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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Grilled-hamburger 🍔 + fireworks-filled July 4th 🎆 greetings from me, visiting my Mom in Central Florida, with an iconic #Elvis performance of "An American Trilogy," that NEVER disappoints! 😉


Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy (Live Hawai)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feyu3er5fRc

Sending you grilled-hamburger 🍔 + fireworks-filled July 4th 🇺🇸🎆 greetings from Central Florida w/an iconic #Elvis performance that NEVER disappoints! 😉


I lived in #Memphis for three years as a kid in the mid-1960's, and was driven past Graceland ad the crowds many dozens of times before my family and I moved to #Miami in summer of 1968, so I grew-up as a devout Elvis fan, knowing everything about him, good and bad, as well as millions of bits of trivia.

The day he died was one of the WORST days ever for me.

Whenever someone in the public eye reveals some unusual food combination fave/craving/fixation, even if just occasional, it's hard for me to forget Elvis really loving peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwiches. 
Perhaps not unlike you, I love all three. Just NOT together!


So, a bit of an overdue update for you regular readers of Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Blog: Yours truly is currently visiting his mother in largely rural, orange grove-centric Central Florida, where she lives on the east side of Crooked Lake in Babson Park, about 70 miles south of Orlando and 70 miles east of Tampa. 



As I've previously remarked here on the blog as well as on my Twitter and Instagram feeds, it's a place where, at night, absent all of the overpowering light pollution I am used to dealing with in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach, I can actually see -if not count- thousands and thousands of stars at night overhead if it's not overcast, or, there's not yet another end-of-the-world thunderstorm full of booming thunder and a zillion lightning strikes taking place, as there so often is in the summer here, where it can seem like the hurricane scene from the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall classic, Key Largo, when Edward G. Robinson's tough, abrasive and domineering mobster character visiting Florida starts getting freaked out by the sound of the howling wind outside. It's like that here at times just with the thunderstorms, whether day or night.

Which is to say, they didn't name the NHL hockey team in Tampa Bay the Lightning for nothing. Central Florida is the most lightning-intensive area in all of North America for very good reasons, though when I was growing up in 1970's North Miami Beach, I don't recall anyone -friends, teachers, media- ever mentioning or commenting on that fact:

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/weather/2023/01/04/four-corners-lightning-capital


So, this being the case, I was not able to do any of my usual Fourth of July routines that first started when I lived for 15 years in the Washington, D.C. area, where by the time I showed up around 7:30 p.m. or so on the west side steps of the U.S. Capitol for the annual Fourth of July fireworks and National Symphony Orchestra extravaganza that annually airs on PBS -one of the few things that PBS does not ruin or make ridiculous via its never ending quest to inject identity politics or political grievances into every subject- featuring an army of singers and performers of every musical niche, I have consumed quite a lot of hot dogs, hamburgers, ribs, crab cakes, potato salads of very types, barbecue beans and several helpings of Dr. Pepper, beer or wine to wet my whistle and clean my palate. But there was none of that this year.


Without any high-quality fireworks displays in this area that were worth driving to on a very hot and humid day where the feels like temps got up to about 105,, and with no friends in the area, per se, to bring some homemade food or goodies from Publix to, in order to partake in a Fourth of July all-afternoon buffet, I stayed home avec ma mere, talking and watching a lot of red, white and blue musical films, including Yankee Doodle Dandy and 1776.

Capped off the night with the original Top Gun. 


Mid-afternoon I was also reminded all over again that Major League Baseball (MLB) continues to be lapped by the NFL since they are STILL not smart enough to insist in their many TV deals that there is always at least one nationally-televised baseball game televised on network TV on the afternoon of July 4th, a day where there are, literally, tens of millions of Americans killing time, waiting for others to stop eating or maybe finish off an after buffet nap, before heading out somewhere nearby to seen some fireworks with hopes of not being caught in impossible traffic tie-ups, as so often happens.


Dave 

David B. Smith  


Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Blog: http://www.hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/ 




P.S. My current Twitter background photo is a scene of Elvis Presley and Joan Blackman from his 1961 film, Blue Hawaii, with her driving his 1960 MGB Roadster. Until the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album came out in 1978, Blue Hawaii was the all-time largest-selling soundtrack album.

