PUBLISHERS – READERS COMMENTS
As summer begins…. As we go to press, all the best to those running and walking in the annual 5K Twilight Run. This year, all the more special, as it is in memory of John “Papa Hans” Huseby, of TEAM FOOTWORKS, who passed away suddenly this past November. Along with the Spin y Lobster Tournament ... Read more
WRECK AND REEF DIVING IN SOUTH FLORIDA
By Dennis Deblois Fifty miles from South Miami, set in Caribbean blue waters is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. One of only four US underwater parks, Pennekamp was recently cited as the third best scuba diving archipelago in the world by Scuba Diving magazine. Avid scuba divers save for a lifetime to make a ... Read more
THE UNDERLINE – SOMI MAGAZINE UPDATE JUNE/JULY 2015
The Underline is the name given to a project to create a 10-mile urban trail and linear park from the Miami River to Dadeland South. ENGAGING THE PUBLIC Since last Fall, organizers have been hosting public events to involve the public in the process, beginning with a free exhibit at HISTORY MIAMI called “The Underline: Make It ... Read more
SOMIBIZ BRIEF’S – JUNE/JULY’15
Celebrating their third year in SOMI, Tupelo Honey paired up with Humane Society of Greater Miami, their awesome suppliers and Jarbas Godoy of the Dog from Ipanema to host a special sale with a percentage of sales going to the Human Society. Pictured are Gail & Jordan Blum, Jarbas Godoy, Tupelo Honey staff and representatives ... Read more
WHAT’S NEW IN TOWN – JUNE/JULY
LUXURY LINENS SHOWROOM OPENS 7227 SW 57th Court | 786.216.7753 Mon – Sat: 10a – 6p Linen is a distinctively European tradition, and with the keen scene of interior design and detail, a new showroom has opened in SOMI. Alexandre Turpault dates to 1847 in France when he founded his company at Cholet, an area famous ... Read more
TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CELEBRATES A CENTURY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
BY ELIZABETH SMITH It is no small irony that John James Audubon hunted birds. He found it necessary to shoot most of his subjects in order to document them. His enduring legacy is nonetheless one of conservation. Six of the birds the Haitian-born naturalist meticulously illustrated in the early 1800s — with strokes so fine ... Read more
ROCKING THE UM FIELD HOUSE
The UM Bank United Center Field House was the happening place to be on Tuesday, May 19th, for ChamberSOUTH’s 16TH Annual Business EXPO. Presented by UHealth, this open and free to the community event offered local businesses the opportunity to exhibit and promote their products and services while reminding residents to “keep it local” and ... Read more
MILITARY AFFAIRS BREAKFAST
On the Friday before the Memorial Day holiday weekend, ChamberSOUTH’s Military Affairs Committee hosted the Military Appreciation General Membership Breakfast. The guest speaker was Coast Guard Rear Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Director of J3 Operations for the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The breakfast was presented by the First National Bank of South Miami. Admiral ... Read more
VIDA SPA RE-OPENS
The covered parking spaces at their new location in the office building at 5901 SW 74th Street provided a great venue to host a Grand Re-Opening Party. Spa director Angela de La Cuesta noted that in physically moving from their location on Sunset Drive, “we have transitioned from the regular day spa that it once ... Read more
MIAMI REAL ESTATE UPDATE
Attendees at the April 24th ChamberSOUTH General Membership Breakfast, hosted at the Dadeland Marriott and presented by the chamber’s Trustee Committee, appreciated an excellent and detailed presentation by one of Miami’s top realtors, Ron Shuffield. Shuffield is president & CEO of Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Realtors® (EWM), a 48 year-old general real estate brokerage firm with ten offices ... Read more