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LMGFL.COM | JULY 2018 5 BRR-11903-M LifestyleMagFPad.indd 1 4/5/18 2:48 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES 56 BACK WHERE SHE BELONGS AFTER A MEDICAL MYSTERY LEFT HER SPIRALING, SONALI IS READY TO REALIZE HER MUSIC DREAMS. 60 STAR BRIGHT WITH HELP FROM A MIAMI MUSIC LEGEND, BOCA’S HAVEN STAR IS POISED FOR A BREAKOUT MOMENT. 64 LET THE SUN SHINE SUNGHOSTS ADD TO THEIR LEGEND AS MIAMI’S TOP ROCKERS. ALSO IN LIFESTYLE 8 EDITOR’S LETTER 10 CAMERA READY 16 LIFESTYLE LIVE 18 THE LISTING 20 WHAT’S HAPPENING 28 THE GOODS: BBQ ESSENTIALS 35 LIFESTYLE 20 40 GOOD TIMES: BOWLING 42 BAR TALK: DEATH OR GLORY 44 THE DISH: COCO ASIAN BISTRO 46 WHAT’S COOKING: BEACH HOUSE 48 HEALTHY LIVING 50 BIZ BEAT: BODY DETAILS 66 WHERE TO SEE LIVE MUSIC 74 LIFESTYLE Q&A COVER/TOC CREDITS Cover: Sonali Photo by: James Woodley Location: Sabal Pines Park, Coconut Creek TOC: Haven Star Photo by: Pipe Jaramillo 6 JULY 2018 | LMGFL.COM Plan Your Staycation Getaway Discover a change in latitude for a change in attitude at destination paradise. Book your stay in paradise for a sun-soaked getaway at our unforgettable oceanfront resort. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ‘VACATION LIKE A VIP PACKAGE’ 954.874.4444 • WWW.MHBR.COM 1111 NORTH OCEAN DRIVE • HOLLYWOOD, FL • 33019 Editor’sLetter outh Florida has too GROUP EDITOR Kevin Kaminski much history in too CREATIVE DIRECTOR Melanie Geronemus Smit Smany categories to be pigeonholed musically. How can EDITORIAL we claim a relationship with one ASSISTANT EDITOR Keren Moros genre—like the blues to Memphis COPY EDITOR Jason Davis or jazz to New Orleans or surf EDITORIAL INTERN Alex Fisher sounds to Southern California— when our greatest hits span CONTRIBUTING WRITERS categories from rock and rap to Mindy Baer, Emily Bloch, Robin Hodes, Stephanie Meadows, disco and emo? Hali Neal, Sally-Ann O’Dowd, Michelle F. Solomon On the one hand, we introduced the country to the Latin grooves that powered Gloria Estefan and ART DIRECTORS Alexander Hernandez Miami Sound Machine. On the Frank Papandrea other, we gave the world 2 Live Evelyn Suarez Crew and a hip-hop album (“As Nasty As They Wanna Be”) with lyrics so explicit that a U.S. CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS district court judge ruled it obscene. Downtown Photo/Fort Lauderdale, Miami brought us Mr. 305 himself, Pitbull. Carol City Eduardo Schneider, Evelyn Suarez, James Woodley produced rapper Flo-Rida. Hialeah launched the career of KC and the Sunshine Band, which delivered disco to the VICE PRESIDENT masses throughout the 1970s with fi ve No. 1 singles. And DAN FUDGE dfudge@lmgfl .com Boca Raton gave us I’m-wearing-my-heart-on-my-sleeve emo heartthrob Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional LIFESTYLE PUBLISHER and doughnut-licking pop diva Ariana Grande. MICHELLE SIMON msimon@lmgfl .com South Florida is where Elvis and Sinatra once fi lmed a ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER TV special (at the Fontainebleau), where Justin Bieber LORI CASTLE / LAS OLAS lcastle@lmgfl .com was arrested (Miami Beach) and where Jim Morrison of The Doors exposed himself on stage (in Coconut ADVERTISING MARKET MANAGERS Grove)—or did he? GEORGETTE EVANS gevans@lmgfl .com That’s still the beauty of our part of the Sunshine State SHARI GLATTER sglatter@lmgfl .com when it comes to making music. As evidenced by the DEBBY GOLD dgold@lmgfl .com region’s live music scene from West Palm Beach to Miami DARRELYN LEEBOV dleebov@lmgfl .com Beach, we offer a little something on stage for everyone. SHANNAN SHEPARD sshepard@lmgfl .com It also should come as no surprise that some of that local talent is generating buzz beyond the tri-county borders. The DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & EVENTS Mariann Marinberg July issue of Lifestyle celebrates three such performers: MARKETING COORDINATOR Stephanie Muniz a soulful teen artist out of Boca (Haven Star), a Parkland- based pop singer (Sonali) whose career nearly was derailed CHAIRMAN Gary Press by a mystery illness, and arguably the best band in Miami CONTROLLER Josh Wachsman (SunGhosts). At a time when words fail to do justice to some of the news we see on a day-to-day basis, it’s comforting to know LIFESTYLE MEDIA GROUP that music still has a way of elevating our spirits. 3511 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 200 Enjoy the July issue. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 954.666.5300 | fax 954.377.9479 | lmgfl .com ©2018 Lifestyle Magazines are published by Lifestyle Media Group, all rights reserved. Lifestyle Magazine is published monthly. All contents are protected Kevin Kaminski, Group Editor by copyright and may not be reproduced without written kkaminski@lmgfl .com consent from the publisher. 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