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Kimberly Chmura The Powerhouse Behind the Music Compiled By Kim Steiner
WHO ARE YOU? Kimberly Chmura, president of KCC Productions in Miami Beach.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT WHAT YOU DO? I love the challenge of every task and seeing the end result, which I judge myself on harshly. I have always been a perfectionist!
ONE LUXURY THAT YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT? Manicures once a week. My salon is my sanctuary and my manicurist is my therapist!
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW, THAT YOU DID NOT DO 5 YEARS AGO? Take double doses of Tylenol!
FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Specchio in Surfside (you can order off the menu; love the special service and of course the food.)
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT WORKING? I never stop working. If I’m not working, I’m sleeping; does that answer your question?
THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOU? Intense, fair, kind.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS? Seven years. WHAT IS THE WILDEST EVENT YOU HAVE HANDLED? There have been so many it is hard to choose. The music business is extremely challenging. My mantra is “I love my job I love my job”, to give you some insight.
SOMETHING NEW THAT YOU HAVE JUST DISCOVERED ABOUT YOURSELF? I have found patience and endurance in this job. They are definitely acquired virtues in my case.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN REAL LIFE? All of the above! Book and find talent to create culturally superior music events. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN MIAMI? Nine years.
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Can He Say That? COLUMN
A Nightmare Averted: “Governor McCollum” By Charles Branham-Bailey
CHRISTMAS CAME FOUR MONTHS EARLY TO A SWELTERING FLORIDA LAST WEEK. I feel like cuing up a particular song from The Wizard of Oz to describe how I feel right now. Dead are the political aspirations of our state’s top witch – er, prosecutor. Funny thing happened on the climb up the ladder to the state’s top job: A richer-than-Midas fellow named Rick Scott came from out of nowhere and kicked that ladder out from under him. YOW-WEE! The Bill McCollum for Governor Express has been stopped in its tracks. Derailed! Locomotion de-motion! Glory, hallelujah, amen! “Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.” Didn’t see that derailing coming down the tracks. Pinch me – am I dreaming? “Wake up – sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed. Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead.” Last Tuesday morning McCollum was as much as already standing in front of his mirror rehearsing the oath of office he expected to pronounce in January; by the next morning he was hit with the prospect of having to reserve a moving van to haul his pompouslyrighteous ass out of Tallahassee and back to Altamonte Springs for what is hoped will be a permanent retirement from state politics. Able to perpetuate his double-double-toil-and-trouble sorcery on his fellow Floridians no more. “Yo-ho, let’s open up and sing and ring the bells out.” A yellow brick road election result. Rick Scott splashed the mean ol’ bespectacled curmudgeon with a bucket of votes (which, if Scott spent $50 million for the primary, comes to about $83 per every vote he got) and the Wicked Witch of Tallahassee melted away. “Ding Dong the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low. Let them know The Wicked Witch is dead!” Now that McCollum has been ejected from the race and his ambitions to be the Sunshine State’s moral reich-marshal have been squelched, Alex Sink just may now have the chance to win the race he was long expected to run away with. What a turn the Fates pulled in this primary election! For those of you clueless and in the dark, here’s what Florida was mercifully spared: Four – and potentially, 8 – years of a rabidly anti-choice, no-gay-
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adoptions, no Obama-care-in-this-state, no-embryonic-stem-cell-research hard ass in the Governor’s Mansion. This guy’s neo-con leopard spots would have made Jeb Bush’s tenure look like that of a liberal pussy cat in comparison. State Republicans probably shot themselves in the foot big time by taking out their best chance at retaining the guv job for a fourth consecutive term. Most pre-primary polls showed Sink as “who’s she?”, Scott as “who’s he?”, and McCollum as “your next governor”. We can all breathe a lot easier now that the political obit of Ira William McCollum, Jr., appears to have at last been written. The wrenching nightmare of a McCollum governorship has been displaced by the electoral possibility of a pro-choice guv (Sink) and a gay-friendly and health care-friendly A.G. (Dan Gelber) who supports ending Florida’s ignominious embarrassment as the only remaining state that bans gay adoptions, and who will deep-six McCollum’s petty lawsuit against Obamacare. Progress – at least the prospect of it – won out last week; taking this state back, back, regressively back, lost. And all thanks to (who’d have thunk it?) Florida Republicans. Much thanks, GOP! Much thanks. “Yes, let the joyous news be spread: The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!”
THE OTHER BILL If Bill McCollum only had Bill Clinton on his side, he might have won. Of course, that would have required (1) McCollum to be a Democrat, and (2) winding back time and undoing all that nasty business of McCollum serving as one of the House managers in Clinton’s 1999 impeachment trial. The Great Bubba was in Miami Town, at the downtown Gusman Theater, on behalf of Democratic Senate hopeful (now nominee) Kendrick Meek the Tuesday night before Primary Tuesday. I turned out – as did most of the crowd – not for Meek as much as for the chance to hear the Great One speak. And he did not disappoint. To sit enraptured by the wisdom and wit of Bill Clinton must be akin to sitting at the feet of a sage. It was the third stop at the end of a long day of campaign appearances on behalf of Meek, stretching from Palm Beach County to here, and came on the eve of yet another Clinton departure for Haiti, where Clin-
ton and his foundation are assisting humanitarian and rebuilding efforts. It was on the campaign trail that I first met a young, ambition-pumped 46-year-old Gov. Bill Clinton, when his bus caravan tour across the middle of the state kicked off from Daytona Beach’s shore. It was October 1992, only a month before his date with electoral destiny. Now, at 64, the full head of hair is whiter, the height about an inch or two shorter, the face more lived in. But here’s where his aging has been a blessing: The man is more erudite and worldly-wise. A professor, as it were, of politics’ – and life’s – experiences. He’s a veritable walking almanac, our ex-42nd president. A human compendium of facts and figures. One suspects that few if any would dare get away with mischaracterizing the accomplishments of his presidency in his presence, for he’d only brow-beat any political opponent or Clinton-hater with those facts and figures – and a lengthy discourse to go along with them – to disprove, dislodge, depose, and disinvest any verbal jouster of any wrong notion, prejudice, or impression. Word to the wise: Debate Clinton at your own peril. Know your facts. Study your issue. Know it inside and out. Take it to heart. Then repeat all that. Again and again. And despite all that, you’ll still likely lose. Yet you will come away not only impressed by the intellectual depth and breadth of the man and his command of what he knows, but you will undeniably learn something or two or ten which you may never have known before. The thought crossed my mind as I sat in the audience at the Gusman: Imagine the conversation time that has been enjoyed by all those who’ve ever been privileged with an evening in the company of this man, as an after-dinner guest or as a vacation partner, or as a fellow air passenger or golf partner. The presidency has been very good to Bill Clinton. I’m not referring to the vast sums he has earned from the sale of his memoirs, or the speaking fees from countless lecture tours the world over, all of which, of course, have rewarded him handsomely in the nearly a decade that he’s been out of the White House. No, I’m talking about how the experience of dealing with the great issues and problems of his era, while Leader of the Free World, has inculcated a deeper understanding and contemplation of the issues and problems of our age, and facing our future, that might not otherwise have been attained if he had never been any more than a governor of Arkansas, never left Little Rock and become the globetrotter that he has become. Eight years of the presidency – seasoned by a subsequent decade as a statesman, humanitarian, foundation head, fundraiser, cheerleader for causes and other candidates – have made him a profound, reflective, engaged thinker as well as doer. It may turn out that Bill Clinton’s defining contributions to his nation and world may not have been in the years he was in office, but in those that followed when he was out.
