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All it took was a few phone calls from her stylist to stir the pot. Cindy Prado already had plans to be in Cannes the week of the famed film festival in the South of France. She’d scored an invite to the prestigious amfAR Gala inside the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, where Christina Aguilera

For those of us old enough to remember dropping coins into pay phones, the high-tech wizardry of these hand-held devices we cling to for survival can be an endless source of fascination. It’s said, for example, that the iPhone has 100,000 times more processing power and over 1 million times more RAM memory than the

Giardino Gourmet Salads (Giardino) recently opened its newest restaurant in Coral Springs in the 17 Fifty Plaza at 1750 North University Drive, Unit 109, just down the street from Broward Health.     “We live and breathe South Florida and we know that the surrounding community is going to absolutely love our salads, grain bowls, wraps,

Miami-based restaurateur and hospitality veteran George Sezgin is preparing to unveil his latest endeavor, KÓMMA, a genuine Mediterranean kitchen and bar concept on Miami Beach. The dining destination will open on July 1 and offer Mediterranean dishes and European culture that blend gastronomic excellence with bespoke gatherings for friends and families alike.  “We are thrilled to

Back story: Principal of her eponymous Miami Beach-based firm since 2001, Schwartz specializes in estate planning and probate, family formation (including adoption and surrogacy), name and gender marker changes, and counsel/services related to relationships and divorce. Over the past two-plus decades, she’s also been on the front lines of countless battles involving legal protections for

Elizabeth Schwartz is the first to admit that many would-be attorneys of her era probably had their epiphany to leave law school while listening to the Allman Brothers at the famed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. But the South Florida native never has been one to play by everyone else’s rules. During her 1994

As the only operating halotherapy franchise in the United States, Salt Suite aims to spread the health benefits of halotherapy throughout its Palm Beach locations. Halotherapy, also known as salt therapy, entails sitting in immersive salt caves. The treatment is created through a halogenerator that replicates the therapeutic environment of salt mines to reduce the effects

Simbi, a female-founded fashion accessory brand with a mission of improving lives in Haiti, recently released its latest line of accessories for hair. The Swimbi Scrunchies collection is lightweight, non-bulky, and sewn out of quick-dry swimwear fabric. The newest product is a sleek version of a retro trend to serve as an essential accessory for

What are some of the critical needs that the LGBTQ community is facing right now? Jobin: In addition to elder isolation, I think that LGBTQ youth is going to be a real focus. There’s a mental health aspect for young people to be seeing their lives volleyed in the public square. You don’t realize what

Given its backstory as an overdue concept in South Florida, it’s no surprise that a community foundation created to unite donors with nonprofit organizations that support LGBTQ initiatives has wasted no time making an impact. A little more than a decade after five founding members launched it in 2011, Our Fund Foundation already is the

By Nick Moschella It’s less than a month to showtime, and Michael Goodman is experiencing a dose of diva-like anxiety. Do his pumped-up cheekbones need another shot of filler? Will Botox relax his furrowed forehead? Is he skinny enough to strut through a rack of skin-revealing outfits? Oh, how Michael Dean as Cher wishes he

The Gabriel Miami is now offering brewery tours around Miami as part of its partnership with Miami Brew Bus to provide Beer Concierge to its hotel guests. The collaboration allows people staying at the five-star hotel to take tours to breweries and bars in Miami in a vintage VW van.  The patrons are guided through the local brewery