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Who writes this
Everything published about South Beach on this site carries a name. Here is who those names belong to, what each of them covers, and how to read everything they have written.
Renata Vieira
Senior Editor
Beat: Things to Do, Best Time to Visit, The Beach
Renata edits this guide and enforces the distinction the rest of it depends on: South Beach is part of Miami Beach, which is a separate city from Miami. She covers the practical end — causeways, garages, meters, spring break rules and whatever the city has decided about Ocean Drive this year — and cuts any sentence that would also be true of Fort Lauderdale.
5 guides · 3 news posts
Julian Marsh
Architecture & Design Editor
Beat: Free Things to Do, Things to Do, Art Deco District
Julian walks the district for a living and can tell a 1930s deco hotel from its Mediterranean-revival neighbour at forty paces. He writes the buildings: eyebrow awnings, porthole windows, terrazzo floors, the 1979 National Register listing, and Barbara Capitman's decade of standing in front of demolition crews. He will also tell you which lobbies you are allowed to walk into.
2 guides · 2 news posts
Dominique Saint-Clair
Nightlife & Dining Editor
Beat: Nightlife, Things to Do, Best Time to Visit
Dominique covers the island after dark and the island at brunch, which on these twenty-three blocks turn out to be the same subject. She writes Washington Avenue door policies, hotel bars, and the automatic service charge that lands on an Ocean Drive bill before you have added a tip. She eats one street back, and tells you where.
3 guides · 3 news posts
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