Pete Wentz

Last Sunday, January 2, Adrian Grenier and his band the Honey Brothers played on stage at the Orange Drive South Beach New Year’s Festival.  The Entourage hunk was later spotted at the Florida Room with fellow bandmates enjoying some downtime.

 LeBron James and Chris Bosh were both spotted, separately, at Zuma Miami enjoying a victory dinner after winning a home game on January 4. 

On Friday, January 7, native New Yorker, Donald J. Trump, was in town “firing” the paid-off $210 million construction loan of Dezer Properties’ luxurious Sunny Isles Beach oceanfront condominium, The Trump Royale.

“Charmed” Rose McGowan was seen enjoying the Miami Beach nightlife at Arkadia.

Pete Wentz is kicking off the Mercedes Benz Tweet Race to the Super Bowl– the first-ever Twitter-fueled race.  

Joining Wentz on this “Tweeted” adventure are  Serena Williams, Yankee Nick Swisher and Rev Run; all official coaches of the Mercedes-Benz Tweet Race to the Super Bowl, where they will be social media “cheerleaders” for their two-person teams, each embarking from different U.S. cities on February 2^nd in specially outfitted Mercedes-Benz vehicles bound for Super Bowl XLV in Dallas.

Last Monday night, Dwyane Wade dined at The Forge Restaurant | Wine Bar along with Gabrielle Union, Wade’s sister and three others.  Requesting a very private table in the library, it was obvious that Wade was gearing up for the big game against the NY Knicks and avoided alcohol and even asked if Chef Dewey LoSasso could create a special pasta (tomato-based) dish for his meal.

Eden South Beach, hosted Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgewick’s family outing and Kelly Rowland, who appears to be a big fan of the new hotspot, returning to Eden prior to joining LeBron’s birthday party.

Eva Longoria enjoyed an intimate dinner at Sugarcane raw bar grill in Midtown Miami on Sunday January 2^nd with a group of friends.  Sources say Longoria looked beautiful and was in a great mood- optimistic for 2011. Tony Parker eat your heart out!

Richie Rich was spotted at Sushi Samba Dromo on Sunday, enjoying a few drinks at the bar.

Last Tuesday, after months of anticipation, Gloria and Emilio Estefan and cb5 Restaurant group officially opened the doors to Bongos Cuban Cafe at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a star-studded grand opening celebration. Guests included Jody Pennette (President of cb5 Restaurant Group), Jon Secada, Lili Estefan, Raul de Molina, Candela Ferro, Mauricio Zeilic, Actor Jonathan Silverman, Actress Jennifer Finnegan, James Allen (CEO Seminole Gaming), Recording Artist Christian Acosta, Marysol Patton, Frank Amadeo and Enrique Santos among many others.

JR and Loren Ridinger celebrated their anniversary in style at Prime 112 on Saturday night, alongside close friends Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams, Larsa Pippen and Kamal Hotchandani.

 Hunky, Latin pop-star, Ricky Martin hung out at Cafeina on Thursday night.

Ricky Martin at Cafeina Lounge in Miami's Wynwood art district.

 Low-key in demeanor, the heartthrob traveled with a minimal entourage and was overheard chatting about his children and upcoming holiday plans. Just before catching a plane home, Martin posed for photos and complimented the lounge to the Ivette Naranjo, proud owner of Cafeina.

During Art Basel,  Chris Bosh joined Kelly Rowland and Serena Williams (fresh from surgery in a bejeweled leg cast) for dinner at new favorite restaurant, Eden South Beach.  The group snuck into one of the cabanas outside in the “Garden of Eden” where they noshed on a few chef favorites. Serena was having so much fun, she was dancing on one leg in the garden and jumped behind the bar and began to serve shots to diners at the restaurant.  The group stayed for over three hours.  Bosh was so impressed he made a reservation for the following week.

During  N*E*R*D’s performance, Pharrell Williams was surprised when a stage crasher made it past the security and ended up right next to him on stage in the middle of one of the songs.  Security removed the camouflage-dressed man from the stage, but after finishing his song, Pharrell told the security that he was so impressed that the guy made it to the stage that he brought him back on to perform his next two songs with him!

