HELLESSY collection, approaching resortwear more literally and traditionally than ever before. With this in mind, Resort 23 serves as the perfect occasion wardrobe, for women who feel ready to jet-set to dreamy holiday destinations again. Friends and supporters of the brand all joined together on the night of December 1st, at Uchi Miami for a celebratory dinner. Each guest was wearing something from the new collection. Attendees included: Tati Gabrielle, Devon Aoki, Chriselle Lim, Bambi Northwood Blyth, Monica Ahanonu. Presented in June of 2022, the Resort 23 collection marked “A true return to the concept of Resort, with a touch of tropical spirit” was how Millstein described HELLESSY collection, approaching resortwear more literally and traditionally than ever before. With this in mind, Resort 23 serves as the perfect occasion wardrobe, for women who feel ready to jet-set to dreamy holiday destinations again. Sylvie and Tati started the year off together, when Tati wore a custom, sustainable TENCEL™ gown to the 2022 Oscars in March. It was a perfect pairing, and Sylvie felt Tati would be the perfect co host to wrap up such a successful year. The dinner took place at Uchi Miami, an upscale contemporary Japanese restaurant in the heart of the Arts District, Wynwood. The designer's favorite Japanese Miami restaurant - it refers to her Japanese roots which also influences Millsteins designs. Miami Art Basel marked the perfect moment to celebrate this launch, now in stores and online, as VIPs and press have flown in for a special weekend to appreciate the beauty of art and Miami. The HELLESSY Resort 23 collection really marks the return to the travels, and the enjoyment that comes with the holiday spirit is translated with the bold and vibrant color palette. Easy but striking, feminine and never too revealing, each piece remains effortlessly timeless and modern, with the sole aim of making the HELLESSY woman feel good. The evening was a night of dynamic conversation and networking amongst inspiring individuals, who gathered together as many were locals of Miami, while also providing the occasion to mingle with the fashionable ones who flew in for Basel. Instagram Facebook #HELLESSY www.hellessy.com By ML Staff. Images Courtesy of Hellessy

A summary of various Miami Art Week events worth revisiting. The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach’s Art For Good “Concert of the Seven Decades” WHO: Katya Tolstova, Model; Rickey Thompson, Actor; Olga Ferrara, Public Figure; Fabio Lamborghini, FL Fuoriserie; Dan Gelber, Mayor of City of Miami Beach; DJ Irie, DJ and Personality; Maestro Eduardo Marturet, Conductor of Miami Symphony Orchestra; Gisela and Diego Lowenstein, owners; Dayssi and Paul Kanavos, owners; Ronit and David Neuman, owners; Eric Goldenberg, MONAD Studio; Veronica Zalcberg, MONAD Studio. WHAT: On Tuesday, November 29th, The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach hosted ‘A Concert of the Seven Decades & Beyond’ to celebrate Miami Art Week. As a continuation of the hotel’s Art For Good program, the iconic resort partnered with Miami Symphony Orchestra, Miami City Ballet, MONAD Studio, and FL Fuoriserie to celebrate the 70 years since the Morris Lapidus landmark was erected on South Beach and all the history, art, and culture that flourished in those seven decades. Sarabande Foundation x The Standard Spa, Miami Beach Sarabande Foundation, established by Lee Alexander McQueen in 2010, welcomed guests to the gardens at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach on Monday, November 28th for a private cocktail hour and immersive dinner experience, with a breakdancing performance by Sarabande artist and sculptor Izaak Brandt. Francesca Amfitheatrof, Artistic Director of Watches and Jewellery Louis Vuitton and President of American Friends of Sarabande; and Trino Verkade, founding trustee of Sarabande Foundation co-hosted the event in Miami to encourage those already established in the art world to actively engage with new, visionary talent. Guests including Humberto Campana, Kate Bryan, Marianne Boesky, Polina Zackh, Misha Nonoo, Serena Rees, Sadie Coles, Shane Akeroyd, Damian Bradfield and Daniel Levy met some of those artists and designers whose careers the foundation supports. Creative Minds Talks at Mondrian South Beach WHO: Derek Blasberg, journalist, socialite, author, and television personality; Daniel Arsham, artist; Stefano Martinetto, chief executive and co-founder of Tomorrow London Ltd; Karl Cyprien, Daniel Arsham Studio; Jae Joseph, co-founder of The Black Apothecary Office; Riaz Tyab, film producer; Dominique Side, artist; Michael Tamzil, entrepreneur; and Ewa Poilleux, founder and ceo of Creative Minds Talks. WHAT: Creative Minds Talks hosted In Conversation: Derek Blasberg and Daniel Arsham at Mondrian South Beach. During this private and intimate fundraiser, the two