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Indulge In Style: Lunch In The Versace Mansion
It’s no surprise that Miami is the ideal city to flaunt one’s beauty and style. With the thriving art scene, glamorous nightlife, and warm weather you just want to look as enticing as the city does. Well, Gianni’s Restaurant captures that desire flawlessly and attracts fashion enthusiasts from around the world, and for good reason. The restaurant is in the former Versace mansion, once home to the late fashion designer Gianni Versace. The mansion is hard to miss because it’s out of place in the best way. Casual beachgoers in boardwalk attire pass by a Mediterranean-style villa as designer-drenched visitors strut into its arch entrance. As you walk in, you’re…
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Ninety Miles South of Florida
In July 2021 protests erupted as Cubans reached a boiling point of government neglect while in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article reveals my Cuban mother's and my thoughts on the matter as I reminisced on my Havana visit just a few years before. In 2023 Cuba currently faces trial in London over unpaid debt. The future of Cuba is unpromising as it resembles the Special Period of the nineties.
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Elsa’s Arrival
My Independence Day trip in 2021 was exactly what I needed. After an extra session of school for the summer, I couldn’t wait to make the most of my shortened summer break. As the days of my upcoming trip got closer, I couldn’t stop daydreaming of the clear blue ocean I would reunite with. My tired legs from sitting in my mediocre office chair every day needed to move around, a lot. I could picture my boyfriend and I salsa dancing, swimming, museum hopping, and the like. Anything to get us moving and exploring was my goal. What I had not pictured though, was waiting roughly three hours to receive…
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The Seasons of Sligo Creek
It’s probably expected that my first blog post would be on a foreign destination. Sure I can’t wait to share experiences of me splashing in crystal clear waters and munching on tasty exotic cuisines, but I have a different perspective to share. The pandemic made alot of us appreciate where we were forced to stay in during the lockdown. Many of us rediscovered and appreciated home as a destination. Therefore, I’m not going to just present my hometown to you as a travel destination, but as an intimate space. Silver Spring, Maryland can be defined in a mixture of ways. There’s diversity, history, and expansion here that is impossible to…
