Parking meter fairy

As the man in a pink curly wig, a lavender tutu and diaphanous angel wings skated along the streets of Miami's trendy Coconut Grove area, a woman sitting at a table asked him if he was a fairy of some sort.

"Yes," he replied, "I'm the parking meter fairy." The fairy chatted briefly. Then he was off on his appointed rounds - putting coins in parking meters about to expire.

Xavier Cortes was hired by a local businessman to save clients from the parking tickets that threatened to discourage patrons from returning to restaurants and shops. His job was created when a business owner in Coconut Grove grew tired of getting parking tickets for missing the meter by a minute or two