By: Maryanne Salvat

Peace Love World Turns One!

On Friday, October 25, from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m., Alina Villasante of Peace Love World invites you to join her for the first anniversary of the Peace Love World Miracle Mile store!  Celebrate this great milestone with light refreshments, bubbly, music and more. Don’t miss out on the LOVE PARTY and make sure to pick up your surprise gift before you leave. 

Halloween Happenings

Tongue & Cheek Halloween Treat

On Saturday, October 26, Tongue & Cheek, South of Fifth’s quirky and playful restaurant, will celebrate October’s most anticipated holiday with a fun-filled, Halloween inspired brunch for the whole family from noon until 2:00 p.m.  Along with a hauntingly delicious à la carte kids menu, which is complimentary for all children under the age of 12, the neighborhood eatery will have fun activities and entertainment throughout the afternoon including pumpkin painting, costume contests and balloon artists. T&C’s regular Sunday brunch menu is available for adults with some additional Halloween treats and drink specials including “True Blood” Bloodies, traditional “Zombie” cocktail, “Dark and Stormys” and more. 

Mansion Hosts the 4th Annual Back in Black

Mansion will host the 4th Annual Back in Black featuring  Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, David Tort and Wolfpack on Saturday, October 26. The largest 21+ costume event in South Florida, with Fetish attire preferred, this event formerly situated in Midtown Miami with past acts including Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso,  Erick Morillo, and many more, hits South Beach for the first time ever. On Thursday, October 31, Mansion will also play host to DJ Rony Seikaly. The hotspot will be transformed into a house of thrills and terror as this NBA legend and mega producer takes the turntables.

The Little Lighthouse Foundation’s 4^th Annual Halloween Fundraiser

Join The Little Lighthouse Foundation for its 4th annual Halloween fundraiser, Nightmare on the Beach: Fantasmi Della Villa Vecchia on Saturday, October 26! The Halloween extravaganza will be at the world-renowned Miami Beach estate Villa Vecchia, which will host an evening full of fundraising and fright. Attendees will travel into Fantasmi Della Villa Vecchia through a haunted mansion where upon entry guests will be treated to unlimited premium cocktails all night, food from Villa Azur, Brother Jimmy’s, Todo Dulces, and Catering Concepts, music by Lee Kalt and performances from Cirque de Mansion. Noblita Clothing expands its LA influence to South Florida, introducing its Collins Avenue retail location during #NOTB2013. Open bar highlights the Patron flight featuring Patron Cafe XO, Ultimat Vodka, and Pyrat Rum. Perrier Sparkling Natural Mineral Water will supply its full portfolio of sparkling natural mineral water. Nightmare on the Beach, which has been rated Miami’s top Halloween party, sells out each year and is a must for South Florida’s movers and shakers. To purchase tickets visit: http://www.nightmareonthebeach.com/ or call  305.417.8553.

Halloween Sundowner at Vizcaya

Halloween Sundowner at Vizcaya is this Saturday night, October 26 from 7:00 pm to midnight! Enjoy the hottest and most anticipated Halloween party in Miami right on Vizcaya’s scenic bayfront veranda! See and be seen at this all inclusive event where costumes are a must and sky’s the limit when it comes to creativity! Open bar, hors d’oeuvres, music, parking and entrance to the after party are included in the price of each ticket. Tickets are $165 each. For more information, call 305.674.8278 or rsvp@vizcayans.org.

SUSHISAMBA Miami Beach

The Lincoln Road outpost of the Japanese/Brazilian/Peruvian fusion restaurants celebrates its 8th Annual Cosplay Halloween Party, complete with Japanese pop-inspired costumes, music, candy and fun contests & prizes. The party will take place on October 31 inside the restaurant, with a giant street celebration on Pennsylvania Avenue. Smoked pumpkin caipirinhas ($12) will be available for purchase.  

