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BYRDIE ON THE VERGE Byrdie Bell is ready for her closeup in glamorous—and edgy—fashions.

By Paige Bowers Photography by Gian Andrea di Stefano

100 HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Interior designers set the table for a festive dinner party.

By Michelle M. Havich

106 THE GUARD LION Palm Beacher Stephen Schwarzman gives back in a big way.

By Lola Thélin

110 FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE Local chefs create delicious dishes with locally grown ingredients.

Photography by Robert Nelson

116 COLONIAL CHRISTMAS Holidays and history come together in Colonial Williamsburg.

Dress, Salvatore Ferragamo, Palm Beach; bootie, Giuseppe Zanotti, Bal Harbour; headband, Dolce & Gabbana, Bal Harbour.

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EDITOR’S LETTER

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BAUBLES Colored gemstones

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GEAR Shop till you drop

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VANITY Making scents

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HIGH ROAD The new Lexus supercar

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SELF Health and beauty trends

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TASTEMAKERS The classic Carolina Herrera

121 DISH Bûche de Noël

DIVERSIONS

122 POUR A spirited toast to the New Year

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124 TASTE Sushi Jo is on a roll

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126 DINING OUT PBI’s restaurant guide

HABITAT 133 ROOMS An ecofriendly sitting room

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INSIDER The best of Palm Beach

139 CULTURE Jewelry as art

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PLAYERS Intriguing personalities

140 CALENDAR What to do and see this month

STYLE

145 SEEN Hot parties, beautiful people

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THE LOOK Accessories with holiday glitz

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152 PERSONAL STYLE Face time with Deborah Koepper ON THE COVER

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Photographer: Gian Andrea di Stefano Model: Byrdie Bell Clothing: Oscar de la Renta gown, Saks Fifth Avenue, Palm Beach Jewelry: House of Lavande, Palm Beach Hair & Makeup: Leslie Munsell/Beauty For Real at Ford Artists; Jessica Richardson/Van Michael Salons, Miami Location: Mondrian South Beach, Miami

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Fashion & Style Director

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Ronald J. Woods

Food & Wine Editor

Katherine Lande Mark Spivak

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Automotive Editor

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Family Tradition s we approach the peak of the holiday season, I am struck by the number of people—more than in recent memory—who have told us how much they’re looking forward to this month. It would be easy to take the cynical viewpoint and say it’s because they can’t wait for such a turbulent year to end. While there might be a grain of truth in that notion, it isn’t a complete explanation. Instead, I have noticed something else in those conversations that warms my heart.

I cannot begin to count how many of them have expressed an earnest desire for the purest of holiday pleasures—simply spending good times in the company of family and friends. Not long ago, such sentiments might have been considered obligatory, and often would be accompanied by vacation itineraries or party plans and mild gripes about the “hassles” of shopping, travel and other obligations. I haven’t heard much of that this year. It seems as if the comparatively minor details have taken a backseat, and a genuine need to bond with the people who matter most has taken priority.

That’s a wonderful thing, because our most lasting holiday memories are of the gatherings, celebrations and moments we share with family and friends. To be sure, we’ll be doing our usual share of shopping, traveling and partying this year, but I expect we’ll be doing it with a greater sense of perspective about what’s truly important in our lives.

It is much the same here at Palm Beach Media Group. For me, December is always a time for introspection, a chance to reflect on the past and plan for the future, and an opportunity to think about PBMG’s own “family.” That broad-ranging word embraces so many people—the talented staff members who produce this magazine, the valuable advertising partners who support their efforts, and the exceptional readership it serves. Collectively, they make Palm Beach Illustrated a reality through diligent work, essential backing and positive response. Together, this is a unique, tight-knit clan, with each branch of our “family tree” important in its own way.

This year, like every other, we extend our warmest holiday wishes to our cherished family, and pledge to continue focusing our efforts on those who mean so much to us. May the season bring you joy. See you in the new year.

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That’s the Spirit t cocktail parties around town, the sentiment is the same: After a year of debacles and scandals, many of which unfolded in our own backyard, 2010 can’t arrive fast enough.

That may be the case, but, in truth, we Palm Beachers have a lot to be grateful for— the beauty all around us, the spirit of giving that is alive and well even in the most challenging times, and an abiding sense of community.

All of these qualities are amplified during the holiday season, and they spring to life in the pages of this month’s issue. In “The Guard Lion,” we talk with financier and philanthropist Stephen Schwarzman about his “paying it forward” philosophy.

Schwarzman, who co-founded the Blackstone Group in the 1980s, is a tireless advocate of education—and access to knowledge—for all people, and he uses his considerable resources to back his intentions. For the story, turn to page 106.

The spirit of community applies to food, as well. The farm-to-table movement that has gained momentum in the country’s major culinary meccas has gained a foothold in Palm Beach. More chefs are growing their own herbs and veggies, and buying local whenever possible. We challenged five of our culinary stars to create holiday dishes using locally sourced ingredients, and we were delighted at their ingenuity. If you are a locavore, you will love “From the Farm to the Table,” on page 110.

Because holidays are about celebrating at home with friends and family, we asked five interior designers to set the table for a festive holiday dinner. Their creative visions, which range from a crystal fantasy to an organic soiree (Who knew burlap could be so chic?), are depicted in “Home for the Holidays,” on page 100.

In Palm Beach, the holidays also are about gorgeous fashion and jewelry. Our favorite looks for the season, in eternally chic black and white, are modeled by young scion and budding actress Byrdie Bell in “Byrdie on the Verge” (page 86). Starring in our own noir fairy tale, Byrdie strikes a pose and talks candidly about her on- and off-screen personae.

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A GREAT WAY TO GET INTO THE SPIRIT THIS MONTH: THE ANN NORTON FESTIVAL OF TREES. THE OPENING PARTY (DEC. 4) PROMISES LOTS OF HOLIDAY GLITTER, AND A GLIMPSE AT FABULOUS TREES WITH AN AROUNDTHE-WORLD THEME. MY FAVORITE, OF COURSE, IS PBI’S RUSSIAN FANTASY, AS ENVISIONED BY DESIGN GURU JOSEPH PUBILLONES.

Just ahead of Art Basel, the Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne is unveiling a new work by Carlos Estevez, a current favorite of Cuban-art aficionados. The best part: Collectors can pick up select Estevez works at a private gallery within the hotel (no crowds!) during Basel week.

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When Nathan Galui appeared on season four of HGTV’s Design Star, his competitive personality and urban modern style made him a favorite.

Although he was voted off midway through the season, the Palm Beach Gardens furniture and interior designer is happy with the outcome and the opportunities it has brought him. He is opening a retail gallery in downtown West Palm Beach and using his name to benefit local charities.

■ HOW HAS YOUR FAMILY’S CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS INFLUENCED YOU? Growing up with a general contractor as a father [Gene Galui of Galui Construction] had a huge impact on how I [came] to understand and appreciate art and design. I was constantly on site with my dad, and I was always drawing and painting. It made sense to combine the two and become an interior designer.

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■ WHAT IS THE CONCEPT FOR YOUR STORE? Mesh Studio is a retail gallery that showcases up-and-coming artists from all genres of design.

It’s about promoting young artistic professionals, providing them with a platform to share their visions and voices, and bringing a needed edge to the Palm Beach area through art and design.

■ DO YOU HAVE A DESIGNING PET PEEVE? I have a hard time walking into South Florida homes and seeing palm tree wallpaper and an overload of rattan furniture. I like to encourage clients to bring [tropical elements] into their home in a more abstract way. If you want palm trees, the idea is not to clad the walls in them but to create the feel of a tropical setting through the selection of finishes and materials.

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THAT’S A WRAP According to the Clean Air Council, the United States accumulates 4 million tons of waste in wrapping paper and shopping bags every holiday. This season PBI says “no” to wrapping paper and “yes” to the Bobo Wrapping Scarf. The decorative wrap is the elegant and ecofriendly alternative to tape, scissors and paper. It’s reusable, so recipients can rewrap holiday after holiday. bobowrap.com

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To stir up the local economy, Worth Avenue Association is extending shopping hours to 7 p.m. during the holidays.

The extended hours begin on November 27 and every Thursday through December 17. (561-659-6909, worth-avenue.com)

TO AFRICA WE GO The 2009 Gucci Campaign to Benefit UNICEF is wild. With the help of illustrator/author Michael Roberts, Gucci has launched Snowman in Africa, the sequel to his children’s book Snowman in Paradise, and a line of accessories featuring the book’s main characters. We love the Joy bag with patchwork detail of a worried snowman tangled up with a snake. Twenty-five percent of the retail price of the accessories and 100 percent of the retail price of the book will be donated to UNICEF. Gucci, Palm Beach (561-655-6955, gucci.com)

SPIN ME ROUND While cycling outdoors has its benefits, there also are downsides like bad weather—and bad drivers. The newly opened Velocity Cycling Studio is bicycle friendly every day of the week. Traditional spin classes are offered, as well as “real life” cycling races where DVDs of professional bike races are played on television screens and instructors simulate race elements like pulls and attacks. West Palm Beach (561-247-2453, vcyclingstudio.com) 58

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GUEST CELEBRITY CHEFS MICHELLE BERNSTEIN 2008 James Beard Award Winner TED MENDEZ Executive Chef of Barton G. TIM ANDRIOLA Owner of Tim贸 Restaurant in Sunny Isles JOHNNY VINCZENCZ Food Network frequenter and owner of Johnny V and Smith & Jones Restaurants in Fort Lauderdale For tickets and more information please visit www.palmbeachfoodandwinefestival.com or call Shamin Abas Public Relations 561-366-1266 | info@shaminabaspr.com Join us on facebook and twitter.

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PINK POWER BELL, WHO STARTED SINGING AT AGE SIX, HAS PERFORMED ON BROADWAY AND TELEVISION, TOURED INTERNATIONALLY WITH CARLY SIMON AND BEBE AND CECE WINANS, AND HAS HER OWN CD.

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heard the term “gene awareness” six years ago, she may have assumed it was a fashion issue. Little did she know, it was much more serious than a pair of pants. In 2004, at age 36, Robin was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer, and tested positive for the “breast cancer gene” (BRCA). To raise awareness of

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ple walking into a Lamborghini dealership to kids in a candy store. “Their eyes sparkle. They look around at the beautiful cars in different colors and different models. There is an excitement and a feeling of ‘Wow, I’m finally here.’” Younessi’s perceptiveness may have a lot to do with personal experience. He is the owner of Lamborghini Palm Beach, and a Lamborghini devotee himself. “I have a one-on-one relationship with every customer because we all share a passion for YOUNESSI HAS A HISTORY OF OWNING DEALERSHIPS, INCLUDING HONDA, SUZUKI, YAMAHA, KAWASAKI AND HARLEY-DAVIDSON. 60

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style THE LOOK v ENCRUSTED Embellished must-haves for the festive season

PHOTO MONTAGE: LEONOR ALVAREZ-MAZA

BY KATHERINE LANDE

Gold bow ring, Kate Spade, Boca Raton; sequined handbag, Louis Vuitton, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens and Boca Raton; gold leather bow clutch, Christian Louboutin, New York; Oscar de la Renta clutch, Marissa Collections, Naples; heel, Giuseppe Zanotti, Bal Harbour.

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style v baubles ROCK CANDY FILL YOUR JEWELRY BOX WITH COLORFUL GEMSTONES.

BY MICHELLE M. HAVICH

CHAMPAGNE DREAMS Each Autumn Bouquet ring ($55,000) from De Beers’ Champagne Cocktail Fizz collection is a one-of-a-kind piece with marquise- and pear-shaped yellow, pink and orange diamonds set in 18-karat gold and platinum.

Bal Harbour (305-8677100, debeers.com)

ROYAL BLUE Be queen for a night with this stunning necklace of oval sapphires set off by pink and white diamonds set in platinum.

