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12A I THURSDAY,MARCH 11 2004. - FROM THE FRONT PAGE THE HERALC
UP FRONT 1 THE BE-SEEN SCENE
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•SOUTH BEACH,FROMIA and Lil'Kim,who kept the a '
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2000,vanishing into the wit- tal pouring. +
ness protection program.And Now, observers say, the -`r'`z r •
in many ways, the South scene is exploding. ` :.
Beach party was over. � 1p
TIMES LOVE FEST 3`
BACK IN ACTION The New York Times has ', ' ' .„ 4t,
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"When I got out of Joia and been carrying on a seasonlong
Bar Room, the Beach just love fest,publishing several ?
wasn't as chic anymore,”said pieces on South Beach's ,'e �_
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Casares,who with longtime resurgence.On Sunday,it fea-
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club figures Tommy Pooch tured South Beach and the
and Alan Roth is promoting a sparking scene on the main- :'r
poolside party Sundays at the land in The Sophisticated ,. , ,,,,,,„^).
Raleigh Hotel. She also is Traveler, celebrating the - - -
kicking off a gay party Sunday style,food and mood of the PHOTOS erRICHARD vArnasoxiwnTHE HERALD
nights at Mansion,the new town. INTERNATIONAL SET:Karin Jenny of Switzerland and Jasmin Wissmann of Germany party at Nikki Beach Club.
incargation of Level, 1235 According to preliminary
Washington Ave. reports from the Greater
Sky Bar at the Shore Club, Miami Convention&Visitors , 6TH-, shoots for everythingvfrom
which has one of the toughest Bureau,occupancy in Miami
doors in town,in January sent Beach was at 69.9 percent in �''� •y*"m {r ''''''''''',....7•""'t'7•' '" ,, tt i3 ',•,�' � Naomi Campbell's fashion
out VIP cards to ensure its January, higher than the '�, r ver, t' , �` ia+ r, �-j;, campaigns to Madonna's CD
heavy hitters make it in.State, record-breaking 66.7 total in s f; covers.Lately,Big Time has
1 been more about hip-hop
which just opened in the 2000, before 9/11 caused a �.. el,' shoots.
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space that was Spin,put long- major tourism slump. ,,,, 7 l.x
time doorman Fabrizio Thanks to a strong euro, ' CHANGE OF FOCUS
Brienza back in game face. this season saw the return of `�
"There have always been the modeling industry—and * "That's the industry that's
ropes,but they haven't meant thus,the prettyi" recording music here and
much lately," opeople. .%" shooting album covers here,"
Brienza said. "I would say we are in full he said
"There came a point where swing again," said Bruce r c There are those who argue
there were no more VIPs.The Orosz,owner of ACT Produc- - r?. ,; 'Y a'"� that for all the packed night-
, , .-"""' clubs,restaurants and hotels,
people you would have never tions,a print,TV and film
let in before became the VIPs. production company on the .�^` ""-- S
But now you can be selective Beach for 20 years."The calls ;� F'� South Beach will never regain
at the door again" are nonstop.It's certainly like .
4: its early 1990s cool — the
nothing we have seen in the T • i �t#x ,R, i. m „� ' edgy paradise that had not
MAJOR COMEBACK past three years.The models „,� .t f ^ _ 9.'„.,'° ' been spoiled by a Gap on
Cool started making a are here,the crews are here. -'- ''° `° '�” 'F',. ` every block and poseurs in
comeback in early December, There's just a new energy." k % t 4 ':' , knockoff Gucci
when Art Basel populated Signs of a newly happening 'i "r+ `m61C But plenty of others say
hotels,clubs and restaurants Beach:Sleepy models in flip a ;� "t there's no sense living in the
with the A-list that had been flops crowd the recently _ past.
P " `- "We want it to be what it
eluding America's Riviera opened Cafeteria on Lincoln .; was when Madonna was
The scene started fizzling Road,where a straight-faced ,__r,1 t .tS",,. '. t;,, ` . .« 4., here,"said clubmeister Gerry
in the late 1990s,when the hostess will tell you the wait BUBBLY TIME:John Esposto of Italy,center,and Roberto Feorre of Miami,right,sip Kelly, who with partners
modeling industry pulled out for brunch is three hours.
and, headed for cheaper, champagne on South Beach. recently opened State in the
fresher backdrops. Gianni SOME FAMOUS FACES space that was the fabled Bar
Versace's murder in 1997 A dim-sum lunch at the Room
iidn't help.Neither did the new Miss Yip on Meridian steakhouse on lower Ocean designer's mosaicKelly was marketing direc-
g pool and than the hip-hop scene.In tor for Liquid and BarRoom
subsequent departure of Avenue treats you to a who's Drive,where a burger will set dine in private quarters. November,P.Diddy bought back in the heyday.But when
:elebs such as Madonna and who.Hollywood diva Uma you back$30,takes a good "The picture has gotten Tommy Mottola's house on he left to open Level, he
ily Stallone.By the time Louis Thurman regularly strolls the month—or formidable con- bigger,"said Dennis Leyva, Star Island. became a page in South Beach
Canales,one of the leaders of Raleigh, at 17th Street and nections. the city's entertainment Beyonce Knowles has history. His boss Paciello
he Beach's rebirth,started Collins Avenue.It was the The million-dollar-per-unit industry liaison. "At one three adjacent units at the started talking about getting
trashing his own creation first hotel to harbor the hip at condo towers that crowd the point,it was a hip and hap- Green Diamond on Collins. him whacked.Cops got it on
"We have become a tropical the start of the renaissance, Beach's southern tip are pening gay destination.Then And Missy Elliot was recently tape.
.A.—shallow and very one- and it has just been brought packed with the wintering it became a hip and happening on MTV's Cribs blinging Kelly doesn't dwell. So
limensional," he told The back by Thurman's new monied masses. fashion destination.Then it about her Beach pad. what if State doesn't have the
3erald in 2000),the party was squeeze,hotelier Andre Bal- became headquarters for the "There are more and more jammed VIP room that Bar
vetting cold.But what made azs. MEMBERS-ONLY CLUB Latin entertainment industry. hip-hop artists buying homes Room did?
he Beach sputter most was On Sundays,the new Ritz- Later this spring comes the Today,we still have the gay here and opening recording "Madonna was here 10
he post 9/11 travel jitters. Carlton at Collins and Lincoln launch of The Club at Casa crowd,we still have the fash- studios.That is a key shift, years ago.She was a single
What saved the place from Road competes with the Casuarina — membership- ion crowd,we still have the because culturally,hip-hop is woman,and she partied.Now
osing its vibe to the khaki- Raleigh for the trendy and the only access to the rococo entertainment crowd.And we what rules now,"said Eugene she's a married woman who
nd-golf-shirt convention famous. mansion formerly owned by are more international than Rodriguez,owner of Big Time lives in England and doesn't
rowd was hip-hop—celebs Scoring a Saturday night Versace,where the platinum- ever." Productions,which through
ike P.Diddy,Missy Elliott reservation at the Prime 112 card set will chill bythe Perhaps nothingg party.But the yamou",I'd say
p is hipper the 1990s housed photo that's definitely back."