gentlemen had an in-depth discussion on their career paths in the creative world and the incredible collaborations that have defined their work, including Arsham’s upcoming collaboration with the world-renowned Tiffany’s. They offered invaluable insight, stressing the importance of persistence and the value of building a strong network of fellow creatives. NYLON House WHAT: NYLON House celebrated Art Week with an evening dedicated to music, art, culture, and beauty for the second consecutive year. Hosted in partnership with globally renowned innovator, David Grutman of Groot Hospitality, and BMW, the event was held at Strawberry Moon at the goodtime hotel. Featuring DJ sets by The Martinez Brothers with special guests Layla Benitez, Night Tales, and Luciano Scalioni, and mind-blowing activations from BMW, Samsung, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Soulboost, Calzedonia, and Keys Soulcare, NYLON House, was an immersive night dedicated to light and sound. WHO: Julieanna Goddard, Ciara, Hailey Bieber, Bella Thorne, Isabela Rangel Grutman, Hit Boy, Matteo Berrettini, Paul Pogba, Blaise Matuidi, Victor Cruz, Floyd Mayweather, Trinidad James, Food God, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Serena Williams, Justine Skye, Jason Oppenheim, Hannah Stocking, Pritika Swarup, Katya Tolstova, Monsieur Coupet, Lisa DiCicco Cahue, Alicia Pettitt, Margo Sahadjian. La Prairie Cobalt Club, Poolside, at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach La Prairie Switzerland Cobalt Club celebrated 40 years of the brand’s bond with the late artist Niki de Saint Phalle and her favorite color Cobalt Blue, “the color of joy and luck.” Guests enjoyed champagne, caviar, and the art of perfection skin treatments, poolside at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach. EACHxOTHER x Clarins at GITANO Miami Paris based clothing brand and publishing house EACHxOTHER hosted an intimate dinner party at GITANO Miami, Celebrating the new Spring/Summer 2023 collection, hosted in partnership with Clarins. Guests included Elizabeth Sulcer, Bella Thorne, Brooks Nader, Mariama Diallo, Shannon De Lima, Nastya Swan and more. Live Painting at GITANO Miami Gitano Miami hosted an intimate evening of live painting with Brazilian based artist and muralist Joao Incerti. Throughout the evening, guests experienced in real time Incerti creating a beautiful painting from a blank canvas to a finished piece, that represented his interpretation of GITANO Miami, highlighting the beloved jungle disco glam theme. Éliou pop-up at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach Éliou, the handcrafted contemporary jewelry line, lives in Miami year-round but the local brand has moved into The Standard Spa, Miami Beach for an exclusive pop-up throughout the week of Miami Art Week. The gender inclusive brand features handcrafted classics as well as exclusive capsule pieces to commemorate the partnership with The Standard Spa, Miami Beach. By ML Staff. Images by World Red Eye Images (Red carpet & VIP reception), Event images by BFA

This holiday season, Sunnyside – a new kind of cannabis dispensary, offering a welcoming and convenient place to purchase a wide array of cannabis products – is offering its Holiday Collection, featuring the dispensary’s best-selling products and accessories to Florida patients. The Holiday Collection will be available online, in-store and via delivery exclusively in Sunnyside’s Florida dispensaries from now through Dec. 24. Products in the Holiday Collection include Sunnyside* Chews; Good News Disposable Vape Pens; One Plant Flower; Cresco Liquid Live Resin Cart; One Plant Flower; One Plant Concentrates; Sunnyside* Metal Grinder; Sunnyside* Travel Mug; Sunnyside* Core Battery; Sunnyside Tie Dye Beanie; and a Hautebox Stashbox/Travelling Tray. Product prices range from $16 to $90. **SKUs vary by location and availability. Florida patients can select their local store at sunnyside.shop and the product menu will feature the available SKUs in the Holiday Collection per location. Patients may add whichever products they want to their online cart to make their own custom Holiday Collection. Florida medical patients new to Sunnyside receive 40% off their purchase of regular priced medical cannabis products (discount applied in-store; excludes accessories). To shop the holiday collection, please visit: www.sunnyside.shop/collection/holiday-collection. More on Sunnyside Sunnyside is a new kind of cannabis shop, offering a welcoming and convenient place for all kinds of people to explore, discover and purchase a wide array of cannabis products. The nationwide cannabis retailer aims to meet you wherever you are on your cannabis journey, providing education, information and a judgement-free place to shop. A more sophisticated and familiar shopping destination that combines high-end design inspired by healthcare, retail and hospitality, Sunnyside elevates the value dispensaries can add to a local community with a bright, inviting aesthetic and convenient shopping experience, whether in-store, online or through delivery. Visit Sunnyside.shop to learn more. By ML Staff. Image courtesy of Sunnyside