Price upon request. David Morris, Palm Beach (561-655-3401, davidmorris.com)

FANCY YELLOW This platinum cocktail ring is bound to turn heads with its rare yellow sapphire, set off by blue sapphires and diamonds. Price upon request. Harry Winston, Bal Harbour (786-206-6657, harrywinston.com)

RAINBOW BRIGHT Wrap some color around your neck with Bulgari’s Parentesi Cocktail necklace ($34,000), which sparkles with amethysts, blue topaz, green quartz and pavé diamonds. Boca Raton (561-3687075, bulgari.com)

GREEN WITH ENVY Tiffany & Co.’s green tourmaline and diamond earrings ($35,000) in 18-karat gold are powerful, yet delicate.

Palm Beach (561-659-6090, tiffany.com)

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The Medical Care of Tomorrow Can Be Found in Palm Beach Today.

The Cleveland Clinic Florida Health and Wellness Center is now open in CityPlace Tower.

Become a Cleveland Clinic patient today. Call the Health and Wellness Center toll-free, 1.877.463.2010 for an appointment.

If you’re seeking the most advanced healthcare available, why delay getting it? Cleveland Clinic in Florida has opened the Health and Wellness Center in CityPlace Tower. Here, a team of the region’s most forward-thinking physicians provide the kind of care that has made Cleveland Clinic an international name in medicine. Anyone can become a patient, because we believe world-class healthcare is for everyone.

• Modern Outpatient Center • Specialty care and primary care available on site (including preventive services) • Diagnostic Services • Imaging Services • No physician referrals needed (unless required by an HMO) • Most insurance accepted

CityPlace Tower 525 Okeechobee Blvd.

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style v vanity ALL AGLOW

ROBERT NELSON

Let there be light this holiday season. The glow and aromatic essence of a fine candle enhance any festive ambience. Our top picks: Life NK Midnight Jasmine ($30, spacenk.com); Vie Luxe Istanbul ($45, Saks Fifth Avenue); Manuel Canovas Brune et dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Or ($60, canovas fragrance.com); Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir Deluxe ($130, Saks Fifth Avenue); Archipelago Botanicals Black Forest ($28, The Breakers, Palm Beach); Saint Parfum Neroli, Basil & Black Currant ($50, saintparfum. com); Godiva Milk Chocolate Truffle ($22.50, Neiman Marcus); Thymes Frasier Fir ($36, thymes.com); and By Kilian Liaisons Dangereuses ($85, bykilian.com).

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THE EMPRESS’ JEWELS On our wish list this month: Guerlain’s limited-edition color line, Imperial Holiday. The collection’s pièce de résistance is the Sublime Radiant Powder, a spray-on veil of illuminating powder that highlights shoulders, décolleté, arms and face. It comes in a perfume bottle with a black tassel atomizer—the ultimate luxury.

Also worthy of a prime spot on our vanity is the Meteorites compact, a pressed version of the famous Guerlain “pearls,” in a gorgeous case decorated with Swarovski crystals.

Guerlain, The Breakers, Palm Beach (561-273-2537, thebreakers.com)

FIRM YOUR ABS (AND EVERYTHING ELSE) Core Fusion is no ordinary exercise class. While there are tunes and a smiling instructor, that’s where the line is drawn.

Taught by instructors at Exhale Spa at The Omphoy Ocean Resort, the one-hour class focuses on the mind and body by combining strength and stretch movements from Pilates, Lotte Berk Method, yoga, core conditioning and weight training. Mind-body movement manager Kimberly Welby leads a fast-paced class through free-weight exercises for the upper body, stretching and leg lifts at the ballet barre, push-ups and much more. The body weight movements produce lean muscles, while the core conditioning strengthens the body from the inside out.

Classes are open to anybody but the intensity of the course is determined by individual strength and ability. The end result: posture improvement, endurance, flexibility, muscle definition, and a sense of peace and relaxation. Palm Beach (561-585-8116, exhalespa.com)

HAIR FORCE

What hair style do you like for galas?

From celebrities and models to the everyday woman,

With longer hair, it’s all about those romantic

Kim Vo has coiffed them all. The master colorist, who has

curves that are delicately put back to each

salons in Las Vegas and Beverly Hills, recently launched

side, depending on your dress. If it’s an A-

an eponymous hair care line for treated hair, featuring

line dress or a dress you want to show off,

Vietnamese botanicals and French nanotechnology. His

you can do a chic low or side bun. For short

products are available at GBS, The Beauty Store in Boca

hair, slick it back and wear an accent piece.

Raton. He talks to PBI about glam hair for the holiday

The embellishments of gorgeous pins like

season. (561-394-6123, gbsbeauty.com)

sapphires, colored diamonds or rhinestones are a great way to dress up short hair.

PBI: Any tips for reviving hair before an event?

VO: You need to add texture. You need a two-inch curling

How can the hair be protected from the heat and sun?

iron and wrap the top pieces around it. You’re not going to

We have a glaze that you can use as a separate treatment

open the clamp. You can wrap the hair clockwise, counter

to protect your hair in general from the sun. We have

clockwise or alternate. That’s going to add texture to your

a styling cream that has amazing sunshield ingredients;

hair so that you can put it in a low bun or a low side chignon.

when any hot product touches the hair, it serves as a

For short hair, use the curling iron to bend the ends away

buffer. Our weightless hairspray has a fantastic UVA

from the face, almost feathered. It gives it a softer and

protector; just a mist all over is the simplest way to know

romantic feel than how you might normally wear it.

you are protecting your hair.

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JOHN PARRA

INNATE GRACE Whether CAROLINA HERRERA is designing wedding gowns, fragrances, couture or lifestyle clothing, everything she creates embodies a rare combination of sophistication and timeless quality. Her mix of intricacy and simplicity drives her aesthetic sense and company to great success.

The Herrera empire stands tall with three lines: Carolina Herrera New York (signature fashion), CH Carolina Herrera (lifestyle collection) and CH Fragrances. There are four flagship boutiques in the United States, including one that recently opened in Bal Harbour, with a fifth opening this month, in Las Vegas.

With such a thriving company, it is shocking to learn that when Herrera debuted her first collection in 1981, she had no prior fashion training. Her only experience was growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, where couture was a way of life, and a Balenciaga show that she attended as a young girl with her grandmother. Herrera has received the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s 2008 Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award and 2004 Womenswear Designer of the Year. —Lola Thélin

PBI: How did you decide you wanted

eye, so I am always looking at what is

to be a fashion designer?

going on around me.

about going into fashion, I wanted

What is special about your spring

to design fabrics. However, when

collection?

I presented the idea to my good

For me, color is always important for

friend Diana Vreeland, who was the

spring. For this collection, the colors

editor-in-chief of American Vogue at

were taken from the different colors

the time, she suggested that I design

in a sunset—amber, orange and pink.

my own collection, and I was very

Perfect for Florida.

CAROLINA HERRERA

HERRERA: When I first had the idea

fortunate it was very well received at the time.

What does the future hold for your I am always working toward the future

with the company?

and expanding the business. I have

My family is the most important thing

many plans and ideas I am excited

in the world to me. My daughters are a

about. There will be a Carolina Herrera

fantastic source of inspiration. Carolina

New York boutique opening in Las Ve-

[Jr.] has worked on the perfumes with

gas in December, CH Carolina Herrera

me for many years, and now she also

is opening stores all over the world,

designs the children’s clothes for CH

and I am working already on the next

Carolina Herrera.

collection.

Where do you find inspiration?

How do you relax?

Many different things: my day-to-day

I always love to escape in a good book.

CAROLINA HERRERA

company?

How are your daughters involved

gardens, friends [and] my daughters.

What is your biggest indulgence?

Fashion is made to be pleasing to the

Chocolate.

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Dr. Matthew Goodwin Dr. Goodwin is a board-certified plastic surgeon providing a full spectrum of care in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. He is trained in aesthetic and microvascular surgery, and his highly specialized fellowship training enables him to offer some of the most-advanced breast reconstruction procedures available.

1411 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 5000, West Palm Beach 561-655-6622 | drmatthewgoodwin.com

Saks Fifth Avenue, Palm Beach Gardens Saks Fifth Avenue welcomes celebrity and national cosmetic artists to Palm Beach Gardens for a two-day presentation of its beauty and skincare lines, December 4 and 5. Representatives include Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Christian Dior, Chantecaille, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Giorgio Armani, Guerlain, Lancome, Sisley and Yves Saint Laurent.

Guests will learn about the latest trends and tips in beauty and will receive a gift with purchase; call to schedule a complimentary personal consultation.

3109 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens 561-694-9009, ext. 269 | saksfifthavenue.com

Michael Kors The Michael Kors Collection boutique on Worth Avenue features the designer’s signature style of jet-set luxury and classic American sportswear. The new Resort 2010 collection is now available—it has been described as streamlined yet decadent with hints of Bali and Tokyo.

226 Worth Ave., Palm Beach 561-659-2929 | michaelkors.com

Provident Jewelry For more than 20 years, Provident Jewelry has been one of South Florida’s leading jewelry and watch retailers, offering unique estate and vintage jewelry and watches, custom-crafted pieces, and a large selection of loose diamonds and colored gemstones. Provident is an authorized dealer for Baume & Mercier, Breitling, Bulgari, Carl F. Bucherer, Corum, Lalique, Marco Bicego and Raymond Weil.

828 W. Indiantown Rd., Jupiter 561-747-4449

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BY KENNETH N. WOLINER, M.D.

A case of

Bioidentical Hormones (bHRT)

The reason for Barbara’s initial consultation with me was obvious by the way she was fanning herself to keep cool. “I’m looking for a doctor to prescribe natural hormone replacement therapy. Do you do that?”

Being a medical doctor (M.D.) with a holistic mindset, I get a lot of requests for natural remedies. “Yes. I help lots of patients with hormone imbalances, and prefer to prescribe Bioidentical Hormones rather than synthetics which are more prone to causing adverse effects.”

“That’s what I meant, I guess. I’m just looking for something else besides the Prempro my gynecologist gave me.”

“Tell me more about what’s been going on with you.”

“I’m pretty typical I guess. When I turned 43 my weight started climbing at the same time my libido fell through the floor. I started waking up every night at 3:30 a.m., and couldn’t go back to sleep. That made me tired every morning and I began forgetting simple things …”

“Why’d I walk into the kitchen? Oh yeah! To get my keys!”

“Exactly! That type of stuff. Anyhow, I’m now 48 and hot flashes have taken me by storm. You can see, I have to fan myself all the time, even when the thermostat is set low.”

“The good news, Barbara, is that symptoms such as these are all fixable.

You mentioned that your GYN prescribed Prempro. How’d that go?”

“I didn’t like those pills at all. Though my hot flashes went down, I got all these other symptoms. I was bloated, swelling up with fluid so badly that I couldn’t wear my rings. But the worst part was that I became impatient and snappy, even with my friends. I thought they were going to kick me out of my girls group.”

“Artificial hormones can do that. When compared side by side, patients on bioidentical hormones definitely are more satisfied and have fewer side effects.”

“After seeing how Oprah did better on bioidentical hormones, I did more research. That’s when I figured out that Premarin was made from horse’s urine. I don’t like the idea of abusing horses to get medicine, so I was determined to find another way to control my menopausal symptoms.

When I asked my GYN to switch me, though, she tried to convince me that bioidentical hormones were unsafe. Are they?”

“Your gynecologist is mistaken. There are at least 4 randomized trials comparing natural progesterone to Provera (the ‘Pro’part of Prempro). While Provera causes osteoporosis, heart attacks and breast cancer, natural progesterone causes none of those things.”

“Then why was she so against them?”

