March - April 2015 • ISSUE 15
Freeskater
Pedro Delfino
The Inversion of
ARTIKaL Sound System
Climate,
Tides &
Into The Wild at
Gumbo Limbo
Sea Level
Rise
Plus:
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Photo: Ben Hicks
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ur cover feature this issue discusses the topic of sea level rise and how it will effect our region. Beliefs aside, this is happening, and it’s a discussion that needs to be had. Not if it’s going to happen, but how to prepare ourselves in order to maintain our way of life when it does happen. But first we dive in with some community news regarding the Wings For Life Foundation and their worldwide event, part of which takes place in Sunrise, FL on May 3rd. Next are all the best local events we could find, from Sunfest to Tortuga Music Festival, there are a ton of great things going on in March and April. From there we cruise into the Currents section, which opens up with a Rhythm piece on ARTIKaL
Sound System. These guys have made a name for themselves over the years, and with their new album release, are looking to continue spreading their reggae sound. From there we catch some airtime with skater Pedro Delfino. One of the best free skaters in South Florida, Pedro gives senior writer Cash Lambert the scoop on how he arrived to this point, and where he’s looking to go in the skate scene. The Gumbo Limbo Nature Preserve comes in as our second feature, displaying some amazing wildlife and helping support our local ecosystem. Our Munch section starts out with a restaurant bio on Kapow! Noodle Bar, where Alex Rendon chats with owner Vaughan
Dugan about his unique concept and its future. Next we plug in the good ol’ blender at Modern Juice Co. for a delicious, and dare I say extremely healthy, smoothie and acai bowl. Little sleepy? Well wake your ass up with some Subculture Coffee! This spot is taking the roast, grind, and brew process to a level of sophistication rarely seen in South Florida. Scene starts out with one of the best selling cocktails from the one and only Guanabanas. We did a little taste testing, and concur that it is certainly safe for consumption. And last but not least, snaps from our last party at Smoke BBQ. Thanks for picking up the mag, and we hope you enjoy.
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Rhythm A longtime name in the local reggae scene, ARTIKaL Sound System comes full circle in their latest album, Inversion.
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Action Sports The freedom of free skating truly comes through with the always entertaining Pedro Delfino.
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limate, Tides, and C Sea Level Rise
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What’s already affecting certain parts of South Florida, and the truth about sea level rise.
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Gumbo Limbo We transport into the wild at Gumbo Limbo and learn more about how they’re preserving our local ecosystem.
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Restaurant Bio
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This Boca hotspot is bringing niche cuisine in a way that will please any palate.
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Juiced We put away the magic bullet for this article, and leave the smoothies and juicing to the professionals.
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Grind In this article we showcase coffee, done the right way.
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Freeskater
Pedro Delfino
The Inversion of
ARTIKaL Sound System
Climate,
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Rise
Into The Wild at
Gumbo Limbo
Plus:
Wings For Life Upcoming Events Jupiter to Fort Lauderdale theatlanticcurrent.com
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In Community news & Noteworthy
WINGS FOR LIFE
TAKES FLIGHT IN SUNRISE ON MAY 3 A world-wide event to raise
pack 30 minutes after the race
money for spinal cord injury is
starts and speeds up slowly
taking place on May 3 and you
until the very last runner is
and your friends can be a part of
caught. The men’s and women’s
it. Wings for Life is an interna-
global champs will be the last
tional research foundation whose
runners passed.
mantra is “spinal cord injury must become curable”. There will
Here’s another awesome thing
be 35 races across the globe, all
about Wings For Life — every dol-
starting at exactly the same time
lar, and we do mean every dollar
and one of them happens to be in
raised goes to research. How can
Sunrise. Runners of all ages and
this be? Because Red Bull covers
Ok, how can you get involved and
from friends, family, and business
ability, and those who are in
all administrative expenses for
raise money for Wings for Life be-
colleagues, or hold a fundraising
wheelchairs can participate.
the foundation. How nice is it to
sides joining the race? You can sim-
event. The wingsforlife.com website
know that 100% of what you do-
ply donate online, but you can also
is full of great ideas so check it out.
This run is unique in a very cool
nate or what you raise goes di-
ask for pledges ($20 for every mile
way----there is no finish line. A
rectly to help those who need it?
you run, for example), form a team
“Catcher Car” starts following the
Gotta love the team at Red Bull.
of all your buds and get pledges
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To register visit www.registration. wingsforlifeworldrun.com
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In events Where & When G.Love
March 6
Spred The Dub @ Conchy Joe’s —Jensen Beach
Riot Act @ Respectable Street
Elton John @ American Airlines Arena
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Godfrey @ Palm Beach Improv
Lake Worth Long Shots, lobo Marino @ DADA
27th Annual Art Fest by the Sea @ Jupiter/Juno Beach
Spred The Dub @ Reggae Fest —Lake Worth —Bryant Park
Delray Green Market
Photo: Emmett Malloy
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Mark Telesca Blues Showcase
@ ER Bradley’s WPB
@ The Vintage Tap
10
Jangle Leg
Spred The Dub
Gin Blossoms @ Revolution Live
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@ Vintage Tap Delray Beach
11
Wellfest Delray Beach
Ben & Virgil from The Killbillies
The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, Jangle Leg
@ Delray Center for the Arts
@ The Vintage Tap
@ The Vintage Tap
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12
13-14
@ Palm Beach Improv
@ Respectable Street
27th Annual Art Fest by the Sea
Uproot Hootenanny
@ NE 2nd Avenue
Godfrey
@ Jupiter/Juno Beach
Shotgun Betty
@ The Village Pump Lauderdale By The Sea
Wellfest Delray Beach
Craft Bazaar
@ Delray Center for the Arts
@ DADA
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47th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Fest and Parade Delray Beach Center for the Arts
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G. Love and Special Sauce @ Culture Room
G. Love and the band hit the road with their first album in nearly a decade with their hiphop/blues/heavy groove sound. “Sugar” is the new album getting rave reviews and it celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut, so let’s have party!
