Florida Agenda

By DALE MADISON Gary Yamnitz knows his way around a credit union. The Wilton Manors branch manager at City County Credit Union (CCCU) began his career in financial services in 1984 with Sun Coast Schools Credit Union in Tampa. Fast forward 28 years and Yamnitz is bringing his vast depth and breadth of credit union [...]

By DALE MADISON Remind realtor Gary Lanham that the real estate market has changed and he will look at you and laugh. “No joke, Dale, where have you been?” he asks with mock astonishment. After Hurricane Wilma in 2005, things have not been good for most real estate professionals. Yet, some agents and realtors have [...]

2228 Wilton Drive Wilton Manors, FL 33305 954-563-2499 chicoptique.net By PHOEBE MOSES You couldn’t tell at first glance, but the staff at Chic Optique combines over 100 of experience in the eyewear business. It must be all that clean living, with an ownership philosophy that’s as simple as it is meritorious. “Always give back to [...]

(Full Disclosure: I have had the pleasure of singing a “duet” of the Frank Sinatra classic “All the Way” with Philip Alexander, whose true “gift” in my estimation is the generosity of spirit and craft with which he makes his performing partners sound so damned good! But I digress…) By Cliff Dunn Philip Alexander is [...]

By BOB KECSKEMETY At the “tender” age of 31, Jason Tamanini, general manager of The Manor Entertainment Complex in Wilton Manors, already has an impressive list of accomplishments. And with ten years of restaurant, nightclub, and bar management under this belt, Tamanini has no intention of slowing down. A Philadelphia native, Tamanini took accelerated classes [...]

During the 19th and early-20th Centuries, intellectuals and community leaders shared their ideas and thoughts in the form of a parlor game that spoke, truthfully, about the innermost them. This week, we speak CANDIDLY with Rainbow Business Coalition (RBC) chair and Island City Health and Fitness managing director Reece Darham: Your favorite qualities in  a [...]

By Bob Kecskemety In many ways, the Wilton Manors of today is not the same city it  was 15 years ago, and the same  can be said of some of its most iconic landmarks. In the 1990s, the Island City was a two-square-mile bedroom community, and its main drag, Wilton Drive, ran through a “downtown” [...]

Alex Vaughn Mark Lowe of Living Room fame brings a hot new concept to Miami. His newest club venture will bring you from the street into a house. The working art project is in full swing and will open its doors to welcome you home soon. The Florida Agenda sat down with the visionary to [...]

Christian Alexander I was in desperate need of some time off. But where to go on the spur of the moment? The Parliament House in Orlando sprang to mind (as did Tahiti, but I’m on a budget now) to take in the shows, do a little dance, make a little love and basically “get down” [...]

By Alex Vaughn If you have spent any amount of time in the Wilton Manors area within the last twenty years, there’s a very good chance you have been to Andrews Diner. Nestled on Andrews Avenue just south of Oakland Park Blvd, the family-owned diner has become a favorite of the community. Next week, it [...]