“I don’t think she purposely meant you harm, I just think she’s misinformed. It happens too often in medicine, especially in OB-GYN. Just remember, these are the same doctors who prescribed Thalidomide that caused birth defects and Diethylstilbestrol (DES) which causes cancer. Even though there are pretty damning journal articles about Premarin and Prempro, it continues to get prescribed due to the aggressive marketing efforts of it’s manufacturer, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

“As for bioidentical estrogens, I agree there isn’t much evidence out there that prove their safety. Unlike Premarin, however, there aren’t articles out there that prove it is dangerous. And from your own experience, you know you were getting side effects when you tried taking Prempro.

“

Bioidentical hormones more effective, and less side effects

Perhaps we should try a different approach.”

“So what do we do now?”

“I would like to test your hormone levels to see how low you are. I don’t just use the “normal for the lab” reference ranges. I prefer to shoot for an “optimal range” that compares you to women who don’t have symptoms.

Based upon Barbara’s symptoms and lab work, I prescribed bioidentical estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone compounded directly to her specific needs. Two months later, she returned full of radiance.

“I don’t have those hot flashes anymore and just feel so much more energetic now that I get a full night’s sleep. And since I’m not puffy anymore, I can finally wear my rings again. See,” showing me her diamond ring, “I just got it cleaned and boy does it sparkle!”

Dr. Kenneth Woliner is a board-certified family medicine Dr. Kenneth Woliner is a board-certified family medicine physician in private practice in Boca Raton. He can be physician in private practice in Boca Raton. He can be reached at: Holistic Family Medicine; 9325 Glades Road, #104, reached at: Holistic Family Medicine; 9325 Glades Road, #104, Boca Raton, FL 33434; 561-620-7779; Boca Raton, FL 33434; 561-620-7779; knw6@cornell.edu; www.holisticfamilymed.com knw6@cornell.edu; www.holisticfamilymed.com

PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTY

Creating self-confidence, inspiring hope and changing lives of children.

MISSION STATEMENT At Smile for a Lifetime Foundation it is our mission to create self-confidence, inspire hope, and change the lives of children in our communities in a dramatic way. The gift of a smile can do all this for a deserving, underserved individual who, in turn, can use this gift to better themselves and their community.

WHAT WE DO Smile for a Lifetime Foundation is a charitable non-profit organization that provides orthodontic care to individuals who may not have the opportunity to acquire assistance. It is a national organization with many local chapters who are making an impact in our communities.

Launched in 2008, Smile for a Lifetime Foundation aims to reach individuals with financial challenges, special situations, and orthodontic needs. Each chapter has its own local Board of Directors who will choose patients to be treated by the local Foundation.

We plan to provide orthodontic care (free of charge) to 3-4 children per quarter.

WHAT WE NEED FROM OUR COMMUNITY 1. Become a corporate sponsor (see below) and participate with our local events 2. Be aware of someone in need and direct them to us at our website 3. Spread the word about our local chapter and for more information visit our website www.orthobybradford.com

OUR SPONSORS Founder’s Club Members: $10,000 (lifetime member) Adopt A Smile Members: $2500-$5000 Friends of the Foundation: $200 and up Please send your tax deductible donation to the address below and we will be in contact with you

• • • • • •

Tax Deductible Gift You will receive quarterly newsletter updates on the children you are sponsoring You will be listed on our website You will be honored at our annual Share A Smile reception You will be listed on the “Wall of Fame” at the Foundations headquarters Founder’s Club members will be honored at an annual reception for the Foundations benefactors and Founders Club Members as well as receive a special gift from Dr. Bradford and the foundation.

www.orthobybradford.com Stephen W. Bradford, D.M.D., P.A 11380 Prosperity Farms Rd., Ste 117 | Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

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first class v INTO THE WOODS A deceptively rustic retreat on Maineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coast

BY ROBERT RAGAINI

Nestled amid winding lanes on 60 birch-and-fir-dotted acres near Kennebunkport, Maine, the vacation village Hidden Pond lures visitors looking for a serene sojourn.

The bucolic setting belies the true luxurious nature of the place, which garnered a spot on the Conde Nast Traveler 2009 Hot List of new hotels. The resort was actually inspired by a trip to a lavish cottage colony in Ibiza by a pair of real estate developers who wanted to create the same kind of peaceful, perfect getaway in New England.

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Guests may enjoy the Maine landscape, or cozy up in one of Hidden Pond’s 14 cottages.

Each of the resort’s 14 cottages has a unique character developed by interior decorators who were invited to create their own version of an idyllic cottage in the woods.

Natural materials enliven a cottage named Firefly with a classic Maine feel, while modern details and natural elements distinguish Lazy Days. Silent Pine, decorated with “a splash of retro woodsiness,” adds a luxury element to camping with a wooden moose head prominently displayed above the stone fireplace. (Hello, Bullwinkle!)

While each of the homes has its own flavor, all feature two bedrooms, screened-in porches, and a deep well of deluxe amenities, from high-tech—flat panel televisions with DVD players and Bose Wave radios complete with iPod dock—to creature comforts, such as down-filled duvets, Frette linens, hand-milled soaps, and outdoor showers complementing elegant bathrooms. For soul and spirit, the nature views through floor-to-ceiling windows update Thoreau.

The theme is laid-back living with an opportunity to tailor your stay to your own tastes. Each cottage’s full kitchen encourages those who love to cook, and guests can stroll Hidden Pond’s organic garden to fill baskets with greens,

vegetables, berries and herbs to toss with freshly made dressing. Of course, private chefs are available for those who don’t consider kitchen duty a suitable pastime.

A typical day might consist of the morning delivery of freshly baked goodies and coffee enjoyed with the New York Times, yoga by the garden, and a beach safari to nearby Goose Rocks Beach. Spend the afternoon by the heated saltwater pool, or take an art lesson, a spa treatment, or a trip to L.L. Bean and other places in Kennebunkport to shop and eat. Or, just lounge in quiet natural splendor with a good book. Later, enjoy cocktails and snacks at The Back Porch, a small bar overlooking the pool, while deciding where to head for dinner.

Kennebunkport eateries range from traditional lobster shacks to nouveau Maine gourmet. At Bandaloop, Chef W. Scott Lee incorporates fresh, indigenous ingredients in delectable dishes like shrimp with organic vegetables and secret Asian spices, and grilled local peach and Maine shrimp cakes with lemongrass-ginger aioli.

Wherever the day leads, it’s a real pleasure to end it at your Hidden Pond home-away-from-home in the Maine woods. hiddenpondmaine.com ◆ PALMBEACHILLUSTRATED.COM | DECEMBER 2009

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READY, SET, SHOP HIT THE STORES IN STYLE WITH THESE SHOPPING NECESSITIES.

BY LOLA THÉLIN

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1. ON FOOT Shopping is a marathon activity with plenty of walking, standing and carrying. Stay comfortable in a pair of Tory Burch’s light but durable jelly 3

raffia flats ($110), available in pale gray or black. Palm Beach (561-833-4474, toryburch.com) 2. CHARGE IT Buy with confidence and style. Roger Vivier’s leather cardholders ($275 each), with playing card embellishments, group your most important

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tools—identification, credit cards and cash—for easy and fast access. Bal Harbour (305-868-4344, roger vivier.com) 3. TOTE COUTURE The Donna Karan Eldridge bag ($1,495) is spacious enough to house all of your essentials. When it’s time for an update, the slouchy calfskin hobo bag converts into three alternative shapes. Saks Fifth Avenue, Bal Harbour (305-8651100, donnakaran.com) 4. TIME TO SHOP Don’t lose track of time. The Toywatch Heavy Metal watch ($225) in gunmetal will keep you moving from store to store in a timely manner. Also available in rose or yellow gold. Bloomingdale’s, Boca Raton (561-394-2000, bloomingdales.com) 5. SUNNY FORECAST Whether you’re walking or driving to the next boutique, these Persol dark tortoise shades ($360) will soften the sun’s glare and keep you looking fashionable. Each pair takes up to three days to handcraft and features the signature arrow symbol at the temple. Ilori Sunglass Boutique, Palm Beach (561-802-4304, iloristyle.com)

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THE LEXUS OF SUPERCARS Prepare to be amazed. Lexus is building 500 supercars—and we get an exclusive drive.

BY HOWARD WALKER

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Whisper quiet. Check. Teflon-smooth performance.

Check. The ride quality of aerated marshmallows. Check.

Unparalleled reliability. Double check.

Excitement and passion? Er, we’ll get back to you on that.

We’re talking Lexus. While it checks the boxes on pretty much every must-have automotive quality—we didn’t even get into hedonistic luxury—what has generally been lacking in its product portfolio is “soul.”

It’s that frisson of excitement you get with certain other brands. It’s the sporting edge of a BMW. The Teutonic mass of a Mercedes. The feline purr of a Jaguar.

With Lexus, you gush over the cathedral-like silence, the maple syrup liquidity of its transmission shifts, the perfection of its panel gaps. All worthy and key to the Lexus ethos, but frankly just a tad boring.

So if you’re Lexus, what are you going to do? Add go-faster stripes to an RX350 crossover? No. You go out and build the Lexus of supercars—and put the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini on warning that there’s a new rocketship in town.

Say a big hello to the brand new LFA. It has a Formula One racecar-inspired V10 under the hood cranking out 552 horsepower. A 202-mph top speed. And the sticker price—

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while not yet finalized at press time—is expected to be between $375,000 and $390,000.

This is Lexus showing the world it can build raw excitement. When you rev this new 4.8-liter V10 toward its amazing 9,000-rpm red line, it screams with such ferocity and urgency that every hair on the back of your neck is guaranteed to stand to attention.

The LFA project actually began close to a decade ago, but hit a brick wall in 2005. That’s when Lexus decided to ditch the bonded aluminum body structure they’d developed and switch to carbon-fiber reinforced plastic. And they’re still not quite done. Production won’t actually begin until this time next year. Then it will take a full two years to build the planned run of just 500 cars. Talk about exclusivity.

On the day the LFA made its world debut on a stage at the Tokyo auto show in October in the form of a glossy show piece, Lexus brought the only two running prototypes in existence to the Homestead-Miami Speedway to give Palm Beach Illustrated an exclusive first drive.

See it in the flesh and the car oozes supercar sex appeal. There’s nothing cliché here; no scissor-style doors, no massive fighter-jet rear wings (it has a rear

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Here the focus is on racecar-inspired efficiency. The body is dotted with a plethora of air-gulping intakes and vents to chill the snarling V10, its rear-mounted six-speed and massive carbon ceramic brakes.

Climb aboard and settle into the hip-clingy bucket seat and get an eyeful of the amazing surroundings. The leather, the switchgear, the fit and finish—they’re beyond amazing. The pedals simply are a work of art, constructed with technical perfection.

Fire up, pull back on the right-side paddle shifter to select ‘Drive,’ and floor the throttle. Zero to 60 mph comes up in 3.6 seconds as the LFA blasts out of the Homestead pit lane.

All that racecar technology results in a car that is delicious to drive fast. Its electric-assist steering is quite possibly the best I’ve experienced, with its two turns lock-to-lock, perfect weighting and laser precision. The car scythes through the curves, tightly grips the asphalt and has a stability at high speeds that makes 140

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mph feel like 40. Hit the brakes and it’s like stopping time.

This is the Lexus of supercars. Thrilling to drive, easy to live with, incredibly well built and with a soundtrack to inspire poetry.

But there is just a tinge of disappointment here. For $390,000, it just doesn’t look sufficiently exotic. Not like a Lamborghini.

Not like a Ferrari. Not like the new gullwinged Mercedes SLS, even. And these days there are plenty of supercars costing half the price of the LFA that are faster, more thrilling, more exhilarating to drive.

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Bloomingdale’s: Yoo Star Entertainment System ($169.95) allows you to film yourself right into famous movie scenes, where you can perform with or replace the original actors.

Upload your performances to yoostar.com and share them on your favorite social networking site.

Meanwhile, Juicy Couture’s “Peace, Love and Bloomie’s” black velour hoodie ($84-$108) and pants ($68-$88) are available exclusively at Bloomingdale’s.

