With just a few words, 17-year-old Anh-Thu Le brings the room to silence. Not an easy feat, considering the room was packed with more than 200 guests from the county. Anh-Thu’s speech was part of the third annual Debate Initiative, a luncheon fundraiser for Broward County Public School’s debate programs. The Debate Initiative serves more
There were a few snags during Michael Sayih’s first race. It was a duathlon: a 5-kilometer run, followed by a 30-kilometer bicycle ride, followed by another 5k run. He was 5 and was strapped to the back of the tandem bicycle steered by his father, Jim. Jim found their position at the start line, braced
While brainstorming new cocktails for JEY Hospitality Group, Scott Kurzawinski works backward, starting with a name before bringing ingredients into play. “A name means so much,” explains Kurzawinski, the group’s beverage director. “It resonates with people’s minds. … When you see a fun name, it evokes a memory. You can build a cocktail from there.”
As impressive as The Diplomat Beach Resort’s $100 million transformation seems on paper, it’s nothing compared to the sights and experiences awaiting travelers at a property that encompasses more than 1.6 million square feet. Everything about the renovation—including reimagined guest rooms, world-class restaurant additions and a sprawling, visually striking lobby area—speaks to a level of
Special for Lifestyle readers: Receive 25 percent off orders in January at floridacottonco.com by inserting the coupon code LifestyleVIP into your shopping cart. On paper, the résumé dots don’t connect. Why is someone who created and sold his own technology firm early in his prolific business career suddenly selling Egyptian cotton pullovers online? What
“There’s no doubt in my mind,” writes Eliot Weisman in his recently released book, The Way It Was, “that my life and the FBI’s perception of my life would have been very different if I had been in that picture.” It’s a picture that was worth a thousand words to the feds and, ultimately, 10
Sitting inside an empty, darkened TV studio at the WPLG complex in Pembroke Park, Louis Aguirre shares one benchmark after another like a man who sees the bigger picture with more clarity than ever. For more than an hour, he points to stitches in time—his broadcasting break at Telemundo, his stretch on “Fox & Friends,”
The plan was to stay on the MSC Seaside for two nights. On the second night aboard the ship, we’d drift to sea, but return to the dock to disembark as the sun was rising. Eventually, MSC Seaside, “the ship that follows the sun,” will leave its homeport of Miami to destinations such as Nassau,
Happy New Year and cheers to 2018! *Sunday, Dec. 31* Performances Billy Joel The Piano Man will ring in the New Year in South Florida for the third consecutive year. When: 9:30 p.m. Where: BB&T Center For the Foodies: New Year’s Eve Tasting Menus 3030 Ocean: Five-course meal ($100 per person, with the option to
1. Isn’t that special?: Since opening the doors to its 4,000-square-foot venue on the Intracoastal Waterway in 2014, Grateful Palate Catering & Events has established itself as one of Broward’s premier special-occasion destinations. Customers are booking the space a year in advance in some cases—and not just for the view. 2. It’s in the details:
