Feeling a little stir crazy anticipating the New Year? If you’re dying for one last escape in 2013, consider an easy getaway only an hour’s travel from Miami. Whether it’s the life of luxury in Boca Raton, a jet set escape to the west coast of Florida or a true disconnect in the middle of the pale blue waters of the Bahamas’ Out Islands, there’s an escape for every type of traveler here. Boca Raton Resort & Club The iconic […]
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They say that switching up your normal routine is a great way to meet guys. You know, go somewhere different for happy hour or take up a new hobby. Well, Miami does the work for you every year during the first week of December when Art Basel Miami Beach washes ashore an international import of men you’ve never met before. While I, for one, have sworn off long distance love affairs (at least until the next really tempting one comes […]
Nov 5
2013
2013
RYCA hits REFRESH
For East London artist RYCA, you could say all the world is his toy chest. Drawing inspiration from Pop Art and London’s street and stencil art movement, he’s managed to create a playful, light-hearted world revolving around a few of his favorite things, comic books, sci-fi movies and most importantly, Star Wars. Embracing the Digital Age’s devaluation of original works due to the easily reproduced and proliferated nature of imagery on the Internet, RYCA’s work riffs on iconic pop culture images, […]
Oct 10
2013
2013
I Kinda Want To Be Elizabeth Gilbert
Last night Elizabeth Gilbert spoke at Miami Dade College as a stop on her book tour for her new novel The Signature of All Things. An established journalist, essayist, and novelist, she shot to fame in 2006 with her memoir Eat Pray Love, detailing her year of travel and self discovery through Italy, India, and Indonesia post-divorce. I came across the book in 2007 at a time when I was first seriously contemplating the idea of writing as a career, […]
With three signature restaurants — Hakkasan, Gotham Steak and Scarpetta — and the always buzzing Bleau Bar in its dazzling lobby, the pleasure dome that is the Fontainebleau Miami Beach is breathing new life into its cocktail program with the help of newly appointed corporate mixologist Hector Acevedo. A trio of new cocktails have been introduced to each of these establishments, highlighting a range of techniques and creative concepts from new twists on classics to the molecular avant garde. To take a virtual […]
Oct 3
2013
2013
Camels in Coconut Grove at The Ritz
There were camels in Coconut Grove last night. I pulled up to the valet circle at The Ritz-Carlton with my friend Monica, and there they were. Flanked by two men dressed in rags who reminded me of Bedouins in the Negev Desert, the camels stood with big sad eyes, short, soft peanut-colored fur, and a funny look on their faces. I like the handsome profile the one behind me flashed for this picture. The occasion was a media preview of […]
Fall is here, or so they say, but in balmy Miami that means something different from the rest of the world’s fashion capitals. I talked to 10 of Miami’s top fashion bloggers (and threw in a couple of street style photographers, for good measure) and asked them how they’re interpreting fall trends. I’m hearing enthusiasm over menswear and tomboy inspired pieces, punk rock and ’90s throwbacks, and rich hues, like emerald green and grey. For Annie Vazquez and Mayleen Gonzalez’s […]
It was just over a week ago that I moderated the Facing Fashion Chat Series on Italian Alta Moda for the first annual Miami Fashion Film Festival at O Cinema. It was a truly enjoyable evening chatting up vintage “king” Keni Valenti and stylist Anna Chu about the exhibition they curated at the Keni Valenti Gallery. Italian Alta Moda is on display now with 23 vintage pieces dating from 1951 to 1977, featuring designers, such as Valentino, Pucci, Lancetti, and Schubert. […]
The first ever Miami Fashion Film Festival premieres this Thursday September 12 through Sunday September 15. The festival will feature a number of fashion films, panel discussions, and workshops as a celebration of the films and filmmakers that creatively examine the art, culture, and business of fashion, both locally and internationally. I’m honored to be a part of the festivities as the moderator of the Italian Alta Moda, Facing Fashion Community Chat Series on Friday, September 13 from 7 to […]
I had my first celebrity interview over Labor Day Weekend with none other than Pharrell Williams, and later with Robin Thicke. And, yes, I was incredibly nervous–and excited. They were in town to perform a special concert at the Fontainebleau Sunday afternoon. When Pharrell walks into a room, he brings an almost otherworldly quality with him, something greater, and more interesting, than star power. He is a beautiful creature, flawless, perfection. I saw him once before at the convention center during […]