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Tory Burch: Jet Tote in tortoise, PVC and leather ($265) and Mesh bracelet with wire and resin stones ($195). 561-691-5043 or toryburch.com Lilly Pulitzer Little Lilly shift dress ($68).

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ON THE VERGE Byrdie Bell isn’t just a Manhattan It girl with a thing for motorcycle jackets, Neil Young and yoga. She’s a budding actress with indie flick street cred, and quite possibly the next big thing to hit the silver screen.

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Where some starlets try to hide titillating details about their lives, Bell is a fairly open book, even owning up to the Internet video where she talks about her former life as a downtown Goth girl.

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It’s a tricky business, paying one’s professional dues.

Consider the aspiring writers who have sorted faxes and fetched coffee for years in hopes of seeing their name in print. Or the budding painters, who have toiled in obscurity and sold their pieces for next to nothing, hoping to be discovered. There are the dancers who have gone to countless auditions, the singers who have sung in dive bars, the personal assistants who have dreamed of having assistants of their own.

And then there is Evelyn Byrd Bell—Byrdie to her peers—the Chicago-born daughter of Palm Beach resident and New York Times best-selling author Ted Bell and Greenwich, Connecticut-based jewelry designer and photographer Evelyn Lorentzen Bell. Descended from Norwegian royalty, the 24-year-old model/actress easily could have lived off her lineage. Instead, she chose to follow her own path, training at some of the world’s best acting academies and taking roles in independent films to build her résumé.

And so far?

“I’ve been killed [on-screen] three times,” Bell explains, matter-of-factly. “Twice in the bathtub and once with poison.”

Clearly, Bell is not your mama’s socialite. Yes, the statuesque blonde is widely photographed and active with a handful of Manhattan charities, but she has a refreshing candor that puts her in quite a league of her own.

Consider this morning-after post from Bell’s Twitter feed during Fall Fashion Week: Woke up on a couch. Pissed, I maniacally start looking for my clutch and six-inch heels. Then realize I’m home and had fallen asleep reading.

Right when you start thinking she’s a naughty little good time girl, Bell shows you in conversations and Twitter vignettes that she’s really sort of a fabulous (albeit occasionally clumsy) homebody with a sweet soul

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and wicked sense of humor. And where some starlets try to hide titillating details about their lives, Bell is a fairly open book, even owning up to the Internet video where she talks about her piercings (13 by her own admission) and former life as a downtown Goth girl.

“I think it’s incredibly important to be honest,” she says. “I am who I am, and I would never cover up or hide anything because I think that’s what makes us all so interesting.”

Bell’s acting aspirations started when she was just 7 years old. An only child with an active imagination, Bell says she still remembers sitting on the floor of her parents’ apartment with her best friend and talking about her dream. “[The friend] told me I shouldn’t be an actress because they get shot,” Bell recalls, pausing for effect until her listener realizes that the friend didn’t seem to understand Bell would be shot with a camera and not a gun.

A year later, Bell moved to London when her father became worldwide creative director of Young & Rubicam. She returned to the United States soon afterward, living in Greenwich until 1999, when her parents divorced and she moved to Manhattan with her father. In Manhattan, Bell attended the United Nations International School and began her theater training at the prestigious Herbert Berghof Studio and the British American Drama Academy. Then, her father married longtime Palm Beacher Page Lee Hufty, and she went from being an only child to having two stepbrothers.

“I always wanted brothers and sisters,” says Bell, who is frequently in Palm Beach to spend time with her family. “When you go on vacation as a family, you spend a lot of time alone when you’re an only child. The knowledge that [my stepbrothers] are there is comforting.”

During this time, Bell was finding her way, taking

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Bell says her socialite persona may have worked against her because “a lot of women who are perceived as socialites aren’t believed to stand for much. ... I obviously like to think I’m not that way.”

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acting classes and studying philosophy. Faced with either teaching philosophy or acting, she enrolled in the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in 2005.

“It changed my life,” Bell said. “It was really amazing to be around like-minded people and to be accepted without judgment. All people want to be accepted, but I maybe wanted more than others to be liked and to fit in. That’s a hard thing to do, to find your place. It’s not exactly presented to children. It’s something they have to seek out.”

After graduating from Stella Adler in 2007, Bell debuted in the Wendy Wasserstein play Uncommon Women.

She also appeared as herself in the Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light, and has had roles in film shorts and plays.

Friends and colleagues believe her future is bright.

“Without a doubt, Byrdie is very special,” says director Jill Andresevic, who cast Bell to play herself in the upcoming documentary I Heart New York. “She is so true and natural on camera. And when you think of what an It girl is, this person who has the promise of being something really significant in popular culture, I can’t help but think of Byrdie. She’s extremely intelligent, has a great sense of humor about herself and a great outlook on life. She’s amazing and I really believe she has the potential to be the next Charlize Theron or Nicole Kidman.”

It’s worth noting that Theron and Kidman are both Oscar winners, a fact not lost on Bell, who says she was overcome when Andresevic compared her to the two icons. Judging from Bell’s Twitter feed, she is eager to live up to that expectation, chronicling various auditions (“Starting to feel very comfortable at these All My Children auditions…Hmmm,” she tweeted on May

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1), photo shoots (among them Glamour, Bloomingdale’s and Lord & Taylor) and girl-about-town adventures (at Bryant Park for Fashion Week, wearing a Dior gown tailored for burlesque performer Dita Von Teese, appearing on fashion blog “The Sartorialist”) that indicate her star is very much on the rise, regardless of what some mean-spirited bloggers may write. One snarky post on “The Fashion Spot’s” message board read “Byrdie Bell is apparently an actress” and was punctuated with an eye-roll emoticon.

Friends like Julia Collier and fashion writer Derek Blasberg note that Bell can be sensitive to that judgment and criticism. Blasberg says it is a “nuisance” that Bell graduated from high school and became a young adult in New York at a moment when “many girls could find themselves in front of cameras and be famous for nothing. ... Because of her youth and appearance, I fear some people think of her as a mere Manhattan socialite.” Collier argues her friend is more of a “downtown, edgy It girl … someone who is extremely normal and down to earth. People who don’t know her well don’t get that.”

Bell says her socialite persona may have worked against her because “a lot of women who are perceived as socialites aren’t believed to stand for much.”

“I obviously would like to think I’m not that way,” she adds. “But most females subjected to that label probably feel that way also. I also think it’s dependent on who is making the judgment. There’s the whole vast clump of people saying things where I really don’t care what they think. But when it comes to the people I respect and admire, it can be frustrating when I’m not given the opportunity to assert myself and say who I am and what I stand for. But I don’t believe in fighting against it. I believe in being myself and going with the flow.” ◆

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BYRDIE’S PICKS The actress dishes on her favorites from charities to dream film roles and delicious destinations.

Charities: nPlay, a childhood obesity foundation; Fountain House, a self-help program for people recovering from mental illness; charity:water, a charity that brings safe drinking water to developing countries.

Designer: Ann Demeulemeester. “She is so cool. Her pieces have a lot of Gothic influences, and the color palette is black, white and gray. Plus, the construction, structure and design are just so interesting.”

Dream Film Role: An eighteenth-century period piece, à la Helena Bonham Carter Music: Neil Young. “I love his voice so much and think [his album] After the Gold Rush felt like where we were when the economy collapsed; he was talking about the end of excess and a return to an interest in spirituality.”

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Destination: Greece. “Whenever I go there I feel this overwhelming sense of peace and home, which doesn’t make sense to me because I have no roots there. It’s magical in a way I’ve never experienced.”

Workout: Yoga. “Most of my family are gifted athletes and that’s difficult for me because I’m not.”

Book: “I read three or four books at a time. I love Russian literature and I also like The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. Recently, I’ve been reading the Indian philosopher Osho.”

Movie: “True Romance is a perfect movie from start to finish. I have a tendency to be very critical but it didn’t have one single missing component.”

Piece of Clothing: Leather motorcycle jacket by Rick Owens. “If I ever lose that jacket I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Palm Beach haunts: Her father’s boat, Island Video, Hamburger Heaven, cocktails at The Breakers’ Seafood Bar

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SPICED UP SUSHI When you think of sushi, Latin America doesn’t usually come to mind. But, with a few Latin influences, RA Sushi Executive Chef Tai Obata has created some unique menu items.

Jalapeño and cilantro add cool spice to the Hot Mess—crispy rice balls topped with spicy king crab mix. A Mexican restaurant staple, chips and salsa, gets a RA makeover with spicy tuna tartare. Served with wonton crisps, it’s the perfect happy hour snack. Speaking of happy hour, the drink menu has a few new tempting libations, including the Shiso Naughty martini and the Strawberry Soju Sunrise. Palm Beach Gardens (561-340-2112, rasushi.com)

POWER LUNCH GOING GREEN Eating healthy just got tastier with the opening of The Green Gourmet in Delray Beach. Owner/Executive Chef Joey Giannuzzi, formerly the executive chef at Henry’s, is concocting an array of fresh dishes with high-quality organic ingredients.

The menu can change daily depending on what Chef Joey can get fresh.

Prepared selections are displayed in a refrigerated glass case, much like our favorite New York delis. Items tagged with a “GF” are gluten free, and an “AN” means all natural, but this is definitely not a crunchy granola health food store. Chef Joey is realizing his dream of creating organic gourmet comfort food. “I’m just having fun with food,” he says between greeting customers and the curious who wander in to see what’s new.

After a taste of organic heirloom tomatoes with house-made mozzarella (yes, he makes his own mozzarella), we moved on to soups, which are prepared daily. Both the Tomato Basil and Cream of Asparagus were alive with fresh-from-the-garden flavor.

Sandwiches are available, but we went for the entrée specials. Chicken braised in white wine and leeks was roasted with beets and butternut squash and served with organic wild rice. Wild-caught Ecuadorian shrimp was served on a bed of coconut rice and drizzled with a light mango glaze. The chicken 100 PALM BEACH ILLUSTRATED

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UP ON THE ROOF Roxy’s, a downtown West Palm Beach fixture, celebrated 75 years of business with the opening of a chic rooftop bar at its 309 Clematis Street location.

The bar features an island vibe, complete with waterfalls, palm trees and a beautiful teak dance floor.

Mojitos and other exotic cocktails complement the tropical atmosphere. The happy-hour seafood buffet and dinnertime tapas already are wildly popular. VIP packages featuring limo service also are available.

The new rooftop bar, which is to be named through a contest, joins the three other distinct food and entertainment venues that share the building—Roxy’s, 10@2 Saloon & Piano Bar, and Rome. 309clematis.com

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Looking for fresh seafood and a fun, casual atmosphere in West Palm Beach? Reef Rd Rum Bar on Clematis Street fits the bill. Formerly the home of Clematis Social, the restaurant has been transformed with a tropical feel, complete with tiki statues and puffer fish lights over the bar. Fish lovers will be tempted by treats such as the Smoked Fish Dip, Crispy Fresh Florida Grouper and Grilled Island Style Mahi. There also is a selection of dishes for landlubbers, and the bar features 100 brands of rum—naturally. 561-838-9099

was tender and delicious in its simplicity, while the shrimp had a freshness and firmness that we didn’t know we had been missing. We washed it all down with a glass of organic Sauvignon Blanc.

All meals can be packed up to go in corn-based containers, following the restaurant’s green theme. The counters, tables and chairs are made of recycled materials, and the light fixtures over the counters were once traffic lights. Now they are encouraging guests to slow down and enjoy what Chef Joey is serving up. (561-455-2466, thegreengourmetdelray.com)

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Interior designers show their holiday spirit with tablescapes ranging from traditional to organic.

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS ALLISON PALADINO, ALLISON PALADINO INTERIORS

With a blend of modern and hints of the past, this contemporary table features clean lines with pops of holiday color. Runners are used to create warmth while letting the exotic grain of the zebra wood table show through. Pomegranates in a hand-blown glass bowl are surrounded by pine boughs for a nod to traditional Christmas colors.

