Making Good Time: True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida has recently been published by Miami-based Jai-Alai Books. In this issue, we present five of the book’s 31 nonfiction stories and an excerpt from the introduction by editor Lynne Barrett.

"I liked Jenni Person’s article about the importance of books in a home. And since misery loves company, there are a couple of resources I wanted to share."

Keep a lookout for the holiday blues

Scott Rakow Youth Center offers unique family entertainment

Commercial “nutrient” injections won’t fix the issue

Next year, lobbyists’ stranglehold on our county commission could come to an end

Food news we know you can use

The Miami Foundation takes community engagement to a new level

Let’s hear it for a 79th Street renaissance