Sunday, October 21st at Noon
But you can find out more at HeraldHunt.com.
Watch interviews with What
the 5! (for Thursday, Oct. 18th) and CBS4.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A portion of The Rock Bottom Remainders, with guest guitarist Monte Montgomery, played at
1) Tobacco Road (Miami's Oldest Bar) - A fundraiser to benefit Miami Scores on November 9th (VIP party at 7, Gig at 8ish) .
2) The
Miami Book Fair on November 10th at around 5 or 5:30.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sunday, October 21st at Noon¹
But you can find out more at HeraldHunt.com.
Watch interviews with What
the 5! (for Thursday, Oct. 18th) and CBS4.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Book
Tour - September 2007
September
17th -- Ft.
Worth, TX
7:30 PM - Ft. Worth Star Telegram event at Bass Hall
30 E. Fourth Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
September 19th --
New York
Time tba - NBC's "Today Show"
3:00 PM - NPR "Talk
of the Nation"
7:00 PM - Barnes and Noble / Union Square
Reading/Talk, Q&A, signing
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
September 20th --
Philadelphia
National ABC Radio Network Tour
Check local ABC affiliate for times
12 noon - Free Library of Philadelphia
Reading/Talk, Q&A, signing
1901 Vine St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
September 20th --
Washington,
DC
6:45 PM - Eye on
Books Bookcast
7 PM - Politics and Prose
Reading/Talk, Q&A, signing
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
September 21st --
Washington,
DC
Time tba (A.M.) - National Satellite TV Tour
Taped segments: check your local listings for times
Live Broadcasts:
WBFS-CBS/ "Morning Show" (Miami)
KDKA-CBS/ "Morning News" (Pittsburgh)
KMAX-CW/ "Morning Show" (Sacramento)
XETV-FOX/ "Morning Show" (San Diego)
12 noon - Borders
Reading/Talk, Q&A, signing
1801 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
September 24th --
Miami, FL
8:15 AM - WIOD South
Florida News with Dave Lamont
8:40 AM - Big 105.9 morning show with Paul and Ron
11:30 AM - WAMC-FM (NPR) "The Round Table" (Albany NY)
12:10 PM - "The Growing Bolder Radio Show" Orlando, FL
4:10 PM - KMOX-FM - The Paul Harris Show
September 25th --
Miami,
FL
1-2 PM - WLRN "Topical Currents"
7:30 PM - Books
and Books in Coral Gables
(Event is off-site)
Site: Temple Judea
Reading/Talk, Q&A, signing
5500 Granada Boulevard
Coral Gables, FL
September 26th --
Plantation,
FL
7 PM - Barnes
and Noble
Reading/Talk, Q&A, signing
591 South University Dr
Plantation, FL
Publisher:
Putnam
Publicity contact: Katie.McKee@us.penguingroup.com
The
Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog is due out
in stores on November 7, 2006. Pre-order here.
See the Events page for book tour details.
Kirkus
review
Talk
of the Nation interview
Ft.
Worth Star-Telegram review
Sacbee review
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave
Barry’s Money Secrets
Crown Publishers ISBN: 1-400-04758-7
Due out in paperback on December 26th
Dave
was on Wait
Wait, Don't Tell Me the week of 10/21/06. The show is also available
in the website archives.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Thursday, Sept. 28, Dave, Ridley Pearson, Governor Jeb Bush and middle school students from across Florida read an excerpt from Peter and the Starcatchers in an attempt to break a GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS read-aloud record. Details at Just Read, Florida.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOOK NEWS
(A Neverland Adventure)
Publication: Sept. 1, 2006
By Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
#1 on the NY
Times bestseller list for the 4th week; also #1 on Book
Sense, and Publishers Weekly (link unavailable) bestseller lists.
Purchase the book at your local independent bookseller
or online
Check the
blog for CrapCam book-strumpeting updates.
Interviews:
Dave and Ridley in the Miami
Herald.
