CUBAN COFFEE TALK

Got a little tip over the weekend from our favorite South Beach Queen, who follows all things Miss Gloria, that the Latin diva would be in town this weekend at the Costa d'Este, to shoot a spread for People magazine. With this inside info y'all think that Miss Vero would be rushin right on over there to one of our favorite tropical spots, but no hunnies, we are not in the habit of chasin celebrities down (as we hear other local media types are actively doing). Having known many celebrities over the years we completely understand the need for privacy and usually do not hang around - unless of course we are invited.



That being said, if we did happen to be in the presence of Mrs. Estefan, we would probably be interested in the progress of her new movie, where she is slated to play the underrated and now probably forgotten, Miss Connie Francis. http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/estefan%20to%20make%20francis%20movie_1078382


Seems like the Costa is gearing up for a fabulous season. Since we stayed there in June and continue to lunch, cocktail and dine there, management and staff have settled in or departed. It's no big secret that Benchmark Hospitality is currently looking for a new GM for the resort:

http://www.hcareers.com/seeker/search/view?jobAdId=1EAE4E1779B24DF7&type=partner&source=indeedorganic



We just hope that we'll continue to see Monica Smiley and others who have always made us feel very welcomed.



MR. HASKINS DETAILS MEETING WITH MISS VERO

Miss Vero told y'all about Mr. Michael Haskins' book signing in Vero on October 3rd. Well, on his blog this weekend, he posted details of his Vero Beach adventure, his friendship with local radio guy Bob Soos and his encounter with Miss Vero!:

http://www.chasinthewind.blogspot.com/


If y'all recall, we first meet Mr. Haskins when we read about his potential travel to Vero for the Vero Beach Book Festival this year that was, of course, unceremoniously canceled . Y'all might remember that we wrote about it way back in our May 27th post, "Write It Off". The PJ had printed a little blurb written by someone we didn't recognize by the name of Robin Roup, who actually had some manners and replied to our inquiry, unlike many other PJ staffers (including every editor we have ever written to), who seem to think of Miss Vero's correspondence as of no consequence! How rude.

Here's the original post and all the links, we think it's an important enuf story to be repeated and for those of y'all too lazy to look it up:
http://missverosbeachhouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Vero%20Beach%20Book%20Festival

Come to find out that this story was given to Robin, who was a summer intern at the PJ and there has been no follow up. So sad, when the Book Festival was just getting some major attention for the literary community and the downtown location was such a pleasant reminder of what Vero can be. Suppose we'll just have to hoof it on down to My-am-ah to get the real deal and catch Dave Barry and the Rock Bottom Remainders:
http://www.miamibookfair.com/


Well now that we finished our morning Java, time to see what manner of things we have planned for our week and see if our friend, the South Beach Queen has something more valuable for us than Gloria gossip. Like maybe, a guest room for Miss Vero in that South Beach Condo during Book Fest week!

MWAH!

missvero@live.com

LISTEN UP Y'ALL...

...Cause Miss Vero has a whole heck of a lot to tell y'all today.

GOOD EDITOR, BAD EDITOR

Well it's finally happened, Today's Press Journal has the local restaurant review to end all restaurant reviews. That's right children, Miss Diana Foote outdoes herself with a tale of her visit to - drum roll please - The Olive Garden!

Only, here's the thing, the printed article was edited from the last night's online version. Edited Miss Vero? Yeah hunnies, that's what we said - edited. Because Miss Vero only had one damn bloody mary all day and we were sharp as a tack when we read the online version last night that included a sentence "...with restaurants closing in Vero, people are still waiting 45 minutes on a Friday night at Olive Garden." Is that a little gourmet sea salt in the local economy wound? Why are the Yankee and Midwestern columnists so happy to do that? Well at least some one had the good sense to show some manners. Looks like the feature editor is finally doing their job at the PJ.

Amen.

Now if only the other editors would step it and stop sitting around with Ole Russ, trying to figure out who Miss Vero is and pay more attetntion to the actual news at hand. We are getting outrageous reports coming in of Mr. Lemmon whipping out his little camcorder asking people if they are Miss Vero and good folks getting calls at their home asking if they know who Miss Vero is. PJ, if y'all want to know so bad, why not come to the source? Miss Vero is happy to answer y'all's questions, please just ask us and leave our friends be.

MEET MICHAEL HASKINS

And we mean literally.

Yes Ms Vero,

It's a go at the Waldenbooks, Indian River Mall, on Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m., and I will be on the Morning Magazine radio show at 8 a.m. on Friday, interviewed by Bob Soos. Thank you for your support and I look forward to meeting you Saturday. Bob will be giving away two copies of the book on his show this week.
Michael

So y'all got that right? Check out the Bob Soos show tomorrow morning at the gawd awful hour of 8am on 1490AM radio. And if y'all want to know more about Mr. Haskins, check out his website and blog (which we especially love):

http://www.michaelhaskins.net/

Please read what Mr. Haskins has to say about our First Amendment Rights, it's a very timely and important post, that Miss Vero holds near and dear to our heart:

http://chasinthewind.blogspot.com/

We just love Mr. Micheal Haskins, because he's one of those Hemingway-esque, manly man guys. So we are all excited to have Mr. Haskins in town and we just can't wait to get our title page inscribed!

THEN AFTER Y'ALL GET YOUR BOOK...

Get yourselves down towards Macy's at 1:30, to see our good friend Miss Rita doing "Play of Colors" - a silk dying performance. Miss Rita is a fabulous artist, who specializes in silk dying, but that is only one of her many talents. Please take a moment to read more about her work and visit with her Saturday at the Business and Lifestyle Expo going on in the mall.

http://www.ritasilk.com/play.htm

BY NOW Y'ALL WILL BE PARCHED AND FAMISHED, SO...

Here's a great way to have lunch and do somethin good.

Missed you Miss Vero! You bring everyone who reads your blog so much cheer! (or cheers!).
I just wanted to tell you about an event this Saturday- 10/4/08. It is a fundraiser for one of the waitresses at Bobby's Restaurant. She has breast cancer and no insurance. Her name is Tina (I'm sorry-I don't know her last name). So Bobby and Joey and the girls are having a fundraiser for her. It is from 12PM - 4PM.
I don't know if you want to talk about it on your blog, but it would help her.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so going to Bobby's on a Saturday afternoon seems like a real easy way to help some one out, don'tcha think? Y'all can check out other ways to help on their website:

http://nbcam.org/

GETCHA GOSSIP HERE...

Miss Vero received an email from a fan of the Beach House, none other than, Mr. Jose Lambiet!

Mr. Lambiet politely requested that instead of referring to Perez Hilton, that we would be more than welcome to reference his blog at the Palm Beach Post.

And we accept!

It's a match made in gossip heaven. Sorry Perez, as Hedi Klum would say you're out, Auf Wiedersehen! So here's Mr. Lambiet's link, we hope y'all enjoy reading Jose Lambiet's Page 2 Live, as much as we do:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/jose/

Now we just told y'all what to do on Saturday, but that's two days away and there's a whole lot of time in between to attend to our coctailin and gadabout ways, so if y'all will excuse us....

MWAH!

missvero@live.com