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The Boca Interview Everglades advocate Charles Kropke explains why the river of grass is an environmental“battleground”worth fighting for. By MARIE SPEED

Women of Style

Dressed for success and framed by masterpieces from the Boca Raton Museum of Art, five of our city’s most charitable women share their favorite causes—and what inspires them. Photography by DEBRA SOMERVILLE

Ask a Millennial

South Florida representatives of the nation’s largest cohort silence their phones, remove their earbuds and speak candidly about the challenges, worldviews and life hacks of their generation. By JOHN THOMASON

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In the latest installment in our series of noteworthy real-world experiences, locals share what it’s like to summit Everest, survive a haunting, swim with sharks and more. By CHRISTIANA LILLY AND JOHN THOMASON

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This magazine’s continuing coverage of the Everglades represents more than the editor’s pet topic: It’s the canary in the climate-change coalmine, and its plight should not be ignored.

A gridiron talent transitions from football to finance, a former Publix bagboy discovers that managing is a pleasure, and a civic volunteer doesn’t let Stage IV breast cancer darken her active lifestyle.

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We explore the“hole”truth about the region’s best doughnuts, mythbust the beverage preference of area hippies and hipsters, meet a collage artist who pieced together a broken life, and much more. Plus, in our inaugural“Try It! You’ll Like It”page, a Hollywood Beach resort amps up karaoke night to 11.

An Eastern-style practitioner beautifies clients with gemstones and acupuncture, and a novel therapy uses the sun’s rays to fight cancer. Plus, we’re crazy for a Boca entrepreneur’s “Caliloko” fitness wear.

By EMILY CHAIET, CHRISTIANA LILLY, MARIE SPEED AND JOHN THOMASON

49 #LoveBoca Boca magazine highlights its partners with a series of fun events—including our debut “Boca Chats”conversation with investigative reporter Randy Schultz, and a Lilly Pulitzer shopping bonanza.

By EMILY CHAIET, LISETTE HILTON AND CHRISTIANA LILLY

83 Home Follow our suggestions to ensure your Thanksgiving table setting is no turkey, cozy up to fall’s cushiest seats, and discover why we’re big fans of big fans. By ROBIN HODES

115 Backstage Pass Our annual A&E Season Preview provides 30 reasons to be excited for this year’s tri-county cultural

offerings. Plus, Ben Leis’ Comic Cure heals our funny bones with a monthly standup series in Mizner Park. By JOHN THOMASON

125 Dining Guide Our review-driven guide to the finest dining in South Florida spotlights True Food Kitchen, Oliv Pit and Mazie’s. Plus, we put area martinis to a Boca Challenge worthy of 007. By LYNN KALBER

151 The Scene This past summer, we spotted you at comedy shows and open houses, and in sequins and cowboy hats, all in support of worthy nonprofits and local businesses. By CHRISTIANA LILLY

160 My Turn An illness may be weakening his body, but a local priest’s soul remains vibrant—and his selfless compassion continues to bring out the best in his congregants. By JOHN SHUFF

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Did you see our story on page 76 about the gemstone facial everyone is talking about? Read more about Dr. Elizabeth Trattner’s journey with integrative medicine by visiting bocamag.com/november-2018.

On page 108, Tim Yancey details how it felt to survive a violent haunting as a child. Now, the Lake Worth resident helps families suffering similar paranormal fates. Read about how he helps“cleanse”houses of negative entities at bocamag.com/november-2018.

In this issue, we talk to Charles Kropke about Everglades restoration—but that’s not all! To read his insights on sea level rise, the plight of the Kissimmee River and more, head online for the rest of the interview at bocamag.com/november-2018.

HANUKKAH EXTRAS Area chefs got creative with Hanukkah dishes, and you can too. Go to bocamag.com/november-2018 for their delicious recipes.

We explore the wacky world of kombucha on page 40, but we also took a trip to City Oyster to try the restaurant’s latest addition to the menu: kombucha cocktails. Visit bocamag.com/november-2018.

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Gun feedback I read your article on gun control this month [Sept.Oct. 2018]. The bias was transparent and sadly not surprising. There’s a section titled“What the legislators are saying,”but it doesn’t include a single legislator who opposed the recent gun control changes. It barely passed in the State Senate (20-18), and there was substantial opposition in the State House (67-50). Then there’s a section titled“What the kids are saying,”but you left out students, like Kyle Kashuv, who support gun rights. Then you talk about poll numbers but left out other

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Big Questions, Small Wonders It’s not about draining this swamp; it’s about saving it Written by MARIE SPEED

ll of us in this business have weaknesses for this or that kind of story. Some editors turn to Silly Putty (OK, I am dating myself) at the prospect of interviewing celebrities, some think it’s all about the food, others aim for the jugular in those with power and position. My recurring weakness has been the plight of the Everglades. (I have had staff members actually say,“Oh no, The Everglades, again???”) Yep. Again. Because finally everyone is beginning to put two and two together: In Florida, everything here is ultimately connected to that river of grass—our water supply, the lake’s nutrient runoff (blue-green algae, anyone?), reducing the effects of sea level rise and salt water intrusion. OK, so maybe it’s not so sexy to talk about, but it’s real, and after this ugly summer, it’s an issue topmost on the minds and hearts of Florida voters. We are long past the misty-eyed wonder of seeing a great heron in flight at dawn over a sawgrass prairie. We are well past ghost orchids and mangrove tunnels and alligator wrestling. We are in survival mode now, and it is hitting close to home, from the St. Lucie Estuary to Fort Myers and Okeechobee and Naples and Miami. Everglades activist Charles Kropke speaks authoritatively to some of these issues in this magazine (page 86). Take a look, and keep the conversation going. Moving on from my soapbox, this issue also features what some key change-makers (tagged millennials, but they mostly hate that) are thinking about these days; who else is fascinated by a whole generation that is upending so many long-held conventions? We also celebrate the start of our crazy busy social season with a Rene Ruiz fashion feature highlighting real women we love in the community. Boca never looked so good. And on that happy note, I say dive into fall, the holidays, all the richness this season brings. Keep an eye on the big issues—and a grasp on all the small delights we share in living here.

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Benjamin Franklin never proposed the turkey as a symbol for America, but he did once praise it as being “a much more respectable bird” than the bald eagle.

ORGANIZATION: Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic to benefit Chris Evert Charities WHEN: Nov. 9-11, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Tennis at Delray Beach Tennis Center, 201 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; Pro-Am cocktail reception and gala at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton COST: Tennis tickets: $20-$900; gala invitations, $750 CONTACT: 561/394-2400 DETAILS: The Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic raises money to fight against drug abuse and child neglect in Florida. ORGANIZATION: Keep Memories Alive Walk, Caring Hearts Auxiliary, Louis and Anne Green Memory & Wellness Center WHEN: Nov. 4, 9 a.m. WHERE: Town Center at Boca Raton, 6000 Glades Road, Boca Raton COST: $40 for pre-registered walkers, $50 at the door. CONTACT: Lisa LaFrance, Caring Hearts Auxiliary, 561/297-4066 or nurchearts@fau.edu.

DETAILS: Registration begins at 8 a.m.; walk begins at 9 a.m. to raise funds for day center scholarships and caregiver support programs at the Louis and Anne Green Memory & Wellness Center at FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. ORGANIZATION: Junior League of Boca Raton Woman Volunteer of the Year Award Luncheon WHEN: Nov.16, 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton COST: $125-$225 CONTACT: 561/620-2553, jlbr.org DETAILS: The WVOY’s 31st anniversary luncheon will honor the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute as the Award Sponsor and Saks Fifth Avenue Boca Raton as the returning Fashion Show Sponsor. The Honorary Chair is Pat Thomas, and Nikki Stelzer is serving as Chair. The WVOY Luncheon celebrates outstanding local women in the community by recognizing nominees from nonprofit organizations throughout Palm Beach County for their dedication and expertise as volunteers.

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Three things that you are thankful for this year 5 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT NOVEMBER

1 The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade 2 The end of hurricane season

“I’m thankful for my good health so I can keep up with my three kids, my dear friends whose generosity enriches not only my life but our community as well, and the endless opportunities for growth life tosses my way. It’s good to be me.” —DOROTHY MACDIARMID, VOLUNTEER, WRITER AND FOUNDER, PROJECT LIGHT HEART

3 The Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

“Like books, life is real page-turner! I am thankful for all the adventures, journeys, emotions, lessons and experiences that books bring to light, [and] grateful for all the opportunities living in Palm Beach County opens up for me. “ —KAE JONSONS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, DELRAY BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY

“I am very thankful to have three things that can’t be taken for granted: my family, my health and my career. My family is loving and supportive, while my health has been aided by South Florida living. … I’m also thankful to have a rewarding career that enables me to focus on quality in every aspect, and requires creativity and constant evolution.”

—ANDY COHEN, MANAGING PARTNER, E&M CULINARY & EVENTS

4 Opening the windows. At last. 5 Watching football and eating boiled peanuts

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21 Style Watch Is there really a fall in South Florida? Most natives pick up on it, but the great majority of transplants, especially you New Yorkers, find the lack of seasonal change jarring—especially when it comes to our wardrobes. Here’s how to spruce up your wardrobe (without breaking a sweat!) with this Fall 2018 trend forecast.

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Denim (Still) Rules A trend transitioning from summer to fall, chambray will continue to offer lightweight, effortless style for South Floridians.

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Designer doughnuts are blowing up

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In Living Color

Florals

The blues are always a go-to color in South Florida for fall, easily dressed up, down and embellished. Mustard yellows and pops of bright yellow are big this fall and can be easily accessorized.

Sweet, dainty, floral dresses are still making a big statement. Don’t be afraid to mix and match prints with florals and different fabrics.

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—Lindsey Swing, LLScene

Forbes calls it an “urban food craze.” Social media is obsessed with it. The gourmet doughnut is taking Boca and Delray by storm, and we hear brides are even choosing doughnut towers over wedding cakes. We are not sure how many local doughnut shops have sprouted up, or how many pounds they have collectively contributed to the population, but here are three we like: DOUGHBOY, 126 N.E. Second Ave., Boca Raton, 561/617-1887 We have one word for you—Donutella—which needs no introduction. Or Ninja’s Pick, with Reese’s Pieces.

Dair by Odair Pereira

DUCK DONUTS, 5030 Champion Blvd., Boca Raton, 561/334-2115 This shop offers the wildly popular maple icing with bacon combo, and a s’mores option.

Silky and Sleek

Pops of Purses

Don’t be afraid to implement silk into your wardrobe this fall. This light fabric complements the warm weather, and designers have finally figured out a silk that can absorb moisture if that South Florida weather gets the best of us.

All of these fabulous outfits need the perfect purse to accessorize your look, and these styles come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Asymmetrical and circular purses will be huge.

DOUGHNUT WORKS, 301 W. Atlantic Blvd., Delray Beach, 561/808-7122 This shop offers more than 30 flavors including French Toast, Salted Caramel and Cotton Candy.

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Simple Minds “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” WHEN: Nov. 8-25 WHERE: Broward

Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale COST: $50-$60 CONTACT: 954/4620222, browardcenter.org This rock ‘n’ roll musical from Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell is one of off-Broadway’s legendary success stories. “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” bent genders before many people knew they were malleable. With a cast of two, and fusing bawdy humor with affecting social commentary, “Hedwig” plays like a stylized musical memoir from a dynamic diva, born Hansel on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall, who undergoes a mangled sex-change operation, winds up in America and fronts a glam-rock band. The details are more complicated than this Readers Digest summary, but for adventurous theatergoers, that should be all you need to know.

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WHEN: Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Fillmore, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach COST: $42.50-$60 CONTACT: 305/673-7300, livenation.com

For casual American music fans, their knowledge of Simple Minds begins and ends with Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez and high school detention. Though it only played during the closing credits of “The Breakfast Club,”Simple Minds’ hit“Don’t You (Forget About Me),”became as culturally iconic as the movie. The top-charting single, a brooding, earnest dispatch from the Me Decade, is a definitional New Wave time capsule: That Pavlovian “Hey, hey, hey, hey!”of its opening bars instantly conjures big hair and parachute pants. But as the band’s hardcore fan base knows, Simple Minds has released 19 albums and has sold 70 million copies of them—in the group’s native U.K., it is hardly a one-hit wonder. The keyboard- and guitar-driven neo-romantics are back playing the theaters they toured in their peak, continuing to earn laudatory comparisons to U2, David Bowie and Roxy Music.

“La Bohème” WHEN: Nov. 3-11 WHERE: Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne

Blvd., Miami COST: From $216 CONTACT: 305/949-6722, arshtcenter.org Contrary to popular belief, the word“bohemian”did not derive from Puccini’s opera “La Bohème.”But this endlessly produced work remains the benchmark expression of bohemianism in all of the performing arts. Exploring youthful love in Paris in the mid19th century,“La Boheme”features a poet, painter, singer, musician, philosopher and seamstress, struggling to find themselves and each other in a period of bustling, libidinous creativity. Contemporary audiences are probably more familiar with“Rent,” Jonathan Larsen’s 1996 theatrical remake of“La Bohème,”than they are the original, so this production by Florida Grand Opera presents a golden opportunity to enjoy those glorious arias for the first time.

“Imagining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State” WHEN: Nov. 13-March 24 WHERE: Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza

A work by Steven Dohanos immortalizing the Barefoot Mailman

Real, Boca Raton COST: $10-$12 CONTACT: 561/392-2500, bocamuseum.org Before Florida teemed with high-rises, theme parks and five-star restaurants, it was a place where naturalists flocked, myths were made, and alligators roamed wherever the hell they wanted (OK, so that part hasn’t changed.)“Imagining Florida”captures images from the Sunshine State’s rich past, showcasing more than 200 works from the 18th and 19th centuries all the way to Garry Winogrand’s 1969 photograph of the Apollo 11 Moon Launch at Cape Kennedy. As the exhibition reveals, John James Audubon, Winslow Homer, Louis Comfort Tiffany, John Singer Sargent, William Glackens and many more A-list artists lived or visited here, and their visions helped solidify Florida’s sense of place.

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I was so gratified by the fact that other people saw the benefits of the Boundless Dreams Playground. It wasn’t just me who saw what good potential it had to make an impact on the community.” —Ava Goldstone

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Boundless Dreams

Young philanthropist helps create a playground for children of all abilities Written by EMILY CHAIET

t’s late June, and Ava Goldstone stands at the ribbon-cutting ceremony to open up the Boundless Dreams Playground, a barrier-free play area at Robert P. Miller Park in Delray. With a swing made for kids in wheelchairs, sensory panels on the playset walls, and a butterfly garden (added just for fun, Goldstone says), the playground is a godsend for children with disabilities living in Palm Beach County. Goldstone, an 18-year-old Boca Raton native, helped create this space. She is finally seeing the fruit of her labors as she looks over and sees a young boy, unable to walk without a rolling device, climbing up a playground ramp. “He wouldn’t have been able to play in the old playground,”Goldstone says.“I can’t even explain in words how beautiful and inspiring it is to see him play, and the smile on his face.” Goldstone’s efforts to make this Boundless Dream a reality led her to be named the 2018 CARTER Outstanding

Youth in Philanthropy Individual, an international award bestowed on a young person who demonstrates outstanding civic and charitable responsibility. Goldstone always loved working with kids, and she first began working with children of different abilities in ninth grade through the Friendship Circle, a nonprofit dedicated to giving individuals with special needs support, friendship and inclusion. After attending a baseball game, Goldstone began participating in the Miracle League, which provides opportunities for all children to play baseball regardless of their abilities. After every game, she began to notice that many of the kids could not enjoy the playground next to the field. The Miracle League had begun a project to create a playground that could be used by all children, and Goldstone wanted to get involved. She spoke to Miracle League coach and co-founder Julia Kadel about what could be done and how they could get funding for this project.

Goldstone decided to take matters into her own hands and researched ways that she could reach her personal fundraising goal of $210,000. Online, she discovered the Philanthropy Tank, which funds student initiatives to help the community. As she was pitching her idea, she brought one of her “buddies”from the Miracle League, a young boy who uses a wheelchair, to show the audience who they could be helping. “I had invited one of the players from the Miracle League to come join me for my pitch,” she says.“Just when I thought my nerves were going to get the best of me, he looked up to me and gave me the biggest smile ever, and it was just so bright and beautiful, and he put me at ease.” To her surprise, the Boundless Dreams Playground project was awarded the top grant of $15,000. Two philanthropists in the audience were so inspired that they each gave Goldstone a grant, together

totaling $40,000. “I was so gratified by the fact that other people saw the benefits of the Boundless Dreams Playground,” she says. “It wasn’t just me who saw what good potential it had to make an impact on the community.” Through mini golf events, grant writing and more, Goldstone finally reached her fundraising goal. After two years of work, the playground hosted its ribbon-cutting ceremony this past summer. When Goldstone attends Washington University in St. Louis this fall, she hopes to continue to immerse herself in civic engagement. Her first step? To get involved in the St. Louis chapter of Miracle League. “I felt that I was giving a voice to something that wasn’t really being paid attention to, and hopefully improved the lives of kids with special needs just a little bit,” she says.“I have seen how a community can benefit from a project like this, and I hope this is just the first of many.”

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Shelter from the Storm Holy Ground provides support for homeless, pregnant and/or parenting young women Written by EMILY CHAIET

It’s all about the mother and the child and how we can make their lives better. There is not a judgment call here.” —Jan Kranich

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an Kranich, vice president of Holy Ground Shelter in Riviera Beach, gazes at the photographs of young women and their children hanging on the wall of the shelter’s common room. One of these mothers is on the dean’s list, one has a job at Jupiter Medical Center, and one has two kids in their school’s advanced program. But these women’s lives didn’t start out this way. Before joining the Holy Ground Shelter’s program, these mothers were homeless, some abused and neglected. Holy Ground provided them and their children with an apartment, vocational and educational help and a community where they could receive support. “These girls have been really put down,” Kranich says.“Their worlds have been really small.” Kranich, too, had a different life before the Holy Ground Shelter, managing stores on Worth Avenue for 25 years. When her store, Emanuel Ungaro, closed in 2008, she left her wealthy clientele to work for a homeless shelter for women in need. After retiring from retail altogether, Kranich attended a meeting about the homelessness problem led by Father Seamus Murtagh, pastor of St. Ann’s Catholic Church. At the time, the pregnancy rate was high, and there

was nowhere for young mothers to go. Father Seamus created and named the organization Holy Ground because he believed that when you stand in front of a homeless person, you are standing on holy ground. Despite being founded by a pastor, Holy Ground’s roots in faith do not influence the organization or how the women are treated. “It’s all about the mother and the child and how we can make their lives better,” Kranich says.“There is not a judgment call here.” Unlike other shelters, Holy Ground allows the women to stay as long as they need to; most stay an average of four years. During their stay, even if they are in school, they are required to work 25 hours a week. They are also required to sign a behavior contract stating they will stick to their curfew, among other stipulations. In return, they receive a furnished apartment, education, career counseling, life skills training and even field trips. After time, Kranich says, “You see them develop as adults and make better decisions in their lives, and you see their kids develop in a proper way. It’s amazing to see what changes come about if you surround them with this kind of help.” For more information visit holygroundpbc.org.

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This is how far we’ll go to get afib patients off blood thinners.

1/5 of an inch

It’s called the left atrial appendage. For patients with atrial fibrillation, it can become a reservoir where blood clots form, migrate and cause stroke or other serious problems. That’s why afib patients require blood thinners that, while effective, can impact quality of life. What if you could eliminate that appendage and thus eliminate the need for blood thinners? At Boca Raton Regional Hospital, we can. Boca Regional’s Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, Richard Cartledge, MD, FACS, is one of a select group of surgeons nationally to be performing ultra-minimally invasive ligation of the left atrial appendage. Using two microscopic incisions, he seals off the appendage and closes it from circulation so clots no longer can be formed in the structure. It is then reabsorbed by the body. No left atrial appendage. No risk of forming clots. No need for blood thinners. And Dr. Cartledge does the procedure using incisions that are 1/5 of an inch compared to traditional minimally invasive openings of 2.5 inches. That means most patients require only over-the-counter pain medication, require no post-operative chest tube and can go home the next day. Ultra-Minimally Invasive Left Atrial Ligation at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. For afib patients, it’s where 1/5 of an inch can change their lives.

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t was art that brought Andy Hirst back from the brink. That, and five grueling weeks in a rehab facility. In 2016, Hirst, who had long suffered from depression—and drug and alcohol addiction to manage the depression—tried to take his own life. The attempt was, he admits, “half-assed.”But it was enough to prompt him to seek treatment. He expected the rose-colored celebrity version of rehab, petting horses and singing kumbaya on Malibu beachfront. This wasn’t that. “I felt like I was in prison for five weeks,” he recalls.“There’s no Internet, no phone, no TV. They tell you when to get up, when to shower, when to eat, they keep you busy all day with therapy and meetings and nutrition and yoga, and you’ve got to be in bed by 9 o’clock, and share a little room with another guy. I thought, I’m not going through this shit for nothing. I needed it, because I’d been trying to stop for the longest time. More to the point, my art got a whole lot more meaningful. “There’s that misconception that if you’re messed up on drugs or if you’re drunk, you’re more creative, and you

tap into a different energy,”he adds.“I think that’s a total fallacy. I’m a lot more creative, a lot more productive, a lot more tuned in now that I’ve got my faculties about me. It’s no coincidence that I’ve been clean for two years and two months, and the art’s just taken off.” Hirst more than once described art as his “savior,”helping him stay sober during the first rough year out of rehab. This is especially true of his recent foray into collage portraits, each face comprised of thousands of magazine clippings painstakingly contoured to fit the subject, like homemade jigsaw pieces. Words and phrases that describe the person, also upcycled from magazines, float around them on the canvas. He’s collaged people he admires—Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali, the Dalai Lama—as well as colleagues and commissions. On the day of my visit to his home studio in a Fort Lauderdale condominium, he was still tinkering with a collage of Christine Lynn, with accurate verbiage (“philanthropy,”“generous,”“community”) swimming around and beneath her shock of raven-black hair. Hirst’s connection

to Lynn University is longstanding. A native of England’s Newcastle upon Tyne, he emigrated to the U.S. in 2002 on a Lynn soccer scholarship. After graduating, he took a job as a production coordinator in its College of Communication and Design, where he’s been employed for the past 11 years. But his artistic practice is beginning to supersede his 9-to-5 job. Based solely on word of mouth, he’s taken on commissions for clients such as Hublot, Bomberg Watches, Prestige Realty Group and the Lost Weekend bar in West Palm Beach. “I’ve not even priced anything,” he says.“I just get offered money, and it’s always more than I thought I was going to get. “I want to do this full-time,” he adds. “I’ve just got to make that leap of faith. People have that attitude where, ‘I’ll do it if this happens, or I’ll do it down the road,’ and it never happens. I just feel alive, and I feel like I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do. “I want to get the message across that you can turn your life around. I’m 40, and it’s never too late. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.”

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People have that attitude where, ‘I’ll do it if this happens, or I’ll do it down the road,’ and it never happens. I just feel alive, and I feel like I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do. “

Andy Hirst’s collage portraits have helped him survive his darkest days

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CHANEL pearl heel, $1,450, Neiman Marcus RENE CAOVILLA boot, $1,295, Neiman Marcus STEVE MADDEN bag, $68, Lord & Taylor BALENCIAGA flat, $1,090, Neiman Marcus

Sparklers ‘Tis the season for dancing queens and glitzy party shoes

Dress Code Wardrobe Stylist JENNA DEBRINO/ HOT PINK STYLE

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Old School Plaid is back, in everything from shoes to jackets to little clutches FENDI purse, $2,290, Neiman Marcus LORD & TAYLOR plaid flats, $89, Lord & Taylor ALC blazer, $595, Neiman Marcus

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TOM FORD fur purse, $1,850, Neiman Marcus YSL croc purse, $2,190, Neiman Marcus Black eel bag, $495, Bella Di Sole KURT GEIGER tweed bag, $185, Lord & Taylor

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Booty Call Don’t overlook the sexy little shoe that’s taking over winter this year

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DRINK

Mythbusters: Kombucha Edition!