Bryant Miller Olive P.A. (BMO) is pleased to announce that two of its shareholders – JoLinda L. Herring, Esq. and David C. Miller, Esq. – have been selected as honorees for South Florida Business & Wealth’s 2022 Legal Awards in recognition of their professional achievements and community involvement over the past year. JoLinda and David are both based in the firm’s Miami office. JoLinda L. Herring, Esq. serves as the firm’s CEO and Managing Shareholder and is a member of Bryant Miller Olive’s Public Finance practice group. Her practice is dedicated to municipal law, governmental tax-exempt financings, and blue-sky securities law, with an expertise in commercial paper programs. David Miller, Esq., a shareholder with Bryant Miller Olive, is board-certified in Labor and Employment Law by The Florida Bar. Miller exclusively represents management in all aspects of employment law, labor relations, human resources counseling, and public sector pension law. “David and I are both honored to be selected in South Florida Business & Wealth’s 2022 Legal Awards, alongside some of our peers in the South Florida tri-county region,” said Herring. “With offices in Miami, Tampa, Tallahassee, Orlando, Jacksonville, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., we have assembled a highly diverse group of talented lawyers at BMO, and we’re proud that our hard work continues to be recognized.” “I am grateful to be recognized among South Florida’s most distinguished legal professionals for my dedication to the firm and my clients,” said Miller. “Our award-winning Labor and Employment Law practice in Miami values our clients and strives to build close, personal and long-lasting relationships, serving some of our clients for 10, 20 and 30 years or more. I am proud to be part of this team.” The Legal Awards program was created by South Florida Business & Wealth to acknowledge legal leaders whose dedication to their industries, clients and communities deserves particular acclaim. The Legal Awards honors lawyers in a variety of roles and sectors, representing Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. “It is our distinct privilege to extend Lifestyle Media Group’s sincere congratulations and recognize both JoLinda and David as one of South Florida’s most accomplished attorneys,” said Drew Limsky, Editor in Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth magazine and South Florida Legal Guide. “As a former lawyer myself, I well understand the rigors and challenges of the profession, and as a longtime Miamian, I have a deep understanding of the ways in which the legal community is essential to the growth and dynamism of the tri-county region.” Along with the magazine’s Up & Comer Awards and Apogee Awards, the Legal Awards have long been a highlight of SFBW’s fall awards season. “Our awards program, as well as our live-interview CEO Connects, are an integral part of the SFBW ecosystem, which also includes our monthly print magazine, daily newsletter, webinars and digital magazine,” Limsky said. The honorees were recognized at a live awards ceremony at the Museum of Discovery and Science on November 30, 2022. By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Bryant Miller Olive P.A.

In the vibrant atmosphere brought to the city by “Art Basel," Poliform Miami hosted an event based on a conversation between Max Strang and Dan Rubinstein around the Subtropic Monograph by Strang Design. About 75 guests attended the interview conducted by Dan Rubinstein, writer, editor, and consultant based in New York, who specialized in art, design, travel, and culture. He was most recently the Home + Design Director at Departures, and contributes to publications such as Architectural Digest, Air Mail, and L'Officiel. His interview podcast, The Grand Tourist with Dan Rubinstein, recently completed its fifth season. Dan has also collaborated with architect Max Strang, which was named “2022 architect of the year” by AIA Miami. They discussed the leading details of the luxurious modern houses that Strang Firm designs internationally, partially included in the prestigious volume that also highlights the Poliform furniture as the selected partner of some of the most acclaimed projects managed by Strang Design. Poliform Miami Poliform Miami 4100 NE 2nd Avenue Suite 101 - 102 Miami, FL 33137 (305) 573-9950 Connect Online: Email: info@poliformusa.com Website: www.poliform.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/PoliformUSA Facebook: www.facebook.com/PoliformSpa Instagram: www.instagram.com/Poliform_official By ML Staff. Images by Riccardo Piazza for Poliform.

