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[-]Any Miami moms on? NYC mom looking for great kid-friendly dinner options in South Beach. Cost less important than a place that is cool with several kids under six...and looking for a place the adults will like too! Thank you so much for any suggestions!
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I am moving to Miami from NJ in a few weeks for work and was hoping that someone can recommend a great nursery school (son is 3.5 years old) that is academically focused (preferably in the north miami beach/miami shores area since i will probably start out in bal harbour/bay harbor). Any information/advice on those neighborhoods (community life) or the public elementary school there (Ruth Broad) would also be very helpful. Thanks!!!
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[-]May be leaving NYC for West Palm Beach area - recs on where to live with 1 DB and hopefully 1-2 more in next few years? TIA!
6 replies [ Reply | Watch | MoreYES! Check out El Cid neighborhood...it's beautiful and on the intracoastal. Have fun! I grew up in PB and loved it.
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The poster below is partially correct. WPB has very bad parts, but have you looked at all the neighborhoods near PGA National? I have a lot of friends that live in those gated golf course communties and they love it.
[ Reply | More ]I am poster below. We live in a gated golf course. It's nice, but last year crime spiked. This area has been hit very very hard by the economic crises. Please spend serious time here before moving. And really scope out neighborhoods. I have friends that live on the water, but they're only a few blocks from the crime. I was locked in a classroom today with my 2 yo as a gunman was running loose in the area by the zoo and science museum. Ft. Lauderdale is much safer, and I've heard good things about Jupiter, but I've never been.
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Wellington or Boca. South Florida is weird, you go from a majority rich jew yorker town (Boca) to a haitian ghetto area (some parts of delray) in like 10 minutes...the areas here change in very short distances. Honestly google the local schools, find out the demographics of the area, and you can figure things out. -xyz
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[-]In my fifties. Past menopause for several years, now. My hair was thinning but in the last three weeks it's gotten really thin on top - I have to wear it back to cover how thin it is. I've been using Biotin which was helping, but now, I have new hair loss. Any suggestions? I feel so embarrassed.
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Morealso take iron (or have your levels checked). For me cortisone shots helped a lot in regrowth you get them at dermatologists, although not every derm does it for some reason. Nioxcin 4 shampoo, rogaine and there some foam that's prescription that has cortisone in it. Each helps in its own way, start one form of treatment and then add after 4 weeks so that you know what is working and what isn't. I would start w/cortisone shots and the shampoo.
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[-]How difficult is it for a father to get full custody of his child? My brother has been begging his wife to get psychiatric help, but she refuses. He is concerned about the welfare of his child if left in her care. Has anyone know had any experience with this?
3 replies [ Reply | Watch | MoreIs this a verified psychiatric problem? I ask because my husband told me every day, several times a day that I was bipolar, manic depressive and needed medication. He also told me from time to time that he would have me committed and I'd never see my child. He also told everyone we/he knew the same thing. Well, I have no history of mental illness and my DC and I are living happily together without him. So if it's a true psychiatric problem that would endanger the child, your brother has to consult a physician for advice on how to help his wife.
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[-]NYC-er here who MIGHT be relocating to Miami. Have a nine year old daughter and almost five year old son. What are the nicest areas of Miami for families where a NY'er (through and through) would be happy and what are the best private schools? If we re-located sometime within the next few months would we even stand a CHANCE of getting both kids in to schools? Here in NYC admissions are a total nightmare. Thanks.
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Unsure. This is all kind of hypothetical now. Would do either, in theory. More concerned about schools really.
[ Reply | More ]Can't help you with schools. I can help you with areas. I lived in Miami for a number of years.
[ Reply | More ]What are good areas for families? DH would be working in SoBe so would want it to be convenient for him but also, safe, with other families for me and the kids. None of us speak Spanish and are pretty boring and "white bread", lol
[ Reply | More ]You had better learn to speak Spanish! Otherwise, you are a social outcast. Personally, I detest condo living and all that it stands for. For nice areas with single family houses, Coral Gables or Coconut Grove.
