HECTIC HOLIDAY
Peak season must be here with the overwhelming event lineup for Presidents’ Day weekend alone. As you may have guessed from the uptick in traffic, the boat show is in town. Aside from Miami Marine Stadium and Strictly Sail Miami at Bayside, Island Gardens Deep Harbour on Watson Island is displaying superyachts. Tour the 230-foot Martha Ann and 236-foot Axioma while enjoying drinks and music at the Deck. Tonight’s preview for Art Wynwood benefits Miami City Ballet. The five-day fair offers 60 galleries and a Friday lecture by street artist Shepard Fairey, who receives the Tony Goldman Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award during a dinner at db Bistro Moderne. The Honda Classic takes over PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens from February 20-26.
miamiboatshow.com. islandgardens.com. artwynwood.com. thehondaclassic.com
ACCESSORIES + ART
A boat isn’t the only luxury available for purchase through Sunday. Tod’s celebrated its second store in Miami with commissioned works by local artist Cristina Lei Rodriguez. She looked to colors and materials found in Tod’s store design and merchandise to create a site-specific installation, just as if they were a natural landscape. Multimedia sculptures, which could double as makeshift shelves, incorporate mirror like the setting’s walls and panels, and stained glass in the same hue as the season’s handbags. Titled “Moonscape,” an abstract digital print on silver metallic fabric also links to fashion. Each is for sale through her representative, Miami-based art advisor Adriana Vergara, at 786.301.2646. The exhibit debuted in conjunction with a store party for the Bass Museum of Art last week.
135 NE 39th Street; 305.576.8132; tods.com. cristinaleirodriguez.com
TWICE AS NICE
It’s nice to see so many independent chefs expanding with second locations. Zak the Baker outgrew his Wynwood space so he separated his sourdough bread and pastry operations from the new 405 Deli down the block. It’s consistently packed for smoked fish salad and corned beef sandwiches. Cake Thai Kitchen followed its hole-in-the-wall location near Miami Shores with a rustic, 30-seat restaurant in Wynwood. The chef, a native of Phuket who worked at Makoto, has won over regulars with short rib and Thai eggplant green curry, and rice noodle soup with slices of pork, cilantro and pieces of crunchy pig skin. Arson, the sister restaurant of Niu Kitchen, focuses on a combined oven and charcoal grill for more international flavors than its Catalan predecessor.
405 NW 26th Street; 786.347.7100; zakthebaker.com. 180 NW 29th Street; cakethaikitchen.com. 104 NE Second Avenue; 786.717.7611; arsonmiami.com
DANDY DEN
Villa Borghese—the men’s wear store in Rome, not the legendary estate and gardens—opened VB boutique in Sunset Harbour. Located on the ground floor of the new Palau building, it’s also an inviting place to pop in for a glass of vino or caffeine fix while walking the dog or heading home from work. Divided between designer brands and private label collections, the direction caters to full wardrobes including made-to-measure suits, dress shirts and suede blazers; weekend wear; swim trunks; ties and even Florentine loafers that fold in half for easy storage. Roman proprietor Gianluca Poddighe collaborates with established manufacturers to design exclusive pieces, whether soft, everyday trousers in multiple colors or cashmere sweaters for Aspen holidays and the occasional chilly night here.
1201 20th Street; 786.275.6437; vbmiami.com
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- Bellini Williams Island - Completed January 2014.
- Bella Mare Williams Island - Completed 2006.
- Echo Aventura – Completed January 2016.
St Regis Bal Harbour – Recently Completed in 2012.
- ONE Bal Habour - Recently renovated. Completed in 2007.
- Majestic Tower Bal Harbour - Completed 1998.
- Bellini Bal Harbour - Completed 2005.
- The Palace Bal Harbour - Completed 1994.
- Park Grove – Expected Completion 2018.
Grove at Grand Bay – Recently Completed 2016.
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- The Fairchild Coconut Grove - Expected Completion 2019.
- Grovenor House Coconut Grove - Recently Complete 2016.
- Palazzo del Sol – Recently completed 2016.
- Palazzo della Luna - Broke Ground summer 2016
- Eighty Seven Park - Expected completion 2017.
- Ritz-Carlton Residences Miami Beach - Expected completion 2016.
- L'Atelier Miami Beach - Expected completion 3rd quarter 2017.
- Faena House – Recently Completed 2016.
- Mei Miami Beach - Completed 2007.
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- Bath Club - Completed 2005.
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- Glass Miami Beach -Completed 2016.
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- Murano at Portofino - Completed 2002.
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- Louver House - Completed 2017.
- Three Hundred Collins - Complete 2017.
- Regalia Miami - Opened June 2014.
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- Mansions at Acqualina - Opened January 2016.
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- Chateau Beach Residences – Recently completed in 2016.
- 400 Sunny Isles - Opened early 2016.
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- MUSE Sunny Isles - Expected completion 2017.
- Turnberry Ocean Club - Expected completion 2018.
- Armani Residences - Expected completion late 2017.
- Estates at Acqualina - Expected completion in 2020 Phase A.
- Ritz-Carlton Residences Sunny Isles Beach - Expected completion 2018.
- Aurora Sunny Isles – Expected completion 2019.
- Parque Towers – Expected completion 2017.
- Jade Beach - Completed 2008.
- Jade Ocean - Completed 2009.
- Turnberry Ocean Colony - Completed 2007.
- Trump Royale - Completed 2008.
- Trump Palace - Completed 2006.
- FENDI Chateau Residences - Opening late 2016.
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