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INTO THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER… heard the phrase “the dog days of summer;” well it seems we’ve got a kennel full of those dogs! With record days of high temperatures, it’s been brutal so far! We just have to “weather through it” until mid-October, although that start time is gotten pushed back in the past ... Read more
AN OASIS OF DISCOVERY -THE MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER
On a steamy sidewalk in Miami’s financial district, experiencing a kind of awestruck claustrophobia from towering condos and offices, it is easy to become disconnected from the garden. Yet in South Florida we are surrounded by lush gardens, both natural and manmade. From the 1.5 million acres that comprise the Everglades to the hundreds of ... Read more
WHAT’S NEW IN TOWN – August/September 2018
NOW THAT’S ITALIAN! Hailing from Staten Island, New York, Michael D’Andrea is bringing the family’s culinary tradition to his new location on Sunset Drive in SOMI. Michael was raised in the New York borough, where his parents owned and operated The RoadHouse restaurant for forty-five years, opening in 1971. He was schooled in the culinary ... Read more
THE UNDERLINE – Miami-Dade County Pedestrian Bicycle Crashes ’05-’13
SOMI MAGAZINE UPDATE WITH MEG DALY THE UNDERLINE IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE PROJECT TO CREATE A 10-MILE URBAN TRAIL AND LINEAR PARK FROM THE MIAMI RIVER TO DADELAND SOUTH. Friends of The Underline a 501(c)(3) non-profit advocating to transform the underutilized land below Miami’s Metrorail into a 10-mile linear park, urban trail and canvas for ... Read more
THE CHEF’S TABLE – Salade Nicoise
RECIPES OF SIGNATURE DISHES PREPARED BY OUR AREA CHEFS. CHEFS Veronique & Ahmed Youbi RESTAURANT Café BonJour FACTS A popular eatery for over ten years, the couple started in SOMI at La Crepe Bistro on Red Road where they were for seven years, and then opened Café Bonjour on US1 & 62 Ave. Veronique is from ... Read more
CANNED WINE… IS IT JUST A TREND OR IS IT HERE TO STAY?
Technological advances in the wine business are always subject to controversy because experts argue that the best wines are those that express the terroir, or the place where the grapes came from, and many argue, that technology can sometimes take that away from the wine. But, what about when the wine is already made and ... Read more
MIAMI DADE’S OLDEST SCHOOLS
Dade Heritage Trust, Miami’s largest historic preservation organization recently opened a new exhibit, Kickin’ It Old School which focuses on Miami-Dade’s oldest educational institutions. The exhibit is housed in the organization’s lovely, historic headquarters building which was the original office of Miami’s first physician, Dr. James M. Jackson. Featuring charming historic images and artifacts, text ... Read more
PREPAREDNESS SERVED UP AT BREAKFAST
ChamberSOUTH hosted a first-ever hurricane preparedness breakfast panel on June 27th at the UM Alumni Center. This exclusive breakfast panel sponsored by Florida Power and Light, featured the newly appointed National Hurricane Director Ken Graham, FPL meteorologist Tim Drum, Chief Meteorologist-in-Charge, NWS/South Florida Pablo Santos, Chief meteorologist and Emmy Award winner Craig Setzer, Steve Detwiler ... Read more
MEETING SOCCER CELEB DAVID BECKHAM
On a hot July 11 summer afternoon South Florida’s Miller brothers, publishers of Community Newspapers organized a grand meet and greet event at Pinecrest’s Evelyn Greer Park to welcome David Beckham, the retired English soccer star, UNICEF Ambassador and international celebrity to the greater South Miami Dade County community. Grant Miller led the event with ... Read more
THE HIDDEN INGREDIENT IN TONIC WATER YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
Here’s a fun party trick: Place a gin and tonic under a black light, and like magic you have a glowing beverage. Quinine, the compound that gives tonic its bitter flavor, contains phosphors that emit UV light that makes it glow blue. And interestingly, quinine is good for more than just creating a neon drink. ... Read more