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Life On Jupiter
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Imaginary Friend
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TV Producers Are Hot For South Florida – But What’s Reel And What’s Fiction? He May Be An International Superstar, But Burt Reynolds’ Heart Belongs to South Florida
Best-Selling Local Author Brad Meltzer Makes The Ordinary Extraordinary
The Situation In South Beach
Just When You Thought Things Couldn’t Get Wilder, Here Comes MTV’s Jersey Shore Crew
Secrets Revealed!
The Real Housewives of New York City Star Jill Zarin Tells All
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CSI: Miami Actress Eva La Rue Finds True Love And Happiness In The Third Act
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Media Blitz The Quintessential Arts Report 25 On Screen 28 In Print 32 On Scene That’s Life A Guide To Personal Growth 37 Relations 40 Parents 44 Destinations Taste The Dish on Food, Wine & Restaurants 85 Bites 86 Fruit Desserts 88 Reviews 90 Listings Happenings The Essential Social Digest 105 Around Town 113 Calendar 122 Flash AT HOME The Local Real Estate Report 126
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Life On Jupiter
On THE cover: CSI: Miami’s Eva La Rue Photo By Russell Baer
Burt Reynolds’ Heart Belongs To South Florida
Show & Tell
TV Producers Are Hot For South Florida
The Situation In South Beach Uh Oh! MTV’s Jersey Shore Comes To Town
eva lasting love
CSI: Miami’s EVA LA RUE Finds True Love And Happiness In The Third Act
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elcome to our June/July jam-packed annual Entertainment Issue! It’s summer and we’re eagerly anticipating all the fabulous films, books and TV shows to come.
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Now here’s something interesting: Did you know that South Florida is home to a number of best-selling authors, TV producers and the like? Inside, we introduce you to celebrities from our area, as well as the projects that present us to the world. Cover girl Eva La Rue stars in one of TV’s hottest shows, CBS’s CSI: Miami. We go one-onone with the stunning brunette, who opens up about the show, her career and upcoming nuptials to fiance Joe Cappuccio, who she met at a friend’s barbecue. Check out her story in Eva Lasting Love (page 50). Speaking of TV shows, South Florida is the premise of many successful series – and some unsuccessful ones. In Show & Tell (page 56), we take you behind the scenes of five programs now airing and analyze fact from fiction. You won’t want to miss this interesting and informative read! Also in this issue, get to know Jill Zarin, the outspoken redhead from The Real Housewives of New York City in Secrets Revealed! (page 70); learn the
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latest about iconic actor/South Florida resident Burt Reynolds in Life On Jupiter (page 62); get to know those crazy kids from MTV’s Jersey Shore, which recently filmed in Miami Beach, in The Situation In South Beach (page 68) and read about best-selling author/Hollywood resident Brad Meltzer in Imaginary Friend (page 66). Just in time for summer, we also present fun and colorful beach gear for the whole family, sundrenched terrific destinations, fruity recipes and much more! I hope you enjoy our special June/July Entertainment issue as much as we did putting it together for you. Summer is finally here: time to relax, regroup and enjoy the sun. Most importantly, this is the time for fun with your family and friends, time away (or at home) to clear your mind and get a jumpstart on the upcoming season. Best wishes for a very happy and healthy summer, and remember to keep yourselves entertained! We’ll be back in August with our annual Family Issue!
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The youngest daughter of Muhammad Ali, retired middleweight champion boxer Laila Ali, 33, has it all: beauty (just look at her) a loving family (the Miami Beach native shares a Los Angeles home with former NFL star Curtis Conway and their son, Curtis, Jr.) and some serious mambo moves (as we all saw on the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars). Now she’s got a new line of beauty and personal care products, Laila by Laila Ali, which includes shampoos, conditioners and fragrances. Ali took time out recently to chat with The Boca Raton Observer about Hollywood, motherhood and her new brand. How important is it for female celebrities to set good public examples?
Young women look up to us and shape their ideas about themselves and the world based on our images. We must set a good example for them. This responsibility comes with being in the public eye. What advice do you have for starlets who wind up in trouble in Hollywood?
These poor girls never had a good foundation to begin with. That’s why they end up in trouble. They need to take some time to do some serious soul searching and forget about their public image for a while. How did your Dad feel about your appearance on Dancing with the Stars?
He enjoyed it. He didn’t know I could perform like that. You’re a beautiful woman. Did that work for or against you in boxing?
I never thought about my looks while in the ring. But the
fact that people thought I was pretty helped me gain more attention in the sport. Which did you enjoy more – boxing or dancing?
Boxing is and always will be my first love! How do you keep in shape these days?
I work out regularly. I love to run, spin and do light weight training. I mix it up. I also eat lots of veggies and lean meats. How do you keep your skin so lovely?
I drink lots of water, don’t drink alcohol or smoke, and I practice great skin care. How did you end up launching your new line?
It was something I always wanted to do. So, I found great partners in International Beauty Brands and Cherokee and decided to go for it. Do you have a favorite item in the line?
I love my shampoos and
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conditioners. These products really do work. After using them my hair is soft, shiny and healthy. Any future projects in store?
I’m currently in discussions for additional categories for my licensing program, such as health and nutrition and athletic footwear and apparel. Also, I’m always working on my philanthropic efforts. And, I just launched my new Web site where you can get a sneak peek of my new song!
How do you juggle family, career, philanthropy and all your other projects?
I have a priority list. My son and husband always come first. I do what I enjoy and know how to say ‘no’. How has motherhood changed you?
I cherish the simple moments now. I live for my son and he inspires me to be a better person. I thought I would be more patient but I’m not. I want everyone else to hurry up so I can get back home to my baby!
Got a tip? E-mail the editor at Felicia@bocaratonobserver.com
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It’s hot. You’re bored. May we suggest a pool party? The following tips will help the revelry go swimmingly.
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Doesn’t anyone say “please” and “thank you” anymore? In an effort to revive common courtesy – and entertain girls ages 13 to 18 – The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach is launching Charm Camp, designed to teach the basics of modern-day manners, beauty, fashion, healthy eating, poise and more. Organizers say the five-hour camp is perfect for “preparing young ladies for meeting their boyfriend’s parents for the first time, dinners out, gearing up for the holiday party circuit, traveling overseas for the holidays and everyday situations that call for charming behavior and etiquette.” The half-day event will include an hour session on makeup application (and a goody bag of Benefit Cosmetics), a course on manners and conversational skills, low-cal cooking
Designate a swimsuit dressing area. Place Spritzer bottles of water in ice buckets around the pool. Provide umbrellas and shady areas for guests who burn easily. Use plastic cups and dishware. Broken glass and bare feet – not a good match. Fill the pool with inflatable toys, games and a floating boat filled with beverages. Set up a sunscreen station for post-swim applications. Scatter small tables so guests have places to set down drinks and snacks. Light citronella candles to keep bugs away (keep them far from food so they don’t affect flavor).
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mer rates. Weekend getaway, anyone? For more information, call 786-276-4008 or visit ritzcarlton.com. A makeup application session at Charm Camp
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Wheel Hungry Just when you thought droppings were the worst hazard birds posed for your car, here come vehicular vultures: Reports have it the big black birds, notorious for dining on carcasses, have acquired a taste for auto parts. They find door seals, windshield wipers and sunroof seals particularly tasty, but evidently will gladly tear into anything rubber or vinyl. Everglades National Park has received at least seven complaints and a lawsuit after visitors at Flamingo, an outpost on Florida Bay, complained of damages.
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The number of Florida voters that support allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, according to a poll conducted by Hamilton Campaigns. Source: The Human Rights Campaign
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Are you bald, bearded and burly – or know someone who is?
That’s all the excuse you’ll need to visit Margaritaville July 20th through July 25th for the 30th Annual Hemingway Days Celebration, when more than 125 Ernest doppelgangers will compete in a Papa look-alike contest. Also scheduled is a short story contest (directed by Hemingway’s granddaughter), three-day marlin tournament (in honor of the writer’s passion for deep-sea angling), a quirky take on the Running of the Bulls (in honor of Hemingway’s love for the Pamplona event) and much more. The festivities take place each year in honor of the former Key West resident, whose birthday was July 21st and yes, there will be cake. For more information, visit fla-keys.com. overheard
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14 months (women) The amount of time it takes for the sexes to fall out of love with a new car. According to a LeaseTrader.com poll, men take about four months before they start parking close to other cars and transporting sporting equipment. Women wait about 14 months before participating in carpools or allowing a spouse to drive their cars. stats
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If you love vacationing but can’t bear your dog’s pitiful expression when you leave the house – take him with you. The Westin Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale is the latest high-end hotel to jump on the puppy love bandwagon. The oceanfront property’s two-night Tails and Tides Escape package includes a Heavenly Pet Bed, pet dishes, pet shampoo, a map featuring Fort Lauderdale’s hottest petfriendly spots, a private cabana with an at-
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The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach is the perfect setting for a romantic story where the heroine is you. Our wedding specialist will make sure your every wish comes true. That may include a whimsical day of beauty where you and your bridal party explore our exquisite villas at Eau Spa by Cornelia. And for your ceremony itself, whether you choose our spectacular oceanfront Courtyard or a reception in the Grand Ballroom, this day will be an unforgettable new chapter in your life story. For a wedding consultation, please contact The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach at 561-533-6000 or visit ritzcarlton.com/palmbeach.
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Summer Blockbusters Coming To A Theater Near You Apart from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – sure to drain tweens’ and teens’ wallets this summer – expect a number of interesting (possibly even good!) films scheduled for a summer release. For some reason, (the economy? India’s ascent as a hi-tech world power?) there’s an inordinate number of sci-fi films, though we’ve tried to balance the following list by eliminating some of the seemingly similar, or less intriguing movies of that genre. With that in mind, here are 11 buzz-worthy pictures.
SPLICE A sci-fi thriller with an interesting premise: two genetic engineers, primarily producing hybrid organisms, create a new creature that was better left unborn. The film stars the always dependable, and sometimes excellent,
Adrien Brody and actress Sarah Polley. Rated R; opens June 4th.
KNIGHT and DAY This will in all likelihood be a big studio money-maker since it stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in
an action-comedy romance which suggests Mr. and Mrs. Smith (with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie). It’s directed by James Mangold, who was responsible for 3:10 to Yuma and Walk the Line, two exceptional films. Unrated at press time; opens June 25th.
GROWN UPS A buddy movie about five school friends who gather, years later, at a lake house for the funeral of their basketball coach. The A-list cast features Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade and Salma Hayek. Unrated at press time; opens June 25th.
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE Here’s a thriller sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which promises to be as cerebral and complex as its predecessor. It boasts the same actors in the lead roles (Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist) and deals with sex trafficking in Sweden. Rated R; opens in July (date TBA).
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INCEPTION This sci-fi adventure features the stellar ensemble of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page (this alone should at least assure a well-acted film). The intriguing plot centers on a world where people’s dreams can be invaded. Rated PG13; opens July 16th.
SALT I love spy capers and this looks to be a good one; a CIA agent (named Salt) is accused of being a Russian spy who must disprove the allegation or suffer its consequences. The picture stars Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber and 12/21/09 IMarble predict a Care.qxd solid hit. Unrated at press time; opens July 23rd.
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Putting Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in an action-romance movie pretty much guarantees this man-against-fate picture’s success, and Damon rarely takes on scripts that aren’t major winners. The story centers on an affair between a politician and a ballerina affected by enigmatic forces. Unrated at press time; opens July 30th.
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settles down in Australia. Directed by Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant, Tender Mercies and Driving Miss Daisy), it stars Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood and Joan Chen. Rated PG; opens August 6th.
MIDDLE MEN This outrageous film sounds like a delightful winner, starring James Caan, Giovanni Ribisi, Kelsey Grammer and Luke Wilson. It’s the story of a conservative businessman who builds the first online porn billing company. Lots of subplots and zany
associations, as you may well imagine. Rated R; opens August 6th.
SEX AND THE CITY 2 This chick-flick comedy, a sequel to the previous celebration of four successful women wearing $3,000 shoes and $10,000 dresses (so in sync with the political climate of our times!) is sure to attract a loyal following. This time, the ladies (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon) ply their wiles in Abu Dhabi. Rated R; now playing. O
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Funny Pages Books To Make You LOL By Bill Bowen
Newspaper headlines remind us daily of difficult times in a violent society – but sometimes, you’ve just gotta laugh. Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that some of the wittiest books we found were on topics such as disease, poop (sorry) and Snuggie sex (really sorry). In any event, they surely provide a chuckle or two.
The Snuggie Sutra By Lex Friedman and Megan Morrison “You have a Snuggie. You have sex. This was inevitable.” The motto has a certain undeniable logic. The Snuggie, of course, is the blanket we all laugh at – the one with arm holes designed for chilly nights on the couch, reaching for the popcorn while snuggling in front of the TV. The Snuggie Sutra is an illustrated guide to assist and inform those involved in the transitional activity that may occur when an idly groping hand encounters something that is not popcorn at all, and interest in Dancing with the Stars suddenly wanes. 28
The book is modeled on the ancient Hindu Kama Sutra text that sparked the only widespread incidence of Western interest in Sanskrit. It provides a thorough analysis of sexual intercourse in every conceivable position possible while sharing a fleece backless blanket. Complete with illustrations. Watch for a September release.
The Hypochondriac’s Handbook: Syndromes, Diseases, And Ailments That Probably Should Have Killed You By Now By Ian Landau A dazzling dossier of diseases exists that can cut short your life faster
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than your doctor can say: “It’s probably stress.” This book pulls no (likely fatal) punches in addressing every one of them, while making clear you needn’t get impatient with a long wait for a doctor’s appointment since he probably won’t figure out what’s killing you anyway. Grown bored with run-of-the-mill illnesses? This book describes rare, unexplainable diseases that stump medical experts. There’s Nodding Disease (a fatal ailment that stunts growth, causes mental retardation and results in incessant nodding), Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (a disorienting neurological condition that affects perception), Cutaneous
Horn (the sufferer grows a skin tumor that resembles a rhino horn) and so much more, all featured in pithy, energetic entries. You’ll be obsessively self-diagnosing in no time. Pre-order on Amazon.com before release later this year.
Everybody Poops 410 Pounds A Year: An Illustrated Bathroom Companion For Grown-Ups By Deuce Flanagan; illustrated by David R. Dudley Here’s the straight poop on this book: It most certainly relegates itself to reading matter fit only for a certain (likely, porcelain) seat in a certain
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Often a child’s first attempt at self-expression while suffering the kind of homesick misery that’s always been a stimulus to great art, letters from sleep-away camp make hilarious and heartwarming literature. (smallish, tiled) room in the house. Pointing out that the average American weighs 175 pounds and the tonnage of his annual output, so to speak, is more than twice that, it provides all the information you’ll ever need (probably more) about all things turd-related. Inside, bits of trivia (the White House has 35 toilets) and amusing stories (cow droppings are processed into fiberboard-like furniture) are less incremental than, uh, excremental. While sitting on the throne, learn answers to probing questions such as: “Can poop be set on fire?” and “What does whale poop look like?” Fans of bathroom humor won’t be able to refuse. Pre-order it now on Amazon.com.
P.S. I Hate It Here: Kids’ Letters From Camp By Diane Falanga Often a child’s first attempt at self-expression while suffering the kind of homesick misery that’s always been a stimulus to great art, letters from sleepaway camp make hilarious and heartwarming literature. This amusing book contains more than 150 letters collected by Diane Falanga, who was inspired by her own 8-year-old daughter’s missives. Letters cover scenarios that will strike chords of recognition in anyone who’s been dispatched off to camp or sent their child to one. Written by children ages 8 to 16, letters feature classic camp adventures – cabin lice inspections, rowing disasters in the “ricotta” race, the sad news that a retainer has been retained by the 30
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The Seniors’ Survival Guide: New Tricks For Old Dogs By Geoff Tibballs Some seniors take perverse pride in having no cell phone, no clue about e-mail, no idea how to reset the clock on their ... VCR. But at some point, perhaps under pressure to learn how to operate their birthday iPod, they realize it’s time to move into the 21st century. The Seniors’ Survival Guide has just these people in mind, and sets out to clear the fog about technology in our everyday lives that has somehow eluded the resistant. You don’t have to be old, either, to have those “senior moments,” as anyone who has ever watched a 4-year-old text like a speedtypist will know. The ultimate manual for modern living, this entertaining book instructs how to navigate myriad situations that occur in modern life, from buying and selling on eBay and using the Internet to understanding teen-speak and negotiating telephone helplines.
Awkward Family Photos By Mike Bender and Doug Chernack Everyone’s family album has snapshots that require a bit of explanation: a pose that only an eccentric uncle would assume, an outlandish fashion choice from another – misguided – era, or a millisecond in time when something highly embarrassing is captured for eternity by a camera’s lens. Mike Bender turned these sometimes hilarious photos into a popular Web site, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, which he now presents in book form, with a warning from an Esquire magazine review: “painful, regrettable, horrifyingly awesome snaps of family bonding, you will laugh so hard that people in adjoining offices will ask what’s wrong with you.” Bad hair, forced poses, matching outfits, wardrobe malfunction, incidents of sibling rivalry or family vacations from hell, the photos have elements we can all relate to as we realize, once again, that nothing says awkward better than an uncomfortable family photograph. O
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Sweet Seventies James Taylor And Carole King By Bill Bowen
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ames Taylor’s soothing voice, luscious fingerstyle guitar playing and intelligent, poignantly poetic lyrics have allowed him to retain a place of honor in the public’s heart during a career with personal highs and lows that might have derailed less tenacious troubadours. Taylor performs with longtime friend and collaborator Carole King at 8 p.m. on June 5th at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. Taylor has made a habit of wise associations, from the time of his earliest recording sessions at Apple Records, the studio of The Beatles,
to collaborations with songwriters King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon (whom he married and later divorced), Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Simon & Garfunkel. Taylor’s fortuitous pairing with King resulted in achieving a career high in 1971, with No. 1 hits and a series of collaborative songs that pretty much ruled that year’s music charts. King’s It’s Too Late, released in May, spent five weeks at No. 1, starting in mid-June, and Taylor’s You’ve Got A Friend, written by King, took over the top spot at the end of July. During 1971, King
also had I Feel The Earth Move and So Far Away, while Taylor released Country Road and Long Ago And Far Away, both with King on piano and the former with Joni Mitchell on backup vocals. By then, King, who had been recording since the late fifties, already had four No. 1 hits as a writer, with Will You Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles, Take Good Care Of My Baby by Bobby Vee, The Loco Mo-
tion by Little Eva and Go Away Little Girl by Steve Lawrence. At the 1971 Grammy Awards, Taylor won Best Male Vocal Performance for You’ve Got A Friend, and King won Song Of The Year for writing it. But this is now, and the fact that these two will perform together is astounding news for anyone who was lucid the year before the Watergate break-in. O For more information, call 954-835-7469 or visit bankatlanticcenter.com.
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Dynamic Duo Brooks & Dunn Farewell Tour Hits Cruzan Amphitheatre
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rom 1992 until 2006, the question at the annual Country Music Awards was not: Who will win Vocal Duo Of The Year? The question was: Can anyone beat Brooks & Dunn? The answer, except for one year, was: No. Seemed nobody but Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who will perform at Cruzan Amphitheatre on June 12th at 7:30 p.m., could claim the honor of Country’s top duo. (In 2000, the royal pair yielded the honor to singer Montgomery Gentry, the only other winner in a 15-year span).
