Ali Samek, born and raised in South Miami, lets just say, started a very unique concept with a fab name: Haute Gifting! Coincidental?

What is the perfect solution when you are born with a disorder, like a double chin, as a result of your father? Well, thank god for modern technology because there is a solution for everything. I mean, did I really have a full-fledged double chin? No, but I love being experimental and fixing things even […]

As I waited at Panther Coffee in the fierce Sunset Harbour neighborhood, it became official; he (Derek) is a new resident of Miami. His car arrived from LA! “It’s indefinite.”   But who is Derek? And what is he doing here?   I am sure you have perused through the chic Sunset Harbour area and […]

Welcome to 2013 where now you can create your own pair of reading glasses or sunnies from A – Z, starting with the color, then the shape and how about a monogrammed initial inside? Oh yes. You fancy, huh?   Well, this is breaking news because Edward Beiner told me so. Even his publicist was […]

On Thursday evening, eight great hosts barked and the result: 300 of Miami’s haute residents gathered at the Standard Hotel’s back dock for Jamie’s Rescue event. First, there were the animal lovers. Then there were two-television stahz from the Bravo series Miami Housewives (Lisa Hochstein and the controversial Lauren Foster). Then, the beautiful kids who […]

While it seems everyone in town is going mad over Macarons, with the breaking news that Laduree is opening on Lincoln Road, I am much more thrilled to announce that the Webster is opening its second location in the Bal Harbour Shops. I have known this information for a few weeks but I was sworn […]

Today is the Jewish New Year; A New Year for new beginnings…. And of course a new face of make-up, and somewhere to store it! What girl doesn’t need a fresh face? Well, post blood facial at the Miami Institute, I decided to dump my old mix of Chanel, Armani etc. and invest in what […]

A female stylist and a male lawyer, who based on my assumption, likely do not know one another, have each opened a destination designated to the fashionista and the fashionisto. Brand new, fierce, fresh and fabulous, meet Melissa Mosheim of MVM and Ariel Burman of Cottage.   Ariel is East, Melissa is West. Berlin? Nope, […]

I am the type of girl who will travel for fashion. A good store will give me reason to put endless miles on my car….. What can I say? I’m a committed  shop-a-haulic. Guilty. Do you ever venture into South Miami? If so, or if not, I am giving you every reason to get behind […]