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Uproot Hootenanny @ Shamrock Fest Stuart
The People Upstairs @ Havana Hideout Lake Worth
15
Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower of Power @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre (formerly Cruzan)
Uproot Hootenanny @ Deck 84
Delivery Dudes Presents St. Patrick’s Day Parade After Party @ 3rd and 3rd
13-15
Jon Lovitz
St. Patricks Parade After Party
@ Palm Beach Improv
@ The Vintage Tap
Comedian Ron White @ Au-Rene Theater @ Broward Center
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John Mellancamp @ Au-Rene Theater @ Broward Center
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In Events Where & When
@ Funky Biscuit
Irish Gypsy Jam
Dania Beach Arts and Seafood Celebration
26-29
@ Frost Park
@ Palm Beach Improv
Boating and Beach Bash for People with Disabilities
Biscuit Fest—4 Days of Awesome Music
Shawn and Marion Wayans
@ The Vintage Tap
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Elvis Costello (Solo Show) @ Au-Rene Theater @ Broward Center
18-22
Jimmy Johnson National Billfish Championship Key Largo
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Jypsea Swimwear Bikini Show @ DADA
Pineapple Grove Tour @ Pineapple Arts District Delray Beach
Violet West, A Moment Electric, Steve Jr. @ Respectable Street
@ Spanish River Park
@ Kahuna Deerfield Beach
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Wreckly J’s, Koffin Varnish, Among The Wild @ The Vintage Tap
20-21
Jenny McCarthy’s Dirty, Sexy, Funny
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@ The Vintage Tap
Pure Honey Presents Cobalt Cranes, Sweet Bronco, and Whorish Boorish
22
@ Propaganda —Lake Worth
Smells Like Grunge Nirvana Tribute
The Nighthawks w/special guests @ Funky Biscuit
24
Pierce Edens and Jason Bible of The Trainwrecks @ The Vintage Tap
One Drop Rebellion feat; Michael Mcdermott of Bouncing Souls @ The Vintage Tap
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Ultra Music Festival
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@ Bayfront Park Miami
@ The Vintage Tap
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Forlorn Strangers
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Brian Hall Art Exhibit
Fortunate Youth w/ special guests
Boynton Beach Live @ Boynton Beach Arts District
IKO IKO
@ Respectable Street
Uproot Hootenanny
The Long Run A National Tribute to the Eagles
3
Uproot Hootenanny @ Charlie’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill Stuart
@ Funky Biscuit
FUSIK @ The Vintage Tap
4
Taking Back Sunday @ Revolution Live Ft Lauderdale
9
Craft Bazaar @ DADA
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3rd Annual Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival Kenny Chesney headlines this 2 day fest with the Zac Brown Band, Little Big Town, The Band Perry, Jake Owen, Sublime with Rome and many more. General admission, VIP, and Super VIP tickets on sale—visit tortugamusicfestival.com for more info.
@ The Village Pump
1st Annual Delray Beach, Bacon and Bourbon Fests Downtown Delray Beach
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@ Culture Room Ft Lauderdale
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JP Soars
@ Howley’s WPB
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@ Respectable Street
@ Culture Room Ft Lauderdale
28-29
@ Palm Beach Improv
@ American Airlines Arena
Heavy Pets
Flaunt 10 Year Anniversary w/ Sweet Bronco
@ The Vintage Tap
Raggy Monster
G. Love and Special Sauce
Fleetwood Mac
2
@ Culture Room
Barrel of Monks Brewing Grand Opening Party
@ DADA
Royal Majestique
@ Funky Biscuit
April
@ The Vintage Tap
Spirit Animals Art Show Brett Eldredge
Photo: Tom Craig
The Werks
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Hozier
Kyle Smith Art Show @ DADA
The Ting Tings @ Revolution Live —Ft Lauderdale
Catalogues @ Respectable Street
Samantha Fish w/ special guests @ Funky Biscuit
17
The Who @ American Airlines Arena
23
Bonnie Riot/Valdez @ Respectable Street
23-25
Yamaha Contender Miami Sportfishing Tournament —Miami Beach
23-26
Carlos Mencia @ Palm Beach Improv
24
The Mowgli’s @ Culture Room
7 Below—A Tribute to Phish @ Funky Biscuit
Raw Oyster Cult @ Funky Biscuit
april
Tab Beniot @ Culture Room Ft Lauderdale
Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre (formerly Cruzan)
Smith Sunday @ Respectable Street
10-12
53rd Annual Delray Affair
11
Come Back Alice + Sawgrass Express @ Funky Buddha Lounge
11-12
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may
29 - 3
SunFest
If your calendar isn’t already marked, mark it now. April 29-May 3. The biggest, baddest outdoor waterfront music festival in Florida is right around the corner. This year’s SunFest will feature Hozier, Fall Out Boy, Pixies, Lenny Kravitz, Paramore, Boston, Sammy Hagar and the Circle, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Wilco, 311, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and many many more — about 50 bands to be exact. Tickets are available in 1, 2 and 5 day passes. Advance ticket pricing until April 25. Tickets can be ordered online, by calling 1-800-786-3378, visiting any Publix from April 12-25, or you can buy at the gate. We will also be doing ticket giveaways leading up to the event, so stay tuned!
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Puttin’ Around on Sunday Funday (For A Cause!!) Proceeds benefit leukemia and lymphoma society so come on out!
Birthday Candles, Gallimimus, Fox Wound, The Old Fashioned
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27
Great American Cleanup—Beach Cleanup event —Delray Beach
Surf Guitar Legend Dick Dale
In Flames—Charming America Tour @ Culture Room
28
May The Force Be With You (Art Show)
@ Culture Room
@ Howley’s--WPB
Jangle Leg
29-March 3
@ DADA
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15-19
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Final Sail—4th Leg of the “Quest for the Crest” Sailfish Series
25
Delray Beach Earth Day
@ Kravis Center
Boz Scaggs
@ The Vintage Tap
@ The Vintage Tap
High Waterline Delray presented by Florida Earth Festival
15
Smells Like Grunge Nirvana Tribute
Bob Dylan @ Broward Center For The Performing Arts
Sunfest
@ Downtown West Palm Beach Waterfront
30
Donnell Rawlings @ Palm Beach Improv For the most updated local event listings visit theatlanticcurrent. com events calendar…updated regularly…your go-to events calendar for all things CURRENT
Currents Q&A
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Currents Innovators & entertainers that move our community
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rhythm ❘❘ Action Sports ❘❘ the bite
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ARTIKal“ Sound System
Comes Full Circle In Its Newest Release, Inversion
ur band is a culmination of the epic
this Delray Beach-based quartet produces the
scene we have in South Florida”
kind of Caribbean-influenced riddim that’s destined to make it one of South Florida’s pre-
In Jamaican Patois the word “artikal” is de-
mier reggae acts. The group is on the verge of
fined as “top notch;” one must command an
releasing their first record of originally written
understanding of this Jamaican slang word to
material, Inversion, and although ARTIKaL
grasp what the four ace members of local
Sound System may still be an artist on the rise,
rocking- reggae act ARTIKaL Sound System
the road that this dub-heavy four-piece has
are striving for. Each musician — front man/
taken to the top has aligned it with the finest,
vocalist Chris Montague, bassist Fabian Acu-
first-rate acts from the world of reggae.
ña, keyboardist Chris Cope, and drummer Tristan McNeil — is much too humble to take
For years now, ARTIKaL Sound System has
on the hefty designation alone, but together,
been cutting their teeth by backing some of
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Currents
Rhythm
Reggae’s biggest players. They
with just about every notable South
toured Puerto Rico with pioneering
Florida reggae musician. “Our band
‘70s -reggae act Abyssinians, and
is a culmination of the epic scene we
have supported reggae royalty by
have in South Florida,” he added.
touring and recording with Bob Marley’s grandson, Biggz General.