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For 125 years, Johns Hopkins has pushed the boundaries of clinical, classroom and investigative medicine from its storied dome in Baltimore. That’s more than a century of knowledge, talent and innovation—all in one place. In fact, Brooks & Dunn have compiled a track record of hits that makes them the most successful duo in any genre, with 12 studio albums, three greatest-hits compilations and a Christmas album. Of their more than 50 singles on the country music charts, 20 have reached No. 1. Both men were established country singer/songwriters when they joined forces in 1991, and the following year won their first CMA duo honor. In 1996, Brooks & Dunn also won Entertainer of the Year, and two of their No. 1 hits have been named Billboard magazine’s songs of the year, My Maria (1996) and Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You (2001). Their music has truly seeped into America’s consciousness: the duo’s song, particularly the patriotic Only In America, has been used by the presidential campaigns of John Kerry and Barack Obama, and performed at George W. Bush’s inauguration. “You are standing there at the Lincoln Memorial on this huge stage next to Colin Powell, and you’re playing your music,” Brooks told USA Today. “That we were allowed an opportunity like that was pretty humbling.”
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After 20 years together, the guys announced last August they would retire after their current The Last Rodeo tour, which concludes this summer in Nashville. Their playlist will likely include No. 1 hits such as Boot Scootin’ Boogie, Only In America, She Used To Be Mine, Red Dirt Road, Brand New Man, My Next Broken Heart and Neon Moon. O For more information call 561-795-8883 or visit cruzanamphitheatretickets.com.
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Ringo Starr Former Beatle Brings His Band To Hard Rock Live By Bill Bowen
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azing down from the rarefied heights of rock ’n’ roll’s Mount Olympus, The Beatles are unchallenged, unapproached, the apex, no argument, no discussion. John, Paul, George and Ringo. South Floridians will get their chance to see legendary drummer Ringo Starr, when he brings his All-Starr Band to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Hard Rock Live at 8 p.m. on July 15th. Starr, born Richard Starkey, made the best decision of his life when he accepted an invitation to join The Beatles – even though he already was drumming with another band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes – after meeting the band in Hamburg, Germany. The charming musician became renowned as the world’s
most lovable, self-deprecating member of the greatest band of all time, not to mention singing lead on several of its songs, including Yellow Submarine, Boys, I Wanna Be Your Man, With A Little Help From My Friends and Act Naturally. After The Beatles’ breakup, Ringo surprised everyone by being the first member to have a successful solo career. He broke onto the scene with It Don’t Come Easy, which reached No. 4 in 1971, followed by 1972’s Back Off Boogaloo. He had two No. 1 hits in 1973, with Photograph and You’re Sixteen. John Lennon told an interviewer: “I’m most happy – I guess we all are in a way – for Ringo’s success. It
always went ’round that he was dumb, but he ain’t dumb.” Starr’s former band mates were indeed supportive, with eager participation from George Harrison and Lennon, who happened to be in Los Angeles when he was recording Photograph, which Harrison helped write. Lennon wrote a track for his album, Ringo, called I’m The Greatest, and Paul McCartney helped with the production of the album, wrote a song for it, and played a kazoo solo on You’re Sixteen. You can’t see The Beatles anymore – but you can still see Ringo. O For more information, call 954-797-5555 or visit hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com.
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he other day – a blank computer screen staring back me at me for a little too long – I typed these words into an Internet search engine. And I waited.
great dad? The historians? The teachers? The shrinks?
And it’s why so many of us will be lonely this Father’s Day, June 20th.
of my mother’s favorite inquiries about her youngest grandchild.
Is it discipline? Teaching by example? Working hard to provide for the family?
There will be no funny cards with lame golf-joke punch lines, always mailed at the last minute. No Sunday morning phone calls. Just memories.
But dads? If we’re lucky, that’s a different story.
What makes a good father? I was half-expecting the image of my dad, Kenny Smith, to pop up, a slim, kind man who died in his sleep two years ago at age 86. Oh, I know what makes a good dad. I had one. And I married a guy who’s a fantastic father. He and our son reside on the very same planet, believe me. But what do scholars say makes a
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And how do we gauge a father’s fathering abilities? Experts say it’s a little bit of all the above – love, discipline, security, good values – but we probably all know it’s not quite that simple. Fathering is hard. Just ask any father. And as we get older and become parents, a lot of us can look back and better appreciate a strong loving father who had a great influence on our lives.
There is something special about a dad when you’re a daughter. Sure, we love our moms, even when the going gets tough. But they drive us crazy – right? – with advice on clothes and questions about relationships and still more questions about our children. “Do you think he’ll always eat that way?” was one
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smart, funny and a great lover of golf, baseball and Notre Dame football. Kenny Smith died on a Super Bowl Sunday without any sort of suffering. He simply got the decaf ready in the coffeemaker for the next day, crawled between the sheets and sometime during the night suffered a major brain hemorrhage. My mother was already dead by then. She’d passed away, also quickly, in the summer of 2007. And so the task at hand was to clean out their apartment, sort through the memories and dispense of the furniture and belongings. This included my dad’s 1991 Ford Crown Vic. My dad loved that car and how it dependently delivered him to all his must-go places. The doughnut shop. The library. The dry cleaners to pick up his trousers. And in the days following our father’s death, my sister and I started taking 38
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his old Crown Vic around town. We drove it to the funeral home to drop off his last outfit and the Sparkle Market to pick up Lean Cuisines and the Legion Hall to get a few beers. “This car is sweet,” my sister proclaimed, giddy with roller-coaster emotions. And, thus, the old car took on a new name: The Sweet Ride. One thing led to another and now... Well, I’m looking at The Sweet Ride at this very moment, out there in the driveway. We paid a man with a lot of tattoos a lot of money to get it from Ohio to Florida. Yes, The Sweet Ride is a sight to behold. “It’s like
grandpa’s here,” said our teenage son. Indeed, it is. The Sweet Ride is a banged-up mess. The right side is dented. It gets 14 miles to the gallon, if that. And the black finish is coming off in swirly circles that remind me of male-pattern baldness. But I love driving the car, the smell of my dad’s Camel Straights lingering on my clothes once I step out into the Florida heat. And come Father’s Day, with no one left to call, my funny family and I will climb inside The Sweet Ride, the red-velour interior soft to the touch. And we’ll drive, just drive – K.S. with us every inch of the way. O
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y daughter Julia has made a lot of new friends at middle school this year. I’m happy for her, but I also get a little nervous each time she mentions another unfamiliar name. Because there is absolutely, positively no more room on her Bat Mitzvah guest list. I remember this dilemma from my own wedding: trying to balance the limitations of space and budget with the risk of offending both faraway relatives and nearby co-workers who couldn’t be invited. In truth, though, I also remember leaving many such burdensome partyplanning details to my mother.
“Of course there’s always the odd child who will brag about his or her party and how great it’s going to be. But I have found over
the years that the parties seem this process is like. No matter how simple your original to be more of a status thing plan, somehow the guest list for the parents.” keeps getting longer, the – Cantor Steven Hevenstone, B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton menu more extensive, the This time around, there is no escape. I am the party favors more elaborate. And the budget? last word on deejays, dresses and hors d’oeuvres. Well, I try not to think about it. It is my to-do list that’s filled with invitations to be addressed, place cards to be made and outfits Party planner Angela Spera, owner of Event to be altered. And I’m the one who must learn all Studio Productions in Boca Raton, deals with there is to know about stick-on rhinestones, moms like me all the time. (Well, not quite like video montages and personalized sweatpants. me: her typical client has a party budget of $75,000 to $300,000.) And although the reIf you’ve ever planned a major event for your child cession has caused some of her families to try – whether it be a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, quinceañera and rein in costs, Spera says many still end up or elaborate Sweet 16 – then you know what changing their minds at the last minute. 40
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“People will say, ‘We’re just going to do a simple party, we’re going to cut here and cut there,’” she says. “And then, two or three weeks before the party, we get a frantic phone call from them saying, ‘OK, we’re going to do it anyway.’” “People may be scaling back, but they are not letting go,” agrees Miami-based party choreographer Angel Diaz, whose company Angel y Marion teaches Hispanic teens to perform elaborate dance productions at quinceañera (15th birthday) celebrations. Being part of the quinceañera court – typically 15 couples including the “quince girl” – is a major commitment that includes multiple dance lessons, rehearsals and formalwear.
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Jackie Jaime, a Miami mom who threw an elaborate quinceañera for her daughter, says she unexpectedly ended up footing the bill for some participants who couldn’t afford to rent their own tuxedos. After more than a year of planning the Moulin Rouge-themed party, she was not about to let a few financial setbacks ruin all her hard work. “I had already gone completely off my budget when I invited 100 people and ended up with 120,” Jaime says. “But in the end, I had a great time. When my husband did the ceremony where he switched my daughter’s sneakers into heels, which shows that she’s gone from a little girl to a young lady, everybody was completely in tears. So I thought, ‘Mission accomplished.’” The ceremonial portion of a Bar Mitzvah (for boys) or Bat Mitzvah 42
(for girls) usually takes place at the synagogue, where a Jewish child’s 13th birthday marks the symbolic beginning of adult responsibilities. But once the ceremony is over, the party parameters are limited only by the family’s budget and sensibilities. Spera’s clients usually look to her for something “unique” that will make their party memorable, even for jaded middle schoolers who may be attending similar functions nearly every weekend. “As large as Boca Raton or South Florida might be, everybody knows each other and everybody wants something different,” Spera says. “This is our biggest struggle, coming up with something that Mrs. Schwartz didn’t have – and then not telling anybody about it – so their party can be different from the others.”
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While her Sweet 16 parties tend toward streamlined, club-like affairs, Spera says Boca’s Bar Mitzvah-age kids have come to expect cocktail-hour distractions like airbrush artists and photo booths. “Even the adults don’t seem to be happy just drinking and eating anymore,” she says. “They’re looking for a ‘wow factor.’” The “wow” for Spera’s clients has included trained monkeys, caged white tigers, elephant rides and personal appearance/autograph sessions by well-known rap singers. Even a run-of-the-mill Bar Mitzvah, she says, might include belly or can-can dancers, “cigarette girls” holding trays of place cards, wheeled “living tables” featuring waitresses encased in hors d’oeuvres displays and giant inflatable balls from which the Bat Mitzvah girls make their entrances.
“We’re in Boca,” Spera says. “This is an outlandish town.” But Cantor Steven Hevenstone, who works with Bar and Bat Mitzvah kids at Boca’s B’nai Torah Congregation, believes it’s the parents who are driving the need for all these bells and whistles. For the kids, he says, it really all comes back to the guest list. “Of course there’s always the odd child who will brag about his or her party and how great it’s going to be,” Hevenstone says. “But I have found over the years that the parties seem to be more of a status thing for the parents. What the kids are really worried about, more than the actual party, is who is going to show up. Because for the most part, the kids just want good food, they want good music, and they just want to be with their friends.” O
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f you’re still deciding where to vacation this summer, you may want to add Loews Regency Hotel in Manhattan to your list of possibilities. With its great Park Avenue location and well-known affinity for kids and pets, Loews Regency Hotel is the place to stay for families visiting New York. First, it’s positioned just a few blocks from Central Park and Central Park Zoo, shopping on Fifth and Madifour-legged visitors by offering special pet menus and complimentary mats and bowls.
son Avenues and a plethora of museums. Plus, it’s just 30 minutes from LaGuardia Airport. And when it comes to being family friendly, Loews’ flagship 47-year-old hotel offers programs others of its caliber simply can’t match. For ex44
ample, through the Loews Loves Kids program, children checking into the hotel receive Fisher-Price welcome gifts and access to a lending library of board games. The hotel’s restaurant, 540 Park, offers Healthy Kids menu options and on Sundays (except holidays), a section of the restaurant turns
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Not only is the 4-Diamond and Mobil 4-Star hotel family friendly, it also offers first-class amenities and topnotch service. Just relaxing in the lounge-like Library, decorated with comfy banquettes, elegant table settings and book-lined shelves, is a treat. Red walls, red-accented rugs and overstuffed red chairs create a cozy space in which to play games with the kids or enjoy cocktails with the adults. For nibbles, drinks and lighter fare, The Library is also the place to nosh or enjoy leisurely weekend brunches or casual dinners. There’s dining of a different sort at 540 Park, where the hotel’s “power breakfast” has become a signature
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If you must work while on vacation, you’ll appreciate the hotel’s full-service Business Center, which is open 24 hours. The Concierge staff is also available around-the-clock to handle special requests (for example, during summer months morning joggers are provided with complimentary towels and Evian water). Loews Regency features 353 guestrooms – including 75 suites and 11 specialty suites – which boast a tradi-
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tional design with contemporary flair. “We cater to families of all sizes with suites that range from one to four bedrooms,” explains Director of Marketing Joe Gaeta. Among the specialty suites, the SoHo reflects a loft-style interior with airy open spaces, modern furniture and a baby grand piano. Two West Side suites feature vibrant colors and eclectic decor, while the Park Avenue suite’s traditional decor and elegant furnishings evoke the style of a classic pre-war apartment. All guestrooms offer leather chairs, couches and fabric walls in soothing tones of beige, sage and brown. The rooms’ blend of plush silk and velvet fabrics is offset by eye-pleasing art and custom-designed furniture including built-in wall units and large granitetop writing desks with ergonomically correct chairs. Marble bathrooms are outfitted with complimentary Lather
body care products made from highquality, natural ingredients. Other amenities include Keurig coffeemakers, twice-daily housekeeping service, “Ultimate Doeskin” robes and free daily delivery of The New York Times. After a day of exploring, guests delight in an end-of-day pleasure: their guestroom’s crisp white bedding. The feather pillows and cool, thick white duvets practically lull you into a peaceful night’s sleep. It’s all part of the Loews Regency style to offer guests an array of pampered moments and pleasant memories.O
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Beachy Keen At Cheeca Get Showered In Luxury
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By Felicia S. Levine
ocated off Overseas Highway in tiny Islamorada, amid shantystyle restaurants and kitsch souvenir shops, and tucked behind a forest of lush greenery surrounding ribbons of nature trails and tropical lagoons, a paradise awaits. Its name is Cheeca Lodge & Spa.
cierge’s complimentary glass of champagne, he showers you with suggestions. “How about dining on the beach?” “Can we arrange a spa treatment for you?” “Care for a private pool cabana?”
Sounds corny, sure.
It only gets better from there.
Still, as you drop your car keys in the valet’s palm, stride through a columned porte-cochere (that’s hospitality talk for courtyard) and step through towering wood doors that lead to a stunning beach, you can’t help but smile and think: “Toto, we’re not in Boca anymore.”
Nestled on a 27-acre oceanfront estate, Cheeca Lodge & Spa is situated between Everglades National Park and North America’s only coral barrier reef, just slightly more than two hours from Boca Raton, but worlds away from its hustle and bustle. And while party animals would be better-suited to keep driving south to Key West, anyone
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two-room schoolhouse and cemetery that was destroyed during the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.
Unlike resorts pigeon-holed into serving specific populations, Cheeca Lodge seamlessly straddles the lines between hosting celebrities (photos of Steve Martin, Jane Seymour and others grace lobby walls), U.S. Presidents (George W. Bush keeps a suite here) couples (the beachfront suites are the stuff of romance novels), families (there are activities galore) and girlfriends (bake on the beach, go to the spa – do nothing).
The resort opened as The Olney Inn in 1946 by eccentric innkeeper Clara Mae Downey, who referred to her hotel as “different – not a hotel, and certainly nothing like a motel. It is rather comparable to the tropical estate of a gifted host.” Indeed. President Harry Truman and famed journalist Edward R. Murrow were two of its initial guests.
This truly is luxurious, vintage Keys-style vacationing at its best. The AAA Four Diamond Resort has spent 63 years honing its hospitality chops, and it hasn’t been without challenges: Located on Matecumbe Key, one of Monroe’s first three settlements, the resort is built on property once home to a Methodist church,
The resort would enjoy a famed reputation until 1960, when another storm – this time Hurricane Donna – literally tore it in half. It was bought in 1961 by Carl and Cynthia Twitchell, who named it Cheeca Lodge (a combination of Cynthia’s nickname, “Chee” and Carl’s name). Just as the resort was to reopen, disaster struck again, this time by fire. The resort finally opened on November 16, 1962 and
deck, seven treatment rooms, steam shower, Jacuzzi, boutique and fullyequipped fitness center. Good news for parents: Babysitting services are available, as is Camp Cheeca, for when you need some quality alone time. The environmentally friendly camp, which caters to kids ages 5 to 12, includes nature trail explorations, fishing, combing for hermit crabs, games of flashlight tag, coconut painting and much more. And when you check out the resort’s accommodations, well, let’s just say you’ll be wanting that quality alone time. There are 212 luxuriously appointed guest rooms, suites and bungalows (including the Bush 41 Presidential Retreat, festooned with historic memorabilia).
regained its reputation as the place to vacation. It changed hands several times through the years until 1983, when it was bought by Chicago-based Huron Partners and its Coastal Hotel Group. The company conducted a $33 million renovation, turning Cheeca Lodge & Spa into a world-class destination. Unbelievably, disaster struck again on December 31, 2008, when fire once more ravaged the property. Last December 15th the renovated resort finally reopened, managing to maintain its historic integrity (there’s still a piece of Pioneer Cemetery on the grounds, for example) while introducing new elements, including a Leed-certified, four-story Main Lodge. The Lodge, which boasts traditional Keys architecture and West Indies decor, is the resort’s hub. Here you’ll find the chic Lobby Bar, a signature shop with Tommy Bahama products and two distinctive restaurants.
The Nikai Sushi Bar serves dinner only, featuring Asian cuisine and a unique selection of wines and sakes. Atlantic Edge, overseen by Concept Chef Dean James Max, offers Modern American dishes featuring farmto-table ingredients, a glassed-in wine cellar and more than 150 labels (tip: the breakfast buffet here is to die for). Both eateries offer indoor and outdoor seating, but we suggest dining al fresco for breathtaking views of Cheeca Pier and the Atlantic Ocean. For outdoor cocktails, the lively Oceanside Tiki Bar serves margaritas made with Agave Nectar and freshly squeezed lime juice – because, as Jimmy Buffett says, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere! For a destination that specializes in R&R, there’s a lot to do here. In addition to basking on the beach, which is freshly combed every morning, there’s golf on the Jack Nicklaus-designed, nine-hole, parthree course; tennis on six lighted
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courts; a mile-long nature trail with bike rentals; two freshwater pools and, of course, fishing (Islamorada is known as the Sports Fishing capital of the world, with more than 600 species of fish including sailfish, bonefish, tarpon and snook).
Feel like kicking back instead? You’d be remiss to bypass the Spa at Cheeca, a 5,700-square-foot oasis with its own adults-only lap pool, cabanas and sun-
For a truly romantic experience (as in, make sure the “Do-Not-Disturb” sign is clearly visible) we highly recommend one of the Premier Oceanfront Suites. These boast floor-toceiling glass walls and expansive private lanais with Jacuzzi hot tubs and rain showers for two that front the ocean and are spectacularly lit at night. Rooms include 850 square feet of living space, fashionably decorated West Indies-style, replete with a large flat-screen TV, fully stocked wet bar, coffeemaker with Starbucks coffees and Tazo teas, plush robes and a duosink powder room that appears straight from a design magazine. And when it’s time for slumber, premium, cushy pillow-top mattresses and crisp white sheets are just what’s required for a perfect night’s sleep – so you can wake up rested and enjoy another day in paradise. O
contact Cheeca Lodge & Spa is located at 81801 Overseas Hwy., MM 82 in Islamorada, Fla. For more information, call 305-664-4651 or 800-327-2888 or visit cheeca.com.
