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Philip Cardella

Philip Cardella

Miami, FL

Wanna be historian and photographer. Father to two kids, a dog and two cats. Partner to the best person on Earth.

Thanksgiving in South Florida 2025

Thanksgiving in South Florida 2025

by Philip Cardella Introduction After the conclusion of the 17th weekly Sunday prayer vigil held across from the entrance to the South Florida Detention Center, commonly known by its racist nickname, Alligator Alcatraz, a tourist pulled me aside. She was driving the popular tourist road on which the immigration holding

Week ending November 21, 2025

Week ending November 21, 2025

Another week in South Florida and another set of stories that somehow show the importance of community and how our communities can harm us or let us harm ourselves. The weather here has been either delightful or frightful, depending on your perspective– it's been unseasonably hot this week

Vigils, Shutdowns, and Crocodiles: Week ending Friday the 14th of November

Vigils, Shutdowns, and Crocodiles: Week ending Friday the 14th of November

Prayer vigils calling for humane treatment of immigrants popped up in multiple places this week, the shutdown ended so, among other things, the National Park Rangers (many of whom live in the park) got to go back to work, and I found an interesting story about how good nature is

Special Coverage of the 15th Weekly Sunday Prayer Vigil at the South Florida Detention Center

Special Coverage of the 15th Weekly Sunday Prayer Vigil at the South Florida Detention Center

By Philip Cardella November 14, 2025 Florida US 41 near Mile Marker 48 While preparing this week's post for This Week in Florida's weekly blog two things became apparent: 1) I had forgotten to process the photos I took on Sunday 2) those photos told important

Two weeks: Week ending November 7, 2025

Two weeks: Week ending November 7, 2025

I just got busy last week and had a partially written newsletter that didn't go out. So, here is one newsletter with two weeks of news and notes from South Florida. I personally continue to think about community, our community and community in general, what it means to

Hope and Despair in South Florida: Week ending October 24, 2025

Hope and Despair in South Florida: Week ending October 24, 2025

On Friday, the Miami New Times, the paper of record for South Florida's weird, unusual and trendsetting (whether most locals want these trends or not– all of those links are NSFW, BTW, this one about Miami having the worst phone etiquette is not), ran a story I didn&

Special Coverage: No Kings II in Key Largo, Florida

Special Coverage: No Kings II in Key Largo, Florida

October 18, 2025 Key Largo, Florida About 300 people, I think (200-300 was my estimate), were at the Key Largo demonstration when I left at 11 AM. Key Largo is about an hour south of Miami and an hour and a half north and east of Key West. There is