By Alma Kadragic The German Shepherd in the photo is Sasha. She’s not my dog – she’s a dog I met when I sat down for a sandwich and
An Expat Returns Home: Miami Book Fair Shows Us How to Celebrate Literature
By Alma Kadragic The Miami Book Fair was started in 1984 by two young men: An independent book seller and the president of a local college. Their dream was to
Meeting Miami Heat
Alma Kadragic with Chris, Norris and Mario of Miami Heat* On the third Thursday of every month, trustee members of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce attend an
Pre-Opening Luncheon at IKEA, Miami
Pre-Opening Luncheon at IKEA, Miami By Alma Kadragic/ @almakad Wherever I go, IKEA seems to follow, or maybe it’s the other way around. In 1990 when I resigned from my
An Expat Returns Home: The Big Bad Book of Botany
Artists Bring Big Bad Book of Botany to Life By Alma Kadragic The Big Bad Book of Botany. The World’s Most Fascinating Flora by Michael Largo has just been
Miami Architects Hold Children’s Summer Camp
When I was a child, summer camps were for swimming and other sports and weaving baskets or key chains, and learning songs. I never went to a camp like that,
Weekend Word Camp Attracts Hundreds in Miami
Miami is the center of small business in the US with more entrepreneurs per capita than any other big American city, and it is increasingly also a center for small
Back into Business
During one week last month in Miami, I participated in two events that were quite different but actually similar in showing how Americans do business. The first was a VIP
Women Business Owners
The National Association of Women Business Owners or NAWBO was founded in 1974 and moved its office to Washington D.C. soon after. It was instrumental in the 1970s and 1980s