December 17, 2013

The Condo Construction Craze

Been downtown lately?  It’s a mass of construction cranes.  Condo towers are going up all over the place from Miami Beach to Hollywood. I’ve been tracking the 35 condo projects currently under construction in Miami-Dade County.  Three of them are now completed towers*. Most of these are available for pre-sale, meaning you can place a […]
December 4, 2013

The Artification of Condo Sales in South Florida

Exceptional and valuable art is being paired, not with fine wine, but with luxury condominiums in South Florida.  Paintings, sculptures, public art and video installations, art furniture, rugs and murals are adorning lobbies, pool decks and other common areas of high-end condos to attract wealthy buyers. And the art is not just for the 12th Art Basel Miami Beach, December 5-8.   It’s permanent. The […]
December 3, 2013

Art Basel 2013 Guide to the Museums, Collections and Special Venues

If you’re not too exhausted from visiting the plethora of galleries and fairs at Art Basel 2013, the museums, private collections and special venues will draw you in.   Here’s the extensive guide. And check out my other blogs: Guide to the Fairs and Guide to the Galleries. Museums Bass Museum of Art: “Vessels From the Collection,” through August 10. […]
December 2, 2013

Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 Guide to the Galleries

From Miami Beach to Wynwood, the galleries will be in full swing during Art Basel Miami Beach 2013.  This guide will serve you well in choosing the galleries you wish to visit. 6th Street Container. “Fluid Dynamics” and “GuerillerReina.” 1155 SW Sixth St., Miami. Friday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 6thstreetcontainer.com. ArtCenter/South Florida‘s Richard Shack Gallery. “Between […]
December 1, 2013

Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 Guide to the Fairs

Get ready, get rested – there is much to see.  This guide will really come in handy for planning your visual extravaganza to the fairs. Art Basel in Miami Beach. December 5 – 8. Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach. $42 day ticket, $90 permanent pass; artbasel.com. Art Miami.
 December 3 – 8. Midtown Miami, […]
November 25, 2013

New Cookbook “Local Flavor: Recipes Raised in the Florida Redland”

Dragon Fruit martini’s anyone?  Well, this recipe may not be included in the new cookbook,  Local Flavor:  Recipes Raised in the Florida Redland, but it offers 74 colorful pages of recipes shared by the Dade County Farm Bureau Woman’s Committee. In keeping with the trendy farm to table philosophy, these recipes are from produce grown right in Miami-Dade County’s backyard and include exotics like black sapote, canistel (egg […]
November 18, 2013

Wall Street Has Gone into the Rental-Home Business

The rental business is going corporate.  Rent checks from tenants are being bundled and sold as securities on Wall Street. The sale this month by Blackstone Group, one of the biggest corporate owners of Florida homes,  is a strong indicator that Wall Street investors are counting on tenants paying their rents on time. Won’t be […]
October 20, 2013

Celebrating the Tata’s

It was a perfectly gorgeous morning in downtown Miami and the turn-out at the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure 2013 was astounding. The South Miami Dental Team had a blast walking and running with the thousands of breast cancer survivors, families and friends of survivors and those walking in memory of loved ones. To those that participated or […]
October 18, 2013

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure – I’m Walking. Are You?

I am participating in the Race for the Cure tomorrow, the largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world that raises money for the fight against breast cancer.  My team, along with thousands of other teams, are making it possible to have more treatment, education and screening that saves lives in our communities. Join me and the South Miami Dental Associates Team […]