The red chargers and napkins provide a festive touch while the ivory Lenox china is elegant and classic. apinteriors.com

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Calvin Klein tablecloth, Bloomingdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; place mats, Pioneer Linens; Christofle chargers, Mary Mahoney; Kim Seybert napkin rings, T is for Table; candlesticks, Anthropologie.

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The cool aqua walls lend themselves to creating a

Inspired by our beaches, Pubillones started with a soft

frosty evening, as this Palm Beach dining room is given

pink tablecloth, reminiscent of the sand. The white

an arctic makeover for the holidays. Pure white china

dishes recall the breaking surf and the shells along the

and clear crystal set the scene, as the snow-dusted

seashore. The centerpiece features a fish bowl filled

greenery evokes a cozy winter evening. Silver accents

with shells, coral and, of course, goldfish. The holiday-

add sparkle and a bit of magic, while the black table-

by-the-sea theme is tied together with glass cylinders

cloth grounds the look and lets the tablescape speak

filled with hand-blown glass, shell-shaped ornaments

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with a pearlized finish, and silver balls that evoke air bubbles. jp-interiors.com

24-karat gold-rimmed china, Bamboo silverware, Royal Doulton; sterling silver seashell place card holders, salt and pepper shakers, Cartier; stemware, Rosenthal; glass cylinders, Calvin Klein.

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JEFF STRASSER, MARC-MICHAELS INTERIOR DESIGN

Inspired by his upstate New York home, Black Squirrel

Inspired by the organic look of the grapevine

Farms, Fhillips went with a traditional holiday motif for

deer, Strasser kept everything natural, but also

his table, with cozy plaid fabrics, accents of red and

contemporary, opting for burlap runners, simple

green, and a wintry vibe. Brush trees from his collection

china and a neutral color scheme. Elegant

surround a silver candelabra, creating an enchanted

touches like white ornaments, beading and rock

pine forest centerpiece. Squirrel place card holders

crystal votives contribute to the festive mood.

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The Guard Lion

After championing the New York Public Library with an unprecedented gift, Palm Beacher Stephen Schwarzman reflects on the impact of his generosity.

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Schwarzman has served on the board of the New York Public Library since November 2001.

ndrew Carnegie’s life was molded when he was 12 years old. All it took was the goodwill of a man and a collection of books.

In the late 1840s, local businessman and iron manufacturer Colonel James Anderson decided to open his personal library on Saturday afternoons to the “working boys” of then-Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. His generosity helped shape the mind of the man who would later revolutionize the steel industry.

“Only he who has longed as I did for Saturdays to come, can understand what Colonel Anderson did for me and the boys of Allegheny,” Carnegie would later say. “Is it any wonder that I resolved if ever surplus wealth came to me, I would use it imitating my benefactor?” Carnegie kept his word. Over time, he and the Carnegie Corporation of New York spent $56 million on 1,681 libraries in the United States and 828 libraries in the world.

Fast-forward more than 160 years to Wall Street financier Stephen A. Schwarzman, who has taken a page out of Carnegie’s book. Just like the philanthropic pioneer, Schwarzman is acting as a strategic philanthropist, using his growing funds to fuel causes that matter to him.

Earlier last year, Schwarzman, who lives part time in Palm Beach, donated $100 million to the New York Public Library (NYPL), one of the largest outright and unrestricted donations ever to a New York City cultural institution. (Businessman David Koch, also a Palm Beacher, has contributed $100 million to the New York State Theater.) Schwarzman’s gift is part of a $1 billion expansion plan that will allow the NYPL to meet the twenty-first century needs of its visitors.

The plan includes the renovation of the 1911 beaux arts building on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. The flagship building, guarded by two marble lions, will be transformed from a nonlending research center into the main destination for book borrowing, with reading rooms and a humanities and social sciences research center. It also calls for the creation of two library hubs in Upper Manhattan and Staten Island, the refurbishment of neighborhood branches in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island, and an upgrade of its digitalization, allowing anyone to access its special collections and research materials through the Internet.

“I thought the overall plan was extremely professionally done. It was worthy of significant support,” says Schwarzman. “There’s an enormous need to make sure that information you have gets on digital form. [But also] it’s important to provide environments for lowerand middle-income people where they can go to access knowledgebased material.” The library board trustee lives in New York City

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but during the winter months, he and his wife, Christine, spend their weekends at their Palm Beach mansion, Four Winds, enjoying —Stephen Schwarzman friends, relaxing and playing tennis.

Schwarzman, 62, is used to extensive business revamps. Nicknamed the “King of Wall Street,” he is the chairman and chief executive of The Blackstone Group, a global asset management and financial advisory business that he cofounded in 1985. The firm buys private and public companies, restructures them, and then sells the companies at a profit. So if Schwarzman says the NYPL project is sound, then it must be.

NYPL President and CEO Dr. Paul LeClerc agrees. “As one of the city’s most successful business leaders, it is rewarding to us that Steve responded so favorably to our plans to transform the library system,” says LeClerc. “He has developed a depth of knowledge about our strategic direction.”

To show its appreciation, the board voted to rename the Humanities & Social Sciences Building the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. His name will appear in small letters on the base of two pillars in front of the library and in similar locations at the library’s side entrance on 42nd Street.

Schwarzman says that one of the reasons he supports the library is education and the doors that it opens for its patrons. “To be effective in the United States, you really have to master English to be able to function effectively in the great society,” says Schwarzman. “One of the important elements of a robust library system is to make materials available that can help people who are integrating into the system, so that they can have a chance to buy into the American Dream.”

Schwarzman is an example of the quintessential dream. The son of a curtain store owner, he was only 37 years old when he cofounded Black-

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As a supporter of the arts, Schwarzman also serves on the boards of the Asia Society and The Frick Collection.

stone. He admits he had help along the way: a middle-class upbringing, an education, advice and even a job that he says he probably should not have gotten. He’s never forgotten those helping hands and has been paying it forward since.

“It’s an obligation for people who can help others achieve an increased level of success to help them,” says Schwarzman. “I give to a lot of educational causes because that’s important. I enjoy helping other people.”

His long list of commitments is proof that Schwarzman is a believer in his own philosophy.

As a supporter of the arts, he serves on the nonprofit boards of the Asia Society and The Frick Collection, and is the chairman of the board of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “I give to the arts because it’s a unique activity that is easy to appreciate but hard to do.

There’s something eternal and enduring about great performing arts,” he explains. He and his wife also sponsor 100 kids a year to attend the curricular schools in New York City and support the inner-city scholarship fund.

It has been more than a year since the highly publicized gift, and Schwarzman’s involvement with the expansion plan has not slowed down.

As a member of the library’s building committee, Schwarzman helped interview potential architects for the project, and helped oversee and develop plans for use of the library buildings and the sales of assets. His gift also continues to work, inspiring others to give and helping the library move closer to its goals of an improved main branch with a new café, information center and wireless Internet access.

With these materials and benefactors, the library will be able to thrive in the modern age. For many of its users, the New York Public Library will serve as an oasis from the world, a steppingstone toward a better life and an education. It may even help shape the young mind who may one day discover a cure for cancer, but even if it doesn’t, Carnegie would no doubt be very proud. u

FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS, AREA CHEFS PREPARE FESTIVE DISHES USING LOCALLY SOURCED INGREDIENTS. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT NELSON Decorations provided by Christmas Etc., West Palm Beach

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BOUILLABAISSE Zach Bell, Café Boulud, Palm Beach While most of us don’t think of fish as a traditional holiday dish, many cultures celebrate the festive season with seafood. Inspired by the classic bouillabaisse of Provence, Bell combines native Florida seafood—snowy grouper cheeks, Key West pink shrimp, red mullet, Cedar Key clams, golden tile and yellowtail snapper—with locally sourced vegetables—stuffed eggplant from Erickson Farms, baby lettuce and fennel salad from Swank Specialty Produce, marinated heirlooms from Farmhouse Tomatoes, and buttered and dilled new potatoes from Green Cay Farms.

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SALAD OF LOCALLY HARVESTED GREENS Nick Morfogen, 32 East, Delray Beach For the locavore, South Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bounty of fruits and vegetables presents a wealth of opportunity. Morfogen loves to shop locally for his daily changing menus. For this salad, he tosses Swank Farm greens, herbs, vegetables and tomatoes with a citrus vinaigrette.

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ROAST PORK STUFFED WITH PLANTAIN FUFU Donna Wynter, Seagrille at the Boca Beach Club, Boca Raton Resort & Club Traditional pork loin gets a Floribbean twist for the holiday season. Wynter stuffs a butterflied loin with fufu—a porridge native to West and Central Africa—made with locally grown plantains. She rolls and roasts the pork, and then serves it with a compote of Florida brown turkey fig, chayote and calabaza. The finishing touch is a drizzle of Jerez vinaigrette.

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CITRUS & GINGER CRUSTED LOCAL SWORDFISH Frank Eucalitto, CafĂŠ Chardonnay, Palm Beach Gardens Traditional holiday flavors, such as sweet potato and ginger, are abundant in South Florida. For this holiday seafood dish, Eucalitto features fresh swordfish caught off the Palm Beach coast on top of a bed of sweet potato boniato mash.

The boniato, a variety of sweet potato, is cultivated in Homestead. A citrus reduction made from locally grown Key limes and oranges creates the crust on the swordfish. Eucalitto flavors the dish with fresh cilantro and thyme from his garden, and local ginger.

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TROPICAL TRIO Elmar Wolf, The Breakers, Palm Beach Nothing says Florida as tastefully as tropical fruit. For this trio of confections, Wolf, the resort’s executive pastry chef, makes use of the region’s plentiful produce.

The coconut parfait shot is made with coconut mousse, pineapple and a fruit salsa of locally grown mango, papaya and strawberry. A mango crème brûlée also is made with locally sourced mango. A dulce de leche cake, with layers of vanilla and chocolate sponge cake and milk caramel, rounds out the selection.

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Colonial Christmas History melds with holiday tradition in Colonial Williamsburg.

BY ROBERT RAGAINI

A week before Christmas, I sit at my computer and type history.org/capitolcam. Photos of five buildings in Colonial Williamsburg, the famous Virginia restoration, appear on the screen. I click on the Raleigh Tavern.

It is a handsome white clapboard building, with a row of seven dormer windows punctuating its steeply pitched roof.

The next day I stand in front of that very same tavern.

Men in knee breeches, waistcoats and capes, and women dressed in voluminous petticoats and white bonnets, are arguing about whether to return to being British subjects. General George Washington’s army is retreating.

Now, the citizens have learned, the enemy has just captured Williamsburg.

Suddenly, into Duke of Gloucester Street, charges a muscular black stallion. Perched imperiously above the crowd, a red-coated officer berates the treacherous deeds of the Continental Congress. The officer and his retinue ride off, leaving the inhabitants to their fears and doubts.

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One of a series of daily reenactments, this is a vivid immersion in the turmoil that confronted citizens of what was not yet the United States of America.

Another such reenactment, “Order in the Court,” promises participation in a prerevolutionary trial. Inside Williamsburg’s original courthouse, twentieth century spectators occupy wooden benches. Others flank a solemn, bewigged judge. Reading from scripts, volunteer members of the audience portray a man accused of not attending church, an engaged couple wishing to preserve ownership of their respective properties and a man petitioning to have his road repaired.

The judge decides that the first, a Catholic in a Church of England society, must either attend one of the available churches, convert or be fined. The couple’s wish he grants, warning that any future dispute must be decided in chancery court—not a pleasant prospect. The last case is put off until the following month.

For someone growing up in New England, Colonial Williamsburg is surprisingly familiar. The clapboard

Clockwise from left: The historic Williamsburg Inn is decorated for the holidays. Visitors can travel about the town by carriage, as they did in Colonial times. The Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps marches through town.

and brick buildings, peaked roofs, dormer windows and neat porches are a form of architecture that still pervades the original colonies. There is something absolutely right about their artful simplicity.

