The 18th annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which ranks as one of the largest food events in the nation, returns to Miami this month. From Feb. 20 to 24, you’ll find a schedule complete with more than 100 events in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Some of the events on this year’s
When you hang your salt-rimmed glass on the kind of craft margaritas that El Camino creates, only the freshest ingredients make the cut. So, it should have come as no surprise to customers at the restaurant’s Delray Beach outpost a few years ago when the watermelon-jalapeño margarita quietly rotated off the menu for a brief
Throughout the Month The Art of Banksy When: Through Feb. 28 Where: Magic City Studios, 6301 NE Fourth Ave., Miami What: The exhibit features work by the anonymous artist who has fascinated the public and the art world with his distinctive style and political messages. Info: banksyexhibit.com Giveaway Alert! Lifestyle is giving away
From SFBW’s sister publication Lifestyle magazines The National Hotel Where: 1677 Collins Ave., Miami Beach What: A romantic dinner for two at Tamara’s Bistro includes live jazz and a menu of grilled oysters and pistachio encrusted lamb chop. Or keep it casual with a poolside cabana dinner with candles and a private guitarist. Cost: Dinner
Rarely does a high school student’s excuse for missing a final exam come off sounding like Ivy League material. Then again, how many teenagers have to be in Washington, D.C., on a school night because the nonprofit organization they helped to create is being honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award? In the
When Samantha Novick remembers Jaime Guttenberg, she thinks of the way she interacted with others during programs run by The Friendship Journey, an organization that promotes fostering relationships with individuals with special needs and developing a more thoughtful understanding of that community. Jaime’s friends, Novick says, couldn’t wait to see her every week. “She had
Luisa Castillo jokes that she sometimes wears heels to seem older than she is. It’s hard for some people to believe the 24-year-old owns Belove Creamery in Coconut Creek. But it’s actually not the first time she’s taken a walk on the sweet side and launched a business. In her native Colombia, she worked at
Throughout the Month The Art of Banksy When: Through Feb. 28 Where: Magic City Studios, 6301 NE Fourth Ave., Miami What: The exhibit features work by the anonymous artist who has fascinated the public and the art world with his distinctive style and political messages. Info: banksyexhibit.com Giveaway Alert! Lifestyle is giving away
Note: In response to the news that disgraced stand-up Louis C.K. has booked six shows this week in Florida, Lifestyle presents the February Editor’s Letter by Kevin Kaminski, part of our special issue—Stories from Parkland: One Year Later. When it comes to someone being their own worst enemy, it shouldn’t shock us that a man who
Photography by Eduardo Schneider Manuel Oliver defines himself differently than he did a year ago. For one, he’s gone from artist to “artivist”—that is, he uses his art to create change. You can call him an activist, but he prefers his coined word instead. He’s also well-schooled in politics, something in which he had a