Deconstructing the favorite beverage of hippies and hipsters alike Written by CHRISTIANA LILLY

WHERE TO GO

Did we convince you to try kombucha? Check out these local spots for a sip: NOBO BREWING CO. Along with beers, you can get fresh kombucha brewed by Non-Prophet Brewing—try the raspberry-lime ginger. 2901 N.W. Commerce Park Drive, Boynton Beach; 561/320-1522; nobobrewing.com SUBCULTURE COFFEE If you’re not looking for caffeine here, try both bottled and ontap kombucha made by Farm Boy Organic, Non-Prophet Brewing and Kombulicious. 20 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; 561/2901809; subculturecoffee.com

CITY OYSTER New on the menu at this restaurant are kombucha cocktails! Head to bocamag.com/ december-2018 to read more about it. 213 E. Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach; 561/272-0220; cityoysterdelray. com

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rom health food stores to our favorite chain grocery stores, kombucha seems to be the drink of choice for the health-conscious. It’s served up in glass bottles in a variety of flavors, but we had one question: What the heck is kombucha? Boca mag embarked on a quest to discover the secrets of this mystery drink, and we busted some myths along the way: WHAT THEY SAY… It’s a mystical stew made under a blue moon with wolfberry extract. ACTUALLY… It’s fermented, sugar-sweetened tea using SCOBY—a“symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.” You can find it in grocery stores (where all mystical stews are sold) as well as at local brewers Non-Prophet Brewing in Boynton Beach or Kombulicious in Oakland Park. WHAT THEY SAY… Lushes love it because it has alcohol in it. ACTUALLY… You can buy it on a Sunday morning in the driest county as you pick up orange juice for breakfast. Because of the fermentation process, it naturally creates minute levels of alcohol, but some companies do sell alcoholic kombucha. Add it to your next party shopping list. WHAT THEY SAY… It cures cancer, psoriasis and the hiccups. ACTUALLY… Wait, has the American Medical Association been notified?! Again, if you can buy it at the grocery store next to the orange juice, it’s probably not going to cure cancer.

There haven’t been serious scientific studies looking into the health benefits that many claim kombucha to have, but the probiotics—good bacteria that do wonders for your digestive system—are the draw for me, health-wise. WHAT THEY SAY… Kombucha was created three years ago by a health nut who accidentally left his Earl Grey tea out on his counter too long. ACTUALLY… Its origins can be traced back to Far East Asia about 2,000 years ago, around the time the Chinese were also inventing fireworks. Coincidence? WHAT THEY SAY… Only yoga instructors and shamans drink it. ACTUALLY… Maybe, but didn’t Gandhi say to be the change you wish to see in the world? WHAT THEY SAY… It tastes like dirt. ACTUALLY… Then apparently I like dirt. The taste doesn’t seem to be for everyone—while I enjoy mango or hibiscus ginger kombucha on days I want to feel like I always make great life decisions, friends of mine have said it tastes like vinegar, not fizzy juice. However, kombucha sales are around $600 million a year, so it can’t taste that bad. WHAT THEY SAY... “Kombucha”is Sanskrit for“elixir of the mountain gods.” ACTUALLY… Well, we don’t really know what it means. Stayed tuned, kids.

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43 Happy Hannukuh! Two chefs show the delicious side of the Festival of Lights Written by MARIE SPEED

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WE ASKED LISABET SUMMA, co-owner and executive culinary director of Big Time Restaurant Group (which owns Louie Bossi’s, City Oyster, Rocco’s Tacos, among others) and Mazie’s super chef Eric Baker to take a walk down memory lane and whip up a few favorite Hannukah dishes. Lisabet Summa’s Aunt Linda, who had converted to Judaism upon her marriage, introduced her to noodle kugel and she loved it. ✦ “My aunt tops her kugel with cornflakes, but I like the crunch of the noodles. I may be a shiksa, but this is a delicious dish! There are so many great dishes during the Jewish holidays that anyone could enjoy them, no matter what their religion. ✦ Chef Eric Baker says his recipe for brisket is directly related to his early decision to become a chef, after year after year watching the holiday cooks overcook the meat. ✦ “This frustrating scene gave me that added incentive to become a chef,”he says.“With an aim to try and break this cycle, ridding the Jewish world of overdone brisket. Hopefully those reading will follow my recipe and stick to its guidelines.”

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hen discussing my affection for karaoke, I’ve met people for whom the prospect of singing in public is akin to skydiving above Everest. But as I tell them, the audience doesn’t care if your key is off or you’re a beat behind or you’re singing too far from the mic, because they’re probably more interested in the wings and the TV than on the entertainment. But karaoke in front of a live band? OK, you can be little petrified about that: With guitar, bass and drums shredding and thwacking around you, the experience is loud enough to command everybody’s attention, and as the lead vocalist, you are the linchpin of the band. Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, on the grounds of Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, is one of the few venues in South Florida that offers this opportunity, courtesy of the respected cover band Havoc 305. The group’s song list for“Rockstar Karaoke”is impressively deep, from Buffett (natch) to Rage Against the Machine, from Neil Diamond to Outkast. I visited the three-year-old beachfront

venue, vocal cords primed, for this debut entry in Boca magazine’s new section,“Try It—You’ll Like It!” For any singer waiting in the wings, the night began on an intimidating note, with the leadoff vocalist sounding like a professional member of the band: His flawless take on the Beatles’ challenging “Oh! Darling”inspired slow dancing from three couples in attendance. On “The Voice,”he might have turned a chair or two. I kind of hated him. But as the night wore on, and the Angry Orchard hard cider mellowed my inhibitions, I realized there was, actually, nothing to fear. The lineup of singers to follow included a spirited longhair in a tie-dyed shirt who fittingly belted “Summer of ’69,”a girl half as tall as the microphone stand who gamely conveyed Taylor Swift’s advice to “Shake it Off,”and a spry oldster who performed a nebulous approximation of “I Love Rock and Roll.”A group of youngsters took the stage but were too shy to sing anything, turning a vocal track of unknown provenance into an instrumental. I was going to be fine. My selection was Green Day’s

“Brain Stew,” a sledgehammer rocker from the ‘90s about a tortured insomniac. (The band seemed surprised by the choice; I always go with the songs nobody else selects.) Just as in traditional karaoke, the lyrics scrolled across a generously sized flat-screen at the foot of the stage. Where it departs from the norm is in the sheer, adrenalizing loudness of it all—I could barely hear my own vocals—and the illusion that three other guys are depending on you to captain the ship of song. The fact is, it’s their job to make you look and sound good, not the other way around; if you’re ahead or behind, or singing harmony instead of lead, they tailor the music accordingly and contribute backing vocals when appropriate. After completing the three minutes of head-banging punk angst, I felt cleansed, my nerves no longer jangling. It was the most exhilarating karaoke experience imaginable. In the bathroom after my performance, a stranger said, “hey, good job up there.” Ah, to be the frontman—I could get used to this.

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47 The Vegas of the Bahamas It’s not your grandma’s Nassau anymore; check into the big time at Baha Mar Written By MARIE SPEED

dimly remember as a kid the words“Nassau”and“straw market”used in the same breath. Later, it was a stop for most local cruise ships. And then Sol Kerzner and Atlantis began a trajectory in 1994 of high-end resort growth that has reinvigorated tourism on the island of New Providence and raised the bar for luxury and innovation.The latest contender in this sea change is Baha Mar, a huge resort development that opened in April 2017 with the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar; Baha Mar Casino (the largest in the Bahamas); the Royal Blue Golf Club; the Baha Mar Convention, Arts & Entertainment Center; a score of high-end restaurants; a spa; the works. (In fact, there is even an offshore private island, Long Cay, that you can rent out for private events—find that in your typical beach resort!) Now there is also the sleek new SLS Baha Mar hotel, and the king daddy of luxury hotels in the collection, the Rosewood Baha Mar, which opened this past summer.

Baha Mar is big. And it’s lavish. And it’s a little over-the-top Vegas. The SLS has a much more sophisticated contemporary vibe, and the Rosewood is far more exclusive and genteel. The Baha Mar property has five pools, including one with “rain beds”you can activate when you need a splashy cool-down and the swim-up H2O bar we loved. There is another that is a charming “beach sanctuary”with wading “tidal pools”and the opportunity to interact with marine life. The pools and the beach fronting that sweeping turquoise sparkle of an ocean enjoy proximity to colorful food stands and bars. But that’s not where we decided to spend our calories. We went for it. Fine dining is one of the hallmarks of Baha Mar. Master Chef Katsuya Uechi’s polished Katsuya is a property star, as is Cleo, a Mediterranean tapas bar with game changers like a decadent lamb shawarma, harissa tuna tartare, lebaneh and feta. Rock star Miami Chef Michael Schwartz has Fi’lia, and the fancy Shuang Ba

offers Chinese cuisine in a dropdead gorgeous space. But there’s more (Baha Mar should be named Baha More) with the crazy Regatta brunch buffet, for starters. But the beating heart of Baha Mar is still the casino, and this one does not disappoint. This sprawling, shimmery room is a dazzler, with obligatory banks of blazing slots, the ultra-private high-stake gaming rooms, cocktail servers in glittery dresses. During our visit, the tables were packed, the Blue Note Lounge next door was hopping, and time stood still. Me? I’m not much of a gambler, although I like the bright lights. I did take a spin through Nassau, and although I could see spending a day wandering the West Hill neighborhood or nabbing some scorched conch from a stand at Lettie’s Cay dock, once you’ve seen the bright lights, you find yourself drawn back to the big time. And that’s what Baha Mar is: big, bold, flashy and fun. And only 55 minutes away.

Above, kids interacting with sea life in one of the “tidal pools,” a Baha Mar daiquiri and conch salad from the Conch Shack; left, one of the property’s five dazzling pools; opposite, Baha Mar is larger than life.

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What: In the inaugural Boca Chats fireside chat hosted by Boca magazine, editor Marie Speed led a conversation with City Watch reporter Randy Schultz. The veteran reporter discussed the state of American media, his journalism career, his twice-weekly City Watch column and the importance of community news. Prior to the chat, more than 60 guests mingled, explored the museum, and enjoyed light bites and drinks from the Gourmet Market. Where: Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum 3

1. Randy Schultz speaks to the crowd 2. Barbara Cambia, Joyce Shelfo, Marie Speed and Barbara Cambia 3. Mary Csar and Sarah Flynn 4. Marie Speed led the conversation with Randy Schultz 5. Guests received copies of the September 2018 issue of Boca magazine, which included a large feature by Randy Schultz 6. More than 60 people attended the inaugural Boca Chats 7. Elle Zhang and Fei Goldman

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A Lilly Picnic What: More than 700 shoppers enjoyed an afternoon of retail therapy for a cause. Boca magazine partnered with popular apparel brand Lilly Pulitzer to close out the summer, with 10 percent of purchases donated to the Chris Evert Foundation. For the afternoon, guests browsed the store’s watercolor-inspired clothing and bold accessories, enjoyed drinks from Enchanted Rock Vodka and Tsamma Juice and delicious appetizers and desserts by Bazille and Proper Ice Cream, and entered to win a bicycle from Conte’s Bike Shop. With purchases, shoppers were also gifted a pair of tickets to the Chris Evert Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic in November. Where: Lilly Pulitzer at Town Center mall 8

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Banking on It Teamwork is more than just a word to this executive Written by GARY GREENBERG

A “It’s like being a coach. I always tell people that, with respect to what I do, I probably learned more value in the locker room than the classroom.” —Tony Coley

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S a kid, Tony Coley never dreamed of becoming a banker. “I wanted to be a truck driver, because that’s what my father did,” says Coley, who’s now the South Florida region president for Branch Baking and Trust Company, better known as BB&T. “I also dreamed of athletic success. When I was little, I used to carry a football around with me wherever I went.” He found that success, growing into a 6-foot2, 235-pound linebacker for the University of Miami. Coley played in two national championship games, but lost to Alabama in the 1993 Sugar Bowl, and to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl two years later.“We had the top-ranked team in ’92,” he recalls.“But being in New Orleans for New Year’s Eve was too much fun. It’s probably why we lost the game. We stayed right at the end of Bourbon Street while the Alabama team stayed in Mississippi.” His dreams of playing pro ball didn’t pan out, but Coley was an academic All-American who combined his classroom smarts and athletic experience to make his mark in the field of banking. He learned leadership and teamplay skills from football, and Barnett Bank hired him out of a career fair at the university. He went into a management training program and never looked back. In 2009, he landed at BB&T, and clicked with a company culture that focused on both its clients and employees. “BB&T is very mission-based in helping our clients achieve economic success and financial security,” he says.“Our associates are also very important to us. We want to make sure that they grow and feel fulfilled in their work.” It may come as no surprise that Coley, who served as the Hurricanes’ team captain in a rotating system, is a strong leader who has a knack for turning around underperforming teams within the banking industry. “For me, it’s like being a coach,” he says.“I always tell people that, with respect to what I do, I probably learned more value in the locker room than the classroom.” He rattles off some of the things that football taught him: “discipline, great work ethic, surrounding yourself with the right teammates, pushing yourself through adversity, being resilient. … This is what people on successful teams do, and I apply that in the business arena.” ››

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›› Coley also gets around, endlessly networking and serving on several boards in the South Florida community, including OneBlood, Jack & Jill Children’s Center, Miami-Dade Beacon Council and, most recently, the Orange Bowl Committee. So now the football-carrying kid from Miami’s hardscrabble Carol City is sitting in a 21st-story corner office in downtown Fort Lauderdale with a view that stretches all the way to the ocean. Coley, who spent five years

running BB&T’s Central Florida Region from Orlando, is glad to be back in South Florida, close to family and the beach.“I could pretty much walk to the ocean from here … at least on a cool day,” he says. After moving from Central Florida in 2016, Coley and his wife Tona, a charter school principal, made their home in Fort Lauderdale. But they’re settling down in a new house in West Boca Raton. Meanwhile, their 22-year-old daughter is a senior

at Tulane University in New Orleans, on a soccer scholarship. “She’s a high-level athlete,” he says proudly. But his heart clearly belongs to the other kind of football. “The sport ... provides opportunity for folks like me, who might not have even gone to college without a football scholarship,” he says.“It also helped me to develop a heathy competitiveness and winning attitude, two things that set me apart in my career.”

From Bag Boy to Boss Inside Marc Taubenkimel’s supermarket success story Written by GARY GREENBERG

M 791 Publix stores in Florida, which is more than in any other state.

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arc Taubenkimel started bagging groceries at Publix when he was 14 years old. He’s now 51 and still at Publix, serving as the store manager of the supermarket in the Garden Shops at Boca. “I just worked my way up through the ranks,” says Taubenkimel, who’s worked at 11 Publix stores in Palm Beach and Broward counties.“I had several mentors who taught me how to work hard, focus on customer service and follow the rules.” He attended Broward College with plans to go into accounting, but Publix was too good of a deal to pass up.“I owe a lot to our founder, George Jenkins,” says Taubenkimel.“We’re the largest employee-owned company in the United States, and the way he set it up gives everybody an opportunity to be successful.” As store manager, Taubenkimel is responsible for all aspects of the business. But he has help keeping the shelves properly stocked by a hightech automated replenishment system.“In the old days we ordered based on sales but had to guess at it,”he says.“This system is much more accurate.” A married father of two daughters, Taubenkimel cherishes the time he’s had to spend with his family as well bass fishing outings in the Everglades with his wife. “I love my job,” he says.“It’s a great business, because everybody’s got to eat. And when I hire a 14-year-old front service clerk, I know he’s going to have the same opportunity to succeed that I had.”

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Love, Hope and Charity

One of Boca’s leading civic volunteers doesn’t let Stage IV cancer control her life Written by GARY GREENBERG

“When I was diagnosed with cancer at 34, I decided to take it head-on and be open about it. If we talk more, we learn more.” —Kirsten Stanley

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he irony in Kirsten Stanley’s life is that she has a passion for helping others, but no one can help her. She’s been fighting Stage IV breast cancer for years, and the prognosis is bleak. “It’s not living with the diagnosis that’s the hardest thing; it’s the treatment,” she says. “I have to go for chemo every three weeks and sit in that facility for hours, all the while knowing there is no endpoint. The endpoint is my death.” Still, that hasn’t stopped the 42-year-old past president of the Junior League of Boca Raton from living a full life, and serving others. She has a relatively new charity gig as president of Impact 100 Palm Beach County to go along with a full-time job as director of operations of Tammy Fender Holistic Skincare in West Palm Beach, and pastimes including horseback riding and tennis. “For me, it’s a way to maintain empathy and a sense of perspective,” Stanley says of her charity work.“I’m very lucky in that I have a tremendously supportive husband and access to resources. But I’m never going to be able to have children and many other things. So going out and being part of the community is helpful to me.

It allows me to step away from my own concerns.” While still active with the Junior League, Stanley is currently helming Impact 100. The women-run nonprofit solicits $1,000 donations from individuals and lumps them into $100,000 grants to organizations in need. For the past couple of years, the nonprofit has amassed enough to award grants to five organizations, including Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, the Delray Beach Community Garden Program, and Place of Hope, which provides foster care and other services for children. “I’m a native of Palm Beach County, and although I wouldn’t say my knowledge of the area is limited, when you look through these grant applications, you get a completely different understanding of the needs, and how we’re working to fill those needs within the community,”she says.“It’s very rewarding.” Meanwhile, Stanley is even willing to use her misfortune to benefit others. “I’m a very private person, but when I was diagnosed with cancer at 34, I decided to take it head-on and be open about it,”she says. “If we talk more, we learn more. And something I’ve learned along the way may make a difference for someone else.”

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boca raton innovation campus (bric) ON THE JOB For 17 years, Danielle Vennett had been working as a commercial real estate broker in South Florida when she met the previous owners operating the 1.7 million square foot office complex that once housed the genius minds of IBM and bought us the personal computer. Vennett joined the ownership in 2015, passionate about the property’s past and potential future. She rebranded the office park as the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) to represent the property’s strong foundation. Now serving as its General Manager, she is responsible for overseeing the operations, community relations, and renovations taking place under Crocker Partners—who acquired the property earlier this year.

REASON TO GO Crocker Partners is focused on adding innovative, convenient amenities on campus during BRIC’s rebirth as a forwardthinking science and technology hub. The future plans include a STEM lab, wellness center, concierge service, food hall, indoor bike lockers, fitness studios, and state-ofthe-art presentation hall. BRIC intends to host community events, coding camps, and a robust program schedule organized by its Programming Board, comprised of influential leaders in the community.

HOW TO FIND THEM 4920 Conference Way N., Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-997-1111 dvennett@crockerpartners.com www.workatbric.com WHEN TO GO 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS BRIC is a one-of-a-kind office park designed to meet the needs of local, regional, and national headquarters and innovative companies. Home to major tenants like Modernizing Medicine and Bluegreen Vacations Corporation, the campus includes one million square feet of single-story office space and 700,000 square feet of office space in a three-story building. CLAIM TO FAME BRIC is the largest single-building office complex in the state, all accessible through connected corridors. The office space is efficient and scalable, providing flexibility for growing businesses, and its generator backup can maintain power throughout campus for up to 13 days, supporting mission-critical organizations.

There is truly nowhere else in Florida where you can find a secure, efficient, forward thinking office park that provides first class amenities to both its tenants and community.

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Jennifer M. Jolly, CCM boca grove golf & tennis club ON THE JOB Before she got into the club business, Jennifer Jolly was a software developer who eventually started her own software company. A packaging engineer who earned a dual degree in marketing and engineering from Michigan State University, Jolly sold her company in 2002 and began her career in the club business as the membership director of Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club in Palm City. After stops at country clubs throughout the state, Jolly earned her certified club manager designation in 2010. At Boca Grove, she’s responsible for marketing and developing membership. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Boca Grove is a South Florida golf and tennis club with a boutique luxury lifestyle. A 444-home community, with just 74 residences in multifamily units, Boca Grove features a Jim Fazio-designed 18-hole golf course and 11 HarTru tennis courts, plus an imported Italian red clay stadium court. The community hosted the Quadel Seniors Classic from 1983 to 1985 and was the location of golf great Gary Player’s first American home.

recently started “Glimpse of the Grove,” a program that offers prospective residents use of the club facilities for three days. REASON TO GO The community recently completed major renovations to its facilities, including a complete revamping of its clubhouse. With indoor and outdoor dining, the dining room features an open kitchen and is adjacent to a new sports bar, Chippers, which opened in March. The community also added a new tennis building as well as pickleball courts. HOW TO FIND THEM 21351 Whitaker Dr., Boca Raton, FL 33433 561-487-5300 ext. 186 jjolly@bocagrove.org www.bocagrove.org

WHEN TO GO Hours by appointment only

Boca Grove is a little slice of paradise in the middle of what has become a thriving metropolis. Here you can escape from the hustle and bustle of life.

CLAIM TO FAME Boca Grove recently began accepting a limited number of non-resident golf memberships — and is also opening its facilities to non-resident groups for a limited number of events. In addition, Boca Grove

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old bahama bay & yacht harbour ON THE JOB A financial adviser and accounting professional, Sergio Nativi was helping the owners of Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour as clients when they asked him to become executive director of the resort almost two years ago. Working closely with a CFO James Culmer and resort manager Jackie Carroll, Executive Director, Nativi has helped to reinvigorate Old Bahama Bay’s culture with an enhanced focus on an outstanding guest experience while also bringing a fresh approach to overall operations. TAKING CARE OF BELOVED GUESTS Located in West End on Grand Bahama Island, Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour is a world-class resort, which aims to please with a full-service marina, two restaurants, spa, private beach and pool. The private airstrip is accessible by

charter or private aircraft with customs and immigration facilities on site, making it the closest port of entry to Florida in the Bahamas. Just 56 miles due east of West Palm Beach, the resort has 72 units—including four two-bedroom suites—all with an ocean views. In addition, there are 62 slips available (water/electrical optional) at the marina, which can accommodate vessels up to 120 feet. CLAIM TO FAME The location is just 26 miles west of Freeport, which makes Old Bahama Bay close to everything but far enough away from traffic and congestion to presreve it’s out-island feel. The resort provides easy access to an outstanding array of activities, including paddle boarding, snorkeling, kayaking as well as children’s activities. Several excursions, including deep sea fishing and SCUBA, are also available.

REASON TO GO The resort recently announced Grande Harbour at Old Bahama Bay, which is expected to open within the next two years. The expansion site is located adjacent to the existing resort, Grande Harbour at Old Bahama Bay, will include 439 units as well as 78 additional boat slips, all available for purchase, and a 7,000 square-foot conference center, pools, amphitheater and much more. HOW TO FIND THEM Bayshore Road West End, Grand Bahama Island, BS 954-763-6382 sales@oldbahamabayresorts.com www.oldbahamabayresorts.com www.grandeharbour.com

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Rose Glamoclija, R.N. boca nursing services, inc. ON THE JOB Rose Glamoclija founded Boca Nursing Services in 1993 while working as a private nurse. She recognized a need for an agency that provided the personalized level of care she believes every patient needs and deserves. With over 35 years of nursing experience, Glamoclija makes a point to get to know her patients personally and hand-selects members of the Boca Nursing Services team.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Boca Nursing Services, a family-operated, private-duty home-health agency, offers concierge nursing services through carefully and thoroughly screened care managers, RNs, LPNs, CNAs, aides and therapists. Boca Nursing Services also offers a care-management program to help reduce the time, stress and additional costs of caring for an older adult, as well as a medication-management program. “We’re a one-stop shop,” Glamoclija says. CLAIM TO FAME At Boca Nursing Services, personalized service is more than just a phrase, it is the foundation on which the business is built. Each patient’s requirements are carefully evaluated, and a tailored care plan is then developed to address the specific needs of clients and their families. With its focus on details and the understanding that every patient is unique, Boca Nursing Services provides peace of mind to family members who can have confidence their loved one is receiving the highest quality of care. “Our patients are like family to me and we treat them with love, concern and, most of all, respect,” Glamoclija said.

REASON TO CALL Boca Nursing Services provides personalized care to patients in the comfort of their own homes, in a hospital room or during short-term rehabilitation center stays as well as to residents in assisted-living facilities. Boca Nursing Services also offers a medication-management program that includes weekly, biweekly or monthly skilled-nursing visits designed to help clients take medications properly and complication free. HOW TO FIND THEM 342 E. Palmetto Park Rd. Suites 1 and 2 Boca Raton, FL 33432 561/347-7566 or 255 Sunrise Ave., Suite 200, Palm Beach, FL 33480 561/833-3430 www.bocanursing.com

Our caregivers care about their patients and provide the highest quality individualized care they need and deserve. It’s the personal touch that really makes the difference.

