Lesley Visser had her armband. It was Jan. 1, 1980, the dawn of a new decade and, so it seemed, a new era. After being denied postgame access to locker rooms for player interviews early in her career as a sports writer for The Boston Globe, the armband meant that Visser—already the first woman to
Eight months after Hurricane Irma battered the southernmost stretch of Florida, the biggest problem for businesses in the Florida Keys has less to do with the damage caused by the Category 4 storm. Much of that has been fixed. What’s still being repaired is public perception about the 125-mile island chain, which counts tourism as
A HIGH-ALTITUDE Summer in Park City, Utah—sweet relief for South florida residents—reveals a different side of this renowned winter playground Long before the “Greatest Snow on Earth” regularly drew winter guests to the roughly 10,000 skiable acres in its backyard—and more than a century before Sundance, the country’s largest independent film festival, set an
Kristin Beck’s artistry had humble beginnings—think paper placemats in restaurants coupled with any drawing utensil she could find—but it has assumed many forms. “I want to say it’s been with me my whole life,” Beck says. In what her husband calls the “Tarantino style of talking,” (a meandering but connected way of storytelling) Beck shares
It began with a deep love for his country’s cuisine, and a desire to share. Ariel Caminada and his wife, Adriana, are bringing the tastes of Argentina to Coconut Creek with their new restaurant, Argengrill, which opened in January The Caminadas, originally from Buenos Aires, moved to the United States 18 years ago, coming first
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When Bonnie Clearwater left North Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art in 2013 to join Nova Southeastern University Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, she knew in due time that she’d be running an art institution that would hold its own against any other city’s museum. At the time, Clearwater was quoted as saying that Fort Lauderdale was
When artist Carola Bravo moved from Venezuela to Pinecrest in 2012, the former art professor and department head for 20 years at Simón Bolivar University in Caracas was looking for a way to continue her passion for teaching. She began programs in her home that were equal parts education and art appreciation, and they also
When it comes to interior renovations, everything, it seems, is at the touch of a fingertip. The do-it-yourself market has exploded, with socially driven platforms bringing homeowners easy access to design ideas. Pinterest, for example, has revolutionized the concept of visual bookmarking, while Houzz inspires with photos of finished spaces and then sells the
Before Glenn Sime started working for Coconut Creek 17 years ago, he worked for six other municipalities—some bigger and some smaller. But the code compliance supervisor agrees that, of all the cities for which he’s worked, Creek’s government tries to do everything it can to make the city a good place for residents. One way
