Like the great Jerry Jeff Walker, who sings “I love that Sangria wine, when I’m drinking with old friends of mine,” Clay Carnes of West Palm Beach’s Cholo Soy Cocina prefers the fruity beverage to a frosty beer or a salt-rimmed margarita when entertaining at home. “There is nothing manly about sangria. But neither is […]
Between world-class golf courses, gorgeous beaches and a burgeoning food and shopping scene, Ponte Vedra Beach and its sandy neighbors (Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach) have become quite the hidden travel gems in Florida. In our Special Edition Bird’s Eye View map, we celebrate the classic spots and new editions in our coastal community loved […]
Tampa Bay resident and New York Times and international best-selling author Lisa Unger has penned an impressive 16 novels, including her upcoming thriller, The Red Hunter (Touchstone, 2017). Like her fellow Floridians, with sunglasses propped on top of her head, Unger loves cheering on her favorite baseball team—the Tampa Bay Rays—and watching native birds. When […]
As an architect in New York, Cuyler Hendricks used 3D printing at the office to generate plastic, scaled-down versions of projects to show clients. When a former colleague told him about a company called Shapeways—which lets designers upload their own drafts, 3D print them in various materials and sell them through the site—he geeked out. […]
Emily Estefan, 22, bears an iconic last name recognized across her home state of Florida and around the world. Acutely aware of the comparisons audiences will make to her famous parents, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, the young songstress embraces her musical heritage while decidedly forging her own “fusion” sound—equal parts funk, soul, jazz, Latin and […]
Clay Carnes, 32, says he’s never met a person who hates tacos. That’s because his signature organic-corn hand-helds are making quite a name for his new Latin street food restaurant, Cholo Soy Cocina, which opened last September in West Palm Beach. Carnes draws inspiration from his family’s Ecuadorian heritage in creating Andean-American dishes like snapper […]
Amrit DesaiBona Fide Yogi Amrit Desai, 84, came to America from India in 1960 and launched a genre of yoga known as Kripalu, named after his Indian guru. Amrit grew the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Mass., into one of the nation’s preeminent yoga centers. In 1994, scandal erupted over his extramarital […]
From the archives: This article first appeared in Flamingo‘s Vol. 5, Spring 2017. Mount Dora has made a name for itself with rolling hills, canopies of oaks and a strollable downtown set against lovely Lake Dora. The small, slow-paced town feels like a slice of New England, ideal for a weekend of antiquing and wine […]