On Christmas Eve, Williamsburg’s mayor stands on the steps of the courthouse, gives the order, and a perfect fir tree erupts in white light. No matter that Christmas trees weren’t introduced in Virginia until Victorian times.

Not only Christmas, but a Christmas tree has come to Colonial Williamsburg.

Beautiful, but not historically accurate, Christmas wreaths adorn homes and shops. Since the original inhabitants used very little Christmas decoration, these were a later addition, for the benefit of tourists who were disappointed at the meager Christmas display when the historic area first opened. Today, apples, pineapples and other fruits add color to pine cones and greenery. In those days, if you had fruit, you ate it.

On one historic Christmas morn, an eighteenth century visitor was awakened by a volley of gunshots. Bolt-

ing up, he raced downstairs, terrified that the British had returned. No, it was only “shooting-in the Christmas.”

Although there is no definitive explanation for the shooting, one idea is that because many colonists lived far from each other, they wished each other Merry Christmas by making the only sound their neighbors could hear. The practice took hold and, to this day, on the morning of December 25, no one in Williamsburg sleeps late.

I do. I am in one of the most comfortable beds I’ve ever slept in. It is in the elegant Williamsburg Inn, five blocks from the Governor’s Palace. If shots are fired, I don’t hear them.

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Clockwise from the left: Holiday decorations; the magazine, where gunpowder was stored; Christina Campbell’s Tavern; Williamsburg homes.

In spite of the myriad events, it’s tempting to stay right here. After all, Queen Elizabeth II did.

Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed golf course, where golfers are already playing, chefs prepare the Christmas feast.

Guests take their ease in rooms reminiscent of a country estate, a luxurious but comfortable home away from home. In spite of the spa, the tours, museums, shops and myriad events, it’s tempting to stay right here. After all, Queen Elizabeth II did. The British monarchy and the Williamsburg Inn have come a long way since 1776.

The grand illumination of the Governor’s Palace lawn, which is followed by Christmas carols, conjures up visions of spot-lit houses. Not so here. The illumination is by “cressets,” head-high iron baskets laden with firewood. That night, as we wait on the green, the sound of martial music rings in the distance. The famous Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps strides past the throng to the Robert Carter house. The area in front is lit by seven cressets.

As the surging flames flow with the wind, a woman in a choir on the porch asks for requests. “Deck the Halls,” someone calls. She gives the downbeat and everyone joins in. The singing is soft but lovely. “Jingle Bells!” The choir takes a chorus, then we all sing along. Somebody has brought real bells and beats in time.

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multiple guests. The fewer persons per bed, the more high class the establishment.

High class is a given at Christiana Campbell’s Tavern, especially at her Holiday Tea. A beaming, portly widow, she regales us with tales of Christmases past. “I’ve been told to wish you ‘Happy Holidays,’” she says, out of respect for other religions. “But no one is going to prevent me from wishing you Merry Christmas.” ◆ Williamsburg Inn (757-220-7978, colonialwilliamsburgresort. com); history.org; colonialwillamsburg.com

Clockwise from top: an old-fashioned Christmas tree; a traditional clapboard home; the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palace; the Williamsburg Inn.

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Feeling nostalgic for France this holiday season? Julien Gremaud, chef de cuisine at Pistache, is recreating the traditional bûche de Noël throughout the month of December. Gremaud uses the classic ingredients: sponge cake soaked in simple syrup, spread with chocolate buttercream and rolled. “It takes a long time to make because it really has to resemble a log,” he says. “The decorations are the time-consuming part of the recipe.”

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FEELING FINE Celebrate the end of the year with the latest offerings in fine spirits.

BY MARK SPIVAK

We’re sometimes advised to live every moment as if it were our last. In reality, though, if you only had one week left to consume your favorite spirit, you’d likely spend thousands on a bottle and drink it as quickly as possible. If you knew your time was open-ended, you’d spend hundreds and sip it slowly.

At holiday time, perhaps we need a “Slow Drink” movement to complement Slow Food. The essence of appreciating fine spirits is intensive sniffing, contemplation and savoring. With that blueprint, we can indulge in a universe of everyday treats.

The gold standard in Cognac may still be Louis XIII de Rémy Martin ($1,800), but there are many finely crafted bottles available for less. Kelt X.O. will set you back $175; this rich spirit offers a delicate, floral nose and an almost endless finish. A bottle of Richard Hennessy may be $2,500, but the extraordinarily complex and balanced Hennessy Paradis can be had for $500.

Other standouts include Martell Creation ($300), Rémy Martin Extra ($450) and Courvoisier Initiale Extra ($350).

In the world of single malt scotch, The Dalmore has been reintroduced to the United States this fall, featuring the art of master blender Richard Paterson. The King Alexander III ($400) is smooth and spicy in the mouth, with great finesse and a long, haunting finish. The Macallan is a perennial favorite of connoisseurs, and the Fine Oak 21 Year Highland Single Malt ($250) represents a lighter style that will appeal to a wider range of drinkers. The Glenlivet offers their Archive 21 Year Old single malt for $175.

With fine rum, you can find many bottles in the reasonable range. The Barbancourt

Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve (left) is a popular bourbon, while Kelt X.O. is a rich and wonderful Cognac.

Aged 15 Years Estate Reserve ($50) was once reserved for friends and family of the distiller, but small quantities now are available on the market. Pyrat Cask 1623 ($200) is greatly prized by aficionados, as is El Dorado 25 Year Special Reserve ($300) and Mount Gay Tricentennial (at least $500, if you can find it). Of course, these rums should not be mixed into cocktails, but rather poured into a snifter and enjoyed thoughtfully.

Don’t forget the bourbon, America’s only

native spirit (according to Congress, anyway). While everyone has their favorites, the true believers always seem to reach for Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve, either the 15 Year version ($80), 20 Year ($170) or 23 Year ($225). Also prized by purists is the George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon ($90), at an amazing 140 proof, or 70-percent alcohol. Better add some water, and don’t light a match.

What about Champagne? Now that Dom

Pérignon is available at the corner gas station, it seems less special than it once was.

The holidays are a good time to explore other luxury cuvées that may not be quite as well known but are still splendid. For many years, Krug has been regarded as the King of Champagnes. While prices for their Clos du Mesnil and Clos d’Ambonnay bottlings soar into the stratosphere, you can buy the 1998 vintage for $400 and Grande Cuvée for $175.

Sometimes referred to as a “multi-vintage” Champagne because it contains wine from up to 10 different years, Grande Cuvée is an excellent introduction to the rich, robust Krug style. Other bottles worth seeking out are the delicate and complex Cuvée Louise from Pommery (1998, $200) or the sensual, explosive Clos des Goisses from Philipponnat (1998, $225).

Any of these will make December a memorable month. Cheers to that. ◆

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ROLL WITH IT Head to Sushi Jo for some of the best sushi in town.

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BY MARK SPIVAK

Chef and owner Joseph Clark is forever experimenting with the menu; case in point: this Sashimi Pizza with fish and Japanese vegetables.

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What’s an American chef doing at the helm of a Japanese restaurant?

If the chef is Joseph Clark, he’s turning out some of the best sushi in the area. Clark began working in restaurants at age 13, and spent a decade learning his trade from the Japanese; it took his mentors five years before they allowed him to handle the fish.

Today, Clark presides over an empire that includes restaurants in West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, along with Thai Jo in CityPlace. The West Palm establishment is his home base, and it’s the place to go if you want to experience sushi as it was meant to be served.

Customers enter through the front room, which houses the sushi bar, and proceed to an intimate dining area at the rear. The room features an exposed brick wall, wooden floors and lacquered wooden tables; the atmosphere is both peaceful and hip, and the space would blend perfectly into Soho or the Village.

Sushi Jo’s motto is “beyond fresh,” and the restaurant exceeds expectations at every turn. Begin with a bowl of edamame ($4.50), steamed and sprinkled liberally with kosher salt, or a sashimi appetizer ($13) that combines tuna, salmon and escolar. Unless you dine out regularly in New York, San Francisco or Tokyo, you haven’t encountered fish like this—oceanic in aroma, silky in texture, exploding with flavor at every bite.

The atmosphere at Sushi Jo is calm with an urban edge, the perfect backdrop for enjoying fresh sushi.

You can indulge in a range of Specialty Rolls, including the Dragon (shrimp tempura, eel and masago), the Caliente (hamachi, scallion, jalapeño, kimchee and cilantro), or the almost irresistible Red Light District (spicy tuna, inside out with tuna and red tobiko on top). On a recent visit, the Spider Roll ($15) is bright and crunchy, filled with soft-shell crab, avocado, scallion, masago and asparagus.

For those wishing to indulge in sushi by the piece, a battery of regular offerings is supplemented by just-caught daily specials. Highlights include eel ($3) with the consistency of butter; savory wild salmon ($3); firm and briny wahoo ($5); and sweet shrimp ($3.50), served raw and garnished with the roasted heads. If you’re fortunate enough to visit on an evening when Clark offers Blue Fin Toro ($12), don’t miss this

spectacularly rich, fatty belly tuna.

Some of the items on the short wine list are perfect foils for the food, such as Nobilo Icon ($36), which combines juicy acidity with serious structure. The real treat, however, is the sake list, which spans close to 30 selections. It offers a mix of Junmai, Ginjo, Daiginjo and specialty sakes, and includes something for everyone.

The black-clad service staff, predominantly female, is all smiles. They are well versed in the details of the menu, and can fill you in on the nuances of obscure Japa-

nese fish. Clark himself frequently is behind the bar, which guarantees a high level of quality, but his meticulously trained assistants pride themselves on faultless execution.

At lunchtime, Sushi Jo offers a variety of reasonably priced specials, including bento boxes, which contain an assortment of sushi and sashimi combined with rolls and salad. Prices escalate at night, but are more than justified by the amazing level of freshness and quality.

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Local favorite Boston’s on the Beach has reached a milestone and shows no sign of slowing down. The Delray Beach restaurant and bar recently celebrated 30 years of serving up great food and entertainment to locals and tourists alike. There is something for everyone at this New-Englandwith-a-beach-twist eatery. The casual first-floor restaurant, The Beach, features live music and plenty of Red Sox, Patriots and Bruins games.

Upstairs, the UpperDeck restaurant features upmarket cuisine and bird’seye ocean views. Tropical cocktails are mixed in the Back Bay Tiki Bar, which also features live music on the outdoor stage. If the packed house on Saturday nights is any indication, Boston’s will be around for the next 30 years. (561-278-3364, bostonsonthebeach.com)

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PALM BEACH AMICI Succeeds by allowing the ingredients to speak for themselves. The dishes are flavorful and imaginative. 375 S. County Road, Palm Beach (561-832-0201) ANGLE The inventive cuisine makes this a des126 PALM BEACH ILLUSTRATED

Lobster rolls, that is.

Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine Lobster Roll is now open on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Specializing in—what else?—lobster rolls made with a quarter-pound of lobster meat fresh from the Maine coast, the restaurant is the brainchild of Linda Bean, granddaughter of outdoor clothing retailer L.L. Bean. The menu of this quaint eatery also features a shrimp roll, lobster stew, salads, sandwiches and, oddly enough, hot dogs. (561-276-2502, lindabeansperfectmaine.com/locations)

tination that compares to the best restaurants in Palm Beach. 100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan (561-533-6000) BISTRO CHEZ JEAN-PIERRE Updated versions of French bistro classics and a stellar wine list. Book two or three weeks ahead in season. 132 N. County Road, Palm Beach (561-833-1171)

desserts and an astonishing wine list. 331 S. County Road, Palm Beach (561-655-4020) THE CIRCLE DINING ROOM This is the brunch of your dreams, accompanied by mimosas and ocean views. 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach (561-655-6611)

CAFÉ BOULUD The food is a striking blend of French country and global modern. 301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach (561-655-6060)

COCO PALM BEACH The impressive “PalmAsian” menu includes first-rate sushi, authentic dim sum, and interesting cooked dishes from China and Thailand. 290 Sunset Ave., Palm Beach (561-832-3734)

CAFÉ L’EUROPE Highlights include continental dishes with an innovative flair, wonderful

L’ESCALIER AT THE FLORENTINE ROOM Rich and intensely flavored, the food is a fascinat-

ing blend of the old and the new. 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach (561-655-6611) THE LEOPARD RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE This Palm Beach classic begins the evening as a continental restaurant, and morphs into a supper club and lounge later in the evening.

