4th of July at Solara

Are you planning on joining us during the 4th of July weekend? If so, make sure to make it down to our BBQ. Below is the flyer for the event. It will be a fun filled afternoon for the entire family.

Looking for a place to watch the fireworks? This year, the choices for a fun Independence Day are better than ever. No matter what your speed, there are celebrations for you. Here is a list of some of the more popular places to see the rocket's red glare.

City of Miami Beach Fourth of July Celebration: This is a truly unique, touching demonstration of our independence. Beginning at 7:30 PM, music will bring the crowd to its feet. Fireworks will start at nighfall. I can’t think of a more patriotic or more purely Miami way to celebrate! Festivities will be on the beach at 8th Street and Ocean Drive. For more information, call the Miami Beach Tourism Center at (305) 673-7400.

America's Birthday Bash at Bayfront Park: Enjoy live multicultural music while eating delicious food from one of the many booths. Stay until dark for the fireworks, the highlight of the celebration. While most spectacular here in the ampitheatre, the display should be visible throughout most of downtown and over the water. The festival begins at 3PM and concludes with fireworks at 9PM. The Bayside Ampitheatre is located at 301 Biscayne Blvd in downtown Miami. For more information, call (305) 358-7550.

City of Aventura: Show starts at 9:00pm and can be viewed anywhere along Country Club Drive. For more information please call the Community Services Department at 305-466-8930 or visit www.cityofaventura.com.

City of Hollywood: Come celebrate our nation’s 234th birthday on Hollywood Beach & Broadwalk on Sunday, July 4th. Hollywood will be holding its annual Star Spangled Spectacular. There will be entertainment throughout the day and evening at the Hollywood Beach Theatre, plus a dazzling offshore fireworks display beginning at 9:00 pm. Music, games, a fruit pie eating contest, a corn cobbler eating contest and a Limbo challenge are just a few of the events. There will be fun, dancing and games for the little ones at Charnow Park at Garfield Street on the Beach at 12:30 pm and will run until 7:00 pm. And the best part is that the intracoastal bridges (Dania Beach Blvd, Sheridan Street, and Hollywood Blvd) will remain in the down position from 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm to allow traffic to exit the beach. So no stress getting back home.

Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!

Swimmer saved by good Samaritan

Luis Soto from Beach Time Max, our beach concession company, was featured in the Miami Herald this weekend for his heroic rescue of a rip tide victim last Friday on Surfside Beach.

Luis states he saw the woman struggling in the water and quickly reacted grabbing a boogie board from one of the kids laying out by the water and jumped right in to save her. He says it took a while to get back in since the current was so strong but he managed to be released from the rip tide and swam with the woman in tow to shore where he was met by Beach Rescue and they took the woman to the hospital.

Great job Luis, you are definitely a hero!

Here's the article.

SURFSIDE, Fla. (WSVN) --

A worker is being hailed a hero after he saved a woman in distress. The struggling swimmer was unable to keep her head above water near 95th Street and Collins Avenue Thursday. That's when a Good Samaritan, who was selling umbrellas nearby, grabbed a boogie board and jumped in the ocean to save her. "I took off my shoes and socks and went right in, and I said please relax," said Luis Soto. The woman was brought to shore exhausted but otherwise OK.

Having Fun Delivering Fun

It's never a dull moment at Solara.

We're Closing...For Renovations

It's official. Solara will be closing it's doors for 2 months on August 14, 2010 for some major renovations. What's going to be done?? Well, this is what's on the list:

• Concrete restoration on exterior of the building
• Sealing and painting the exterior of the building
• All windows and exterior doors are going to be replaced with Category 5 Hurricane Proof Glass
• All window drapes will be replaced
• All bed linen will be replaced to Bluegreen's New Bedding Standards
• Dinning room and leisure chairs will be reupholstered
• All new pool and balcony furniture
• ALL units, hallways and social rooms will be deep cleaned and have full maintenance completed.
• Elevator Modernization which is to include replacement of our 45 year old equipment to new state of the art equipment
• Pool resurfacing

We can't wait. By the time it's all done we will be looking at a brand new building. Our Grand re-opening is scheduled for October 9th, 2010. Will you be among the first to walk in through our doors?

You've got to Moo It Moo It

June is Dairy Month here at Solara (and all Bluegreen Resort) and things have been Mooooing all over.

Do you know anything better than a warm fresh cookie with some ice cold milk?? How about eating a warm cookie, having your milk AND winning an Ice Cream Sunday !!! That's exactly what you can do every Wednesday here at Solara. All you have to do is take part in our “Milk Mustache” Contest EVERY Wednesday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm during our Cookie Frenzy and the best “Milk Mustache” will win a free Ice Cream Sunday. Snap a photo of your family or friends with a milk mustache at a Bluegreen resort, Dairy Month event, submit your picture to www.colorfulplaces.com/milkit and a panel of lactose-tolerant judges will choose finalists based on each photo's relevance to Dairy Month and publish them for you to vote and pick the winner! One grand-prize winner will receive a 3-night stay in America's Dairy Land! But hurry and don't be left out to pasture, the Bluegreen Resorts 2010 Milk Moo-stache Photo Contest ends July 7, 2010.

Here are some of the winners of the past two weeks...

And here are all our runner's up..

We are also celebrating Dairy Month by holding a MooooOff contest and Leaky Milk Carton Game. Here are some pictures for the Leaky Milk Carton game.

And here are two videos from our MooooOff Contests.

May Day

Boy, things have been bussssyyyyy here at Solara. So much that I have fallen behind on this blog. Well, let me catch you up on all that's been happening.

We started the month by celebrating Mother's Day and all the Mother's on our team received a rose. This is a tradition here at Solara and they all love it.

We were also very please with Eric Maupuy's return to our Maintenance Department. Eric had taken a leave for a few months and we are so happy to have him back on the Team. Eric we had missed you!

As you already know, Claudia's birthday was in May and one of our guest surprised her is a cake and bocadito's (Cuban Pastries). What a nice thing for them to do. Claudia was ecstatic.

                                    

and last but not least, we announced our Employee of the Month and Star Performer's for the month of May.

Those that stood out in the month of May with the most mentions in our comment cards were......

Miguel Gomez (Front Desk Associate) and Junior Encarnacion (Front Desk Associate). Great Job guys!! Keep up the good work.

                                   

and the employee who received the most mentions by his fellow employee's is and walked way with this month's Employee of the Month nominations was...

Rudy Perez. Rudy has been with our company off and on for several years and is currently our part time night Auditor. He is the man that is seldom seen but heard because of the wonderful job he does.

Rudy, thank you for everything you do and congratulations!

                                                

Celebrating a Birthday in June is Fanny Salcedo from our Housekeeping Dept. Fanny's birthday was on June 6th. Happy Birthday Fanny, hope it was a great one.

                                                 

Guests having fun...

Cookie Frenzy (Every Wed. and Friday in the Lobby)

Our very first Build  A Bear

(Fun activitiy for all- Only $17.00 a Bear)