PUBLISHERS – READERS COMMENTS
FROM THE PUBLISHER & Creative Director As summer begins…. It’s Dominos!!! We don’t have a conscious theme going on here, however, ChamberSOUTH’s young professional group Chamber N-XT just hosted a knock-out Domino’s tournament, their seventh annual (see page 33), and the “Miami Dominos” public art exhibit under the Metrorail at the University of Miami station ... Read more
THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM…
SOUTH MIAMI: HOME TO HOLSUM BAKERY In 1934, the Fuchs Baking Company moved north from Homestead to South Miami in order to be closer to distribution markets. The bakery (later named “Holsum”) was a fixture on the city’s landscape for over four decades. The location captured the senses –visual with the estimated 164’ high landmark ... Read more
SUNSET DRIVE Historic Buildings – Part Two
SOUTH MIAMI PAST: HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE The City of South Miami, like many municipalities in Florida, had an agrarian pioneer past in the late 19th century; a growth spurt brought about by the arrival of the railroad in the early 20th century; a period of uncertainty after the bust of the 1920s building Boom; a ... Read more
WHAT’S NEW IN TOWN
What happens when a son of Napoli, the birthplace of pizza, the creative genius of an artist and scientist, and the passion to move to a more sustainable world converge, you have a template for a new concept: PURA PIZZA. Artist and creative force behind Pura Pizza is Diego Santanelli. He started his creative path ... Read more
THE UNDERLINE – CURATOR XIMENA CAMINOS SHARES ART PREVIEW FOR FIRST HALF MILE OF THE UNDERLINE
Late last April, Ximena Caminos, co-founder of Faena, welcomed philanthropists, arts supporters and Friends of The Underline donors to her Miami Beach home for a private preview of The Underline’s art master plan which Ms. Caminos curated. Some of the guests were hearing the details of The Underline for the first time, so Meg Daly, ... Read more
SOUTH MIAMI IS LEADING THE WAY!
On the evening of May 7, 2019, South Miami residents and Sierra Club Miami volunteers gathered at South Miami City Hall to support and celebrate the City’s commitment to 100% clean and renewable energy community-wide by 2040. The City Commission of South Miami unanimously passed a resolution committing the City to a just and equitable transition to 100 percent ... Read more
METRORAIL DOMINOS
In comments prepared for SOMI Magazine, artistic creator Bo Droga provided an end-of-May update on his increasingly popular Miami Domino’s public artinstallation: “We have nearly completed the north side of the University of Miami metro station (30 pylons) and next we plan to paint the 26 pylons south of the station. It takes 5 people ... Read more
PORT; IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LOVE.
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit Portugal for the first time. Not only did I fall in love with the people, food, and land, but also re-discovered the amazingness of Port wine. Port is a fortified wine, most of the times sweet, that is mistakenly thought of as a dessert wine. Yes, ... Read more
HAVING STRESS DREAMS? HERE’S WHAT THEY MEAN + WHAT TO DO
In today’s fast-paced environment, many of us walk around feeling stressed during all hours of the day. We place unreasonably high demands on ourselves to be bigger and better in everything we do, and we often end up taking on a few too many projects. Stress can easily turn into both emotional and physical illnesses, ... Read more