Florida Agenda

Caleb Ben-Avram and Tim Slivinski are the owners of Naked Grape Wine Bar, a wine bar specializing in limited production wines, craft beers, artisan cheese and meats and tapas.   How long have you been here? What brought you to South Florida? We have been in South Florida permentaly going on 9 years, but bought [...]

Ron Locke, Author, Chef & CEO, ChuckWag Productions By Alex Vaughn Ron Locke, better known as the  “Chuckwagon Cowboy”, can be found on Youtube & Facebook. How long have you been here? What brought you to South Florida? I’ve lived in South Florida since 1990, from Racine, Wisconsin. The initial attraction to the sunshine state [...]

Entrepreneur Series Profiles for The Florida Agenda Over the month of August, we will be highlighting entrepreneurs of the community and getting their take on building a successful business within the community. Photo: Style Concierge with Sauvage Director Victoria Matveeva and Maria Lankina How long have you been here? What brought you to South Florida? [...]

By Alex Vaughn How long have you been here? I have lived in Fort Lauderdale going on 11 years. What brought you to South Florida? I think the biggest reason I came to Florida was the weather and the beach. I also found a more open gay life style here. Please tell Agenda readers about [...]

By Alex Vaughn Vincent Clancy, Founding Partner of the Davinci Group, has had a remarkable life, having travelled and spent many years in the automotive industry. He is now turning foreclosures and short sales in the property market into a thriving business. His contributions to the real estate for the community have been ahead of [...]

By Alex Vaughn   Photo: Artist’s rendering of what the 2100 block of Wilton Drive would look like if the Two Lane Initiative moves forward.     Krishan Manners is the President of Wilton Manors Main Street, an organization which serves the community of Wilton Manors. The group is made up of residents, business owners, [...]

By Alex Vaughn Photo: LZ Granderson poses backstage with his award during the 20th Annual GLAAD?Media Awards in 2009. LZ Granderson is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine and CNN contributor. He writes a weekly column for both CNN.com. and ESPN.com. He also regularly appears on both networks. He was [...]

By Alex Vaughn Photo: Toni Barone, Sean David and AJ Cross at Johnny’s 30 Year Anniversary party last year. AJ Cross is known to many as a  power fundraiser and a beacon of the community. He is currently the Vice President of Johnny’s, fundraiser for  multiple charities and a columnist for the Florida Agenda and [...]

Chase Coleman appears in the new online gay drama  In Between Men, which focuses on four young men in New York City. By MARK GRAY “Too many gay men look outside themselves for affirmation of worth,” says Jennifer Gelfer, director and executive producer of the newest gay drama series to heat up the web, In [...]

By Alex Vaughn Owner of Island City Health and Fitness, Reece Darham, grew up in the UK and moved to South Africa at the age of nine. Reece is now a very active member of the community in Wilton Manors and, through his very popular gym, is trying to make a positive impact on the [...]