[ Reply | More ]Which is closer to South Beach, Coral Gables or Coconut Grove? Do you know HOW I could find out what the best private schools are? I see schools online but don't have a way of vetting them.
[ Reply | More ]Not hugely different in distance. I know nothing about schools. I lived there before children.
[ Reply | More ]What is the difference in Coral Gables and Coconut Grove in terms of cost, "flavor", etc? Which do you think a NY'er would like more? Where are they in relation to each other? Sorry to grill you, but no one else has replied :)
[ Reply | More ]In a nutshell, Coconut Grove is funkier and Coral Gables is swankier. If you're a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker (I am not, so I detest condo living), you may prefer the condo life. In that case, your geographic choices are completely different.
[ Reply | More ]Where would a condo dweller live? SoBe? Are there any families with young kids living there?
[ Reply | More ]I worked on Brickell Avenue (Latin American banking) and I lived for a short time on Brickell Key and then for a number of years in Coconut Grove. I loved it! But then again, I am Hispanic and speak Spanish and Portuguese, so it was very easy for me. No drawbacks. Well, maybe the hurricanes.
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Hi. Am a Miami native who lived in Manhattan for many years. The OR to your post is correct..Coral Gables and Coconut Grove are some of the nicest areas for families. Coral Gables and Coconut Grove both border each other and overlap in some areas, so the difference is not that much. There are of course other areas, but as far as being centrally located to the best schools, I think these two are winners. Also try South Miami and Pinecrest(on the outskirts of Coral Gables). These areas are about a half hour to 45 min commute to SoBe depending on traffic. Some wonderful schools are Alexander Montessori, Riviera Day School and Gulliver Prep. If you don't mind religion, there are some good religious schools, such as Carrollton School of the Sacr...
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Elena, Juan, Carlos, Leonor, Pablo, Miguel, Irene. All in line for the throne: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_Spanish_Throne
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[-]Moving to Miami Beach. Any idea where to look for a nanny in the Miami area, like Craigs List, etc.?
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Our needs have changed and now my resourceful and engaging nanny is available for f/t live in/live out baby nurse/nanny position with a new family.During her tenure with us, she was tremendously well organized, great communicator, can sing, read and stimulate your children she is educated and has experience with infant children,engaging and amazing and was certainly instrumental in increasing our kids learning capabilities words cannot express the appreciation I had for her and the love and care she portrayed during her stint with us. My loss will certainly be another family's gain. Please feel free to email me clari3584@gmail.com for more info. She just moved to Miami, you can arrange to meet with her when you get there.
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Our needs have changed and now my resourceful and engaging nanny is available for f/t live in/live out baby nurse/nanny position with a new family.During her tenure with us, she was tremendously well organized, great communicator, can sing, read and stimulate your children she is educated and has experience with infant children,engaging and amazing and was certainly instrumental in increasing our kids learning capabilities words cannot express the appreciation I had for her and the love and care she portrayed during her stint with us. My loss will certainly be another family's gain. Please feel free to email me clari3584@gmail.com for more info. Thanks.
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[-]Has anyone been to Cancun after the oil spill? How are the beaches? I wonder if they were affected by the disaster.
1 reply [ Reply | Watch | MoreI have actually been reading a bunch about this as we go every winter to Riveria Maya/Tulum/Holbox all Cancun area. Supposedly because of the way that currents work the Yucatan Peninsula will be spared. I am not sure I would eat fish from the Gulf, but in terms of tar balls, the beaches, etc, it should be fine.
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viva miami
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Does anyone know anything about SOAR (Success Oriented Achievement Realized) summer camps, particularly the North Carolina Academic Discovery camp - it's an adventure/academic camp for kids with ADHD and LDs. It would be for a fifth grade boy who has ADD and may have (as yet undiagnosed) LDs.
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