A random assortment of stories I've published recently: A guide to Wynwood for Conde Nast Traveler. A huge travel piece on Miami for V...

Every year I participate in Eater Miami's survey of the city's restaurant scene. This year, I submitted my answers too late (sadnes...

You're in the mood to get away. Like, fire-pits-and-tiki-bars-in-the-Keys-style get away. Behold the Postcard Inn at Holiday Isle , a...

Some of my recent (and less-recent) articles that have been published. A meditation on Philippe Stark's flamboyant design and deco re...

There are so many reasons to love Mina 's  Mediterraneo , a Middle Eastern-Mediterranean mashup that inhabits a cavernous space (that ...

One of the highlights of ‪this year's South Beach Wine and Food Festival for me was hosting the inaugural Miami.com podcast whereby ...

Ever since Matador Room opened at The Miami Beach EDITION it seems everyone has been Instagraming a certain copper pineapple cocktail . T...

Photo courtesy Thompson Miami Beach Miami favorite Michelle Bernstein is back in a hotel setting, this time with Seagrape at Thompson ...

For lovers of sports entertainment competitions I'd like to propose a reality show called  LEAVING THE HOUSE WITH THREE KIDS it will i...

Because it's never too early to introduce the kids to oversized frozen drinks. At Postcard Inn at Holiday Isle, Islamorada.

A bit hidden, but that just enhances the charm of this spot on the Collins Canal. The self-serve bowls of nutella on the brunch buffet a...

A recent conversation I had regarding  ‪#‎ ArtBasel‬ , the mega-cluster-F.  I start.  "So this year there are come cool events happeni...

Exuberant celeb chef (and former Top Chef contestant) Fabio Viviani has brought his Chicago-based Italian tavern to our beachy shores. The ...

Just returned from another epic trip to the Holy Land. Been three years since I'd checked in and yes, things have changed. Jerusalem i...

Had a blast this weekend hanging out with the manatees, sea lions and dolphins at The Miami Seaquarium in honor of Miami Attractions m...

The motto of Preservation is “cured, pickled, smoked.”  Yes, this new spot in Sunny Isles is all about the brine. When I found out about t...

"I like rich people. I like the way they live. I like the way I live when I'm with them."                                ...

Kouzina, in the Design District People love top ten lists (just ask David Letterman and USA Today) and since I'm constantly keeping ...

Alaskan halibut, PEI mussels, Kumamoto oysters from Washington. The bounty of the sea. All of it yours for the taking at Oceanaire , a poli...

It's hard to find good Middle-Eastern food in Miami. So I was excited to find Le Pine, an elegant and upscale neighborhood spot tucked...

The culinary team in the main dining room. It's obvious that Celebrity Cruises takes their culinary program seriously. Two years ago...

Fabio Viviani gives good gnocchi. Probably the only thing that could get me out and at Casa Tua at 9am the morning after the Burger Bash...