Taking it back to 2008, when his
He’s not the only Marley offspring
group was known as Stampede
ARTIKaL has shared the stage
Movement, the four-piece shared
with, the troupe also did a string of
warehouse space with ska punk-
Florida shows with another Marley
tinged act Spred the Dub and Deer-
grandkid—Alex Marley.
field Beach rootsy revivalist The Resolvers. It was through their
All the while lead singer Chris
affiliation with these South Florida
Montague has been like a sponge,
up-and-comers that the band
picking up bits and pieces of inspi-
caught the eye of reggae-pop idols
ration from each one of these art-
Inner Circle (best known for their
ist’s ethos. “I most admired their
infectious hit “Bad Boys,” [better
energy, interaction, and spirit,”
known as the theme song to reality
explained the upbeat and person-
TV show COPS.]
able front man. The Atlantic Current had the good fortune to catch up with the musical dynamo on his lone day off, Sunday, where he was taking a breather from teaching music six-days-a-week at his own business, SoFlo Music School. We asked him, out of all the legendary artists his group has supported, which proved the most influential? “I can’t pick just one,” shrugged Montague, telling us each and every artist was “sick,” in their own way. “ I feel most influenced by [their] underlying spirit and message,” he stated.
tion served as a “catalyst,” Montague said. Through their affilia-
To better understand the history of
tion with Inner Circle the group
his band’s rise, however, Montague
was introduced to other reggae
“
legends like Steel Pulse and Third
So many people spend their time on Facebook complaining about what’s wrong with the world, but if we really want to sculpt a better reality, we have to do it ourselves.
World, and linked up with oldschool reggae act Abyssinians. The funny thing is, none of the four
”
members of the ARTIKaL Sound System come from a Caribbean
pointed out, we have to break it
Along with Spred the Dub, and the
background. The drummer, Tristan
down from the top of South Flori-
Resolvers, Stampede Movement
McNeil, is British and grew up
da’s reggae scene. The core of the
was tapped by Inner Circle to par-
playing gospel music, Acuña is
group, Montague and Acuña, have
ticipate in a project called The Reg-
Venezuelan, current keyboardist
been playing in a band together for
gae Wave. This compilation disc,
over eight years, after meeting at
spearheaded by Inner Circle, in-
Shakedown, and Fourth Dimen-
bred, and Montague, well he’s just
Florida Atlantic University. In that
vited a “who’s who” among South
sion) to record two songs at Inner
a Maryland boy. “None of us grew
time, the fellas have jammed with,
Florida reggae acts (which also
Circle’s masterful Miami studio,
up listening to reggae,” admitted
rubbed elbows with, or recorded
included local standouts Roots
Circle House Studios. This connec-
Montague, explaining that his
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Chris Cope is Florida born-and-
Currents Q&A
group’s affiliation to reggae music
too. Perhaps no track more evident
mous effort featured lyrics written
their cell phones and focus, with all
is a product of circumstance. “The
of this than “Take the Power Back,”
by then collaborators, Trinidadian
the technology afforded them, it
biggest reggae stars in the world
one of Inversion’s hardest-hitting
artists Red Lyte and Marley de-
can seem like a losing battle.”
travel through South Florida, and
numbers, where Montague strikes
scendant, Biggz General. Inversion
we’ve all had access to that, we’ve
chiming guitar licks in the vein of
has the ARTIKaL boys stepping
Being the first time Montague takes
grown to share a profound love for
punk/reggae hybrid 311.
out into the fold for the first time,
the lead in the band, we wondered
and Montague says, it’s afforded
if he felt more comfortable in the
“So many people spend their time
him the ability to write lyrics that
spotlight? “I don’t know if I’d use the
The quartet’s deep admiration for
on Facebook complaining about
“hit way closer to home.”
word spotlight, I don’t like to be flashy,
reggae truly shines through their
what’s wrong with the world,” ex-
forthcoming effort Inversion — the
plained Montague, “but if we really
Montague draws from personal
title that’s a reference to the group
want to sculpt a better reality, we
experience in “What They Need,”
coming full circle by reuniting with
have to do it ourselves,” he said
for example. This mellow -flowing,
Playing together as a four-piece
Stampede Movement’s original
about the song’s core message.
skank-guitar-stoking track reflects
for over a year now, the ARTIKaL
back to a time when Montague was
Sound System guys are ready to
the genre.”
drummer, McNeil. Overall, Mon-
but I would admit to feeling more ownership over what I am doing.”
tague says he’s connected with
Inversion provides a platform for
a music teacher at a Boca Raton
strike out on their own. Inversion
reggae’s desire to “spread positivity
Montague to spread his message,
private school. “I felt so frustrated,
is set to come out any day now,
and awareness to [your] surround-
this record being the first time
fighting to win these kids’ atten-
after (coming full circle once
ings.” He pointed out his group
Montague sits behind the driver’s
tion,” he explained. “Nowadays it’s a
again,) it gets mix and mastered
comes with a certain political edge
seat. ARTIKaL’s previous epony-
struggle to get kids to put down
at Inner Circle’s studio.
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Action sports
“
Some of the best times are just with friends skating. To me, skateboarding is more about connecting with other people than skating by yourself. It’s about the community. That’s what I look back on and smile.
”
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On the Soul of Skateboarding
For Pedro Delfino, skateboarding and balance don’t always go hand in hand
b
“Competition turns me off,” he says. “Everyone’s eager to get first place, but competition is not my thing. I miss the innocent part of skateboarding.” The (now bearded) kid who grew
By Cash W. Lambert
up skating every park, bowl and notable street in Boca Raton was
e careful which path you
once going for it. Going for that
choose, because if you
path that he and everyone else
choose the one less trav-
could see: plan, practice, produce.
eled, not only will trees hide your
And with that regime on repeat, he
figure. Tiny thorns will pierce you
could make it in the contests, make
repeatedly as you crawl through
it in more edits. The pro’s would
the brush and searching for direc-
just be around that corner…
tion will be a daily task. ...Then one day Pedro didn’t want Yes, Pedro Delfino knew this and
to do it. He didn’t want to walk this
yes, the 19-year old staple in our
groomed and heavy trafficked
South Florida skating scene chose
path, with its physical ailments
freeskating anyway. Proudly too.
and pressure. That other trail,
Photos: Nathan Hamler
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Action sports
that’s what he wanted to try. He wanted to plan, practice and produce, but not in skateboarding anymore. Suddenly curious, other things were on his thoughts. And his sponsors, Island Water Sports and Lake Skateboards, didn’t mind. His fondest memories thus far aren’t from his competition stand-
I would make a joke out of it. Make
ings or his recent and fleeting fame
people laugh. Yeah, that’s what I
on Thrasher’s social media plat-
love. Making people laugh. You
form. “Some of the best times are
know, if I do terrible I might as well
just with friends skating when we
make it enjoyable, do a handstand
don’t need to be on our phones at
on my board or something.”
