GreenStreet Cafe? It’s Time to Vote on the Best Day of Your Life

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By iCoconutGrove – Thrill List Miami   It’s Time to Vote on the Best Day of Your Life Where would you eat breakfast on the most perfect day ever? iCoconutGrove sure hopes it will be GreenStreet Cafe in Coconut Grove! In case you hadn’t heard, the Best Day of Your Life is just over a month away. So, congrats on that. But for you and the rest of Miami to squeeze the most out of the longest day of the year come…
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Coconut Grove Merchant Organizes Charity Golf Tournament This Friday May 17

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Long time Coconut Grove Merchant Maida Bignon from GreenStreet Cafe and Lulu restaurants is hosting her First Annual Golf Tournament “18 Holes 1 Cause” to benefit the charity she co-founded 5 years ago, thankful for the blessings Life gave her so far and driven by an intense desire to give back to the Miami community that never ceased to stand behind her family for years. The Foundation named Act4Me (A Chance for Therapy) helps families of children with neurological disorders and disabilities in…
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CHI Opens A New Health Center to Help Poor, Uninsured and Others

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A Coconut Grove Health Center Opens in Coconut Grove to Help Poor, Uninsured and Others Community Health of South Florida Inc. (CHI) will hold the grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Coconut Grove Health Center on May 6th at 10:30am. The new state of the art, soothing, spa-like facility will be an upscale medical center that caters to everyone. Those without health insurance and without money for medical attention will now be able to receive quality, comprehensive…
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Erik Spoelstra’s Favorite Workout is Pilates in The Grove

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By IcoconutGrove | Repost from Elizabeth de Armas for the Miami Herald   Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra gets his workout at a Pilates studio By Elizabeth de Armas   When he’s not running up and down courtside, Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra gets his workout at a Pilates studio. Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra gets a Pilates workout from Ghrista Gurka of Pilates in the Grove on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Spoelstra says the workouts help his back. Chuck Fadely…
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Runners at Kennedy Park, Hurt, Mourn But Keep Going

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iCoconutGrove | Repost Miami Herald | BY :Barbara Byrne, Miami   I’ll never forget the first time I drove in the pre-dawn darkness to meet the group of women runners at Kennedy Park in Coconut Grove. I was stunned to learn that a secret society convened every Saturday morning with hundreds of runners meeting to run the route that provided the reward of a spectacular sunrise as we crested the bridge on Key Biscayne. While the average Miami resident sleeps,…
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@ Bob Lewis Kids Fishing Classic, Everyone wins!

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By iCoconutGrove | Repost from Susan Cocking for the Miami Herald   Tyler Tambor may have weighed-in the heaviest fish in the inaugural Capt. Bob Lewis Kids Fishing Classic on Saturday in Coconut Grove, but the 10-year-old from Miami Beach was only one of many winners. While Tyler picked up a trophy for a 44.4-pound kingfish, every one of the 150 contestants received a medal for competing, and almost that many took home some kind of prize. “Greatest thing in…
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Gun Buyback in Coconut Grove

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By iCoconutGrove | Repost   MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In its continuing effort to reduce gun violence, the City of Miami Police Department will hold another gun buyback operation on Saturday but you won’t walk away empty-handed. Anyone can drop off any firearm at the Coconut Grove NET office, at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, located at 2750 McFarland Road from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Those who drop off a gun will receive a gift certificate with no questions asked. The…
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The Simpsons Are Being Honored

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By iCoconutGrove | Repost from Carolyn Guniss for the South Florida Times   COCONUT GROVE – Dazelle Dean and George Simpson have a big night out on Friday. Upward of 300 people are expected to attend a gala in honor of the two retired physicians, the Simpsons,  who demolished so many racial “never befores” that their accomplishments are peppered with numerous “firsts” in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida. The glue that helped fix the Simpsons into their pioneering…
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Coconut Grove’s Best Walking Routes

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By iCoconutGrove   Want some detailed info about Coconut Grove’s best walking routes? here you go: Name Dist. Ascent   1.91mi walk on 1/20/13 1.91 mi 29.53 ft 2.72mi walk on 1/19/13 2.72 mi 36.09 ft 6.00mi walk on 1/17/13 6.0 mi 65.62 ft 6.00mi walk on 1/17/13 6.0 mi 65.62 ft 3.33mi walk on 1/17/13 3.33 mi 39.37 ft 2.16mi walk on 1/17/13 2.16 mi 29.53 ft 2.98mi walk on 1/16/13 2.98 mi 29.53 ft 4.44mi walk on 1/16/13…
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Carrollton Choir Returns Home After Singing For Pope Francis

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By iCoconutGrove | repost from WSVN     The all-girl Carrollton choir, from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Coconut  Grove, had the opportunity to sing for Pope Francis at the Vatican during Easter  Sunday mass. The 41 Carrollton choir students performed for an audience of over 250,000 including His  Holiness. “I was glad to get home, but at the same time I have so many stories  to tell my family because really, it was a once in a…
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