Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Beep beep! Trendy Trucks pulling into your neighborhood

La Boutique on Wheels in South Beach



First came the food trucks. Now mobile boutiques. These stores on wheels are popping up in South Florida as well as NYC, Boston, and Los Angeles.  Some of these trucks are former Chevy Step Vans from the 1970s. Others are library bookmobiles transformed into clothing stores.  Here is my Sun Sentinel article on the trend.


Tuesday, February 19, 2013

South Florida's hot (used) car market




South Florida tops the list of the most affordable places to buy a used car.  Vehicles sold in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties go for about 7 percent less than the national average, according to an article in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.  In addition, there are a lot of used cars for sale in SoFla that family members sell after their elderly loved one passes away.