants in real estate deeds — which specifically barred sales to Blacks, Jews, ...

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