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atlas restaurant group/ouzo bay mediterranean kouzina & loch bar ON THE JOB Alex Smith, 34, and brother Eric, 28, are partners in the Atlas Restaurant Group and are quickly becoming known as the up-and-coming stars of the national restaurant scene. Recognized for creating a community of award-winning restaurants in the Baltimore area, Alex and Eric have branched out to South Florida, where they opened Ouzo Bay Mediterranean Kouzina and the brand new Loch Bar. They plan to have 17 high-energy dining establishments nationwide before the end of 2019. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS In the spring of 2017, the brothers opened their first restaurant in South Florida, Ouzo Bay in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park, which features authentic Mediterranean cuisine, with wild catches from around the world and grass-fed lamb and prime dry meats. Offering an elegant ambiance, Ouzo Bay also features a world-class indoor/outdoor bar and an extensive wine and spirit portfolio. In October, Atlas opened a second restaurant in Boca Raton, Loch Bar, with

We’re offering two different restaurants that are changing the dining and entertainment landscape of downtown Boca Raton. Ouzo Bay and Loch Bar are forging an environment where food and atmosphere join to create unique dining experiences that won’t be forgotten.

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a more vibrant and casual environment. The 200-seat Loch Bar, which will feature oysters, mussels and clams as well a full menu of meats and fish as well a whiskey selection with over 350 choices. There is live music at both restaurants. CLAIM TO FAME Atlas Restaurant Group has earned a national reputation for hospitality excellence and is continuing to grow a South Florida footprint as well as a national portfolio. Its unique businesses are an integral part of a restaurant renaissance sweeping downtown Boca Raton. REASON TO GO Two veterans of the South Florida restaurant community, Laura Huron and Brian Bagley, recently joined Atlas to oversee South Florida operations. The two, who both held leadership positions at Max’s Grille, will also focus on the group’s continued area expansion.

HOW TO FIND THEM OUZO BAY 201 Plaza Real Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-757-0082 www.ouzobay.com/boca-raton Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday Dinner 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday Brunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday LOCH BAR 346 Plaza Real Boca Raton, Fl 33432 wwww.atlasrestaurantgroup.com 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Seven days a week.

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Fritz Miner

boca raton mausoleum, inc. ON THE JOB A longtime Boca Raton resident, Fritz Miner, took over as manager of the Boca Raton Mausoleum five years ago after spending several years in the financial services industry and later the fitness industry. Related to the family that has operated the mausoleum for more than 45 years, Miner brings with him years of knowledge of the Boca Raton community as well as sensitivity and compassion needed to comfort people during times of grief. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AND PATIENTS Located near the center of Boca Raton, the mausoleum offers families a variety of above-ground interment options. Serving all faiths, the mausoleum has 26 completed

buildings offering both crypts and niches with interior and exterior facilities. Seven buildings are air-conditioned for the comfort of visitors and the mausoleum also offers private family rooms with gated entrances. Three air-conditioned chapels are available for committal services of all faiths and the mausoleum grounds also offer numerous areas for private meditation and prayer. CLAIM TO FAME Located on the grounds of the city-operated Boca Raton Cemetery, the mausoleum offers a peaceful environment and a long-standing tradition of professional and personalize services. Experienced counselors are always available to answer any questions and guide families through

At the Boca Raton Mausoleum, we have a tradition of serving all faiths in the community with care and compassion since 1971.

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alking into Dr. Elizabeth Trattner’s crisp white home is like walking into a tranquil spa. Colorful crystals and plants cover every corner, and a large spa table fronts a deep, white sofa. I immediately feel at ease getting a facial in a stranger’s home. But I am not getting an ordinary facial; I’m here for a gemstone facial. No scrubs, no extractions, just jewels lined across my face (and a few needles, too). Before we begin, Trattner takes out her“treasure box” and organizes the gems by a chakra, or energy, system. She asks me to choose one that stands out to me, and I pick a dazzling blue-green gem.“This is a rare crystal called hemimorphite,”she says.“I use it to help people with thyroid issues.” How could gemstones have any effect? Trattner assures me that crystals are backed in science. Andrew Weil, the godfather of integrative medicine, personally mentored her. Now, it’s time to see for myself. I lay my head on the heated spa table and immediately feel relaxed as the heat of the gems warm my back. Trattner creates a crystal grid around me to remove negative energy. I told her my favorite color was blue, so she put two large aragonite stones by my shoulders. “In Chinese medicine

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athalie de Champlain turned her love for competitive sports and fashion into a line of compression sportswear to not only enhance performance and recovery but also look runway good. The 47-year-old Boca Raton resident launched Caliloko in 2018—a name based on her previous home state of California and“loko” for the craziness and passion of sports. A Montreal native, Champlain, her husband Fil Maes and two children have lived here for seven years. She went from holding executive positions at global companies, including L’Oréal Group, to entrepreneur and eventual founder and owner of Caliloko. She took the uncertain leap after feeling she had enough experience in branding and launching lines to enter the world of fashion with her own brand.

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TABLE TALK We know that the most important aspect of Thanksgiving is spending it with friends and loved ones. So even if (heaven forbid!) the turkey comes out too dry or the mashed potatoes too lumpy, no one will notice—especially when the table is set with items as elegant as these. Your guests are guaranteed to feel extra-special, and no matter what … the meal will be a success.

Painted with 14-karat gold, the Elegante Net Wine Glass from Vietri is a glamorous nod to Italy’s heritage of gold jewelry design. $68 each, vietri.com

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Clothing designer-turned-luxury tabletop designer Kim Seybert presents the fine linen Carnival Napkin, $112 for a set of 4, kimseybert. com

L’Objet’s pieces for the home are luxurious and functional works of art. Alencon red dinner plate, $196; Aegean gold dessert plate, $200; Alencon red bread and butter plate, $98; Evoca candlesticks, set of 2, $502.60, l-objet.com

Open and Shut A true chef never divulges his or her secrets. The latest concept from Arclinea is the “Hidden Kitchen” designed by architect/designer Antonio Citterio. Fully customizable, made to measure, and crafted in Italy, the Hidden Kitchen is available in a selection of rich finishes and features a high-performance food prep area, complete with a dedicated worktop and ambient lighting, which can be hidden or revealed as desired. The easy-to-open door offers privacy, and it also serves as a beautiful furniture element. 4141design.com

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85 Getting Cozy Clearly, there’s no sign of snow, but something about winter in Florida just makes us feel like winding down and curling up. Here are our picks for how to enjoy the snuggly season in comfort, convenience and luxury. Your average, everyday beanbag chair dwarfs in comparison to the SuperSac, LoveSac’s most popular and best-selling Sac. Generously sized at 6 feet wide and 4 feet high, it’s big enough to comfortably seat two adults and even a rugrat or two! The Rabbit Phur-covered version is shown. $1,250, at LoveSac Boca Raton Town Center, 561/417-5350.

Boca Raton is known for many things, but our fireplaces are not one of them. Nevertheless, if you don’t have one, there’s an easy and economical alternative. The portable Sunnydaze Passo Ventless Tabletop Bio Ethanol Fireplace lets you capture that warm and fuzzy fireside ambience in any room you choose. $82.95, serenityhealth.com

Pratesi has always dressed the beds of the world’s rich and famous. If you don’t happen to be among them, you can still feel like you are when wrapped in the brand’s decadent Lingotto blanket. We’re not sure what we love most—the yummy cashmere, the plush quilted design, the status-y signature or the perfect shade of pumpkin. Price pending, pratesi.com

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It’s no secret that home design gleans inspiration from the fashion runway. When we saw this look presented during Etro, the Italian couture brand’s fall/ winter 2018 collection, we couldn’t help but note how the wizard of whimsy, Mackenzie-Childs, is never“on the fringe”of style, but instead is always on trend. Display the Courtly Check Pear Tassel ($98) on a chair, window treatment or anyplace else that calls for a fashionable flourish. Available through Neiman Marcus at Town Center at Boca Raton, 561/417-5151, or mackenzie-childs.com.

COOL TOUCH When it comes to ceiling fans, pull chains have become a distant memory, and now even handheld remotes are becoming obsolete as technology advances. The Energy Star-rated, multidesign-awardwinning Haiku indoor ceiling fan from Big Ass Fans offers the Haiku Home App, allowing you to conveniently set and adjust speed preferences from your phone or via voice command. The fan must be paired with a Haiku WiFi Module to enable these integrations. More info is available at haikuhome.com.

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Interior LED lights are not only energy-saving and environmentally conscious, they have a greater color temperature range than incandescent lights—which means you have more design control over the look and feel of your space. C-Life provides optimal clear daytime light, while C-Sleep syncs with your sleep cycle, transitioning from calm light at bedtime to vibrant light upon awakening. Both from GE, cbyge.com

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At this Moderne Boca model, white walls and floors provide the perfect backdrop for a contemporary coastal interior. Blue accents and light-toned woods reference the beach while organic forms, including those of the stone-shaped coffee table and sculptural wall tiles, foster a free-form, natural vibe. The look is fresh, chic and inviting. Interior design for Moderne Boca by Bob Martin, The Decorators Unlimited

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THE BOCA INTERVIEW

Kropke, left, exploring the polluted waters of Lake Okeechobee with scientist Paul Gray

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Fighting for the Swamp Charles Kropke’s “Battleground: Everglades” PBS series keeps the spotlight on our threatened natural wonder By MARIE SPEED

hen it comes to grandstanding for a cause, Charles Kropke flies under the radar. A longtime advocate for preserving the Everglades, he knows all the issues at stake as well as the players—from gladesmen to politicians—and he gets his hands dirty too, cleaning out trash and invasive plants from the swamp, slogging through the Fakahatchee Strand to spot a ghost orchid, dragging abandoned vehicles out of the woods. But he is not a household name. Kropke’s day job is owner of Dragonfly Expeditions, a highly regarded South Florida tour company that offers curated experiences ranging from team building to ecological adventures to tours of Miami and the Ten Thousand Islands. His Margaritaville travel company, affiliated with the resort brand, offers adventures with a Buffett-esque vibe from Florida’s Gulf Coast to Bimini, Belize and beyond. But Kropke, 54, who lives in Coral Gables, is first and foremost an advocate. He grew up in Fort Myers, and over the years has developed a passion for saving South Florida, particularly the Everglades. He has created several films for PBS, including “Miami Beach: 100 Years of Making Waves” and the Emmy Award-winning “The Unseen Everglades: Stories of a Legendary Wilderness.”This spring he debuted his new project locally and nationwide: a six-part PBS series entitled “Battleground: Everglades.” (Check local listings for airings.) We sat down with Kropke to get his reading of where we are when it comes to Everglades restoration—and what needs to happen next.

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How did your interest in the environment come about in the first place? When I was in high school, I studied with a legendary educator named Dr. Bill Hammond in Fort Myers; he began the Environmental Education Institute. I think they called it the Tuesday Group. He was taking kids out of school one day a week (you had to be in the academic position to make up your work) and put them into an intense environmental educational initiative. That was around 1983 or 1984, so then I was sensitized to what was happening in Florida and happening to our environmental state stewardship. I started looking at the world that way. Right after college I joined an organization called the Everglades Restoration Movement; I was the first lieutenant. It was founded to wipe out melaleuca stands outside of Coral Springs Conservation Area 2B. We were weekend warriors, and we worked for about 10 years getting rid of large stands of melaleuca trees, which were drying up the Everglades and destroying the habitat. All my life I have been involved in something or another.

Above, Charles Kropke with Miami artist Xavier Cortada discussing Everglades restoration; below, Kropke with activist Zac Posner in a pond apple tree swamp

How have you seen South Florida change since you were a child? When I came to Florida I was 11 years old; I came from Maryland. I

remember at that time the beauty of Old Florida was still really strong. I’m not actually against development—I just think there are probably zones we need to keep wild and beautiful. … 100-some years ago we understood that the Everglades was a waste of land; that was the predominant understanding. [We thought], Why not do something with this? Build cities and farms that would be productive for the state of Florida. We’ve come full circle on that. We realize that it can’t be done. It shouldn’t be done. So now we have to correct the mistakes we made back then. Too much excess in canals and drainage, introduction of species that shouldn’t be here, etc. The “Battleground: Everglades” series for PBS South Florida points to some of the cur-

rent issues and unravels each one in a comprehensive manner. What can the average person do? In order for us to have a world in which our children, our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren are to be happy, 50 percent of the Earth’s surface should be preserved in some manner, and we should live on the other 50 percent. That’s the figure that scientists agree on now. There’s a world commitment to preserve 25 percent, not 50 percent. There are a number of things we can do. There is a pervasive influence of light pollution in the Everglades—and all animals, including us, need to sleep, so curbing light pollution in the inner glades is very important to maintaining its wildness. There are a lot of very quick fixes that can also be done, like backfilling of certain canals to allow the watershed to be on the land again. What kind of roadblocks do you encounter? I recently pulled seven vehicles out of the Everglades that were left behind. I look to do more if I can get the bureaucracy of the parks to help us. Sometimes they think it’s their land and not the land of the people. I have petitioned for cleanups, and I just get a stonewall of silence. I’m offering to bring the dumpsters, bring the volunteers and clean up the park in a section of the glades, and you won’t even bother to return my email?

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89 Kropke kayaking with longtime environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla

How would you rank the top threats to Everglades preservation? Not allowing for a more historic and comprehensive water flow is the biggest threat—throughout the system there are canals that needlessly bleed water out of the system. To halt saltwater intrusion, we need to release a higher volume of freshwater. Had it been

the mud, cleaning the water. They would help filter the waters of Lake Okeechobee before they [flowed into] what used to be the “river of grass.” They had these big pond apples that would fall and rot on the ground, and over centuries they built up this very rich, dark soil. When the farmers discovered this rich soil, it was like hitting the jackpot. In the first

Somewhere in the system, Okeechobee water needs to be released south...There's a vast amount of land there...We also need to get rid of some of the interceptor canals that were built very purposefully to shunt water quickly and drain. implemented, [former Governor] Charlie Crist’s idea [a pre-recession plan that was subsequently largely abandoned, which involved restoring natural water flow and building reservoirs and water treatment systems—Ed.] would have put us on a fast track by now. Somewhere in the system, Okeechobee water needs to be released south. There’s a vast amount of land there, some of which is available, some of which is in contention. And we are missing one very important ecosystem in the Everglades—the pond apple forest that used to rim Lake Okeechobee. They were a carbon sink; they would take things out of the water and sink them into

decade of the 1900s the entire forest was cleared. We have a chance to rebuild some of that capacity on Kreamer and Torry islands (two of three islands at the south end of Lake Okeechobee—Ed.) . ..We also need to get rid of some of the interceptor canals that were built very purposefully to shunt water quickly and drain. It’s simply a matter of pushing in those canals—throughout the system—then water that sits on land longer has time to evaporate and/ or drain down into the aquifer and replenish it. Why is all this important? Self-preservation—we need a drinking supply, we need a water

supply ...But we can’t take it for granted, because if water levels continue to drop, it will stop the seeding of the clouds which gives us the annual rainfall (the surface of water that sits in the Everglades rises into clouds, seeds the clouds, and then you have rainfall.) Without that surface water evaporating, we will have desertification. Voters need to say,“Let’s protect the environment for our sake, not for the animals’ sake.’”... We should be listening to groups like the Miccosukee tribe, which is very action-oriented when it comes to [these issues], the Florida DOT, the Army Corps on Kissimmee restoration and then the endless warriors: Friends of the Everglades, the Sierra Club, Audubon, the Nature Conservancy. What do you hope to achieve with this PBS series? To keep the issues in the spotlight—maybe motivate some people to take action, galvanize some support ... We owe it to children—one day the dream of seeing a Florida panther in the wild, seeing a bear, watching a flock of wading birds in a super colony. But this is worldwide. Do we want children to know what a giraffe is? To marvel at the beauty of a Siberian tiger? We are close to exterminating all that wonder. What is the bandwidth of what we have to marvel about?

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Party Season:

Women of Style These five fashionistas may be dressed to the nines for the season—but their sleeves are rolled up all year round when it comes to community. Photography by DEBRA SOMERVILLE Shot on location at Boca Raton Museum of Art

Renee Feder, community volunteer, wife and mother

COMMUNITY WORK: Volunteer, Place of Hope, Impact 100, Junior League of Boca Raton, Spirit of Giving HONORS: Woman of Distinction Award, Soroptomist; Nominee, Woman Volunteer of the Year QUOTE: “Try to be the rainbow in someone’s cloud.” (Maya Angelou)

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Fashion by Rene Ruiz 2200 Glades Road, Suite 504, Boca Raton; reneruiz.net; 561/931-3065 Stylist: Jenna D., Hot Pink Style Hair and Makeup: Lisa Vasta & Ivy Sims of Ivy Leez Luxe Beauty Lounge in Boca Raton Art Director: Lori Pierino Photography Assistant: Angie Meyers LOCATION: Boca Raton Museum of Art 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; 561/392-2500

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e Gown by Rene Ruiz Collection PAINTING: Jonathan III, by Pat Lipsky; SCULPTURE: Ninth Figure, by Howard Ben TrÃ©

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Senior Leasing Advisor, Coldwell Banker Commercial COMMUNITY WORK: Rotary Club Downtown Boca, PROPEL (People Reaching Out to Promote Education & Leadership), George Snow Scholarship Fund, Best Foot Forward HONORS: No. 1 Commercial Real Estate Agent for Coldwell Banker in Florida; OPAL Award Recipient; Real Estate Forum’s Woman of Influence; Top Women in Florida Commercial Real Estate, South Florida Business Journal QUOTE: “I feel so blessed living in Boca Raton—the most beautiful city in the world with amazing charitable people who make this social season so special.”

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93 Gown, bag and bracelet by Rene Ruiz Collection SCULPTURE: Two Kings, by Rosemarie Castoro

Teresa A. Fedele, community volunteer and leader

COMMUNITY WORK: Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life wellness series, Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, Children’s Museum, Caring Hearts Auxiliary of the Louis and Anne Green Memory & Wellness Center, Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Advisory Board, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, George Snow Scholarship Fund, Kiwanis Club, Viner Community Scholars Foundation HONORS: Soroptimist Women of Distinction; Nominee, Woman Volunteer of the Year; Honoree, 2018 Brain Bowl QUOTE: “In the decade I’ve lived here I have witnessed the commitment of so many in our community who devote their talents to many different organizations, creating an impact that distinguishes our community among all others nationally. While it has been my privilege to work for the betterment of our community, I am the one who has truly benefited from the great satisfaction of helping others in some of the most challenging times of their lives.”

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Gown, bag and earrings by Rene Ruiz Collection ART: Gerusalemme Liberata, by Dorothea Rockburne

Elyssa Kupferberg, Director/Investments, the ECJ Wealth Advisory Group, Stifel COMMUNITY WORK: Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center (JCC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC), Boca Raton Regional Hospital, FAU Phyllis & Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning Council, Israel Cancer Association (ICA), Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC), Jewish Adoption & Family Care (JAFCO), Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), National Association of Divorce Professionals (NADP) and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum HONORS: Woman of the Year, JAFCO; Community Service Award, ADL; Hanadiv President’s Award, JCC: JFNA National Endowment Achievement Award; Woman of Valor, AJC; Mitzvah Society Honoree, Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation for the Federation; Honoree, Israel Bonds’ Businessperson of the Year QUOTE: “Boca Raton represents a thriving city where people of all ages may participate in cultural, educational, athletic and social activities. With a multitude of charitable organizations, I am proud to be an active member of such a caring, supportive community.” bocamag.com

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95 Merry Morris, “Transplant from Southern California since 1987; social activist and art collector” COMMUNITY WORK: Women’s health, children and family issues HONORS: Appointee, United States Holocaust Museum QUOTE: “It will never be perfect. Make it work.”

Gown, bag and earrings by Rene Ruiz Collection SCULPTURE: Brazil, by Michael Heizer; PAINTING: SP 207, by Sterling Ruby

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Five South Florida representatives of this giant American cohort sound off on what makes their generation unique Written by JOHN THOMASON Photography by AARON BRISTOL

ou’ve heard the negative stereotypes about millennials. They’re lazy and self-absorbed. They spent their childhoods earning trophies for just showing up, and they expect life’s riches to be handed to them. They’ve graduated college with degrees in philosophy or underwater basket-weaving and, with few prospects for employment in their chosen field, they retreat to their parents’ homes, drowning in student-loan debt and cripplingly addicted to social media. Like most stereotypes, there’s a kernel of truth to the conception of the millennial as cosseted slugabed. But the millennials I interviewed were quick to debunk the clichés.“Most millennials now are looking to work outside of that traditional 9-to-5 bubble. It doesn’t mean that they’re not working hard; it just means they changed the pace of the business world,”says Hana Ostapchuk, 27, a CBS Sports

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Tufino on jobs: “I have a 9-to5 job and it’s full time, but I don’t see myself doing this for the rest of my life.”

reporter in Fort Lauderdale who started a podcast on the side, called The Humble Hustle, about creatives who start things on the side. Rhonny Tufino, 26, who works at a Boca-based apparel brand, Take Life Further, but directs music videos and makes fine art on his own time, agrees.“Millennials have a sense of wanting to be genuinely happy. Our minds are freer than previous generations. Therefore, we don’t know how it’s going to work out in a sense, because the world is not constructed for the way we think. But we want to make it work somehow.” In some ways, the

world is adapting to millennial trends, with more and more companies catering to a cohort, born between 1982 and 2000, that constitutes 92 million Americans— more than a quarter of the nation’s population and nearly half of its workforce. Farrell Tiller, 26, economic development manager for Redevelopment Management Associates in Pompano Beach, is in the business of revitalizing cities to make them more millennial-friendly. Along the way, he’s reached conclusions about his generation that radiate a positive light. “They’re highly involved in the community,”he says.“They want to see conditions improve. Millennials care about social issues more so than past generations. So they take that into consideration when thinking of a place to live—green buildings, landscaping, recycling programs.” Yet, as

with any cohort, millennials are not a monolith; this was evident among the five distinct South Floridians who contributed to this feature. In addition to Ostapchuk, Tufino and Tiller, I spoke with Brittany Peckels, 27, who is category manager for e-commerce at Office Depot’s corporate headquarters—a rigorous position that couldn’t be further from the slack stereotype. Ryan Maloney, 28, who is associate artistic director for Fort Lauderdale theatre company New City Players and who supplements his income by working for West Elm furniture in Hallandale Beach, is raising a newborn child with his wife, Jessica, with whom he rents a duplex in a quiet neighborhood. They are active churchgoers with a deep commitment to family. None conform fully to the millennial cliché, but each, in his or her own way, could be an emissary for their generation. Here are a few of the most enlightening observations from my candid conversations with them.

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TILLER:“Millennials put more influence on working from home and flexibility. It stems from the fact that millennials in general have less brand loyalty. They’re more inclined to jump jobs easily. Also, micromanagement is a big turnoff.” TUFINO: “I have a 9-to5 job and it’s full time, but I don’t see myself doing this for the rest of my life. This is just me right now at this current moment, because it makes sense with what I’m trying to achieve. But I’ll be doing my own thing, and if I get a better job offer, even if I have to move to another state, I’m open to it.” MALONEY: Having multiple jobs is tedious, and remembering where you need to be at the right time. But I love the flexibility between all my jobs. For New City Players, except for the days I’m loading in [scenic materials], I’m working from home.

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OSTAPCHUK: Many of my friends have quit their jobs and started their own businesses, whether it’s photography or a smoothie company. So many people don’t want to follow the old fatherly advice to just stick with this job because it pays the bills. They’d rather risk it for the biscuit.

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99 On housing:

TILLER: “Small living spaces are attractive to millennials, because of fewer material items. We see more millennials that like that minimalist approach. If I can save money by living in a smaller place, not having a car, not having big rent or a mortgage, then I’ll have more money and freedom to do the things I like to do, like take trips and go out with friends.”

On retail habits:

TILLER: “Older generations focus on value and consistency, whereas millennials are more experiential in nature. We look for authenticity. Take breweries or coffee roasters, for example: We’ve gone from a society of Folgers ground coffee in the morning to, now, it’s no big deal to spend $5 on a cup of craft coffee.“ OSTAPCHUK: “I would say I’m dangerously addicted to Amazon Prime. ...When it comes to clothes, I’m strictly in person—which is a lot. I still do TJMaxx and Ross and all that cheap stuff.”