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CSI: Miami Actress Eva La Rue Finds True Love And Happiness In The Third Act Coming off the ABC-TV soap opera, All My Children, ending her eightyear marriage to co-star John Callahan and in the process of leaving New York for California with their daughter Kaya, Eva La Rue was a mess. This was five years ago, when the award-winning actress was unhappy because she wanted to grow in her career. Add to that her divorce – not to mention the one prior from actor John O’Hurley – and her life was in turmoil. “My second marriage fell apart and I was worried I would never get another job,” recalls La Rue, 43, of events in 2005. “But in two months, I got a part in CSI: Miami’s Season Three. And before long, I became a regular cast member. Now I am over the moon!” J u n e / J u ly 2 0 1 0
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La Rue, whose exotic beauty is the result of Puerto Rican, French, Dutch and Scottish ancestries, stars as Natalia Boa Vista on the highly popular CSI: Miami, CBS’s popular TV show. Now entering her ninth season on the series, she plays the former head of the crime lab-turned-crime scene investigator. Her character has evolved over the years from a number-crunching grant writer to a tough-and-savvy processor of DNA. She loves her job. Below: Eva La Rue on the CSI: Miami set with co-stars Eddie Cibrian and Adam Rodriguez
“The cast and crew are so amazing – David Caruso is awesome, one of the most intelligent people I know ... plus, we have the best
schedule in night-time TV,” says La Rue. “Most others have to work 18-hour days and we only have to work 12. With eight actors, we’re never all on at once. So I can take Kaya (now 8 years old) to school!” The show’s success, coupled with her character’s popularity has done wonders for La Rue, a down-to-earth, intelligent woman who finally has found some professional satisfaction. For one thing, work is never dull or trivial, like it tended to get when she starred in typically melodramatic storylines as Dr. Maria Santos on All My Children from 1993 to 1997, and again from 2002 to 2005 (though the role did earn her Emmy and NAACP
nominations, as well as two ALMA Awards and a Gracie from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television). With CSI: Miami, there’s always something new. “I love that my role is a constant learning process,” she says. “We capture the bad guys by an evolving science. There is a new machine for DNA, new ways to decipher information. I’m fascinated with the science of it all.” La Rue was particularly intrigued by a recent episode in which the cast and show proved there is actually DNA attributed to snow, though in reality this is not admissible in court. On the show, a dog was able to track a person three weeks after leaving a spot, thus leading police to nail the bad guys.
“Eva is a loving and loyal person with a heart of gold. She loves to help others and is gracious to fans.” – actress/fashion designer Cindy Ambuehl, La Rue’s best friend
The actress has also brought her own reallife situation to writers’ attention to help formulate show plots. In 2006, news leaked that La Rue’s, sister, Nika, was one of 54 women photographed by convicted serial killer William Richard Bradford. Bradford, an amateur photographer, would approach women in bars and promise to help them with modeling careers. Nika made headlines after the Los Angeles Police Department released a poster of all the women Bradford photographed in an effort to find living victims. When the incident was made into a plot in a CSI: Miami episode, Nika made an appearance as a TV reporter. The highly watched series filmed in Miami and around South Florida before moving permanently last year to Los Angeles for logistical reasons (except for some B-roll footage). La Rue says she enjoyed her time in Miami and especially loves South Beach. She’s taken Kaya to Jungle Island, Miami Children’s Museum and the beach to swim. For a magazine owned by CBS called Watch!, she once spent an 52
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evening mixing Mojitos and martinis at Shore Club’s Sky Bar, and sampling drinks at other South Beach clubs. “Miami and L.A. are similar in many ways, but South Beach has lots of New York’s nightlife and is way more exciting than L.A., maybe because of the Latin presence,” says La Rue. And she knows her social scenes: She’s worked as a cohost for Style Network’s Modern Girl’s Guide to Life and as a correspondent/ part-time anchor for the syndicated entertainment TV show, Extra.
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Still, La Rue is a die-hard California girl. Born on Long Beach to a car salesman and a stay-at-home mom, the early years with her two sisters and brother were “pretty normal.” But that all changed when her parents divorced and her mother had to work. Then things got tough. “We were broke, so no private schools for us,” she recalls. By age 5, La Rue knew she wanted to be an actress. The first kid in the neighborhood to cast talent shows and train others to perform, she would host parades with animals and keep adults amused with her clever performances. “I knew then that I wanted to be an entertainer,” recalls La Rue. “My mom and aunt both have beautiful voices. At Norco Senior High School, I did a lot of extra work and got my feet wet.” She grew up dancing, singing, modeling and winning beauty pageants, including 1984’s Danfranc Productions’ Miss California Empire in Irvine. She was also a Frederick’s of Hollywood lingerie model. At 18, she performed as a singer on Star Search, the syndicated TV talent show. Before long, she was cast in Santa Barbara, her first soap opera. From there she was hired by All My Children and moved to New York City. La Rue’s repertoire includes a long list of credits in recurring roles on The George Lopez Show and Third Watch, and starring roles in TV movies including Cries J u n e / J u ly 2 0 1 0
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in the Dark, Danielle Steel’s Remembrance, and the title role in A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story. She’s also appeared in feature films such as RoboCop3 and opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the thriller, Lakeview Terrace.
and owner of a seafood exporting company. They were introduced at a 2008 barbecue in California by a friend of La Rue’s from junior high school. They got engaged that year at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and later broke it off. They reunited last November.
And when she’s not busy filming CSI: Miami, La Rue makes time for charity work. She’s flown to Africa to host Uganda, Peril to Pearl, a feature-length documentary about the struggling Third World nation. For the film, she interviewed politicians, historians, university researchers and world leaders as part of an international effort to help finance the growing needs of Uganda’s people.
The businessman proposed the second time during a romantic vacation in Bora Bora while the pair dined solo beside the sea. After she said yes, they went swimming to celebrate.
La Rue, who lost her grandmother and great-grandmother to ovarian cancer, also has served as a spokesperson for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and continues raise funds for the cause. And two years ago, she formed Eva’s Diva’s program, an educational initiative to get women to pay attention to their bodies. “Eva is a loving and loyal person with a heart of gold,” says her best friend, actress/fashion designer Cindy Ambuehl, who worked with La Rue in 1997 on the short-lived sitcom, Head Over Heels. “She loves to help others and is gracious to fans.” While her career and charity work have moved along nicely, La Rue always felt unlucky in love. She married TV personality/game show host John O’Hurley, who was 13 years her senior, in 1992. The marriage lasted just two years.
“Joe and I are both laid-back, easygoing and love exotic travel,” says La Rue, who, during a three-month hiatus that began in April from CSI: Miami, recently vacationed with her fiance in Greece and Morocco. “We roll with the punches, are not heavily structured and both like to learn new things.” Ambuehl agrees. “Joe and Eva are similar and quick and each has been around the block,” she says. “They both say things off the top of their heads. He is ruggedly handsome and funny and looks like the guy on the Brawny paper towel package. She is smart, funny and very independent. Totally honest, she is not a phony. They are a good match.”
“Miami and L.A. are similar in many ways, but South Beach has lots of New York’s nightlife and is way more exciting than L.A., maybe because of the Latin presence.” – Eva La Rue
“I was always attracted to the drama and turmoil of opposites who were older and it didn’t work,” she says of her marriage to O’Hurley, and of her most recent relationship with John Callahan, who played her husband on All My Children. “With Callahan, we came apart at the seams. Now I am older and want a guy with similar energy and interests.” She’s hoping the third time is a charm. Later this summer, on a Caribbean island before 40 friends and family members, La Rue plans to marry Joe Cappuccio, 47, a divorced commercial fisherman
She’s excited about her friend’s upcoming nuptials because she knows Cappuccio is the right guy. “Over the years, most men have bored Eva. Joe keeps her on her toes. This is a first. He is perfect for her.” After the wedding, La Rue hopes to do something she’s done little of for the past five years: relax. “I lift weights now to keep my muscle tone and ride horses with my daughter, but I am really anxious to chill when I am not working on CSI: Miami,” she says. “I want to have a good family life.” O J u n e / J u ly 2 0 1 0
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South Florida is no stranger to TV. We’ve provided backdrops to everything from crazed reality shows (and still do) to kitschy sitcoms (Golden Girls) to crime dramas (the iconic Miami Vice). These days producers have their hand in five South Florida-focused series, including one on the way out and another about to begin. So how do we benefit? And, perhaps more importantly, how do they portray us to the world? Here’s Hollywood’s take on our little slice of the Sunshine State. J u n e / J u ly 2 0 1 0
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“Burn Notice is a terrific postcard of the South Florida area, and a very popular story.” – Chuck Elderd, Palm Beach County Film Commissioner
BURN NOTICE Burn Notice is about to make history. The USA Network spy drama filmed solely in South Florida has been renewed for two more seasons, which means it will have a longer run than Miami Vice, which lasted five seasons. Burn Notice is now guaranteed to last six. Its plot? A spy is fired by the U.S. government and stuck in Miami, where he works as a private detective while trying to figure out who burned him and why. Though it’s one of many shows based beneath the South Florida sun, it’s the only show that actually films here on a regular basis. Creator Matt Nix originally wanted to base the show in New Jersey, but once he hit the streets of Miami, he decided to change locations. 58
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“It’s perfect for us,” says Terry Miller, Burn Notice producer, whose show’s Season 4 premiere is at 9 p.m. on June 3rd. “We can literally go out our back door and be on a beautiful marina.” The show leases the Coconut Grove Convention Center, a center city officials have discussed demolishing to make way for a waterfront park. Every year, Miller says he has to beg City Hall to let the show continue filming there. But because the economy is in such dire straits, Burn Notice has been allowed to stay. The show provides hundreds of jobs for locals and it brings $20 million to the city every year. It also lures property owners. The show’s writers are in Los Angeles but when directors and cast members are in town, they stay in a hotel in Coconut Grove. Jeffrey Donovan, who plays spy Michael Westen, is buying property in Miami and Sharon Gless, who plays Michael’s mother, Maddie, owns a condominium here.
You never know where the crew may pop up. Though the center is home to offices and stages, crews also shoot in Coconut Grove, South Beach, on Key Biscayne and in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. They shot by the race track in Homestead recently and just the other day had cameras in the middle of downtown Miami. The show is often called an infomercial for the city. “Burn Notice is a terrific postcard of the South Florida area,” says Chuck Elderd, Palm Beach County Film Commissioner, “and a very popular story.”
MIAMI MEDICAL Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital is going through tough times right now – layoffs, budget woes and an SEC investigation, to name a few – and so is the show created in its image. As of press time, CBS’s drama, Miami Medical, was
The Miami Medical Cast: Mike Vogel, Lana Parrilla, Omar Gooding, Elisabeth Harnois and Jeremy Northam
cancelled, with its last episode scheduled to air July 2nd. The show focuses on the hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, one of the few trauma centers in the United States that is essentially its own hospital. Sick kids and broken bones go to the emergency room, but the rest go to Ryder. “I’ve heard stories that the reason Ryder was created was because in the 1980s when drug violence in the Miami area was at its apex, you couldn’t get surgery because they needed the OR to put the heads back on drug dealers,” says the show’s creator, Jeffrey Lieber. “They needed a place to offload this trauma work. I don’t know if that’s true but it’s an interesting backdrop for the creation of a trauma facility. I started playing with it.” Though Lieber used Ryder as a jumping-off point when creating the show, Miami Medical
“The idea of the show is it could happen to you. There’s a wonderful mixing of people in Miami who live there, vacation there, people who go there for spring break and college.” – Jeffrey Lieber, Miami Medical creator
is completely fictionalized. No one from Ryder is in the show and filming is done in California, though the beachfront shown in the beginning of every episode was shot via helicopter in Miami Beach.
Schulman. Dr. Schulman and others helped the cast with medical lingo for the pilot and showed Parrilla what was authentic and what wasn’t. “We’ve never had a show based on us,” Dr. Schulman says. “She followed us wherever we went. We tried to explain to her what we’re doing and how the system works. Hopefully she was a little bit inspired.”
He picked Miami because of the people.
Dr. Schulman has seen the show and says though it’s not unrealistic, it’s highly dramatized. But that’s to be expected in TV.
“The idea of the show is it could happen to you,” he says. “There’s a wonderful mixing of people in Miami who live there, vacation there, people who go there for spring break and college.”
“Everything happens at a very unusual pace that is not conceivable in the real world,” he says. “You’ve got to remember, it’s a TV show. It’s not a documentary. I thought it was good.”
Actress Lana Parrilla, who plays surgeon Eva Zambrano, spent a few late nights shadowing the trauma surgeons at Ryder, including Dr. Carl
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DEXTER When crews from Dexter first announced plans to film the pilot in Miami-Dade County, its police department agreed to work with them on two conditions – that they would only help with the pilot and that writers refer to the police department in the show as something other than Miami-Dade. Why? Because Dexter is about a forensic blood-splatter analyst who’s also a serial killer. Not exactly the kind of thing a police department wants to be
associated with. But that’s what makes the show so appealing to fans. Dexter Morgan isn’t your everyday serial killer – he only kills bad guys who slip through the cracks. Though the drama series on the Showtime cable network is set in the Miami area, it’s mostly filmed in Long Beach and San Pedro, Calif. Though the pilot was filmed in South Florida. Miami was chosen for the location in the show because it was the setting of the novel on which the series is based – Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeffrey Lindsay. Sara Colleton, executive producer of Dexter, says the show tries to return to Miami every year with
The Glades star Matt Passmore on location in South Florida
Michael C. Hall (who plays Dexter Morgan) to shoot extensive exteriors. So what scenes were actually filmed here? Dexter’s apartment is a real apartment building in North Miami. And the shots of Dexter driving at night through different Miami neighborhoods are real, too. He was filmed in areas including South Beach and Coconut Grove. The show has also filmed in Fort Lauderdale, at the Pillars at New River Sound Hotel. This quiet colonial spot is called the Z Hotel in the show. It’s a small, low-key place with only 22 rooms. But in the summer of 2007, it was dubbed as Rita’s place of employment (Rita played Dexter’s late wife, who died in Season 4). “We still have guests who call and ask, ‘Is this the hotel?’ People send me the tape in case I haven’t seen it,” says Caroline Bonnell, the hotel’s managing director. “We’ve been in The Real Housewives of Orange County, too, but we don’t advertise it. We like peace and quiet so we try to keep it that way.” But who knows how long fans will stay away. The show continues to gain in popularity. In 2009, the Season 4 finale lured 2.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched original series on Showtime. Its fifth season will start airing in September.
South Florida is now home to another TV drama The Glades is a one-hour series about a Chicago police officer who was forced to leave the department and relocate to a fictional small Florida town called Palm Glade. It’s a big-citycop-in-a-small-town type of story that will air on the A&E Network in July. And though it’s being filmed all over South Florida, Fox Television Studios set up production headquarters in Broward County’s Pembroke Park, where Town Manager Bob Levy says he’s thrilled to have them. “They’ve already started filming and they’ve promised they’re going to use nothing but local vendors for all of their materials,” Levy says. “We have local carpenters, local technicians working on the sets. It’ll give over 200 people jobs. I hope they’re here for a very long time.”
CSI: MIAMI Wherever you are in the world – even in the middle of winter – you can tune into CSI: Miami and see paradise. When the show’s producers were looking for a spinoff to CSI: Las Vegas, they wanted the location to be completely different and that is exactly what they found in Miami. Blue skies, sunshine, chiseled bodies on the beach. And then there’s the crime, the culture and the chaos as well – a perfect location for a show about a forensics team solving grisly murders.
The Glades, starring Australian actor Matt Passmore, began shooting the first of 13 episodes on April 27th and is now the second show to film full-time in South Florida. The first show, Burn Notice, a USA Network hit, is now in its fourth season and was just renewed for two more seasons.
“It’s not just a generic location. It’s alive, it’s vital,” says Barry O’Brien, a co-executive producer. “Miami is the beating heart of the show.”
Jeff Peel of the Miami-Dade Office of Film & Entertainment estimates The Glades will spend $20 million in the area over the next six months.
CSI: Miami will air its ninth season on CBS in September and crews have been in and out of South Florida over the years trying to make scenes as authentic as possible; they’ve filmed in places including Star Island, the Versace mansion and the historic Villa Vizcaya Mansion. But since
The show’s creator, Clifton Campbell, is a South Florida native who’s excited about shooting so close to home. “It’s fantastic to reflect the show’s real-life locations on film,” he says. “We all felt the ‘DNA’ of South Florida was important to the spirit and authenticity of the series.”
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the economy tanked, the show’s filming locally has dwindled down to a few visits a season. The exterior shots you see in the show are real and so are the sandy beaches and art deco hotels; they’ve filmed everywhere from Coral Gables to the Everglades.
Dexter has filmed in Fort Lauderdale, at the Pillars at New River Sound Hotel. This quiet, colonial spot is called the Z Hotel in the show. “We still have guests who call and ask, ‘Is this the hotel?’ People send me the tape in case I haven’t seen it.” – Caroline Bonnell, managing director of The Pillars at New River Sound Hotel
Still, most of the show is based in California, where they work in places like Long Beach and Pasadena, which doubles as Coral Gables or Coconut Grove. They have to be careful where they shoot in order to make scenes look like they’re really in South Florida, which means erasing mountains and making color corrections to the ocean so it looks more turquoise than blue. As for the clever cases that unravel within an hour, O’Brien says they’re not exactly like the ones in Miami. “We don’t rip from the headlines, the headlines suggest stories for us,” he says. “Many times we get those suggestions from actual crimes in the city and we put our own spin on it.” And when they do, they seek the help of the Miami-Dade County Police Department. Miami-Dade officers are often times part of the show. And so are the department’s vehicles, helicopters and vessels.
The Dexter Cast: Erik King, Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter
The CSI: MIami Cast: Eddie Cibrian, Eva La Rue (this month's Boca Raton Observer cover girl), Omar Miller, Jonathan Togo and Emily Procter
It’s a nice break for officers, whose typical days are filled with fighting crime on the streets of Miami. If you have any of the CSI: Miami DVD packages, you’ll notice that the bonus features in two of the packages include pieces on the actual police department itself. “They work closely with me to make sure the things they do don’t make Miami-Dade police look bad,” says Detective Roy Rutland. “We’re very careful to ensure that our image remains as a professional law enforcement agency.” O
“We don’t rip from the headlines, the headlines suggest stories for us. Many times we get those suggestions from actual crimes in the city and we put our own spin on it.” CSI: Miami star David Caruso
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He May Be An International Superstar, But Burt Reynolds’ Heart Belongs to South Florida
Classic Style: Burt Reynolds with his vintage Trans Am from Smokey and The Bandit
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Actor Burt Reynolds’ career has sent him jet-setting across the globe for the past half century, but the South Florida native is finally home for good. The well-known celebrity three years ago moved into his secluded 12,500-square-foot mansion in Hobe Sound, which he shares with Precious, his 4-year-old Pit Bull and Lab mix. “No matter what happened in my life in Hollywood, I was always eager to come back to the Palm Beach County area which I consider my home,” says the charming 74-year-old actor, claiming he’d like to sell his home so he can downsize. “I am very happy to live here full time.” With a staggering 90 films and more than 300 TV episodes under his belt, no wonder the award-winning actor is ready to settle down in one place. As evidenced by the reception, it appears the community couldn’t be happier.
