It’s hard to say goodbye when you’re having fun!

Yet, this is my last Page2Live entry.

On Tuesday, I became executive editor of Radar Online, one of the country’s biggest celebrity websites.

The sandbox I get to play in now is a lot larger, and the gig often will take me to Los Angeles and Las Vegas and New York City.

But I leave The Palm Beach Post and the readers who supported me with news tips, kudos and criticism for the past seven years with a heavy heart.

I love Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, and not just because it’s my home. There are few places in this country as quirky as Palm Beach, Stuart, Boca and Wellington. News people who work here know they’re lucky because, indeed, there never is a dull moment.

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The Nations Cup, a show jumping event in Wellington in which riders compete for their countries, brought more than 9,000 people to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center the other night. In addition to the charming Paige Johnson (above), an equestrian and the daughter of the billionaire BET founders Bob and Sheila Johnson, Page2Live shutterbug Mike Jachles ran into the likes of Canadian Olympic rider Eric Lamaze (below) on March 4. Click here for the full gallery

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Wellington rapper and reality TV star Vanilla Ice, a.k.a. Rob Van Winkle, tells Page2Live he is honored that college Republicans on the West Coast used words from his famous tune to promote a party that caused protests on campus!

Last week at Central Washington University, in the small city of Ellensburg, Wa., campus Republicans honored Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a raid on the town that netted 30 illegals.

The party was dubbed ICE ICE Baby, using both the acronym for the Customs, ICE, and Vanilla Ice’s famous 1991 rap anthem.

“I think it is great because people can relate to it, and it gets attention,” Ice wrote in an email from England, where he’s filming a TV show. “These people are stressing a point and I feel honored that they use my song to get it across.”

Ok, Rob, tell us more about your politics.

“Two things I will never talk about in public,” he emailed back, “religion and politics.”

Protesters, meanwhile, told the Associated Press the ICE ICE Baby party made a mockery of those caught, including folks with campus connections.

For more on Vanilla Ice:

– It’s pimp my home, Vanilla Ice-style!

– The Vanilla Ice Project scores big for DIY

Eligible bachelor Joe Abruzzo, the Democratic state representative from Wellington, is eligible no more.

The Matt Lauer lookalike, 30, popped the question on one knee in New York City’s Central Park the other day, and sexy Good Samaritan emergency room nurse Brittany Johnston, 26, voted yay!

Abruzzo and his betrothed, Brittany Johnston

Abruzzo tells me it’ll be the first attempt at marital bliss for both.

“I was just waiting for the right person,” Abruzzo said today. “I’m extremely fortunate. I love Brittany more than anything and I’m excited to start a family here in Palm Beach County.”

Are the lovebirds politically compatible?

Johnston isn’t registered to vote in Florida just yet. But according to records, she voted in Ohio, where she attended school, as a member of the Natural Law Party. The little-known party advocates meditation in problem-solving, some that the Florida legislature could use.

Abruzzo first laid eyes on the Palm Beach Gardens hottie a year ago while waiting for a table of Rocco’s Tacos on Clematis in West Palm Beach.

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With a beefy bodyguard in tow, Houston millionaire trust-funder John Goodman (above, with his arm raised next to an unidentified family member) has started to re-appear at his polo club in Wellington.

Goodman, 47, is facing trial on charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in last February’s death of 23-year-old engineer Scott Wilson.

Goodman, who could be sent to prison for 30 years after a trial expected in the spring, disappeared from public view most of last polo season and was holed up in fancy Miami Beach hotels.

This season, however, he’s been spotted catching some of the action at his International Polo Club Palm Beach. He even posed for photos with tennis champ Serena Williams on a recent Sunday.

An attorney for Wilson’s parents wasn’t amused when he saw the pictures.

“While Mr. Goodman is free on bail attending polo matches and continuing to wine and dine the rich and famous,” said attorney Scott Smith, “Mr. and Mrs. Wilson continue to suffer from the loss of their only son.”

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More on Goodman and Wellington’s polo scene:

– Click here for the Page2Live Hall of Shame

– The Kardashians take in polo in Wellington

– DUI death suspect John Goodman in hiding

– Goodman’s $200-Ladies Night booze tab