Politics COLUMN
“Plan B” is Not Just A Contraceptive The City’s Saving For A Rainy Day But A Heavy Dew Could Wipe it Out By Jeffrey Bradley
Boxcars in craps is a popular but hard bet to win because rolling double-sixes is dicey. There’s only one combination in all of dicedom that results in the number 12 coming up this way, and the odds are high and the payout is low. The house retains a hefty edge; you’ll probably win some, but long-term, you’re gonna lose your shirt. So to play boxcars, you’ve got to ask yourself: am I feeling lucky today? Well, are you punk? The City apparently is. And who with better right? When it comes to doling out money the City is the house, and the odds are stacked in its favor. (When the unions show up they foolishly think the game is rigged for them.) But in this latest round of negotiations, also called Gambling Using Other People’s Money, the City has started wisening up. Wishing to avoid Miami’s fate where skyrocketing union contracts, salaries and pensions are causing more dislocate than the KT comet, pension debt swallows one-fifth of the operating budget forcing measures that “nobody likes.” Especially firefighters, who can, with benefits, net $300,000.00 a year. When the heirs of Hoffa spin this sort of thing for aggrandizement—like with bogus amendments to the City charter that make them appear to be lowering costs—beware. What these apparatchiks really want are the very salaries they bemoan of others, and to exchange places. (Like we’re so ready to have union bosses in charge down at City Hall when we can barely corral the officials already there.) Putting these fief-builders in key positions would be akin to joining that roaming gnome in the jacuzzi filled with piranhas (“Naughty fishies!”) and get stripped to the bone in a hurry. To ward off disaster, the City has circulated PlanB—the Annual Impact of Conceptual “Plan B” reductions - CWA Only—actually (it’s got nothing to do with the morning-after pill, Gertrude), a controversial memo that lays out how two millions can be saved by replacing the CWA with privatization. In point of fact, if the union isn’t denied, the rank-andfile will have to go over or, like Saturn, it will devour its own children. This audacious plan calls “where possible, [to] consider privatizing/outsourcing, scaling back full-
time to part-time” life guards and pool guards; code enforcement positions along with their call-center operations; Building Permit Clerks; and eliminating union positions in Property Management, you name it. While we take a dim view of unions for their unsavoriness, entitlements, palm-greasing, power abuses and general Soviet-style unpleasantness, judged by their own lights they can’t be faulted for shouldering up to the public trough, being invited there, after all, by the City itself, which is certainly not above placing brazen hands in the cookie-jar. The double-dipping and system-rigging that goes on is appalling, serving as apt metaphor for an economy gone off the rails—the way government, with its bigger base salary and rock-solid perks, has become more alluring than the private sector, we mean. Time was, you opted for civil service knowing that altruism earned you less but was rewarded by security and excellent benefits. No more; government’s become the biggest employer, with the largest emollients, and things have gone topsy-turvy, with them topsy, and us turvy. Not only do city managers and administrators get upper six-figure salaries, but premium healthcare plans, monthly stipends, and automatic cost-ofliving increases to boot and can retire at full pay—and keep that pension intact when they go work for another municipality! Terrible, terrible. Take, for example, former Miami Lakes Town Manager Alex Rey, who will shortly return to that position after heading our building department the past few years. Until then, he’ll just “consult” for them at $145 an hour— while he’s collecting his Miami Beach salary!. He’s also stepping back into a position that was demanded by city charter to be publicly advertised but wasn’t. It’s called “safeguarding pension benefits”, and it’s done all the time… transparency in government? Ha! The City of Miami Beach finds none of this sordid, no doubt because officials expect the same for themselves or deem it “just politics” (a term we despise). So they’ll forgive us for wagging a finger of shame in the face of such greed and for having the affront to say “Stop it!” www.sunpostweekly.com • SunPost Weekly • Thursday, September 2, 2010 • Page 9
LITTLE HAITI CULTURAL CENTER
COVER STORY
DELOU AFRICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE
3-WAY POWER PLAY Private Factions Jockeying to Run the Little Haiti Cultural Center Written by José Pérez
summer afternoon just off of Little Haiti’s main drag finds children engaged in an artists’ round table discussion and other kids putting together remote control robots. As small hands and growing minds brainstorm how to make their 21st Century Tinker Toys motor across the carpeted floor of the modern classroom, the children are oblivious of the storm clouds of uncertainty gathering over the Little Haiti Cultural Center, where all of these activities and more are taking place. The Little Haiti Cultural Center is a brand-new jewel of a public facility originally proposed by late Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele located just off the intersection of NE 2d Avenue and 59th Street. With one year officially behind them, the LHCC has started making a mark on Miami’s cultural scene, providing a community venue and voice for both professional and aspiring artists. While that might be true from a public standpoint, the center and its staff are having to deal with concerns in Little Haiti that the LHCC is not directly serving the needs of its residents. And then there is the not so discreet behind-the-scenes plans to turn over control of the Center to outside entities. In a small office that overlooks both the Little Haiti Cultural Center’s colorful courtyard and the lobby outside of its cozy yet popular amphitheatre (LHCC staff are proud to point out that Vice-President Joe Biden has already graced the amphitheatre with his presence)
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sits the desk of Anita Darbonne, the City of Miami’s Dance Coordinator. The desk and office of Darbonne are always easier to find than Darbonne herself. An energetic and graceful woman who has thrown herself into making sure the programs at the center are a success. Darbonne arrived at the LHCC shortly after it opened with experience not only as a professional dancer but also as the head of a successful private dance company in California. When Darbonne started at the center, she was surprised to learn that the city had no dance program. “Miami offers so much culture, it has so much to offer,” she says, “I was blown away.” Darbonne, a Miami native who grew up within walking distance of the LHCC
in the Sabal Palm neighborhood, sees the potential and envisions a day soon – within the next three years – when an internationally-recognized dance company will be based at the LHCC. With that vision she sees the feasibility, the necessity of a place where people from throughout Miami can come together to learn about each other through the nurtured interchange of cultural expression. “My thing is bringing the people together so they can learn to respect each other a whole lot more,” says Darbonne. That vision is shared by the City of Miami’s Parks and Recreation Department which is the department that oversees the LHCC. “Everything we do,” says Lara DeSouza, spokesperson for Parks and Rec, “our mis-
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH ANITA DARBONNE
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH RASHA CAMEAU
DELOU AFRICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE
