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Article: Live! From Miami Beach!(South Beach scene)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- September 11, 2000
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MIAMI BEACH--It's Wednesday night, and Tommy Pooch should be at the top of his game. He's got pizzerias to sell, dance clubs to plug, an idea for oxygen-enhanced bottled water that glows--a sure hit with the kids. Plus, he's surrounded by slinky, silicone-bolstered nymphets in nothing outfits that leave almost nothing to the imagination.
But Pooch, a Brooklyn boy with a past who's spent most of the last decade remaking himself as a South Beach somebody, is growling. Head in hand, cellphone clamped to his ear, the Pooch sees problems. Lots of problems, and plenty bigger than the Russian model who just dumped him: In SoBe, as the locals call it, the party, just ...