December 27, 2013
I checked out Bobby’s Burger Palace, celebrity chef Bobby Flay’s new hamburger restaurant in Dadeland Mall. To get right down to the grill – the burgers are terrific – moist and juicy, with quality grade beef and interesting toppings. And the French fries are crispy and plentiful. On the right is the Bobby Blue Burger. Yep – it’s as good as it looks! […]
December 18, 2013
Paraiso Bay is a new luxury condominium close to Miami’s arts, entertainment, and design districts and just south of the Julia Tuttle Causeway, in the East Edgewater area. It features two 53-story luxury towers with 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms, plus penthouses, each with over-sized terraces and private elevator entrance. The residences will have fabulous unobstructed views of Biscayne Bay and the city skyline. Pre-construction […]
December 17, 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]