This iconic song is just one of the many reasons why that's so: 
Can't Help Falling in Love



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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Can development and historic Downtown #HollywoodFL co-exist? Current public pushback against possible demolition of a historic Hollywood Bank Bldg. to make way for the Soleste Hollywood project, makes one wonder whether it can or not

Can development and historic Downtown #HollywoodFL co-exist? 
Current public pushback against possible demolition of a historic Hollywood Bank Bldg. to make way for the Soleste Hollywood project, makes one wonder whether it can or not

 * The Blogger blog template is acting strange today and seems to arbitrarily changing some of my text and making it all capitalized instead of showing it as I wrote it..
This hasn't happened to me in a number of years but unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to fix it, having already tried five times, and even moved the page and reposted it.
But each result is the same. It looks like it's just a glitch I'm stuck with today. :-(
I first heard about this proposed project on the NW corner of Hollywood Blvd. & N. 20th Avenue from seeing the Technical Advisory Comm. agenda on the Sunshine bulletin board at Hollywood City Hall well over a week ago, then got confirmation of it late last Thursday afternoon. 

That is to say, while everyone in town was still very irate about Broward County's self-evident lack of appropriate disclosures of important info to the City of Hollywood re the 911 Emergency Services radio antenna tower at West Lake Park.
I have spent lots of hours writing about that and had planned on posting an update earlier this week, but I've held off on that because of the pending lawsuit between the City of Hollywood and Broward County, where, in my opinion, the county will have many questions to answer from a judge that I don't think any reasonably fair judge is going to be very satisfied or happy with.

Last Friday, Brian Bandell of the South Florida Business Journal had the story, one of three he did yesterday about Hollywood. It's the subject of the second one, regarding the Sun Trust Office Building, at 2001 Hollywood Blvd., where it was once the Hollywood State Bank, opening on February 4, 1924 and founded by Joseph W. Young, Hollywood's founder and first mayor.
But it is now also the site of the projected Seleste Hollywood project, a 350-unit mixed-use development that's got everyone talking.
And depending upon when you talk to them, firmly on one side or the other of the argument.

Or, as is typical in many parts of South Florida, on both sides of the issue, wanting to be on the side of the angels while being on neither side.


According to docs filed with the city, the developer is projecting to be finished in April of 2022.

I received this email, below, written by Hollywood Historical Society Vice President Clive Taylor early Saturday night from a friend and fellow Hollywood civic activist who is par of the group in town behind many worthwhile efforts, Friends of Hollywood Florida Inc.
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofHollywoodFlorida/

I've deleted most of the dozens of people who were recipients of it prior to my receiving it from a friend. It appears exactly as written, with no changes or corrections made to it.

The architect for Seleste Hollywood, Modis Architects, LLC of South Miami, has renderings at its website: http://www.modisarchitects.com/portfolio/soleste-at-hollywood-blvd/


----- Forwarded Message -----







From: Clive Taylor <clive_taylor@bellsouth.net>
To: Josh Levy <jlevy@hollywoodfl.org>; Caryl Shuham <cshuham@hollywoodfl.org>; Peter Hernandez <phernandez@hollywoodfl.org>; Dick Blatner <rblattner@hollywoodfl.org>; Tracy Callari <tcallari@hollywoodfl.org>; Kevin Biederman <kbiederman@hollywoodfl.org>; Linda Sherwood <lsherwood@hollywoodfl.org>; Wazir Ishmael <wishmael@hollywoodfl.org>

Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019, 12:10:34 PM EDT
Subject: Possible Demolition Historic Hollywood Bank Building

Good Morning Mayor, Commissioners, and City Manager,

It's ironic the National Trust is celebrating Historic Downtowns as we contemplate losing yet another important component of our own Historic Downtown.
We are the only city in Florida listed on the national register as having an intact historic downtown and our downtown is designated a historic district.

Despite this important fact we have allowed developers to slowly chip away at our history in the very heart of our city, our Historic downtown.
I used to be very proud of the fact that we had this designation and the fact that so many of our early structures are still standing.

But I am now getting despondent at our future.

We are losing most of the Great southern and just recently the city approved the demo of a very important Bayard Lukens structure on Hollywood Blvd in downtown.
The city's own guidelines state that in the historic district demolition is only to be considered as a last resort if no other options are available to save the structure.
The building now being considered for demo  was the financial heart of early  Hollywood. 
Opening in 1924 it provided much needed capital to new investors and residents moving to the new city.
It was until very recently the oldest continually operating bank site in the county.
This bank never closed during the depression.

It was designed by Rubbish & Hunter the same firm that designed many of Hollywood early structures including the Young Mansion. 
Many buildings have been lost over the years and many visitors and residents respect and want to celebrate our unique historical heritage.

When you travel or visit a new city ask yourself would you like to see the new section or would you like to visit the historic district?
One day our city will not have a historic district to visit and that's a very sad thought for the residents of Hollywood and to the memory of our Founder Joseph Wesley Young.

