Baseball analogies don’t always play well in publishing, but here’s one that never fails to ring true. When planning an original photo shoot, especially one that has several moving parts, be prepared to see a few curveballs. Six years ago, the photographer Lifestyle hired to capture actress Gabrielle Anwar and husband/restaurateur Shareef Malnik wrote down
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Taster’s Choice: It wasn’t as if Damoriae Graham didn’t already have a world-class palate. Before taking over as executive chef at 3030 Ocean in the summer of 2021, he had established himself as an innovator in kitchens throughout Southern California and at restaurants in Arizona with the Madera Group. But his recent certification as a
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The world’s largest in-water boat show has dropped anchor in Broward County for a five-day showcase that’s expected to attract more than 100,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors—not to mention produce an economic tsunami for the state, an impact estimated at nearly $1.8 billion. Mother Nature appears to be on board, as well, with nothing but
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Sure, in another context the idea of Gustavo Cadile draped all over your favorite female celebrities in photo after photo might raise an eyebrow. But this is exactly why A-list actresses, award-winning singers, television hosts and multimedia moguls have sought him out for the past decade-plus. Because, in a flash, a red-carpet stroll can become
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A getaway to South Florida after leaving college in Argentina left Gustavo Cadile smitten with the Magic City. He moved to Miami without knowing English and quickly found a job as a busboy at two hotel restaurants (one in Surfside, one on Miami Beach). One of his co-workers introduced Cadile to the manager of an
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In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lifestyle interviews Maray Salina, director of oncology support services at Memorial Cancer Institute
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It’s one thing to suffer for your art, but how many painters are willing to bleed for it? Especially to the extent that Rosana Friederichs does. To be fair, the liquid is more accent than primary color. Still, the native of Brazil incorporates enough of her own blood into works she composes on Bristol paper
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Twist of Fate: When Rosana Friederichs signed up for classes in 2019 to attend Miami International University of Art & Design, her intent was to pursue an interior design degree—which, similar to her move from fashion to prop styling, felt like a natural extension of the work she’d been doing. But a Western art history
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Long before she gained reality renown under a different last name in Southern California, Victoria Steinmetz spent her formative years in Illinois handling the books for her father’s construction businesses. The self-described “math freak” took care of invoicing and receivables, manually inputting accounting figures for William Steinmetz’s multiple ventures, including Steinmetz Interiors in Elk Grove
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Episodes in countries all over the globe—acts of violence, restrictions on basic rights, the disproportionate impact of COVID-19—had done so much to undermine gender equality and women’s rights over the past two years that the secretary general of Amnesty International used a day for commemorating women’s achievements to throw down the gauntlet. Angès Callamard implored
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Bad things happen to good people. Vicki Gunvalson has known this to be true since watching her father, who she adored, first display signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s at age 59 (he would die eight years later, in 1997). At the time, in the late 1980s/early 1990s, life was crumbling around Gunvalson in ways she’d never
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As told to Kevin Kaminski Editor’s note: Specific physicians and hospitals are not mentioned as part of this first-person story. The surgical descriptions involved and views about medical treatment are all based on Lowe’s personal experiences and opinions. This is an abbreviated version of the story that appears in the August issue of Lifestyle. My
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