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sion, is leisure and recreational opportunities that are available for everyone.” And that brings us back to the center where the going has been difficult. While the center has been used for events that have been well-attended, most if not all of those events have been “rentals” which are used by specific – usually wealthier - people in the community and most if not all of those rentals are either private affairs and are too expensive for many local residents to attend. While rentals have a place at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, the mission of the LHCC or any other community-based, tax-funded cultural center is to provide established programs for residents of the immediate
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH LORRAINE RENTZ
and surrounding communities. “Programming” provides more community access than rentals which, in essence, take up community space and resources. This year alone, the LHCC has offered programs in dance, photography, television production, French language instruction, and so on. The programs for youth have been for children aged 6 to 16 and they have been free of charge with families paying only a one-time $20 registration fee to help defray administrative costs (which is always important for a municipal entity in a city that is so deeply in debt that it has been on a hiring freeze for all of the current fiscal year and has also enacted a purchasing freeze since last winter). So how was the community participation for these events so far? According to Darbonne, attendance was a big concern up until the last moment. With no money in the budget for marketing, there was no effective way of letting the community know about any of the programs (LHCC staff have had to rely heavily on “guerrilla marketing” tactics like email blasts and face-to-face outreach at local businesses and schools). Ultimately, the classes were filled up but all were “last second maxes.” The LHCC was also hamstrung by not having a transportation budget which limited participation in the programs to either children who live close enough to the center to walk safely or by children whose parents have the means and time to drop off and pick up day camping children. This brings us back to concerns within Little Haiti that that the Little Haiti Cultural Center is a community jewel usurped by outsiders. This concern dates back
to even before the LHCC opened its doors. Lucie Tondreau, a local activist and attorney, says that many in the area were upset that Cuban contractors were employed to build the center structure instead of Haitian workers. Center staff point out that the LHCC’s mission focuses on expressions of Afro-Caribbean art and culture, not exclusively Haitian yet they also state they have gone out into Little Haiti speaking with business owners and students in area schools. The obstacles of perceptions and reality are ones that Darbonne and Rasha Cameau, Director of the Center, are confident will be reconciled soon. For example, the perception is that Haitian youth want to learn Haitian folkloric dance. The reality, says Darbonne, is that many of the children are saying that they want to learn ballet or jazz. Of course, for children who are not Haitian, the interest in and desire to learn about contre-danze, rara, and other dance styles is something that can be met at the LHCC. DeSouza adds that the LHCC is a “multi-tiered center [which] is a great destination no matter who you are.” But, back to the ongoing debate between programming and rentals. “Programming to me is more important than rentals,” says Darbonne who points out that, via a regular dance program at the LHCC, children who are being home-schooled can earn physical education credits as just one example of how a truly viable cultural center in the community benefits the community. But with the aforementioned city-wide budget crunch, how can the LHCC keep the programs it has now afloat, much less build itself into a vibrant and celebrated cultural center? Cameau, who first started at the City of Miami as an employee of City Hall, says that funding from grants helps as does partnering with local nonprofits. She would also like to see the development of a sort of booster club as they are called in athletic circles, a ‘Friends of the Little Haiti Cultural Center’. Such an idea has merit because it can help take some of the budgetary burden off of the City while still allowing the LHCC to retain the artistic control so vital to any respectable cultural center. That control is in peril as entities outside of the City of Miami municipal government – in both the public and private sector – have their eyes set on being given the keys to the Little Haiti Cultural Center while the city still foots the bill. On March 1st of this year, Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado posted an entry on his Twitter page that read “Onmyway to meet with Pres.Rosenberg(FIU) and we will discuss whatwecando for the Little Haiti Culture center [sic].” When asked about Florida International University’s and President Mark Rosenberg’s interest in the Little Haiti Cultural Center, a university spokesperson stated that Regalado “came to us because we put together a Haiti Task Force after the earthquake [in January of this year].” Rosenberg even visited the LHCC, she said, in late July “just to visit.” When asked about
the recently-installed president of a large state university struggling through a third year of budget cuts affecting programs, faculty, and students going 17 miles east to visit a cultural center during the work week “just to visit,” the spokesperson remarked, ‘it’s his leadership style.” Interest in the Little Haiti Cultural Center on the part of FIU is particularly interesting given that dance programs at the school were among the first victims of the budget cuts that, according to the Miami New Times, “slashed 38 faculty jobs, shut six labs, and axed 23 degrees because of a $32 million shortfall.” The Delou African Dance Ensemble (DADE) and FIU Professor Agosto Soledad’s Brass dance company were part of those cuts and were evicted from FIU after having been in residence at the university for some time. Ironically, both Delou and Brass have found homes at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. For Soledad, the irony is especially deep. Soledad came to FIU to be a part of a growing dance program in one of the most ethnically diverse areas of the United States only to see the entire dance program terminated and faculty members “dispersed.” While the budget cuts that exiled Soledad and the rest of the dance program from FIU were enacted under Rosenberg’s predecessor Modesto Maidique, Soledad is skeptical that a new president at FIU will result in a renewed commitment to dance. “Dance is not really a part of [Rosenberg’s] vision,” Soledad says. While the mayor is coyly cup-caking with FIU about the Little Haiti Cultural Center, sources indicate that newly-minted City Commissioner Richard Dunn is alledgedly in the midst of a courtship with Jean and Emmanuel “Manny” Cherubin (WSRF-AM 1580, WAVS-AM
“Miami offers so much culture, it has so much to offer. I was blown away” — Anita Darbonne, the City of Miami’s Dance Co-ordinator 1170, and TeleAmerica TV) to assume the same privatized takeover of the LHCC that FIU appears to covet. The deal is alledgedly proposed to work like this: FIU (Regalado) or the Cherubin group (Dunn) would assume management responsibilities over the LHCC but the City of Miami would still be responsible for “big ticket” repairs (broken air-conditioning, faulty elevator etc). Thus, the City of Miami would still be paying for the upkeep of a city-owned facility that would in fact be used privately – or so it would seem. Emmanuel Cherubin was quoted in an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal almost four years ago that focused on lack of consumer safeguards on local radio stations that “lease” airtime to any one or any business who pays for the airtime. “Time brokerage” is like a radio version of a television infomercial where listeners think they are listening to a legitimate show with hosts and guests purported to be trustworthy. Not realizing they are basically listening to a commercial, listeners who fall victim to these tactics have been bilked out of untold sums of hard-earned money.
