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For more women, golf drives business success
By Dave Wieczorek As an 18-year-old rookie just out of Rosarian Academy in West Palm Beach, Michelle McGann was already a striking figure on the LPGA Tour. She was a 5-foot-11 blonde with a smile as wide [...]
Great summer escapes in, near South Florida
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub Sometimes all you need to recharge is to spend a few days in a different location. You don’t have to go far to reap the benefits of a break in routine and [...]
Eat of the moment: Summer dining deals
By Rebecca Cahilly Our Fine Dining writer serves up some savory dining deals, fun events and happy-hour specials to relieve any lazy, hazy summer’s day. 15th Street Fisheries & Dockside Cafe The Details Waterfront, casual or [...]
Pool and outdoor design that make a splash
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub The backyard has evolved from the days when the only thing around back was a pool surrounded by a few pieces of inexpensive lounge furniture. Today’s well-decorated outdoor areas may now include [...]
Summer fashion travels light, close to home
Photographer, David Benoliel Art Director, Elyse Ranart Tweet [...]
Heat effects: How LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh have changed South Florida
Editor’s note: The Big Three of the Miami Heat – LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh – seemed bigger than life when we first met them four years ago. Today, the back-to-back NBA champs seem [...]
Away from the courts, with Maria Sharapova
Editor’s note: Maria Sharapova won her second French Open earlier this month, defeating Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 on the courts at Roland Garros. Her Wimbledon challenge continued Saturday with a 6-3, 6-0 defeat of [...]
Dining Around the World, in Hollywood, Fla.
By Rebecca Cahilly Hollywood, Florida began as a dream — that of Joseph Young in the early 1920s. For his “Dream City in Florida,” Young envisioned a place “for everyone, from the opulent at the top [...]
Luxury Island getaways and adventures
So you’ve decided to visit an island on your next getaway, and now you need to decide which one and what to do when you arrive there. You can luxuriate in a chic resort, or you [...]
Designing a child’s room to outlast childhood
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub The excitement of having a baby can send your mind spinning with decorating options. Should you go for the cutesy baby theme with painted balloons and rainbows? How about adorable cartoon character [...]
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Food & Dining
- Hollywood man wins Sweet Tomatoes dessert contestAlan Kratish, a Hollywood wine consultant, won a nationwide contest for best dessert created with ingredients from the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant buffet.
- FYI network spotlights prizewinning bacon burger from Deerfield Beach.Fans of bacon just may like the sound of a coffee-bacon-infused burger with bourbon-onion jam and spiced-brown-sugar-bacon curls.
The Go Guide
- Weekend preview: Life, death, music, beer, zombiesFor Nicole Noël and Chance Meyer, whose days play out under an unyielding specter of death, music has been a constant presence, life itself.
- Jon Hopkins bringing 'gorgeous, glitchy' jams to BardotRolling Stone called the British synth artist's 'Immunity" one of the best dance albums of the year, but there's more to it than that. When Jon Hopkins made his only previous visit to South Florida, he was left off the bill for a November, 2008 show with tourmates Coldplay at the BankAtlantic Center. Not that anyone would have noticed.
Shopping & Beauty
- Florida's back-to-school sales tax holiday starts FridayPrepare to legally cheat the tax man Friday through Sunday when Florida's sales-tax holiday gets underway in time for back-to-school shopping.
- Back to school: $10 haircuts for kids at JC Penney salonJC Penney salons are offering $10 kids' haircuts as a back-to-school special.
fashion & Style
- Boca Ballet Theatre stages "Swan Lake"
- On the 'Runway'Two South Florida designers compete on 'Project Runway.'Two South Florida designers compete on 'Project Runway.'
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Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- Women rescued after SUV slides into New RiverA driver was hospitalized early Friday after an SUV carrying two people slid off a boat ramp and went into the New River near a downtown Fort Lauderdale bridge.
- Robber, finding no money, steals sick dogA black-clad gunman, stymied by his sidewalk victim's lack of cash, snatched the one available item of dubious value: An ailing Yorkshire terrier.
- Driver who rammed barbecue joint was drunk, deputies sayWhen Juan Jose Cavallo showed up Thursday for his first lunch at Father & Son's Smoke Til-U-Choke Bar-BQ, he thought the food might be so tasty that people were trying to break in to get it.
