Archive for 'November,2012'
Gift ideas for adventure travelers
No wrapping required with these gifts of travel, adventure, service and home-sweet-home Time travel to Boca Grande For a true Old Florida experience, Lisa Crawford of Sit in My Seats VIP Tickets, Travel & Concierge [...]
Scott Stapp of Creed: Front-man centered
BY REBECCA CAHILLY He’s a father, a husband, a Christian, an author and a native Floridian. He’s also a rock star. At 39, Scott Stapp has accomplished many people’s life dreams: fame and fortune as the [...]
Out & About
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Beeping with the enemy
I’ve never shared this story with anyone. No one knows it except my family, and they’ve kept my secret well. They know how I feel about people who make noise during concerts and shows. How I’ve written [...]
Banking on happier customers
Over the past five years or so, banks have become vilified in America’s collective eye for managing to rise above the financial suffering so many of us have dealt with. The problem: many customers still feel [...]
Planning a party guests – and you – will enjoy
1. Pick the ideal date. Fridays and Saturdays book up fast with holiday fêtes and even office parties, so plan way ahead when you’re choosing what date to have your friends over. Sherri Foxman, CEO of [...]
A decade of style at Sklar Furnishings
Rick Howard thought he was ready to retire in 2000 at age 55. After all, he had owned and sold Kinetics, a furniture manufacturing business, followed by a packaging business that developed engineering solutions. But something [...]
FIAT 500: Ciao bella
BY THOMAS SWICK Driving into Rick Case FIAT in Davie, I immediately thought of pandas. “Everybody knows that pandas are cute,” James Fallows wrote in The Atlantic in 2007, reporting from the Wolong Nature Reserve in [...]
Design: Living with art
BY CHARLYNE VARKONYI SCHAUB Steven Gurowitz of Steven G in Fort Lauderdale says art is an integral part of good design, whether it is collected by the designer or the clients. “We believe that furniture does [...]
Lights fantastic: Chandeliers, lamps, sconces
BY CHARLYNE VARKONYI SCHAUB It may seem like a tiny detail – a sconce, a chandelier, a table lamp – but lighting is a major element that can make or break your home design. Today’s choices [...]
DIGITAL EDITION
The Go Guide
- The Hush Sound learns to embrace all the bullChicago indie-rockers bring reunion tour to Culture Room Wednesday night When Chicago natives the Hush Sound recently ended a five-year hiatus with a new EP, it called the release “45,” a number worn by a Windy City act that made a slightly more famous comeback, Michael Jordan. Yes, the band’s cheeky wit remains intact. […]
- Michael Connelly's trail of blood leads back homeBest-selling novelist returns to the scene of many memorable crimes for a reading Tuesday night at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale.Crime in Florida has reached a 40-year low, but Michael Connelly doesn’t expect to run out of material any time soon. […]
Food & Dining
- Mancini Modern Italian in Fort Lauderdale hosts weekly mozzarella-making classStarting May 29 and every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., chef Claudio Sandri of Mancini Modern Italian (401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 754-200-8602, ManciniLasOlas.com ) will offer an interactive mozzarella making class and wine pairing. […]
- Three-chef dinner Monday at Tongue & Cheek Miami BeachJamie DeRosa, chef/owner of the new Tongue & Cheek in South Beach, hosts Chicago chef Brandon Baltzley and Miami’s Jeremiah Bullfrog, Monday, May 20 for a special seven-course dinner. […]
fashion & Style
- "Venus and Serena" doc opens and EleVen debuts in SoFloAaaahhh, Serena and Venus Williams . […]
- On stage: theater for kids, by kids and about kids.For students, summertime can mean throwing down the books and taking up the stage. […]
Shopping & Beauty
- Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothies for a buck at McDonald'sCool off with a small Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothie at McDonald's for $1. […]
- $3 off admission to upcoming Fort Lauderdale Home and Remodeling ShowSave $3 on $10 admission to the Fort Lauderdale Home and Remodeling Show at the Broward County Convention Center over Memorial Day weekend. […]
Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- Davie fire called suspicious— Authorities on Monday continued to investigate a suspected arson fire that damaged an occupied trailer home in the 500 block of Southwest 132nd Avenue. […]
- Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projectsThe veto could prompt lawmakers to fight it out in the courts.TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. […]
- Loxahatchee man accused of killing neighbor after fight over dogsDeputies say a fight over dogs and name calling led a Loxahatchee Groves man to shoot his neighbor on Saturday. […]
