Better design breeds desirable properties, so when survival of the fittest befits the real estate market, the end product needs be plenary. Brushing properties with superior design is JAX Design Studio, started by Good Property Company founder Joshua Gurwitz. Before any project takes shape, Gurwitz begins at the end. He says, “We ask what we want this project to be when it grows up.”

On Thursday, Oct. 28, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts celebrated its fifth anniversary in style with a chic black-tie black-and-white themed soiree at the center’s Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. The event was hosted by gala chairs Mike and Margaret Eidson, Marvin Ross Friedman, and Adrienne bon Haes, along with Adrienne Arsht Center President and CEO John Richard.

On Thursday, Oct. 28, the St. John’s Bal Harbour boutique partnered with Couture Brands to host a private fund-raising and shopping event in support of the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. Guests at the event enjoyed Champagne and cupcakes, while previewing the St John’s Spring 2011 collection.

These five tapas restaurants in Miami show that good things can come in small packages. Everybody say Olé!These five tapas restaurants in Miami show that good things come in small packages. So get ready for some authentic food, Spanish wine, and good old fashioned flamenco dancing. Everybody say, “olé!”

Celebrities and socialites in New York City celebrated not one, not two, but three back-to-back-to-back nights of Halloween.

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On Friday, Oct. 29, Gabrielle Union celebrated her 37th birthday with an “Alter Ego” themed costume party at The Delano hotel in South Beach. The 37-year-old dressed up as a school girl while her boyfriend, Dwyane Wade, came dressed as Justin Timberlake.

It was amore at first sight. If there were such a thing as the Utopia of Furniture, it would certainly be the Anima Domus showroom, South Florida’s No. 1 interior design destination.

At Anima Domus, the most sought-after Italian brand names in the design world all come together under one roof. The showroom is sleek and elegant, boasting simple yet sophisticated pieces in dark woods, blacks, grays, and whites mixed in with pops of colorful reds and olive greens. Their collections span from Jesse, Poltrona Frau, Foscarini, Porada and Fiam to the likes of Alivar, Besana, Clei, Bonaldo, and Meridiani.

On Halloween, more than 150 young professionals showed up to The Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale for the “Night of Masquerade” cocktail fundraiser. The event was hosted by the Ghost Light Society, a new South Florida association of young professionals whose mission is to help support and promote the performing arts.