From the Publisher: Spring 2023
SPRING INTO SOMI It’s Springtime, and the recently held 38th annual Rotary Art Festival on Sunset Drive brought new life into our town center. Drawing thousands of visitors to our hometown, the SOMI community appreciates the hard work and dedication of the South Miami Rotary Club in presenting this event. And in line for CONGRATS ... Read more
Somimag XVIII: Spring
Content Sponsors PUBLISHED BY // JES comm, LLC JOHN EDWARD SMITH COMMUNICATIONS © 2022-23 Published four times annually online at www.somimag.com PUBLISHER // CREATIVE DIRECTOR // John Edward Smith SENIOR ART DIRECTOR // Jose Roque – DesignWorks Miami, Inc. // WEB DESIGN // Six Foot 3 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS & ARTICLE RESOURCES // Brian Corey, Merecedes ... Read more
Town Center Favorites
TOWN CENTER FAVORITES These are a couple of mentions from our readers Please send along your favorites. Bon appetit! I haven’t been to Cracked in a while, however I realize that’s my mistake. I had lunch with an old colleague and ordered the Filet Mignon sandwich. What a treat and the side salad was refreshing. ... Read more
Are You Ready?
THE GREAT MIAMI HURRICANE OF 1926 in September was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast accruing a US$100 million damage toll. As a result of the devastation wrought by the hurricane in Florida, the Land Boom in Florida ... Read more
From the Publisher
Hold the Presses! We delayed the summer SOMIonline magazine going “to press” (can’t get that out of my mindset) until the “t’s” were crossed and the “”‘s” dotted on the development agreement for the W/D site redevelopment between Avalon SoMI and the City of South Miami. In this issue’s lead feature, you’ll read the retrospective ... Read more
Somimag XVIII: Winter
Content Sponsors PUBLISHED BY // JES comm, LLC JOHN EDWARD SMITH COMMUNICATIONS © 2022-23 Published four times annually online at www.somimag.com PUBLISHER // CREATIVE DIRECTOR // John Edward Smith SENIOR ART DIRECTOR // Jose Roque – DesignWorks Miami, Inc. // WEB DESIGN // Six Foot 3 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS & ARTICLE RESOURCES // Brian Corey, Merecedes ... Read more
PUBLISHERS – READERS COMMENTS
There comes a time…. For the past seventeen years I’ve had the great pleasure of bringing you a print magazine for you to flip through and read at your leisure. More so than any other area publication, SOMI was geared to more editorial content and that is what our readers appreciate. Covid impacts, cuts in ... Read more
SOMI’S 17 YEARS IN PRINT
Looking at the creative and editorial development of a much-appreciated community resource. 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 tabloid size and ... Read more