all. We’re just skating, with nothing
that it should be the only thing you
Although the path that Pedro
else to think about, no problems,
He made himself laugh in his recent
should live for. And I love it too, I
chose as a freeskater kept him
just bliss. To me, skateboarding is
edit entitled Collage, where he lands
can’t ever see myself stopping. But I
hidden from the spotlight, created
more about connecting with other
a 20 set rail. Instead of critiquing it,
want to pursue other things.”
some thorn like financial worries
people than skating by yourself. It’s
or saying he could have done any of
about the community. That’s what I
it differently, he’s jubilant.
and forced him to question his Like an engineering degree at Palm
direction, it gave him just enough
Beach State College. He figures that
experience to know what to do
Yes, balance helped him land that
since the body will deteriorate fast-
next in the crowded bowl named
He continues: “At a recent contest I
rail, but balance is also how he sees
er than the mind, the mind should
life: plan, practice and produce.
wasn’t performing well and if I fell,
the soul of the sport. “Skaters say
be the initial investment.
And unwind with his passion.
look back on and smile.”
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The Bite
t
Photo: Jason Arnold
he March/April time-
where to start your fishing.
fishermen, or the “10%
bottom fishing for yellow-
club”— people wonder why
tail or mutton snapper is
So as you know we’re near
they win the tournaments,
better than it has ever been.
area. It’s the time of year
sailfish alley and sails can
and it’s because they come
Some say fishing is not
we call tournament season
be caught in 120-180 feet of
prepared; when you go to
what is used to be, but I’ve
where you have all the
water but a friend of mine
work or go to school you
been at it for 50 years and
small boat tournaments up
just won a tournament and
have to ask questions—
remember the only time we
and down the coast from
the bite was in 240 feet.
what to do and how to do
could catch a snapper off
the Keys to Jacksonville.
These fish move in and out
it----the guys who win are
the pier was after a hurri-
We hit the migration of
depending on water tem-
doing their homework,
cane and now it happens all
kingfish, sailfish, and
perature, current, tide, and
have their reels filled with
the time. Spanish mackerel
blackfin tuna so you see
where the bait is. Smarter
line, have the proper swiv-
are thicker than they’ve
lots of tournaments, usu-
els and leader material,
ever been too, just prepare
ally 5 tournaments every
proper hooks and every-
and know where they’re at.
weekend up and down the
thing else. It’s not by luck.
frame is an excellent time for fishing in our
coast with 15-150 boats. You’ll see a lot of dolphin in 300-500 feet of water and the wind conditions and the direction of the gulf stream can drift in or out, and a lot of the time in our area the stream can be 3-5 miles offshore and it can move out to 8-9 miles offshore. So talk to your buddies or local tackle store and know where the gulf stream is so you know
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95% of the fish are caught
The cobia migration has
by 5% of the fishermen. It
started and they’ll be thick
goes back to “going fishing”
for the next 3-4 months and
vs. “going catching”. Guys
as we enter into May/June
who win tournaments
the tarpon bite along the
expect to win, just like any
surf will be good, and we’ll
good athlete. Go prepared.
start to see a lot of snook
Know where the gulfstream is so you’ll know where to start your fishing Bottom fishing for grouper, mutton and yellowtail snapper is as good as it has ever been. Call us for some free advice
prior to the rainy season. Over the past few years
Without a doubt, the next
we’ve seen a big increase in
few months are great fish-
spanish mackerel as well as
ing months. Here we can
more bottom fishing,
fish at least 325 days a year
whether it’s yellowtail or
instead of freezing up north.
mutton snapper, or grouper. I personally believe the
Tight lines and good fishing!
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Tom’s Tips
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The truth about rising sea level 28 theatlanticcurrent.com
By John Englander Photos: Ben Hicks
M iami Beach recently installed $15
It is becoming routine, predict-
thousand years of little change,
affect different areas and have
able by the high tide tables.
sea level is now moving upward.
different recovery times.
million dollars of pumps to keep the
In the last few decades the rise
streets from flooding on peak high
Often called “king tides” this is
has been modest, but the trend is
Routine waves and super storms
tide days. Miami Beach Mayor Phil
a rather new phenomenon over
accelerating and will not stop for
are easy enough to understand.
Levine says it’s just the first phase of a
just the last few decades. While
centuries. Understandably people
Wind causes most waves. The
$300 million dollar plan to keep that
some dismiss it as part of a natural
are concerned, but there’s a lot of
height and wavelength vary by
tourist mecca a viable community.
cycle, generally they have little
confusion and misinformation.
intensity and the distance over
understanding about the patterns
What are the facts and what’s
which the waves can develop
Periodic flooding every 28 days
of changing ocean height. Many
hype or hysteria?
(properly known as “the fetch.”)
occurs from the Florida Keys, to
confuse king tides, storm surge,
the Las Olas Isles in Fort Lau-
and rising sea level but sense that
If your house or street is under-
waves, with hurricanes being a
derdale, on up the coast to Briny
something different is happening.
water, the cause may seem aca-
super storm, also called “ty-
demic, but there are several very
phoons” in the Pacific.
Breezes in Palm Beach County, to
Storms cause severe wind and
Annapolis MD, Newport RI, along
Rising sea level is becoming
different types of flooding. Storms,
San Francisco’s Embarcadero and
a topic of conversation and
extreme tides, rainfall runoff, tsu-
Routine waves might be five feet
low lying cities all over the world.
for good reason. After a few
namis, and rising sea level each
high, with stormy weather possibly
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producing waves
Those peak high tides can be pre-
twenty feet or
dicted down to the minute for any
higher. When the
given location, years in advance.
wind dies, the waves
Boaters, fishers, and surfers consult
die within a matter
the tide tables, either printed or
of hours, possibly a
online. Different locations have
For sea level to rise noticeably, takes decades. To lower noticeably, it takes centuries. Sea level has not changed much in the five thousand years or so of our civilization and written record. The geologic record however leaves no doubt that sea level does move up and down hundreds of feet, over thousands of years. The last time sea level was higher than present was 120,000 years ago. Then it reached twenty-five feet higher than today.
few days for a super storm. Life
different tide ranges. Three feet is a
returns to normal. Waves mostly
common routine tide range, though
hit the beach. Storm surge may get
some places are almost zero, and
into an inlet, and do damage on
certain places, like Nova Scotia’s
the inside canals too.