The article mentions Cherubin in connection with fraudulent programming on leased airtime on a familyowned radio station. In the article, Cherubin says he “disregarded” the deceptive claims made by lessees to listeners. Calls to Mayor Regalado’s office, Commissioner Dunn’s office, as well as to the offices of the Cherubins at WSRF radio were not returned. Not long ago, the mother of a child who had signed up for one of the summer programs offered to children came into the Little Haiti Cultural Center to see Cameau. When asked if anyone else could help her, she timidly replied, no, she needs to speak with Cameau. When Cameau returned a few minutes later, the woman explained that her family was having hard time financially and wanted to know if Cameau could refund her the $20 she paid for her child’s registration fees. Cameau obliged the lady who was very relieved and grateful to have back what may as well have been a million dollars for her.
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Celebrate Miami’s rich crossover of art and music, as local bands Beings and Jacuzzi Boys headline a night of rock at MAM. In the gallery, Talking Head Transmitters (segment on 80’s rock). 6pm. $15. Miami Art Museum, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami. For info: miamiartmuseum.org or 305.375.1704.
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September 3 COMEDY Josh Blue Possessed with an undeniable likeability and comedic timing that belies his youthfulness; Josh Blue breaks down stereotypes of people with disabilities one laugh at a time. His stand-up routine is in a constant state of evolution and his off-the-cuff improvisational skills guarantee that no two shows are exactly alike. Josh has also become a hit on the internet with his top two YouTube videos receiving well over 1 million plays. Blue will hit town for a weekend set. $20. 8:30pm. Miami Improv, 3390 Mary St, Coconut Grove. For info: improv.com
September 3 MUSIC Afro Kumbe Locos por Juana’s lead singer Itagui Correa has somehow managed to squeeze extra time and creativity out to create his own side project, an electro-parranda trio called Afro-Kumbe. $10. 8pm. Bardot, 34th Terrace & North Miami Ave, Miami. For info: 305.720.1002 or bardotmiami.com.
September 3 MUSIC Snoop Dogg Leading the pack of second-generation West Coast gangsta-rappers, Snoop Dogg has remained one of the most distinctive voices in hip-hop since his 1992 debut. His comical disposition, also earned him a stack of roles in movies. Full Performance by Snoop Dogg at Mansion Nightclub on the Beach. 11pm. $45. Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave, Miami Beach. For info: mansionmiami.com or 305.695.8411
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September 4 DANCE International Ballet Festival Balleto Teatro from Torino, Italy will perform this Saturday at the Colony Theater, as just one of many renowned dance companies participating in the International Ballet Festival of Miami. The two-week Festival is filled with ballet performances, workshops, a dance film series, an art exhibition and master classes. Through September 12. 8pm. $32.90-$38.55. Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. For info: internationalballetfestival.org
September 4 WORKSHOP Digital Printing Fotomission presents a workshop taught by Shawn Clark on the use of inkjet printers for color and black and white digital output. Test digital inkjet paper and ink combinations to optimize image and printer settings. 10am. $95. Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, 2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach. For info: 305-532-4855.
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ART Natural Elements
COMEDY Best of the South
To spotlight a new era of green attitudes, Nomade Gallery is dedicating September to the exploration of nature’s elements by paying homage to the natural environment we live in through artwork. Exhibiting will be Danny Catania, Reinier Gamboa, Sam Gualtieri, Stian Roenning, Aida Tejada, Pierre Traversat and Juan Travieso. Opening party 7-11pm. $10 donation goes to the Gulf Coast Oil spill fund.Through October 4. Nomade Gallery, 3133 Commodore Plaza, Coconut Grove. For info: rgbstudiomiami.tv
Get your laugh on with ten star-studded acts when the Best of the Comedy South Tour hits town this Labor Day. Performing are Chad Thomas, Malik S, Benji Brown, Larry Dogg, Tyler Craig, Doo Doo Brown, Henry Welch, JJ, Marvin Dixon, and Rayzor. 8pm. $28.50-$44.50. James L. Knight Center, 400 SE 2nd Ave; Miami.
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September 4 MUSIC Paramore This year’s Honda Civic tour has Tennessee group, Paramore headlining. Supporting bands include Canadian Indie rockers, Tegan and Sara, New Found Glory and Kadawatha. $26-$34 6:30pm. Bayfront Park Amphitheater, 301 Biscayne Blvd; Miami. For info: civictour.honda.com
September 4 SPORT Grove Bed Race It’s that time again. Time to head to the Grove. Pile onto the sidewalks with a brew. Jostle your fellow gawkers and yell yer head off at the bunch of loonies racing down Commodore and Grand in their beds. Trials start at 2pm and the final 8 beds will race at 4pm. Grand Marshal is Indy driver, Tony Kanaan. Proceeds go to Alonzo Mourning Charities and U of M’s sleep medicine program. Commodore Plaza between Main and Grand, Coconut Grove. For info: 305-443-2855.
September 5 FESTIVAL Blues Picnic Great food and killer blues by the Blackstar Blues Band this Sunday at the Labor Day Blues Picnic at Deering Estate. Food provided by the Mango Cafe at the Fruit & Spice Park.10 am. $30 for adults & $20 for kids or bring your own picnic basket: $15 for adults & $10 for kids. Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave; Palmetto Bay. For info: deeringestate.com
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BOOKS Gourmet Bachelor In Gourmet Bachelor – Global Flavor, Local Ingredients, Chad Carns brings exciting global dishes to your home in minutes. Elegantly designed with vivid photography and slick black pages, The Gourmet Bachelor cookbook includes simple cooking instructions with basic ingredients found at your local market. Become the wine expert at your next cocktail party after you read the essential wine guide. Carns also provides a glossary of gourmet terms if you are just learning how to sear, chop or sauté! Carns will be in town to discuss his book and sign copies. 8pm Free. Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables. For info: booksandbooks.com ABOVE: RED, BALLET TEATRO LEFT: COCONUT GROVE BED RACE. LEFT: NATURAL ELEMENTS AT NOMADE GALLERY.