Quattro Gastronomia Italiana

Quattro provides the perfect perch for people-watching every Halloween. For $95/person ($75/person for inside reservations) Lincoln Road’s Italian gem will offer a delicious, 4 course prix fixed dinner on October 31. Diners can delight in the Halloween fanfare and marvel at the trick-or-treaters in their elaborate costumes while enjoying seasonal dishes such as pumpkin gnocchi with gorgonzola and walnut sauce. 

The Betsy South Beach

The Betsy evokes the eerie spirit of Edgar Allen Poe this Halloween. From October 31 through November 3, the hotel will offer a special holiday libation, The Westminster Flip ($12). Made with Brandy (Poe’s favorite spirit), egg, Benedictine and organic maple syrup this Poe-inspired potion is sure to please.

SET Hosts Pimps & Hoes

Join SET for the ultimate Pimps & Hoes party to end all Halloween parties. SET South Beach is rolling out the red carpet for the most over-the-top costumes – where less is more – and pimp cups are welcome. Break out your fish nets, corsets, purple suits and canes for the wildest Halloween yet.  SET is giving out cash prizes and complimentary VIP tables to the best outfits of the evening.

John Varvatos
photo credit: Miami Herald

A newly wed Pharrell Williams was spotted with his wife and family having a casual early dinner with friends at Zuma on Monday. Derek Jeter also enjoyed Kobe steak with team mates at Zuma.  Earlier in the week, Luis Miguel Gallego was seen having a late dinner with a lady friend at the restaurant and an animated Raul de Molina was there for lunch.  

Derek Jeter spent time at the SLS Hotel South Beach. Jeter was seen having dinner at Katsuya with Jorge Posada and later made his way to Hyde Beach where he enjoyed bottle service and hung out with friends and other Hyde patrons. 

Designer John Varvatos welcomed several stylish guests to his Miami store on Lincoln Road on Saturday night for a cocktail party and book signing in honor of  the menswear designer’s first book release, Rock in Fashion.  

Law & Order: SVU star Danny Pino joined Duracell in donating its new powerful Quantum batteries to the Miami-Dade Police Department and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue at Miami-Dade Police Department Headquarters in Doral as part of Duracell’s donation of 1 million Duracell Quantum batteries to first responders across the country, on October 14.

By:  Mary Jo Almeida-Shore 

A Night on The RunWade 

Three-time  Miami HEAT Champion Dwyane Wade hosted a fashion fundraiser: A Night on the RunWade presented by Neiman Marcus, to benefit his Wade’s World Foundation on Thursday, September 26, at the Moore Building.  The evening featured a fashion show presented by Hublot featuring looks from Neiman Marcus Coral Gables and was emceed by fashion correspondent Jill Martin and Deco Drive’s Louis Aguirre.  Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception, food from some of Miami’s top restaurants, including, Zuma, Milos, Sugarcane, and Chef Adrienne’s (to name a few) silent and live auctions and music by DJ Irie.   No stranger to fancy moves involving a hoop, Wade descended onto the runway from three stories above, harnessed in a hoop- ala Cirque du Soleil.  Once on the runway, he showed off his dance moves to Jay-Z’s “Holy Grail,” to kick-off the fashion show. Read the rest here »

Actors, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo and Alexa Vega attended the Red Carpet screening for Machete Kills at Regal Cinemas on Lincoln Road. The cast also celebrated at Soho Beach House for the after party. 

Musician and songwriter Mike Deleasa performed live on Thursday, October 10 at the Oncology Unit of Miami Children’s Hospital for the inaugural kickoff of the Family Fun Night Series.  