MALONEY:“I find it therapeutic to go to the store and walk around. I have friends who bought couches on Amazon and Overstock—I can’t imagine buying something I haven’t sat on or experienced.”

On living with parents after college:

TUFINO: “Sometimes you have to be set back a little bit in order to launch yourself forward, like an arrow. Setbacks can be necessary to make the right move. I have a perfectly comfortable room. I don’t have to worry about rent for a bit. I have over $200,000 in college debt. I don’t really care what people say. I am still able to do what I love, which is what’s most important to me.”

On consuming news:

TILLER: “Obviously, millennials aren’t getting newspapers delivered to their front doors. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram—that’s where I see a lot of

people turning for their news.” OSTAPCHUK: “I think I’m the worst person to answer this, because I get my news from the television. I’m a hardcore news junkie. If I miss ‘Good Morning America,’ I’m a little upset. I get a lot of my news through podcasts too—it’s the new radio for me.”

On entertainment habits:

TILLER: “The movie theaters you see doing well today offer other forms of entertainment rather than just movies. Nowadays it’s so easy with streaming, and with pirating movies that are in theaters. So the movie theaters that are doing well are the iPics, Frank Theaters. It’s all about making that experience something you can’t replicate at home.” MALONEY: “I’ll go to Palm Beach Dramaworks and look at the audience, and I’m the youngest by 40 years. Millennials are not the patrons of the museums and the theatre, because it’s the accessibility and the technology. They can get everything straight to them.”

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Average student debt for millennials in the class of 2017, an all-time high.

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Numbers of millennials who use the internet, on an average of eight hours a day.

Times each day millennials touch their smartphones.

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Nearly six in 10 millennials think they would be more productive working at home than at an office.

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Nearly half of U.S. adults age 22 to 45 didn’t watch any broadcast or cable TV in 2017.

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Nearly this many millennials do live, or have lived, with their parents.

Ryan Maloney on entertainment: I use my parents’ Netflix account, which is a very millennial thing to do. I don’t want to pay a cable bill. I don’t need a million channels. We have Netflix and Hulu, so I can watch the shows I want.

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100 On smartphone dependence:

Hana Ostapchuk on fitness: “I don't belong to a gym. I look at apps ... There’s one called Tone it Up. It’s like belonging to a virtual gym. It was started by former fitness instructors, and I’ve been following them since I was in college. Now they’re huge; they have their own protein powder, and their own dumbells at Target.

TILLER: “I saw a stat that said, on average, it takes 15 minutes to get back to work after you’ve responded to a tweet or a text. It can get you distracted so easily, and with your phone, if you’ve got Snapchat and Instagram, constantly giving you notifications, and your phone is constantly telling you, open me, open me, open me!, you could easily get off track.” MALONEY: “Am I device-engaged, and have my wife and I had that conversation? A lot, especially since Emi’s been born. When we’re on our phones, we’re not engaged with our daughter. It’s easy to rock her in one arm and be scrolling with the other hand, but that’s not helping her or connecting with her at all. So that’s kind of scary.” PECKELS: “We’re always

connected to work, but I don’t mind. I don’t have a family or kids or anything like that. Right now, I don’t mind being connected 24/7 to [my workplace]. I think that’s just where we’re going. With e-commerce, the doors don’t shut at 5 o’clock.” OSTAPCHUK: “I don’t like it when people use it in a social setting, as a crutch. You’re on an elevator, you feel awkward, you take your phone out. I think everybody’s like that nowadays; if someone feels awkward at a happy hour, they take out their phone. Just be socially awkward—it’s OK.”

Favorite life hacks:

PECKELS: “Uber is super-convenient. I use it quite a bit on the weekends, if we’re drinking. We even do it sometimes to go to

dinner.You don’t have to worry about parking; you can have somebody get you there and back safely. I use Spotify for music, so I can connect through an auxiliary cord through my car, or at home we have a lot of portable speakers we can Bluetooth-connect to.” OSTAPCHUK: “I don’t think I could live without Venmo. It’s a bank transfer app. Instead of splitting a bill and making it hard for a waitress, somebody will pay the bill, and then everybody Venmos them. I use it every week.”

On fitness:

and nutrition, but in a more diverse way. It’s not just running, cycling, lifting weights. You see all these outof-the-box exercise deals, like CrossFit or Tough Mudder, and I think it goes back to millennials having a short attention span. They’re used to a click of a button, and you get what you want. They may not be inclined to do the routine exercises, like hopping on a treadmill for an hour. They’d be bored out of their minds.” PECKELS: “I use an app called Tone it Up. I can choose from about 100 different workouts, lasting from five minutes to an hour; it molds to your schedule.” Ostapchuk also endorses Tone it Up. —Ed.

TILLER: “There’s more of an interest in health

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101 Farrell Tiller on craft breweries: “Most goods you can buy online. If I can buy it online, I will. But the companies that are thriving with millennials, like breweries and coffee roasters, are offering something that you can’t find online—the experience, the environment. ... We’ve seen how powerful breweries can be as a tool for redevelopment and revitalization. Is there an oversaturation in breweries? Mature craft brewing states might be reaching that point, but in Florida, I think we’re 42nd in breweries per capita.”

On dating:

OSTAPCHUK: “I think it’s tough as a millennial, because you never know what someone’s doing on their phone these days. If I’m interested in someone and I’m looking at his Instagram, I’ll look at who he follows. Because if he follows a bunch of Instagram models—just pretty people—it means he has motives that don’t concern me. If I’m interested in someone and he’s not active on social media, it’s a win. “When it comes to those silly swiping apps, I don’t think they work. It’s hard to see if you’re interested in someone from a photo or a phrase they use to introduce themselves.” TUFINO:“I’m in my first relationship ever, with my boyfriend. I met him through a dating app, Grindr, which nobody takes that seriously. It’s been three years now. I had the whole coming-out experience when

I was 16. I went from my mom telling me,“I could never see you holding hands with another man” to, every day he’s at our house. My mom loves him, and now we’re planning to move in together.”

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PECKELS: “I think there’s more people putting their careers first rather than raising kids and getting married. That was my focus. Putting my career first has helped me develop so much as a person. I’ve come out of my shell a lot, I’m more confident, I’ve learned a lot of life skills.” MALONEY: “Are babies dream killers or dream changers? Can I still work in a theatre company and work late nights and audition for shows? People have made having families work, and have survived. In today’s day and age, you can strap a baby on your back and just go.”

Brittany Peckels on juicing: “Juicing is trendy for millennials. I do a green juice—spinach, lemon, pineapple, apple, cucumber, a little coconut water, and I juice everything down. It’ll stay for two to three days. I keep a jar in my fridge and take a Tervis tumbler to work, and that’s my breakfast with maybe a hard-boiled egg.”

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To Be on Top of the World Name: Grant Maughan, boat captain and adventurer Afraid of heights and blind in one eye, Grant Maughan took on the world’s highest mountain: Mount Everest.

’ve been scared of heights my whole life, but I hang-glide and free-fall parachute. I started climbing three years ago after doing ultra marathons—it seemed like a natural progression to start climbing, and I already had the advantage of being in peak fitness and having good endurance. From there, it escalated to ice climbing and taking on big mountains. This year, I climbed Mount Everest. It took six weeks to acclimate

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to the altitude before we began our trek up the mountain. Each day varied, from just four hours a day to summit day, when we climbed for more than 24 hours nonstop. This is all with sub-zero temperatures and winds barreling down the slope. Meanwhile, we had 50 pounds of gear on our backs, just enough to carry what we needed without impacting our oxygen intake. Being an ultra-marathoner, I know what it feels like to be beaten down and be low on calories. But up there in the death zone, it’s something different. I’ve never felt the fatigue and hopelessness like that. It’s understandable when you see those dead

bodies—the human body is not supposed to be there. I saw someone laying in a fetal position, and I told a sherpa he should wake him up. The sherpa told me he had been asleep for eight years. What really got us through was the sherpas—it’s unimaginable trying to do that climb without their support. They can carry three or four times the weight we can at that altitude. Those guys will do it without a word of frustration, and they do it with a smile on their faces. On summit day, you’re especially glad they’re around. They’re the only ones that are going to be able to function without oxygen.

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At one point during the climb, some of our gear was stolen. You can’t sleep without a sleeping bag at 26,000 feet. We weren’t able to get to a lower camp, and up on the mountain, a small problem can quickly turn into a big one. We don’t know how, but the sherpas managed to get us sleeping bags. I wonder if they gave up one of their own for us. It was 11 p.m. when we made the last push to the summit of Mount Everest. It was a lot harder and more dangerous than I expected. Being blind in one eye, it impacted my depth perception—how my foot was going to land, working with my equipment, connecting safety ropes, getting gear on and off. Particularly in the dark, I just couldn’t make out enough of the details to make sure I was 100-percent safe—all the while breathing through an oxygen mask filled with sweat, trying to see through your goggles, and your mitts and boots desperately trying to hang onto crags. It was 8 a.m., a day and a half later, when we reached the summit. The temperature was minus-40 degrees with the wind going at 40 knots. I was really surprised how scared I was, and how I didn’t want to be there. I just wanted to get back home. We quickly tried to take a photo, but all three of my cameras were frozen. Mostly, we spent our time at the summit checking our gear. There weren’t highfives or people yelling ‘yahoo!’ I was on the summit for just 14 minutes. I also have a hard time remembering a lot from that day, probably from the oxygen deprivation. I was seeing black spots. The group did create a Dropbox of all our photos from the entire trip, and when I look back at some of the photos I think, Oh my god, I can’t believe I was doing that! Sometimes when I’m laying in bed at night, it’s scarier than when I was up there. I didn’t feel a sense of relief until two days later, when we got down to advanced base camp. There’s not many people that climb the north side—it’s the side of the mountain that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine attempted to climb in 1924 and never returned. Maybe one day I’ll go back and try the south side.”

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To Treat Mass Shooting Victims David Margolis, trauma surgeon

Valentine’s Day 2018 began as a festive morning at Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach. Employees were looking forward to date nights with their loved ones, once they completed their shifts. Most of those plans would be postponed: Feb. 14 was the afternoon of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Broward Health North would receive eight patients from the massacre. David Margolis, a trauma surgeon at Broward Health for more than 25 years, was on duty that day. While HIPAA and confidentiality laws prevented Margolis from discussing details about specific patients, he spoke to us about how his team managed to keep calm and save lives on one of South Florida’s darkest days.

he day of the Majory Stoneman Douglas shooting, I was in the building. At Broward Health North, we have a board-certified trauma surgeon here seven days a week. There’s always two of us on call: One who’s physically here in the building, and one who’s available to be called in as needed. As it turned out, the day of the Parkland shooting, I was the one here in the hospital. We received a Code Green, which means mass casualties. It doesn’t happen very often, and you have no idea how many. We have meetings and drills during the year to plan for mass casualties. The problem is that no two mass casualty events are the same—it could be a plane crash, it could be terrorism-related, it could be anything. The plan you put in place never ends up being executed quite the way you anticipated, because the circumstances are always different.You can never guess what’s going to happen. But the planning makes you better able to come up with a new plan at the time. Patients didn’t arrive evenly spaced; sometimes they were five minutes apart, sometimes 10 minutes apart. Three patients that day sustained minor injuries. Some were from bullets that had ricocheted, and did not strike them directly. We had to proceed really rapidly to figure out what was wrong. And each case still requires the same thorough evaluation: You have to do all the physical examinations, get the labs drawn, do any preliminary X-rays, do a CT scan, do all the imaging, and you need to do that fairly quickly in this situation. We had three major, more serious injuries that

likely would have been fatal had we not intervened. And we had two that passed away. You’re remarkably focused when these things happen. There’s very little emotion.You’re just doing everything you’re trained to do every day.You’re completely on adrenaline, just managing one case after the other. You’d see one, take care of them, move on to the next one. If things calm down for a few minutes, you make a run around the ER and see how everyone else is doing. I think I put in 24 hours that day, maybe 35. The emergency department was completely full of people who wanted to help. Doctors in the hospital doing other things came down to the ER. Everybody was even more focused than they typically are. It was like a machine; considering the gravity of the situation, it went smoothly. Afterwards, that’s when it hits you: My goodness, all these nice, good kids. They’re not the patients you typically see on the trauma service. Frequently the people who are brought here were doing dangerous things before they were injured. In this case they were completely innocent victims.”

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HOW DOES IT FEEL… To Eat Fire Lauren Çek, dancer

Lauren Çek has been dancing, she says, since she was “less than 2.” She has performed in the corps of Ballet Florida and Palm Beach Opera and then, as a belly dancer, appeared in a video for Pitbull and opened for Ludacris. She dances during peak dining hours at Delray restaurants like Taverna Opa, Taverna Trela and Olympia Grill. Additionally, the Boynton Beach-based dancer has been playing with fire since 2010—a hot topic that left us burning for more details.

he main thing to remember is that heat goes up. You don’t want to put the fire in sideways or at an angle. You want to put it straight into your mouth, which means that you have to tilt your head completely back, and you need a long enough spoke so that the flame is not burning the hand that’s holding it. Now that you have the heat going up and the flame going away from you, all you’re dealing with is the base of the flame and the Kevlar wick. The wick itself doesn’t get that hot, and as long as you’re using a high-quality wick that doesn’t have too much external material, like metal or fiberglass, you won’t have any burns. You also have to be sure you have no metal exposed on your stick. Once you’re assured of all that, you stick out your tongue and guide the wick into your mouth through your tongue. At this point you’re holding your breath, you have everything sealed, and you make a tight seal with your teeth. Then you bring your lips around, but you don’t touch your lips to the metal, because it’s very hot. You give a short gust with your mouth, and you basically suffocate the fire with your mouth. Sometimes, especially at the beginning, you’ll make tiny mistakes that were obvious looking back. For example, it’s hard to remember not to breathe in through your nose at that moment—and when you breathe in, the flame will go straight into your nose. It’s not a big deal; you just burn off some nose hairs.

Fire doesn’t really feel like anything—it feels like heat. Every once in a while you’ll get a little burn. I have a space in one of my teeth, and it gets me in one of my lips sometimes, because the flame will find its way through the hole. Fire tastes like the fuel, which has an oily, bitter taste. It definitely tastes like something

part of the reason why, in my belly dance, I’ll always put fire on my sword if I can, because the sword is already something that scares them, because it’s a real blade. It’s not a sharpened blade, but it’s very heavy, and it does put holes through my veils and clothing sometimes. I punctured a suitcase before.

Fire doesn’t really feel like anything—it feels like heat. Every once in awhile you get a little burn. I have a space in one of my teeth , and it gets me in one of my lips sometimes, because the flame will find its way through the hole... you don’t want in your mouth, but you don’t spend a lot of time tasting it. Audiences like danger—the idea that something could go wrong. And they like things that seem extremely difficult. So fire dancing seems to incorporate two of those elements. It’s

You need to give it a rest after a night of fire eating. If I spend a weekend doing it, I’ll feel like I ate hot soup that got me a little bit. But your mouth heals very quickly. [At the time of this interview], I’ll be at different luaus for private events this weekend, and I’ll probably be wanting ice cream after it’s over.”

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HOW DOES IT FEEL… To Survive a Violent Haunting Tim Yancey, Palm Beach County ranger

Tim Yancey was 6 years old in the late 1960s when he and his brother Tom first encountered the “entity” outside their Lake Worth home. They would endure months of terror from sources both explainable—their father, a shell-shocked Korean War veteran and domestic abuser—as well as supernatural forces that assumed many forms. The Yancey brothers survived poltergeist activity, shape-shifting, destruction of property, even physical harm. Now 56, Yancey has moved back into the house of his youth, cleansing and reclaiming the space. As a freelance ghostbuster, he spends his own time and money to help families survive ordeals not unlike his own.

e thought, at first, there was a guy living in the woods behind our house, a hobo or a bum. I could sit up against the window, and we could see a guy out there, walking among the trees. We never saw features—it was black but it was three-dimensional. Whatever it was, it moved into the house and started fixating on my brother. Over time, it affected different members of our family, but it probably affected him the most. He struggled with it all his life. My brother would start sleepwalking. Something was drawing him to the woods outside our house. My parents tried barring his bedroom doors with chairs; my brother opened the door, crawled underneath the chairs and walked out of the house. They established a hook latch outside our front door. While sleepwalking, he would go and get the broomstick, unlatch it,

Every night we’re getting poked and scratched. It loved to rake us at the bottom of the feet and scare the shit out of us. At first it’s very frightening, and then over time, as you realize it’s part of your nightly routine, it becomes more of an annoyance. It tries to pull the covers off you, and you just pull the covers back up. One night I was in bed, completely asleep, and the feeling of claws came across my ribcage. It was really painful. I sat up and screamed bloody murder, and took off, just to get away from it. I hit the wall across from my bed at full speed. When I hit the ground, both of my collarbones had snapped. The doctor said I could have died from it.

One night I was in bed, and the feeling of claws came across my ribcage. I screamed bloody murder, and took off. I hit the wall across from my bed at full speed. When I hit the ground, both of my collarbones had snapped. and walk outside. Sometimes he’d wake up in the middle in the woods, not knowing why he was there. I’d be just in that state between sleep and wakefulness, and all of a sudden, something would be dropped from the wood ceiling. You know those big-ass palmetto bugs? It started with those. Then it started bringing other stuff—little sticks, pebbles, stuff you’d find laying out in the woods. Lizards. Sometimes it’d be one or two, and other times it would be a bunch of them, 20 to 30.

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This thing waxed and waned over the years. By the time I was around 17, I was in my room, I came out, and there was a lady standing there. And it was the most horrific thing I’d ever seen in my life. It looked dead. And it ran right up to my

face. That was it; I ran out of the house, went across the street over to John Prince Park, and slept on a park bench. I was done. I slept there for three days. I called a friend of mine and slept on their back porch for six months. That was the start of my independence from this house. That energy, that negative stuff happening in our house … it’s easy to give it a label like“demon.”I call it a parasite. You have something that is attracted to this dysfunctional family environment, and it couples with a group and creates the conditions necessary for its own survival. The way we fix hauntings now is we reintroduce the idea of positive imagery and positive vibes back into you and your location. Negative energy will stay in a place until something comes along to displace it. I have constant reminders around my house: ‘Bless this Home,’ ‘Family Lives Here.’ I’m the antenna that’s doing the transmitting of the energy down here, to cleanse that space and create an area that’s livable for us.” (NOTE: While Tim’s mother believed her children, it took his father years to grudgingly come to terms with the family’s ordeal. Mostly, he blamed everything on his kids. —Ed.)

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HOW DOES IT FEEL… To Go Into Space Bob Crippen, astronaut

He may not have known it, but Bob Crippen’s love for speed and flying groomed him to become an astronaut. As a pilot, he eventually joined NASA and went up into space four times, including on the Columbia, the first orbital spaceflight in the Space Shuttle program. Today, the retired Navy pilot and Congressional Space Medal of Honor winner lives with his wife Pandora in Palm Beach Gardens.

he first time I was launched into space was on April 12, 1981. I had been staying at the crew quarters at Kennedy Space Center for about a week with Commander John Young. The morning of the flight, we got up very early, dressed in launch suits, and were taken to the Columbia space shuttle launch pad. It was its inaugural flight. From there, we lay on our backs for hours, counting down. I wasn’t convinced we were going to actually take off; just two days before, we scrubbed the flight because of computer problems. But a minute before we took off, it hit me—I’m going into space! I think my heart rate went up to 130.

When the two white solid rocket boosters come off the shuttle after two minutes, it gets very quiet and very smooth. It’s eight-and-a-half minutes from liftoff to orbit, so it’s very quick. We would actually fly into orbit upside down. It was at the main engine cutoff when the view of the African coast came into view. It’s a beautiful sight. Two of the most spectacular things of being in space are looking at the beautiful spaceship called Earth and … being able to float around weightless. Floating seemed very

When it actually launched, it was such a thrill. The main engines ignite about six seconds prior to liftoff. It’s a nice kick in the ... bottom ... to get you off. [It’s like] a catapult shot off an aircraft carrier. When it actually launched, it was such a thrill. The main engines ignite about six seconds prior to liftoff. It’s a nice kick in the ... bottom … to get you off. About the only thing I’ve been able to liken it to is a catapult shot off an aircraft carrier. It was a nice push, and you knew you were headed somewhere. The ascent is not all that violent, [but] it shakes a lot when the solid rockets are on there. I would liken it to driving on an old country road—bumpy.

natural. John said, ‘Crip, take off your boots.’ I took those off before I climbed out of my seat, since people tend to start kicking as if they’re swimming and you can hit someone or the equipment. I was floating around in my socks,

and I learned that it’s very easy to control your movements when you’re weightless, and it’s a little like flying. It’s hard to describe to people who haven’t done it. But I didn’t have much time to look out the window and enjoy the weightlessness, because we got right to work doing procedures. On that mission, our objective was to see if we could get the vehicle up and bring her back down safely and check out all the systems we could while we were in orbit. Going into space was one of those things I dreamed about and was lucky enough to achieve. It’s certainly right up there [with] my most exciting life experiences. I was 28 when I was selected to be on the Manned Orbiting Lab, which ended up getting scrapped. That was one of the low points of my life, but I turned it around and I went into space when I was 43. It took me a while to get there, but if you want something bad enough, it’s worth it to continue pursuing it.”

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HOW DOES IT FEEL… To Swim With Sharks Jim Abernethy, conservationist and photographer He was terrified the first time he saw a shark as a kid diving off Palm Beach, but for the last 20 years, Jim Abernethy has befriended the misunderstood creatures and works to turn shark lovers into shark conservationists.

was snorkeling out by The Breakers hotel when I saw my first shark. “Jaws” had just come out, and I was snorkeling in shallow water with my family when I saw it. I quickly started swimming back to the boat at full speed, scurrying up to the deck and then yelling out ‘shark!’ To my surprise, everyone was still in the water, unfazed. My dad’s head popped up above the water, and he told me calmly, ‘son, it’s a nurse shark.’ I had somehow thought I was having a near-death experience because I believed what I saw on TV. Today, however, I live at sea 24 days a month and spend up to eight hours underwater diving with sharks. One of my favorite places to dive is Tiger Beach in the Bahamas—it’s the best place in the world to see large predatory sharks, and I lead expeditions with groups there. Loaded up with my SCUBA gear and multiple cameras, I sink into the sea, a quieter place. I always get excited when I see a shark, but it’s not an adrenaline rush. Instead, it’s exciting to be able to spend an enormous amount of time with my friends. I use affection to gain their trust and build friendships with these creatures. It’s one thing to be around a wild animal; it’s another to actually connect with them. With my gloved hands, I rub their noses, wiggle my fingers on their heads, and run my hands across them. They love being pet, and they’ll swim to me and other divers they trust for more, all without using food to entice them. One time, I had a tiger shark and nurse shark pushing each other out of the way to get affection. If a shark follows you around and stops swimming and sits up on its pectoral fins waiting for you to rub its head, it likes you. I also earn their trust to help them. Millions of hooks go into the ocean and wind up in the mouths of sharks—some through their jaws, others through the top of their heads. Imagine how painful that must be. As I rub their heads, I can get a closer look at the hooks and figure out the best way to get them out. A lot of them are hooked in the front of the jaw; those are much easier to take out than the ones that are hooked in the hinge. I’ve spent hours and even months working on removing these hooks from

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them. In one case, it took me five months to remove three hooks from a single shark. While I’m not afraid for my safety, it does get risky sometimes. During one trip, my guests yelled out that a tiger shark was being aggressive, swimming around with its mouth wide open. I put on my SCUBA equipment and dove down 30 feet, and there he was, but what they couldn’t see was a huge hook thrusting its jaw open. He could not close his mouth if he wanted to. I didn’t have time to befriend him. The hook needed to come out immediately. Some people would say this was stupid, and they would partially be right, but I have a vast knowledge and experience with sharks. I grabbed the shark by the top of its head, put its neck in a headlock with my legs, stuck my camera between his teeth so he couldn’t bite me, and pried the hook out. When it could finally close its jaw, it tried to bite the crap out of me and I showed him the hook. I let the shark realize I had just helped him. I don’t know that there’s words to describe the feeling when you successfully help a wild animal that most people would never think of getting close to.”

