Feliz Cumpleaños Juana!

Photo credit via Flickr: Holaber

Happy Birthday Juana! No Hialeah birthday is complete without a cake, bocaditos, cangrejitos and pastelitos from Vicky Bakery. Don't forget to stop by Kikos for the tables and chairs! Feliz Cumpleaños Juana!

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Latino or Americano #8

It's time again for our game "Latino or Americano?" All you have to do is guess if the house pictured is owned by a Latino or an Americano. Ready? Set? Guess!

This one should be an easy one for you veterans of Latino or Americano...

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Hialeah Fashion District

Photo Credit: Michael Pancier

When it comes to fashion every Hialeah girl is looking for Buena, Bonita y Barata. Is that similar to the three C's every Hialeah guy is looking for - Culo, Casa y Comida?

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Duct Tape and Jesus Fish

Photo Credit: Ernesto Moreno

Maybe this isn't the driving school for you.

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Let Me Tell You Where to Stick That Mail

Photo credit: Antonio Rosado

Can someone please tell me where the mailbox is? I can't seem to find it. (I like how it's propped up on a tree stump)

Special shout out to Antonio for always finding the best of the best in Hialeah. You rock dude.

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Hialeah's Westland Celebrates First Graduating Class

Pictured above Mayor Robaina, Dr. Perla T. Hantman, Dr. Carvalho

Congratulations to the first graduating class of Westland Hialeah High! Everyone at Sweet Home Hialeah sends their best to you. Go out and make us proud, represent Hialeah!

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Classic Hialeah Home

This is a classic. It could almost be a guide for creating your Hialeah home. Let's review...

1. Tiled Steps
2. Fountain
3. Saint (extra bonus for it being San Lazaro)
4. Sculpture or Statue
5. Front Porch (extra bonus for it being tiled)
6. Barrel Tiled Roof
7. Bars on the Door

Even though we've posted a few houses with the classic cement front yard, we all know the other alternative is a perfectly manicured and landscaped lawn. These people to the lawn decorations to the extreme though. I'm gonna guess and say this is a cubiche married to an americano.

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Anchored In Hialeah

One thing about Hialeah, we are pretty creative when it comes to our mailboxes. You can see more creative Hialeah mailboxes in our series under the "Mailboxes" category on our sidebar.

If you see a creative mailbox in Hialeah, take a picture and send it in to us.

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Hialeah Weighs In On The Oil Spill

Photo credit: Betty Llerena

The sign reads: Walked on Water, Turned it to Wine, Now Clean Up the Oil Spill and Have it Refined.

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Cowboys Love Coffee in Hialeah

Photo credit: Xiomara Pazos

Another Hialeah Horse spotting... this time at Starbucks. Those cowboys sure do love their caffeine. I want to see someone ride up to a cafeteria window on horseback next.

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Los Pollitos Pio

The chickens rule the roost at this Hialeah apartment. The residents were quite proud of their chickens, roosters and baby chicks. I thought letting the chickens roam freely in their house was a nice touch. That's the kind of love for chickens you only find in Hialeah - oh and a few redneck states too.

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Occidentally On Purpose

Photo Credit: Sandra Ruiz

If you ever have an occident I know a great place to get insurance muy apido! Apparently this is their second location too so I guess the name was no occident.

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The Lion King in Hialeah

It's not unusual to have a giant lion as a part of your landscape in Hialeah. Nah, for real. This is typical.

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Sherbet Colored Houses

This is what makes Hialeah so unique. Interesting that they were side by side. This is the start of a new series of, um, interestingly colored houses. Tasty aren't they?

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Backyards Are Totally Overrated

Photo Credit: Damarty Ness

In Hialeah, you don't have to have a backyard to have a bounce house for your baby's birthday. You know, backyards and grass are totally overrated anyway.

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Step On A Crack, Break Your Mami's Back

What's up with the sidewalks in Hialeah? Someone from the City of Hialeah should try to take a little walk around Hialeah on its sidewalks (you know, instead of walking in the street). These sidewalks are accidents waiting to happen.

If I break an ankle on a poorly maintained city sidewalk, can I sue?

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One More Way to Screw Hialeans

Guess What? Gratigny Parkway Goes Cashless Today!

A warning for drivers: Open road tolling begins TODAY on the Gratigny Parkway. Toll booths ain't gonna be operational on and cash ain't gonna be accepted. You had best get you a one of those SunPass thingies. Get this, if you get on or off at Red Road you get a discount and pay just 50 cents. If you get off by LeJeune then you get screwed out of a dollar. Nice aint it?

There's a shitstorm of work under way to remove the tollbooths too. The work is expected to take a few months. Big surprise there. Drivers are asked to use SunPass lanes until that work is complete but they forget to mention that since the work has been underway, they've only had ONE frickin lane open!!! Wasn't the whole point of this new system to make it faster and safer? Yea, not working.

By the way peeps, If you ain't got a SunPass, you'll get a bill in the mail.The Gratigny Parkway is the first of the five Miami-Dade Expressway Authority roadways to go open road tolling. All five expressways are expected to be cashless by 2013.

I hope I am outta here by then.

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Snarky Signs Say It All

I admit it. I forgot it post this back during the whole Jackson Memorial Hospital and new Marlin Stadium drama. They guy who comes up with these is a genius. He's even been honored by the Miami New Times. I'll try to get you a few more timely ones and post them on time in the future.

You can check 'em out yourself at:

794 SE 8th St
Hialeah, FL 33010
Phone: (305) 888-5551

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New Around Hialeah

Hialeah always keeps us hopping. In recent news, Mayor Julio Robaina gets compared to Justin Bieber, Oakland A's left-hander Gio Gonzalez compares himself to the President of Hialeah, dozens of Hispanic business owners get scammed out of millions in a ponzi-like scheme, and The City of Hialeah and three unions are still trying to come to an agreement. Just another typical day in Hialeah.

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