Bay of Fundy have daily tides in excess of twenty-five feet – mostly due
Tides are more stealthy and
to the moving bulge of ocean being
confusing. In most ocean areas the
trapped in a narrowing area, caus-
routine up and down pattern of
ing it effectively to pile up higher.
sea height changes almost twice a day, with a full cycle roughly being
Tsunamis are a special kind of
six and a half hours. High tide is
flooding as the world witnessed
actually a bulge in the ocean that
in the devastating events in Indo-
moves around the globe, caused by
nesia and Japan during the last
the gravitational pull of the plan-
decade. Those giant, fast moving
ets. When the sun and moon are
sea waves are caused by under-
aligned, the pull is stronger caus-
water earthquakes.
ing a peak or extra high-tide. That
Wave action shot during Hurricane Sandy, October 2012
happens every 28 days, following
Rising sea level is different than all
the full moon, hence the term “full
those events, caused by a different
moon high tide” (also called spring
force. Sea level change occurs
tide or lunar tide). Certain months
much more slowly. For sea level to
of the year, other planets are also
rise noticeably, takes decades. To
in alignment, making the force
lower noticeably, it takes centuries.
even stronger, pulling the ocean
Sea level has not changed much in
even higher.
the five thousand years or so of our civilization and written record. The geologic record however leaves no doubt that sea level does move up and down hundreds of feet, over thousands of years. The last time sea level was higher than present was 120,000 years ago. Then it reached twenty-five feet higher than today. Most people think the cause of sea level rise is the melting polar ice caps. Not true. That ice around the North Pole, is floating sea ice.
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Giant icebergs and the ice cubes in your glass of ice tea behave similarly. They poke about 10% above the surface, but as they melt have no effect on the height of the liquid. Sea level rises for three primary reasons: First, because the ice on land enters the ocean either as icebergs or melt-water, as would happen if you added an ice cube or more ice tea to your glass. The giant ice sheet on Greenland and nearly all of the 200,000 glaciers that are monitored have been melting more and more each of the last few decades, as the planet has warmed slightly. So far that had added about three inches to global sea level, but the rate of rise is accelerating substantially. The second reason is “thermal expansion” of the ocean itself. Like most materials, as the ocean warms it gets a tiny, tiny bit
The ice on land enters the ocean either as icebergs or melt-water, as would happen if you added an ice cube or more ice tea to your glass. The giant ice sheet on Greenland and nearly all of the 200,000 glaciers that are monitored have been melting more and more each of the last few decades, as the planet has warmed slightly.
larger. The aver-
Sea level rise needs to be looked at separately from storm surge and peak tides, because it becomes essentially a permanent (thousands of years) increase to the base
age depth of the
level––the low tide level. Higher
world’s oceans is about 12,000 feet.
add to, or subtract from global sea
geologic history. That is the under-
sea level does not hit the beach
Over the last century the ocean
level change.
lying reason for the warming.
like a storm wave, but rather will
one and a half degrees F, causing
For example, in the area of Norfolk
A lot of effort these days is focused
the ocean to be almost four inches
Virginia, the plate moved down
on reducing the warming, some-
taller. The combination of melting
roughly 22 inches over the last
times called “mitigation.” Efforts to
Fortunately the process of melt-
ice from land and thermal expan-
century, combining with the eight
reduce carbon footprints and to be
ing ice, raising sea level, and
sion has amounted to about seven
inches of global sea level, to make
more sustainable and green are fo-
gradually shifting the shoreline
and a half inches of sea level rise
local sea level about 30 inches
cused on reducing the rate of warm-
is a gradual one––not like storm
during the last century. The rate
higher. On the other hand, Los
ing. Those good efforts may prevent
surges or even extreme high
of rise is now increasing. In the
Angeles was raised about 4 inches
sea level from rising at catastrophic
tides. We have time to adapt
last decade or two, the rate is now
by the Pacific plate being forced
rates. Yet the fact is that the warmer
to slowly rising sea level. We
about 1.2 inches per decade.
underneath California, reducing
oceans mean the ice sheets will
can think of that as the positive
apparent sea level by that amount.
keep getting small, raising sea level
aspect of this new phenomenon.
for a very long time, regardless of
Some might call it the glass half
the efforts to slow the warming.
full—and getting higher.
has been warmed approximately
work its way to the lowest areas,
The third reason for changing The burning of fossil fuels puts
one. Land can move up or down,
carbon dioxide up in the atmo-
described as uplift or subsidence.
sphere. That “CO2” is transparent,
It’s hard to notice because like
but traps heat, just like a sheet of
sea level the amounts are usually
glass, hence the term “greenhouse Science / Earth Sciences / Climatology
“High marks for High Tide on Main Street! A must read, no matter where on the planet you live. This riveting analysis shows the many ways that everyone, everywhere is affected by sea level rise now and forevermore. ” Sylvia Earle, PhD, author of Sea Change, A Message of the Oceans: former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
effect.” It is a basic function of
causes can be the moving plates
chemistry and physics. CO2 levels
of the Earth’s crust (tectonic),
are now at 400 ppm (parts per
compacting soils, or the extraction
million) and rising rapidly, much
of ground water or petroleum,
higher than the natural range of
causing the ground to settle. The
180 – 280 ppm that has existed
changes in ground elevation, can
over the last ten million years of
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Property values could decline this decade shorelines will shift significantly by 2050 sea level will rise for at least 1,000 years Rising sea level is the most profound long-term aspect of climate change. Yet, the public is almost completely unaware of the magnitude of the problem. For three million years sea level has regularly moved up and down 400 feet with ice age cycles. Now, after 6,000 years of minimal change, we are entering a new era of rapid sea level rise. in clear, easy-to-understand language, this book explains:
• The science behind sea level rise, plus the myths and partial truths used to confuse the issue. • The surprising forces that will cause sea level to rise for 1,000 years, as well as the possibility of catastrophic rise this century. • Why the devastating economic effects will not be limited to the coasts. • Why coastal property values will go “underwater” long before the land does, perhaps as early as this decade. • Five points of “intelligent adaptation” that can help individuals, businesses, and communities make smart long-term investments.
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at Gumbo Limbo 32 theatlanticcurrent.com
T
here’s a 20-acre plot in
striding towards me on the Board-
Boca Raton where nature’s
walk Trail so I swivel my head the
happenings aren’t stopped
other direction to search for the
by man. And because of that,
skunk and the smell hits me again.
its name and its creatures
Thick trees and weeds surround
are guaranteed to bring you
the Boardwalk Trail, like a fence.
back to your childhood.
I’m boxed in. Trapped. While wearing my favorite Hawaiian shirt.