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Ben Leis It’s all funny business for the founder of Mizner Park Comedy Club Written by JOHN THOMASON

“I think the community is going to start rallying around what we’re building, and our mission, and supporting live comedy in the heart of downtown Boca. Once we’ve developed trust, we don’t have to depend on big names. We can start to bring in the incredible, amazing, talented comedians that don’t get the recognition.” — Ben Leis

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ntrepreneur Ben Leis is hoping to find some truth in the old adage that laughter is the best medicine. His initiative, Comic Cure, marries standup comics with local nonprofits that could use a boost. His formula is simple: Leis books the comics and selects the charities, which receive a portion of the ticket sales they create. If they sell more than 10 tickets, a representative from the charity can speak about their organization prior to the comedian’s performance, and promote their work with a booth outside the entrance. Leis developed the idea in 2015 after a trip to Los Angeles to see his brother, professional comic Rich Leis. “I saw what he was doing, and became really inspired by the power and magic of comedy,” he recalls. “I thought, what if we used humor to provide hope and healing to a community? What if we used humor to bring them together and engage them around important topics that are going on in these communities, and bring in nonprofits to benefit from it?” After years of embryonic performances in Brickell and Wynwood, Leis, a Boca resident, found the perfect space to take his project to the next level: the south room on the second floor of the Mizner Park Cultural Center. In November of last year, he transformed the underused function room into the cabaret-style Mizner Park Comedy Club. Leis added tables, and removed the ones with lousy sightlines. He integrated oceanic blue lighting for atmosphere, and spruced up the décor with ferns. He festooned the tables with tea lights and Hershey’s Kisses for each performance. And, most importantly, he booked some very funny people, including a summer series this year of “America’s Got Talent” alumni, pairing them with nonprofits including the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, JARC and Tri-County Animal Rescue. Comic Cure accomplishes more than monthly standup shows: Leis also hosts comedy classes and books comedians for private events. But it’s the comedy club that has cemented his place in the local entertainment scene. Judging by sellout performances all summer, he’s satisfying a sizable demand for laughs amid turbulent times.

Your organization has impressive credentials: You’d worked with 200 nonprofits and 2,000 comedians? That’s our body of work. We’ve primarily been focused on South Florida and Los Angeles. We broke a record out there in L.A.—most comedians on a show. We had three comedians onstage at once, and each, in procession, told a one-liner joke. We’re not officially in Guinness, because we failed to meet one of their criteria points.

Why do you think comedians enjoy playing the Mizner Park Comedy Club? Because it’s intimate. Usually comedians are performing in bars and not comedy clubs, where the comedy is secondary. Anytime a comedian can get onstage and all the energy is directed toward them, that is what comedians want. Comedians also [appreciate] communities or audiences interested in smart comedy. I think we’ve got smart audiences here in Boca.

Is there a certain type of comic you gravitate toward? We gravitate toward what the audience is interested in. One of the first things we do when we enter a new market is do

one of our festivals. We launched [last year] with the Mizner Park Comedy Festival and had about 20 comedians performing that night. What we found repeatedly is that audiences gravitated toward clean, smart comedy, with a little bit of edge. That is what we’ve been booking around.

Because you have this refurbished room, do you hope to utilize it more often than once a month? For sure. We want to add more shows, different formats. We want to get into game shows, I want to bring in comedic authors, humorists. I want to start building out festivals where we’re doing author events, workshops. We teach comedy, too, and we’ve had a great response from people interested in learning standup.

What are the main points that your instructors drive home to comedians? One is joke structure. People like to get up and just ramble, but there is a formula to writing jokes. The next thing is point of view: What is unique about your life that’s different from all other comedians? The third is practice, and adding in performance techniques.

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ongratulations on surviving another intemperate South Florida summer. Your reward? Another high-season bonanza of arts and culture, from a 3D dance-art hybrid to a jazz tribute to one of the world’s most influential novelists to a certain musical about a rapping Founding Father. All this and more awaits over the next seven months. Mark those calendars!

5 IN DANCE/OPERA “SLEEPING BEAUTY DREAMS” AT ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

When: Dec. 7-8, 2018 What: It’s tough to know which category to file this one-of-a-kind hybrid, which re-imagines the Tchaikovskyscored “Sleeping Beauty” into a 21st century fusion of dance, music and art supplemented by 3D digital technology. Attempting to visualize the title heroine’s dreams during her century-long slumber, the production employs artists to paint us somnambulant images, set to a score by electronic composers Noisia. Live onstage, prima ballerina Diana Vishneva and Tony nominee Desmond Richardson will dance alongside three-dimensional digital avatars. Purists beware. Contact: 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305/949-6722

“SWAN LAKE” AT CORAL SPRINGS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

When: Jan. 5, 2019 What: Sorcery, tragedy, romance, transfiguration from beast to human and back again—it’s all in a night’s exhaustive work for any company that dares to mount this most mesmerizing and challenging of all ballets. In its first visit to the United States, the National Ballet of Odessa will stage Tchaikovsky’s 1875 masterwork in all of its four-act glory, complete with 55 dancers steeped in the rigorous traditions of Soviet ballet. Contact: 2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs; 954/344-5990

HUBBARD STREET DANCE AT DUNCAN THEATRE

When: Feb. 1-2, 2019 What: One of the leading names in contemporary dance, Chicago’s Hubbard Street recently celebrated its 40th anniversary—a major milestone for a company that began with four dancers performing at senior centers. Today, the troupe’s 16 dancers perform year-round, and are renowned for their technical nuance and emotional depth. Hubbard Street continues to foster new generations of choreographic talent as well, adding eight pieces to its repertoire in 2017 alone. Contact: 4200 S. Congress Ave., Lake Worth; 561/8683309

NOGRAVITY DANCE COMPANY AT KRAVIS CENTER

When: April 18, 2019 What: Cirque du Soleil may still have market dominance in the world of dance circus spectaculars, but small companies like NoGravity are nipping at its physics-defying heels. The acrobatic dancers in this high-flying troupe contort their bodies into impossible shapes—with the aid of some nifty magic and special effects— against an eclectic soundtrack of classical and rock. The production also has intellectual bona fides: Choreographer Emiliano Pellisari based the program, titled “From Hell to Paradise,” on Dante’s Divine Comedy. Contact: 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561/832-7469

MIAMI CITY BALLET: PROGRAM III AT KRAVIS CENTER

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When: March 15-17, 2019 What: The concrete jungle of “West Side Story” meets the vibrant art culture of Miami in choreographer Justin Peck’s homegrown “Heatscape,” which Miami City Ballet premiered in 2015. A vibrant group dance set amid the guerilla street art of Wynwood Walls, and staged to a puckish score by Bohuslav Martinů, this revival headlines a dynamic program that also includes two Balanchine classics—“The Four Temperaments” and “Duo Concertant”—and August Bournoville’s “The Flower Festival in Genzano Pas de Deux.” Contact: 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561/832-7469 bocamag.com

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“JAZZ IN THE KEY OF ELLISON” AT ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

When: Feb. 8, 2019 What: The Ellison of the title is Ralph Ellison, the novelist whose Invisible Man is the preeminent chronicle of the 20th century African-American experience. Ellison was also a passionate jazz lover and a trumpet player himself, whose circle of friends include musical luminaries who need no surnames: Miles, Dizzy, Bird. At this multimedia concert, celebrated jazz musicians Will Downing, Nona Hendryx, Quiana Lynell and Nicholas Payton, along with the Andy Farber Jazz Orchestra, will perform numbers composed by Ellison’s pioneering contemporaries, while “special guests” will intersperse excerpts from Ellison’s writings. Contact: 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305/949-6722

KEIKO MATSUI AT BOCA BLACK BOX

When: Feb. 15-16, 2019 What: This endlessly prolific jazz keyboardist began studying piano at age 5 in her native Tokyo. After 10 albums with her band Cosmos, Matsui began recording solo albums under her name, releasing more than 30 albums since 1987. Her musical juju has a woowoo provenance: She has said that her compositions “come to her from another space, another dimension.” Born with a natural ear for melody, Matsui staked her name in the smooth jazz field but has since plowed terrain in genres such as jazz fusion, new age, funk, classical, rock and worldbeat. Her eclectic talent has led her to share stages with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Dave Koz and Miles Davis. Contact: 8221 Glades Road, Suite 10, Boca Raton; 561/483-9036

TRANQUILITY YOGA WITH CHAMBER ENSEMBLE AT KRAVIS CENTER

When: March 23, 2019 What: If you’ve ever wanted to leave your chair mid-concert for a session of downward dogs and warrior poses, this event is for you. Catering equally to the music lover and yoga enthusiast, this one-of-a-kind program features chamber music written specifically for an hour-long yoga routine, as performed by Washington D.C.’s American Pops Orchestra and taught by certified yoga instructor Michael Peterson, also from the nation’s capital. Peterson believes music, movement and spirituality are all connected; he dates his earliest experience of meditation to his childhood as an aspiring drummer, losing himself in the percussive flow. Contact: 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561/832-7469

CONNOISSEUR CONCERT 4 AT ROBERTS THEATRE

When: March 31, 2019 What: The disparate genres of classical and jazz find common ground in the Symphonia Boca Raton’s final program of its new season. Titled “A Jazz Symphony,” the program’s most anticipated offering is Shostakovich’s “Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1,” which features a waltz, polka and foxtrot performed with three saxophones, two trumpets, glockenspiel, wood block, xylophone, Hawaiian guitar and other unusual colors. Weill’s “Threepenny Opera Suite” and rarely performed works by Golijov, Piazzolla and Marquez round out the afternoon, with guest bandoneon soloist Lidia Kaminska joining the symphony. Contact: 3900 Jog Road, Boca Raton; 866/687-4201

THALEA STRING QUARTET AT FLAGLER MUSEUM

When: March 5, 2019 What: This Bay Area quartet takes its name from the Greek “Thaleia,” meaning to “flourish,” and that’s exactly what it’s done in its five short years of existence. Praised for the vibrancy, sincerity and expressivity of its playing, the diverse quartet—its members spring from Nigerian, Venezuelan, Japanese and Canadian heritage—has become the quartet-in-residence at numerous esteemed conservatories, and has collaborated with the famed Kronos Quartet and Pulitzer-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Contact: 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach; 561/655-2833

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“FRIENDS! THE MUSICAL PARODY” AT KRAVIS CENTER

When: March 19-20, 2019 What: Cast with a talented sextet of 20- and 30-something triple-threats that sound and look, to varying degrees, like the stars of NBC’s ubiquitous ‘90s phenomenon, “Friends! The Musical Parody” is a cheeky, self-referential hoot for the show’s hardcore fans and casual watchers alike. It sportingly mocks the series’ inherent absurdities (the characters’ codependent inseparability, their impossibly affordable Manhattan apartment), lampooning its storylines and even its one-off guest stars with songs that straddle Broadway and pop-rock styles. The show’s creators, by the way, have experience at this sort of thing: They’ve penned similar parodies about “Full House,” “Baywatch” and Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” Contact: 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561/832-7469

“FUNNY GIRL” AT THE WICK THEATRE

When: Jan. 17-Feb. 24, 2019 What: For a show this iconic, “Funny Girl” is staged surprisingly seldom in South Florida, which may be why Wick subscribers voted the 1964 musical as their most-desired choice for the new season. It charts the tumultuous biography of comedian, singer and Broadway star Fanny Brice, a stage-struck vaudeville ingénue who became a star of the Ziegfeld Follies in 1910. Her choice of partners, never as elevated as her talent, led to much toil and trouble—and inspired classic numbers “People,” “You Are Woman” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” which later evolved into crossover hits for the show’s original star, Barbra Streisand. Contact: 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 561/995-2333

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“DEAR EVAN HANSON” AT BROWARD CENTER

When: March 26-April 7, 2019 What: On the heels of such Broadway sensations as “Next to Normal” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “Dear Evan Hanson” is the latest Tony-winning hit to explore social disorders that would have been verboten a generation earlier. The title character is a teenage boy with a broken arm and severe social anxiety who, after the death of a classmate, tells a lie that brings him unusually close to the victim’s family. Bring a handkerchief for this one; it’s been praised as a landmark musical for its exploration of such mature themes as mental illness and youth suicide. Contact: 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954/462-0222

“HUNDRED DAYS” AT ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

When: April 10-21, 2019 What: This singular musical, with songs composed by and starring husband-andwife songwriters Shaun and Abigail Bengson, provides a rousing soundtrack for its meditations on mortality. IRL, the Bengsons met at a New York jamboree and fell in love, quite literally, at first sight: They married three weeks later, only to fall victim to morose thoughts about how loss, by circumstance or fatal fluke, would eventually separate them. Songs addressing this malaise, and its precursors and aftermath—what Shaun Bengson refers to in the show as “the sound of introverts pining”—form the bulk of “Hundred Days,” and range from wistful folk to staccato punk. Contact: 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305/949-6722

“HAMILTON” AT BROWARD CENTER

When: Dec. 18, 2018-Jan. 20, 2019 What: Thanks to this cross-cultural phenomenon, young people across the country know more about a wonky 18th century statesman than they do most of the highest officeholders in the land. Such is the power of composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose extraordinary biography of Alexander Hamilton grafts contemporary musical vernaculars and color-blind casting to what, in another director’s hands, might have come off as a mothballed history lesson. The Grammy-, Pulitzer-, and 11-time Tony-winning musical is South Florida’s hottest ticket in years; if you’re not a Broadway in Fort Lauderdale subscriber, snagging one will be a Herculean task. Might we suggest offering up your first-born? Contact: 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954/462-0222

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When: Dec. 9, 2018 What: This Broadway, film and television gadfly is most lauded for his Tony-winning embodiment as the Emcee in “Cabaret,” which led the New York Times to praise him as an “androgynous provocateur” and “pansexual pied piper.” He brings a similar sense of gregariousness, charm and genderless insouciance to his solo shows. His latest, “Legal Immigrant,” marries reflections on his 10 years as a U.S. citizen with a typically eclectic song list, running the gamut from Sondheim to Adele, Peggy Lee to Pink. Contact: 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561/832-7469

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER AT SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS

When: Feb. 19, 2019 What: Eighty-eight years young—and a Palm Beach County resident, we might add—Plummer has spent 65 of those years entertaining millions on stage and the Silver Screen, from his breakthrough as Captain Von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” to his Academy Award win for playing an out-of-the-closet senior citizen in “Beginners” to his 2018 Oscar nomination for “All the Money in the World,” in which he replaced the disgraced Kevin Spacey at the 11th hour. Plummer is an open book, and a humble one at that; his 2012 autobiography is titled In Spite of Myself. Living legends don’t share their stories enough; cherish it. Contact: 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach; 561/655-7226

MARY MATALIN AND JAMES CARVILLE AT SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS

When: Feb. 12, 2019 What: This might just be the fieriest highlight of the Society of the Four Arts’ star-studded O’Keeffe Speaker Series. The married, dueling commentators for the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively, pull no punches when discussing policy and politics, but are an indelible reminder that, contrary to the splenetic, ad hominem shout-a-thons on cable news and talk radio, some of us can still disagree without being disagreeable. Contact: 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach; 561/655-7226

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

When: Jan. 22, 2019 What: Dedicated to, as he puts it, “serving the undeniable cosmic curiosity that percolates within us all,” Tyson is the undisputed rock star of contemporary astrophysics, as dominant in literature and on television as his idol, Carl Sagan. He also has opinions on culture, politics and society that he’s never afraid to share, and his latest presentation, “The Cosmic Perspective,” brings his astronomical insights down to Earth, exploring why our miniscule status in a vast, empty universe should influence our daily perceptions. It’s weighty stuff, but Tyson could discuss anything and draw a crowd: His Facebook post of a deflowered broccoli head inspired more than 1,000 comments this past summer. Contact: 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954/462-0222

SONIA SOTOMAYOR AT MIAMI BOOK FAIR

When: Nov. 11-18, 2018, specific date TBA What: Sonia Sotomayor’s story personifies the American dream. Born to parents of Puerto Rican descent, and reared in a modest South Bronx family, she became interested in jurisprudence by watching “Perry Mason” episodes. After graduating from Yale Law school and passing the bar exam in 1980, she spent nearly three decades ascending the legal ranks, leading to her historic appointment as the first Latina Supreme Court justice in 2009. She shares her biography in her new children’s book Turning Pages, framing her story against the many books that inspired her along the way. Contact: 300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami; 305/237-3258

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“AFRICOBRA: MESSAGES TO THE PEOPLE” AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

When: March 15-May 19, 2019 What: Ireland’s Jane Cassidy, one of the most celebrated artists in this group exhibition, is a wizard of immersive light and sound, creating site-specific installations that transform gallery walls, floors and ceilings into aquatic wonderlands, lush forests and astral expanses. Meanwhile, whimsical printmaker John O’Donnell brings a youthful sensibility to his installations, which integrate plush objects, caricature and plenty of humor. They are two of a handful of artists who double as art educators—which is the theme connecting these unique works. Contact: 1650 Harrison St., Hollywood; 954/921-3274 JEREMY DANIEL

When: Nov. 27, 2018-April 7, 2019 What: Formed amid the social, racial and political upheavals of 1968 Chicago, the art movement known as AfriCOBRA—the acronym stands for African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists—created a visual aesthetic for the emerging Black Arts movement. Exploding with passion, pride and color, the movement’s influence continues to be felt, as its artists are rediscovered by future generations. MoCA celebrates the 50th anniversary of AfriCOBRA’s formation with a special showcase of these approachable, kaleidoscope paintings, with work created by its five founders: Gerald Williams, Wadsworth Jarrell, Jae Jarrell, Jeff Donaldson and Barbara Jones-Hogu. Contact: 770 N.E. 125th St., North Miami; 305/893-6211

When: Feb. 14-April 9, 2019 What: This exhibition has nothing to do with the dystopic Netflix series of the same name, but its issues are just as sobering. Featuring depictions of everyday life in El Salvador, it catalogs the chronic discontent of living in Central America’s most densely populated, and often war-torn, country. The artists chart the continued aftershocks of the Salvadoran Civil War and its legacy of domestic violence, human-rights violations and mass disappearances. With many of its refugees seeking asylum in the U.S., this third-world country resides too close to our news cycles to be ignored. Contact: 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton; 561/297-2661

“FRIMAIRE IS THE COLOR OF ADOLESCENT SUNSET” AT ART AND CULTURE CENTER

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“JOHN RANSOM PHILLIPS: LIVES OF THE ARTISTS” AT BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART

When: April 16-July 28, 2019 What: In addition to penning more than half a dozen plays, New York City’s John Ransom Phillips is an accomplished visual artist with an idiosyncratic style. A painter of watercolors whose abstract and figural forms dance for dominance, Phillips has lately explored unorthodox “portraits” of subjects ranging from Vincent Van Gogh to William Blake to Federico Fellini. Favoring humor, symbolism and imagination over realism, Phillips distills his fellow-artists’ essences in ways that perhaps only he fully understands, but which the rest of us can appreciate on our terms. Contact: 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; 561/392-2500

“RAW: NINA CHANEL ABNEY” AT NORTON MUSEUM OF ART

When: Feb. 9-June 25, 2019 What: Describing her work as “easy to swallow, hard to digest,” this New York spray painter, acrylic artist and collagist tackles subjects such as racial inequality, gender discrimination and gun violence in a style that is paradoxically bright and colorful, like cartoon hallucinations of societal ills. Infusing her work with jolts of unexpected humor, Abney’s influences include Stuart Davis and Henri Matisse, updating their modernist visual language with 21st century symbolism. The latest entry in the Norton’s “Recognition of Art by Women (RAW)” series, it will be one of seven exhibitions on display for the museum’s February re-opening. Contact: 1450 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach; 561/832-5196

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“THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME” AT ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

“COCAINE COWBOYS” AT COLONY THEATRE

When: March 7-April 7, 2019 What: This play’s title may project a romantic aura, but its subject, the Miami Drug War of the 1980s, was anything but. From the seizure of $100 million worth of cocaine from Miami International Airport, to the 200-plus killings attributed to crime kingpin and trafficker Griselda Blanco, the white powder has acted as both a stain on Miami’s history and a boon to its economy. Filmgoers know the story from Billy Corben’s 2006 documentary “Cocaine Cowboys;” now, Corben is collaborating with Miami New Drama to produce a theatrical docudrama centered on Rivi Ayala, an assassin hired to do Blanco’s dirty work. Contact: 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach; 305/674-1040

“A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2” AT MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE

When: Feb. 24-March 10, 2019 What: Playwright Lucas Hnath (of “A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screen-

When: Jan. 17-Feb. 3, 2019 What: Never a theatre to shirk a challenge, Miami’s Zoetic Stage mounts the regional premiere of this Tony-winning adaptation of an acclaimed novel. Razzle-dazzle special effects and an immersive scenic design place viewers inside the quantum brain of a 15-year-old mathematical genius who resides on the autism spectrum. When he’s accused of killing his neighbor’s dog, he sets out to discover the real culprit, facing opposition every step of the way. The elaborately choreographed play culminates in a shocking climax. Contact: 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305/949-6722

play About the Death of Walt Disney” fame) penned this witty and intellectually robust sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s 19th century masterpiece, in which heroine Nora has returned home from a 15year absence having become a best-selling advocate of women’s empowerment. This comedy, timed to resonate with the #Time’sUp movement, arrives fresh from its run on Broadway. Contact: 1001 E. Indiantown Road, Jupiter; 561/575-2223

“BLONDE POISON” AT SOL THEATRE

When: Feb. 15-March 10, 2019 What: Equally heady and heavy, the themes of this

one-woman play include the lengths we go to escape mortality, and the capacity for evil that exists, perhaps, in all of us. Its subject is Stella Kubler, a Jewish émigré from Berlin living in present-day London. As she shares her life story to an eager journalist, we learn that she was more than a target of the Third Reich: Under duress, she aided their cause by turning in her fellow-Jews as a so-called greifer, or “catcher”. This harrowing play about the thin line between victim and persecutor stars Carbonell-winning actress Lourelene Snedeker in what might be the role of her lifetime. Contact: 3333 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 866/811-4111

“THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES” AT PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS

“A Doll’s House, Part 2” at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

When: Feb. 24-March 10, 2019 What: Nearly two decades before he achieved the peak of his fame with 1990’s “Six Degrees of Separation,” playwright John Guare established an overnight benchmark for black comedy with his stunning debut, “The House of Blue Leaves.” The ensemble includes Artie, a zookeeper from Queens with a pipedream of Hollywood musical stardom; his schizophrenic wife Bananas; his downstairs mistress Bunny, who won’t share her orgasmic cooking with Artie until they’re married; and his son Ronny, an AWOL soldier plotting an act of international terrorism. Vietnam-era disillusionment colors the dark humor, but the play more than holds up in the aughts; reviewing its 2011 Broadway revival, Variety’s reviewer noted, “it still sets the bar for smart comic lunacy.” Contact: 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561/5144042

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Clockwise from above: carrot cake, pierogi, grilled hanger steak by Chef Eric Baker

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peared quickly. The smoked cobia was an unusual addition, flavorful and tender enough that it made a fish lover out of our only non-seafood diner. The baked muenster platter put the cheese in a puff pastry topped with honey, cashews and apple slices—nothing not to like there. We tried the grilled hanger steak (beautifully seasoned and tender, artfully sliced) and the wood-roasted trout (a melt-inyour-mouth fish, one of the best I’ve had)—both with the red wine and shallot sauce. The pierogi were ordered with the paprikash (paprika/cream sauce), which was a bit zesty but not hot on the tongue. I am a nut for anything cooked in dough, so when I visited Russia years back, I was in pierogi heaven. Our server here let me know the pierogi were “a bit crusty,” but they were actually so hard I

needed to cut them with a knife. The filling of mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts and mushrooms would be better as a side if the outside wasn’t as hard as a nut. Speaking of sides, all of ours were excellent, especially the endive gratin with gruyere cheese and thyme. Every ingredient was allowed time on the palate. We would come back for that, along with the chicken liver-stuffed mushrooms, crispy shallots and crispy baked potato with Taleggio cheese and bacon. Tasty desserts of carrot cake with pineapple, coconut and crème fraiche, and an extremely creamy vanilla custard trifle with strawberries and Nilla wafers ended our meal. This is modern comfort food melding flavors that linger in your mind and pull you back in for another helping.

