Taiko drummers pound out music for the Japanese New Year at the Morikami Museum. Photo provided
This is the first in an occasional series about traditions that accompany the start of a new year.
By Janis Fontaine
Happy 2018, everyone!
New Year’s is o
Matthew Raptis sits surrounded by the hard-to-find volumes he loves at Raptis Rare Books on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
You’re bound to be drawn to this Worth Avenue antiquarian bookstore
By Ron Hayes
“I was a unique chi
Paddling the habitats of Lake Worth Lagoon
Mangrove islands and breakwaters of the Snook Islands Natural Area —
islands built by Palm Beach County to improve water quality and wildlife habitat.
Lake Worth Municipal Golf Course is at left.
Photo by Pa
By Dan Moffett
Controversial brainstorms that hatch in Palm Beach have a way of drifting south to Manalapan.
So when the Palm Beach Town Council moved to consider leaf blower legislation recently, it wasn’t surprising that before long the idea
Make a short drive up A1A next month to cash in on specials offered at 14 Palm Beach restaurants during September’s Flavor Palm Beach. The restaurants will serve three-course lunch menus starting at $20 and/or three-course dinner menus from $30.
Part
By Dan Moffett
Recent advances in technology could enable Ocean Ridge to move forward with a plan to install license plate recognition cameras along State Road A1A without the blessing of the Florida Department of Transportation.
Ocean Ridge Po
The Hanley Center Foundation celebrated the fulfillment of a $1 million pledge by jeweler Alex and Ani. ABOVE: Yardley Manfuso and Anne Keresey. Photo provided by Lila Photo
Story and photos by Mary Thurwachter
Accolades keep rolling in for Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue, a collection of more than 200 upscale shops (Tiffany, Chanel, Hermes, Saks, Louis Vuitton and Cartier, etc.) offering everything from designer jewelr
One of the oceanside cabanas at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa.
Photo provided
By Steve Pike
There was a time — not that long ago — when hotels and resorts along the beach had a “slow” season. The snowbirds were gone and the locals stayed home. Th
Summer’s here, and that’s when the South Floridians play.
Or at least don’t have to wait at the grocery or the gas station.
Or restaurants.
That’s right — restaurants.
The seasonal residents have gone North, and you can easily get reservations at
Dr. Acey Albert, primary care physician, at his office in Palm Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Linda Haase
When Dr. Acey Albert volunteers at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, he works in makeshift conditions: The medical tent is pi
By Mary Thurwachter
Walking tours have long been a favorite of tourists and locals. They provide an entertaining way to dive into culture and history — and in some cases, food and wine — all while getting a little exercise, to boot.
Here’s a look
More than 200 guests attended the season’s third conversation, featuring Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan. Adler is an author, designer and potter, and Doonan has worked in fashion for three decades. Both are part-time Palm Beach residents. ABOVE: Pen
The Olivia Kiebach Garden is a delight to visitors from any angle. Here, a child is dwarfed by the hugh buttressed roots of the kapok tree.
Munching on the leaf of a milkweed, these caterpillars will mature into monarch butterflies.
Brown seeds dangl
Portrait of a Woman, benefiting Quantum House, kicked off its fourth season with a reception honoring five female honorees: Arlette Gordon, Roe Green, Julie Kime, Holli Rockwell and Ellen Tansey. The event included cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a spe
By Rich Pollack
It looks like license-plate recognition cameras on State Road A1A and other state roads will be allowed to stay up after all — at least for now.
Last month, officials with the Florida Department of Transportation’s regional offi
Perrie and Ira Gurfein moved their Style Bar hair bar & day spa
from Sag Harbor, N.Y., to Palm Beach, just north of the Lake Worth Bridge.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The owner of the Style Bar Day Spa came to the business accident
The Palm Beach Symphony kicked off its 40th season during a festive event with more than 100 returning members and guests. The symphony will present five spirited performances at five well-known establishments this year. “We are looking forward to a
A statue of Pan playing his flute greets visitors
at the main entrance to the gardens.
Swamp lillies in bloom in the county’s only cypress stand east of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The leaves of a saw palmetto generate from the bud of the plant.
By Tim O’Meilia
Best case scenario: seven submerged groins and a beach 50 feet wider in South Palm Beach and Lantana by February 2016.
That’s not as much as everyone wants, but it’s likely the most anyone’s likely to get.
South Palm Beach Mayor Donald C
