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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 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 […]

October 14, 2013

Alfred Browning Parker Home for Sale

Alfred Browning Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Florida, School of Architecture, began designing homes in South Florida in the early 1940’s. Influenced by Frank Loyd Wright’s organic style, Parker’s buildings are revered for their craftsmanship and use of local materials that embrace the environment and integrate seamlessly with the sub tropical climate. Built in […]

October 8, 2013

Brazil Tops Foreign Consumer Searches for Miami Properties

Brazil is back in the top spot for foreign consumers searching Miami properties on Miamire.com according to the members of the Miami Association of Realtors. Brazil tops the list of countries – second only the the U.S – that conducted searches in August. Despite the recent weakening of the Brazilian currency, Brazil remains a strong market for […]

July 30, 2013

Chinese are Fastest Growing International Property Buyers

Chinese buyers rank as the world’s fastest growing population of property buyers and they are particularly enthusiastic about investing in North American real estate, according to FloridaRealtors.org. They are estimated to spend $114 billion on overseas property by 2015. Chinese investors are also part of an international group of buyers in Miami, picking up properties to […]

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