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his is comfort—which is to say comfortable—food deconstructed and put back together again with tasty differences. It’s not your Grandma’s meatloaf, but lamb meatloaf with polenta, huckleberries and mustard greens. You get the idea. Chef/Co-Owner Eric Baker named Mazie’s after his grandmother, and opened in April with General Manager/Co-Owner Jason Lakow. Both have South Florida experience. Baker was the acclaimed chef at Delray’s Max’s Harvest, Lakow worked as GM of Café Boulud. And Jason’s wife, sommelier Sandra Lakow, makes the beverage decisions. Dubbed New World comfort food, it’s set against a decidedly Older World décor, with red bricks showing through patches of plaster. The open kitchen faces the main dining area, the ceilings are as tall as a mature oak tree, and it’s noisy. So noisy that on one side of a four-top we couldn’t hear the server name the specials. The outdoor seating is quieter. The seven entrees include roasted chicken, charred pork shoulder, a horseradish crusted salmon, pierogi, trout and a hanger steak. These come with one of eight sauces and two sides that include beets and cucumbers (that’s one side dish), spinach strudel, endive gratin, tomato salad and more. The combinations are numerous. That’s the idea. There are platters to share (Morrocan lamb knish, warm curried crab dip, etc.) and some a la carte plates, along with daily specials. You will definitely find something to try here. A smoked fish plate with smoked salmon, cobia, smoked trout dip and mini bagels, pickles, beets and cucumber slices was plenty for the table, and it disap-

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LESSONS I LEARNED AT OLIV PIT ATHENIAN GRILLE: • Greek olive oil is very good, smooth with a mellow quality that I can only describe as sunny. I’d eat it with just bread.

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• The briquettes made from olive pits are supposed to imbue a sweet quality to the grilled dishes—and the beef, pork, chicken and veggie flavors were excellent—but I’m not sure it was due to those or to the mesquite charcoal that acts “like the wood” used to light the briquettes, according to owner Marcos Alexandridis. • A frappe cappuccino with ice cubes and two shots of espresso from arabica coffee beans that are spun, shaken and then strained produced a velvety drink unlike anything I’ve ever had. Nostimo! Alexandridis and co-owner Emmanuel Vlahos wanted some-

place that brought together the best of Greek cooking under one roof—a reflection of their home city of Athens, a melting pot of people from all over Greece. Oliv Pit Athenian Grille, opened earlier this year in west Boca’s Shoppes at Village Point, delivers on their goal of having something for everyone. Enhancing the experience are the personalities of the exuberant owners, who stop and chat with diners, as well as help with serving and clearing tables. The clean, welcoming décor manages to squeeze a lot into the space, and the controlled chaos at the grill is a typical Greek scene. The best way to enjoy the food here is to share it. The Pikilia trio with tzatziki, eggplant and spicy cheese spreads, along with a lot of pita bread, gets you started. The Tirokafteri is spicy feta cheese with green onions, parsley, Greek olive oil and garlic; the Melitzanosalata has eggplant, bell peppers, green onions, parsley,

olive oil and garlic. You get the idea. It’s all excellent. Many of the ingredients are brought from Greece, and authentic taste is evident in the Pikilia Kreaton mixed grill platter for two that could easily feed four. Overall, the food’s seasoning was perfect, but never over the top. Greek wines or beers are available, but at the time of this writing, the restaurant has no liquor license. While there are wines from other countries, Greek wine and Greek food go together like hummus and pita bread. I enjoyed the St. George Aghiorghitiko Nemea, a quality, medium-bodied red that brought out the best in the grilled meats. The desserts are flown in flash-frozen from Greece, but that treatment didn’t hurt the creamy chocolate mousse cake that tastes as if it was just made. I just hope the staff T-shirts that say “Boukia kai syghorio” (“One bite and all is forgiven”) refer to calories.

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iguring out what works for you is the key to True Food Kitchen, the restaurant chain co-founded by Dr. Andrew Weil. The speaker and author, known for the “integrative medicine” term, has ventured into the food business with restaurateur Sam Fox. This venue opened at Town Center mall in February. While it’s enormous, it’s also bustling, easy to navigate and offers a wide range of dishes. The menu is based on Weil’s anti-inflammatory diet strategy, and includes gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian meal options. We sampled fish, chicken, shrimp and meat dishes, which showed that success was hit or miss. While tasty sauces and side dishes can’t help bland cooking,

there are wonderful morsels of delicious to be had, too. One of the big hits was the edamame dumplings, where just a bite turned out to be a terrific mingling of white truffle oil, sesame seeds, green onions, basil and dashi. Another true score was herb hummus, a deconstructed Greek salad with feta, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and onions sitting on a jalapeño-spicy hummus. The grass-fed burger was also memorably juicy and cooked to order, with umami, mushrooms, caramelized onions, arugula, Parmesan, mayo and a flaxseed bun. It was one of the best burgers I’ve had, and the sweet potato hash side upped the ante with sautéed potato cubes and onions. The cashew pad Thai (we added shrimp) contained no peanuts or peanut sauce; instead it had kombu (edible kelp), rice noodles, zucchini, mushrooms, eggplant, Thai basil, bean sprouts and gai lan. It was a

decent alternative, but nothing like the traditional dish. The misses were the sustainable sea bass and the Moroccan chicken dishes, both of which were bland without the sauces and sides. The fish was accompanied with quality broccolini, sugar snap peas, roasted mushrooms and ancient grains (the trendy way to refer to quinoa and its cousins). The chicken paired with a Greek yogurt sauce with figs, carrots, chickpeas, olives and spinach. A happy ending was the strawberry rhubarb crisp, with sizable pieces of rhubarb and Madagascar vanilla ice cream made specifically for the True Food folks. The menu is kid-friendly, lists calorie counts and is seasonal, so entrees change during the year. There are gems here, and if you’re on a special diet, you’ll find dishes to fit your needs. All part of figuring out what works for you.

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Abe & Louie’s—2200 Glades Road. Steakhouse. All Americans are endowed with certain inalienable rights, among them the right to a thick, juicy, perfectly cooked steak. At this posh, comfortable (and expensive) meatery, the USDA Prime steaks are indeed thick, juicy and perfectly cooked, also massively flavorful and served in enormous portions. Don’t miss the New York sirloin or prime rib, paired in classic steakhouse fashion with buttery hash browns and uber-creamy creamed spinach. Chased with an ice-cold martini or glass of red wine from the truly impressive list, it’s happiness pursued and captured. • Lunch/brunch Sun.-Fri., dinner nightly. 561/447-0024. $$$$

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Arturo’s Ristorante —6750 N. Federal Highway. Italian. Arturo’s quiet, comfortable dining room; slightly formal, rigorously professional service; and carefully crafted Italian dishes never go out of style. You’ll be tempted to make a meal of the array of delectable antipasti from the antipasti cart, but try to leave room for main courses like the veal shank served on a bed of risotto. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/997-7373. $$$ Biergarten—309 Via De Palmas, #90. German/ Pub. Part vaguely German beer garden, part all-American sports bar, this rustic eatery offers menus that channel both, as well as an excellent selection of two-dozen beers on tap and the same number by the bottle. The food is basic and designed to go well with suds, like the giant pretzel with a trio of dipping sauces and the popular “Biergarten burger.” • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/395-7462. $$ Bluefin Sushi and Thai—861 N.W. 51st St., Suite 1. Sushi/Thai. Arrive early for a table at this Asian hot spot—it’s popular with no reservations for parties fewer than six. Don’t skip the tempura lobster bomb, big in both size and taste. The ginger snapper will impress both Instagram and your stomach. Try the chicken satay and pad Thai. Bluefin offers a variety of

dishes from multiple cultures, all well done. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/981-8986. $$

Boca Landing—999 E. Camino Real. Contemporary American. The Waterstone Resort & Marina’s signature restaurant, Boca Landing, offers the city’s only waterside dining and shows off its prime location and views. Heavy on small plates, the menu features tuna crudo, fried calamari and a killer cheese and charcuterie board. Probably the best dish, though, is the charred filet mignon with a red wine bone marrow reduction, with wickedly luscious house-made hazelnut gelato coming in a very close second. • Dinner nightly. 561/226-3022. $$$ Bonefish Grill—21065 Powerline Road. Seafood. Market-fresh seafood is the cornerstone, like Chilean sea bass prepared over a wood-burning grill and served with sweet Rhea’s topping (crabmeat, sautéed spinach and a signature lime, tomato and garlic sauce.) • Dinner nightly. Lunch on Saturdays. Brunch on Sundays. 561/483-4949. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561/732-1310; 9897 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth, 561/965-2663; 11658 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach, 561/799-2965) $$

Brio Tuscan Grille —5050 Town Center Circle, #239. Italian. The Boca outpost of this national chain does what it set out to do—dish up big portions of well-made, easily accessible Italian-esque fare at a reasonable price. If you’re looking for bruschetta piled with fresh cheeses and vegetables or house-made fettuccine with tender shrimp and lobster in a spicy lobster butter sauce, you’ll be one happy diner. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/392-3777. (Other Palm Beach County locations: The Gardens Mall, 3101 PGA Blvd., 561/622-0491; CityPlace, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., 561/835-1511) $$

Burtons Grill & Bar —5580 N. Military Trail. New American. Known for its reliable food as well as its non-gluten, Paleo and “B Choosy” kids menu, the first Florida location for this restaurant is deservedly crowded, so make reservations. Don’t miss the General Tso’s cauliflower, the pan-seared salmon (Paleo), the crab cakes or the Key lime pie. Popular half-portions are available, too. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/465-2036. $$

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133 Butcher Block Grill—7000 W. Camino Real. Steakhouse/Contemporary American. This casual steakhouse with a Mediterranean twist, an all-kosher menu, and a local, seasonal, sustainable ethos gives the stuffy old-fashioned meatery a swift kick in the sirloin. Beef here is all-natural and grass-fed, delivering big, rich, earthy flavor. Seafood, whether raw (tuna tartare) or simply grilled (wildcaught salmon), is palate-pleasing as well. Don’t miss the fresh mozzarella, made and assembled into a salad at your table. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/409-3035. $$$ The Capital Grille—6000 Glades Road. Steaks. This is one of more than three dozen restaurants in a national chain, but the Boca Grille treats you like a regular at your neighborhood restaurant. Steaks, dry-aged if not Prime, are flavorful and cooked with precision, while starters from the pan-fried calamari to the restaurant’s signature spin on the Cobb salad are nicely done too. Parmesan truffle fries are crispy sticks of potato heaven; chocolate-espresso cake a study in shameless, and luscious, decadence. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/368-1077. $$$

Casa D’Angelo —171 E. Palmetto Park Road. Italian. Angelo Elia’s impeccable Italian restaurant is a delight, from the stylish room to the suave service to the expansive wine list, not to mention food that’s by turn elegant, hearty, bold, subtle and always delicious. Dishes

off the regular menu make excellent choices, like chargrilled jumbo prawns with artichoke, arugula, lemon and olive oil. But pay attention to specials like pan-seared snapper and scallops in a spicy, garlicky cherry tomato sauce. • Dinner nightly. 561/996-1234. $$$

Casimir French Bistro —416 Via De Palmas, Suite 81. French. Take a trip overseas without leaving the city and enjoy excellently prepared traditional French dishes, such as duck l’orange or beef bourguignon, or go with Cajun chicken and veal Milanese. The comfortable dining room is a Parisian experience, as is the apple tarte tatin. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/955-6001. $$$

nicely decorated, intimate, classic French restaurant tucked in the corner of a strip shopping area. From escargot encased in garlic butter, parsley and breadcrumbs to a tender duck a l’orange to an unforgettable crepe Suzette, you’ll be in Paris all evening. Voila! Also on the menu: pan-seared foie gras, tasty onion soup, seabass Bouillabaisse, coq au vin, rack of lamb, salads and more desserts. • Dinner nightly. 561/997-0027. $$

Chops Lobster Bar—101 Plaza Real S., Royal

The Cheesecake Factory —5530 Glades

Palm Place. Steak, seafood. Steaks are aged USDA Prime— tender, flavorful and perfectly cooked under a 1,700-degree broiler. There’s all manner of fish and shellfish, but you’re here for the lobster, whether giant Nova Scotian tails flash-fried and served with drawn butter or sizable Maine specimens stuffed with lobster. • Dinner nightly. 561/395-2675. $$$$

Road. American. Oh, the choices! The chain has a Sunday brunch menu in addition to its main menu, which includes Chinese chicken salad and Cajun jambalaya. Don’t forget about the cheesecakes, from white chocolate and raspberry truffle offerings. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/393-0344. (Other Palm Beach County locations: CityPlace, West Palm Beach, 561/802-3838; Downtown at the Gardens, Palm Beach Gardens, 561/776-3711). $$

Cuban Café —3350 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd., Suite B-30. Cuban. Diners pack this traditional Cuban restaurant for lunch specials that start at $7.95, including slow-roasted pork served with white rice and black beans. Other highlights include the Cuban sandwich and (on the dinner menu only) lechón asado. • Lunch Mon.– Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/750-8860. $

Chez Marie French Bistro—5030 Champion Blvd. French. Marie will greet you at the door of this

DaVinci’s of Boca —6000 Glades Road. Italian. Expect carefully prepared Italian fare that

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The chef behind The Addison caters to everyone. Written by LYNN KALBER

C My next goal is to grow The Addison with off-site catering, because we’ve outgrown the property, and you can’t duplicate it.” — Patrick Duffy

hef Patrick Duffy’s career is one where he hit all the right numbers. The big numbers. He’s part of a team that won six consecutive five-star Diamond Awards, and he won the six-star Diamond Award in 2016. Most of those achievements have been at The Addison, a luxurious Boca Raton wedding and event venue. He’s been The Addison’s executive chef for 10 years, where he’s created unforgettable menus with a lot of variety in the dishes. His personal challenges have large numbers—

on the same day this year, he organized catering for both a 600-person event off-site and a wedding at The Addison. Then there are the smaller, but meaningful, numbers: He owns five senior rescue dogs, and working with animals is his off-duty passion.“If you give them a couple of years of quality life [and] a pool to swim in, they deserve that.”The only downside? “It’s hard to take vacations when you have that many animals.” Duffy is lauded for his creativity and innovation, and when your venue

serves about 500 weddings a year, those are two things you don’t expect to find high on a list of positives. The Addison helps in that area: “I like the place. I have free rein and no restrictions on what we’re able to do.” What was the hardest thing you did at any time during your career? The toughest thing for me to do was Perricone’s (Marketplace & Café in Miami). It’s extremely busy, small, confined and nonstop. Steven Perricone was a big mentor to me—he taught me

the business side of it. I don’t think I’ve ever been challenged like when I worked at Perricone’s. I’ve never seen anything like that in terms of volume. Just incredible delivery before 10 a.m.! Favorite dish you don’t cook? The Perricone’s Sunday dinner—meatballs and sausage, where you take all the components left over and make one big family meal. I really love a good lasagna, but I don’t particularly like to cook it. I put a kitchen in my house, but … I think I’ve cooked in it once.

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will satisfy both traditionalists and the more adventurous. The former will like crisp, greaseless fried calamari and hearty lasagna made with fresh pasta. The latter will enjoy creamy burrata with prosciutto, bacon jam and arugula and a branzino served with spinach, clams and shrimp. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/362-8466. $$

Domus Italian Restaurant—187 S.E. Mizner Blvd. Italian. The “Best Spaghetti & Meatballs Ever” dish is pretty darn close to being just that. The burrata with tomato carpaccio, melt-in-your-mouth Dover sole almondine, orecchiette con sausage and linguine vongole are part of a very good menu. From Sicilian fish salad to veal piccata, a light calamari fritti to chicken Parmesan, you can find something for all appetites. Save room for the tartufo. • Dinner nightly. 561/419-8787. $$$

Dorsia—5837 N. Federal Highway. Continental. The simple pleasures of the table—good food, personable service, comfortable ambience—are what this modestly stylish restaurant is all about. The menu has a strong Italian bent, evidenced by dishes like a trio of fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with an airy three-cheese mousse, and a cookbook-perfect rendition of veal scaloppine lavished with artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes and a tangy lemon-white wine sauce. • Dinner nightly. 561/961-4156. $$

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Farmer’s Table —1901 N. Military Trail.

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American. Fresh, natural, sustainable, organic and local is the mantra at this both tasty and health-conscious offering from Mitchell Robbins and Joey Giannuzzi. Menu highlights include flatbreads, slow-braised USDA Choice short rib and the popular Buddha Bowl, with veggies, udon noodles and shrimp. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 561/417-5836. $$

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Jimmy’s Fries to Caviar —6299 N. Federal Highway. Contemporary American. Going one better than soup to nuts defines Jimmy Mills’ Boca restaurant, an easygoing, affordable bistro in the old Darbster space that really does offer fries, caviar and more. Four varieties of fish eggs are shown off nicely crowning a quartet of deviled eggs, while the thick-cut fries complement a massively flavorful, almost fork-tender hanger steak in the classic steak frites. Try the seasonal soups as well. • Dinner Tues.-Sun. 561/617-5965. $$

Josephine’s —5751 N. Federal Highway. Italian. Tradition trumps trendy, and comfort outweighs chic at this Boca favorite. The ambience is quiet and stately but not stuffy, and the menu is full of hearty dishes to soothe the savage appetite, like three-cheese eggplant rollatini and chicken scarpariello. • Dinner nightly. 561/988-0668. $$

Kapow! Noodle Bar—431 Plaza Real. PanAsian. This Asian-inspired gastropub delivers an inventive punch to the taste buds. Among the hardest hitters is its angry shrimp dumplings and the char sui pork belly bao bun. The Saigon duck pho is yet one more reason to go. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/347-7322. $$

Kathy’s Gazebo Café —4199 N. Federal

S.E. Mizner Blvd. American. Natural, seasonal, sustainable. You’ll enjoy the varied menu, and won’t believe it’s made without butters or creams. Try the too-good-to-be-true buffalo-style cauliflower appetizer, the seared salmon or buffalo burger, and have apple skillet for dessert. Healthy never tasted so good. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/826-2625. $$

Highway. Continental. This local stalwart smoothly rolls along with its signature blend of French and Continental dishes. The Gazebo is classic and formal, with equally classic dishes like creamy lobster bisque, house-made duck paté, broiled salmon with sauce béarnaise and dreamy chocolate mousse are as satisfying as ever. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/395-6033. $$$

Town Center at Boca Raton. American. The Cheesecake Factory’s sister brand is an upscale take on the original formula, with an atmosphere inspired by the great cafes of Europe. The menu offers a range of international flavors, and the specialty baked-to-order desserts are always a big hit. • Lunch and dinner daily; brunch on Saturday and Sunday. 561/392-2141. $$

Ke’e Grill—17940 N. Military Trail, Suite 700.

The Grille On Congress —5101 Congress

Blvd. French. Elegant, sophisticated French cuisine, white-glove service and a trio of (differently) stylish dining rooms make Arturo Gismondi’s homage to Boca’s storied La Vieille Maison the home away from home to anyone who appreciates the finer points of elegant dining. The cuisine showcases both first-rate ingredients and precise execu-

Ave. American. Dishes at this longtime favorite range from tasty chicken entrees and main-plate salads to seafood options like Asian-glazed salmon or pan-seared yellowtail snapper. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/912-9800. $$ bocamag.com

Contemporary American. Convenient location, stylish ambience and impeccable service are hallmarks of this local outpost of the Hillstone restaurant chain. There are plenty of reasons why this is one of the most popular business lunch spots in all of Boca, including menu items like Cajun trout, the mammoth salad offerings and the tasty baby back ribs. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/9980550. $$$

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American. The attraction here is carefully prepared food that is satisfying, flavorful and reasonably priced. The fist-sized crab cake is a good place to start, followed by sea bass with a soy-ginger-sesame glaze. • Dinner nightly. 561/995-5044. $$$

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La Tre —249 E. Palmetto Park Road. Vietnamese. For almost two decades, this elegant little spot has been celebrating the delicate, sophisticated flavors and textures of traditional and contemporary Vietnamese cuisine. A house signature, shrimp tossed with coriander curry pesto, is an inspired riff on Vietnamese classics. Service and wines match the refinement of the cuisine. • Dinner nightly. 561/392-4568. $$

La Villetta —4351 N. Federal Highway. Italian. This is a well-edited version of a traditional Italian menu, complete with homemade pastas and other classic dishes. Try the signature whole yellowtail snapper encrusted in sea salt; it’s de-boned right at tableside. Shrimp diavolo is perfectly scrumptious. • Dinner nightly. (closed Mon. during summer). 561/3628403. $$$ Le Rivage —450 N.E. 20th St., Suite 103. French. Don’t overlook this small, unassuming bastion of traditional French cookery. That would be a mistake, because the dishes that virtually scream “creativity” can’t compare to the quiet pleasures served here—like cool, soothing vichyssoise, delicate fillet of sole with nutty brown butter sauce or perfectly executed crème brûlee. Good food presented without artifice at a fair price never goes out of fashion. • Dinner nightly. 561/620-0033. $$

Louie Bossi’s —100 E. Palmetto Park Road. Italian. This jumping joint serves terrific Neapolitan pizza (thin crust), but don’t miss the other entrées. Start with a charcuterie/cheese plate and grab the amazing breadsticks. All breads and pastas are made on the premises. Other faves include the carbonara and the calamari, and save room for house-made gelato. Unusual features: Try the bocce ball court included with the retro Italian décor. • Lunch and dinner daily, weekend brunch. 561/336-6699. $$$

Luff’s Fish House —390 E. Palmetto Park Road. Seafood. A renovated 1920s bungalow houses this shipshape restaurant, in addition to two large, outdoor deck and patio areas. It’s known for familiar dish names with new tweaks: smoked fish-hummus dip, falafel fish fritters, crab guacamole, mussels in coconut curry broth, plus the paella on Sundays only. Don’t leave without the enormous slice of the Key lime pie, topped with meringue on a graham cracker crust. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/609-2660. $$ Madison’s —2006 N.W. Executive Center Circle. American. This location is something of a Bermuda Triangle for restaurants, with at least four restaurants

Buzz Bites I Take a growler and head out for some hops

t’s a world where hoppy doesn’t mean rabbits, and butterscotch and caramel are liquid tastes. Where malt doesn’t include a soda jerk, and yeast has nothing to do with bread. This is the world of beer, specifically craft beers, made in a traditional way by a small brewery. In Palm Beach County alone, there are at least 16 breweries and nanobreweries— tiny breweries usually run by one or two people that produce beer in small batches. Breweries are opening at such a pace—three new breweries hatched in the first half of 2018—that it’s tough keeping up with their specialties. For instance, Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks in West Palm Beach, which opened in 2015, brews hard cider made from apples, and mead and beer. A favorite of the gluten-free, the tasting room offers non-grain alcoholic brews such as Power of Love (aged three months, tasting of strawberry and passion fruit), which has 11 percent alcohol. Some craft beers disappear as fast as a pint on a hot day, depending on production size. That’s why tasting rooms are a neophyte’s best friend. Pull up a stool, try a smattering of brews and then truck to the next brewery for more sampling. Some breweries feature live music, T-shirts and growlers (a tiny keg that holds takeout craft beer), and all have plenty of fellow brew lovers. Here are the 2018 newbies (so far) on the scene: STEAM HORSE BREWING, 1500 Elizabeth Ave., West Palm Beach; 561/623-0091. In the Warehouse District, opens at 1 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, closed Mondays. WEST PALM BEACH BREWERY & WINE VAULT, 332 Evernia St., West Palm Beach; 561/619-8813. Monday-Wednesday, 4-10 p.m.; Thursday-Friday, 4 p.m. to midnight; Saturday, noon to midnight; Sunday, noon to 9 p.m. ROBOT BREWING COMPANY AND QUIXOTIC LOUNGE, 2621 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 561/368-4643. This brewery opened in the former Funky Buddha space. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 4 p.m.-1 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 4 p.m.-2 a.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m.-2 a.m., Sunday, 5 p.m.-midnight. —Lynn Kalber

preceding this local outpost of a Canadian chain that styles itself a “New York grill and bar.” What Madison’s has going for it is an exceedingly handsome and capacious space, and service that is as professional as it is personable. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/9940808. $$$

Maggiano’s—21090 St. Andrews Blvd. Italian. Do as the Italians do, and order family-style: Sit back and watch the endless amounts of gorgeous foods grace your table. In this manner, you receive two appetizers, a salad, two pastas, two entrées and two desserts. The menu

also includes lighter takes on staples like chicken parm, fettuccine alfredo and chicken piccata. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/361-8244. $$

Mario’s Osteria —1400 Glades Road, Suite 210. Italian. This popular spot is swanky, but the rustic Italian fare keeps with an osteria’s humbler pretensions. Signature dishes like the garlic rolls, lasagna and eggplant “pancakes” are on the new menu, as are butternut squash ravioli and thick, juicy rib-eye served “arrabiata” style. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/2397000. $$ November 2018

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Matteo’s—233 S. Federal Highway, Suite 108. Italian. Hearty Italian and Italian-American food, served in giant “family style” portions, needs no reinventing. Though there is no shortage of local restaurants cooking in that genre, it’s the details of preparation and service that make Matteo’s stand out. Baked clams are a good place to start, as is the reliable chopped salad. Linguini frutti di mare is one of the best in town. • Dinner nightly. 561/392-0773. $$ Max’s Grille —404 Plaza Real. Contemporary American. After 24 years in Mizner Park, Dennis Max’s modern American bistro is a true local classic. The food and decor are both timeless and up to date, and the ambience is that of a smooth-running big-city bistro. Service is personable and proficient. The menu is composed of dishes you really want to eat, from the applewood bacon-wrapped meatloaf to the wickedly indulgent crème brûlèe pie. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat–Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/368-0080. $$ Morton’s The Steakhouse—5050 Town Center Circle, Suite 219. Steakhouse. There’s seemingly no end to diners’ love of huge slabs of high-quality aged beef, nor to the carnivores who pack the clubby-swanky dining room of this meatery. While the star of the beef show is the giant bone-in filet mignon, seasonally featured is the American Wagyu New York strip. Finish off your meal with one of the decadent desserts.• Dinner nightly. 561/392-7724. $$$$

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New York Prime—2350 N.W. Executive Center

Lamb chops at Rafina

Drive. Steakhouse. This wildly popular Boca meatery Monday, Monday packs them in with swift, professional service, classy supper club ambience and an extensive wine list. And, of course, the beef—all USDA Prime, cooked to tender and juicy lusciousness over ferocious heat. The bone-in rib-eye is especially succulent, but don’t neglect the New York strip or steak-house classics like oysters Rockefeller, garlicky spinach and crusty hash browns. • Dinner nightly. 561/998-3881. $$$$

Nick’s New Haven-Style Pizzeria —2240 N.W. 19th St., Suite 904. Italian. Cross Naples (thin, blistered crust, judicious toppings) with Connecticut (fresh clams and no tomato sauce), and you’ve got a pretty good idea of the pies coming out of Nick Laudano’s custom-made ovens. The “white clam” pizza with garlic and bacon is killer-good; Caesar salad and tiramisu are much better than the usual pizzeria fare. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/368-2900. $$

It’s All Greek

Priding itself on its authentic flavors, Ouzo Bay imports its bronzino from Patras and its kalitsounia recipe from Crete.