This past April, Reynolds was honored by the Palm Beach International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his vast body of work. Reynolds’ diverse resume runs the gamut from films including Deliverance, SemiTough, Boogie Nights and Smokey and The Bandit to TV’s Evening Shade and his hilarious one-man show, An Evening with Burt Reynolds, which he performed in 2002 at the Lyric Theatre in Stuart. “I was touched to receive this award and even more so because it happened on my own turf,” says Reynolds, who teaches acting classes every Friday at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre in Jupiter. Actress/director Suzanne Niedland, chairperson of the Institute, presented the award to her mentor. “I know how much Burt loves Palm Beach County, which makes this award especially meaningful to him,” she says. “All one has to do is look at his body of work over 50 years as an actor, director, producer and stuntman, and there is no question that a Lifetime Achievement Award is well deserved.” Agrees Chuck Elderd, Palm Beach County Film Commissioner, “Burt inspires young people and loves to pass on his gifts from the acting craft he perfected.” J u n e / J u ly 2 0 1 0
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ment, Reynolds says he may have become a cop or parole officer. “Burt always praises Watson whenever he mentions his career,” says Elderd. “When he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award in April, he said it all started in Palm Beach with Duncan.” It was while living in New York City and working odd jobs between acting auditions – he waited tables, washed dishes, drove a delivery truck and worked as a bouncer – that he was spotted in a production of Mister Roberts and received a TV contract to appear in Riverboat, Gunsmoke and in 1966, his own series, Hawk. He later appeared nearly nude in Cosmopolitan magazine, thus cementing his sex symbol status/bona-fide film star persona. He’s been linked to Hollywood leading ladies including Dinah Shore, Sally Field and ex-wives Judy Carne and Loni Anderson, the latter with whom he adopted son Quinton, now 22. He later moved to Beverly Hills to be closer to Hollywood, as successful actors tend to do.
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His favorite films are Deliverance (1972 with costars Ned Beatty and Jon Voight) and Starting Over (1979 with costars Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen). He says he’s still pals with the guys from Deliverance and “loved” his leading ladies and director Alan J. Pakula in Starting Over. Both films are classics in Reynolds vast body of work. ven when Reynolds lived in Beverly Hills, he kept his hand in Palm Beach County. In 1979, he opened the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre and Burt Reynolds Institute of Theatre Training.
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The complex today is called Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum, located at Indiantown Road and U.S. Highway One in Jupiter. The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre is located in the museum and offers classes in filmmaking and acting, presents kids’ programs, and holds plays for the community to enjoy. In coming months, Reynolds hopes to do more directing and producing, as well as revisit his oneman stage show, which features his selfdeprecating humor.
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All this said, it’s been a tumultuous past few months for the superstar. Reynolds underwent quintuple bypass surgery in March. He had no idea that his arteries were closed when he went to see his doctor for a physical exam.
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“My doctor said I needed to undergo bypass surgery immediately. I had the operation the next day,” says Reynolds, who five days later was out of the hospital and exercising. The open heart surgery followed a month-long stay at the Hanley Center in West Palm Beach, where the actor fought a prescription drug addiction for pain killers following an operation on his long-aching back, he told People magazine earlier this year. His surgery caused him to miss the opening of A Bunch of Amateurs (and the chance to meet the Queen of England, who was in attendance), a comedy he created two years ago in England in which he plays a sleazy Hollywood agent.
“No matter what happened in my life in Hollywood, I was always eager to come back to the Palm Beach County area which I consider my home. I am very happy to live here full time.” – Burt Reynolds
“I am now taking better care of my back in a different way,” he quips about the ordeal. “I work out at home and that has helped the pain that remained from back surgery a few years ago.” Reynolds looks good, says he feels great and appears ready to move forward. And despite all of the hoopla over his long career, the energetic actor wants to make more films. “I am waiting for the right part,” Reynolds says of some scripts he has rejected. “The Old Man and the Sea has already been made! But I know there is something else out there.” O
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Best-Selling Local Author Brad Meltzer Makes The Ordinary Extraordinary By Linda Haase
You’d think 24 strongly worded rejection letters would’ve quashed Brad Meltzer’s yearning to publish a book. No way. It made the Columbia Law School graduate more resolute. “Don’t let anyone tell you ‘no’. The only way you get your dream is to chase it,” advises Meltzer during an interview with The Boca Raton Observer. “I had 24 people tell me to give up, that I couldn’t write. But I told myself, ‘If they don’t like this one, I’ll write another, and if they don’t like that one, I’ll write another,’” says Meltzer, now a best-selling author living in Hollywood, Fla. with his wife, Cori (his high school sweetheart) and three children. His perseverance paid off: the mystery thriller The Tenth Justice instantly became a New York Times best seller in 1997. He hand-delivered a copy to his eighth-grade teacher at Highland Oaks Middle School in North Miami Beach, who realized years ago he had a gift with words. “She was the first person who told me I could write,” Meltzer recalls wistfully. “We all have someone in our lives who is the first person to tell you that you are good at something and it changes your life. She was that person for me.” Other best sellers followed, including Dead Even, The Millionaires and The Zero Game, all of which have been lauded as “sleek, suspenseful and
compelling,” “nail biting suspense” and “a fast-paced thriller.” Meltzer also co-created The WB Network’s (now-defunct) TV series Jack & Bobby, a drama about two teen brothers, one of whom grows up to be president. He also wrote Identity Crisis, a comic book mini-series based on the Justice League of America. The humble 40-year-old author is inspired by everyday life – and a dynamic imagination. That imagination, he admits, works against him sometimes – like the instant he boards an airplane. “I hate to fly and when you have an active imagination the worst thing is to be thousands of miles up in the air where anything could happen. I always leave word about how the book I’m working on should end if something happens to me,” he says. Meltzer has a rule about all his stories: they must be believable. “To me, fiction is at its best when it has one foot in reality. That’s why I need to go out and see the places myself. I need to see what they look like, smell like and taste like and those details drive the ideas. Everything else is a gift from God,” he writes on his Web site, bradmeltzer.com. Meltzer delights in putting his characters in perilous situations, but, he insists, his life is ordinary: bike rides, beach visits, watching TV shows like Lost and family time. “I’m not any more special or amazing than anyone else on the planet,” he muses, although he claims he’s the ultimate
thumb wrestler and can “recite the alphabet backwards faster than you could do it forward.” But it’s the ordinary people, he’s convinced, that can change the world. That’s the message in all his books, including his latest, Heroes for my Son, released in May and The Inner Circle, a thriller set for January 2011. “I believe that all of us, in all our ordinariness can change the world,” he says. “That theme is in everything I’ve worked on. There is greatness in all of us and once you find what you love, and accept yourself for who you are, that greatness comes out. In every novel, that’s always the journey. They don’t win until they lose and finally accept themselves for who they are,” he says on his Web site.
“I believe that all of us, in all our ordinariness can change the world.”
Heroes for My Son, featuring 52 people (both famous and unknown), including Rosa Parks, Jim Henson and Meltzer’s mom, Teri, “has been one of the most rewarding projects of my life,” he says. The book, which Meltzer began eight years ago when his son was born, was, in part, inspired by his first hero – his grandfather, who never tired of telling him a beloved story about Batman and Robin. “He would tell it 500 times for no other reason than that I loved to hear it. He was a hero who taught me to be generous with my time,” Meltzer says. The Wright Brothers are included in the book, Meltzer says, because despite their constant failures, they kept trying. “And that’s why they finally took off,” he says. That’s the message he hopes his son and others take to heart: be determined, don’t be afraid to fail and the impossible will become possible. His mom, Teri, who died two years ago, is another special hero. On “the worst day of my professional life (his publishing company was shutting down and who would take over?),” he sought solace from his mother. “She told me, ‘I’d love you if you were a garbage man.’ Every day when I sit down to write, I say those words to myself, remembering the love and strength my mother unselfishly gave me.” O J u n e / J u ly 2 0 1 0
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Here comes trouble: Top From Left: Angelina Pivarnick, Jenni "JWoww" Farley, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino. Bottom From Left: Vinny Guadagnino, Paul "DJ Pauley D" DelVecchio, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola
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Ever since the phenomenon of reality TV descended upon American households in the late ’80s with Cops, viewers have been captivated by the train wreck that is the rest of the nation. Not long afterward, a torrent of shows began rushing over the airwaves, practically edging out scripted programming altogether, until we arrived at a point where we find ourselves counting the minutes on Mondays until Dancing with the Stars comes on, trudging through the workday on Tuesdays until American Idol time, and spending our lazy weekends with the remote in hand, glassy eyed as the Kardashians kvetch and the Real Housewives upend tables at dinner parties. But perhaps no reality show has generated as much controversy as Jersey Shore. MTV’s latest brainchild has grouped eight housemates in a Real World-style setting, and follows their adventures as they work and party at the Jersey Shore. These eight characters – and they are characters, unscripted though they may be – consist mainly of Italian-American twenty-somethings who embrace the stereotype of “Guido/Guidette” and proudly wear monikers like “The Situation” (Michael Sorrentino, who works at a fitness center in Staten Island), “DJ Pauly D” (a deejay from Rhode Island), Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola (the self-described “sweetest bitch you’ll ever meet”), Jenni
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“JWOWW” Farley and perhaps the most recognized of the group, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, instantly identifiable by her spray tan, Bumpit-induced bouffant and defiant sneer. These people, according to executive vice president of production for MTV Chris Linn, are the stuff the network’s dreams were made of. “It’s a show about a cast of very real, over-the-top personalities portrayed in an honest and unapologetic way,” Linn says. “It’s also incredibly funny. You couldn’t make up half the things they say if you wanted to, but we try to present it in a way that really celebrates them as characters versus making fun of them.” (Some people don’t consider them to be so funny: a lawsuit has been filed against the show in New Jersey on behalf of three residents who were involved in drunken fights with JS cast member Ronnie Magro; the complaint alleges that cast members engaged in criminal enterprise and racketeering by provoking the fights for the sake of viewer interest.)
that chose to ban the reality stars and their drama). “They make our city look great,” Graham Winick, head of the city’s film office, told The Miami Herald. “We try to make filming reality shows here as easy as possible.”
And now South Floridians are witnessing the spectacle in person. The show, which premiered in 2009, has been filming its second season in South Beach (it debuts July 29th at 10 p.m.).
It speaks to our fascination with the weird, wild, controversial, and often, crude – and our willingness to pay to not only see it, but be a part of it. “I don’t think anyone anticipated how quickly the series would hit and the extent to which it would permeate popular culture in such a short time,” Linn says. “Even the President referenced Jersey Shore at the White House Correspondents’ dinner. That’s not something you see every day.” O
While Facebook posts shortly after the cast’s arrival indicated disgust on the part of some (“Saw those blanketyblanks from Jersey Shore on Collins, acting like they own it”), business owners were instantly aware of the attention (read: Ca-Ching!) this gang’s presence could bring to them, especially the ones that end up in JS episodes. And the city itself is always happy for the exposure Miami Beach gets when reality shows film there (except for some night clubs
Indeed. It’s the city’s good fortune that the cast complained during Season One that winters are cold in New Jersey and they’d prefer to film somewhere warm. As a result, more than 100 restaurants, shops, nightclubs and other locations in Miami Beach will benefit from an arrangement with producers to film on the premises. Already, the previously unheralded Metropole Hotel, where the cast was being housed while in town through the month of May, is hoping to cash in on what they are calling the “Jersey Shore Suite,” which, as of June 1st, will go for $1,999 – in a hotel with very few amenities to speak of, in a town chockablock with luxury accommodations.
“They make our city look great. We try to make filming reality shows here as easy as possible.” — Graham Winick, head of the Miami Beach film office
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Revealed! The Real Housewives of New York City Star Jill Zarin Tells All By Linda Haase
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eality TV star Jill Zarin has a steadfast motto: “You can have it all, but not at the same time.” But Zarin, who stars in Bravo’s hit series The Real Housewives of New York City, is determined to grab on to as many of life’s tentacles as she can. The outspoken 46-year-old New Yorker is a multi-tasker with a schedule that rivals Donald Trump’s.
With a jam-packed agenda (she raises money for several causes, including AIDS, arthritis and the Lupus Foundation; helps husband, Bobby, run Zarin Fabrics and Home Furnishings; takes care of 17-year-old daughter Allyson, and yes, makes time for gossip and girl stuff), there’s no time for hobbies, she says wistfully. 70
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“But she’s a crackerjack at whatever she does,” boasts her mom, Gloria Kamen, a Boca Raton resident and advice guru of the Ask Gloria blog on BravoTV.com. And that includes co-writing the recently released 320-page candid book, Secrets of A Jewish Mother, with her mom and sister, radio show host Lisa Wexler. The book, crammed with practical advice on everything from dating to mothering to money, includes anecdotes from these ladies’ lives espousing what they’ve learned and provides insight into what makes the trio tick (in the book, for example, Zarin admits she’s stubborn, loves facials and wishes she’d known that her parents once sent her to summer camp – but not her sister – because they couldn’t afford to send them both. “I hated camp, I would have gladly let her go,” she laments in an interview). The idea for the book, which took about a year to write, was sparked by the overwhelming response from fans who “loved the advice” Zarin’s mom gave a co-star in one of the show’s episodes. “My mom was getting about 100 e-mails a day, asking for her advice,” Zarin says. “I thought this would be a good opportunity to do a book and get the information out there.”
So they delved into their close-knit lives and histories and came up with topics, which are accompanied by questions and checklists for readers (be sure to check out the Yiddish dictionary in the back, with words like tsuris defined as “trouble, as in most teenagers”). “Were we always right? No,” admits Zarin. “We don’t claim to know it all. We learned from our mistakes.” And, she says, readers can too. “There are a lot of pearls of wisdom in there. If women read the “Dos and Don’ts of Dating” they will save themselves a lot of heartache,” she promises. As for your children, she contends, you can’t tell them you love them enough. “They need to hear it. Nothing is by osmosis,” she says. “People need to hear things.” A crowd of local stylistas heard lots of things recently when Zarin attended a book launch at the boutique Alene Too in Boca Raton, where she mingled with about 400 friends, family members and fans, signing copies of her book, networking, catching up with family and whirling as fast as a roller coaster. “It’s been great,” says Zarin, clad in a form-fitting black dress and looking even better than she does on TV. She
hardly looks like a “step grandparent.” How’s that for reality? Zarin’s friends and family describe the Simmons College School of Management graduate as funny, kind and generous. She agrees, adding that she’s also “very sensitive”. And yes, she says with exasperation, anyone who doesn’t know her and watches The Real Housewives of New York City, might find that hard to believe. “This season the show has portrayed me to be a bitch, a busybody. I’m not ashamed to say I like to gossip, but that isn’t me,” she sighs. “They don’t show both sides of the story. They show the worst of me, the best of others and it isn’t fair.” Her daughter, Allyson, a recent high school grad agrees. “It really makes me mad because that isn’t the way she is. She’s nice, warm and lots of fun,” she says emphatically. “My mom taught me to be nice to everyone.” And yet, Zarin confesses, being catapulted to fame has changed her life “in the most amazing way. It has allowed me to meet so many people, to do more charity work and to have a platform to do what I want to do.” And, she notes, the show is a learning experience.
“My mom was getting about 100 e-mails a day, asking for her advice. I thought this would be a good opportunity to do a book and get the information out there.” – Jill Zarin
“I learn something new each season. This season (the show’s third) I learned that when it comes to friendship, it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.” Is she yearning for a spin-off show? “Maybe,” she says, hesitantly. “I’m just not sure.” For now, life is wild and crazy enough for this “housewife.” O J u n e / J u ly 2 0 1 0
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Summer Steals The Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida
Levis JCC Betty and Marvin Zale Early Childhood Learning Center is happy to announce Blooming Babies – a complimentary 8-week class for new moms with babies ages birth to 4 months. Space is limited. Registration required. 9801 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-852-3286; levisjcc.org.
The Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida in Naples is offering $2 off an adult admission during the months of June and July 2010. Mention promotional code BRO 7810 to receive your discount. Docent-led and self-guided audio tours available. 4760 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 7, Sandalwood Square, Naples, 239-263-9200; hmswfl.org.
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Altier Jewelers
Now is the time to prepare for hurricane season. Save up to 25% off our Factory Direct, energy-efficient, impact windows. Add style and elegance to any home. Our Miracle Glass™ Impact Windows save you 40%, guaranteed, off your electric bill while protecting your home and family from powerful storms. 3200 S. Congress Ave., #102, Boynton Beach, 1-877-DonShula (366-7485); donshulahurricanewindows.com.
Celebrating 50 years of excellent service in Boca Raton, Altier Jewelers is offering special summer discounts up to 30% off on all fine jewelry. Altier Jewelers is proud to be your official Patek Philippe authorized dealer for over 40 years. Please stop by our store to view our large selection of Swiss timepieces and luxury jewelry. 701 S. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton, 561-395-3462; altierjewelers.com.
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Ultimate Nails Spa
Make every night date night. Savor your Truluck’s favorites from the Chef’s selected menu for just $35 per person. Enjoy soup or salad, choice of entree and shared dessert. All this and live music nightly in the piano bar lounge. Mizner Park, 351 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561-391-0755; trulucks.com.
This summer, indulge yourself with our Ultimate Spa pedicure which includes Hot-Stone massage for that ultimate relaxation...to die for! $35 Special (regularly priced at $45). Offer ends September 30, 2010. Hours: Sunday 12-5 p.m., Monday closed and Tuesday-Saturday 9:30-7 p.m. Glades Plaza, 2200 Glades Rd., #106, Boca Raton, 561-338-4919.
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Bliss Salon & Spa Summer Special. Free Microdermabrasion with facial. Buy 1 or 12 and use them all year long. 17940 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton, 561-988-8989; blisssalon-spa.com.
Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa
Dean B. Dorfman, D.P.M.
Casa D’Angelo
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Summer Special - Complimentary glass of Prosecco with dinner when you mention this ad. New at Casa D’Angelo Boca Raton – live music every Thursday night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Don’t forget to book your private party in our Wine Room! Seating for up to 30 guests. Call for reservations and information. 171 E. Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton, 561-338-1703; casa-d-angelo.com.
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Casale Marble Imports
Spodak Dental Group
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Casale Marble Imports specializes in intricate custom fabrication and installation of countertops and floors. With this ad we are offering a 15% discount on your fabrication so we can make your design dreams become reality in the hands of our master craftsmen. 750 S.W. 17th Ave., Delray Beach, 561-272-7600; casalemarble.net.
Look hot but stay cool. Now through July 1st, straighten and whiten your smile at the same time with Invisalign (the clear, comfortable, removable solution) for up to $1,500 off the standard price. Call the Spodak Dental Group – a 2010 Invisalign Preferred Provider – for a complimentary consultation. 4665 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-4980050; spodakdental.com.
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A new resort is bringing world-class style and amenities to the west coast of Florida. All guest rooms are suites with fully equipped kitchens, walkout balconies and Gulf of Mexico views. Receive 15% off rack rates and a $50 resort credit daily. Valid through Dec 30, 2010. Request Offer Code CBINTR. 301 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater, 727-373-1234; clearwaterbeach.hyatt.com.
Fungus can be a family condition because it is contagious. During the month of July, East Ocean Podiatry is offering a $200 discount on the second laser treatment procedure for a member of the same family or household. This new laser treatment kills fungus without harming the skin or nail. Insurance is not covering the cost of this treatment. 820 E. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach, 561-393-8787; stoptoenailfungustoday.com.
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Green Wave Body Waxing invites you to enjoy your summer by giving you a special discount. Beginning June 1, 2010 and ending July 31, 2010, receive 5% off when you spend more than $40 or get full legs for $40 (regular price $49.99). Come by for the best waxing service at the best price. 308 S. Federal Hwy., #91, Boca Raton, 561-367-7323; greenwavebodywaxing.com.
