The last "disorganizational meeting" for the King Mango Strut Mangoheads is Tuesday, December 27 at 7 pm at Greenstreets (3468 Main Highway).The King Mango Strut is Sunday, December 31, kicking off at 2 pm.
If all the crazy late breaking news makes you want to enter a group in the Strut, this disorganizational meeting is for you! With King Mango's matchmaking services, if you want to be in the Strut but don't have a group, there are many groups looking for people. If you have a group and are looking for people crazy enough to strut their stuff, come to this last meeting. If you prefer working behind-the-scenes, King Mango needs you too. They need people to help out the day before the Strut painting signs, banners and funny props. They also need about 10-12 people the day of the Strut with set-up in the morning, group line-up and pacing during the parade.
If your group has a vehicle, has more than 20 people or you have line-up preferences, please make sure they know about it. Commodore Plaza - where they line-up - is only so big. There is only room for 20 parade vehicles on Commodore Plaza and trucks with trailers or flatbeds count as two.
To show your true holiday spirit and live up to the slogan, "Put the NUT back in CocoNUT Grove," wear your ugliest Christmas sweater for this last meeting.
For more information, check the website at www.kingmangostrut.org, follow on Facebook, email the King at kingmangostrut@gmail.com or call the Mango Hotline at 305-401-1171.
One of the oldest buildings in the Grove, is always the prettiest, espeically around the holidays. H&H Jewels on Main Highway is all decked out in a big red bow, sort of like Cartier does in NYC. The building of course, was the original Coconut Grove Bank building in the late 1800s.I was at a party on Fuller Street recently and I was showing folks this old photo in the Arva Moore Parks book on Coconut Grove and oddly enough the next day, I was standing outside H&H Jewels and a tourist pulls up and askes me where the Coconut Grove Bank is. I thought he meant the historic building itself, I pointed to it, but it turns out he was looking for a current bank because he wanted to use the ATM.
You may have heard them in the neighborhoods off Tigertail Avenue. First a visit from Santa, and then Sunday night, the North Grove neighborhood friends went house to house singing Christmas carols. They do this yearly -- mothers, fathers, kids -- it's a really nice way to celebrate the season. It's still Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver back in that hood -- quaint and a nice place to be.
The Polar Express, starring Tom Hanks, is being shown a The Barnacle tonight, December 19. Their Up Past Bedtime Movie special starts at 7 pm, gates open at 6 pm. No admission after 7:15 pm.
Admission: $5 age 6 and up; $3 age 2 to 5; free under 2.
See this classic family movie on the grounds of this classic home. This event is sponsored by The Barnacle Society, Inc., a volunteer non-profit organization created to generate public awareness and financial support to preserve The Barnacle Historic State Park.
Chairs, blankets, and coolers welcome. Flashlights recommended. Pajamas encouraged. Sorry, no pets. The Barnacle is located at 3485 Main Highway.
For additional information contact 305-442-6866 or visit www.TheBarnacle.org.
Ritchie's back in town. The bathing suit store returned to its old home last week, right at the corner of the Engle Building on Main Highway, at McFarlane Road. For many years, this was Ritchie's home and a few years ago, the left. In the interim, there were all sorts of other businesses that came and went and now Ritchie is back. Welcome home!
The last "disorganizational meeting" for the King Mango Strut Mangoheads is Tuesday, December 27 at 7 pm at Greenstreets (3468 Main Highway).