Sweat USA, America’s first All-Star Fitness Festival, flexed its muscle on Miami Beach over Columbus Day weekend as thousands of enthusiasts headed to the Miami Beach Convention Center for classes with their favorite fitness idols.  First up on Saturday morning was ‘America’s Toughest Trainer’ and star of the hit NBC show The Biggest  Loser, Jillian Michaels.  Her class was easily the quickest to sell out as fans from as far as Brazil and the UK packed in to the ballroom as the music thumped before Jillian bounced on to the stage.  Supermodel Karolina Kurkova was seen browsing the exhibition floor, trying a few samples of the latest nutrition bars and weight loss formulas.  On Sunday, the highly anticipated creator of ‘Insanity,’ today’s biggest selling home-based DVD workout program, Shaun T arrived on-stage with his husband, Scott Blokker, in tow.  ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ panelist, creator of Fubu and Miami resident, Daymon John, stopped by the Convention Center to say hello to his business partners who founded SurfSet, the surf board workout routine, which John invested in on the show.  The day finished with the founder of P90X, Tony Horton, providing a packed ballroom a rendition of his latest routine P90X 3. 

Music producer, Pharrell Williams, married longtime girlfriend, model, Helen Lasichanh, mother to the couple’s son, Rocket, on Saturday night at the Kampong National Gardens in Coconut Grove.  Busta Rhymes and Usher performed a mini-concert for the happy couple to celebrate their nuptials. 

A newly-svelte Rick Ross hosted the “Prestige Sunday” party at BAMBOO Miami Beach celebrating DJ Camilo’s birthday.   DJ Epps and DJ E-Feezy kept the music pumping the party til the wee hours of the morning.  Other celebs were there for the birthday celebration: FLOrida, Busta Rhymes, FABOLOUS and French Montana.  It was a PACKED house, the line of people awaiting entry spanned several blocks. 

Newly wed Savannah Brinson, wife of Lebron James, was spotted enjoying a sushi lunch at Zuma with fellow basketball wife Jenine Howard.  Mexican actor, Jorge Salinas and his wife were also seen sharing Japanese Wagyu.  Also spotted, retired heavyweight champion boxer, Lennox Lewis, dined with friends at Zuma Sunday night.  Greg Oden of the Miami Heat, enjoyed a late night dinner Tuesday there with a lady friend. 

By:  Mary Jo Almeida-Shore 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Miami Rail’s Carnival Fun-Raiser 

On a perfect fall afternoon, Gallery Diet owners, Nina Johnson-Milewski and husband, Daniel Milewski welcomed hundreds of artists and art lovers to their beautiful 1920s home (complete with a pool with Titanic-inspired mosaics) to party, bounce, dunk, drink and feast at the Miami Rail’s anniversary Fun-Raiser, an “adult” carnival all in the name of art and culture (oft one in the same).  The fun, fashionable crowd gathered in support of The Miami Rail, the sister publication to The Brooklyn Rail, a non-profit literary journal, in its sixth edition with its seventh due in December—just in time for Art Basel (online at miamirail.org).   Nina describes the publication as one that, “is for people who are culturally invested in the arts, it offers a broader, in-depth perspective than other papers and magazines. We have artist-to-artist interviews, writer-to-writer interviews, poetry for each issue, reviews of galleries and museum exhibitions, architecture.” 

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By:  Mary Jo Almeida-Shore and Maryanne Salvat

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2014 took over Lincoln Center for seven days of runway shows and presentations.  Dozens of top names in fashion presented a variety of looks that, despite having been created for “spring” would be considered “year-round” fashion in sunny Miami.  As expected, resort wear ruled the runways- floral and artsy prints, pastels and patterns prevailed, as did sleek, structured pieces. Most designers celebrated the bare midriff, showcasing at least a few, if not several, crop tops. Black and white and monochromatic looks dominated Jill Stuart, Ralph Lauren, Cynthia Rowley, Rag & Bone, Victoria Beckham, and Altuzarra’s shows, to name a few.  

The shows were presented with fun and flair this season.  Diane von Furstenberg’s show seemed like an all-out 1970s-inspired dance party; Cynthia Rowley presented in a 19th century Gothic landmark, adorned with colorful, whimsical decorations; Prabal Gurung filled the room with the scent of roses for his show and Opening Ceremony took over the Super Pier to showcase clothes from models in luxury cars.  Here’s a rundown of some of our favorite shows this season. Read the rest here »