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Silkening Technologies Biage is a nationally renowned educator and stylist who created the buzz word the “Brazilian” for Keratin Treatments. He was the founder and director of education for Keratin Complex hair therapy by Coppola. Get a free haircut and blow dry with a Pro Collagen Rx Keratin Treatment. 6560 W. Rogers Circle, Suite 15, Boca Raton, 561-327-7729; silkeningtechnologies.com.
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Driveguys specializes in hard drive repairs and data recovery since 1997. Knowing how valuable your data is, we offer emergency data recovery services. Expert repair on all makes and models of laptop, notebook, desktop and MAC computers. We buy dead or unrepairable laptops. $15 off on all repairs. 8177 Glades Rd., Suite 7, Boca Raton, 561-470-6978.
Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market is your everyday green market and destination. Locally grown produce from the farm to your fork. We also offer a variety of quality products such as baked goods. Group and school tours available. Spend $10 and receive $1 off with original ad. One offer per order. 12033 State Road 7, Boynton Beach, 561-733-5490; bedners.com.
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Looking for gourmet cupcakes, homemade gelato, gourmet coffee or a piece of nostalgic candy? If your response was yes to any of these, you’re ready to experience Atlantic Avenue’s new Cupcake Couture Sweet Boutique! For a limited time we’re giving away one of our petite cupcakes with any coffee purchase when you mention this ad. Expires 7/31/10. Limit one per person. 328 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-276-2334.
Happy Hour Monday through Friday features Kobe Beef Sliders, Firecracker Shrimp, Chipotle BBQ Wings and Mini Filet Mignon Skewers for $2.95, and don’t forget the two for one drinks. Join us on Mondays for a dinner with a friend night. Purchase two entrees and receive a free bottle of wine from Coastal Wines. 2006 N.W. Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton, 561-893-8838; ccgrill.com.
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Studio Z
MAUI Spa & Wellness Center June and July only, Summer Wednesdays offer 20% off all services. Restrictions apply. Join us at our state-of-the-art destination spa and wellness sanctuary and experience a renewal of mind, body and spirit. Stay for a full spa day or just one hour and enjoy a service with one of our aestheticians, massage therapists, nail care specialists or holistic practitioners. 2100 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-395-7733; themauispa.com.
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Expert Brows & More By Jeri
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Wyndham Garden Hotel
New York Strip Steakhouse & Cabaret
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Count on Wyndham Boca for a “Suite” Girls Weekend! Upon arrival, receive an upgraded suite, bottle of Champagne, $50 Boca Town Center card and two $10 Maui Spa gift certificates. Enjoy the Starbucks Cafe, tropical pool along with local complimentary shuttle. 1950 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, 561-368-5200; wyndhamgardenbocaraton.com.
The extensive Martini Bar, complete with all the Absolut specialty flavors, is available all summer for the special price of $10. The impressive buffet is stocked with ingredients from fresh juices to fresh berries, chocolate shavings to chocolate cookies, candies and veggies to fresh fruit, along with mixers. The Martini Buffet server prepares martinis to exact specifications.1350 S.W. 2nd St., Pompano Beach, 954-545-1313; nystrip.com.
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Eyebrow fact or fiction? Do your eyebrow hairs grow more in the heat of the summer months? If you answered Fact...This deal is for you! Have three brow shapings with renowned celebrity make-up artist and brow expert Jeri Nanan 6/1/10 through 8/30/10 then get one free. A $25 value. To schedule an appointment call Salon Edge. 561-750-8090 or 954-288-4372; expertbrows&morebyjeri@ facebook.com.
Beat the summer heat! Come in, chill with us and let us rock your hair. Bring a friend and get two for one, or come as you are for a color service and receive a free haircut. Specials honored from June 1st through October 1st. New clients only with selected stylists. 2200 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, Suite 304, Boca Raton, 561-368-4244; studioz.com.
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Make a difference, come to sip and have high tea at Tea-Licious tea room. Bring your friend or loved one and receive 50% off your bill. “There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”-Henry James. 4997-B W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-638-5155; tealicioustearoom.com.
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The Seagate Spa Get your hands and feet ready for summer with an invigorating Mojito mani/pedi using fresh lime and mint, sugar, sea salt and lime essential oils. Enjoy a complimentary Mojito and lime-colored take-home polish. Mint Mojito Mani/Pedi $100 for 80 min. At The Seagate Hotel, 1000 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-665-4950; theseagatespa.com.
Steiger Facial Plastic Surgery is offering the “no down time” Express CO2 Peel for $2,500 (regularly $3,000). Providing benefits of the breakthrough Fractional CO2 Laser, but with no down time, Express CO2 helps improve acne scarring, wrinkles, skin tone, sun damage and more. 4675 Linton Blvd., Suite 200, Delray Beach, 561-4999339, toll-free at 866994-FACE (3223); drsteiger.com.
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Florida residents will receive a 15-20% discount off our best available rate; two-room suite with private bedroom and separate living area; complimentary full cooked-to-order breakfast daily; complimentary two-hour cocktail reception each evening; complimentary local transportation. Please request “Florida Resident Offer.” 7920 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, 561-483-3600; bocaratonsuites.hilton.com.
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Sizzling summer offer… Get your dream smile designed by Dr. George R. Nicolas. When there is excellence, good is not enough! Visit Dr. Nicolas’ orthodontic office for a complimentary consultation and receive $500 toward your orthodontic treatment or a free upgrade to clear braces($800 value), with minimal down payment and interest-free financing. 7000 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Suite 108, Boca Raton, 561-361-5665; bocaratonorthodontics.com.
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Reid Travel Great offer from Crystal Cruises. Experience the magic of autumn in New England and Canada. Two-for-one fares. $1,000 per couple spending credit. Free economy class air plus more complimentary perks. Four 11-day cruises in 2010 departing Sept. 19, Sept. 30, Oct. 11 and Oct. 22. 326 E. Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton, 561-395-6670 or 800-248-8404; reidtravel.com.
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It’s always 4:56 at the Hooters Bar. $4 wells, $5 calls, $6 premiums, $5 1983 Margaritas made with Jose Cuervo all day every day. More than a mouthful Mondays, $5.99 cheeseburger and fries all day Monday. Wednesdays are wingsdays, with $5.99 boneless wings and fries. 2240 N.W. 19th Ave., Boca Raton, 561-391-8903; hooters.com.
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Hyatt Key West Resort and Spa
Vic & Angelo’s
From June 1 - August 31, 2010, bring in your old batteries (minimum of 10) or your old cell phone and you will receive one free dessert such as ultra chocolate cake, carrot cake, or Key lime cheesecake. Also, bring in your own mug and you will receive a free cup of organic coffee. Addison Place South, 16950 Jog Rd., Delray Beach, 561-455-2466; thegreengourmetdelray.com.
Dynamic restaurateur David Manero’s terrific Italian restaurant, Vic & Angelo’s, is offering enticing Happy Hour specials - at the indoor and outdoor bars - throughout the summer. From 3 p.m. 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, you can indulge in half-price drinks and half-price appetizers. Stellar starters include the Sicilian chicken wings, the Old School Meatball and the Mussels al Forno. 290 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-278-9570; vicandangelos.com.
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Monkey Joes
Bringing the best in beauty to South Florida for more than 30 years with unparalleled service by our highly trained staff of hair care, skincare and makeup experts. In-store salons feature innovative cutting techniques and awardwinning color, treatments. Save more this summer, with 10% off each purchase of $50 or more. 21303 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-394-6123 or 19635 S. State Rd. 7, Boca Raton, 561-451-8785; gbsbeauty.com.
Best indoor playground, walk-in play seven days a week, birthday parties, groups, special events, toddler zone, concession, arcade and parent lounge. 14,000 square feet of inflatable jumps, slides and obstacle courses. The Shoppes of Loggers Run, 11411 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton, 561-488-2272; monkeyjoes.com.
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Eyelash extensions make your lashes look amazing without the fuss of messy mascara! They’re a great way to lift your eyes without the surgery! Swim, shower and workout worry-free and still have fabulous lashes. Great for special occasions or everyday wear! Receive 20% off your first service. 140 N.E. 2nd Ave., Studio #25, Delray Beach, 917-533-6212; glamourgirllashes.com.
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Hyatt Key West Resort and Spa, located in historic Old Town, invites you to enjoy our chic resort. Enjoy beautiful guest rooms with full balconies, perfect for enjoying the Key West sunsets. Request special offer BOCAKW and enjoy a free room night, free upgrade and free breakfast. 601 Front St., Key West, 1-800-55-HYATT; keywest.hyatt.com.
Summer Steals y o u r u lt i m at e g u i d e t o s u m m e r s p e c i a l s Alene Too
A place for parents to relax and enjoy a good meal. Kids play in a safe and clean environment and can explore our seven Creative Play Centers in a “town” built just for kids. Free kids’ meal with the purchase of one adult meal (min. $10) every Tuesday this summer. Expires August 31, 2010. 19575 S. State Road 7, 561-852-2150; playtowncafe.com.
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The office of Dr. Robert Adami is truly different by design! Receive complimentary teeth whitening for life with your initial exam, X-rays and cleaning completed in our office! Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in our reception area and for your ultimate comfort, we offer you custom iPods, aromatherapy, massage chairs, Nitrous Oxide Sedation Dentistry, blankets and pillows. 16235 State Road 7, Boca Raton, 561-637-4443; designerdentalgroup.com.
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Storewide Summer Blowout starting June 1st through July 31st. Christmas in June sale ....where the coolest prices are frozen solid. But don’t wait ... the snow thaws out July 31st! Store hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mon. thru Sat. Closed August 1-31 2010. Returning from Italy with exciting fall fashions. Re-opening Sept 10, 2010. Royal Palm Place, 398 Via Naranjas #57, Boca Raton, 561620-2610; titigirlboutique.com.
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Plastic Surgery Specialists of Boca Raton Let Rafael C. Cabrera, M.D., F.A.C.S. and Scott T. Farber, M.D. make you look fabulous this summer. Smooth those forehead lines, plump those lips and soften those parentheses! Receive $50 off any filler or Botox treatment, Mondays or Fridays only. Offer valid 06/01/10 through 09/30/10. 951 N.W. 13th St., Suite 4A, Boca Raton, 561-393-6400; pssbocaraton.com.
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Stay cool, stay chic, stay current. Alene Too will keep you fashionable through the summer months! Alene Too shoppers will receive a 20% discount Thursday, Friday and Saturday starting June 5th through August 5th. Don’t miss out on this special offer. Happy summer to all. Shoppes at Village Point, 6006 S.W. 18th St., Boca Raton, 561-394-0899; alenetoo.com.
Benvenuto Caterestaurant is known throughout South Florida as “the” destination for weddings, bar mitzvahs and corporate and social affairs. Our Summer tropical menu includes a three-course dinner Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for $33 per guest. All prices are subject to a 6½% sales tax and gratuity. 1730 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach, 561-364-0600; benvenutorestaurant.com.
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The Inn At Fox Hollow
Hotel Caldwell Roofing
Fantastic Windows “Everything for your windows and more” making your home look fantastic since 1995. Custom window treatments, bedding and pillows, Hunter Douglas shades, blinds and shutters. Custom closets, faux iron and faux stain glass. Summer Special - 25% off fabrics and hardware. 7291 State Road 7, Parkland, 954-344-9088; fantasticwindows.com.
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Rainy Season is here... secure your roof with Caldwell Roofing, your professional roofing contractor for over 25 years. Call now for your free roof inspection. Contract with us by July 31st and receive $200 off a roof repair of $1,000 or more. 103 N.W. 43rd St., Boca Raton, 561-392-0971; caldwellroofing.com.
No matter how you exercise, your feet take a lot of pounding. When it comes to your shoes, why not take the time to make sure you have the right fit? We specialize in shoes designed for running and walking. Get 10% off any shoe or apparel purchase. Exp. 7/31/10. The Shoppes At Boca Greens, 19635 N. State Rd. 7, Boca Raton, 561-470-3433; fleetfeetboca.com.
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The Inn At Fox Hollow, Long Island’s premier lifestyle hotel is offering an exclusive discount for classic studio suites this summer. Only $199 per night (plus taxes) with a minimum three-night stay*. Mention this ad when making reservations. *Restrictions apply. Expires 12/30/10. 7755 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY, 1-800-291-8090; theinnatfoxhollow.com.
Beat the summer heat with Mootz’s Homemade Italian Ice. Buy one, get one free on any small, medium or large Italian Ice when you use the code Mootz’s BRO. The Shoppes At Boca Greens, 19585 S. State Rd. 7, Boca Raton, 561-487-2822; mootzsitalianice.com.
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Mootz’s Homemade Italian Ice
Get gorgeous with “beauty on a budget” this summer in Sky Salon & Spa luxury. Take 20% off with three or more celestial services now through July 31st. Your choice: haircut, manicure, facial, highlights, waxing, color, pedicure, straightening, lash extensions, deep conditioning, microdermabrasion, pink & whites. One time per client, please. 1675 N. Military Rd. (at Town Center Rd.), 561-338-SKY7 (7597); skysalonandspa.com.
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This is Boca Raton’s only fondue restaurant celebrating its 20th year of serving the community. This summer, enjoy a $29, 4-course fondue ($34 with Lobster tail), a great way to sample just about everything from the menu. Call for reservations and mention the “$29 4-course.” Zagatrated “Excellent” 1995-2009. 5455 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton, 561997-7472; meltingpot.com/bocaraton.
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The Melting Pot
Unique Boutique Presenting the new ICE Watch collection. You will receive a free gift with every purchase at Unique Boutique. 204 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-272-6654; uniqueboutiquejewelry.net.
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It’s our only business since 1988. Let us restore the natural beauty and radiant glow of your marble and natural stone surfaces. Please enjoy a 20% discount off any services provided for the months of June and July 2010. 1181 S. Rogers Circle #17, Boca Raton, 561-997-2636; marblekareusa.com.
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Experience the tranquility of Boynton Beach’s top-rated day spa. Alesandra’s is a full-service salon and spa which offers a wide variety of services to pamper you from head to toe. Mention this ad to receive 15% off all spa services. Cannot be combined with any other offers. 1780 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561-732-5381; spaalesandra.com.
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Alesandra Salon & Spa
We try to make your dream nursery and room come true. We also carry unique accessories, toys, gifts, custom bedding, mattresses and great gifts. Available only on our Web site, we carry layette to teen clothing, and everything you need for camp. Giving 20% off anything and free shipping on all camp stuff. Email us at shopcamp@rppkids.com, 561-206-6173; rppkids.com.
Rosario Lanza, the name behind Boca Raton’s former restaurant La Viola, brings you his latest creation, Rosarios, to the same beautiful location in Royal Palm Place. Featuring summer specials to entice all palates - $26.95 for a complete dinner (available all night). Also available, our signature 2 lb. lobster special. 145 S.E. Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-393-0758; rosariosristorante.com.
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Charles Medical Group and The Foundation for Hair Restoration welcome you to join us for 10% off facial fillers and injectables or 300 complimentary hair transplant grafts (with a procedure). 200 Glades Rd., Suite 2, Boca Raton, 561-3955544; charleshair.com.
Wild Olives by Todd English in Boca Raton At the celebrity chef-driven restaurant, Happy Hour just turned into happy day! Throughout the summer, enjoy half-price drinks from noon - 7 p.m. at the bar, as well as appetizers - also half-price at the bar - from 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. The half-price bar menu includes flat breads, salads, the signature asparagus frites and crispy calamari. The Shops at Boca Center, 5050 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, 561-544-8000; wildolives.com.
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Dr. Glenn Charles
Japango Japanese Restaurant
Prima Dona Cosmetics
Cosmetic dentistry special. During the months of July and August, Dr. Davidoff is happy to offer a 25% discount for all cosmetic procedures including Porcelain Laminates and Veneers, Anterior Ceramic Crowns and Cosmetically Enhanced Complete Dentures. This offer includes Anterior Implant Restorations. 3695 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach, 561-734-0505; dental-implants.com.
Originally from Long Island, New York, Dona Schiff has had the privilege to find the best make-up artists in Boca Raton. We bring you our expert color selection and professionalism to help you create a fabulous fresh new look for the summer. Enjoy a 20% discount on your next purchase. Two locations. Moda Salon, Regency Court, 3003 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton, 561-9887555 and O Salon, 2240 NW 19th St., Boca Raton, 561-750-9804.
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Summer frizz not your best look? Visit Blush for our safe, formaldehyde-free Keratin treatments that smooth hair, add shine and reduce blowdry time! June 1st through Oct.1st, schedule any Keratin treatment for $50 off plus get a $25 gift card when you mention this ad! Beat the heat, book now! 177 N.E. 2nd Ave. Delray Beach, 561-278-5834; blushbeauty.net.
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Japango is now offering a three-course tasting menu for only $23 until 6:30 p.m. every day. Get a choice of a pre appetizer, main appetizer and an entrĂŠe with many different varieties to choose from. Regency Court Plaza, 3411 Yamato Rd., A-14, Boca Raton, 561-999-1263; japangomenu.com.
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Our products will make your home and business maintenance easy with results you will love. Surface-specific products designed to be safe and effective for polished marble and equally effective for all other natural stone, tile and masonry surfaces. Get 25% off Internet orders for the months of June and July 2010. Coupon code BRO. 1181 S. Rogers Circle #17, Boca Raton, 1-800-790-8327; marblekareproducts.com.
Come experience the difference at Conte Salon. We are a full-service salon that offers Great Lengths hair extensions, Brazilian Keratin treatment, and Japanese straightenings. Receive 30% off on your first visit for color, cut and facials. Expires August 31, 2010. Canyon Town Center, 8794 Boynton Beach Blvd., Suite 111, Boynton Beach, 561-742-2377; contesalon.com.
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If your business is looking for local customer traffic in August, this is a feature you won’t want to miss! The Summer Steals advertising section will be included in our August 2010 Family Issue. This special section will publish local discounts and promotions offered
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Come remember why we live in Florida. Friday night extended Happy Hour. South Florida’s premier beachfront Happy Hour gets even better. Happy Hour from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Fridays with 50% off house wine, well and call cocktails and $1 off domestic and imports. See you on the Beach at Oceans 234. 234 N. Ocean Blvd., Deerfield Beach, 954-428-2539; oceans234.com.
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We’ll Drink To That The 6th Annual Florida International Wine Challenge Returns O
enophiles, raise your glasses: The 6th Annual Florida International Wine Challenge (FIWC), the state’s leading professional event of its kind, takes place at the Palms Hotel on Miami Beach June 24th and June 25th. Here, attendees get to rub elbows, talk shop and, of course, sip more than 400 reds, whites and rosés with an array of respected and influential industry wholesalers, restaurateurs, retailers and journalists from around the world. The way it works: After the professional tasting happens behind closed doors, attendees get to test their palates against the panelists’
choices while enjoying tasty bites and passed hors d’oeuvres. The event begins at 5 p.m., and guests are encouraged to drink up and then bring their two favorite wine bottles to the optional dinner (a prix-fixe menu is available for $70, or choose to dine a la carte) at the Palms’ Essensia restaurant. Winners of the wine tasting will receive prestigious gold, silver and bronze medals, with gold and silver winners featured at the 2010 Miami International Wine Fair in October. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation and the Melanie Finley Ovarian Cancer Foundation.
The affair happens at a time when the state’s national wine presence is expanding: With a total consumption of more than 56 gallons and retail sales approaching $2 billion, Florida is currently the country’s largest wine market behind California, according to the FIWC. Founded in 2004, the FIWC offers domestic and international wine producers the chance to present their products to well-heeled wine lovers. Last year’s event included wineries from 16 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France and Italy. O Guest Richard Zendarski reads about wine
For more information, call 866-9988466 or visit fiwc.net.