Experience is quickly reminding me that you only have two op-
Then rings out the sentence that
tions when you smell a skunk in
saves my Hawaiian shirt, spoken
the wild. Either pull a white flag
by the man leading the group.
out of a backpack, which should
“Should you smell a skunk, which
consist of hydrogen peroxide,
is highly likely, it’s not a skunk.
soap and baking soda and be
It’s actually called a Stopper tree,”
prepared to scrub, or run the
he says. His words echo into the
other direction with the agility
forest. Suddenly I’m calm and col-
of a fireman.
lected, but twitching with adrenaline. Like a river gushing around a
By Cash W. Lambert Photos: Ben Hicks
Because the latter fits best now,
stubborn rock, the tour group flows
I take two steps in the opposite
around me, stops, peers over the
direction, expecting safety, and
side of the wooden walkway and
that’s when I see at least 15 people
begin sniffing. I peek over too and
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there is a sign to commemorate the smelly wood, reading ‘White Stopper’. The group continues along the nature trail, and I turn back towards the Gumbo Limbo
W
Nature Center. Just in case.
“Wow its moving!” exclams a little girl, no older than 7 or 8 years old. “Let me see, let me see!” yells another, pushing glasses into her eyes and elbowing her way into view. “I want to see it!” says a boy, barely peeking over both little ones. Now the mom’s involved. “You don’t have to touch everything!” she huffs, evidently overmatched with 3 children who don’t seem to be all hers. The group of 4 walks away, and I look at what they were examining.
A plant. A green, leafy plant. I’m
heartbeat as it closes
pretty sure plants don’t move on
its tiny leaves onto one
their own accord. Today’s sky is
another. How exciting!
dark and warns of rain with high
I touch another branch
wind gusts but the plants are
and it happens again, leaf after
treat jaundice). I look again at the
Atlantic University students
blocked by brown, wooden build-
leaf folding closer to one another.
brochure and my eyes stick on the
and faculty inside until
map of the Nature Center.
I spy two expansive tanks.
ings. Plants don’t move. According to the brochure handed Arms folded, a bit calmer and not
to me by an elderly woman greet-
The Boardwalk Trail and its
Before I get close, I hear a little
smelling like skunk, I step closer
ing all visitors, I’m standing just
skunk-like smell are North, so I
boy belt out what everyone else
to the attraction of the day. It’s
outside the Gumbo Limbo Nature
have 3 less smelly directions to
is thinking: “Oooo, look! Wow!
just a plant. The sign underneath
Center, which moved onto this
choose from. In order to see the
it reads “Sensitive Plant, gently
20-acre Boca Raton refuge in
main attraction at Gumbo Limbo,
I couldn’t agree more. Tens or
stroke”. From the base, the plant
1984. Plants just as unique as the
which is the sea life, you have to
perhaps hundreds of fish fill each
has several branches, each with
Sensitive Plant are placed to my
“Follow the Blue Fish to the Sea
tank, zipping around the reefs in-
tiny and thin leaves stretching the
left and right. There’s Lemongrass
tanks.” I fold the brochure, put it in
side. I hear more childlike gasps.
same direction. The only company
(used as an antidepressant) and
my shirt’s front pocket and follow
near me seems to be children, so I
Milkweed (toxic to humans) over
the blue fish painted on the con-
The flow of traffic is substantial
lightly touch one of the branches
there, and here’s Papaya (aids di-
crete past classroom after class-
on this Saturday but not crowded,
and suddenly the plant has a
gestive problems) and Dill (helps
room presumably with Florida
so I continue toward two other
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Morgan dives again, the volunteer
make it to the Seminole Chiki tiki
and deadlines and can dream
explains that sea turtle rehabilita-
hut before the rain hits.
and believe and imagine and help and preserve...
tion is a specialty here at Gumbo Limbo and the researchers, some
Now walking dead south, I follow
affiliated with FAU, nurture them
the nature trail only stopping to
There’s a break in the rain and
back to health. They monitor
play chicken with a meaty crab
because it may be my only chance
about 600 turtle nests on the
standing in the way. The rain
to escape, I dash out of the tiki hut,
beach per year, she says.
comes and the crab seems to be
up the path where the crab is still
more interested in staying dry
in its hole, to the Nature Center and
And if you plan your visit right,
than fighting, so we part and just
I make a quick last round, walking
she continues, the Center has open-
around the bend sits the tiki hut
by the Plant Pharmacy and the
ings for sandy Turtle walks (June-
the size of a classroom. The clouds
classrooms and stopping at the sec-
July) and hatchling releases (July-
hold nothing back, and I’m trapped
ond story overlook to see the tanks
September), with the latter only available at 2 other nature centers around the state. It’s a chance to see babies scurrying across the sand in their right of passage, fighting to reach the Atlantic and doing so with only you taking in one of nature’s most precious moments.
T
again but this time I’m reflecting.
teeming with fish in the distance. Suddenly I hear a soft voice below,
There are no drawings or paintings
almost like a mother speaking
at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center,
to her child: “it’s ok...it’s ok.” She’s
but it still reminds me of what
standing in an area roped off to the
Pablo Picasso once said. A teacher
rest of us and she has the tips of her
back in elementary school drilled it
fingers resting in a tank with a baby
into my mind like a jackhammer:
turtle bolting to the opposite side.
A bigger crowd fills in the nature
“Every child is an artist, but the
arena, and the last I see of Morgan
problem is how to remain an artist
“It’s ok”, she keeps saying as she
is her diving and bobbing, diving
once you grow up.” The main de-
slowly reaches for the turtle,
and bobbing. I follow the flow of
mographic here today is certainly
picking it up. Suddenly in air,
traffic to another open air room with
children. There aren’t many adults.
the baby freezes. She carries it
individual turtle tanks where most
We see these wonderful nature cen-
with both hands to a dry tank for
tanks snuggled under an awning.
turtles are resting behind a barrier
ters at a young age and it seems we
cleaning. There’s no rush in her
In the first tank a stingray dances
that you need a PhD to cross.
rarely return when they are one of
step. Only childlike gentleness.
the few experiences that can return
She smiles, examining it. She
underneath the surface as a pufferfish speeds the other direction
Some are being fed, some are
us to our childlike minds. Minds
looks like she’s in love, as I now
and a turtle effortlessly glides
sleeping, all are enormous. The
that can elude momentary stress
am with the nature center.
behind the stingray.
turtle closest is named Betty White, and Betty White weighs in at 92.6
After a second look, the turtle
pounds. More children gasp.
isn’t actually effortlessly gliding. It keeps bobbing to the surface after
The path everyone is following
attempting to dive down, floating
leads to a zig zagging incline that
up with its back legs first. It hap-
will take you back to the Nature
pens once, twice...and then I see
Center and the Plant Pharmacy, ac-
the scar. Half an inch, perhaps an
cording to the brochure. There’s a
entire inch of the shell is sliced,
“Marine Debris Timeline” here on
sliced in a way that seems like the
the incline as I walk up, with the
work of a propeller.
first sign saying that it takes 2-6 weeks for newspaper
“Bubble butt syndrome,” says a
to degrade in the
college-aged girl, walking towards
saltwater. Cigarette
me with a volunteer nametag.
