Photo by Silvia Ros.
Published in the September, 2008 issue of the Biscayne Times newspaper:
No one seems to know when exactly Frank Sinatra stayed at the historic Vagabond Motel at 7301 Biscayne Blvd. But everyone over a certain age is required to have at least one Sinatra tale to tell, and Eric Silverman, the Vagabond’s charismatic 55-year-old owner, is no exception. “This place was a retreat for guys like Sinatra, away from the spotlight of Miami Beach,” he says. “It’s not like there was an announcement that he was here. He’d come to hang out at the bar and maybe get up and do a number. It was more of a private thing — you understand?”
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(October ‘08 follow-up story here: Further Adventures of the Boulevard’s Big Man).
(December ‘08 follow-up story here: Don’t Mess with my MiMo).
(April ‘09 follow-up story here: From Hero to Zero).