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As the sun scorches on, cool fruity desserts are as refreshing as a summer breeze. A bonus: they’re a great reason to visit your local farmers markets! Strawberries With Grand Marnier Cream This simple-yet-luxurious dessert features lusciously light cream, richly scented with orange-flavored Grand Marnier and adorned with ruby-red strawberries. Ingredients 6 egg yolks ½ cup sugar ¼ cup Grand Marnier 1 pint heavy cream 4 cups strawberries, stems removed Preparation
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heat and whisk in Grand Marnier. Cover with plastic wrap and let cool. Whip heavy cream until thick and whisk about a cup into egg mixture to lighten. Spoon rest of the whipped cream onto egg mixture and gently fold in until incorporated. Add a dollop of Grand Marnier cream over individual dishes of strawberries or serve family style in a big bowl.
Watermelon And Blue Cheese Feeling adventurous? Try the unusual combination of watermelon and blue cheese – the contrasting flavors create a delightful taste experience. Ingredients 12 to 16 1-inch-thick chunks ripe watermelon 3 ounces crumbled blue cheese (For Dressing) 1 shallot, finely chopped ¼ cup Champagne vinegar ¼ cup olive oil or canola oil 1 tbsp. chopped fresh thyme Salt and pepper ¹/ ³ cup roasted pine nuts Preparation
Place watermelon pieces in large bowl and crumble blue cheese over watermelon. In bowl combine shallot and vinegar. Let stand 10 minutes. Whisk in oil and thyme until well-blended. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle dressing over watermelon and blue cheese. Sprinkle with roasted pine nuts. Serve immediately.
Summer Sorbet Tart With Fresh Berries This colorful confection is perfect for entertaining and will surely impress guests. Choose your favorite sorbets and get creative with fresh berries or other fruit. Ingredients 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 tbsp. white sugar ½ cup butter, melted 4 large scoops lime sorbet 4 small scoops black cherry ice cream 8 mini scoops raspberry sorbet 8 mini scoops orange sorbet 8 mini scoops lemon sorbet Berries for garnish Preparation
Preheat oven to 350º F. Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter in bowl; mix with fork. To assemble each dessert: press three tbsp. of crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of small (½ cup) ramekin. Repeat
for remaining three ramekins. Bake 20 minutes. Let cool completely. Scoop ½ cup lime sorbet into each ramekin; smooth sorbet so top is level. Place one small scoop of black cherry sorbet on top of lime sorbet; with back of spoon press level to top of ramekin. Arrange one to two mini scoops of other sorbets around black cherry scoop. Garnish with berries. Serve immediately.
Strawberry Swirl Milkshakes These strawberry milkshakes are just like the diner classic – dreamy, pink, frozen and a breeze to whip up. You’ll love the summer flavor. Ingredients 8 cups quartered strawberries 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice 3 cups vanilla ice cream Strawberries for garnish Preparation
Start with strawberry syrup: Combine strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in large saucepan and heat over medium-high heat, stirring and mashing periodically. Let boil for about five minutes or until bright red and strawberries have softened and broken apart. Let cool. Strain strawberry mash into container, pressing strawberry pulp. Discard pulp and store syrup in refrigerator. For milkshakes, blend half of ice cream and one cup strawberry syrup in blender on high speed until smooth. Add second half of ice cream and blend again until smooth. Divide among four chilled glasses. Spoon more syrup on top and garnish with whole strawberry. Serve immediately.
Grilled Glazed Peaches with Peach Thin Crisps Warm fresh peaches and cold creamy ice cream… it’s hard to top this summer dessert combo. How about with some peach thin cookies? Absolutely delicious! Ingredients 3 tbsp. peach preserves 1 tbsp. orange juice
4 sheets phyllo dough, thawed ½ cup pecans, finely chopped 8 peaches, halved ½ cup peach nectar 6 tbsp. brown sugar As needed vegetable oil 1 quart vanilla ice cream Preparation
Preheat oven to 350º F. Preheat grill. Whisk peach preserves and orange juice. Place one sheet of phyllo dough on lined baking sheet. Brush with preserve mixture. Place another sheet on top and brush with preserve mixture. Sprinkle with pecans. Repeat process. Bake five to eight minutes or until brown and crisp. Let cool and break into pieces. In small saucepan, heat peach nectar and brown sugar until sugar dissolves; keep warm. Brush each peach half with vegetable oil and grill for two to three minutes or until grill marks appear. Place two grilled peach halves on each plate; top each with a drizzle of peach nectar glaze, two small scoops of ice cream and three or four pieces of peach thin crisps.
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Grand Marnier Berry Trifle Bright strawberries and blueberries combine with pound cake and Grand Marnier Cream to create this easy, elegant treat. It’s the perfect centerpiece for a summer gathering.
Strawberry Swirl Milkshakes
Ingredients 1 prepared pound cake, cubed 1 recipe Grand Marnier Cream (see Strawberries with Grand Marnier Cream recipe) 4 cups strawberries, hulled and quartered 1 pint blueberries ½ cup Strawberry Syrup (see Strawberry Swirl Milkshakes recipe) Preparation
In large bowl, toss strawberries and blueberries with syrup. In large trifle dish, arrange half of pound cake cubes in an even layer. Spoon half berry mixture over pound cake cubes. Spoon half of Grand Marnier Cream over berry layer. Repeat layers with remaining pound cake, berries and cream. Refrigerate one hour to let cake soak in flavors. Serve. O
Recipes and photos courtesy of The Food Channel. For more dishes and ideas, visit foodchannel.com.
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Atlantic Grille Offers Sumptuous Food And A Stylish Vibe By Linda Haase
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oodies know that Atlantic Grille is the place to be on Delray Beach. From the ultra-cool fish tanks to the artichoke-shaped pendant lights, there’s an incredible vibe at this hip Atlantic Avenue restaurant. Pair this with magnificent food and superb service and it’s no wonder it shot to the top of Delray Beach’s “places to go” list since opening last November. The restaurant, located inside the inviting Seagate Hotel & Spa, offers diners plenty of options whatever their mood: there’s al fresco dining (the people watching here is primo), a lively bar, serene tables with cozy, circular banquettes, the private 14-
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seat wine room or seating at the restaurant’s exhibition kitchen (special four- or eight-course offerings with wine pairings are offered with frontrow views of chefs in action). Things are over-the-top here in the best way, from the exotic bread basket, overflowing with tantalizing olive oil and garlic bread sticks, cinnamon-raisin flatbread and multi-grain rolls made by Old School Bakery to the delicious desserts, including a Trio of Cheesecakes and a lavish, perfectly sweet Butterscotch and White Chocolate Bread
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Raising the bar: Atlantic Grille's sleek space; the restaurant's signature Pan-Seared Scallops
Pudding drizzled with a light rum anglaise sauce. The restaurant bills its “inventive cuisine” as “a tropical-inspired eclectic mix of steak, seafood and pasta where bold flavors, inspired techniques and the freshest ingredients make every meal a culinary adventure.” This is evident in the entree selection, which is presented in an innovative and artful fashion. The signature Pan-Seared Scallops with artichokes and mushrooms served atop sweet onion-celery root pureé and accompanied by pancetta chips is delightful, as is the melt-in-yourmouth Braised, Boneless Beef Short Ribs with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables (the meat is marinated for 12 hours and braised for four). Other favorites include the
Grilled Mahi-Mahi with three-potato hash, crispy onions and warm tomato vinaigrette or the 14-oz. aged New York Strip with spinach, onion strings and compound butter. Wine connoisseurs will appreciate more than 200 labels from which to choose; there’s also a full bar and a variety of coffee selections. After dinner, we suggest a leisurely stroll through the captivating lobby of the Seagate Hotel & Spa before heading to trendy Atlantic Avenue. O
where Atlantic Grille is located in The Seagate Hotel & Spa, 1000 E. Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach. The restaurant serves lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. For more information, call 561-665-4900 or visit theatlanticgrille.com.
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BITES / Speranza attributes its early buzz to a combination of top-quality ingredients, authentic coal-burning ovens and personalized service. Every pizza Speranza serves is cooked in a proprietary 800-degree, coal-burning oven that provides its signature well-done flavor in just four minutes (so no long waits).
american/STEAKHOUSES Abe & Louie’s4Glades Plaza
x 2300 W. Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.447.0024 x Lunch Monday-Friday,
Dinner nightly, Sunday Brunch. Absinthe4Shops at Boca Center x 5150 Town Center Circle x Boca Raton x 561.620.3754 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. Atlantic Grille4Located in the Seagate Hotel & Spa x 1000 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.665.4900 x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner daily, Brunch Saturday-Sunday Banyan Bar & Grille at the Addison 42 E. Camino Real x Boca
Raton x 561.395.9335 x Dinner nightly. Bogart’s Bar & Grille4
Cinemark Palace 20 x 3200 Airport Rd. x 561.544.3044 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Bonefish Grill4Boca Grove Shopping Center x 21065 Powerline Rd. x 561.479.0411 x Dinner daily. Brewzzi4Glades Plaza x 2222 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.392.2739 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Brooks Restaurant4500
South Federal Hwy. x Deerfield Beach x 954.427.9302 x Dinner Tuesday-Sunday in season, offseason Wednesday-Sunday. The Capital Grille46000
Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner nightly.
561.368.1077
Carmen’s4Boca Raton Bridge Resort x 999 Camino Real x Boca Raton x 561.368.9500 x Dinner Wednesday-Saturday, Brunch Sunday. Chops Lobster Bar4101
Plaza Real South x Boca Raton x 561.395.2675 x Dinner nightly. Copper Canyon Grill42006 N.W. Executive Center Circle x Boca Raton x 561.893.8838 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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ans of crispy, tasty pizza – and there are many – have been talking up Speranza Wood-Fired Pizza & Italian Restaurant, Boca Raton’s newest culinary addition.
The Cove Marina & Restaurant41754 S.E. 3rd Ct. x
Deerfield Beach x 954.421.9272 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Cugini Steakhouse and Martini Bar4270 E. Atlantic
Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.274.6244 x Dinner nightly. Cut 4324432 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.272.9898 x Dinner nightly. Dada452 North Swinton Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.330.3232 x Dinner nightly. DUFFY's SPORTS BAR & GRILL4401 N. Federal Hwy. x
Deerfield Beach x 954.429.8820 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Falcon House4116 N.E. Sixth
Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.243.9499 x Dinner nightly. Fifth Avenue Grill4821 S.E.
Fifth Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.265.0122 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Under the helm of Executive Chef Angelo Brittes, pizzas here are cooked crispy with flavorful crusts that complement high-quality toppings. Gourmet pies include the Shiitake Pizza, made with fresh tomato sauce, sliced shiitake mushrooms, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses and luscious leeks. Besides pizza, Speranza offers a variety of antipasti, salads, soups, pastas, chicken and meat dishes. Favorites include the Lobster Ravioli, served with a silky cream sauce, and the Medalliones de Filletto, sautéed filet mignon medallions wrapped in bacon and served with red bliss mashed potatoes and broccoli. There’s a Happy Hour, too: From 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily drinks are half price.
Speranza is located at 41 E. Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-245-7598 or visit speranzapizzeria.com.
Federal Hwy. x Lighthouse Point x 954.784.7667 x Dinner daily. Closed Mondays.
J. Alexander’s41400 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.347.9875 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
Grand Lux Cafe4Town
Kathy’s Gazebo Cafe4
Gaucho Rodizio44060 N.
Center x 6000 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.392.2141 x Lunch and Dinner daily. The Grille on Congress
45101 Congress Ave. x Boca Raton x 561.912.9800 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner Monday-Saturday. Henry’s4The Shoppes at
Addison Place x 16850 Jog Rd. x Delray Beach x 561.638.1949 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly.
4199 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.395.6033 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner MondaySaturday. Kee Grill417940 N. Military Tr. x Boca Raton x 561.995.5044 x Dinner nightly. Lucille’s Bad to the Bone BBQ4Regency Court x 3011 Yamato
Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.997.9557 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
Hooters 4Glades Plaza x 2440 N.W. 19th St. x Boca Raton x 561.391.8903 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
Mariposa4Neiman Marcus at Town Center x 5860 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.544.2320 x Lunch daily, Dinner Friday and Saturday.
Houston’s41900 N.W.
Max’s Grille4Mizner Park x
Executive Center Circle x Boca Raton x 561.998.0550 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
561.368.0080 x Lunch and Dinner
404 Plaza Real x Boca Raton x daily, Saturday-Sunday Brunch only.
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4Shoppes at Blue Lake x 1200 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.988.9142 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Miller’s Boca West Ale House4Boca Lyons Plaza x
9244 W. Glades Road x Boca Raton x 561.487.2989 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Morton’s, The Steakhouse4
Shops at Boca Center x 5050 Town Center Circle x Boca Raton x 561.392.7724 x Dinner nightly. New York Prime42350 N.W. Executive Center Dr. x Boca Raton x 561.998.3881 x Dinner nightly. New York Strip Steakhouse & Cabaret4Adult Entertainment x
1350 S.W. Second St. x Pompano Beach x 954-545-1313 x Dinner nightly. Oceans 2344234 N. Ocean Blvd. x Deerfield Beach x 954.428.2539 x Lunch and Dinner daily The Office4201 E. Atlantic Ave. x
Delray Beach x 561.276.3600 x Lunch and Dinner daily. The Pavilion Grille4301 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.912.0000 x Lunch TuesdayFriday, Dinner Tuesday-Saturday. Porterhouse Bar & Grill
47050 W. Palmetto Park Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.391.6601 x Dinner daily. Ruth’s Chris Steak House
4225 N.E. Mizner Blvd. x Boca Raton x 561.392.6746 x Dinner nightly. Seasons 5242300 N.W.
Executive Center Dr. x Boca Raton x 561.998.9952 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Six Tables4112 N.E. Second
St. x Boca Raton x 561.347.6260 x Dinner Tuesday-Saturday.
The Sundy House4106 S. Swinton Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.272.5678 x Lunch TuesdaySaturday, Dinner Tuesday-Sunday, Brunch Sunday.
Daimatsu Sushi441 Royal Palm
Ichiban4Somerset Shoppes x 8841
Place x Boca Raton x 561.361.7557 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly.
Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.451.2429 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
Edo Sushi-Upscale Japanese Sushi & Pan-Asian Buffet4
Japango4Riverstone Shoppes
III Forks Prime Steakhouse4
Waterway Shoppes of Parkland x 7609 N. State Road 7 x Parkland x 954.755.3191 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
200 E. Palmetto Park Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.416.2185 x Dinner nightly. Vinny’s All Day Cafe4Regen-
cy Court x 3013 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.988.9883 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. Watercolors Cafe4Boca
Raton Bridge Hotel x 999 E. Camino Real x Boca Raton x 561.368.9500 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner nightly.
Town Center Circle x Boca Raton x 561.544.8000 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
House of Siam425 N.E.
asian/sushi
Second Ave., #116 x Delray Beach x x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner nightly. 561.330.9191
5 Spice Asian Street Market4
Shoppes of Blue Lake x Suite A1 x 1200 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.989.1688 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Asia Sushi/Wok/Grill4
7600 Camino Real x Boca Raton x 561.544.8100 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly except Friday. Bangkok in Boca4Royal Palm
Place x 500 Via de Palmas x Boca Raton x 561.394.6912 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. Bluefin Sushi Thai Grill4
861 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.981.8986 x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner nightly. The Blue Fish4110 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.330.FISH (3474) x Lunch Wednesday-Saturday, Dinner nightly.
Temple Orange4The Ritz
Chow4Royal Palm Place x 309
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Gary Woo Asian Bistro4
4The Shops at Boca Center x 5050
Cay Da Vietnamese47400 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.998.0278 x Lunch TuesdayFriday, Dinner Tuesday-Sunday.
Carlton, Palm Beach x 100 S. Ocean Blvd. x Manalapan x 561.533.6000 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily.
Fuji4Palms Plaza x 22191 Powerline Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.392.8778 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly.
3400 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.368.8803 x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner nightly.
Wild Olives by Todd English
640 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.243.8581 x Dinner Monday-Saturday.
Sonoma Cafe & Bistro4
Fah Asian Bistro4Boca Valley Shopping Plaza x 7401 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.241.0400 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly.
Via De Palmas x Boca Raton x and Small Plates Wednesday-Saturday.
561.392.3499 x Sushi
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B I TE S / Good Cook Former Top Chef: Las Vegas contestant and Mare Rouge, Haiti native Ron Duprat has moved on from TV to more global pursuits. Chef Duprat, a Hollywood, Florida resident who appeared on the popular reality show’s sixth season, has teamed with South Florida-based Whole Foods Markets to raise funds for Coconut Creekbased Food For The Poor (FFTP), a nonprofit international relief organization helping to rebuild a devastated Haiti and provide sustainable food solutions. In the works: June cooking demonstrations at Whole Foods Markets in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens. All ticket proceeds benefit FFTP and reservations are required. For more information call, 561-4470000 or 561-691-8550.
of Parkland x 7367 N. State Road 7 x Parkland x 954.345.4268 x Regency Court x 3011 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.999.1263 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. Kyoto Sushi Sake425 N.E.
Second Ave. x Delray Beach x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner nightly. 561.330.2275 x
Kyojin Buffet4Shops at Boca Grove x 21073 Powerline Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.218.1708 x Lunch and Dinner daily. La Tre4249 E. Palmetto Park
Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.392.4568 x Dinner nightly. LemonGrass Asian Bistro4
420 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.278.5050 x Lunch and Dinner daily. 4101 Plaza Real South E. x Boca Raton x 561.544.8181 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Mai Hibachi44801 Linton Blvd. x Delray Beach x 561.499.2766 x Lunch and Dinner daily. PEI WEI41914 N.E. Fifth Ave. x Boca Raton x 561. 226.0290 x Lunch and Dinner daily. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro4
1400 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.393.3722 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Phuket Thai4Palms Plaza x 22191 Powerline Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.447.8863 x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner nightly. Saba4499 S. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.353.4600 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. Saito’s Japanese Steakhouse
48316 Jog Rd. x Boynton Beach x 561.369.1788 x Lunch Monday-Friday,
Dinner nightly. 4CityPlace x 700 S. Rosemary Ave., #208 x 561.296.8881 x Lunch and Dinner daily. 4Palm Beach Gardens x 4675 PGA Blvd. x 561.202.6888 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Soba Sushi Caviar Lounge4
Mizner Park x 415 Plaza Real x Boca Raton x 561.620.0606 x Lunch MondaySaturday, Dinner nightly. Stir Crazy fresh asian grillTown
Center x 6000 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.338.7500 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
Sushi Masa47140 Beracasa Way x Boca
Raton x 561.395.8862 x Dinner nightly. Sushi Ray4Shops at Boca Center x 5250 Town Center Circle x Boca Raton x 561.394.9506 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. SUSHI THAI4100 N.E. Second St. x Boca Raton 561.750.4448 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Sushi Zen422191 Powerline Rd. x Boca
Raton x 561.392.8778 x Lunch MondayFriday, Dinner nightly. Taisho420423 State Road 7 x
Boca Raton x 561.479.0041 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. Tempura House4The Reserve x
9858 Clint Moore Rd. x Boca Raton x x Lunch and Dinner daily.
561.883.6088
Uncle Tai’s4Shops at Boca Center x
5250 Town Center Circle x Boca Raton x Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly.
561.368.8806 x Lunch
Yokohama49168 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.451.1707 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly.
