Out of the woods: Made with raw ingredients, Terre d’Hermès connects its wearers back to nature. Inhale the woody, mineral and green notes, which are lightened with a hint of grapefruit (1.6 ounces, $86; sephora.com). Dive in: Designed for the man who seeks adventure, L’Homme by L’Occitane combines aquatic notes with the bold scents of
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Fort Lauderdale calls itself the Venice of America, but how much do we really know about the waterways that spurred the comparison to Italy’s famed city of canals? Local marine biologist Paola Espitia is here to help. In March, she launched the Blue Discovery Tour, a two-hour boat ride aboard the bubblegum-pink Water Shuttle. On
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The Diplomat Beach Resort The buzz: What does $100 million buy you these days in the resort industry? If you’re The Diplomat, a mainstay on Hollywood Beach since 1958, it’s a return to glory thanks to a jaw-dropping transformation that manages to find the sweet spot between sophistication and coastal comfort. The face-lift, which started
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Over the course of my first year at Lifestyle, we’ve had the pleasure of presenting hundreds of stories in our magazines, stories that hopefully have delivered insights into the people and businesses that add to the flavor of South Florida communities from Delray Beach to Miami. We’ve written about chefs, bartenders, restaurateurs and a barbecue
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Location: Sabbia Beach, Pompano Beach Photographer: James Woodley
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Retired teacher creates games for kids to develop skills while having fun Lucille Lucy’s educational game business started with sugar packets. She would use the packets on restaurant tables to keep her children entertained, but it was also helping them learn math. She would ask them to count the packets or to put the colors
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Growing up in Jamaica, Judith Able watched her mother constantly think about food. With six children to feed, Able’s mother always was either cooking or planning to cook. For Able, it was a glimpse of a future she wanted no part of. In her high school home economics class, she felt the unwelcome expectation that
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An uncomplicated recipe highlights a summer cocktail’s pure ingredient We’re often advised to keep things “sweet and simple.” That’s Seaspice’s new summer cocktail in a nutshell—or rather, a coconut. The Coco Loco has two ingredients: a Thai coconut and Havana Club rum. It could be the restaurant’s simplest cocktail, says bar manager Attila Kocsis, but
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Barley reimagines itself again—with delightful results—at Downtown Dadeland At Barley, patience is a virtue—both in creating wholesome food and cultivating a concept that has been years in the making. The American brasserie, located in Miami’s budding Downtown Dadeland neighborhood, planted its roots in a Kendall condominium in 2012 as the pork-centric Barley & Swine, later
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Art is Sharonda Richardson’s icebreaker. Creating keeps her balanced. Writing is her pipeline to communication—and she has a lot to say. In March, the poet—best known by her stage name, Eccentrich—took her stories to Dallas, where she competed in the international Women of the World Poetry Slam. She placed 14th out of 96 poets representing
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The Diplomat Beach Resort The buzz: What does $100 million buy you these days in the resort industry? If you’re The Diplomat, a mainstay on Hollywood Beach since 1958, it’s a return to glory thanks to a jaw-dropping transformation that manages to find the sweet spot between sophistication and coastal comfort. The face-lift, which started
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