Lifestyle Q&A: Ana ViegaMilton, Part 1
The United Way of Miami had organized a bus tour of the city for a group of philanthropists who had donated $10,000 or more to the organization. Though it was a sightseeing trip of sorts, Ana ViegaMilton still couldn’t believe her eyes. “They showed us how I-95, instead of going straight, was designed to curve
Live to Give, Part 1
Cindy Friezo Founder, Cindy & Robert Friezo Foundation Chief People Officer, Verity Partners Backstory: The native of the Dominican Republic moved with her family in 1992 to a challenged neighborhood on the outskirts of Boston. She soon found her benevolent voice as part of a youth council comprised primarily of high school students that advocated
Lifestyle Q&A: Roy Firestone, Part 2
You conducted so many fascinating interviews on SportsLook/Up Close, in large part because they revealed something about the person we didn’t know or hadn’t heard. Your interview with broadcasting legend Howard Cosell in the 1980s was interesting because of how contentious he was. What do you recall about that conversation? For a few years, Howard
Lifestyle Q&A: Roy Firestone, Part 1
It was raining hard the day that a future Los Angeles Lakers legend named Kobe Bryant arrived at ESPN studios in 1996 for his first sit-down with the sports network’s renowned interviewer, Roy Firestone. Suddenly, lightning hit the building and blew out the studio lights. Firestone explained that the repairs would take a few hours,
From the Ground Up, Part 2
Anquan once said that his purpose in this life was not to make it to the NFL and score touchdowns, even though he did plenty of the latter. In all, he reached the end zone 82 times on receptions during a career that included stops in Arizona (2003-09), Baltimore (2010-12), San Francisco (2013-15) and Detroit
The Genuine Article, Part 2
In the second part of Lifestyle’s November feature on Michael Schwartz, the renowned chef looks back on the beginnings of Michael’s Genuine, which launched in 2007. It came at a time, as he explains, when Schwartz was in restaurant limbo. The move to Miami: “I had landed back in New York after spending six months
The Genuine Article, Part 1
Michael Schwartz had been working in restaurants since his high school years in Philadelphia, slowly building an impressive kitchen résumé that included time in California, New York and Tokyo—as well as a game-changing turn with Wolfgang Puck. But now it was the mid-2000s, and all of that momentum had come to a screeching halt. His
Lifestyle Q&A: Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, Part 1
In another life, perhaps Rebecca Fishman Lipsey would have topped the Billboard charts by now as a singer/songwriter. After college, while living in New York City, she’d perform original material behind the piano at open mic nights in Greenwich Village. She describes the songs as “soulful, jazzy, and bluesy, with a touch of angry chick
Artist Spotlight: Anthony Timiraos
For five decades, Anthony Timiraos has been blessed with two great loves, both of which, in different ways, have opened his eyes and warmed his heart. The first is husband Arthur; the two first met as teens at a department store in Waterbury, Connecticut called Worth’s, where they worked part-time afternoon jobs after classes at
How Captain Lee’s No-Nonsense Approach Made Him a Reality Superstar, Part 1
You wouldn’t know it from watching the breakout star of Bravo television’s reality series Below Deck helm luxurious superyachts in exotic locations while cameras are rolling for what’s now the cable network’s most-watched show. The only cast member to appear on every season of the series since it premiered (July 1, 2013) seems born to