Interview:
Dave and Ridley Pearson with Paul Harris
THE KICKOFF
EVENT OF BOOK TOUR
was in support of the Florida
Unit of
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
*Don't miss this one-time (unless we offer it again) offer to send you a free (courtesy of Disney) fake tattoo of the Peter and the Shadow Thieves cover art. Just send a self-addressed stamped envelope¹ (hereinafter referred to as a SASE) at the following address: Dave Barry's Tattoo Studio, Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza, Miami FL 33132
¹This
means you send in a SASE. This does NOT mean you send a dollar to cover
postage and leave the rest to us. (If you are from outside the US and
have no access to US stamps, we will make an exception.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One
of the foremost authorities
on Doing
Nothing reviews Tom Lutz' book.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Peter
and the Starcatchers
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Peter
and the Starcatchers is now available in paperback.
Honors:
Peter and the Starcatchers has been selected as part of Just Read, Florida's summer reading program as well as Chancellor Yecke’s Summer Book Read Challenge.
It has also been selected as part of the Sunshine Young Readers Awards Program (booklist here)
On
Thursday, Sept. 28, Dave, Ridley Pearson, Governor Jeb Bush and middle
school students from across Florida read an excerpt from Peter and
the Starcatchers in an attempt to break a GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
read-aloud record. Details at Just
Read, Florida.
~~~~~~~
Interviews
about Peter and the Starcatchers are available on the BOOKS
page
Dave
and Ridley are writing a series of chapter books -- Never Land Adventures.
The first two books in the five-book series, Escape from the Carnivale
and Cave of the Dark Wind, will be published in fall 2006.
Dave
Barry's Money Secrets
from
Random
House.
See
the Events page for
book tour details.
See the Books
page for interviews.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan.
3 @ 1 pm
Year-In-Review online chat at washingtonpost.com
Details tk.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The
GUIDE TO GUYS movie is now for sale, just in time for next Christmas.
Dave
Barry's Complete Guide to Guys:
The
Movie
Get your G2G merchandise
HERE
NEWS
FLASH: Dave writes another
column!
What
was Dave doing during his hiatus?
Writing books.
What
books?
A sequel to Peter and the Starcatchers, with Ridley
Pearson, for one. Title of the new book: Peter and the Shadow Thieves.
There's also a companion book for younger readers in the works. And for
the (chronologically) adult reader: Dave
Barry's Money Secrets, due out in January from Random
House. Check back here for details (and if you hear of any, email
us).
Recent Interviews:
On
Money
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looking
for an old column?
See the FAQ on the "About
Dave" page.
Or check out the miscellaneous columns on the "Stuff"
page. (And let us know if you have a favorite you'd like to see there.)
Order
Dave Barry for President
Bumper Stickers
ROCK BOTTOM REMAINDERS
Voices
for Children
Pink Elephant Fundraiser
Friday November 17th - 7 pm to 11 pm
The
Rock Bottom Remainders
with special guest Paul Castronovo
Details
on the Events
page
MIAMI
BOOK FAIR 2006
Remainders concert
Saturday
November 18th - early evening
Miami-Dade Community College Campus
For more information: MiamiBookFair.com
Details
on the Events
page
INTERVIEW with Dave and Ridley
Sunday, October 29th (Noon)
But you can find out more at HeraldHunt.com.
Explore past Hunts at TropicHunt.com.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
In
October, Dave joined Paul and Young Ron on their morning show at Big105.9
to kick off the auction of a donated Gibson
guitar (many thanks, Gibson!) for Hurricane
Katrina relief. The guitar will be signed by the members of the
Rock Bottom
Remainders attending the Miami
Book Fair in November.
Many thanks to the buyer of the guitar, DUANE LINDSAY, for joining the Remainders on stage at the Book Fair. He wowed the crowd with Little Deuce Coupe and then, in a fit of generosity no doubt precipitated by the strange sounds coming out of the Remainders' instruments, gave up music forever and donated the guitar back to the relief effort.
Watch
this spot for further developments.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rock Bottom Remainders 2006 tour
To benefit America
Scores and 826LA
DALLAS, TX -- Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The Gypsy Tea Room
2513 Main Street, Dallas
VIP Reception 6:30pm
Concert 8:30pm
$25 GA, $100 VIP
DENVER, CO -- Thursday, April 27, 2006
The Paramount Theater
1621 Glenarm Place, Denver
VIP Reception 6:30pm
Concert 7:00pm (Remainders on at 8:30pm)
$29 GA, $200 VIP
LOS ANGELES -- Saturday, April 29, 2006
2:30 PM
Free Concert outdoors w/ Roger Mcguinn
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
UCLA Campus at the Etc. Stage
LOS ANGELES -- Saturday, April 29, 2006
6:30 PM (supporting 826LA)
BESIDES THE MUSIC: Conversation, Debate* and yes, Music (*with
international scoring rules) With Steve Martin, Frank McCourt, Craig Ferguson
and Roger McGuinn
Royce Hall, UCLA
VIP Reception 6:30pm, West Lobby
Royce Hall Special Event: 8:00pm
$25 GA, $200 VIP
For tickets or more information: rockbottomremainders.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Book
tour with Ridley Pearson for Peter and the
Starcatchers
England
- beginning March 12
No signings scheduled.
Radio/tv and online interviews only:
Monday
March 13th
*Simon Mayo Show, National Radio 5 at 2:15
Listen to the radio interview at bbc.co.uk
or download the podcast (link tk)
*BBC London Live, to air after 6 pm News
Near the end of Monday's show at bbc.co.uk/london
*Funday Times (print interview, when printed will be available here: http://funday.timesonline.co.uk/)
Tuesday March 14th
*"Ireland AM"
*Gerry Ryan Show at 10 am (online here: http://www.rte.ie/2fm/ryanshow/todays.html)
*Dustin's
Den at 3:45
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MONEY SECRETS BOOK TOUR
Radio Interview:
Monday Feb. 6 -- KMOX (listen
online)
Scheduled
signings:
Please contact stores to verify appearance
times
Monday,
January 16, 2006 New York
7:30 (note new time)
Book Revue
313 New York Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 New York
7:30 PM
Barnes & Noble
Signing Union Square
New York, NY
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Washington,
DC
12:00 PM (CANCELLED)
Borders Books & Music
1801 K Street
Washington, DC
7:00 PM
Olsson’s Books & Records
2111 Wilson Boulevard.
Arlington, VA 22201
Thursday, January 19, 2006 Atlanta
6:00 PM reception, 7:00 PM discussion/signing
Margaret Mitchell House
990 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
*Tickets required for entrance;
please contact 404-814-2064 for information
Friday, January 20, 2006 Miami
8:00 PM
Books & Books
Event at the Biltmore Hotel
1200 Anastasia Ave.
Alhambra Ballroom
Coral Gables, FL
TICKETED EVENT - free tickets from
Book & Books required to guarantee seating;
no further tickets available; SRO
Call the store for details: 305-442-4408
Saturday, January 21, 2006 Wellington,
FL
1:30 PM
Barnes & Noble
The Shoppes at Wellington Green
10500 West Forest Hill Blvd.
Wellington, FL 33414
Monday, January 23, 2006 Chicago
7:00 PM
Andersons Bookshop
123 West Jefferson
Naperville, IL 60540
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Milwaukee
7:00 PM
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop
17145 West Bluemound Road
Brookfield, WI 53005
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Kansas
City
KMBZ Business Forum Luncheon
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Hilton President Hotel/Congress Ballroom
14th and Baltimore
Kansas City, MO
$35 admission includes book and lunch
To register go to www.kmbz.com
or call 913-677-8000
7:00 PM
Rainy Day Books
@ The Unity Temple
707 W. 47th St.
Fairway, KS 66205
*tickets required; please contact Rainy Day Books
for details -- 913-384-3126
Thursday, January 26, 2006 Denver
1:00 PM
Denver Press Club Luncheon
@ Denver Athletic Club
1330 Glenarm Place
Denver, CO 80204
*Ticketed event; $20 for members, $25 for non-members.
