Stories written by Levi Meyer

A Look Back at Crandon Park Zoo

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The next time you are dining on Lincoln Road and you look up at the noisy parrots serenading you while you eat your sushi, know that those parrots are most likely descendants of the ones that got away from the old Crandon Park Zoo during Hurricane Betsy in September 1965. Back before Zoo Miami was [...]

Blame Irma La Douce for Coconut Grove Art Festival

Blame Irma La Douce for Coconut Grove Art Festival

When you are stuck in traffic because of the Coconut Grove Art Show on February 16-18, you can blame it on Irma La Douce. Yes, the year was 1963 and the sexy Broadway musical about the Left Bank Parisian Prostitute, later made famous in film by Shirley MacLaine, was scheduled to open at the Coconut [...]

SoMi Fitness brings smiles to children as their annual Holiday Toy Drive

SoMi Fitness brings smiles to children as their annual Holiday Toy Drive

The room was overflowing with toys, smiling children, spirited volunteers and even a WWF wrestler at this year’s extraordinarily successful SoMi Fitness Holiday Toy Drive! As it has done for the past four years, SoMi Fitness began collecting toys in November for its annual holiday toy drive. Drop off sites were established at the SoMi [...]

Authentic flavors and impeccable service await you at Il Mulino New York

Private dining room at Il Molino New York

Tucked away in the luxurious Acqualina Resort & Spa in Sunny Isles Beach is one of Miami’s finest restaurants, Il Mulino New York. Upon arrival, you become instantly aware that you are about to embark on a luxurious experience. You are immediately greeted by an army of resort staff who open every car door simultaneously [...]

Cibo Wine Bar – authentic Italian flair creatively

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As we pulled up to Cibo Wine Bar in Coral Gables, the rain was falling hard enough to be confused for a category two hurricane. Worried that we would not find parking and would get drenched as we made our way to the restaurant, my wife and I were relieved to see the port in [...]

The keys to shopping at Sarah’s Tent

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If you haven’t tasted the prepared foods at Sarah’s Tent in The Shoppes at the Waterways, I have two words for you: “Moroccan Fish.” Well, truth be told, I could never sum up the delicious foods offered at Sarah’s Tent Kosher Gourmet Food Market in two words. I could possibly use a series of words [...]