Aventura has finally arrived – graffiti on light poles and garbage cans is an ongoing battle in places like New York City and other major metropolitan cities. A closer look around Biscayne Blvd., towards the South end of Aventura, will reveal several Graffiti style signs plastered on light poles. Each has the exact same message, “Major Fraud with Slots Gulfstream Park”. Does anyone have insight as to what sparked these mini-billboards around town?

So far this week I am 2-1 ATS on Turkey Day Facebook postings. Below are this week’s Top 5 high-to-medium confidence picks. Star-Ratings for Fantasy Players follow. But first, a brief editorial on the Dolphins’ well-played (for the most part) TG day loss to Dallas:

The Fins played well enough to win against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day, but didn’t. They played well partially because QB Matt Moore has developed into a solid, middle-of-the-pack starting passer in the league. He’s mostly accurate under pressure, and doesn’t make mistakes with frequency. His one mistake on the day, a flubbed shotgun snap, which resulted in a turnover and quick Romo-to-LoRo TD pass, was his only real costly error. His TD bomb to WR Marshall with pass interference and all, was a thing of beauty. He can do more of that. But the coaching staff apparently doesn’t trust him when it counts most. With under 5 minutes remaining and Miami up by 2, the Fins “O” was positioned to run valuable time off the clock and perhaps even close it out en route to victory. The Fins then ran on 2 of 3 plays (one up the middle and the other on a designed rollout slide). Only 1:32 elapsed and Dallas got the ball back, with the defense succumbing to yet another closing-minute losing drive. It is this writer’s opinion that Matt Moore had earned the opportunity to be the winning QB by aggressively attacking a desperate defense. Achieving first downs were critical; instead the coaches called for predictable, whimpish football down the stretch. Winning games in crunch time is largely the result of coaching decisions and player execution. On this national stage, the coaches let the team down.

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There are many buzzing in town, saying that “it should not be allowed to put a bagel shop across the street from another bagel shop.” If you look closely at the photo below, you’ll notice a sign for Bagel Works, this was up during the construction at the South East end of Loehmann’s Plaza. Now the signs do not appear.

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We’re thankful for all of our readers and the many years you’ve been following the blog. Have a meaningful Thanksgiving day!

Thanksgiving is almost here and with that holiday comes the popular sales day, Black Friday. Get to your favorite participating retailer early and get in line. Check out what happened last year at this Target location….

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