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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 27, 2013

Pinecrest Contemporary Home For Sale

Featured in Florida Design Magazine, this Southeast Pinecrest contemporary home is 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath plus an office, with 4,163 square feet of living space. It is situated on a deep, gated acre and has a tennis court and screened-in pool. Built in 1969, the house was gutted and totally renovated in 1992 with high end finishes. […]

November 26, 2013

Mansard Style

A Mansard or Mansard style roof is referred to as a French roof or curbed roof. Architecturally, it is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof which is characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with dormer windows often set into the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper. The steep roof with […]

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 22, 2013

My Friends – the Kaufman’s

Just had to post about the Kaufman family – Michael, Maryln, Shane, Storm and Logan. They had their grand opening of Freakin CrossFit in Pembroke Pines Saturday. However, this is not about their wonderful fitness facility. This is about what they did at the grand opening for a friend’s little girl. Gelly is a precious five year old […]

November 20, 2013

Get Your Glitter and Glam On at Pinecrest Gardens Masquerade Ball

It will be an extraordinary evening of glitter, glamour and entertainment at Pinecrest Gardens Second annual Masquerade Ball – this year, celebrating the passion of Brazil’s Carnival! There is not a more magical venue in all of Miami for an evening filled with devine food, fine wines, cocktails by Bacardi, jazz and a host of surprises. Saturday, November 23, 2013 7:00 – 11:00 p.m. A […]

November 19, 2013

New Listing in North Coconut Grove

Nothing not to like about this North Coconut Grove luxury home steps from the bay with Riparian Rights. There are 4 bedrooms upstairs, 1 bedroom or office downstairs, 4.5 baths , 4,768 square feet of living space and wood and marble floors. It has all the bells and whistles including a large open kitchen, fireplace, three car garage, elevator, […]

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 […]