butts are next (1-5
“Her name is Morgan, and Mor-
years) and plastic
gan was hit by a boat. Her back
bags (10-20 years)
legs are paralyzed. After we found
and beer cans (80-
her we had to put weights on her
200 years) and fish-
to help with balance.”
ing line (600 years). Two children walk
Morgan tries to dive a third time,
by without noticing,
her two legs scurrying downwards
but the parents are
and she gets roughly halfway
staring. The wind picks up, giving
then bobbs right back up. As
the silence a sound, and I want to
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Munch A taste of our local food culture
Restaurant Bio ❘❘ Juiced ❘❘ Grind
s Bringing
[Kapow! Noodle Bar[
ix years ago, the
concept may not have
thought of placing
seemed so absurd. With
an Asian noodle
Mizner Park’s popular
spot right in the thick of
Irish pub and eatery, The
Boca Raton’s opulent
Dubliner, under their
Mizner Park may have
wing, Sub-Culture Group’s
seemed like a ludicrous
principal owners, Rodney
idea. But with the do-no-
Mayo and Scott Frielich
to the masses with an exotic flair.
wrong team of local club
were seeking out a sister
owners and restaurateurs
concept to their upscale
known as Sub-Culture
watering hole, when the
By Alex Rendon
Group spearheading the
space next door became
project, this far-fetched
available. “Sharing the
Niche Cuisine
same courtyard, it just seemed like the perfect fit,” said Vaughan Dugan, about the opening of the now crowd-pleasing PanAsian restaurant Kapow! Noodle Bar. Dugan, who is one of the founders of organic pizza chain Pizza Fusion, joined forces with Sub-Culture and opened up this comfort food haven in Mizner Park.
Photos: Kelly Coulson
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Munch
restaurant bio
“
“
From simple dishes like edamame to the more daring beef tongue, even our guests with very simple desires have a home at Kapow!.
Opening its doors in 2011,
up a few years before the
an extremely accom-
Dugan and company
Chang article (which would
plished restaurateur before
proved to be ahead of the
make noodles a posh food
the Vogue article,” said
curve on the noodle shop
item) this Korean-Ameri-
Dugan. Chang’s success
craze. Only a few years
can chef and entrepreneur
gave Dugan and his part-
later, in September of 2013,
was already on their radar
ners insight on a unique
cache’ bible Vogue Maga-
and proved to be a huge
opportunity. “We saw a
zine would do a profile
inspiration. “We are all
chance to take something
piece on rising celebrity
students of the food indus-
that may have been con-
Asian chef David Chang,
try, and very keen on
sidered a niche cuisine and
and his popular New York
trends,” explained Dugan.
bring it to the masses.”
City noodle shop Momo-
“[Chang] received his first
fuku. Dugan tells us that
James Beard nomination
Chang’s eatery was one of
although Kapow! opened
in 2006 and was already
the many places the Kapow!
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bones and other ingredients — including soy, seaweed, mushrooms, and scallions — and simmered for at least 24 hours. team consulted for “market research,” which, in other
Inspired by the Asian spices
words, consisted of the
found on its menu, Dugan
crew taking several road
tells us the cocktail menu,
trips, and eating at over
designed by his wife Angela
100 noodle joints from
Dugan is also ahead of the
New York to San Francisco.
curve. Incorporating such
It was during these buddy-
items as salted cherry blos-
buddy road trips, disguised
soms flown in from Japan,
as business fact-finding
us that Chef Holman has
Of all the exotic options
Mrs. Dugan’s not afraid to
missions that the crew
created a spectrum of com-
available on the menu, it
take risks. Angela uses
came to the conclusion
plexity as well. “From simple
is Kapow!’s savory ramen
fresh herbs in her cocktails
that Boca Raton lacked a
dishes like edamame to the
noodles which customers
taken from Kapow!’s own
concept like Kapow!, and
more daring beef tongue,
order the most; A Japa-
plot at the Boca Raton Com-
decided to take the gamble.
even our guests with very
nese noodle soup, made in
munity Garden and takes a
simple desires have a home
the “Shoyu” style, it is
fresh bold approach on
at Kapow!”
Kapow!’s staple item. “We
classic cocktails like the
offer our ramen broth
Bloody Mary.
Given the fact that the noodle bar has taken off like gangbusters in our area,
Holman is a protégé of
served over our house-
that risk has seemingly
celebrated local chef Bruce
recipe alkaline ramen
Having won both the best
paid dividends. One of the
Feingold, who mans the
noodles and topped with
Chinese restaurant, and
reasons for Kapow!’s suc-
kitchen at another Sub-
soy, chicken, pork or skirt
Angela Dugan the best
cess is its ability to please
Culture hotspot, Delray
steak,” Dugan explained.
bartender, in last year’s
many palates, according to
Beach’s Dada. Holman
Dugan. “Our executive chef
began as an intern at Dada
Chef Holman and his team
Kapow! has struck on a
Caleb Holman has created
before stepping up as the
make everything from
winning formula. As far as
a menu that has something
sous chef for 11 years and
scratch each morning, add-
the group’s intent to reach
for everyone. Drawing in-
subsequently taking over
ed Dugan. It may be con-
the masses goes, Dugan
spiration from all of the
the reigns at Kapow!. Hol-
sidered comfort food, but
hinted that another Kapow!
great flavors of Asia — from
man’s specialty is his abil-
fast food this is not. “Our
location may just be in the
our Korean Bulgogi tacos to
ity to create dishes to get
ramen broths are a very
works. “We certainly think
our pad thai, and Vietnam-
people in the door, accord-
laborious process, made
South Florida is ready for
ese chicken wings, we have
ing to Dugan. “Once we
with a ton of love,” he said.
Kapow number two,” said
true diversity.”
make a regular out of our
“This is not a ‘set it and
Dugan. “We were out scout-
customers, they tend to
forget it’ style of cooking”
ing locations this past
In addition to all of the East-
place more trust in the
he quipped. The broth is
weekend; I can assure you
ern cultures represented on
kitchen and start trying
made from pork bones,
that you will see a second
Kapow!’s menu, Dugan tells
more adventurous items.”
chicken bones, beef thigh
Kapow! in 2015!”
New Times Readers’ Poll,
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juiced
[ Modern Juice Co. [
So Simple, And That’s A Good Thing
By Natalya Jones
Put your Blender and Magic Bullet Away, and Leave the Juicing to These Guys.
m
The concept was refined into opening a juice bar with no refined sugar and with the creators adding healthy smoothies and juices into their daily lives. Sullivan himself has been positively impacted by the
Modern Juice
smoothies. “I have been on
Co. had hum-
an extensive lifestyle trans-
ble beginnings.