For reservations, call Katie Walters at 720-931-6810 or e-mail her at
kwalters@denverathleticclub.org
7:00 PM
Tattered Cover-Cherry Creek
2955 East First Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
Friday, January 27, 2006 San Francisco
7:00 PM
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Saturday, January 28, 2006
2:00 PM
Borders Books
456 University Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
7:00 PM (note new time)
Cody's on Telegraph:
2454 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Sunday, January 29, 2006 Seattle
2:00 PM
University Bookstore
@ Town Hall
1119 8th Ave @ Seneca
Seattle, WA 98101
Tickets $5
Information at http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm
Monday, January 30, 2006
7:00 PM
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way, NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
~~~~~~
On Sunday, November 20 at 4:30 Dave and Ridley
(following a Saturday appearance by the world-famous-sort-of Rock Bottom
Remainders) will be speaking at the Miami
Book Fair:
Miami-Dade Community College Campus
Chapman Building (Bldg 3), 2nd Floor
Admission to the fair is $5 (events within the fair are free)
ROCK BOTTOM REMAINDERS
Miami
Book Fair appearance, Nov. 19th, 2005
5:30 pm (opening act John
the Juggler at 5 pm)
at the Entertainment Stage
(Student
Life Patio, outside Bldg. 2)
Remainders Tour -- 2006 (details tk)
The Herald Hunt 2005 - November 6
You've
never done anything like this before.
Find
out more at www.heraldhunt.com
Find
out what happened in 2004 at Herald.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last
Monday, Dave joined Paul and Young Ron on their morning show at Big105.9
to kick off the auction of a donated Gibson
guitar (many thanks, Gibson!) for Hurricane
Katrina relief. The guitar will be signed by the members of the
Rock Bottom
Remainders attending the Miami
Book Fair in November.
Many thanks to the folks at Big 105.9 for sending us this SOUND FILE from the Sept. 19th -- Talk Like a Pirate Day -- show, where Paul, Young Ron, and Dave talked like pirates and kicked off the auction, which ended September 26th, after raising over $2000 for the victims of Hurricane Katrina!
Watch
this spot for a surprise announcement about continuing relief efforts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Santa Barbara, California: “Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys”
will be the Centerpiece of the 5th Annual SMMASH Film Festival October
21st to 27th, at the historic
Dock Theater in Excelsior, Minnesota. G2G will be screening on the following
dates and times:
Saturday,
Oct 22 @ 7:00pm - Theater 1
(To followed by a Q&A session with the producers and members of the
crew)
Thursday,
Oct 27 @ 7:00pm - Theater 1
Festival
website: http://www.smmashfest.com
Dave's
Final-For-Now column
(Don't miss the
slide show in the "Photo Gallery")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave's
2004 Year in Review
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE
BLOG IS WORKING AGAIN. ALL HAIL NAVA AND THE THUNDERTECHS.
Take a tour of Dave's office
(New office pics 1/25/05)
Take a tour of Dave's office
(New office pics 11/03)
I Want Your Sex Pootie -- The Song
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
November 12-14, 2004 -- MIAMI BOOK FAIR Several of the Rock Bottom Remainders entertain (more or less) at The Miami Book Fair.
November 12 -- FREE EVENT A fraction of the RBR's will practice for the Book Fair gig at Scotty's Landing in Coconut Grove from 6-10 PM
November 13 -- FREE EVENT A segment of the RBR's, plus Carl Hiaasen, Gene Weingarten and a mystery guest or two will perform at the Miami Book Fair - MAIN STAGE (MDCC Campus) from 5 -7 PM
November 14 -- 2:00 FREE EVENT Dave and Ridley Pearson will talk about (and sign) their new book, Peter and the Starcatchers, at the Miami Book Fair - Chapman Building (MDCC Campus) See The Miami Book Fair website for details
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Join
Dave at a fundraiser for the Leonard Kaufman Scholarship, awarded to FIU
students in Industrial and System Engineering.
October 21, 2004 – Miami FL 7:30
PM
Wertheim Performing Arts
Florida International University
University Park Campus
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33199
Tickets: $10 - $250
For more information, call 305-348-2980 or visit FIU's
website
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch for Dave's coverage of the Democratic and Republican Conventions, and the Olympics.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Remainders
Tour --
The Midwest, October 2004
Miami Book Fair appearance, Nov. 13th
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The Herald Hunt 2004 - November 7th
You've
never done anything like this before.
Find
out more at www.heraldhunt.com
Find out what happened at Herald.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New
Book News:
Dave
and Ridley Pearson
have been working on a book for young readers called PETER AND THE
STARCATCHERS (Disney Editions, September 2004). First known book tour
appearance was at BookExpo
America in Chicago, June 4-5, 2004.
