SOMI WALK Development
LANDMARK LIVING IN THE HEART OF SOUTH MIAMI SOMI WALK residences is the first premier luxury condominium in South Miami. This venture project located at 5959 SW 71st Street in South Miami, site of the Rodeway South Inn. Located in a vibrant area steps away from the evolving Sunset Place and the historic South Miami town ... Read more
What’s New In Town
My walk about town covers from the west side on US1 to Sunset East (that’s the east side Red Road). That’s a lot of turf, where I visited some new eateries, including one for our four-legged friends, and new specialty retail spaces on Sunset Drive. The first stop is 107 TASTE located at 5966 South ... Read more
LOVE YOUR JAWS State of the Art Surgery Center
LOVE YOUR JAWS State of the Art Surgery Center Love Your Jaws Surgery CenterTM is remarkable for the level of service, attention to patient care, and degree of technological precision dental patients require. Led by Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Kroum Dimitrov, the practice specializes in treating a wide range of conditions affecting ... Read more
MAIN STREET HAPPENINGS
Photos: SOMI Magazine SOMI ART FEST The volunteers of the South Miami Rotary International Club presented their 40th Anniversary art festival on our main street on the weekend of February 22 & 23. Some 118 artists booths, musician stages, pet care area, children’s play zone and, of course, plenty of “festival food” (and drink) welcomed ... Read more
NEW BANK BUILDING COMING ON SUNSET
United Community, which completed its merger acquisition of First National Bank of South Miami in July 2023, is planning to move up the street to its recently acquired 8,625 sq ft property at 5884 Sunset Drive, formerly Harris Travel. The bank, based in Alabama, purchased the location for $5m in May 2024. Further details come ... Read more
Publisher’s COMMENTARY
Publisher’s COMMENTARY TO EVERY THING THERE IS A SEASON…. In Ecclesiastes 3, we read and ponder: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven… a time to sow and a time to reap… a time to be born, and a time to die;… a time to weep, ... Read more
What’s New In Town
For a look at what’s new around town, we’re crossing Red Road over to the east side of the town center into Coral Gables on the north of Sunset Drive and Miami Dade County to the south. It’s here we find Cozy Salazar and Jacqueline Pinto who have recently opened their respective, and very creative ... Read more
Branding Our Hometown
Photo taken on Dorn Avenue, Oct. 2005 BUILDING THE SOUTH MIAMIHOMETOWN BRANDFOR TWENTY YEARS Publisher’s Perspective: WE’RE LARGER THAN LIFE!! When first published starting in the fall of 2005, the magazine was called “In & Around the Shops – South Miami Town Center” (Whew! Now you know why we eventually shortened it!) It was a ... Read more
Sunset Place
ENVISIONING A NEW SUNSET PLACE: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE DESIGNER
Chef Michael Altman is Back in Town with Kitchen 57
Plus ça change, plu c’est la même chose.