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Greetings as we start a new year, with new beginnings for our SOMIonline Lifestyle Magazine and the reality of a new “Decade of Development” for our hometown business district in the City of South Miami.
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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
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FROM THE PUBLISHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR JOHN EDWARD SMITH MASKS COMING OFF AND LIFE RETURNS TO OUR HOMETOWN Welcome to a new appreciation! Our Spring issue kicks off with new life coming back to town. The 37th annual South Miami Rotary Art Festival attracted thousands to our “hometown’s main street.” As the COVID-19 with ... Read more
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FROM THE PUBLISHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR AS WE COME INTO A NEW YEAR SOMI Magazine starts it’s seventeenth year with this winter edition. And with it comes a refreshing height of some degree of increased “normalcy.” How many millions lined Fifth Avenue in New York City to greet the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade? Spectator stands ... Read more
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FROM THE PUBLISHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR NOT SO FAST! In our Summer edition we looked at the prospect of “coming back to shades of our former selves” and a relaxation of certain pandemic restrictions. Masks were coming off…. And then things shifted again and the Delta variant brought new concerns. Over the course of the past ... Read more
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COMING BACK TO SHADES OF OUR FORMER SELVES Well after fourteen months of total disruption our lives are beginning to find some degree of “normalcy” as we go about our daily routines. While certain vigilance needs to be maintained, there is more optimism that we’ll be ok. One area of our community’s business life and ... Read more
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FILLING IN THE BLANKS! This time of year in greater Miami the streets come alive with crowd-pleasing events. Gone this year with the pandemic are Calle Ocho and Carnival on the Mile to name two. The Miami Film Festival which SOMI has been a media sponsor is now offering online showings. Here in our town ... Read more
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From the Publisher & Creative Director IT’S A GREAT TIME TO RIDE! While you’ll always see me on my bike as I’m a commuter cyclist, the Fall is such a wonderful time to get out in the morning air for a refreshing way to start your day. And cycling is in the news: The Underline ... Read more
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SPRING INTO SOMI!
Changes in nature are always dramatic although oftentimes subtle; in South Florida we begin to see lush colors emerging as we enjoy our seasonal changes.
Changes in nature are always dramatic although oftentimes subtle; in South Florida we begin to see lush colors emerging as we enjoy our seasonal changes.
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