FOR KIDS Saturday, September 4 Cruisin’ at Miami Children’s Museum EXPERIENCE THE NEW CRUISE SHIP-THEMED EXHIBIT THAT JUST OPENED AT THE MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. THE HUGE CRUISE SHIP-SHAPED ATTRACTION FEATURES A HOST OF NEW HANDSON ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE OCEANS OF FUN. KIDS SAIL ON A SEA OF DISCOVERY AS THEY CREATE THEIR OWN CRUISETHEMED PUPPET SHOW, LISTEN TO ACTUAL RECORDINGS OF A CAPTAIN BRINGING A SHIP INTO PORT, DRESS UP AS ENTERTAINERS, PLAY STEEL DRUMS AND LIMBO. MIAMI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, 980 MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI. FOR INFO: MIAMICHILDRENSMUSEUM.ORG
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Hollywood Royalty By Ruben Rosario (ruben@sunpostweekly.com)
I’m a sucker for anything related to Hollywood’s Golden Age. You know what I’m talking about: those iconic black and white or Technicolor images idealized in attractions like Disney Studios’ Great Movie Ride. Tinseltown is a very different place now, what with the current 3-D craze and filmmakers’ reliance on digital technology, so you can understand the pleasure I get when a glimmer of old-fashioned glamour makes its way to the screen. This weekend, George Clooney and Drew Barrymore, two big names who still possess that ineffable star quality, square off at the box office playing the kind of role that made them successful with audiences. They give “Hollywood royalty,” a term immortalized in the camp classic Mommie Dearest, a good name. Say this for The American, the minimalist thriller from Dutch music-video-whiz-turnedfeature-director Anton Corbijn: It doesn’t feel like
GOING THE DISTANCE
a star vehicle. Clooney shows off his new body playing Jack, a hired assassin with a lean tattooed torso that mirrors the spare structure of this contemplative character study. When we first see the deadly introvert, he’s enjoying some down time with a female companion in the wintry Swedish countryside. That intimate bliss is short-lived, though, and Jack, nicknamed Mr. Butterfly after the tattoo on his back, does the unspeakable in order to get away from some shooters intent on taking him out. It’s a shocking act, one that serves as a wake-up call for our protagonist and casts a pall over the remainder of the film.
Jack’s employer (Johan Leysen) orders him to lay low in a sleepy Italian town and await further instructions. “Don’t make any friends,” he warns. While in Castel del Monte, Mr. Butterfly proceeds to ignore that advice, striking up a friendship with the town’s priest (Paolo Bonacelli), a man of God who sizes him up from the get-go. “You have the hands of a craftsman, not an artist,” he observes after Mr. Butterfly tells him he’s a professional photographer. Corbijn’s tight narrative, adapted from Martin Booth’s novel A Very Private Gentleman, still finds time to take in the small details of a hit man’s daily life, such as his exercise routine and the way he assembles a rifle, which raises The American a notch above your average gun-for-hire tale. Unfortunately, Corbijn saddles the story with a romantic subplot: Jack begins an affair with a local prostitute who dreams of escaping small-town life, but this character never rises above a type, a onenote idealization of the life outside the profession Jack is clearly longing for. The film owes a huge debt to Le Samourai, JeanPierre Melville’s masterful portrait of a professional killer who dares to develop feelings for a woman. The American’s malnourished romance turns it into Eurocheese during the last fifteen minutes, but Clooney kept me riveted throughout. One look at the haunted expression in those baleful eyes and I was a goner. His effortless magnetism wafts off the screen, and The American broods along with it. 2009 was a good year for Drew Barrymore. Sure, Whip It, her beguiling directorial debut starring Ellen Page as a pixie-sized small town waitress-turned-Austin roller-derby sensation, hardly set the box office on fire, but it showed the Charlie’s Angels star had the filmmaking chops to match her delightful screen persona. She also gave the performance of her career in the role she was born to play: Jackie O’s cousin Edith Bouvier
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Beale (aka Little Edie) in HBO’s Grey Gardens. What has she done for an encore? She’s gotten back into the rom-com business, starring opposite on-and-off again beau Justin Long in Going the Distance. The film, which marks the fiction debut of documentarian Nanette Burstein (American Teen), is an odd hybrid that wants to be all things to all segments of its target audience. First and foremost, the film examines the rise and fall of a long distance relationship involving career-minded journalism intern Erin and commitment-phobic record executive Garrett, who connect over a botched arcade game (Centipede, for the gamers out there) and embark on what both of them think will be a brief fling. After all, Erin, a Bay Area girl, is in New York City for just a few more weeks. No need to get all serious, right? Cut to a few weeks later, with both of them at the airport…and neither one ready to call it quits just yet. The courtship-by-texting that follows has an aggressively hip pop-culture charm that won me over, at least up to a point. The film also features a strong supporting cast that includes Christina Applegate as Barrymore’s overprotective, sexually inhibited sister and It’s Always Sunny in Philadel-
phia’s Charlie Day as Long’s nosy, socially inept roommate. But Burstein, working from a screenplay by Geoff LaTulippe, is a tad too fond of the raunch factor, and she begins inserting gross-out bits that never jive with the film’s clear-eyed depiction of the frustrations that come with having a loved one reside on the opposite coast. Barrymore and Long have a winsome chemistry, and it did not need to be supplemented with potty humor right out of the American Pie series. Going the Distance will inevitably be compared to that other high-concept deconstruction of a relationship, (500) Days of Summer, and whereas Burstein’s film feels less gimmicky than its slightly overrated counterpart, it still comes across as too “scripted,” even though both stars do their damnedest to make their feelings ring true. In short, indie sensibility gets smothered by a studio makeover. Before Sunrise this ain’t. The American and Going the Distance are currently on wide release. Let’s hope neither film turns our beloved celebrities into that other term immortalized in Mommie Dearest: box office poison.
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Season’s Best 2010 - Part 1 By Mary Jo Almeida-Shore maryjoshore@sunpostweekly.com
Tastemaker-noun A person that establishes or strongly influences what is considered to be stylish, acceptable, or worthwhile in a given sphere of interest...
Coco de Ville
We’ve asked a few of our favorite tastemakers, whose “fabulocity” makes Miami such a “fabulous city” to weigh-in on some of their favorite nightlife venues, hotels, restaurants and pursuits. In this two-part series, you’ll find a short list of places and delights you don’t want to miss. Be sure to check back next week for Season’s Bests 2010- Part II.
end pool scene; and The W South Beach, which offers the ultimate lobby experience.” Daytime Leisure Activity:
“My favorite Sunday goes something like this: Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral (where half of Miami Beach goes, it’s a beautiful thing), followed by brunch at Balans and, in season, the very fun Lincoln Road Antique & Collectibles Market, where I keep my hoarding impulses under wraps by buying only items that can fit in my purse.”
NICK D’ANNUNZIO, PRINCIPAL, TARA, INK.