CONTINENTAL Boheme Bistro41118 E. Atlantic Ave. x
Delray Beach x 561.278.4899 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. Cielo4Boca Raton Resort & Club x 501
E. Camino Real x 561.447.3222 x Dinner Wednesday-Sunday. Greenfield’s on Atlantic45199 W.
Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.498.5010 x Dinner nightly. La Cigale4253 S.E. Fifth Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.265.0600 x Dinner nightly. Le French Bistro4Parkland Town
Center x 6676 Parkside Drive x Parkland x x Dinner nightly.
954.755.0708
Le Pavillon414812 S.E. Military Tr. x
Delray Beach x 561.499.9882 x Dinner nightly.
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Le Rivage4450 N.E. 20th St. x Boca
Raton x 561.620.0033 x Lunch WednesdayFriday, Dinner Monday-Saturday. Lola Restaurant and UltraLounge4The Shoppes at Addison Place x
16950 Jog Rd. x Delray Beach x 561.496.5652 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner daily.
4170 W. Camino Real x Boca Raton x 561.368.7910 x Dinner nightly.
Tiramisu
Olio Bistro442 S.E. Second Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.278.6633 x Lunch Tuesday-Friday, Dinner Tuesday-Saturday. St. Tropez47000 W. Camino Real x Boca
Raton x 561.368.8580 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. Tea-Licious Tearoom & Gifts4
4997-B W. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.638.5155 x Breakfast and Lunch, Monday-Saturday. ZED4514201 Plaza Real x Boca Raton x 561.393.3451 x Dinner nightly, Lounge nightly,
Brunch Sunday.
Fondue The Melting Pot45455 N. Federal Hwy.
x Boca Raton x 561.997.7472 x Dinner nightly.
Italian Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza4Shops
at Boca Grove x 21065 Powerline Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.218.66004115 N.E. Sixth Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.273.9898 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Arturo’s Ristorante46750 N.
Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.997.7373 x Lunch Monday- Friday, Dinner nightly. Basil Garden45837 N. Federal
Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.994.2554 x Dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Bova Prime4401 E. Las Olas Blvd. x Fort Lauderdale x 954.767.6555 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. Cafe Bellino4180 S. Federal Hwy. x
Boca Raton x 561.393.2844 x Dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Caffe Luna Rosa434 S. Ocean Blvd. x
Delray Beach x 561.274.9404 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. California Pizza Kitchen4Town Center x 6000 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.268.2805 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Capri Ristorante Italiano439 S.E. First Ave. x Boca Raton x 561.391.8044 x Dinner daily Carrabba’s Italian Grill4Wharfside Plaza x 6909 S.W. 18th St. x Boca Raton x 561.544.8838 x Lunch and Dinner daily 4335 E. Linton Blvd. x Delray Beach x 561.266.9393 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly. Caruso Ristorante4Royal Palm Place x 187 S.E. Mizner Blvd. x Boca Raton x 561-367-7488 x Lunch and Dinner, Monday-Saturday. Casa D’Angelo4171 E. Palmetto Park Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.338.1703 x Dinner nightly.
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Cucina Mio4Shoppes at Addison Place x 16950 Jog Rd. x Delray Beach x 561.499.9419 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly. Ferraro’s48208 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.477.2750 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner Sunday-Saturday.
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Giovanni’s Coal Fire Pizza4
Waterway Shoppes at Parkland x 7625 N. State Road 7 x Parkland x 954.345.9282 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Il Bacio429 S.E. Second Ave. x Delray
Beach x 561.865.7783 x Dinner WednesdaySunday.
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“Unpretentious hospitality, outstanding Italian classics…”
Federal Hwy. x Delray Beach x 561.272.3566 x Dinner Tuesday-Sunday.
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Josephine’s Italian Restaurant4
5751 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.988.0668 x Dinner Tuesday-Sunday. LaStellas Restaurant and Catering 4159 E. Palmetto Park
Rosario is back at the same Royal Palm Place location serving fresh, homemade Italian classics.
561-393-0758 145 SE Mizner Blvd. Royal Palm Place Boca Raton, FL 33432
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4351 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.362.8403 x Dinner Tuesday-Sunday.
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LILLY’S4451 East Palmetto Park Rd. x
Boca Raton x 561.362.0208 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner daily. Maggiano’s421090 St. Andrews Blvd. x Boca Raton x 561.361.8244 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Matteo’s Restaurant4233 S. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.392.0773 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner daily. Peace A Pizza4Shoppes at Blue Lake x
1200 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.998. x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Positano44400 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.544.2920 x Dinner nightly. Renzo’s of Boca45999 N. Federal
Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.994.3495 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. Rino Vesuvio43360 N. Federal Hwy. x Boca Raton x 561.368.5520 x Dinner Tuesday-Saturday. Ristorante Sapori4Royal Palm Place
x 99 Royal Palm Place x Boca Raton x x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly. 561.367.9779
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Rosario’s Ristorante4Royal Palm Place x 145 S.E. Mizner Blvd. x Boca Raton x 561.393.0758 x Dinner nightly. Saporissimo4366 E. Palmetto Park Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.750.2333 x Dinner nightly. Speranza wood-fired Pizza & Italian Restaurant441 E. Palmetto
Park Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.245.7598 x Lunch and Dinner nightly. Times Square Pizzeria – The Italian Grill Restaurant4Shoppes at Village
Pointe x 6006 S.W. 18th St. x Boca Raton x 561.393.6757 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly. Tramonti4119 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.272.1944 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly. Trattoria Romana4499 E. Palmetto
Park Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.393.6715 x Dinner nightly.
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Boca�Raton�-�FL -�33432 Phone:�(561)�245-7598 www.speranzapizzeria.com
Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.278.9570 x Lunch and Dinner Wednesday-Sunday. Villagio Italian Eatery 4Mizner Park x 344 Plaza Real x Boca Raton x 561.447.2257 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Villa Rosano4The Reserve x 9858 Clint Moore Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.470.0112 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly. Vino Wine Bar and Italian Tapas4
114 N.E. Second St. x Boca Raton x 561.869.0030 x Dinner Monday-Saturday.
LATIN/CARIBBEAN Caribbean Grill41332 N.W. Second
Ave. x Boca Raton x 561.362.0161 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. Cuban Cafe Restaurant43350 N.W.
Boca Raton Blvd. x Boca Raton x 561.750.8860 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly (closed Sunday June-November). Cabana El Rey4105 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.274.9090 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Gol, Taste of Brazil4411 E. Atlantic
Exclusively at Villa Rosano
Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.272.6565 x Dinner nightly.
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INCA GRILL447 E. Palmetto Park
44631 State Road 7 x Ste. 26 x Coral Springs x 954.755.0941 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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Old Calypso4900 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.279.2300 x Lunch Monday-Friday, Dinner nightly, Brunch Saturday and Sunday. Padrino’s4Mission Bay Plaza x 20455 State Road 7 x Boca Raton x 561.451.1070 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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mexican Baja Cafe Uno4201 N.W. First Ave. x Boca Raton x 561.394.5449 x41310 S. Federal Hwy. x Deerfield Beach x 954.596.1305 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly. MoQuila Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar499 S.E. Mizner Blvd. x
Boca Raton x 561.394.9990 x Dinner nightly. Rocco’s Tacos And Tequila Bar4Boca Center Shopping Plaza x
5250 Town Center Circle x Boca Raton x 561.416.2131 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
Choose Any 6 Of Our Delicious Flavors, Sit Back And Beat The Heat! Visit us at either of our 2 convenient locations - The Shoppes At Boca Greens, 19585 S. State Rd. 7, Unit N - 561-487-2822 or our newest location in The Shops of Boca Grove, 21073 Powerline Rd., Unit 31 - 561-488-8089.
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“A Chicago Legend”
Señor Burrito4513 N.E. 20th St. x Boca Raton x 561.347.6600 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
Southern Italian Specialties Pat Bruno’s Chicago Sun-Times Award Winning Dishes Pollo Vesuvio Mellinzana Parmigiana Linguine Con Vongole Banquet Events
Uncle Julio’s4Mizner Park x 449 Plaza Real x Boca Raton x 561.300.3530 x Lunch and Dinner daily, Brunch Saturday and Sunday.
Organic The Green Gourmet4The Shoppes
at Addison Place x 16950 Jog Rd. x Delray Beach x 561.455.2466 x Dinner nightly.
sandwiches/DELI Ben’s NY kosher Deli4The Reserve x 9942
Clint Moore Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.470.9963 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. Boca Dolce Bakery & Cafe4Lakeside Centre x 8202 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.479.4011 x Breakfast and Lunch daily.
Sunset Dining- 3-Course Dinner 5-6:30pm- $19.95 per person 39 SE 1st Avenue, Boca Raton 561.391.8044
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Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.482.3699 x Lunch and Dinner Sunday-Thursday, Closed Friday-Saturday.
Mediterranean-Style Weekend Brunch 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $10.95/Per Person All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. $11.95/Per Person
Full Bar & Bring Your Own Bottle Of Wine Live Music with Belly Dancer on Thursday-Friday-Saturday Private Parties
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8177 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.716.0389 x Lunch Sunday-Friday, Dinner Saturday and Sunday. Grill Time (kosher)48177 Glades
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Kosher Marketplace422191 Powerline Rd., #5A x Boca Raton x 561.391.3318 x Sunday-Friday, Closed Saturday. Old School Bakery & Cafe4
814 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.276.0013 x Breakfast and Lunch daily.
4Polo Shops x 5030 Champion Blvd. x Boca Raton x 561.241.590342200 Glades Rd., #700 x Boca Raton x 561.392.4181 4Regency Court x 3013 Yamato Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.997.9911 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. Toojay’s Gourmet Deli
seafood Boston’s on the Beach440 S. Ocean Blvd. x Delray Beach x 561.278.3364 x Breakfast Saturday-Sunday, Lunch and Dinner daily. CITY FISH MARKET47940 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.487.1600 x Lunch and Dinner daily.
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City Oyster4213 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.272.0220 x Lunch Monday-Saturday, Dinner nightly.
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Finz Raw Bar & Grill4710 Linton
Blvd. x Delray Beach x 561.272.1960 x Lunch and Dinner daily. Harpoon Louie’s42096 N.W. Second
St. x Deerfield Beach x 954.437.7888 x Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily. JB's On The Beach4300 N. Ocean
Blvd. x Deerfield Beach x 954.571.5220 x Lunch and Dinner daily. J & J Seafood Bar & Grill4
634 E. Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.272.3390 x Lunch Tuesday-Saturday, Dinner Sunday only. Jake’s Stone Crab4Royal Palm Plaza x 514 Via de Palmas x Boca Raton x 561.347.1055 x Lunch Friday-Sunday, Dinner nightly. Legal Sea Foods4Town Center x
6000 W. Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x x Lunch and Dinner daily.
561.447.2112
Linda Bean's4 200 East Atlantic Ave. x Delray Beach x 561.276.2502 x Lunch and Dinner daily. McCormick & Schmick’s4
University Commons x 1400 Glades Rd. x Boca Raton x 561.394.2428 x Lunch and Dinner daily, Brunch Sunday.
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Art Matters Boca Raton Resort & Club Partners With Elaine Baker Gallery
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oca Raton Resort & Club just got even more beautiful: The resort has formed a partnership with Boca Raton’s Elaine Baker Gallery – renowned for its ever-changing collection of contemporary works by international artists – to offer an innovative sculpture program with museum-quality works installed throughout the 365-acre property. In honor of the program, the resort is offering a new, two-night Artca-
experiences. This includes guided and self-guided walking tours of the sculpture installations, invitations to lectures and receptions with visiting artists. “Since all featured sculptures are available for purchase, we will be able to continuously showcase new and interesting works of a wide range of contemporary artists, always keeping the experience ‘origi-
“We are pleased to have formed this creative partnership with the Elaine Baker Gallery. It’s a great platform for developing ongoing arts-related activities that engage and delight enthusiasts and collectors of all ages and interests.” – Boca Raton Resort & Club President Stephen Ast
tion package, starting from $199 that will showcase the sculptures, plus introduce guests to other area museum collections, exhibitions and performances. “We are pleased to have formed this creative partnership with the Elaine Baker Gallery,” said Boca Raton Resort & Club President Stephen Ast. “It’s a great platform for developing ongoing arts-related activities that engage and delight enthusiasts and collectors of all ages and interests.”
Elaine Baker and Deborah Sponder at Boca Raton Resort & Club
A new on-site Elaine Baker Gallery allows the inventive mother/daughter team of Elaine Baker and Deborah Sponder to oversee the resort’s diverse array of sculpture program
nal’ and vibrant for those visiting the Resort & Club,” noted Deborah Sponder. “We are delighted to open our location at the Boca Raton Resort & Club to serve as our expansive waterfront gallery.” Now at the Resort are works by acclaimed artists and sculptors including Lynn Chadwick, Bernar Venet, Boaz Vaadia, Jun Kaneko, Rob Lorenson, Aurora Canero, Peter Busby, Bill Barrett, Dennis Oppenheimer, Ernest Trova, and Carole Feuerman. With these sculptures in place, the Resort now houses over $5 million in art. O
i For more information, call 561-447-0321 or e-mail info@elainebakergallery.com or visit bocaresort.com.
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Strike A Pose St. Mary’s Medical Center Launches Kids’ Yoga Program
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hild Life, a service of The Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach recently launched its Golden Spiral Yoga program for inpatient children. Initiated by pediatric surgeon Dr. Marshall Stone, the program’s classes focus on yoga poses and breathing exercises, integrated with stories and music. Classes are held on Fridays at 11 a.m. in the hospital’s pediatric playroom and are taught by Meredith Groves, L.M.T., who was trained and certified by New York City-based Karma Kids Yoga. “Yoga develops physical strength, flexibility, body awareness, self-esteem and confidence,” said Dr. Stone.
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“While teaching the techniques for pain management and relaxation in relation to their acute medical illness, the children also learn skills for future practice and well being.” Golden Spiral Foundation, the nonprofit organization created by Dr. Stone symbolizes the proportional pattern found throughout the human body, science and nature. The circular, spiral formation of an embryo, DNA, or a seashell creates a state of equilibrium. While promoting physical health, Dr. Stone recognizes yoga as a modality that offers the children a similar equilibrium, a balance of body, mind and spirit. The yoga classes and other special programs are facilitated by the staff of
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Kids enjoy yoga at St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Medical Center, along with support from the Child Life Program, a not-for-profit organization and service of St. Mary’s that provides therapeutic interventions for children with chronic and acute medical conditions and their families. St. Mary’s Medical Center is a 463bed acute care hospital serving the medical and healthcare needs of the greater West Palm Beach area for
more than 70 years. It offers a broad array of services, including medical, surgical, obstetrics, pediatrics, orthopedics, trauma and emergency. The hospital’s specialties include a pediatric trauma center, 24-hour children’s emergency department, pediatric intensive care unit and a comprehensive stroke center. O
i For more information, call 561-844-6300 or visit stmarysmc.com.
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Honorable Mentions Dr. Jon Robertson Awarded At NSAL Annual Red Rose Dinner Gala
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he National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) recently honored Dr. Jon Robertson, Dean of the Lynn University Conservatory of Music, with the NSAL Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership and Artistic Excellence. Dr. Robertson’s career as a concert artist began at age 9 and the maestro continues to enjoy a distinguished career as a pianist, conductor and academician.
Alyce Erickson, José Menor and Dorinda Spahr
Also during the evening, NSAL President Judi Asselta and Dr. Nicholas Reboli, chairs of the 2010 Literature Competition, presented the stories of each student winner, along with certificates to first-place winner Mary Ruth Sheffield, Florida Atlantic University (FAU); second-place winner Francis Carmen Altomare, University of Miami and third-place winner Julee Roslyn Gardner, FAU. Judges for the competition included Dr. Florence Robertson, Amy Letter, FAU; Elaine Deering, Lynn University and Roxanne Fay, of Clearwater. Other evening highlights included outstanding musical performances by winners of NSAL Music Competitions and students of the Lynn University Conservatory of Music. Performers included Flutists Jessica Ann Willis and Sabatino Scirri, Pianist José Menor, Cellist Jonah Kim and Valentin Mansurov, Valeria Polunia and Aziz Sapaev. The 2010 NSAL Gala was dedicated in memory of Jacqueline Ashton Waldeck, author, historian and great friend of the Boca Raton South Florida Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. Also during the event, Chevalier Donald Mandich presented Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Reboli with a beautiful Tiffany Platter for their outstanding contributions to the NSAL Chapter. Founding member Rita Hobbs was awarded The NSAL 2010 Achievemant Award, presented by Dame Alyce Erickson, event co-chair. Thanks were expressed by NSAL President Judi Asselta to gala chairpersons. They include: Alyce Erickson, Roswitha Guzinski, Philippa Reboli, Dame Isabelle Paul, Dame Jane Bennett, Mrs. Roswitha Guzinski, Mrs. Hildegard Scherzberg, Miss Adele Barrett, Mrs. Dorinda Spahr, Dr. Nicholas Lang Reboli and Mrs. Philippa Reboli, Dame Alyce Erickson, Mrs. Marilyn Nelson and Mrs. Monique de Vosjoli, Judi Asselta and Dorinda Spahr. President Asselta concluded the evening by stating, “We are so proud of our NSAL Members, Patrons and Friends, and their commitment in our goal to identify, encourage and assist young talent.” O
i For more information, call Dame Alyce Erickson 561-391-6380 or visit arts-nsal.org.
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Special Night The Adolph & Rose Levis JCC’s Special Needs Department Celebrates Success
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ore than 300 people gathered recently at Marc Bell’s home in Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton to celebrate the success of The Adolph & Rose Levis JCC’s Special Needs Department. “When I learned about the Levis JCC and the Special Needs Department, I felt that it was just a great program,” said Bell, who became connected with the organization through his father, Robert Bell, who serves on its Board of Directors and on the Budget and Finance committee. “I was happy to help the Levis JCC get the word out about the phenomenal things that the Special Needs department is accomplishing through the programs it runs.”
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The evening’s program was short but powerful. Guests listened to Levis JCC Special Needs Department co-chairs Janet Elinoff and Emily Grabelsky speak about their personal motivation to create the department, and the numerous programs that the Levis JCC brings to the community. Levis JCC supporters and community leaders Meryl and Ron Gallatin offered to help the Levis JCC increase its number of Dream Builders by matching each new donation of $500 or more with an additional $500. The Gallatins’ generous post-event matching program resulted in $14,800 raised for the Levis JCC Special Needs Department; in total, the event raised more than $49,000.
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ive inspirational South Floridians – a teacher, firefighter/paramedic, business leader, principal and high school senior – were recognized at the recent African-American Achievers awards ceremony for helping to improve our community and motivate future generations. More than 800 people attended the 18th annual event at the Broward County Convention Center, presented by JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors and JM Lexus. The 2010 African-American Achievers are: Dr. Emma Banks, Education; William “DC” Clark, Community Service; Leroy Jones, Business and Entrepreneurism; Perry Stokes, Arts and Culture; and Jhadrian Lawrence, Jerome Edmund Gray Youth Achiever.
