SFL Friday -- Mr. Blue Sky

So it's a sunny Friday, I'm going to ignore that the Dow is down 245 this afternoon, and try to focus on the positive.

Maybe I still have a slight post-election bounce, or maybe it was having the pleasure of seeing Gore Vidal speak to an overpacked house yesterday evening at the Miami Book Fair, but I can't help but feel things are due to get better, and that small steps are being taken in the right direction.

Indeed, I was so jazzed up yesterday that I must apologize to Alex Penelas and Jorge Perez, who were lunching next to me at Prime Blue Grill. I had no idea you didn't know all the words to "Mr. Blue Sky" and next time I will try to pick a song everyone can sing to. This never happens with Ira.

Either way I must soon collect my windsurfing gear, pack my many accoutrements, and hopefully beat an early retreat. I urge you all to do likewise.

Folks, enjoy your weekend wherever the winds may take you.

Jorge Perez Praises Stephen Darmody

Welcome back, everyone. Hope you had a great Memorial Day.

It's nice to see, isn't it, legal adversaries who -- like Heckle and Jeckle and the Pink Panther, agree to put aside their differences at the end of the day, and can even praise the acumen of the opposition.

That's what happened in the letters section of today's Miami Herald, where powerful developer Jorge Perez congratulates the quality of his opponents -- presumably including SHB attorney Stephen Darmody -- who succeeded in obtaining an order blocking his bayfront condo project near Vizcaya:

They should be congratulated for their ability to distort the facts to suit their positions.

Well, it's a start....but seriously he's paying Stephen a compliment!

Any thoughts on how the 3d DCA is gonna rule on this?