November 25 Sport Skate Las Olas At the Riverside Hotel, ‘Fire and Ice’ take on a new meaning as Ft. Lauderdale’s landmark hotel partners with the Las Olas Association to launch Skate Las Olas, a synthetic ‘ice’ skating rink under the Florida sun. The 1,800-square-foot rink will debut on the Riverside Hotel Lawn, overlooking Las [...]
Two Monumental Looks at Our Storied Past Miami Book Fair may be over, but books of course will endure, as will history, whether or not we’re doomed to repeat it. To ensure we swing with those who know (and know better) though, here’s the lowdown on two (relatively) recent historical offerings, each of which will [...]
Chef Bernie Matz Offers Health-Conscious Latin American Cuisine on Alton By John Zur The “L.A.” in Bernie’s L.A. Café stands for Latin American. We’re not talking about that greasy, afterhours Latin American you’re seeking to ease a night of drinking. We’re talking refined, health-conscious Latin American cuisine with borrowed influences from a variety of origins, [...]
Lucrative Beach Concessions Rights May Not Be Up For Bid. The Monday before Thanksgiving was a lazy one at Lummus Park in Miami Beach. The lifeguard huts flew yellow flags that signaled a medium swimming hazard, but barely anyone seemed interested in the choppy waters.
City Dream or Developer Scheme? By Anne Newport Royall In a November 8, 2011 Letter to Commission, City Manager Jorge Gonzalez outlines the status of the public Baywalk in the rear of the properties along West Avenue from 5th Street to Lincoln Road. Highlights include: After holding the Bentley Bay condominium’s Certificate of Occupancy hostage [...]
And Other Things Your Fearless Columnist Did, Heard & Saw At the Book Fair It’s Monday and I’m in recovery mode. Recovery from a weekend of author talks, book browsing, touring street fair exhibitor tents, and schlepping a backpack and tote bag chockful of books and stuff, at the Miami Book Fair International, the city’s [...]
North Bay Village Residents Oppose Proposed Adult Nightclub By Frank Maradiaga Donna Anderson stood shoulder to shoulder with about 30 others who could not find an empty seat for the November Planning and Zoning meeting in North Bay Village. A proposed gentleman’s club was on the agenda, and the small commission chamber grumbled with the [...]
The Conrad’s Mediterranean Restaurant Shines During French Spice By John Zur French Spice, the offshoot restaurant promotion of Miami Spice, has continued to impress with its host of restaurants. On a recent visit to Atrio at the Conrad Miami Hotel, in Brickell, it was easy to see why Atrio just might be the most overlooked [...]
In His Own Words The last thing you want to do is hire Tom Brokaw… The NBC newsman (The Today Show, 1976-81; NBC Nightly News, 1982-2004) – in town to promote his new book, The Time of Our Lives (Random House) – recounted for his audience at Miami-Dade College last Friday night how his career [...]
City of Miami Beach Meetings By Anne Newport Royall TUESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST CLUB Tuesday, November 15 The SunPost on the SunPost A large and diverse crowd, mixing old faces and new, gathered at David’s Café II on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road to hear Miami SunPost columnist Charles Branham-Bailey read from his columns on global warming. [...]
Apparently our Cheez-It Commissioners are not quite mature. Remember that Cheez-It commercial where the white-jacketed technician comes in to see if the three commissioners talking about bicycle lanes are cheesy enough to be called mature? Neither do we. (We’re riffing off a www.transitmiami.com article.) The goofy premise is that only “mature” cheese makes it into [...]
People In The Community You Should Know: Natasha Case Ice Cream Purveyor Who are you? CEO and Co-founder of Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches, a gourmet, architecturally-inspired, mobile ice cream sandwich company! What do you do in real life? This of course! Although I was an architect, and my partner Freya was a real estate developer. [...]