Think about that when you consider what's happening to our history while you are  in office.

Remember that fact when you visit the historic south beach district or  the biltmore hotel or the breakers  or any other area that had to fight hard to keep these treasures standing.

I am not anti growth I welcome the new development coming to our city bringing new residents for business to enjoy but not at the expense of our history.

Joe Young laid out his  dream city "Hollywood by The Sea"  almost 100 years ago. These are his buildings, his legacy, our legacy, please don't allow this to happen while you've  been elected to represent the residents the city.

The Hollywood Historical Society  erected a bust of our  founder on Young Circle which states" his vision and courage  created this city" it's ironic he's looking right down Historic Hollywood  Blvd business district  and in the distance  is city hall where the politicians developers and employees will decide  yet again if another one of his buildings gets torn down.

Clive Taylor
VP Hollywood Historical Society

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Subsequent to my receiving this letter written by Clive Taylor, which generated an intense response and amount of attention via emails and text messages criss-crossing by civic activists and regular citizens on various Social media platforms, including the one that I don't use, Facebook, came news about this item being on the agenda for this past Monday's Techanical Advisory Comm. meeting.
I knew from an email from Brian Bandell over the weekend that the developer had requested that the item be pulled from the meeting, which it was.
(I attended the meeting and found out lots of interesting things about other development projects in the city, including an out-of-the-box plan for something on Tyler Street, but that will have to wait for another blog post.)

For what it's worth, there are many well-connected and deeply-involved people in Hollywood civic affairs who believe that there has been MORE public misinformation posted to Facebook than ever before regarding matters of interest to Hollywood citizens and business owners, especially since before last year's GO Bond issue vote in November.
These same people lament that people whom they believe ought to know better, are simply playing emotional games in their postings to Facebook rather than relying on facts, logic and reason because... well, it's easier.
Much easier than making sound arguments for or against an issue.

Which only makes me wonder if these same people know how hard it was for me for years to be telling the truth over-and-over when the South Florida news media largely ignored the corruption and incompetency going on at Hallandale Beach City Hall when it was in the firm grasp of shallow, thin-skinned Mayor Joy Cooper and her Rubber Stamp Crew, who thought nothing of lying on the record in front of TV cameras and their own cameras in the Commission Chambers. 

There was far more than a quorum of elected officials and high-paid bureaucrats there who consciously and consistently lied behind-the-scenes and in front of people's faces, who'd even deny things that they themselves had previously said or done and knew were not true at the time because they'd already been given the actual facts by their own staff, consultants or by Broward County or the State of Florida. 
And still these officials would lie and deny what they knew or what was self-evident...
That's how deep the public corruption and antipathy to the public was there.

In case you need a reminder, consider this, via a series of tweets today by me re the situation in Hallandale Beach in 2010, precipitated by something a reporter at Washington, D.C. area NPR affiliate wrote about something in... yes, Sweden, which I'd written about nine years ago on these pages



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From my blog post of SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2010 
Our friend, Hastighetslotteriet, or The Speed Camera Lottery: The fun theory works in Stockholm, but NOT in Joy Cooper's Hallandale Beach, Red-light Camera Central
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-friend-hastighetslotteriet-or-speed.html


Dave 
David B. Smith 

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Take a peek at some new, innovative medical equipment now at Doctor's Toy Store that has Doctors and Surgeons excited about being able to improve their patients' quality of care, and at a price well within budget: Vein Finder Infrared Sight - VS-400; Pure Sculpt Power Assisted #Liposuction; DTS Hybrid Plus Power Procedure Chair; @drstoystore. #healthcare #drstoystore, #lipo, #plasticsurgery, #PAL *SPONSORED POST*

Take a peek at some new, innovative medical equipment now at Doctor's Toy Store that has 
Doctors and Surgeons excited about being able to improve their patients' quality of care, and at a price well within budget: Vein Finder Infrared Sight - VS-400; Pure Sculpt Power Assisted #Liposuction; DTS Hybrid Plus Power Procedure Chair; @drstoystore. #healthcare #drstoystore, #lipo, #plasticsurgery, #PAL
*SPONSORED POST*




Over the past five years I've taken time every so often to share some news and insight with you from my hard-working and humorous friend, Rob Raymond, Founder and CEO of Doctor’s Toy Store in Hallandale Beach. His very successful business continues to be Florida's largest Medical Showroom, and has that title because of his team's combination of professionalism and excellent pro-active customer service, giving doctors and medical practice groups in Florida, the U.S. and around the world the kind of quality medical equipment they want at discount prices that respect their budget.