TARA SOLOMON, PRINCIPAL, TARA, INK. Nightclub/lounge/bar Nightclub/lounge/bar
“The bohemian in me loves Cafeina in Wynwood; my cabaret girl alter ego is enthralled by the burlesque at La Fee Verte; my late night side is partial to the chic Coco de Ville; and my inner oenophile could live at the bar at The Forge Restaurant|Wine Bar, where I was introduced to the most luscious Super Tuscan — by my own luscious, Super Italian — at the 80-wine, self-pour enomatic system. It elevates imbibing to an art form.” Hotel
My Spa at the Hotel Intercontinental
“There’s nothing better than hotel culture, and Miami has amazing choices. Among them: Hotel InterContinental Miami and its otherworldly MySpa; The National Hotel for its clandestine beachfront tiki bar; The Gansevoort for an enticing mix of vices under one roof — red meat, cocktails, sun and shopping; The Standard and its week-
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“I love Coco de Ville. It’s the chicest little jewel box of a club with the sexiest crowd and the counter culture vibe of Cafeina in Wynwood. The inside out space is so welcoming and the crowd is refreshingly talented and pretty.” Hotel
“I love the new pool cabanas at the National hotel. Such cool things are happening at the hotel for season. I’m most excited about the new SLS coming in two years. Three words: Hyde, Katsoya and Bazaar. The W South Beach got it so right with everything. Yet another crown jewel for Starwood.” Expensive Restaurant
“The Forge is my favorite. Shareef got it so right on every level. I mean really... the decor, food, and wine: perfection! STK is is the
International Polo Club, Palm Beach
hottest scene in Miami. Everyone who is ‘anyone’ is there. And it’s the best spot for celeb and model sightings. Love Zuma, best Japanese hands down. Better than even the Zuma in Hong Kong.”
The Forge Restaurant Wine Bar Back Dining Room & Sommelier Station
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“Burger & Beer Joint on Miami Beach and Brickell are such a scene. I love the local sensibility about it. It’s like Miami’s answer for Cheers, where everybody knows your name and the food is always the same :) A Fish Called Avalon is the most authentic Ocean Drive restauranta true landmark and the only true culinary destination on that street. It’s such a great place to people watch and have the freshest seafood.”
Expensive Restaurant
Mr Chow, Prime 112 Moderate/inexpensive Restaurant
Sugarcane, Joe Allen, Burger & Beer Moderate/inexpensive Restaurant. Daytime Leisure activity
Daytime Leisure Activity
Sundays at The Standard
“I love Balans for brunch on Sunday after Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The best choir in all of Miami and Lincoln Road for shopping. They have Penguin, Tashcen, Y-3, Base. It’s just so chill; and of course, Bal Harbour, the Webster, Etro in the Village of Merrick Park. For a pool party scene the only place to be is the Standard on Sundays. It’s where us cool kids hang. I love that I can go by boat. The Best gym and social club is Equinox South Beach. Everyone goes but it’s never over crowded. And it is the cleanest. It’s worth every penny. “
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Training with Rob Severiano at ME Fitness in Wynwood.
MICHAEL GONGORA MIAMI BEACH COMMISSIONER Nightclub/lounge/bar.
“Mondrian Hotel lounge is a great Friday night spot to enjoy the sunset views and good looking hip crowd. It’s a perfect way to end the work week! The Mondrian has been converted to a top notch hotel and the western view gives you a panoramic view of Monument Island and downtown Miami.”
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Cafeina- Wynwood’s hybrid spot - a lounge, gallery and terrace in one; where uptown meets downtown.
“Burger & Beer is a favorite of mine. Personally, I enjoy the Buck Necked which is the turkey burger with the fried mushrooms. It’s especially fun when there is a party ordering the “giant” burger. I like watching the staff parade around and have to slice it up with a buzz saw. I’m always jealous when I see the kids enjoying a birthday party there....it looks like fun!” Daytime Leisure Activity
“I love the Sunday brunch at the Fontainebleau Hotel. I was a long time fan of the Sunday brunch at Scarpetta and am pleased that since it moved to Gotham it remains delicious. There is an incredible amount of food to choose from accompanied with all you can drink bubbly. It’s a wonderful way to enjoy your Sunday but don’t plan on doing much after.”
MARYSOL PATTON, PRESIDENT, THE PATTON GROUP
Nightclub
Vagabond -”The “Vag” like every loyal Vagabond patron likes to call their club de choix. ‘Back to Basics’ nightlife is not so basic here. There’s never a dull night. The music, the talent and the crowd are consistently enlightening.”
Expensive Restaurant
The Forge “I recently had the opportunity to present Sharif Malnik with a Proclamation and Key to the City of Miami Beach at the unveiling of the new Forge. The unique and delicious menu by Chef Dewey LoSasso was a delight. I particularly enjoyed the lobster appetizer...with peanut butter. I couldn’t have imagined this being such a great combo. Of course, the decor which was overseen by Michael Capponi set the look for the new millennium at this Miami Beach institution.”
Nightclub/lounge/bar WALL at W South Beach
Moderate/Inexpensive Restaurant
International Polo Club, Palm Beach
Hotel
While there are several that I love in Miami Beach, The Shore Club has always been a favorite. From the penthouse suite with wrap around views of Miami Beach to the beachfront townhome suite (where I celebrated my election victory) the rooms are unique and spacious. I also enjoy the fun vibe and pool scene with a hospitable staff that is well-managed by Tim Nardi.
Nightclub/lounge/bar
“The Lounge at Zuma is the perfect spot for seeing the who’s who from around the world casually walking in to dine. The drinks are exotic one-of-a-kind creations-like nothing I have ever experienced.” Hotel
“Eden Roc continues to hold some of the city’s best red carpet events and continues to be booked solid week after week.”
Daytime Leisure Activity
International Polo Club, Palm Beach This club is in a picturesque setting, in a land not so far away, where Sundays are reserved for champagne, divots, horses and glamour.
Daytime Leisure Activity
“Shopping at the Village of Merrick Park is so convenient and there is such a huge variety of stores that I can always find something for any and every occasion.”
Michael Gongorra with his parents
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Food & Wine Pairing Dinner at Soyka Mark Soyka
Pastry Chef William Newcomb with Executive Chef Paul Suriel and winemaker Marcos Fernandez; GM Patricia Ferraro with owner Mark Soyka
GM Patricia Ferraro and Mellisa Vorst
Lamb Carpaccio Crostini, Fig Compote with Cheese Course in background
oyka restaurant’s first ever exclusive food and wine pairing dinner to celebrate Soyka’s 11th successful year in the Biscayne Corridor was held last Monday night in the restaurant’s historic Garden Room. Owner Mark Soyka, also responsible for News Café, Van Dyke Café and Segafredo among others, and General Manager Patricia Ferraro hosted the dinner to introduce wine connoisseurs and friends to taste the finest and rarest red wines from the Finca Decero winery in Argentina. New chef team Paul Suriel and Pastry Chef William Newcomb created savory dishes and paired them with reds presented by Argentinean winemaker Marcos Fernandez: pairings included Lamb Carpaccio Crostini with Fig accompanied by Finca Decero Malbec and Braised Short Ribs or choice of Roasted Quail paired with a Finca Decero Amano.
