VIDEO: Ornare Presents: Design Talk
Nikki Baron incorporates her fine art training with design
Originally from St. Louis, Nikki Baron moved with her family to Miami while still a child and attended Miami Norland Senior High. She later received her MFA from the University of Miami and went on to teach fine arts.
Baron enjoyed teaching but yearned to work professionally and after owning a home accessories and antique store for several years, she ventured into design and opened Baron Design Studio from her home. As her business grew, Baron could no longer work and live at the same location and chose the Miami Design District to set up shop and has remained there.
Baron has seen Miami grow and acknowledges that our city’s growth has led to more sophisticated and intelligent clients with a greater understanding of what they want.
Ion East Edgewater Launch Party
Sakor Development, Encore Housing Opportunity Fund and Cervera Real Estate, in partnership with the National YoungArts Foundation, hosted the launch of ION East Edgewater, a new luxury condo set to rise in Miami’s fast-growing East Edgewater neighborhood. At the event, which took place at the YoungArts organization’s national headquarters in Miami, guests were treated to the sounds of 2 DJ’s 1 Violin (Mona Music Group) while they enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
Pictured: Felicia Marquez and Kiko Baixauli
Foodie Find: Larios on the Beach
Music mavens Gloria and Emilio Estefan are known for celebrating their Cuban heritage with chart-topping songs and even landmark Florida eateries serving up authentic Caribbean fare. But it’s perhaps lesser known that the songstress comes from a genetic line of culinary masterminds, as her grandfather was chosen to chef for some of Cuba’s most central figures. Gloria, in turn, has inherited the flair for choosing top ingredients and combining them with plated precision.
That’s why she’s had a strong hand in creating the menu at Larios on the Beach. Any of the main meals are sure to satisfy your Cuban-food cravings. But you must start with the Estefan Cuban Combo, which is a table-pleasing platter arriving packed with breaded stuffed potatoes, pork tamale, bacon wrapped maduros (sweet plantains,) traditional croquettes stuffed with ham, chicken and cod fish and all served up with crisp plantain chips to scoop up some homemade black bean hummus. Also order the ceviche, prepared traditionally — but top-notch — with corvine, lime juice, red onions, cilantro and jalapeño peppers.