St.
Louis Post-Dispatch article
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Recently
discovered old news:
The
Cartoonist's Secret Service
Photo by Craig Crawford
Dave
hangs out on the campaign trail in New Hampshire with Sen. Joe
Lieberman. Dave and the senator ALWAYS coordinate their outfits.
Gift
Guide 2003
Telemarketers Updates:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/6740959.htm
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=24946&dest=article
Original column:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/6649728.htm
Boogers Are My Beat
Release Date: September 2003
(Book Tour Dates and Cities TBA on the Events
page)
Media Inquiries for Book Tour:
Brian Belfiglio, bbelfiglio@randomhouse.com
Trivial Pursuit by Jeff Carrie, Professional Canadian
Every four years I marvel at the intricacies of the American political system. I don't claim to understand it, but it sure is neat to look at, sort of like a Jackson Pollock painting. In the days of the caveman one guy would stand up and grunt "THROG BASH SKULL WITH CLUB!" and everyone else would think, "You know what, let's just make him leader and not get our skull bashed in," and the political process ended and everyone went back to watching the NFL playoffs. Today, the political canvas has changed. Rather than one bold stroke, the race to the presidency consists of several individual strokes which at first glance appear to be haphazardly splashed across the canvas. But when you stand back and look at the whole picture you can begin to appreciate that it really looks like a bunch of crazed monkeys got loose in the art supply cabinet. If I speak metaphorically, it's because I really haven't the foggiest idea how the thing works anymore. It's like the rules of a board game that you find stashed at the back of the summer cabin every four years. Primaries, caucuses, super-delegates, super-Tuesday, get out of jail free, ok, perhaps some of these board games get their pieces mixed up, but in the end it all works out. Sure, sometimes Florida rolls the dice and one of them rolls off the table and lands partially on the carpet and it takes several weeks to decide whether it was a six or a two, but that's part of the fun. So in order to make sense of all this, I turn to one man, a man who is willing to guide us through the primaries and caucuses, a man willing to delve deep into the controversial issues (Donna Rice: Babe or not?), a man willing to raid the mini bar and put it all on the Herald's expense tab. Ladies and gentlemen, Dave Barry. (Coverage begins Friday, January 16th and continues through Tuesday, January 27th)
Dave's Guide to Miami for Iowa Orange Bowl visitors
December
29
Online Chat -- Washington Post
Archived at www.washingtonpost.com
Remainders
tour with AmericaScores
November 2003
Remainders Tour
The Rock Bottom
Remainders will visit Austin TX with the literary charity America
Scores (http://www.americascores.org)
Details TK
WE CAME, WE SAW,
AND WE ROCKED!)
Tricky Business
Published October 1, 2002
Contact: Michael Barson
Associate Director of Publicity 212.366.254
Mbarson@penguinputnam.com
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April 2003
The Rock Bottom
Remainders will tour California with the literary charity America
Scores (http://www.americascores.org)
April 23 Seattle
April 24 San Francisco
April 25 & 26
Los Angeles @ The LA Times Festival of Books
Friday, April 25th
8pm at Royce Hall, UCLA: "Besides The Music: The Rock Bottom
Remainders" -- details TBA
Saturday, April 26th (3 or 4 pm): Concert at the
Festival of Books
WE CAME, WE SAW,
AND WE ROCKED!)
Tricky
Business
Herald
Hunt Info
A
GOOD THING YOU CAN DO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON:
The USO has a program called Operation USO Care Package that sends packages
to American service men and women who can't be home for the holidays because
they're deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom, protecting us. Each package
contains stuff that service people have said they want, such as prepaid
phone cards, disposable cameras and toiletries. The USO is asking Americans
to send gifts of $25 to underwrite this program; in return, volunteers
will transcribe your greeting on a postcard to go with a package to one
of our men or women in uniform. To make a donation, you can send a check
made out to USO to OPERATION USO CARE PACKAGE., P.O. BOX 10835, ARLINGTON,
VA 22210. You can also call 1-866-USO-GIVE. To find out more about Operation
USO Care Package, you can check out www.usometrodc.org.
