Hearing Wanda Sykes’ take on hot-button issues in her stand-up shows, it’s hard to believe that one of the country’s most popular comics was once tied to a desk job. Though Sykes says she always loved comedy, her first job out of college was as a contracting specialist for the National Security Agency in Washington
No longer just a wildly popular ski town, Breckenridge has emerged as one of Colorado’s more inviting summer destinations Like so many other Rocky Mountain towns, Breckenridge owes its early notoriety to the discovery of gold in them there hills. Prospectors first found nuggets along the Blue River in 1859, putting this high-altitude (9,600 feet)
Leave it to Americans to turn another country’s military victory into an opportunity to drink. Such is the case with Cinco de Mayo (May 5), which will have people raising a salted margarita glass this Sunday for reasons that have nothing to do with the actual back story. Not that that’s ever stopped us from
From the inception of It’s a 10 nearly 13 years ago to the worldwide hair-care brand it is today, founder and CEO Carolyn Aronson’s mission has remained the same. “I want to create a business with a purpose,” she says. Since taking sole ownership in 2017 of one of the only female-run professional hair-care brands
“Impressions: The New Aesthetic “ WHEN: Through April 28 WHERE: The Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, 900 N. Birch Road, Fort Lauderdale WHAT: ArtServe and The Bonnet House present an exhibition featuring contemporary and modern art from Floridian creators. The mixed-media exhibit presents an immersive experience through sensory events, projections and performance art. INFO: bonnethouse.org
More than half a million people aged 60 and up live in Miami-Dade County, according to the Miami-Dade Age-Friendly Initiative, and most of these older adults are living on low and fixed incomes, says Carlos Martinez, president and CEO of United HomeCare, a nonprofit home health and community care organization based in Miami. “Through our
Some would argue that modern-day speakeasies are even harder to find than those in the 1920s, when surreptitious establishments served alcoholic beverages beneath a veil of secrecy. You didn’t hear it from us … but an inconspicuous wooden door on the first floor of Fort Lauderdale’s Brass Tap leads to a clandestine venue inspired by
Photos by Eduardo Schneider A casual observer of the group of teens who were gathered on a Tuesday night at the Coconut Creek public services building might mistake them for a Harry Potter fan club. But a closer look would reveal the black T-shirts the teens were wearing are only inspired by the aesthetics of
From the outside, everything at 10812 Buttonwood Lake Drive in the gated Hidden Lakes community in Boca Raton appeared normal. The three-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot, two-story house was well-maintained, the lawn was mowed, the hedges trimmed. The tenants, Alfonso Baldonado Jr., 46, and his wife, Sophia Manuel, 41, were a friendly couple who owned a successful staffing
Photography by Eduardo Schneider I like living in the uncomfortable. Speaking before 600 people I don’t know? I like that. You grow every time you embrace a new opportunity, and I love that opportunity for personal growth. I also love being a role model for my daughters in that sense [Leah, now 29; Amanda, 27],
