Who Made My Clothes? Miami Celebrates the Fashion Revolution

Following the presence of cracks in the Rana Plaza building, home to a bank and numerous shops located on the first floors of the building, operators were advised not to return the following day. This information was deliberately revisited by the owners of the textile factories in regards to the workers of the upper floors, who kept returning to work every next day, unaware of what was about to happen. Several ...

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Antidote’s Morning Story welcomes Irma Martinez.

The series of "Morning Stories" meetings of Sophie Zembra's innovative Antidote boutique never ceases to amaze. The guest of honor at the meeting on March 13th is Irma Martinez, designer of the Latin VIPs: Shakira, Ricky Martin, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Sofia Vergara, just to name a few. The vocabulary of the Italian language to the pioneer voice attributes the meaning of "who, exploring unknown regions, opens a path to others in ...

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The “small” Great Smoke Cigars 2018…it’s just not a cigar: it’s a lifestyle!

The twelfth "small" edition of the most exclusive Great Smoke Cigars event that takes place in Las Vegas at the end of the year, was held this year, 2018, in West Palm Beach from February 8 to 11. Four days of events in a succession of brands more or less known even by non-professionals, who have sponsored events for real fans and cigar lovers. The highlight event on Saturday began softly ...

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December: the 11th Bonnet House Orchid Festival starts (2-3 December 2017)

For the eleventh consecutive year, the enchanting Bonnet House in Fort Lauderdale has hosted the Bonnet House Orchid Festival, the exhibition and sale of orchids, exotic plants, fruit plants and butterfly plants, so named because of the characteristics that attract them. The indisputable beauty of Bonnet House, registered in the U.S. National Register for Historic Places, July 5, 1984, owes its name to Bonnet Lily, a particular type of flower, ...

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Thanksgiving Day the American secular tradition that has been renewed since 1789

The story tells that in 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers of persecuted believers decided to leave England to try the New World and boarded the Mayflower arriving on the American coast after a grueling journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Once settled in the new territories, they planted seeds they had from England, but the hostile climate, the winter at the gates and the adverse terrain did not favor any crop and through ...

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Morning Stories, when luxury becomes sustainable: Antidote and Francesca Belluomini.

Antidote, English or French c’est la même chose. Located at 2613 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, it’s the newest solution to the environmental problem that’s been talked about for decades. The boutique’s owner is Sophie Zembra: French origins, a long-time experience in fashion, and lots of journeys around the world at the discovery of prestigious materials and of handmade clothing, that’s able to narrate a story itself. From Ethiopia to India, with a ...

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Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, from 1 to 5 November 2017.

Tomorrow, November 1, the 58th International Boat Show also known as FLIBS - Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show- will be inaugurated. It is an unmissable event for all boat enthusiasts. In the show will take part the most exclusive Italian companies that constitute a massive industry presence by combining striped star performance with elegance and Italian finishes. Founded in 1959, the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show covers more than 3 million ...

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Velvet Cream Doughnuts and Coffee Company, the historical shop re-opens in Miami

For breakfast, as a snack or as a dessert, there aren’t any Apple Pies, Cheesecakes or Key Lime pies that can keep up with the “American passion”: Doughnuts. Considered by many a great American tradition, a celebration was created for them: The National Doughnut day, set to be the first Friday of June. Besides the amazing smell, we can add a history full of values and feeling, that will fully ...

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The Stone Crab season gets rolling with the South Beach Seafood Week, from 17 to 21 October 2017

October for the city of Miami is synonymous with Stone Crab. To pay homage to this crustacean, (Menippe mercenaria) from the taste and size of the unique claws, South Beach has decided to open the crab fishing season - of extremely limited duration by law: from May to October - with a succession of events that will brighten the paying public from October 17th to 21st. On October 17th, the ...

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Irene Williams: from a tourist attraction to a South Beach Icon

In the collective imagination, synonymous of a magical place in which characters, who already are charismatic in themselves, take shape. Irene Williams was one of these. Named the Queen of Lincoln Road, born in 1917 in Revere, Massachusetts from a Jewish family, she lived and worked in Miami Beach, as a stenographer, from the 60s until her death in 2004. Nicknamed the queen of the Outsider Couture she stood out from ...

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