Tricky
Business
Publication Date: October 1, 2002
The Extravaganza of the Seas is a five-thousand-ton cash cow, a ship whose
sole function is to carry unsuspecting gamblers three miles from the Florida
coast, take their money, then bring them back, penniless and wanting more.
One night, in the midst of a violent tropical storm, we find aboard the
Extravaganza these lost (or simply misplaced) souls: Fay Benton, a single
mom and a cocktail waitress desperate for something to go right for once;
Johnny and the Contusions, a ship's band with so little talent they are...well,
the ship's band; Arnold and Phil, two refugees from the Beaux Arts Senior
Center; and an assortment of homicidal, heavily armed pug-uglies, all
working for the fearsome Lou Tarant (a wide, bald man who has himself
killed nine people--though none recently). Their job it is to carry out
the ship's true business, which is money-laundering or drug-smuggling
or...something really, REALLY bad.
So take this eclectic assortment of characters stuck at sea during a storm
that would make any meteorologist wet his pants, and see how one ill-fated
and ill-advised gambling trip will change their lives and send them ricocheting
off each other like billiard balls.
Contact: Michael Barson
Associate Director of Publicity 212.366.254
Mbarson@penguinputnam.com
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Herald
Hunt Info
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2002
Location: Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami
The 2002 Herald Hunt is on! Join the lunatics at The Herald and plenty
of similarly masochistic South Floridians as we turn the landscape into
a huge conglomeration of puzzles, word games and brain-teasers. Itıs an
exercise in mass frustration, and itıs all happening Sunday, November
3rd. Save the date, gather your team and get ready!
The 2002 Herald Hunt prizes will be announced soon so stay tuned. They
promise to be so exciting, Dave Barry will drop hints to the teams that
offer him a cut (alright, we are making this up!)
What the heck is The Hunt?
Letıs get one thing straight from the start: The Hunt is NOT a "scavenger
hunt," okay? In a scavenger hunt, you find coasters advertising light
beer, a key chain with a horseshoe and a four-leaf clover. At the Hunt,
you find meaning in the bizarre, sense in the fantastic and answers to
the great riddles of life. More likely, you get completely amazed and
totally baffled. But you still have a great time, joining billions of
your closest friends in a great outdoor adventure youıll remember for
the rest of your life. Even after shock therapy.
The Hunt is a unique event, a communal celebration of South Florida. The
last Hunt, in October 2001, turned downtown Hollywood and Young Circle
Park into a vast amusement park, riddled with clues that led the winners
to a fabulous Royal Caribbean cruise vacation!
The cost of admission? One Sunday Miami Herald. Anybody who buys a Sunday
paper is eligible to win, which probably wonıt happen, and guaranteed
five hours of insane fun, never, ever, to be repeated -- in this dimension.
The Cult of The Hunt
Over the years, the Hunt has attained virtual cult status. Hunters have
been known to fly in from across the nation, and even from other countries.
One local Hunt fanatic has developed his own website detailing past Hunts.
Indeed, there exists a hard-core base of loyal Hunters in the South Florida
community, and theyıre at it year after year, inspiring fellow participants
and creating lots of "Hunt Buzz" along the way.
The Brains Behind The Hunt
Throughout the years, Dave Barry and Tom Shroder have shaped Hunt after
Hunt into the amazing and wonderfully bizarre event that has gained fame
across South Florida and the nation. And weıre excited to announce that
this Dynamic Duo is back this year to confound the heck out of us once
again. They spend months conjuring up clues so devious, only those with
similarly twisted minds can figure them out.
Dave Barry is The Heraldıs award-winning, nationally syndicated humorist,
as well as a best-selling author. Tom Shroder, formerly Executive Editor
of The Heraldıs Sunday magazine, Tropic, is now both a renowned author
and a senior editor at The Washington Post.
The Hunt Special Section
Avid Hunters buy The Bulldog, the early edition of The Herald available
on Saturday afternoon, and pore over the all-important Hunt section until
the games begin on Sunday morning. They scour every article and ad, going
over the entire section with a fine-toothed comb, never knowing where
a clue may lurk. Maybe, just maybe, theyıll uncover the missing piece
of the puzzle that makes everything fit together. Then again, maybe theyıll
just make themselves nuts.
Herald Hunt. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring a firm grip
on reality!
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