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P.F. Chang’s —1400 Glades Road. Chinese. There may have been no revolution if Mao had simply eaten at the Boca outpost of P.F. Chang’s—the portions are large enough to feed the masses—and the exquisite tastes in each dish could soothe any tyrant. We particularly like the steamed fish of the day, as well as the Szechuan-style asparagus. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/393-3722. (Other Palm Beach County location: 3101 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561/691-1610) $$

Prezzo —5560 N. Military Trail. Italian. A reincarnation of a popular 1990s Boca venue, this version has updated the dining room, kept the yummy oven-baked focaccia bread slices, and added a 21st-century taste to the menu. Don’t miss the tender bone-in pork chop, risotto croquettes, thin-crust pizza and seafood specials. Vegetarian and gluten-free choices are on the menu, too. • Lunch Mon.-Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/314-6840. $$ Rack’s Downtown Eatery + Tavern— 402 Plaza Real. Contemporary American. Though the menu generally falls under the heading of modern American comfort food, that can mean anything from elegant presentations like the jaw-dropping lobster cobb salad to homey offerings like burgers and pizza, fiery Buffalo-style calamari, succulent chicken roasted in the wood-fired oven and an uptown version of everyone’s campfire favorite, s’mores. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/395-1662. $$

Rafina —6877 S.W. 18th St. Greek. If you find the ambience of most Greek restaurants to be like a frat party with flaming cheese and ouzo, this contemporary, casually elegant spot will be welcome relief. Food and decor favor refinement over rusticity, even in such hearty and ubiquitous dishes as pastitsio and spanakopita. Standout dishes include the moussaka, the creamy and mildly citrusy avgolemono soup and the precisely grilled, simply adorned (with olive oil, lemon and capers) branzino. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/409-3673. $$ Ristorante Sapori —301 Via de Palmas,

Ouzo Bay Greek Kouzina—201 Plaza

Royal Palm Place. Italian. Sapori features fresh fish, veal and chicken dishes imbued with subtle flavors. The grilled Italian branzino, the veal chop Milanese and the zuppa di pesce served over linguine are especially tasty, and the pasta (all 17 kinds!) is available in full and half orders, with your choice of 15 zesty sauces. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/367-9779. $$

Real. Greek-American. This sleek Mizner Park destination combines Maryland and Greek dishes, reflecting the flagship Ouzo Bay in Baltimore. You’ll find classic Greek dishes done right here: the spanakopita, dolmades and baklava are excellent. A large variety of fish are flown in daily and served whole or deboned, but always well prepared. Try the crab cakes with your ouzo. Opa! • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/757-0082. $$$

Ruth’s Chris —225 N.E. Mizner Blvd., Suite 100. Steakhouse. Not only does this steakhouse favorite emphasize its New Orleans roots, it also distinguishes itself from its competitors by just serving better food. The signature chopped salad has a list of ingredients as long as a hose but they all work together. And how can you not like a salad topped

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139 with crispy fried onion strings? Steaks are USDA Prime and immensely flavorful, like a perfectly seared New York strip. The white chocolate bread pudding is simply wicked. • Dinner nightly. 561/392-6746. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 651 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, 561/514-3544; 661 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach, 561/863-0660.) $$$$

delightful, as is guacamole studded with fat chunks of bacon and charred corn. Same goes for decadent shrimp mac-n-cheese. The wicked-good chocolate bread pudding with salted caramel sauce would be the envy of any Big Easy eatery. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/235-5819. $

Seasons 52 —2300 Executive Center Drive.

Greek/Mediterranean. Few present Greek cuisine better. Expertly prepared dishes cover the spectrum of Mediterranean cuisine, from cold appetizers (dolmades—grape leaves stuffed with rice and herbs) to hot starters (spanakopita, baked phyllo with spinach and feta cheese) to mouthwatering entrées like lamb shank (slowcooked in a tomato sauce and served on a bed of orzo), massive stuffed peppers or kebobs. • Lunch Mon.-Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/994-2828. $$

Contemporary American. The food—seasonal ingredients, simply and healthfully prepared, accompanied by interesting wines—is first-rate, from salmon roasted on a cedar plank to desserts served in oversized shot glasses. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/998-9952. (Other Palm Beach County location: 11611 Ellison Wilson Road, Palm Beach Gardens, 561/625-5852.) $$

Six Tables a Restaurant—112 N.E. Second St., Boca Raton. American. Chef/owner Jonathan Fyhrie has a unique, elegant, one-seating, prix-fixe dinner and only six tables. The decor reflects the food, which is innovative in unexpected but attractive ways. This 13-year-old restaurant’s staying power proves the pull of a beautiful space, amazing food and special attention from a talented staff. The velvety lobster bisque is a signature dish. The night’s options can include rack of lamb, filet au poivre, wild Scottish king salmon, crispy duck and more, all done beautifully. Plan on a two-to-three-hour dinner. It’s worth it. • Dinner nightly. 561/347-6260. $$$$ Sushi Ray —5250 Town Center Circle, Suite 111. Japanese/Sushi. Impeccably fresh and exactingly prepared sushi and other Japanese specialties are on display. The Nobu-esque miso sea bass gives a taste of this modern classic at a fraction of the price of the original, while the chef’s sushi assortment offers a generous arrangement of nigiri and maki for a reasonable $22. • Lunch Mon.–Fri., dinner nightly. 561/394-9506. $$ Tanzy—301 Plaza Real. Italian. Part of the swanky iPic Theater complex (though it does not service the theater), this handsome spot relies on quality ingredients and careful preparation instead of culinary special effects and car chases. The Parma Bar, a sort of sushi bar for meat and cheese fanatics, also does terrific quattro formaggio fiocchi and spiced pear. The scarletta pepper steak and bone-in pork chops are excellent, as are the braised Angus beef short ribs with toasted pearl barley and collard greens. For dessert, try the red velvet bread pudding and your choice of a trio of sorbets. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/922-6699. $$ Tap 42—5050 Town Center Circle, Suite 247. Gastropub. This hugely popular nouveau-Industrial gastropub is not for the faint of eardrums when packed, but don’t let that discourage you. The kitchen here executes the hell out of a short, simple all-day menu. Grilled salmon chopped salad with tomatillo ranch dressing is

Taverna Kyma—6298 N. Federal Highway.

Temper Grille —9858 Clint Moore Road. American tapas. Even though it’s a tapas place, the portions are large, so plan to share your dishes or take home leftovers. Try the Temper Yakisoba noodles spicy or hot, lamb pops, shrimp bites and steak chimmis. • Dinner Tues.-Sat. 561/717-8081. $$ Trattoria Romana —499 E. Palmetto Park Road. Italian. This local mainstay does Italian classics and its own lengthy list of ambitious specials with unusual skill and aplomb. The service is at a level not always seen in local restaurants. Pay attention to the daily specials, especially if they include impeccably done langostini oreganata and the restaurant’s signature jumbo shrimp saltimbocca. • Dinner nightly. 561/393-6715. $$$ True —147 S.E. First Ave. American. True is the only place in South Florida to eat authentic Baltimore crab cakes. This small, unpretentious venue reminds us of a Key West food shack. The food is fabulous. Try anything with crab (crab dip, crab soup, crab sliders), but don’t miss the bacon-wrapped dates, beef brisket sliders and Fetacomply salad.• Dinner Tues.-Sun. 561/417-5100. $$ Twenty Twenty Grille —141 Via Naranjas, Suite 45. Contemporary American. You’ve probably licked postage stamps that are larger than Ron and Rhonda Weisheit’s tiny jewel box of a restaurant, but what it lacks in space it more than makes up for in charm, sophistication and imaginative, expertly crafted food. Virtually everything is made in-house, from the trio of breads that first grace your table to the pasta in a suave dish of tagliatelle with duck and chicken confit. Don’t miss the jerk pork belly and grilled veal strip loin. • Dinner nightly. 561/990-7969. $$$ Villagio Italian Eatery —344 Plaza Real. Italian. The classic Italian comfort food at this Mizner Park establishment is served with flair and great attention to detail. The reasonably priced menu—with generous portions—includes all your favorites (veal

Buzz Bites III Ninthannual Boca Raton Wine & Food Festival

he ninth-annual Boca Raton Wine & Food Festival is set for Nov. 10 at Sanborn Square Park in downtown Boca Raton. Chefs from three counties will team up for the grand tasting, “A Culinary Affair,” from 6 to 10 p.m. There’s also an accommodation for brew lovers, with the fifth-annual craft brew battle, “A Hoppy Affair.” The presale VIP tickets are $100 per person (regular price $150), and general admission presale tickets are $75 (regular price $125). The festival tastings will be divided into regions: Italy, America, Mediterranean, Asia Pacific, Spain, Sweet Endings Village, The Vineyard, Spirits and BBQ Village, Craft Brew and Fine Wine & Artisanal Cheese Village, and Specialty Foods Village. It sounds as if pretty much anything you want to eat will be available at this festival! Chefs serving up flavors include George Patti, of M.E.A.T. Eatery and Taproom, and SALT Fusion; William Middleton, of Oceans 234, and chefs from The Rusty Hook, New York Prime, Bazille, The Melting Pot, Gelato Petrini, Blue Martini, Barracuda Seafood Bar & Grill, and quite a few more. There will be sommeliers and master sommeliers on hand to guide you through the 50 tasting stations. You can sample the vino, then buy some bottles to take home. And if you like beer, you’ll appreciate the extensive list of craft beers available at the festival. Oh, and hard liquor, too—lots of food and drinks and fun. —Lynn Kalber

Parmesan, Caesar salad) and some outstanding seafood dishes (Maine lobster with shrimp, mussels and clams on linguine). There is a full wine list and ample people-watching given the prime outdoor seating. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561-447-2257. $$ November 2018

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Martinis “I like to drink a martini But only two at the most Three I’m under the table Four I’m under the host.” —Dorothy Parker

f you’re looking for martini perfection, might I suggest Dukes Hotel in London? After a Dukes martini, I considered never ordering vodka martinis again, because perfection rarely repeats itself. I got over that. Dukes’ martini cart brings a frosty glass, then four long drops

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of amber-colored, custom-made Dukes vermouth, a pour of icecold Russian vodka, a twist from an Amalfi lemon.You’re tipsy just looking at it. The drink is refreshed halfway through, and poured into a fresh, frosty glass. Dukes is where Ian Fleming created the“shaken, not stirred”lines for James Bond.You’re limited to two, because of the alcohol, not the price: about $26 per. I sipped and judged gin martinis and worked hard for you, dear reader. Never fear, James Bond ordered gin martinis, too

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(16 of those, versus 19 from vodka), but hopefully they weren’t shaken; as a bartender friend demonstrated for me, shaking bruises the gin, and the end result is a muddled martini. If you can’t go to Dukes, my choice for upscale drinking is this perfect martini: Tanqueray gin, a 2:1 ratio for gin/vermouth, and plain olives. Order one for yourself, then have a read. —LYNN KALBER

BALANCE TOTAL The smoothest, best martini I tasted. It was in a properly chilled glass, with the two olives hung on the outside, so the drinker could dunk if so desired. It was extremely balanced, like a dry wine. No bite at all. $13.25.

TA-BOO

Here it’s served in an ice-cold aluminum glass (an oxymoron). It stays cold, but I prefer a traditional glass. Housing two olives, it was smooth and nicely balanced with a light heat. $14.

RACK’S FISH HOUSE Ta-Boo

221 Worth Ave., Palm Beach 561/835-3500

Rack’s Fish House 5 S.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach 561/450-6718

The glass was nice and cold, the drink lip-puckering but short on vermouth. There were three olives in this bracing, angular drink. $14.

PRIME

Prime

29 S.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach 561/865-5845

Frank and Dino’s 39 S.E. First Ave., Boca Raton 561/218-4636

FRANK AND DINO’S

RATINGS: fair

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The surroundings are perfect for martinis, themselves stars of classic films (“The Thin Man,” anyone?). A chilled glass came with two olives and a bit extra in a tiny carafe, which was an upscale touch—but again, not enough vermouth, which threw off the balance. $13.50. good

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Vino —114 N.E. Second St. Wine Bar/Italian. An impressive wine list of some 200 bottles (all available by the glass) offers a multitude of choices, especially among Italian and California reds. The menu of “Italian tapas” includes roasted red peppers with Provolone, as well as ricotta gnocchi with San Marzano tomatoes. • Dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/869-0030. $$

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WEST BOCA Boon’s Asian Bistro —19605 N. State Road 7. Japanese/Thai. This is one of two Boon’s (the other is in Delray Beach), and it’s where the rush to eat excellent sushi started. The fast-moving staff is choreographed to deliver dishes such as shrimp pad Thai that’s light, delicate and happily filled with shrimp. The Thai fried rice is unusually delicate too, with lots of egg, and is some of the best around. The sushi rolls are as fresh and inventive (try the Daimyo roll) as they are beautifully presented. Go early or call for a reservation. • Lunch Mon.-Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/883-0202. $$

City Fish Market—7940 Glades Road. Seafood. A multimillion-dollar remodel of the old Pete’s has turned it into an elegant seafood house with a lengthy seafood-friendly wine list, impeccably fresh fish and shellfish cooked with care and little artifice. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/487-1600. $$

Ditmas Kitchen—21077 Powerline Road. Contemporary kosher. This west Boca restaurant is named after a Brooklyn avenue in a district known for its food. Here you’ll find very good casual food, and no dairy products are used. Try the Hibachi salmon, all-Kale ceasar salad, the shnitzel sandwich. • Dinner Sun.-Thurs. 561/826-8875. $$$

La Ferme —9101 Lakeridge Blvd. French/Mediterranean. Classic style and classically oriented French cuisine come together at this elegant yet comfortable restaurant in a west Boca shopping mall. Though there are a few Asian and Italian-inflected dishes on the menu, at its heart Le Ferme (“the farm”) is as French as the Eiffel Tower. Start with the foie gras terrine and proceed to lamb rack or pan-seared salmon with braised baby artichokes. C’est délicieux. • Dinner nightly. 561/654-6600. $$$

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Tempura House —9858 Clint Moore Road, #C112. Japanese/Asian. Dark wood, rice paper and tiles fill the space. An appetizer portion of Age Natsu, fried eggplant, is a consummate Japanese delicacy. Don’t miss the ITET roll with shrimp tempura and avocado, topped with spicy mayo, tempura flakes and eel sauce. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/883-6088. $$

Villa Rosano —9858 Clint Moore Road. Italian. You can be forgiven for imagining yourself in some rustic Italian hill town as the smells of garlic and tomato sauce

141 NW 20th Street B-21 Boca Raton • 561.393.1201 Baking for a good cause: A portion of our proceeds will benefit research for Multiple Sclerosis.

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Hemingway-themed decor lines the walls of 50 Ocean, the only second-floor restaurant and bar overlooking Delray Beach.

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waft through the air. Start by sopping up the house olive oil with slices of crusty bread, then move on to a stellar version of clams Guazzetto and delicate fillets of sole done a la Francese. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/470-0112. $$

BOYNTON BEACH Bar Louie —1500 Gateway Blvd., #100. Eclectic. Attempting to split the difference between happening bar and American café, Bar Louie in the sprawling Renaissance Commons complex mostly succeeds, offering burgers, pizzas, fish tacos and a variety of salads, all at moderate prices and in truly daunting portions. In South Florida’s world of trendy and expensive bistros, this is a welcome relief. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/8530090. $ Josie’s Italian Ristorante—1602 S. Federal Highway. Italian. Famed chef and South Florida culinary godfather Mark Militello is back at Josie’s after a brief stint at Boca’s Prezzo, and his magic in the kitchen of this cozy, old-school Italian restaurant is duly noted. His influence is evident in the daily specials, but old favorites like beefy short rib meatballs, an upmarket version of the classic San Francisco cioppino, and Josie’s signature veal Bersaglieri (veal medallions with artichokes, olives and roasted peppers in lemon-white wine sauce) don’t fail to satisfy either. • Lunch Mon.Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/364-9601. $$ Prime Catch—700 E. Woolbright Road. Seafood.

Pot roast and mashed potato mini burgers at Bar Louie

Waterfront restaurants are few and far between in our neck of the woods, and those with good food are even more rare. Prime Catch, at the foot of the Woolbright bridge on the Intracoastal, is a best-kept secret. The simple pleasures here soar—a perfectly grilled piece of mahi or bouillabaisse overflowing with tender fish. Don’t miss one of the best Key lime pies around. • Lunch and dinner daily, Sunday brunch. 561/737-8822. $$

Sushi Simon —1614 S. Federal Highway. Japanese. It’s been called “Nobu North” by some aficionados, and for good reason. Local sushi-philes jam the narrow dining room for such impeccable nigirizushi as hamachi and uni (Thursdays), as well as more elaborate dishes like snapper Morimoto and tuna tartare. Creative, elaborate rolls are a specialty. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/731-1819. $$

DELRAY BEACH 3rd and 3rd—301 N.E. Third Ave. Gastropub. This quirky, individualistic, obscurely located little place is one of the most important restaurants in Delray. The menu changes frequently, but hope the evening’s fare includes plump scallops with caramelized mango sauce, stunning delicious roasted cauliflower with Parmesan mousse and bacon, and wicked-good espresso panna cotta on it at your visit. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/303-1939. $$ bocamag.com

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Buzz Bites II 12th-annual Palm Beach Food & Wine Fest

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ustain” is the name of a five-course dinner created by four top chefs at PB Catch Seafood & Raw Bar on Dec. 13, the first night of the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival. While it refers to the connection between sustainability and food for humans and the oceans, it also describes the festival’s biggest achievement. For 12 years now, we’ve been able to buy tickets to food and drink events that involve an amazingly high level of quality talent trekking to our area. This year, the festival runs Dec. 13-16, and single tickets for the more than 15 events range from $50 to $185 per person. The Sustain dinner on Palm Beach—just one of four on opening night—features PB Catch Exec Chef Aaron Black, of course, cooking with Timon Balloo, Ben Ford and Nancy Oakes; tickets are $185. Other chefs appearing during the festival are local celebs Daniel Boulud, Clay Conley, Lindsay Autry, Julien Gremaud, Jose Gamez, Jeff Simms, David Viviano, Rick Mace, Virginia Philip, Fabrizio Giorgi, Tim Lipman and Sean Brasel. Some famous faces joining them at various venues include Robert Irvine, Nancy Silverton, Marc Murphy, Duff Goldman, Amanda Freitag, Michelle Bernstein, Alon Shaya, Edward Lee, Sarah Grueneberg, Jonathon Sawyer and many more. Some events sell out quickly—notably the welcome party at The Breakers—but luckily others will have tickets, like the Annual Grand Tasting from 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 16. This was moved to the Palm Beach County Convention Center this year, which means more room (a great idea!) and a centrally located venue. Tickets are $85 per person, and if you only attend a single event, this would be the one. There will be plenty of tempting food, dessert samplings and wine and spirit tastings. Buy tickets at pbfoodwinefest.com. —Lynn Kalber

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50 Ocean—50 S. Ocean Blvd. Seafood. The former Upper Deck at Boston’s on the Beach is now the more upscale, seafood-oriented spot. The menu ranges from familiar to slightly more inventive, from a classic lobster bisque and crisp-tender fried clam bellies to rock shrimp pot pie and baked grouper topped with blue crab. The cinnamon-dusted beignets are puffs of amazingly delicate deep-fried air and should not under any circumstances be missed. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sun. 561/278-3364. $$

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Angelo Elia Pizza • Bar • Tapas— 16950 Jog Road. Italian. Nothing on the menu of Angelo Elia’s modern, small plates-oriented osteria disappoints, but particularly notable are the meaty fried baby artichokes stuffed with breadcrumbs and speck, delicate chicken-turkey meatballs in Parmesan-enhanced broth, and Cremona pizza with a sweet-salty-earthy-pungent mélange of pears, pancetta, Gorgonzola, sun-dried figs and mozzarella. • Lunch Tues.–Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/381-0037. $ Apeiro Kitchen & Bar—14917 Lyons Road. Mediterranean. West Delray diners have another reason to stay in their neighborhood with this stylish, contemporary Mediterranean eatery. Apeiro’s menu spans the entire Mediterranean, with dishes like Moroccan-spiced lamb ribs, 14-ounce double-cut pork chops, and fluffy meatballs adorned with tomato sauce, ricotta and pesto. The apple crostata, baked in a wood-burning oven, is one of the best desserts in town. • Dinner nightly. 561/501-4443. $$

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Atlantic Grille—1000 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood/ Contemporary American. This posh restaurant in the luxurious Seagate Hotel & Spa is home to a 450-gallon aquarium of tranquil moon jellyfish and a 2,500-gallon shark tank. Savor inventive cuisine that takes the contemporary to the extraordinary. Bold flavors, inspired techniques and the freshest ingredients make every meal a culinary adventure. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.– Sun. 561/665-4900. $$ The Banyan—189 N.E. Second Ave. American. Snuggled under its namesake banyan tree in Pineapple Grove, this modern restaurant boasts a bright pink neon bar with bright cocktails, too. Try the purple Aviation gin cocktail paired with the Maryland crab bites or the Yum Yum Shrimp with spicy-sweet sriracha aioli. Sliders, tacos, mac trios and flatbreads do not disappoint. Order the crème brûlée cheesecake if it’s available. • 561/563-8871. $$

Batch Gastropub —14813 Lyons Road. Gastropub. Definitely try the homemade batches of cocktails on tap, which give this west Delray gastropub its name. The artisanal mixes boast ingredients such as H.M. Tonic No. 22—the crisp, tangy part of a very good gin and tonic. The heirloom tomato and feta salad is a highlight with Champagne vinaigrette dressing. Also popular are the brisket and short rib burgers, the avocado toast and the chicken Caesar. But the drinks are what you’ll remember. • Brunch Sat.-Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/877-0000. $$

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Beg for More Izakaya —19 S.E. Fifth Ave. Japanese Small Plates. The large sake, whisky and beer menu here pairs beautifully with the small plates full of everything except sushi. No sushi. And that’s fine. Try the takoyaki (octopus balls), the crispy salmon tacos and anything with the addictive kimchi, such as the kimchi fried rice. There are pasta, teriyaki and simmered duck with bok choy dishes—or 16 varieties of yakitori (food on skewers). You’ll be back to beg for more. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/563-8849. $$

Caffe Luna Rosa—34 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray

Brulé Bistro —200 N.E. Second Ave. Con-

City Oyster —213 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This

temporary American. The menu changes daily but some faves here include filet mignon carpaccio, seared tuna poke, seared diver scallops, slow-cooked lamb pappardelle, and more. Oh, and the Meyer lemon tart? ‘Nuff said. Outside tables offer the best option for conversation. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-2046. $$

stylish mainstay of Big Time Restaurant Group serves up reasonably priced seafood that never disappoints, such as shrimp and grits with a jumbo crab cake. This is the place to see and be seen in Delray, and the food lives up to its profile. • Lunch Mon.–Sun. Dinner nightly. Outdoor dining. 561/272-0220. $$

Buddha Sky Bar —217 E. Atlantic Ave. #3. Pan Asian. Don’t miss a meal at this stylish Asia-meets-industrial chic spot with a view of the Delray skyline. Chinese-influenced dim sum is inspired, while rock shrimp tempura and Tokyo beef skewers with twin chimichurri sauces touch the heart and the taste buds. Veggie fried rice is exemplary thanks to the kitchen’s application of wok chi. • Dinner nightly. 561/450-7557. $$

Burt & Max’s —9089 W. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Burt Rapoport and Dennis Max have struck gold with their first collaboration in years, bringing an accessible and affordable brand of contemporary comfort food to west Delray. A few dishes from Max’s other eatery, Max’s Grille, have made the trek, like the hearty chopped salad and bacon-wrapped meatloaf. Other dishes are variations on the comfort food theme, including a stellar truffle-scented wild mushroom pizza. • Dinner nightly. Sunday brunch. 561/638-6380. $$

Crab cakes at Dada

Lovely ‘Rita

On Mondays, classic, freshly made margaritas are just $3 at El Camino.