Last week, for the first time in 2019, I spent some time with Rob and his team walking around their massive 20,000 square foot, two-story showroom, and the truth is, I was even more amazed at what I found than usual. Trust me, Rob doesn't call it Doctor's Toy Store by accident.
There are some pretty amazing things there available for the savvy medical professional and government, agency, regardless of their practice specialty or focus.

As usual, as I made my way to the showroom off of I-95 in Hallandale Beach, standing guard near the front door was one of Rob's ubiquitous Doctor's Toy Store vans. Just one of the many DTS vans you can spot Monday thru Saturday on roads throughout South Florida and Central Florida making their rounds from one doctor or medical practice group office to another, delivering and picking up medical equipment and devices that help them keep their patients safe and sound.

 The Vein Finder Infrared Sight - VS-400 

 One of the very first new things I spotted on this visit was something that looked very much like an upscale reading map that you might want to have beside you in a reclining chair while you settle down to read that new best-seller, but it was something very different, of course.
It was, in fact, a device that help doctors and nurses find a patent's veins, literally, illuminating the veins for a higher first-attempt success rate for a procedure. 

The truth is, it could not be simpler, and is actually kind of fun. I must've used it a dozen times while I was there last week, with Mike at DTS explaining to me a few interesting things about its uses and capabilities. One fact that Mike shared that was hard for me to forget was that the cost for this technology has come down dramatically, and is now roughly about one-tenth of what a device cost when the technology first came on the market years ago.  

 The Infrared Vein Finder/Revealer 400 Series, near-infrared vein finder bases on the near-infrared absorbance difference between veins and surround tissue, it projects accurate and real-time vein image on the skin of patient. The 400 Series can be used to find and evaluate the patients’ veins, help nurse to do vein puncture.
The Infrared Vein Finder / Revealer can help increasing first vein puncture attempt successful rate, increasing vein finding and puncture efficiency, increasing patients’ satisfaction and decrease medical disputes. 
The 400 Series vein finder is widely used in the following departments: pediatric, emergency, oncology, geriatric, radiology, laboratory, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, etc.
Vein visualization is a proven technology. Thousands of facilities around the world have implemented it and many have now adopted it as their standard of care.

 Vein visualization (also known as vein illumination) uses Near-infrared (NIR) imaging for detecting veins. This proven technology enables accurate visualization of the veins under the skin. The two lasers work in tandem to provide a real-time image of the subcutaneous vasculature up to 10mm deep.  First, the hemoglobin in the blood absorbs the infrared light, so there is a reduced amount of light reflection from the veins.  
Then, a custom detection system uses this change in reflection to determine vein location and pattern, which it digitally projects on the surface of the skin.  Lastly, the red laser makes the vein mapping visible to the clinician. The result is a visual projection that has center line accuracy of less than the width of a human hair. And it works for all body types and skin tones.
Come get one today!

#pediatrics #emergency #oncology #geriatrics #radiology #vascular #vascularsurgeon #vascularsurgery #plasticsurgery #veins #nurse https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ZQclaHJGI/

 Believe me, this device is even more fascinating when you can see your OWN veins for the first time. It's amazing!
The view from above:

Side view
Vein Finder Infrared Sight - VS-400 



 More on this device at: https://www.drstoystore.com/product/infrared-vein-finder/
Pure Sculpt Power Assisted Liposuction

 As Rob describes on the video below, one of the great advantages of the Pure Sculpt Power Assisted Liposuction unit is that -like the PowerX that DTS also sells at a very competitive price- the probes move left and right, i.e. rotating not reciprocating motion. 
This unique rotational motion generated by the system allows physicians to remove fatty tissue all the way around the cannula, rather than just above or below the ports. The powered hand piece speeds up traditional liposuction cases, but unlike other power-assisted devices, the hand piece is very lightweight and vibration is minimal



The system has no proprietary consumables and the cannulas are all stainless steel along with the hand piece. It is the only Power Assisted liposuction device that utilizes such exclusive, and best built cannulas. What has made the Microaire great for decades has been reintroduced in the mechanical structure and incorporated to produce the most efficient and effective rotational power assisted liposuction device on the market. Instead of a jackhammer effect, the rotational motion causes a significant decrease in trauma to fat cells and the vascular system which increases the opportunities of a successful fat transfer.