363 Cocoanut Row (561-659-5800) PALM BEACH GRILL Offers the classics we have come to expect—ribs, grilled steaks and seafood dishes. 336 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach (561-835-1077) RENATO’S First-rate Italian and continental fare in a European setting. 87 Via Mizner, Palm Beach (561-655-9752) THE RESTAURANT AT THE FOUR SEASONS Stunning ocean views and a new menu of contemporary cuisine and seafood combine to make this a popular destination. 2800 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach (561-582-2800) THE SEAFOOD BAR AT THE BREAKERS Offers a panorama of global seafood dishes with innovative twists. 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach (561-655-6611) TA-BOÓ The menu features classics such as prime rib and cold poached salmon, augmented by inventive daily specials. 221 Worth Ave., Palm Beach (561-835-3500)

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WEST PALM BEACH CAFE SAPORI The menu offers classics from every region of Italy. Dishes run the gamut from delicate to earthy. 205 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach (561-805-7313) LA SIRENA This Northern Italian beauty focuses on the cooking of the Amalfi Coast.

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PISTACHE FRENCH BISTRO French bistro fare with a Mediterranean twist. 101 N. Clematis Street, West Palm Beach (561-833-5090)

LAKE WORTH PARADISO RISTORANTE This classic trattoria serves both traditional Italian fare along with some surprises, all of it outstanding. 625 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth (561-547-2500)

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SOUTH COUNTY 32 EAST Chef Nick Morfogen’s menu changes daily, providing the most creative new American cuisine in southern Palm Beach County. 32 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach (561-276-7868) ABE & LOUIE’S Outstanding beef as well as classic New England seafood dishes. 2200 W. Glades Road, Boca Raton (561-447-0024)

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Exquisitely fresh attention to every detail and superior service.

ABSINTHE Traditional bistro fare infused with exotic and eclectic touches. 5150 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton (561-620-3754) THE ADDISON The menu features top-shelf ingredients presented in distinctive and imaginative ways. 2 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton (561-395-9335) BOVA RISTORANTE Some of the most authentic Northern Italian fare in southern Palm Beach County. 1450 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton (561-362-7407)

For a fresh new approach to catering, call 561.835.0066

CAFFÉ LUNA ROSA Consistent versions of classic Northern Italian dishes. 34 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach (561-274-9404)

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CASA D’ANGELO Chef Rickie Piper places his emphasis on market-fresh ingredients, backed up by faultless execution. 171 E. Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton (561-338-1703)

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HENRY’S American comfort food offerings include split pea soup, meat loaf and even chicken pot pie. 16850 Jog Road, Delray Beach (561-638-1949)

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KYOTO SUSHI AND SAKE LOUNGE The array of raw fish is augmented by a selection of cooked dishes. 25 N.E. 2nd Ave., Delray Beach (561-330-2275)

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palate v dining out Africa. 523 S.E. 5th Ave., Delray Beach (561265-0600) NEW YORK PRIME First-rate raw materials and flawlessly executed dishes. 2350 Executive Center Drive N.W., Boca Raton (561-998-3881) THE STATION HOUSE While the clam chowder, Ipswich steamers and fish dishes are noteworthy, the specialty is Maine lobster. 233 W. Lantana Road, Lantana (561-547-9487)

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SUITE 225 This hip fusion eatery offers excellent sushi and intriguing Oriental dishes. 225 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana (561-582-2255)

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III FORKS This remarkable steak house does an equally fine job with both USDA Prime beef and fresh seafood. 200 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton (561-416-2185) TRULUCK’S This specialty crab house features ocean-fresh seafood in imaginative preparations.

351 Plaza Real, Boca Raton (561-391-0755) VIC & ANGELO’S This busy restaurant serves large portions of zesty, Italian comfort food, and does it extremely well. 290 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach (561-278-9570)

NORTH COUNTY 7 ORCHIDS Authentic Thai cuisine—fresh, assertively seasoned, and taking advantage of the best ingredients and spices to be found. 2621 S.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart (772-781-7717) BUONASERA Classic and perfectly executed Northern Italian dishes in an intimate setting.

2145 S. U.S. Hwy. 1, Jupiter (561-744-0543) CAFÉ CHARDONNAY Chef/Owner Frank Eucalitto has augmented the menu with influences from Latin America and Asia. 4533 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens (561-627-2662) THE CAPITAL GRILLE Classic steak house fare, complemented by a remarkably welltrained staff. 11365 Legacy Ave., Palm Beach Gardens (561-630-4994) IRONWOOD GRILLE This restaurant is best described as a steak house with flair. 400 Avenue of the Champions, Palm Beach Gardens (561-627-2000) 130 PALM BEACH ILLUSTRATED

GAZEBO CAFÉ Enjoy classics such as oysters Rockefeller, seafood crêpes, Dover sole and rack of lamb. 2151 Alternate A1A S., Jupiter (561748-5878) LITTLE MOIR’S FOOD SHACK Put on your jeans and enjoy some of the freshest and most creatively prepared seafood in the area. 103 S. U.S. Hwy. 1, Jupiter (561-741-3626) RA SUSHI This rock ’n’ roll sushi bar offers some of the best raw fish around. 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens (561-340-2112)

SEASONS 52 Every dish on the menu contains fewer than 475 calories, and are both intensely flavored and delicious. 11611 Ellison Wilson Road, Palm Beach Gardens (561-625-5852) SOLU RESTAURANT Chef Carlos Jorge blends elements of different Asian cuisines with traditional Caribbean favorites. 3800 N. Ocean Drive, Resort at Singer Island (561-340-1795)

VERO BEACH ORIENTE Located in Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s Costa d’Este Beach Resort, the Oriente serves upscale Cuban cuisine in a setting reminiscent of 1950s Havana. 3244 Ocean Drive, Vero Beach (772-410-0100) THE TIDES “Treasure Coast cuisine”—Florida dishes enhanced by Latin touches, along with elements of the Caribbean and the Deep South.

3103 Cardinal Drive, Vero Beach (772-234-3966)

MARTIN COUNTY 11 MAPLE STREET The daily menu fuses organic produce, fresh seafood and free-range game into some of the most inspired fare in South Florida. 3224 N.E. Maple Ave., Jensen Beach (772-334-7714) ◆

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REALLY BIG SHOW No home theater is complete without the world’s largest high-definition plasma TV. Equivalent to four 50-inch screens, Panasonic’s TH-103PF9UK model ($49,995) will make movies come to life right there in your home. Ask the Advisors, West Palm Beach (561-478-3100, asktheadvisors.com) SURROUND SOUND Fill your home with music or play a different song in every room with the Sonos multiroom music system ($399-$1,149). Control everything with the remote control, or use your iPhone to keep the tunes playing inside and out. Sounds and Cinema, West Palm Beach (561-833-0633, sonos.com)

LIGHT IT UP Control everything from lights to window shades with the touch of a button with Lutron’s HomeWorks total home lighting control system. Pricing varies, depending on system and size of home. Best Lighting Supply, Lake Park (561-881-1550, bestlightingsupply.com)

MUSICAL ART The sleek, clean lines make Bang & Olufsen’s BeoSound 9000 ($5,250) look more like sculpture than a six-CD player.

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CULTURE v GEM DANDY Now here is a sculpture with bling. Italian architect/designer Alessandro Mendini created the Cartier Column using a collection of recycled gems, placing 17,763 carats worth of diamonds, emeralds, pearls, sapphires, aquamarines, moonstones, garnets and much more in 140 crystal tubes, set in gold-covered bronze, to create a nonreligious, abstract and spiritual symbol. “I wanted the viewer to forget for one moment the folly and drama of the contemporary world and be struck by the purity of gems, pearls and precious stones, materials of nature that stand the test of time,” says Mendini. The 7.6-foot and 1,587-pound column will be presented by the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain at Art Basel Miami Beach, which will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center December 3-6.

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December 2009 IRWIN WEINTRAUB’S INTERPRETATION OF NATURE EXHIBIT OF BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY IS AT EISSEY CAMPUS THEATRE, PBCC, PALM BEACH GARDENS, DEC. 5 TO JAN. 13. (561-207-5900, PBCC. EDU/X1795.XML)

Bright Nights, light show, Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, to Dec. 6, Dec. 10-13, Dec. 17-27, $4-$8. (561-837-8061, brightnightspb.com) Christmas Ball, Salvation Army of PBC, The Bear’s Club, Jupiter, $375. (561-6863530, salvationarmypalmbeachcounty.org) Holiday Bazaar, New Hope Charities, The Sailfish Club of Florida, Palm Beach, $175, $225 at door. (561-366-5095, newhope charities.org) Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Gala, St. Andrews Country Club, Boca Raton, $500. (561-852-5044, ruthralesjfs.org) 4 Festival of Trees & Holiday House “World Tour,” gala, Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, $150 members, $200 nonmembers; open to public Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 10-13, $5 children, $15 adult. (561-832-5328, ansg.org) Lady in Red Gala, LIFE’s Memorial Foundation, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, $500. (561-865-0955, life-edu.org)

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GOINGS ON 1 Tree Lighting Celebration, Adopt-AFamily of the Palm Beaches, The Sailfish Club of Florida, Palm Beach, $250. (561-2531361, adoptafamilypbc.org) 2 Walter D. Kelly Award Luncheon, Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches, The Marriott Hotel at CityPlace, West Palm Beach, $125. (561-383-5953, waterspelton.com) Vision of Beauty, luncheon, Schepens Eye Research Institute, The Mar-a-Lago 140 PALM BEACH ILLUSTRATED

Club, Palm Beach, $250. (877-724-3736, schepens.harvard.edu/maralago) 3 A Night for America’s Homeless Children, National Center on Family Homelessness, The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, $200. (617-964-3834, familyhome lessness.org) Art & Jazz on the Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, free. (downtown delraybeach.com)

PINBALL BACK GLASS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVE ALBERTS

CORNELL MUSEUM IN DELRAY BEACH PRESENTS “PINBALL PALOOZA: THE ART, THE HISTORY, THE GAME,” DEC. 1 TO MARCH 28. (561-243-7922, OLD SCHOOL.ORG)

ON WITH THE SHOW With more than 250 galleries, 2,000 artists and an expected crowd of 40,000The Crystal Ball, Boys Town, The Breakers, Palm Beach, $350. (561-366-9400 ext.

229, boystownsouthflorida.org) Wee Dream Ball, Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, Woodfield Country Club, Boca Raton, $250. (561-391-7274, ffcdc.org) 5 Holiday Party, Be A Star Foundation, Palazzo Serena, North Palm Beach, $550.

(561-472-0238, beastarfoundation.com) Lumen Christi Gala, Diocese of Palm Beach, PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, $325. (561-775-9519, dioce sepb.org) Triple Crown Gala, Jewish Adoption & Foster Care Options, The Polo Club, Boca Raton, $275. (561-372-0103, jafco.org)

plus, Art Basel Miami Beach can be overwhelming—unless, of course, you have an insider’s wisdom.

Noel Lanzas, Art Basel Ambassador for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, is the go-to man for all things relating to the country’s most important art show, held this year December 3-6 at the Miami Beach Convention Center and locations throughout the city. An artist himself, Lanzas is connected to both art and collector circles, which makes him an indispensable resource.

