Playboy has agreed to buy the Freehand hotel in Miami Beach for $12.5 million. The plan is to turn it into a private, members-only club; so “Beach Bunny” may have a new meaning. By the way, the original Miami Playboy Club opened in 1961 on Biscayne Boulevard, then moved to the Miami Airport Inn on LeJeune Road in the 80s - closing for good in 1985.

Clark Griswold, your people are on the Galt Ocean Mile! Fort Lauderdale flips the switch tonight at Light Up The Galt, with live music, food and a kids’ zone. It runs from 5:30-8:30pm.

The Miami Book Fair opens Sunday, and yes - that’s Monk on the schedule. Tony Shaloub and his daughter Josie Adams are downtown at seven Sunday night to talk about the book they wrote together, full of family stories and recipes. The outdoor street fair starts the following Friday.