In South Beach, it’s all about the ocean: the ocean in the morning, when the sun rises over the water and the oceanfront hotels array their lounge chairs and umbrellas in neatly-ordered rows for another day in paradise. The truth … Read More
When the emcee at the Disco Ball at Trump Taj Mahal asks the audience for a hometown shout-out and the largest cheers are for the boroughs of New York, it’s suddenly clear that Atlantic City must be doing something right; … Read More
Twenty years ago, a little-known and very young graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, opened an upscale Cuban restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida-and within months, the restaurant Yuca had established chef Douglas Rodriguez as a formidable … Read More
Given that Monopoly first taught most of us the value of real estate – and that Miss America taught us that beauty trumps brains – where would the LGBT community be without Atlantic City? As the birthplace of those cornerstones … Read More
First of all, word may not yet have reached the owners of Co. (pronounced “Company”) that the days of 10-inch artisan pizzas for $17 are behind us. Then again, maybe economic woes have yet to impact the clusters of Chelsea … Read More
Twenty years ago, a little-known and very young graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, opened an upscale Cuban restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida—and within months, the restaurant Yuca had established chef Douglas Rodriquez as a formidable … Read More
Sometimes a shot of Botox just ain’t enough. What’s needed is a complete makeover from top to bottom. And in the Land of Extreme Makeover, aka Miami Beach, the latest billion-dollar bombshell to showcase her extreme transformation is that oft-denigrated … Read More
Given the location of Scott Conant’s latest Scarpetta (the eponymous sister to his Meatpacking District dazzler) in the newly renovated Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, it’s not surprising that you enter the restaurant almost expecting paparazzi. And when, midway through your … Read More
