The Element Miami Airport has been receiving overall excellent reviews since it opened in 2012. Element is the first major hotel brand to mandate that all properties pursue the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for high-performance buildings. Consisting entirely of new-build hotels, Element offers travelers a reimagined interpretation…
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An Evening at the Palms Hotel & Spa – USGBC Miami
This past Wednesday, I joined my fellow members of the US Green Building Council – Miami chapter – for “An Evening at the Palms Hotel & Spa”. Beginning the evening at the on-site Organic Chef’s Garden for a tour and tasting, we then convened in Queen Palm (one of nine meeting rooms available at the…
Brazil Comes to Tuyo for this week’s Miami Spice
Yesterday I forgot to take something out of the freezer to prepare for dinner last night. What to do? How about Tuyo, a fusion restaurant on the top floor of the Miami Dade College’s Miami Culinary Institute just a few steps from our downtown condo? I have wanted to treat my daughter to dinner here ever since my…
Miami Culinary Institute – great food, great fun and green!
Wednesday night’s monthly meeting of the US Green Building Council Miami branch combined virtually all of my passions – urban Miami, real estate, green building, sustainability & environmental consciousness, great food, and bubbly champagne. We met at the Miami Culinary Institute, located at 415 NE 2 AV in downtown Miami, for a short presentation by…