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“Imagine if each of us did just one thing that inspired others,” JM Family President and CEO Colin Brown said to the audience. “Imagine the ripple effect we would have. That’s what our honorees do. We believe that programs and individuals who uplift the community deserve our recognition.” Established in 1992 by the late Jim Moran, founder of JM Family and its subsidiaries, the African-American Achievers awards carries on the vision of Moran to recognize those who unselfishly invest their time and talents toward building a stronger community. At the ceremony, The Jim Moran Foundation announced Miami Northwestern High School senior Jhadrian Lawrence as the recipient of the Jerome Edmund Gray Youth Achiever Award. Lawrence was recognized as a role model for fellow students because she strives for excellence. With spirit and perseverance, she juggles her advanced academic classes with community service and marching band activities – all while caring for her disabled mother. “To be selected by The Jim Moran Foundation means a whole lot,” said Lawrence. “It’s nice to know I’m one person who somebody feels is deserving.” O
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July 2 Born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, England, 59-year-old musician Sting earned his nickname by wearing a yellow and black-striped sweater that made him look like a bumble bee (and “Sting� is much easier to say). It was a long road to becoming music royalty: Sting dug ditches, taught school, coached soccer and performed music on cruise ships and in stripper cabarets before enjoying a decade as frontman for iconic rock trio The Police, along with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers. He went solo in 1984 and has since become one of the world’s most prolific and literate songwriters/musicians – he plays guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, harmonica, saxophone and pan-flute. Check out his 8 p.m. show at Cruzan Amphitheatre, where he’ll perform his most celebrated hits with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
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06.10 Bayfront Park 301 N. Biscayne Blvd., Miami, 305-358-7550; bayfrontparkmiami.com JULY 4 America’s Birthday Bash Free Kids’ Zone begins at 3 p.m. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m. JULY 16 Scorpions Get Your Sting And Blackout World Tour Show begins at 8 p.m. JULY 31 Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy Show begins at 8 p.m.
Cruzan Amphitheatre AutoNation® IMAX® Theater
ROCK STARS: U2 performs at 7 p.m. on July 9th at Sun Life Stadium .
Museum of Discovery & Science, 401 S.W. Second St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-467-6637; mods.org
venues Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, 305-949-6722; carnivalcenter.org JUNE 6-27 Signature Shorts Show times vary. JUNE 17-27 Camp Kappawanna Show times vary. JUNE 30 THROUGH JULY 10 Tap Dogs Show times vary. JULY 8-11 Babalu Show times vary.
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JUNE 18 THROUGH JUNE 30 Toy Story 3: An IMAX 3D Experience Show times vary.
AmericanAirlines Arena 601 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, 786-777-1000; aaarena.com JUNE 12-13 Sesame Street Show times vary. JUNE 26 Freestyle Extravaganza 2 Show begins at 8 p.m. JULY 18 Summer Groove All-Star Basketball Game Show begins at 6:30 p.m. JULY 31 Rihanna Show begins at 8 p.m.
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JUNE 30 THROUGH JULY 15 The Twilight Saga: The IMAX Experience Show times vary. JULY 15 THROUGH JULY 31 Christopher Nolan’s Inception: The IMAX Experience Show times vary.
BankAtlantic Center One Panther Parkway, Sunrise, 954-835-7469; bankatlanticcenter.com JUNE 5 Carole King And James Taylor Doors open at 7 p.m. Show begins at 8 p.m.
601-7 Sansbury’s Way, West Palm Beach, 561-795-8883; livenation.com JUNE 10 Lynyrd Skynyrd God & Guns Tour Show begins at 7 p.m. JUNE 12 Brooks & Dunn Last Rodeo Tour Show begins at 7:30 p.m. JULY 2 An Evening With Sting Show begins at 8 p.m. JULY 30-31 Dave Matthews Band Show begins at 7 p.m.
Hard Rock Live Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, 800-937-0010; seminolehardrockhollywood.com JUNE 10 RMG Presents Bellator Fighting Championships – Mixed Martial Arts Show begins at 7 p.m.
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06.10 JUNE 27 Earth, Wind & Fire Show begins at 7 p.m. JULY 15 Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band Show begins at 8 p.m.
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JULY 23 Beres Hammond And Inner Circle Show begins at 7:30 p.m.
Of course you love your kids – and you’d appreciate them even more after a break (when does school start again?) Miss the summer camp deadline? The following venues offer some nifty and unique diversions with weekly (and some daily) rates. So what are you waiting for? Fun for the kids – and solace for you – is just a phone call away.
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CARTOON CAMP AT DONNA KLEIN JEWISH ACADEMY, BOCA RATON
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Campers learn to draw from a professional comic book artist; classes include media arts, computers, painting, sculpting and traditional activities like sports and arcade games. Two-week sessions available June 7-July 30; ages 5 to 14. For more information, call 561-715-0447 or visit cartooncamp.com.
This camp teaches children confidence and selfdefense. Camp includes karate instruction, sports at a local park, movies, arts and crafts. The nine-week camp can be attended by the week; ages 4 and older. For more information, call 954-946-1522 or visit atakaratepompanobeach.com.
707 N.E. Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-462-0222; parkerplayhouse.com JUNE 12 Meg Segreto’s Dance Centre Show times vary. JUNE 27 Bjorn Again – An ABBA Tribute Band Show begins at 7 p.m. JULY 24 The Fab Faux – World’s Greatest Beatles Tribute Band Show begins at 8 p.m.
Pompano Beach Amphitheatre 1806 N.E. Sixth St., Pompano Beach, 954-946-2402 or 954-523-3309; ticketmaster.com JUNE 8 Too Fast For Love Tour: Cobra Starship & 3OH!3 Show begins at 7 p.m.
Sun Life Stadium (Formerly Land Shark Stadium) 2267 Dan Marino Blvd., Miami, 305-623-6100; landsharkstadium.com JULY 9 U2 360 Tour Show begins at 7 p.m.
SURF CAMP AT RED REEF PARK, BOCA RATON Kids learn how to surf with professional surfer Skeeter Zimmerman. At week’s end there’s a surf contest, pizza party and special giveaways. Campers must know how to swim. Weekly sessions available June 7-August 20; ages 6 to 13. For more information, call 954-673-8933 or visit livingwatersurfschool.com.
DIGI-CAMP AT DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL, BOCA RATON Kids take classes in photography/photoshop, video and TV production, take pictures, shoot video, conduct news reports and hone their crafts in a state-of-the-art computer lab. Weekly sessions are available June 7-July 16; ages 9 to 15. For more information, call 561-236-0938 or visit bocadigicamp.com.
SUMMER EXPLORERS’ CLUB AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM AND LEARNING CENTER, BOYNTON BEACH
CAMP DISCOVERY AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY & SCIENCE, FORT LAUDERDALE
Camp centers around field trips and crafts using natural materials (for example, Surf’s Up! Week includes a trip to the beach for shell collecting; campers turn shells into mosaic art). Weekly sessions available June 14-August 6; ages 5 to 9. For more information, call 561-742-6783 or visit schoolhousemuseum.org.
Kids will enjoy the Museum of Discovery & Science’s camp, with themes ranging from Dissecting Fairy Tales to Sail the Seven Seas. All campers see a movie at the museum’s IMAX Theater. Weekly sessions available June 14-August 20; ages 6 to 12. For more information, call 954-713-0930 or visit mods.org.
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FIGURE SKATING AND HOCKEY CAMP AT GLACIER ICE AND SNOW ARENA, POMPANO BEACH
Kids learn about caring for and riding horses. Mornings begin with grooming and putting on riding equipment, followed by instruction and horse-related games or arts and crafts. Weekly sessions available June 14-August 20; ages 5 and older. For more information, call 954-3262528 or visit acts2acres.com.
SUMMER ART CAMP AT THE ARMORY ART CENTER, WEST PALM BEACH Armory Art Center’s Summer Art Camp offers instruction in drawing, painting, mixed media, sculpture and ceramics. Project themes include Island Art, Food, Pop Art, Optical Illusions, and more. At summer’s end works are exhibited. Weekly sessions available June 7-August 6; ages 5 to 18. For more information, call 561-832-1776 or visit armoryart.org.
Choose from figure skating and hockey; campers practice on the ice and receive instruction; off-ice activities include stretching, strength conditioning and arts and crafts. Weekly sessions available June 14-August 6; ages 5 and older. For more information, call 954-943-1437 or visit glaciericeandsnow.com.
CAMP TWISTER AT TWISTER GYMNASTICS, BOCA RATON Kids participate in gymnastics, obstacle courses, arts and crafts, games and more. Daily and weekly sessions available June 4-August 20; ages 3 to 12. For more information, call 561-750-6001 or visit twistergymnastics.com.
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06.10 The Broward Center for the Performing Arts 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-462-0222; browardcenter.org JUNE 9-27 Mary Poppins (Au-Rene Theater) Show times vary. JULY 8-10 Disney’s Beauty And The Beast Junior (Au-Rene Theater) Show times vary.
The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7300; livenation.com JUNE 15 50 Cent Show begins at 8 p.m. JUNE 19 Paulina (Rubio) And Friends Show begins at 9 p.m. JULY 5 Jamie Cullum Show begins at 7:30 p.m. JULY 29 Crowded House Show begins at 8 p.m.
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, 561-832-7469; kravis.org JUNE 8 Yes And Peter Frampton Show begins at 7:30 p.m. JUNE 17-20 Curious George Live! Show times vary. JUNE 22-27 Cats Show times vary.
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events JUNE 1-13 Three Tall Women West Palm Beach’s resident professional theater company celebrates its 10th anniversary with this Edward Albee Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Takes place at Palm Beach Dramaworks. For more information, call 561-232-9918 or visit palmbeachdramaworks.org. JUNE 1 THROUGH JULY 12 Singing On Stage For Kids And Teens This eight-week course introduces students ages 10 through 18 to the art of singing on stage. Starts at 7 p.m. Takes place at Sugar Sand Park in Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-347-3900 or visit sugarsandpark.org. JUNE 7, 21 Quilting Bee Bimonthly quilting class presented by Catherine Marshall and Marilyn Dorwart, former owner of Quilter’s Marketplace. Starts at 10 a.m. Takes place at Delray Beach Public Library. For more information, call 561-266-9490 or visit delraylibrary.org.
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JUNE 8, 22 Project Nuremberg A class about the Holocaust and Nuremberg trial documents. Starts at noon. Takes place at Temple Beth El of Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-391-8900. JUNE 10 Summer ‘Girl’s Night Out’ Book Discussion Facilitator Rabbi Pam Mandel will discuss Lilith, by Lilith Salon. Takes place at Temple Beth El of Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-391-8900. JUNE 12 Meet A Master, Create A Masterpiece This monthly children’s program investigates a master artist on exhibit. Reservations required. Starts at 1 p.m. Takes place at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. For more information, call 561-392-2500 or visit bocamuseum.org. JUNE 19-20 Father’s Day Weekend At Butterfly World Fathers receive free admission to this nature-friendly attraction. Takes place
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06.10 at Butterfly World in Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek. For more information, call 954-977-4434 or visit butterflyworld.com. JUNE 22 THROUGH AUGUST 8 59th Annual All-Florida Juried Competition And Exhibition The state’s oldest juried competition will showcase 91 works in all mediums by 80 artists from around the state. Takes place at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. For more information, call 561-392-2500 or visit bocamuseum.org.
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JULY 4 West Palm Beach Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 5 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place at both the South Stage and the Meyer Amphitheatre Stage on Flagler Drive. For more information, call 561-822-1515 or visit wpb.org. JULY 4 Boynton Beach Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 4 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place at Intracoastal Park. For more information, call 561-742-6246 or visit boynton-beach.org. JULY 4 Palm Beach County Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 6:30 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-488-8069 or visit pbcparks.com.
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JUNE 25 Concert And Champagne Reception To Benefit Hospice By The Sea Enjoy an unforgettable evening of jazz with Copeland Davis. Tickets are $75. Starts at 8 p.m. Takes place at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center in Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-416-5013 or visit hbts.org.
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JULY 4 Boca Raton Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 6 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place at the Florida Atlantic University campus. For more information, call 561-393-7806 or visit ci.boca-ratonfl.us/. JULY 4 Delray Beach Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 2:30 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place on the beach at Atlantic Avenue and A1A. For more information, call 561279-1380 or downtowndelraybeach.com.
06.10 JULY 4 Deerfield Beach Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 6 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place on the beach at Hillsboro Blvd. and A1A. For more information, call 954-480-4433 or deerfield-beach.com.
Discover the Levis JCC Betty & Marvin Zale Early Childhood Learning Center • Children enter school with a great big hug and leave with a feeling of accomplishment
JULY 4 Coral Springs Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 6 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place at the Sportsplex. For more information, call 954-345-2200 or visit coralsprings.org.
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JULY 4 Fort Lauderdale Fourth Of July Celebration Starts at 1 p.m. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Takes place on the beach at S.E. Fifth St. and A1A. For more information, call 954828-5363 or visit fortlauderdale.gov. JULY 7 THROUGH AUGUST 13 Showtime Performing Arts Camp Students will learn to audition, act, sing, dance and perform. Takes place at the Showtime Dance and Performing Arts Theatre in Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-394-2626 or visit showtimeboca.com.
• Mommy & Me programs newborn to 2 years old
Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center Betty & Marvin Zale Early Childhood Learning Center 9801 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33428 www.levisjcc.org
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JULY 9-10 30th Annual NPC Southern States Championships More than 200 of the nation’s top-sanctioned amateurs compete in this fitness, figure, bikini and bodybuilding championship. Takes place at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale. For more information, call 954-828-5380 or visit npcsouthernstates.com. JULY 12 Comedy Film Series – Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy with a commentary by assistant director Mykal Banta. Starts at 1 p.m. Takes place at Delray Beach Public Library. For more information, call 561-266-9490 or visit delraylibrary.org. JULY 16 THROUGH AUGUST 15 The Gin Game – Limited Engagement In this Pulitzer Prize-winning dramedy, Weller and Fonsia play gin rummy on the porch of a seedy nursing home sharing intimate details of their lives. Takes place at the Palm Beach Dramaworks Theater in West Palm Beach. For more information, call 561-514-4042 or visit palmbeachdramaworks.org. O
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now&noteworthy BankAtlantic Employees Build Homes Through Habitat For Humanity
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Toll Brothers Named #1 In The Industry In Fortune Magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies 2010 Survey”
Since 1992, BankAtlantic has been a strong supporter of Habitat for Humanity, providing Habitat with free office space and sponsoring nearly 62 homes. BankAtlantic pledged up to $105,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Broward County and challenged the community, local businesses and corporate leaders to match their pledged donation of up to $105,000. The challenge was made on behalf of BankAtlantic’s employees by BankAtlantic Bancorp’s Chairman, Alan B. Levan, at the 25th Anniversary Spirit of Humanity Awards. The typical cost in building three new Habitat homes is approximately $210,000. The donation made by BankAtlantic’s employees covered approximately half the cost of building three new houses; Habitat worked with other donors for the remaining funds. Habitat for Humanity of Broward began serving the residents of Broward County in 1983. To date, more than 300 homes have been built in partnership with families in need and more than 99 percent of Habitat homeowners have successfully maintained their homes. BankAtlantic, 2100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-940-6347; bankatlantic.com.
The survey, which involved 346 companies from more than 50 industries, asked executives, directors and analysts to rate companies in their own industry on nine factors. Toll Brothers ranked #1 in seven of the nine criteria, including quality of products and services, quality of management, financial soundness, people management, use of corporate assets, long-term investment and global competitiveness. Toll Brothers’ communities across Southeast Florida include: Jupiter Country Club, Ocean’s Edge at Singer Island, Azura, Frenchman’s Reserve and Wellington View. Toll Brothers, 250 Gibraltar Rd., Horsham, PA, 561-637-8890; tollbrothersflorida.com. (L to R) Jarett Levan, CEO of BankAtlantic; Alan Levan, Chairman of BankAtlantic Bancorp; The Perez Family (recipients of a Habitat home), Marcia Barry-Smith, Senior Vice President of BankAtlantic; Patricia Lefebvre, Chief Retail Banking Executive for BankAtlantic and Yvonne Ratto, Volunteer Program/Grants Manager for BankAtlantic
NYC Fashion House Sara Mique Hosted “Afternoons In Style” Event With Special Guests JoAnn Fass And Jacob D. Steiger, M.D.
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Sara Mique, the New York City fashion house which recently relocated to Coconut Creek, recently launched a brand-new monthly series entitled, “Afternoons In Style”. The monthly series features trunk shows and different topics of interest for South Florida’s fashion-savvy women. Fashion designer Joan ‘Sara Mique’ Lamonica teamed with JoAnn Fass of Spa S’Criage and Jacob D. Steiger, M.D., of Steiger Facial Plastic Surgery. JoAnn revealed how to achieve the perfect eye through makeup and skincare while Dr. Steiger explained the aging process and treatments to help look your best. Steiger Facial Plastic Surgery, 4675 Linton Blvd., Suite 200, Delray Beach, 561-499-9339; drsteiger.com.
Enter To Win A $100 Gift Card Package Courtesy Of Royal Palm Place You’re invited to become a member of Club Royale. Membership is free and has its privileges! When you enroll, you’ll automatically be entered into a monthly drawing to win a free $100 gift card package, plus you’ll receive updates on grand openings, tenants’ specials and events taking place at Royal Palm Place. Just visit their Web site to get started. Royal Palm Place, 302 S. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton, 561-392-8920; royalpalmplace.com.
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flash FFCDC’S 9TH ANNUAL MEN WITH CARING HEARTS AWARDS LUNCHEON More than 350 attendees gathered at Woodfield Country Club to honor men from 18 nonprofit organizations for their exceptional dedication of time, talent and resources to better the community. The event raised $85,000 for Florence Fuller Child Development Centers.
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flash JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY’S METRO/ BEN GURION NIGHT More than 125 young Jewish professionals and donors enjoyed an evening of laughs and camaraderie at New York Comedy Club in Boca Raton as part of the 2010 Metro Division/Ben Gurion Night.
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giving back charity never goes out of style A rendering of the new addition to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
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Combined, the two facilities will still be known as the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.
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And while raising money – the Foundation hopes to contribute $36 million toward the $135 million facility – isn’t always easy in these economic times, Janser says the importance of their work helped pave the way. The Foundation began in 1992 to help with major projects.
The Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation By Emily J. Minor t’s great to go to work every morning when you’re surrounded by inspiration, and that’s why Kevin Janser considers himself a lucky man. Janser is the vice president and executive director of the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation – the not-for-profit group that raises money and awareness for the Hollywood children’s hospital. “I hear something every day that makes me want to come back to work the next day,” says Janser, who commutes from Boca Raton. “There’s nothing like running a foundation for a children’s hospital.” Nothing, indeed. And there’s nothing like the new children’s hospital that Memorial Healthcare System is build128
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ing across the street from its existing Memorial Regional Hospital. Currently, the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital is operated within Memorial Regional. The new 160,000-squarefoot building across the street will focus entirely on children’s care and complement existing pediatric services.
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“We have so many great stories of what happens at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and we share those stories all the time,” Janser says. “But they happen every day. Every day, someone’s life is saved or someone’s life is changed.” DiMaggio himself used to visit the children at the hospital that bears his name and his grandchildren today say those visits were some of their grandfather’s greatest joys. Another great thing about the hospital? It has CEO Frank V. Sacco. Sacco’s
the guy who got DiMaggio involved years ago and has provided continuity and leadership at Memorial for more than three decades, Janser explains. But, of course, it’s the children and their families that are top priority. And that might be why Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation is such a popular charity in South Florida. The new hospital is scheduled to open in the fall of 2011 and will connect with Memorial via an air-conditioned skywalk. The new facility will allow pediatric oncology patients to get treatment on a special floor that allows both privacy and top-notch treatment and will expand other services as well. “What is happening with this new building is very symbolic of the success they’ve had over the last 20 years,” Janser says. “This is truly creating a world-class children’s hospital.” Interested in helping? For more information call 954-265-3454 or visit jdchf.org. O
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