The ubiquitous Isabella Rossellini was spotted about town Baseling amongst locals and rubbing elbows with elite art enthusiasts.  Rossellini was feted at a private dinner at the Wolfsonian museum on Wednesday night, made an appearance at the museum on Friday evening and also  received a key to the City of Miami Beach from local favorite Vice Mayor Michael Gongora at a brunch on Saturday.  The former model/actress and award-winning Green Porno producer, left Art Basel’s beaten path to visit the animal portraiture during Arts For A Better World at Soho Studios in Wynwood. 

Nicole Miller  hosted an exclusive evening to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida at her Collins Avenue boutique on Thursday. Miller, along with Ines Rivero and Tracy Mourning, shopped at the Vogue Lounge at the Raleigh Hotel. 

R.E.M’s Michael Stipe hit the Rooftop Lounge at the Townhouse Hotel this weekend for the Broken Hearts Club events.

On Wednesday, a couple of hundred lucky guests attended Steve Martin’s book reading at the W South Beach Hotel & Residences followed by dinner at Mr. Chow.

After dining at the new Blue Door Fish at Delano with friends, world renowned photographer Sante D’Orazio celebrated the opening of his “Priests” exhibition in the hotel’s iconic lobby. Friends, including Perry Ferrell and wife Etty Ferrell, Natalie Kill, Heidi Klum’s ex Ric Pipino and Milk Studios creator Mazdack Razzi enjoyed cocktails in the orchard.  Afterward many of the guests moved on to Parisian club transplant, Le Baron in The Florida Room.

On Friday night, Pringle of Scotland and London’s Serpentine Gallery celebrated their joint project, 195 Collaborations at the Webster with an event hosted by Tilda Swinton (a.k.a. the “White Witch” from Narnia). Susan Sarandon was also at the dinner.  Sarandon, owner of NYC and LA's SPiN Ping Pong Club, was on-hand at the Delano on Saturday night for MOCA and SPiN Galactic’s The Art of Ping Pong.

Celebrity Sightings:

International music and entertainment sensation, Timati, hit the Tuesdays at Delano party and Florida Room last Tuesday where he partied with Alan Roth, Tommy and Michelle Pooch and a bevy of Russian beauties. Diddy is scheduled to shoot a new music video with Timati, this week in Miami.

Celebrity DJ Tracy Young wrapped up the grand opening weekend for the brand new Lord’s Hotel poolside by laying down beats for the “Punch Brunch” preview party on Sunday.  Fueled by Punch Bowl signature cocktails, guests danced from early morning until sunset.

Calvin Klein was spotted at Caviar Kaspia at the Webster boutique on Tuesday.

Pharell was seen having a great time at the exclusive and fabulous Veuve Cliqout barbecue at Soho Beach House on Monday.

Reality star and pop singer, Brooke Hogan, previewed the new Miss Yip Chinese Cafe locale at 900 Biscayne in Downtown on Saturday night with a handsome gentleman.  Brooke, no longer a Miami Beach resident, had been patiently waiting the opening of the new location. The Miami Heat’s Jamaal Magloire, #21, enjoyed some drinks and snacks with friends at Miss Yip’s Downtown on Tuesday night.

Angela Simmons, 23 year-old daughter of Hip Hop legend Rev Run/Joseph Simmons, dined at the new beachfront restaurant De Rodriguez Ocean last Wednesday night. The socialite, shoe designer and star of Run’s House had the seafood-centric restaurant prepare her a special vegetarian pasta dish.

LeBron James, along with fellow basketball pro Jerry Stackhouse, made their way to STK Miami. James requested his favorite table in the main dining room.

Favorite Latin duo Hansel and Raul hit the stage this weekend for the Vegas-themed 50^th birthday bash of Manny Gonzalez; surprising guests with an impromptu concert.  Guests were treated to favorite hits “No Hay Cama Pa’ Tanta Gente” and “Maria Elena.”

Miami and Bal Harbour luminaries, Fana and Abel Holtz, Nancy and Jon Batchelor, Leila Chang-Ripich, Chip Brady, Bunny Bastian, Kirk Landon and Pam Garrison, Alan and Vivian Dimond, Sheila and Bill Steiner, Fran Fields and Sam Gordon, Dr. Shulamit and Chaim Katzman, Bob and Sookey Schwartz, Cindy Carr, Rosy Cancela and Max Berney, and Mari Alarcon Grimalt recently attended a gorgeous private dinner party for the Jackson Memorial Golden Angels.  The event was sponsored by Florida Dental Benefits, Incorporated.