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SAVE THE DATE FOR FASHION’S NIGHT OUT (FNO) Village of Merrick Park
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On Friday, September 10, from 6 to 9 p.m., Village of Merrick Park will host an official Fashion’s Night Out. The event will take place throughout the center as well as in participating retailers. Event components will include a Fashion’s Night Out Lounge which will feature cool music, light bites provided by SAWA Restaurant & Lounge, informal modeling and a sneak peak of Fall 2010 trends as well as many other exciting initiatives. Guests will enjoy complimentary cocktails provided by Belvedere Vodka & Atlantico Rum, as well as a coffee station provided by CafÊ Bustelo. Patrons will be able to capture their Fashion’s Night Out experience by receiving a complimentary professional picture with any purchase of $25 or more from any retailer throughout the center. Fashion’s Night Out participants will include Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Diane von Furstenberg, Jimmy Choo and Etro. For more information vist villageofmerrickpark.com/events/fashions-night-out
FISH ‘N CHIPS
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Labor Day By Maryanne Salvat
The Marlins Community Foundation (FMCF) will host the 4th annual Fish ‘N Chips Casino Party “A Night in Casablanca� on Thursday, September 2 at 6:30 pm at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle. All proceeds from this signature event will benefit the Marlins Community Foundation’s Cornerstones for Kids programs. Guests are welcome to join Marlins players, coaches, and an elite group of community leaders and other celebrities for an evening of fun and stakes
Saks 5th Avenue Bal Harbour invites you to join hosts Sarah Harrelson, Christina Getty Maercks, Lucy Burks and Jillian Jacobson-Altit and meet celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein as you enjoy light bites from Michy’s and Sra. Martinez and sip on couture cocktails courtesy of Grey Goose vodka. Rock and shop for a good cause with 5% of the weekend’s sales benefitting Common Threads.
at the Craps, Blackjack, Roulette and Poker tables. The evening will feature an array of hors d’oeuvres from Miami’s finest restaurants, signature cocktails by John Lermayer, Celebrity Bartender of The Florida Room, music, a Silent Auc-
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tion filled with exciting items and the Tiffany & Co. “Mystery Wall.� A ticket of $100 admits one, a $175 ticket admits two and $200 admits a VIP Poker Player (one guest) with a seat in the poker tournament. Each Casino Player will receive a “$25 Lucky Chip� to get started and Poker Players will receive their “buy-in� at the Poker table for the Texas
Miami’s Design District invites you to splurge at boutiques such as Y-3, Maison Martin Margiela and En Avance as you sip on couture cocktails courtesy of GREY GOOSE Vodka, enjoy live music and munch on bites compliments of the Miami Design District shops from 6-10 p.m.
Hold ’em Poker Tournament. Guests will be able to up their chances and keep playing for great prizes by purchasing extra Casino Chips throughout the night. Poker players will also be able to purchase more chips during the Texas Hold ’em Tournament. The Fairmont Turnberry Isle is offering a promotional rate of $99.00 to attendees, valid from 8/30-
We promise a full line-up of FNO next week. .
9/5 based on availability. To make reservations, visit fairmont.com or call the Global Reservation Centre at 1(800) 2577544 and mention the Marlins Fish ‘N Chips event. Event registration is available online at marlins.com/fishnchips. For more information please call the Marlins Community Foundation at (305) 623-6497 or email fmcf@marlins.com. All guests must be at least 18 years old to participate.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AT WALL LOUNGE WALL Lounge at W South Beach is celebrating Labor Day weekend with a stellar line-up. Check out DJ Ross One Friday, September 3rd, DJ JASK on Saturday, September 4th and celebrate Miami nightlife fixture and velvet rope king, Laurent Bourgade’s birthday on Sunday, September 5th.
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UDONIS RACES FOR THE CHILDREN Miami Heat Forward, Udonis Haslem will hit the water with the four-time World Champion Miss GEICO race team in an effort to raise money for his Children’s Foundation. The public is invited to join Haslem and his kids at The Water Club located at 3969 NE 163rd Street in North Miami from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 5. Door prizes, raffles and autographs will take place during the afternoon festivities. This event is free and open to the public. A portion of food and drink purchases will benefit the Foundation.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY BRAZIL! SUSHISAMBA dromo pays homage to its culinary heritage by hosting a celebration to mark Brazil’s Independence Day on Tuesday, September 7 at 9 p.m., the same night as the restaurant’s famed weekly party, Cosplay. Located on Lincoln Road, SUSHISAMBA dromo will host an evening full of festivities with a specialty cocktail, limited-edition dishes and the celebratory movements of Samba and Capoeira (a 400-year-old Brazilian dance that incorporates martial arts). The show will feature performer Gil Santos and will include dancers and Brazilian drummers with a live show at 9 p.m. followed by a Brazilian inspired Cosplay celebration. Pop-off the night with a Sambista ($15) cocktail, a creative mix of Pop Rocks, cachaca, strawberry-cinnamon “conservaâ€? and sweet basil. Authentic specials will be available September 4 through 7, and include Espetinho de CamarĂŁo ($12), grilled shrimp, cashews, grilled lime, co-
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Sex COLUMN
Lasting Lust By Dr. Sonjia Kenya
Sonjia@drsonjia.com
HOW DO YOU KEEP PASSION ALIVE? Think about the last time you fell in love. You remember those special moments when you were intoxicated by the laugh, smile, and smell of your object of affection. You lusted for their touch and got excited by the tingling sensation you felt whenever they were near. Before we go any further, please acknowledge my disclaimer: I am writing this from the white sands of Jamaica, indulging in all that Jamaicans do. As they say, when in Rome... Sun, rum, and all the Rasta that reggae inspires are running through my system. It is amazing if my sentences are coherent. Please forgive if they are not. It’s already 4:20 in the afternoon and the Jamaican juices have got me distracted. So before I forget what I was going to say, let’s get back to the questions at hand. What ever happened to that passionate love? If you stayed together, do you still feel that same magic? If you broke up, do you ever wonder what went sour? Why do relationships change and what can be done to make passionate love last? Some argue that monogamy is against human nature and it’s not normal to stay with one person forever. Others say couples don’t fight hard enough to save their relationships during difficult times. Many will tell you that people just change and grow apart. This is true in most cases. Change is inevitable and every day we adapt to new experiences which impact the way we view the world, ourselves, and those around us. Today, I’m adapting to reggae music, barefoot dancing, and changing into a much more rastafied version of myself. To keep the magic alive, love must also adapt to accommodate such changes. Lasting lovers are flexible, willing to accept growth and appreciate change. Lazy lovers break up, accusing their partner of changing too much or not changing enough. In most cases of failed romance, love doesn’t change but the people involved do. How can love stay the same when partners in a relationship are no longer the same as when they fell in love? Instead of blaming your partner for evolving or staying stagnant, invest a little effort in making the love last. A first step towards this involves accepting and expecting your partner to change and grow. Check in with one another every few weeks to discuss life and how each of you has changed. I realize this sounds incredibly simple but most couples haven’t communicated like this in a long time. Life is busy and couples who’ve been together for awhile tend to focus their conversations on the daily details that make life tick. What time are we meeting; where are we going; who’s picking up the kids, etc.. Instead of talking only