Photos: Jack Bates
formational journey over
cravings, and eventually
substitutes (turbinado,
sell are Modern Juice’s acai
“Modern Juice Co. was
the past 3 years,” he said.
progressed to the greens
cane sugar, etc). We want
bowls and other fruit bowls.
started by a small group of
“It began with simple pro-
and veggies.” Well, you
to be part of the solution,
Created with unsweetend
friends who were looking
tein shakes after a killer
can’t beat that logic!
not the problem.”
acai from Sambazon, the
for a lifestyle change and
workout at Hard Exercise
simply started making
Works, and then slowly
When asked how Modern
Sullivan said Modern
served in a bowl and topped
customized juices from
developed into occasional
Juice stood out from its
Juice’s most popular
with fruit and granola.
home,” said Jon Sullivan.
meal replacement blends.
competitors, Sullivan ex-
smoothies include the
Cold pressed juices are
As with all good startups,
Over the past 3 years I have
plained, “Our mission is to
Banana Protein and the
additional ingredients
the humble beginning
lost close to 50lbs that can
change people’s perspec-
Straw-Nana. Banana pro-
used. Pitaya Plus, which is
expanded into a more solid
be attributed to the com-
tives on what a healthy
tein is created with organic
frozen pitaya (dragonfruit)
business plan, with larger
plete lifestyle change. I was
smoothie should be. Jamba
bananas, Garden of Life
from Nicaragua, is also a
equipment, more intricate
a huge sugar addict, so in
Juice, Tropical Smoothie,
RAW Vanilla Protein and
popular ingredient in the
recipes and people who
the beginning I used a lot
Smoothie King, etc all use
McCoy’s Honey, the latter
fruit bowls.
wanted to join the team.
of sweet fruits to cover the
large amounts of sugar in
two ingredients giving the
“
acai bowl is a thick smoothie
Our main goal is to find ways to use natural ingredients to sweeten our product rather than simply adding sugar or any of its substitutes. We want to be part of the solution, not the problem.
dients carries on into the interior of the restaurant as well. “We want the sensory experience to be about our smoothies and juices, not our furniture. That’s what
“
their products and they sell
smoothie a bit of a sweet
it’s all about!” adds Sullivan.
a ‘lifestyle’ that isn’t achiev-
taste. Straw-Nana, a kid’s
With a company caring that
able when you consume
favorite, is created with
much about your experi-
that much sugar in your
frozen bananas, strawber-
ence, how can you not give
daily diet. Our main goal is
ries and custom made cold
Modern Juice Co. a shot?
to find ways to use natural
pressed apple juice.
Put your blender and your Magic Bullet down, and
ingredients to sweeten our
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The simplicity of the ingre-
product rather than simply
Other menu items that
experience simplicity in its
adding sugar or any of its
competitors probably don’t
finest juice form.
Munch
Grind local draft beer. Our space is unique; it offers a “lived in” but cool, urban feel.” What has been an idea of Mayo’s for over eight years, the end product shows that these guys certainly did their homework. With a variety of beans from all over the world
Photos: Kallima Photography To take things a step fur-
and precise brewing tech-
ther, their coffee is brewed
niques, the result is simply
specific to each type of
delicious. “We want to
bean. No automatic brew-
educate the consumer on
including great coffee,
ing going on here. Coffee
how complex and different
Subculture has got your
junkies know this well —
coffee can be instead of
fix. To Sean Scott and Rod-
each type of coffee needs
the homogenized general
ney Mayo, coffee is serious
to be “dialed in” so to speak
flavor profile you’ll get
business. Experts say that
in order to extract just the
from national chains,” says
you want your beans to be
right amount of desired
Scott. And for that, we
roasted within two weeks
flavor. On what sets them
thank you. So for those
of use. This is extremely
apart from other coffee
who say “Coffee is coffee,”
difficult for even the big
shops, Sean Scott explains
this can only be the case
coffee moguls to pull off.
“I think quite a few things
until you’ve had a cup of
Solution? Subculture Coffee
separate us: Skilled baris-
Subculture Coffee.
offee is coffee,
roasts all of their beans
tas that have been trained
right? Wrong. If
on site. “Our goal is to
to extract coffee in many
If you’re not near their first
you don’t care
serve our coffee three days
different ways being the
location off Clematis in
about how your
after roast and no more
most important. Instead of
West Palm Beach, you’re
coffee tastes and end up
than 14 days after, with
automated machines, we
prayers are soon to be an-
loading it with cream and
the sweet spot at about 6-8
teach them to use sensory
swered. Their second loca-
sugar, then stop by that
days,” says Mayo. They
set, volumetric parameters,
tion is coming soon to 123
one place that’s probably
also source their beans
how to adjust extraction
East Atlantic Ave in Delray
within a mile radius at any
from fair trade suppliers
depending on bean nuance/
Beach, which will have the
given time. But if you care
and have several direct
solubility, etc. We source
only Modbar espresso sys-
for the finer things in life,
trade relationships.
local food and offer all
tem in the state of Florida.
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by surfers, Jupiter’s Guanabanas restaurant has grown to be far more than its original intention. Currently, the restaurant “boasts a menu full of Floribbean/island favorites with a focus on Florida fresh seafood that includes Sanibel Island clams, Cape Canaveral shrimp, local snapper and many other Florida caught fish,” according to Matt Cahur, co-manager of the bar. He adds, “Our handcrafted signature cocktail list keeps the island vibe
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to it. Aside from the fresh
special.” He added, “[It’s]
mint, limes, soda water, and
fresh and amazing.”
sugar, there is not one, but two rums used it in it. Both
What’s also “fresh and
Flor De Cana 4yr Silver
amazing” are the acts
Extra Dry Rum from Nica-
that have come to play.
ragua and Club Caribe Co-
Natasha Beddingfield,
conut Rum from Puerto
Iration, Less than Jake,
Rico is used, the latter of the
The Fray and Rob Thomas
two being the only flavored
of Matchbox 20 are just
rum on the market above
some of the famous acts
42proof (55 Proof).
that have graced the scene with their presence. And if
kicking with a focus on
However, there is one thing
sphere where everyone is
highly prized rums and
that hasn’t changed – the
welcome.” So please, leave
tequilas sourced from
restaurant still maintains
the stuffy suits and heels at
around the world.” It also
its chill, surfer-esque vibe.
your last business meeting.
doesn’t hurt that there are
Guanabanas is 100% open-
happy hours 7 days a
air complete with banyan
One of the most famous
week from 3-6 p.m. with
trees, woven tiki huts, and
drinks from the restaurant
$6 signature cocktails, $3
hand made coquina stone
is the Coconut Mojito. Care-
bottled beer and half off
pathways. Confirms Cahur,
ful when sipping on this
house wine, well liquors
“The team maintains a
delicious beverage, how-
and appetizers.
laid-back, island atmo-
ever- it has a bit of a kick
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that doesn’t convince you
what made the tropical
to visit, we are sure the
drink so special, he re-
island-like atmosphere,
plied, “A great twist on this
mouth-watering food and
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land atmosphere makes
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