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Country Club Chic

Where: 2875 NE 36th St., Fort Lauderdale Floor size: 6,820 square feet under air, 7,556 square feet overall Bedroom/baths: 6 bedrooms, 6 baths Details: Exclusive Coral Ridge County Club is the backdrop for a recently renovated property along the Intracoastal Waterway that dazzles with contemporary, clean-lined elegance. Interior details include a cathedral ceiling in the

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The Back Necklace: A Hot Style for the Summer Heat

We’re in the heart of summer and the hot temperatures are in effect, meaning you’ll be wanting to stay as cool as possible. Dresses and tops featuring low cut backs are especially stunning accented with a necklace…a backwards necklace, that is.    Longer necklaces and lariats are stunning in and of themselves, but when turned

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Bollywood Nights

South Florida is adding Bollywood to its budding cultural repertoire. Two recent sold-out concerts at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts has encouraged Prakash “Kash” Patel to continue inviting famous Indian artists to perform, with the next in early September. When he’s off the clock as president and founder of Asta Parking, a professional

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East Meets West

Lifestyle magazine, Terra and Botaniko Weston brought together top chefs and restaurateurs from east Broward for a panel discussion and foodie spectacular in Weston. More than 300 people gathered at the Botaniko sales gallery to hear Adrienne Grenier (3030 Ocean), Kim Bokamper (Bokamper’s Sports Bar & Grill), Mike Linder (Silver Lining Catering), Tim Petrillo (The

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Brew It Yourself

Coffee is more than just a morning pick-me-up for Venezuela natives Roberto and Sonia Azuaje. The beverage has nourished their family tree for four generations, a legacy that started with their great-grandfather, Bernardo Gonzalez. Today, the brother and sister pay homage to that past in Coconut Creek with Cubico Coffee, an online business that allows

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A Spritz of Fun

Classic restaurant shows its wild side with a new candy-garnished cocktail Looks can be deceiving at Villa Azur (309 23rd St., Miami Beach). Inside, the French-Mediterranean restaurant exudes the luxury of a château, with its Victorian design and neutral palette, ornate chandeliers and tufted scroll-arm sofas. But outside on the patio, when the sun goes

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Night at the Museum

When the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science opened to the public in May, its staff members looked on like proud parents. “It’s incredible—it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see it come to fruition,” says Alexandra Kuechenberg, the museum’s creative director. Fernando Bretos, curator of ecology and director of Museum Volunteers for the Environment

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A Slice of Italy

Coral Gables’ newest Italian restaurant, zucca, brings spice to Hotel St. Michel Hidden on a central but quiet side street in Coral Gables, you can find Hotel St. Michel, a small, European-style boutique inn dating to the 1920s. Blanketed in ivy-colored décor, much has stayed the same inside the vintage hotel, from its antique brass

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Lessons from the Board

Here are more questions from our conversation with Rupert that weren’t included in the print version. Read the original story here. What are the priority issues for District 7? Supporting principals, students, teachers, staff and community members and making sure we have grants to bring in health and social services to neighborhoods. Bringing students and

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Good Vibrations

When Rhythm & Vine attached a hashtag to its laid-back philosophy, it wasn’t just borrowing a marketing page from the South Florida playbook of Jimmy Buffett. The Fort Lauderdale-based indoor/outdoor venue wanted to establish an identity separate from the urban bars and restaurants on Las Olas—an ego-free neighborhood hang where young professionals could loosen their

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Master Craftsman

When you’ve put your culinary reputation on the line as often as Douglas Rodriguez has during his nearly three decades as a restaurateur, your career is bound to have its share of highs and lows from a business standpoint. But as anyone can attest who’s sampled the fare at one of his critically acclaimed establishments,

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On with the Show

Is the synthetic grass that covers artificial football fields appropriate for the landscape of a million-dollar home? Expect the myth-busting answer to that question, and countless other residential insights, when the Home Design and Remodeling Show takes over Miami Beach Convention Center over Labor Day weekend. More than 800 companies, showcasing every conceivable home element

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