when necessary, set aside time to hang out and catch up with your partner like you did when you were first dating. This is one of the most important, yet least publicized aspects of long-lasting fulfilling relationships. Those who are happy staying together change just like everyone else, but they’re best friends with their mate so it’s naturally easy to keep up with their partner’s growth. And as long-lasting friends tend to do, they develop in mutually beneficial directions. Enough about communication strategies that make lustful love last. There’s also plenty to be said for shutting up and using your mouth for things much more sensual than sentences. In addition to talking, sexually satisfied couples spend time touching each other. A gentle tap on the shoulder, a warm press on the back, a firm grip on the thigh, the joining of hands ever so casually. Light touching in public as well as more intimate touching, including hugging, cuddling, and love making release the hormone Oxytocin. This hormone, also called the bonding agent, is credited with establishing emotional connections, inspiring insatiable lust, and motivating sensual trust between people. The hormone is so powerful, some scientists claim its presence is the most potent influence in determining whether or not two humans will get it on. According to a study published in Psychiatry by the University of California in San Francisco, oxytocin may provide the first biological basis for strong human attachments and is associated with the ability to maintain healthy interpersonal relationships. Since oxytocin is released during affectionate contact between people, logic suggests that relationships without intimate action won’t produce enough oxytocin to sustain the spark of passion. Too little touching may also cause reduced emotional connectedness and trust. In other words, big problems for a relationship. Think about it - when you touch someone you love, you feel more connected to them. When your partner stops touching you, you wonder what’s wrong. Both men and women release oxytocin during the arousal, excitement, and orgasmic phases of sex. So even if you don’t have time to complete the deed, tease your partner a little by touching them in a special place with a sly smile on your face. Oxytocin will be released and an intimate connection will be restored. Let’s face it, this all sounds good when you’re yearning to touch your partner and are still attracted to them. But what about couples who can’t fathom the idea of physical intimacy with their current mate? In this case, sen-
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sate focus exercises offer an all-natural alternative to increase oxytocin levels. Yes, there is a series of exercises that are proven to enhance feelings of sexual desire and motivate connectedness between couples, even if they don’t like each other very much. Once a couple completes the four stages of sensate focus exercises, increased oxytocin levels renew desire, arousal, attachment, and sexual health. When practiced correctly, sensate exercises helps you want to make love to your mate again! In the simplest form, sensate exercises involve four progressive phases of increased sensual awareness and attention to traditionally non-sexual parts of the body. During the first phase, partners take turns touching each other’s body everywhere except the genetilia and breasts. The goal of the initial phase is for each person to learn (or re-learn) their partner’s body beyond obvious erogenous zones and discover new places on their mate’s physique that produce sensual responsiveness. The ‘toucher’ should experiment with different levels of pressure and rates of movement, ranging from feather-soft to controlled and intense. The most important step to remember in the first phase is NOT to include sexual genitalia in the process and NOT proceed to intercourse regardless of how stimulated you may become. During this phase, as well as the second stage of sensate therapy, it is also essential for partners to take turns touching each other and forego the desire to participate in any mutual touching. The next phase of sensate exercises expands to include the genitalia and breasts while touching each other, but couples must still take turns during the process and NOT proceed to intercourse, regardless of how aroused one or both may become. The touching feels different in the second phase because partners are able to use what they learned during the first phase, as well as experiment with new ways to stimulate traditional erogenous zones. Completing the first phase has already increased the level of connectedness between partners and the simple act of committing to sensate therapy as a couple reveals a strong commitment to relationship success. These factors combined with the process of partners taking turns touching each other while restraining from intercourse will awaken unbelievable feelings of anticipation and sexual desire. When couples progress to the third stage of sensate therapy, mutual touching begins which is more similar to the way most people make love. Although intercourse is still prohibited during the third phase, couples apply what they discovered about their partner during the first two phases, which often results in sensual rewards that exceed prior expectations of sex. Since this is the first time partners touch each other simultaneously, arousal heightens and couples may accidentally proceed to intercourse without completing the recommended cycle of sensate exercises. For best results, use will power to resist intercourse until you succeed through the fourth stage of sensate therapy. This last stage of exercises includes everything from the three prior phases, but expands to involve mutual touching of genitalia without having intercourse. For example, a female is advised to lay or sit on top of her partner with mutual genitalia contact and simultaneous touching but NO intercourse. After a few well-orchestrated sessions during the fourth phase of these
exercises, couples can normally proceed to intercourse without deficits in arousal, desire, or satisfaction. Each phase of sensate exercises should last about a week. This means a couple is quite busy getting to know each other for at least a month before proceeding to sex. By this time, they’ve practiced and paused, touched and tingled, aroused and avoided, and are eager and anxious to have intercourse with each other. Of course, this is a very general overview of an allnatural enhancement therapy, not a replacement for medical advice. Low levels of arousal and desire occur for many reasons which may require medical intervention. However for most, the only clinical diagnosis is absence of effort. And many, including one of my close medical colleagues, thinks sensate focus therapy is overrated. When couples have intimacy issues, he recommends his personal formula for long-term marriage success, “My wife and I hug for a minimum of five minutes per day. Usually, it ends up lasting longer and builds into something else. Sometimes we’re rushed so it doesn’t last for a whole five minutes. But the experience of reconnecting intimately on a daily basis does wonders to sustain healthy oxytocin levels.” Lying with your lover in Jamaica also explodes oxytocin. Since that’s precisely what I’m doing, I’m quite motivated to wrap up this article. Here goes: To keep the action exciting, communicate with your partner even when you don’t have to. They are changing everyday and so are you! To keep the lust alive, touch your mate in public and especially in private. Tease and tantalize, excite and explore, and eventually set aside some time to do the damn thing! And if you don’t want to get busy with your partner, spend a month practicing sensate focus exercises before you give up. Chances are, you’ll reignite the fire that got the whole relationship started in the first place. If all else fails, book a trip to Jamaica. Relax on a deserted beach where lust lingers and liberate your passion. Pretend like you just met and get to know this new person your old partner has become. Allow yourself to fall in love with a new, revised version of your old lover. Because no matter how much each of us changes, nothing excites our senses or ignites lust more than falling in love. And doing that is much easier in Jamaica, where everything is irie, especially love.
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