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Hospitality school recognizes Motwani patriarch
By Eric Barton City & Shore Magazine Everything landed on Ramola Motwani’s shoulders in 1994. She and her husband, Ramesh “Bob” Motwani, had bought a couple of hotels on Fort Lauderdale beach just months before the [...]
Where Chris Evert got the hunger to win
By Greg Carannante City & Shore Magazine When Chris Evert was an eighth-grader at St. Anthony’s in Fort Lauderdale, she tried out for cheerleading and made the squad. It turned out to be the break point [...]
Wines that taste as good as the labels look
By Peg San Felippo City & Shore Magazine Wine, like art, is all about personal taste. When you find a winery that’s passionate about both, what better way to link the two than through the label. [...]
On with the shows: Critics picks of the season
By Greg Carannante, Ben Crandell, Rod Stafford Hagwood and Phillip Vallys City & Shore Magazine In Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 song Atlantic City, he sings, “Everything dies baby that’s a fact / But maybe everything that dies [...]
A record year for the Men of Style, 2019
By Robyn A. Friedman City & Shore Magazine The 12 men who dropped any inhibitions and stepped onto a fashion runway at The Galleria Fort Lauderdale Dec. 5 in front of a thousand or so strangers [...]
Boat show helmsman answers our questions
By Greg Carannante City & Shore Magazine Andrew Doole, the man at the helm of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, is getting ready for quite a different event than his first in 1982. That one [...]
A recipe to get you back to your running self
By Eric Barton City & Shore Magazine Don Wennerstrom has a piece of advice he likes to give that works pretty well for new or returning runners. It also sounds a lot like a good life [...]
Behind scenes at Pier 66 renovation project
By Eric Barton City & Shore Magazine Jessi Blakley grew up on the waters of Fort Lauderdale, boating and water skiing and learning to sail not far from where she grew up in the neighborhood of [...]
Ana Cristina Cash comes home for the holidays
By Greg Carannante City & Shore Magazine To say that Ana Cristina Cash married into a musical family would be something of an understatement. When the South Florida-bred singer-songwriter tied the knot two years ago with [...]
John Offerdahl takes a grilling in our quiz
By Greg Carannante City & Shore Magazine In the long lineup of former-athletes turned restaurateurs, there are only a few who have scored in the healthy-food field as John Offerdahl has. His standout performance as proprietor [...]
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- Powerful earthquake near Jamaica and Cuba jolts South Florida — and there’s a chance of aftershocksIt didn’t appear to cause any deaths or major damage, but the powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday had people in a panic from Mexico all the way to Florida. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica at 2:10 p.m....
- Give go-ahead to medical marijuana stores, supporters urge Boca RatonPatients and dispensary owners urged the Boca Raton City Council on Tuesday to approve a proposed law allowing medical marijuana stores in the city. The council will vote on Feb. 11 but listened to entreaties on Tuesday from marijuana advocates and business people who said the city needs its own...
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- Powerful earthquake near Jamaica and Cuba jolts South Florida — and there’s a chance of aftershocksIt didn’t appear to cause any deaths or major damage, but the powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday had people in a panic from Mexico all the way to Florida. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica at 2:10 p.m....
- Give go-ahead to medical marijuana stores, supporters urge Boca RatonPatients and dispensary owners urged the Boca Raton City Council on Tuesday to approve a proposed law allowing medical marijuana stores in the city. The council will vote on Feb. 11 but listened to entreaties on Tuesday from marijuana advocates and business people who said the city needs its own...
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- Free entry at museums on Saturday and SundayEnjoy free admissions to museums on Aug. 3-4 with Bank of America’s Museum on Us program. The year-round program offers free entry to more than 200 national arts institutions on the first full weekend of each month with an ID and a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card. Get free...
- Consumer Reports: Trader Joe’s, Publix at top list of best grocery storesConsumer Reports readers weighed in on America’s best supermarkets and Trader Joe’s, Costco and Publix are near the top of the list in the magazine’s 2019 annual subscriber survey, published in the August issue. Readers rated 96 national and regional supermarkets, supercenters and warehouse clubs....
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- Powerful earthquake near Jamaica and Cuba jolts South Florida — and there’s a chance of aftershocksIt didn’t appear to cause any deaths or major damage, but the powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday had people in a panic from Mexico all the way to Florida. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica at 2:10 p.m....
- Give go-ahead to medical marijuana stores, supporters urge Boca RatonPatients and dispensary owners urged the Boca Raton City Council on Tuesday to approve a proposed law allowing medical marijuana stores in the city. The council will vote on Feb. 11 but listened to entreaties on Tuesday from marijuana advocates and business people who said the city needs its own...
- Surgical masks to ward off coronavirus are selling outIn Fort Lauderdale, the Las Olas Chemist has sold out of surgical masks and ordered more. So has the Pill Box in the Tower Shops of Davie. Local pharmacies, like retailers across the country, are seeing a panic over the masks spotted around the world on Chinese citizens trying to protect themselves...
