18 Days and Counting…

Because I am special (and a product of a “Torrecilla”), today I did what I should have done last week. First some Background…. We got power back a few days ago but we still do not have any Interwebs / TV and we were told by some dude  in an ATT truck (and I believe …

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MLS Board…..Really?

So for most of us here in the 305, we have been dealing in what we natives call a few forced days off, others call it a hurricane. Now the few days off are caused by the lack of electricity, interweb services and just the fact that we smell funny cause we refuse to take …

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Ingenuity….

I admire folks who can work on the fly and get stuff done with limited supplies and the boys from West Virginia sure gave it a go this weekend. We still don’t have power (nor interwebs) at home but this is a good sign that maybe, just maybe we’ll be getting it back soon. This …

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And just because…

To complete the whole “wind event” experience I get this call today… “Hey Jav, house down the street caught fire.” Really? Yup…. Never a dull day @ “Gotta Jav Miami”

What Shutters???

So what do you do with Hurricane shutters once a Hurricane has passed? Some folks store them until the next “wind event”, I on the other hand “Torrecilla” them. Storm knocked down a palm, which then crushed my fence (in defense of the palm it was rotted out at the base). What’s the Torrecilla? Have …

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