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Along the Avenues: Mario Batali cooks up a demonstration at Morikami

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 30, 2010 at 12:51

By Thom Smith

Mario Batali had logged a busy day, giving a cooking demonstration for Publix Apron’s Cooking School at The Morikami. The Food Network favorite was hungry, and he wanted someone else to do the cooking. He also wanted a place where he co

Lantana: Town rejects PB request for seawall access

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 30, 2010 at 11:40

By Steve Plunkett

Lantana Town Council members have said it before and they’ll say it again: Don’t ask to drive construction equipment over our $1.5 million seawall.
Palm Beach sought permission to send a bulldozer, a front-end loader and two dump truc

Along the Avenues: Rapoport revives restaurant with Deck 84 debute

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 16:07

By Thom Smith

Deck 84 is finally a reality, and Burt Rapoport’s new restaurant on the Intracoastal in Delray Beach appears to be a hit. After a soft opening in mid-November, the veteran restaurateur held two opening parties Nov. 18 and 19 and went pub

Worth Avenue's haute new look — Ocean Ridge architect a creative force in redesign

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on November 3, 2010 at 15:00

By Mary Thurwachter

If you’ve just returned to the barrier island after a summer away, a short jaunt to Palm Beach’s most fashionable shopping district promises to be well “Worth” the drive.

While you were gone, Worth Avenue was undergoing a $15

Along the Avenues: Omphoy still seeks recipe for success

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on September 2, 2010 at 11:13

By Thom Smith

Colonel Sanders was the chicken king, but Michelle Bernstein may be the new queen, andif enough of her subjects seek an audience, it could be good news for the troubled Omphoy Resort just north of the Lake Worth bridge.

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Along the Avenues: Weatherman Weagle tests pedals' mettle for American Red Cross

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 1, 2010 at 12:06

By Thom Smith

Heads turned. Hands waved. Horns honked.

Motorists and pedestrians from Sebastian to Boca Raton had no trouble recognizing thefamiliar cyclist during the first week of June. Steve Weagle was at it again, biking north to south to rai

Along the Avenues: Spring? Spring!

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 17:30

By Thom Smith Chilly temperatures be damned, we’re warming up. I mean, what else are we supposed to do in South Florida? Fortunately, a little chilly weather here is better than most of the weather up north, and the folks who live and work along the

SHORE THING: 8 local restaurants with great sea views

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 15:30

By Mary Thurwachter

We appreciate restaurants with scrumptious food, good service and a pleasing ambience. But if a dining spot comes with an ocean view, we’re really cooking! Fortunately for us, our islands are blessed with several such gems, where

Along the Avenues: Five ♥ recommendations for Valentine's Day

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 15:00

By Thom Smith Virginia may be for lovers, but let’s face it, if you could choose where to be on Valentine’s Day, which would you prefer: some icy condo along the Chesapeake Bay or one of the choice beachfront resorts along A1A between Lake Worth and

Before Flagler, there was Woodward — and her paintings

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 13:43

Reproductions of Laura Woodward’s work can be seen at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd., through April. A similar exhibit at the Delray Beach Historical Society, 3 NE First St., runs through May. By Ron Hayes In the 1890s, that

2009: A year of rejuvenation along the coast

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on January 1, 2010 at 12:27

By Mary Thurwachter Despite a sluggish economy, 2009 brought some upscale and needed improvements to the barrier islands. From new seaside hotels, clubs, restaurants and pampering spas, to new roofs on town halls and an end to the roadwork on A1A, t