Gregory Portent needs $42 million by the end of the week to exact his revenge and prove, among other things, that “lawyers aren’t heroes.” The elaborate Ponzi scheme he’s running, a seemingly foolproof enterprise driven by artificial intelligence, has been by blindsided by an unforeseen black swan event. “If I can’t fix this … bad
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Follow the chef: Not only did Jeff Tunks’ kitchen reputation precede him to Boca Raton, but so did more than a few customers familiar with his culinary legacy in the Washington, D.C., area. The award-winning chef behind concepts like PassionFish in Reston, Virginia, is serving customers at his new seafood outpost, Corvina, who’ve frequented his
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According to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, upward of 250,000 service members transition to civilian life each year. For some, that life bears little resemblance to the one they left behind before serving our country. The challenges run the gamut. Some military personnel return to a broken household. Some have difficulty relating to
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Take us into the war room with your team as the impact of COVID-19 was crystallizing. How did you begin to assess all the different needs, and where to make an impact, understanding that things were changing on a daily basis? I was receiving so many calls from nonprofits. Once everyone realized that [COVID-19] was
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As impressive as it’s been to see United Way of Broward County dive headfirst into the deep end of community challenges created by COVID-19 and its pandemic waves, there’s far more to the scope of its overall impact. That’s why it takes the better part of 50 pages in its 2022 directory just to touch
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The lowdown: Though its effectiveness in the management of chronic pain (including migraine headaches) has added to its sales, botulinum toxin continues to see skyrocketing revenue, thanks in large part to the neurotoxin’s renown as a certain noninvasive cosmetic procedure. According to Fortune Business Insights, sales of the runaway train commonly known by patients as
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Two years ago, The Who were set to play Hard Rock Live in Hollywood as part of their “Movin’ On” tour. Lifestyle was thrilled to snag an exclusive interview with Pete Townshend, the band’s iconic guitarist, for an April 2020 issue promoting the concert. So much for best-laid plans. COVID-19 put the entire live music
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While losses mounted throughout the cruise industry amid a global pandemic that brought sailings to a screeching halt in March 2020, at least one category connected to passenger ships has seen significant growth. The heavy-metal graveyard. In an effort to offset declining revenue, boutique cruises lines and industry behemoths alike sold older vessels for scrap.
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On MSC’s return amid the pandemic: “The whole industry shut down. Think about all the crew that represents, all the people who work in the terminals, all the check-in agents, all the office people—and everything it takes for this industry to operate. We went down to bare minimums because the ships weren’t operating. “So, then
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When Ted Lange picks up the phone on an early February afternoon, his voice is as instantly recognizable as the double finger guns that became his trademark gesture during a decade-long run (1977-86) on television’s The Love Boat. But while the small screen brought him fame as Isaac Washington, the beloved bartender on the hit
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1) The evolution: In the 18 years since it invigorated the live music scene in downtown Fort Lauderdale with an intimate venue (Revolution Live) for renowned and rising talent, Damn Good Hospitality has followed the road less-traveled to fine dining. Successful concepts in Broward like the casual Backyard and speakeasy-inspired Stache both celebrate socializing and
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AnnaLynne McCord addresses her letter on The Unsealed, the entrepreneurial brainchild of Lauren Brill, one this month’s featured innovators and influencers, to “anyone who has ever felt invisible.” AnnaLynne has been traveling to Cambodia for the past decade to visit young female survivors of human trafficking. She makes the nearly 9,000-mile flight because, as a
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