A ceramic ape bares his teeth from his perch on a bookshelf in the Kendall townhouse where Cher Durham is preparing to deliver her first child. A quizzical little monkey in a framed print stares at midwife Corina Fitch.

When the dancers walk to class on Sunday afternoons, they are careful to follow the bright blue lines painted on the ground.

Like an army of androids, clear plastic shields and shiny helmets advanced toward me, a menacing wall spread across the pavement. I was the only civilian in sight

The first hint the ladies at the Lido Spa pick up on is the men coming to measure. Strangers, in a place where everybody knows everybody, taking tape measures to everything

There’s a lull in the schedule, and Paulina Rubio doesn’t like it. “Open the curtains,” she says. “Let’s do something. Let’s practice yoga. Turn on the television. Anything.”

Carlos Vives will never be caught in a sequined jump suit. Yet Vives shares with Elvis Presley a passion for the music of the poor people of his land. And like the King, he is a white man singing with a black feel who has sold millions of records.

How does Miami-Dade County Cuba Ordinance combat Fidel Castro’s attacks on free speech in Cuba and promote free speech in Miami? Shut up!