by Steve Pike | Aug 20, 2025 | Culinary, Events, Personalities, Restaurants
Cleo, the great new Eastern Mediterranean restaurant at the iconic Balfour in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth enclave, invites food lovers to embark on a culinary journey through Old World cooking with the Cleo Mezze Masterclass Series. Led by award-winning Executive...
by Steve Pike | Aug 20, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs, Real Estate
Champion Hills Club, Western North Carolina’s premier golf community, is heading into the heart of summer riding a wave of momentum. At the center of the excitement is the acclaimed Tom Fazio-designed golf course, which has reopened and is playing better than...
by Steve Pike | Aug 20, 2025 | Culinary, Events, Personalities, Resorts, Restaurants, Travel News
This Labor Day Weekend, The Diplomat Beach Resort -one of South Florida’s great vacation destinations – is turning up the volume with events perfect for Lady Gaga fans, locals, and last-minute staycationers. From Gaga-inspired glam to bottomless...
by Steve Pike | Aug 15, 2025 | Culinary, Personalities, Restaurants
Blackbird Modern Asian’s executive pastry chef Denise Elrod clinched her second win on The Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games, leading “Team Gluten” with chef and owner Jacob Town (of The Spoon Trade in Grover Beach, CA) to a unanimous decision and a $20,000 split....
by Steve Pike | Aug 12, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs, Resorts, Travel News
Tom Fazio, with more than 200 original designs to his credit and renovation work at places including Augusta National and Pine Valley, is near the top of every list of golf’s best modern architects. Fazio’s gift lies in designing courses that are challenging...
by Steve Pike | Aug 7, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs
Don Smith has joined Concert Golf Partners as Senior Vice President of Operations for the Premier Division of private clubs within Concert’s portfolio. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing Concert’s high-end clubs, such as The Club at Longview near...