If for any reason the hand piece stops working because emergencies happen more often than not, the Pure Sculpt system comes with a manual hand piece and premium stainless steel cannula for traditional liposuction

 Pure Sculpt Power Assisted Liposuction


 More on this item at:
https://www.drstoystore.com/product/pure-sculpt-powered-assisted-liposuction-unit/

 And of course, if you are going to offer your patients innovative and amazing technology in your office or facility that helps you give them the quality of care they want and expect, you also need a very comfortable quality chair for your patient to sit in during a procedure.
The good news is that there's nothing better on the market right now than what Rob can offer exclusively via Doctor's Toy Store, The DTS Hybrid Plus Power Procedure Chair. 

 This is the only chair on the market now that has foot controls on both sides, and comes with finger switches on the base and on the back, and is fully programmable. 
Plus, it comes with two head rests. 




And, the DTS Hybrid Plus Power Procedure Chair has a reset function, shown above, that saves you from having to strain to contract the chair afterward.

Does your office have the most advanced chair in the industry? If not, do your competitors? 
Come by and let us demonstrate this DTS chair today for you! Seeing is believing!
#cosmetic #cosmetics #esthetics#esthetician #cosmeticlipo #lipo#liposuction #beauty #botox #fillers#medspa #plastic #plasticsurgery#plastic surgeon #drstoystore #doctor#doctoroffice #powerassitedlipo #prp#injection #skintightening https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-ye40nHnc/

More on this item at: 
https://www.drstoystore.com/product/dts-hybrid-plus-power-procedure-chair/





My friend Rob takes his responsibilities to his medical/healthcare clients very seriously, whether they're in South Florida, Los Angeles or Charlotte, and he's always willing to make that extra phone call to get something DONE so that his clients get what they want, when they want it, at a price that fits their budget.

Because of his personal reputation for being someone who can consistently deliver what doctors need, Rob and his friendly and experienced staff constantly have people coming by the showroom who are just in from New Jersey or Brazil, The Bahamas or North Carolina. 
Or, who may've just driven over for the morning from Naples on a day off, something I've seen many times myself.

 Whether it's reassuring a longtime veterinary client near Daytona Beach about a delivery or giving some practical but positive encouragement to young doctors at a brand new practice group in New Jersey starting from scratch, Rob will keep things under control and on schedule.

 Those sorts of positive relationships don't happen without a serious commitment to make them work, and Rob and his dedicated staff do just that.
Rob's friendly outgoing personality, quick sense of humor and near-encyclopedic knowledge of medical equipment, old and new, is a resource in itself to his clients, who are quick to take full advantage of that knowledge.

 That personality and ability of his goes a long way towards explaining how he's been able to grow and TRIPLE the size of his old showroom, and is now able to provide New and Used medical equipment to doctors and medical professionals at discount prices with conscientious, top-quality customer service that nobody can beat.
Rob’s clients know that they are his number-one priority.

Doctor's Toy Store
2512 S.W. 30th Avenue, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009
(954) 457-00751(877) 
DRS-TOYS  FAX: (954) 454-3916
http://drstoystore.com/

Twitter: @drstoystore https://twitter.com/drstoystore
*DTS sells and repairs probes
*DTS has leasing and financing programs available
*Weekend and evening hours available by appointment

BUY   SELL   TRADE   REPAIR   EXPORT

Whether approaching the north entrance to Doctor's Toy Store on S.W. 30th Avenue via Pembroke Road, I-95 Exit #19, or via Hallandale Beach Blvd., I-95 Exit #18, you can't miss the giant American flag! When you see it, drive towards it! 


Experience counts!

Doctor’s Toy Store buys, sells, trades, and exports medical equipment at discount prices. We’re proud to offer a wide variety of them for sale from the world’s leading manufacturers.

Our staff continues to sweat the small details and do the small things every day that matter to our medical clients. They remain vigilant to our clients’ desire for medical equipment and technology -and practical know-how- at discount prices.

Our 20 years of consistent performance and quality customer service for our clients in Florida, the U.S. and around the world is why doctors from all over the globe constantly beat a path to the Doctor’s Toy Store showroom.

That consistency of quality customer service AND discount prices over 20 years helps explain why Doctor’s Toy Store is now the largest medical equipment showroom in Florida, at well over 20,000 square feet.

Conveniently located next to I-95 in South Florida between Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport and Miami International Airport, our great location enables us to extend our reach, quickly and efficiently, and offer doctors around the world the same opportunity to save as those in Florida.
Whether you are using our new-and-improved website or visiting us at our showroom, see for yourself why consistent quality and discount prices make The Doctor’s Toy Store the first choice for savvy doctors looking for new & pre-owned medical equipment.

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