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Deeny Kaplan Lorber has penned a book about Joe’s Stone Crab famous waitstaff called Waiting at Joe’s. Known for having one of the highest employee retention rates anywhere, Lorber gives each of the employees a chapter to tell stories about the restaurant and who they waited on. Included are fun and touching stories about checking […]

Following in The Real Housewives of Miami castmate Joanna Krupa’s footsteps, Andriana de Moura has posed for PETA. The provocative ads feature de Moura in the buff in a bathtub, making the case for the release of of Miami Seaquarium’s orca, Lolita. The 37 year old Lolita was captured off of Puget Sound in 1970 […]

Beginning September 6, Lapis’ the Fontainebleau’s sprawling spa, will kick off their Fall Wellness series, developed after the success of their 2012 series that featured AstrologyZone.com founder, Susan Miller. Miller will be back, but this time they have also partnered with über-cool yoga studio, Green Monkey, who will bring in four different instructors to lead […]

Harry Sheikh is the founder of Heys, USA based in Weston. Heys  has  been in the travel goods industry for more than 27  year with technological innovations and inspirational fashion-forward designs. One of the world’s most recognized designers and distributors of hardside luggage. Heys USA sells their products under brand names such as Travel Concepts […]

Now this is something to dig your heels into, Miami. Jimmy Choo, the fabulously high-end shoe label is setting up shop at Sunrise’s Sawgrass Mills this fall, following another boutique that opening last Friday in Palm Beach Gardens. This will be the shoe wear brand’s first and only outlet store in Florida. Luanne Lenberg, vice […]

It looks like J&G Grill at The St. Regis is getting a new change of face. Brad Kilgore, of Azul and Exit 1 (where he was the co-owner) has been selected as the newest Chef de Cuisine at the contemporary American eatery, replacing previous chef Richard Gras Kilgore is also newly joined by Robert Delarosa […]

The first renderings of private island project Privé have been released. It shows two twin rectangular buildings with sixteen floors surrounding a pool. The property is remarkable as it is a totally undeveloped island in Aventura requiring passage between multiple guard gates. The design firm responsible for the condo’s design is Sieger Suarez, known for unusual […]

On Wednesday August 21, celebrity photographer Robert Zuckerman will be on hand for the opening Togetherness, his new exhibition at The Betsy Hotel South Beach.  Subjects include Will Smith and son Jaden, and even Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and his father. The reception starts at 7pm and will be accompanied by jazz […]

The newest season of Top Chef: New Orleans is getting some Miami chef love. Bravo has announced the final five chefs who will compete with each other for the coveted title, two of which are based out of Miami. Scarpetta’s Chef de Cuisine Nina Compton who started her career working for Daniel Boulud at Daniel […]

50 Eggs head honcho and Haute-lister John Kunkel is adding another eatery to his impressive list of restaurants. Patpong Road, which is named after the Red Light District in Bangkok, is slated to open August 23rd that will bring the sexy underside of Thailand to Miami, calling the resto “Bangkok Chic.” Opening right above the […]

Beyoncé filmed an upcoming video at a Golden Beach mansion she rented on Thursday. It was a night shoot that made for a sexy beach-front vibe. Hubby Jay-Z was in tow, who performed his anticipated “Legends of Summer” show with Justin Timberlake the following night. The two struck up a deal with residents – in […]

COMO Hotels, famous for their uberluxe, understated properties like Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos and The Halkin in London, is readying a mid-beach property called Metropolitan on Collins Avenue to open in December. The property is in an eight-story former Art Deco hotel called The Treymore, and despite a complete to-the-guts renovation, will […]