Miami's parking meter fairy

A Miami man has donned a wig, tutu and fake wings to become the city's parking meter fairy.
Xavier Cortes rollerskates around the trendy Coconut Grove area putting change into meters about to run out.
He wears a pink curly wig, a lavender tutu and diaphanous angel wings, reports the Sun-Sentinel.
Mr Cortes is employed by local retailers and restaurateurs who feared visitors were being discouraged by parking tickets.
Cynthia Bettner, publisher of Best Tourist Publications Inc, advertised in the Miami New Times for a "colourful one-of-a-kind extrovert who looks good in tulle".
She said: "Xavier was perfect. He's an artist, someone who likes to be dressed in this bizarre outfit to help educate people about the parking tickets."

Mr Cortes, an artist with a theatre background whose works have been featured in galleries and on music album covers, said he loved his new job.
"I've done Che Guevara, who is a communist, so this is just another performance," he said. "I'm out skating, and I'm getting paid for doing somebody a favour."