Meet Yoda! Like the “Star Wars” character he’s named for, Yoda is an 11-year-old Pug who is “pretty smart,” says owner Jacqueline Sheesley of Miami Lakes. Yoda is also adventurous: He likes to go camping and boating in the Atlantic Ocean, as long as he can be with his family. “He’ll go wherever we go, and do whatever we do,” she said. Yoda would rather lie down than sit, so that he may...

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The Zonta Club of Miami Lakes is offering
a discount dining card that also benefits the good works of its foundation. Called the “Dine Around” card, it can be purchased for $25. Cardholders will enjoy a 15 percent discount off of checks for meals -- served indoors or outdoors -- at seven restaurants in Miami Lakes. An eighth restaurant, Shula’s Steak 2 on Main Street, is offering a 10 percent discount to...

It was a beautiful
Saturday night in Miami Lakes and attorney Maurice Costa and his family were a party of seven, dining outdoors at Trattoria Pampered Chef restaurant in the Cypress Village Shopping Center. The occasion on March 13 was a birthday celebration for Costa’s sister-in-law, Monica Diaz. A singer was performing Frank Sinatra songs and as the entrees were served, the family was joined by an unexpected...