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Cabana El Rey —105 E. Atlantic Ave. Cuban tropical. Little Havana is alive and well in Delray. The menu is a palette-pleasing travelogue, including starters like mariquitas (fried banana chips) and main courses such as seafood paella (think mussels, shrimp, clams, conch, scallops and octopus). • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-9090. $$ Cabo Flats—Delray Marketplace, 14851 Lyons Road. Mexican. Mexican cuisine often has more personas than Madonna. This highly stylized cantina adds another—that of California’s Chicano culture. All your favorite Mexican dishes are there, as well as enormous margaritas, but also niftier items like the crispy tuna tacos. Try the restaurant’s famous avocado fries with garlic and cilantro, and finish off with Captain Crunch deep-fried ice cream. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/499-0378. $

Beach. Italian. This multiple Delray Beach-award winning restaurant has sparkling service, comfort food taken to a higher level, and a setting just steps from the Atlantic. Open since 1993, and a success since then, they dish up big flavors in a tiny space, so call for reservations. Try the calamari fritto misto, then the rigatoni pomodoro and leave room for dessert. Or come back for breakfast. • Open daily from breakfast through dinner. 561-274-9404. $$

Cut 432—432 E. Atlantic Ave. Steakhouse. Hipper decor, a more casual vibe and an inventive take on steakhouse favorites make this sleek restaurant just different enough to be interesting. Starters such as ceviche (prepared Peruvian style) and ultrarich oysters Rockefeller are first-rate, while the wet-aged beef is appropriately tender and tasty. • Dinner nightly. 561/272-9898. $$$ Dada—52 N. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. The same provocative, whimsical creativity that spawned Dada the art movement infuses Dada the restaurant, giving it a quirky charm all its own. The comfort food with a moustache menu has its quirky charms, too, like shake-n-bake pork chops with sweet-savory butterscotch onions, and a brownie-vanilla ice cream sundae with strips of five-spice powdered bacon. The wittily decorated 1920s-vintage house-turned-restaurant is, as they say, a trip. • Dinner nightly. 561/330-3232. $$

Deck 84—840 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Burt Rapoport’s ode to laid-back tropical dining is like a day at the beach without getting sand between your toes. Though the restaurant is casual, the kitchen takes its food seriously, whether the stellar flatbreads, the thick and juicy 10-ounce special blend burger or homey seasonal cobbler. And the waterfront location just seems to make everything taste better. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/665-8484. $

El Camino —15 N.E. Second Ave. Mexican. This sexy, bustling downtown spot is from the trio behind nearby Cut 432 and Park Tavern. Fresh, quality ingredients go into everything from the tangy tomatillo salsas to the world-class fish tacos clad in delicate fried skin, set off by tart pineapple salsa. Cinnamon and sugar-dusted churros are the perfect dessert. And check out the margaritas, especially the smoky blend of mezcal and blanco tequila. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/865-5350. $$

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crafted, robustly flavorful dishes like the signature spiedini di mozzarella Romana, spaghetti al cartoccio and braciole Napoletana. Torta della nonna is a triumph of the highly refined simplicity that lies at the heart of true Italian cuisine. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/272-1944. $$$

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Tamarind Asian Grill & Sushi Bar —949 S. Federal Highway. Asian. Quiet and soothing, this multicultural venue serves sushi, sashimi, yakitori and wide-ranging Japanese appetizers. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/428-8009. $$

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American/French. A little bit of Palm Beach, a little bit of France come to Deerfield Beach in the form of this elegant, sophisticated restaurant in the oceanfront Royal Blues Hotel. Service is as stellar as the views from the cozy, modestly opulent dining room, notable for the 1,500-gallon aquarium embedded in the ceiling. Consistency can be an issue with the food, but when it is good it is very good. • Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Tues.-Sat., brunch Sun. 954/8572929. $$$

is petite place with a large following, for good reason. Owners Eric and Anais Heintz start meals with an amusebouche and a menu that spans the length of France. Order a creamy Caesar salad with a light anchovy-based dressing. Try the coq au vin (sauce cooked for two days), and if you like calves’ liver, this is the best you’ll find in the area. End with a Grand Marnier soufflé (worth the 15-minute wait), and make your next reservation there before going home. • Dinner Mon.-Sat. 954/480-6464. $$

Oceans 234 —234 N. Ocean Blvd., Deerfield Beach. Contemporary American. One of the only oceanfront (as in, on the beach) options in South Florida, this familiar-with-a-twist venue is fun to both

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Seafood World—4602 N. Federal Highway. Seafood. This seafood market and restaurant offers some of the freshest seafood in the county. Its unpretentious atmosphere is the perfect setting for the superb king crab, Maine lobster, Florida lobster tails and much more. Tangy Key lime pie is a classic finish. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/942-0740. $$$

POMPANO BEACH Calypso Restaurant—460 S. Cypress Road. Caribbean. This bright little dining room and bar (beer and wine only) has a Caribbean menu that is flavorful, imaginative—and much more. Calypso offers a spin on island food that includes sumptuous conch dishes, Stamp & Go Jamaican fish cakes and tasty rotis stuffed with curried chicken, lamb or seafood. • Lunch and dinner Mon.–Fri. 954/942-1633. $ Darrel & Oliver’s Café Maxx —2601 E. Atlantic Blvd. American. The longstanding institution from chef Oliver Saucy is as good now as when it opened in the mid-1980s. Main courses offer complex flavor profiles, such as the sweet-onion-crusted

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Delray favorite. The straightforward menu focuses on entrées like lamb osso buco and tenderloin brochette teriyaki. Add a lobster tail for good measure. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/265-0122. $$

The Grove—187 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Chef and sommelier Michael Haycook and Dining Room Manager Paul Strike change their menu biweekly, turning out dishes exhilarating in their freshness, creativity and elegant simplicity. An appetizer of octopus with olive oil, crushed potato aioli and lemon is outstanding. • Dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/266-3750. $$

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Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar—1841 S. Federal Highway. American. You don’t have to worry about calories (most dishes are under 500), you don’t have to worry about finding something you haven’t tried before (new items are added every three months) and freshness is the silent ingredient throughout. Try the pesto Caprese flatbread, the supergrain salad and the steak or salmon or chicken. Desserts offer big tastes in small jars. • Lunch and dinner daily; brunch on weekends. 561/266-3239. $$

Henry’s—16850 Jog Road. American. This casual, unpretentious restaurant in the west part of town never fails to delight diners. Expect attentive service and crisp execution of everything—from meat loaf, burgers and fried chicken to flatbreads and hefty composed salads. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/638-1949. $$

Il Girasole—2275 S. Federal Highway. Northern Italian. This South Florida classic is not trendy, but it offers a level of comfort and consistency that has been bringing people back for more than three decades. The food is fine hearty Italian, with excellent service. Try the veal Kristy or the calves brains. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/272-3566. $$

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Jimmy’s Bistro —9 S. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. This small gem off noisy Atlantic Avenue is big on taste and ambience, and has been busy since 2009. You can travel the world with dumplings, conch fritters, pork schnitzel, rigatoni Bolognese, étouffée and more. Reservations are recommended at this laid-back, comfortable venue. • Dinner nightly. 561/865-5774. $$

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the name, there’s nothing crazy about the cooking at this homey eatery. It’s the hearty, soul-satisfying Italian cuisine we’ve all come to know and love. Spaghetti Bolognese is a fine version of a Northern Italian classic. • Dinner nightly. (Tues.–Sun. during summer). 561/585-0320. $$

Paradiso Ristorante —625 Lucerne Ave. Italian. A Tomasz Rut mural dominates the main dining room, and there is also a pasticceria and bar for gelato and espresso. Chef Angelo Romano offers a modern Italian menu. The Mediterranean salt-crusted branzino is definitely a must-try. Plus, the wine list is a veritable tome. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/547-2500. $$$

Safire Asian Fusion—817 Lake Ave. PanAsian. This stylish little restaurant offers food that gently marries East and West, plus a roster of more traditional Thai dishes and inventive sushi rolls. Menu standouts include tempura-fried rock shrimp or calamari cloaked with a lush-fiery “spicy cream sauce.” Among the newer items are panang curry and duck noodle soup. Expect neighborly service and reasonable prices. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/588-7768. $

LANTANA The Station House—233 Lantana Road. Seafood. If you’re hungry for Maine lobster, plucked live out of giant tanks and cooked to order, this modest replica of a 1920s train station is the place to go. Lobsters come in all sizes (up to 6 pounds) and are so reasonably priced that getting a taste of one without reservations is highly unlikely. • Dinner nightly. 561/547-9487. $$$

PALM BEACH Bice —313 Worth Ave. Italian. Bice continues to hold the title of favorite spot on the island. The venerable restaurant offers a marvelous array of risottos and fresh pastas and classic dishes like veal chop Milanese, pounded chicken breast and roasted rack of lamb. The wine list features great vintages. • Lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining. 561/835-1600. $$$

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Pineapple Grove, and an ideal place for a lazy evening. This family affair—owner Joseph Boueri, wife Margaret in the kitchen, and son Elie and daughter Romy working the front of the house—has all tastes covered. Try the special cheese platter, the duck a l’orange or the rack of lamb. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/272-6100. $$

La Cigale —253 S.E. Fifth Ave. Mediterranean. True culinary professionals turn out gently updated and classically oriented dishes notable for the quality of their ingredients and careful preparation. Sweetbreads in chanterelle cream sauce are glorious; a barely grilled artichoke with mustardy remoulade is gloriously simple. Watching your server skillfully debone an impeccably fresh Dover sole is almost as satisfying as eating it. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/265-0600. $$

Latitudes —2809 S. Ocean Blvd. Modern American. You should come for both the sunset and the food. This oceanfront restaurant is a gem tucked inside the Delray Sands resort. From the airy, bubbly interior to the raw bar, the décor is soothing and fun. Try the lobster and crab stuffed shrimp, the miso-glazed Skuna Bay salmon, the branzino or the veal Bolognese. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-6241. $$$ Lemongrass Bistro—420 E. Atlantic Ave. PanAsian. Casually hip ambience, friendly service, moderate prices and a blend of sushi and nouveau pan-Asian fare make this a popular destination. The quality of its seafood and care in its preparation are what gives Lemongrass its edge. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-5050. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 101 Plaza Real S., Boca Raton, 561/544-8181; 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561/733-1344). $ Shrimp on toast from Sundy House

The Office —201 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Your office is nothing like this eclectic gastropub, unless your office sports more than two dozen craft beers on tap and a menu that flits from burgers and fries to mussels. Don’t miss the restaurant’s winning take on the thick, juicy Prime beef burger and simply wicked maple-frosted donuts with bacon bits and two dipping sauces. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/276-3600. $$ Park Tavern—32 S.E. Second Ave. Contempo-

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rary American. The guys from Cut 432 have done it again with this hip, casual modern American tavern. The menu is tightly focused and tightly executed, whether Maryland crab cakes featuring fat chunks of succulent crab or the behemoth slab of tender, juicy prime rib for a near-saintly $29. Don’t miss the decadent soft pretzel bites. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.-Sun. 561/265-5093. $$

Prime—29 S.E Second Ave. Steak/Seafood. Prime is aptly named for its heart of the action location, classy neo-supper club decor, extensive wine list and roster of designer steaks. Starters and desserts fare better than entrées, especially plump, crabby Maryland-style crab cakes and indebocamag.com

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cently luscious chocolate bread pudding. Service is a strong suit too, so with a bit of work this good-looking restaurant will fully live up to its name. • Dinner nightly. 561/865-5845. $$$

Racks Fish House + Oyster Bar—5 S.E. Second Ave. Seafood. Gary Rack, who also has scored with his spot in Mizner Park, certainly seems to have the restaurant Midas touch, as evidenced by this updated throwback to classic fish houses. Design, ambience and service hit all the right notes. Oysters are terrific any way you get them; grilled fish and daily specials are excellent. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/450-6718. $$$ Sardinia Enoteca—3035 S. Federal Highway. Italian. Dinner can be pricey at this sister property to the Miami Beach Sardinia, but that problem is solved by ordering half-portions of the paellas and pastas, plus the option for a quartino of wine (always a plus). The light goat cheese ravioli is lip-smaking. The arancini appetizer’s five balls of Sardinian couscous with ground meat and spices pop with flavor, and two orders could serve as dinner. Try the mozzarella bar or the chef’s tasting menu with paired wines. Loyal diners have found Sardinian sweetness here. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.-Sun. 561/332-3406. $$$ Sundy House—106 S. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. It’s fine dining served in arguably the most beautiful restaurant and gardens in Delray. Menus are seasonal and imaginative. Try any of the fresh local fish dishes. • Lunch Tues.–Sat. Brunch Sun. Dinner Tues.– Sun. 561/272-5678. $$

Taverna Opa—270 E. Atlantic Ave. Greek. Yes, you can order a side of belly dancing and napkin tossing with your moussaka and baklava at this chain. But the moussaka and baklava are very good; so is the rest of the food at the downtown Delray outpost. Also worth your while (and appetite) are appetizers like melitzanosalata, whipped eggplant with orange zest and roasted red pepper, and tarama, a creamy emulsion of bread, olive oil and salmon roe. Whole grilled bronzino is finished with lemon and orange juices for a citrusy flavor boost, while tongue-tying galaktoboureko goes baklava one better by adding vanilla-scented custard to golden, flaky phyllo. • Dinner nightly. 561/303-3602. $$ Terra Fiamma—9169 W. Atlantic Ave. Italian. The pleasures of simple, hearty, well-prepared Italian-American cuisine are front and center here. Among the pleasures you should enjoy are delicate, pillow-y veal meatballs in Marsala sauce; lusty chicken Allessandro with mushrooms, spinach and artichoke hearts; and a finely crafted tiramisu that’s as satisfying as it is familiar. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/495-5570. $$ Tramonti—119 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. In a world where restaurants chase trends with the relentlessness of Casanova in full Viagra heat, Tramonti stands out as a classic outpost of authentic Italian cookery. Not trendy hardly means stodgy, however, as evidenced by expertly

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Buccan —350 S. County Road. Contemporary American. Casual elegance of Palm Beach meets modern culinary sensibilities of Miami at the first independent restaurant by chef Clay Conley. The design offers both intimate and energetic dining areas, while the menu is by turn familiar (wood-grilled burgers) and more adventurous (truffled steak tartare with crispy egg yolk, squid ink orrechiette). • Dinner nightly. 561/833-3450. $$$

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Café Boulud —The Brazilian Court, 301 Australian Ave. French with American flair. This hotel restaurant gives Palm Beach a taste of Daniel Boulud’s world-class cuisine inspired by his four muses. The chef oversees a menu encompassing classics, simple fare, seasonal offerings and dishes from around the world. Dining is in the courtyard (not available during summer), the elegant lounge or the sophisticated dining room. • Dinner nightly. 561/655-6060. $$$

Café L’Europe —331 S. County Road. Current international. A Palm Beach standard, the café has long been known for its peerless beauty, the piano player, the chilled martinis and the delicious Champagne and caviar bar. Try one of its sophisticated classics like Wiener schnitzel with herbed spaetzle, grilled veal chop and flavorful pastas. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner nightly (closed Mon. during summer). 561/655-4020. $$$

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Chez Jean-Pierre—132 N. County Road. French. Sumptuous cuisine, attentive servers and a see-and-be-seen crowd are hallmarks of one of the island’s premier restaurants. Indulgences include scrambled eggs with caviar and the Dover sole meunière filleted tableside. When your waiter suggests profiterolles au chocolat or hazelnut soufflé, say, mais oui! • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/833-1171. $$$ Echo—230A Sunrise Ave. Asian. The cuisine reverberates with the tastes of China, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam. The Chinese hot and sour soup is unlike any other, and the sake list is tops. This offsite property of The Breakers is managed with the same flawlessness as the resort. • Dinner nightly (during season). 561/802-4222. $$$ HMF—1 S. County Road. Contemporary American. Beneath the staid, elegant setting of The Breakers, HMF is the Clark Kent of restaurants, dishing an extensive array of exciting, inventive, oh-so-contemporary small plates. Don’t depart without sampling the dreamy warm onion-Parmesan dip with house-made fingerling potato chips, the sexy wild boar empanaditas, chicken albondigas tacos and Korean-style short ribs. The wine list is encyclopedic. • Dinner nightly. 561/290-0104. $$

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SEQUINS AND SPARKLE WHAT: In its inaugural year, the Parkinson’s Foundation South Palm Beach County Chapter hosted a gala to honor Gail and Robert Milhous, longtime supporters of the Parkinson’s Foundation. Guests were treated to a threecourse meal, entertainment by the Dan Beck Band and the Mirror Man, and a live and silent auction. WHERE: Woodfield Country Club

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KAUFMAN LYNN CONSTRUCTION OPEN HOUSE WHAT: Kaufman Lynn Construction invited city officials, business executives and community leaders to celebrate its brand-new corporate headquarters in Delray Beach. The company completed a $7 million renovation project on the building, which features three stories and 23,298 square feet of space. WHERE: Kaufman Lynn Construction headquarters Mark Lauzier, Shelly Petrolia and Caryn Gardener-Young

Nate Coker, Caryn Gardener-Young, Mark Lauzier, Chris Long, Shelly Petrolia, Mike and Lisa Kaufman, Bill Bathurst and Ethel Williams

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TRAIN THE BRAIN LUNCHEON WHAT: Following its mission to advance brain health in Palm Beach County, Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc. announced a $1 million campaign during its Train the Brain Luncheon. The donation will be used to raise awareness and increase screenings and conversations around mental health and its stigmas, advance research, address the ongoing opioid crisis and educate residents on how to handle mental health crises. Amishi Jha, Ph.D, the director of contemplative neuroscience for the UMindfulness Initiative at the University of Miami, served as keynote speaker during the event.

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LIVE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA... IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT! WHAT: In honor of the late “Saturday Night Live” star Gilda Radner, the Memorial Cancer Institute hosted its 22nd-annual comedy fundraiser for Gilda’s Club. The Fort Lauderdale club brings together those impacted by cancer for support and education. Carrying on Radner’s comedic spirit, former “Tonight Show With Jay Leno” correspondent Kira Soltanovich performed a comedic set for the crowd. The event raised more than $170,000. WHERE: Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina

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November 2018 issue. Vol. 38, No. 7. The following are trademarks in the state of Florida of JES Media, and any use of these trademarks without the express written consent of JES Media is strictly prohibited: Savor the Avenue; Tastemakers of Delray; Tastemakers at Mizner; Florida Style and Design; Delray Beach magazine; Boca Raton, South Florida At Its Best; bocamag.com; Florida Table; Boca Raton magazine. Boca (ISSN0740-2856) is published eight times a year (September/October, November, December, January, February, March, April/May, June/July/August) by JES Media. Editorial, advertising and administrative offices: 1000 Clint Moore Road, Suite 103, Boca Raton, FL, 33487. Telephone: 561/997-8683. Please address all editorial and advertising correspondence to the above address. Periodicals postage paid at Boca Raton, Fla., and additional mailing offices. Subscriptions: $19.95/9 issues, $29.95/18 issues (shipping fee included for one- and two-year rates). Single copy $5.95. No whole or part of the content may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission of Boca magazine, excepting individually copyrighted articles and photographs. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Boca magazine, P.O. Box 820, Boca Raton, FL 33429-9943.

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Father Knows Best

Father Bryan Dalton sets the standard for bringing hope to all of us Written by JOHN SHUFF

Father Dalton says Mass every day. He attends to ill parishioners, and he oversees the church’s top-notch grade school. He still guides parish ministries. Most of all, he is a “people person,” a man people trust, a relationship builder.

he holidays are upon us, beginning with Thanksgiving, when everyone counts their blessings, thanking God for our family and our friends and in some instances, individuals who have made a significant impact on our lives. It may be a physician, a surgeon, a teacher—anyone to whom you are grateful for having crossed your path. For me, personally, it’s my priest, Father Bryan Dalton, the pastor at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Deerfield Beach. My wife Margaret Mary and I have attended the church since 1980. Back then Father Dalton was the parish’s assistant, returning to St. Ambrose as pastor in 1993 following nine years as pastor of St. Richard Church in Miami. That was 25 years ago; today, Father Dalton is seriously ill with cancer. His voice is weak, he’s lost weight and that distinctive Irish brogue is barely discernable. His gait is slow and deliberate. He is a wounded man now, the cancer having spread throughout his body, and all he asks is that we pray for him. We do. But it’s the strength of

his faith that belies his physical presence. He says Mass every day. He attends to ill parishioners, and he oversees the church’s top-notch grade school. He still guides the parish ministries. Most of all, he is still a“people person,” a man people trust, a relationship builder. And every year, St. Ambrose leads the Archdiocese of Miami in its annual charities drive. Father Dalton, who has now been a priest for 48 years, can be spotted most days walking down Federal Highway, sometimes having breakfast at Olympia Flame Diner. Every time I see him, I know whomever he runs into will hear

him reiterate his message of God’s love for everyone. He believes this with all his heart. And he spreads the word. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland he came to the United States in 1970. He likes to tell the story of the first car he bought, a junker, with monthly payments of $65 on a priest’s monthly salary of $75. He is a simple man, with a weakness for chocolate, but he has never had a drink. His passion is attending to the spiritual needs of those he loves—his parishioners—a vocation that is especially tough these days when scandals abound in the Catholic Church and fewer and fewer people attend mass. But Father Dalton attracts a full house every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Mass. When he shakes your hand after Mass and wishes you a great week, you are coming in contact with a special person, one whose true belief is, “The best is yet to come.” Father, may God hold you close to his heart like you have with me, and all of those who have ever crossed your path.

Father Bryan Dalton

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