“Not everybody has the same interests,” says Lanzas, who is equally helpful to Basel novices and seasoned collectors. “I use my ‘Art Basel bible’ to help them navigate the show. I create small itineraries so they can use their time as wisely as possible.”

Below, Lanzas shares his tips and strategies for maximizing the Art Basel experience.

• Spend

at least a day at the main show, at the

Convention Center. This year, the show has been redesigned and expanded, and the central exhibition halls will now house Art Positions, with edgy projects by young artists. The collectors’ lounge also will be bigger than ever.

• Check

out the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)

fair at the Deauville Beach Resort. The show, which runs parallel to Art Basel, showcases the work of

6 Annual Auction, benefiting/held at Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, $75.

(561-392-2500 ext. 211, bocamuseum.org) Children’s Holiday Party, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, $35-$200.

(561-832-5196, norton.org) Christmas Tree Lighting, with speaker Philip Kunhardt III, Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, $25 lecture/tree lighting/admission; $10 children, $18 adult, tree lighting/admission. (561-655-2833, flaglermuseum.us)

emerging contemporary artists.

• See

Ritz-Carlton’s popular Masters’ Mystery Art Show.

Starting with a private reception on December 2

Renaissance Dinner for Autism, Autism Project of Palm Beach County, The Mara-Lago Club, Palm Beach, $1,000. (561-7483299, autismproject.org) 7 Historical Society of Palm Beach County Brunch Reception, Palm Beach County History Museum, West Palm Beach, by invitation only. (561-697-6607, historicalsocietypbc.org)

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and open to the public December 3-4, the hotel will offer for sale 1,500 original 6x9 works, some created by celebrities, others by emerging artists. The mystery part: The name of the artist is revealed only after the piece’s sale. For only $50, buyers can take home a signed original—and benefit Florida International University’s MFA program.

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for the occasion. Relaxed elegance is the name of the game. Wear shoes

that are made for walking, and clothing that can easily go from day to night with the addition of the right accessories.

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Kravis Center Gala, Billy Crystal in 700 Sundays, West Palm Beach, $375 Young Patron, $750. (561-651-4320, kravis.org)

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mindful of restaurant reservations, and plan ahead to secure a table. The city’s

hippest restaurants fill up quickly, and stay packed until late.

Noel Lanzas can be reached at the Ritz-Carlton concierge desk, 800-241-3333. (artbaselmiamibeach.com, ritzcarlton.com/southbeach)

8 Christmas Ball, Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, The Sailfish Club of Florida, Palm Beach, $400. (561-472-8873, hspb.org) 9 Archival Evening, Historical Society of PBC, Club Colette, Palm Beach, $550.

(561-832-4164, historicalsocietypbc.org)

“The Warmth of Home at the Holiday,” Harmony House, The Breakers, Palm Beach, $250. (561-640-0050, ywcapbc.org) 10 Golf Classic, Jupiter Medical Center Foundation, Jupiter Hills Club, Tequesta, Old Marsh Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, $1,000. (561-263-5728, jmcfoundation.org) PALMBEACHILLUSTRATED.COM | DECEMBER 2009 141

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FOOD OVERLOAD Foodies, come hungry: The Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival returns to 150 Worth December 10 for its third year, with more celebrity chefs and vintners in tow. This means more tables to stop by and sample amuse-bouches and wine. Last

30 Young Friends of the Red Cross Beach Bash, The Beach Club, Palm Beach, $150. (561-994-2060, 561-650-9131)

year more than $13,000 was raised and benefited the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches. This year, organizers hope to raise $20,000 for the Daily Bread Food Bank, a not-for-profit organization that distributes food to other nonprofits to help feed needy people and improve their lives, making this event

PERFORMING ARTS 1 Lost in Yonkers, play, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter, to Dec. 13, $36-$56. (561575-2223, jupitertheatre.org)

the easiest and tastiest way to support the local community.

A first for the festival, the VIP reception, which opens an hour earlier than the main event, allows guests to mingle with the featured chefs, including 2008 James Beard winner Michelle Bernstein; Ted Mendez of Barton G; Tim Andriola,

The Voysey Inheritance, Caldwell Theatre Company, Boca Raton, to Dec. 13, $34$55. (561-241-7432, caldwelltheatre.com)

owner of Timo Restaurant in Sunny Isles; and Johnny Vinczencz of Johnny V and Smith & Jones restaurants in Fort Lauderdale. Participating restaurants for the festival include many area favorites such as Dolce de Palma; Palm Beach Grill; Nick & Johnnie’s; Temple

3 Billy Crystal, 700 Sundays, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, to Dec. 6, $50-$200.

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Only 100 VIP tickets will be sold, and the cost is $75. The reception begins at 6 p.m. General admission is $50 and begins at 7 p.m. A reminder: Come early, as this event is always packed. 150 Worth, Palm Beach (561-366-1226, palmbeachfoodandwinefestival.com)

Chefs from the Four Seasons Resort, Palm Beach, prepare sample dishes for guests.

MorseLife Dinner Dance, The Breakers, Palm Beach, $500. (561-242-4661, morse life.org)

14 “A Night in Madrid,” gala, The International Society of Palm Beach, The Beach Club, Palm Beach, $450. (561-832-4200)

12 Andy Roddick Charity Weekend, auctions, dinner dance, Polo Club Boca Raton, $250; also Dec. 13, tennis exhibition, Boca Pointe Country Club, Boca Raton, $25-$100. (561-620-9449, andyroddick.com)

Golf Tournament, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, $200. (561775-9954, lls.org)

Glitz, March of Dimes, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, $600 benefactor dinner and nightclub, $350 nightclub. (561684-0102, marchofdimes.com/florida)

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16 A Night for Epilepsy, Epilepsy Foundation of Florida, Amici, Palm Beach, $20. (561-478-6515, epilepsyfla.org) 17 Men of Distinction, Advocate of the Year Luncheon, Marriott Hotel, West Palm Beach, $150. (561-238-0277, jfcsonline.com)

4 Fallen Angels, comedy, Delray Beach Playhouse, Delray Beach, to Dec. 20, $25.

(561-272-1281, delraybeachplayhouse.com) 5 Handel’s Messiah, Boca Raton Symphonia, Spanish River Church, Boca Raton, $28-$49. (561-376-3848, bocasymphonia.org) 11 Symphony No. 9 (Choral), Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, also Dec. 13, $20-$80 general, $100 and $125 premiums. (561-833-7888, pbopera.org) 15 Palm Beach Symphony, the Goldstein-Kaler-Peled Trio, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, $45. (561-655-2657, palmbeachsymphony.com) 16 The Four Freshmen, male vocal group, The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, to Dec. 19, $55 show, $100 dinner/show. (561659-8100, thecolonypalmbeach.com) 17 That’s Amore—Dean Martin & Friends, Lyric Theatre, Stuart, $45. (772286-7827, lyrictheatre.com)

You Name It We’ve Got It! 18 Winter Wonderland on Ice, with Olympic bronze medalist Jozef Sabovcik, Crest Theatre, Old School Square, Delray Beach, to Dec. 20, $42. (561-243-7922, old school.org) 31 Ella, musical, Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach, to Jan. 17, $54.50. (772-231-6990, riversidetheatre.com) Mary Wilson, of The Supremes, The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, also Jan. 5-9, $110-$125 dinner/show, $300 New Year’s Eve Champagne, dinner, cocktails. (561659-8100, thecolonypalmbeach.com) GALLERIES Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach.

“Buckle Down!” and “Japan Jewelry Designers Association Exhibition,” both Dec. 4-19. (561-832-1776, armoryart.org) Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton. “An Unfinished Conversation,” to Jan. 10. (561-392-2500, bocamuseum.org)

Crest Theatre Galleries, Delray Beach.

“Color, Pattern and Form,” to Jan. 27. (561243-7922, oldschool.org) Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach.

“Reconsidering Friedel Dzubas,” Dec. 5 to Jan. 16. (561-833-4766, eatonart.net) Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. “A Spirit of Simplicity: American Arts and Crafts from the Two Red Roses Foundation,” to Jan. 3. (561-655-2833, flaglermuseum.us) Griffin Gallery Ancient Art, Boca Raton.

“The Lion’s Roar,” Dec. 3 to Jan. 7. (561994-0811, griffingallery.net) Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach.

“Through a Painter’s Lens,” to Dec. 19.

(561-805-9550, holdenluntz.com) Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach. “Elegance in Iron” and “Moonlight Memories, Plum Blossom Dreams,” both to Dec. 6; “Ceramic Sculpture of Jun Kaneko,” Dec. 22 to March 7.

(561-495-0233, morikami.org) Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach. “George Segal: Street Scenes,” to Dec. 6; “New York, New York: The 20th Century,” to Dec. 27; “William Kentridge,” to Jan. 17. (561-832-5196, norton.org) Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Delray Beach. “Celebrating U.S.!,” “Gatherings: Anna Tomczak” and “Infocus: 13th Annual Juried Exhibition,” to mid-January. (561-276-9797, workshop.org)

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KAREN LYNNE GALLERY IN BOCA RATON HOSTS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTIST DAVID LANGLEY AND DESIGNER ROBERT GRAHAM, DEC. 4-31. (561-338-9801, KARENLYNNE GALLERY.COM)

Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach.

“Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco & Modernism in Japan,” Dec. 5 to Jan. 10.

Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach. “Food for Thought,” Dec. 19 to May 16; “Sanctuary,” to Dec. 27; “The Grid Turns the Corner,” to Jan. 3; “Innovation and Change,” to Jan. 10. (772-231-0707, verobeachmuseum.org) ◆

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FINALE v PERSONAL STYLE Among Palm Beachers, DEBORAH KOEPPER is the go-to person for precision makeup and aesthetic treatments.

Before coming to the island, Deborah put her skills to work in the White House as the personal stylist to former First Lady Nancy Reagan, and the face artist for visiting dignitaries and Washington’s political elite. Her White House experience was a launching pad for what became an illustrious career serving celebrity clients, including Queen Noor, Brooke Shields, Joan Rivers, Margaret Thatcher and others. Deborah, who trained under Elizabeth Arden, now has her own salon on Sunset Avenue, and has recently launched a color collection. In truth, the world is her studio: She constantly is flown all over the world by clients who swear by her facials and makeup artistry. —Daphne Nikolopoulos

1. Café Boulud 2. Hermès Birkin bag 3. Dr. Brandt Lineless Cream 4. Confessions of a Shopaholic 5. Phyto hair care products

1 Eye Cream, Phyto products for hair, and RevitaLash Eyelash Conditioner.

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AT HOME … Deborah’s favorite Palm Beach haunts include Café Boulud and Chez Jean-Pierre, where she usually orders the sea bass.

B. GROSSMAN

… AND AWAY Always on the go, she is inspired by the energy of New York, the decadence of Paris, and the tranquility of Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. In the summer, she travels to her family’s beach house on Fenwick Island, Delaware.

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IN THE MOVIES Deborah’s makeup collection was PACKED AND READY For a summer jaunt, Deborah

featured in Confessions of a Shopaholic, and she had

won’t leave home without her turquoise Hermès bag,

the opportunity to visit the movie set. Watching funny

cashmere sweaters, running clothes “so I can work out

films is one of her favorite pastimes. “I will go to a silly

wherever I am,” and her signature scent, Issey Miyake

movie just to laugh out loud.”

pure perfume and body cream.

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STYLE SAVVY Her style signature is “eclectic, on the side of classic.” Architectural styles and textures, in fashion and shoes, catch her eye. For an everyday look, she loves to pair a Chanel jacket with jeans, and is often seen toting a Birkin bag.

BEAUTY PICKS As a beauty business veteran, Deborah is very selective about products. Her favorites: Dr. Brandt Lineless Cream and Flaws No More r3p

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Piaget Manufacture movement 880P Mechanical self-winding chronograph Flyback, dual time 100 meter water resistant Titanium, sapphire case-back Rubber strap

www.piagetpolo.com

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