Sea Tow Services International, Inc., the nation’s leading on-water marine assistance provider, presented awards to its franchisees for their outstanding service, boating advocacy, community support and more at the company’s 2022 annual meeting that took place in November. During the event, Sea Tow’s leadership team presented awards to honor the recipients’ outstanding dedication and service to the boating industry. The 2022 Awards included: The Captain Joe Frohnhoefer Visionary Award – presented to the captain who most exemplifies the vision of Capt. Joe Frohnhoefer, the founder of Sea Tow – was awarded to Ryan Helmig of Sea Tow Treasure Coast and Sea Tow Palm Beach. Sea Tow Franchise of the Year – awarded to the franchise that most exemplifies Sea Tow’s high standards of service and operation – was presented to Sea Tow Wrightsville Beach owner Chris Willis. The Georgia Frohnhoefer Award – named after Sea Tow’s Executive Vice President Georgia Frohnhoefer to honor an outstanding woman in the Sea Tow network each year – was presented to Charlotte Marcum of Sea Tow Venice. Sea Tow Rookie of the Year – which recognizes the top performing new Sea Tow franchise – went to Sea Tow Middle Coast Texas owners Jeff and Brennen Larson. The Sea Tow Foundation Hero Award – presented to the franchisee who most exemplifies the Sea Tow Foundation’s mission to promote boating safety – was presented to Sea Tow Fort Lauderdale General Manager Michele Kerrigan. The Sea Tow Shipmate Award – presented to the franchise owner who most exemplifies enthusiasm, supportive attitude and willingness to help fellow franchises – was awarded to Bruce White of Sea Tow Portland/Midcoast. The Public Relations Champion Award – an award recognizing the franchise who best utilized public relations practices to promote the Sea Tow brand – was presented to Sea Tow South Shore owner Ethan Maass. The Marketing Excellence Award – presented to the franchise that exemplifies the use of creative thinking to create brand awareness and generate business – was awarded to Nik Foster of Sea Tow Daytona. "I am so proud of our Sea Tow franchisees and their teams for their commitment and service to our members and the boating industry. I want to congratulate them for their hard work and earning these outstanding awards,” said Sea Tow President Kristen Frohnhoefer. “Through all their efforts, they went above and beyond to exceed our expectations.” Visit seatow.com to learn more. By ML Staff. Image courtesy of Seatow

Psyrise, a mental health marketing company located in South Florida, has released a first-of-its-kind marketing platform for health practitioners. The platform was previously used internally by the company and piloted by a handful of select practitioner partners. This broader release will now allow 25 more groups to onboard as preferred partners. Psyrise launched in January as the marketing arm inside of the Nucleus ecosystem. Nucleus, wholly owned by Iter Investments, is a venture studio building companies within the psychedelics industry with a mission to connect people with the psychedelics industry. Since launch, Psyrise has assisted over a dozen psychedelics companies with marketing strategy and customer acquisition. “Psyrise has always been much more than just a marketing agency,” said Nucleus CEO Logan Lenz. “By leveraging the entire audience base across all of the brands of Nucleus, Psyrise has positioned our partners as the heroes of their own well-crafted stories. This platform now allows us to distribute those stories even wider and allow for even more practitioner heroes to experience the Psyriseboost.” Many of the ketamine clinics, therapists, coaches, and retreats working within the Nucleus ecosystem have already grown accustomed to what has been recognized as Psyrise’s secret sauce. And that’s the team. With a combined 100+ years of marketing experience, the growing Psyrise team has been happy to work with clients that save lives within an industry that couldn’t be more important right now. “We always have and always will put our partners first,” said Margaret Williamson, Head of Partnerships for Psyrise/Nucleus. Whether you’re a large clinic, sole proprietor, or a retreat all the way across the globe, we’ve developed the account management processes necessary to keep the needle moving. Now that we are also rolling out our platform, our partners will be able to expect even faster results.” Those results aren’t just empty promises either. In Q3 alone, Psyrise generated more than 17,000 leads for Nucleus and its partners. In September, Nucleus moved to integrate the marketing platform for all of its brands. Now the entire venture studio tracks all of the ecosystem’s metrics in one single platform - Psyrise. “We now have Psychedelic Invest, Psychedelic Finder, Neuly, and all of our events being supported by the Psyrise platform,” said Lenz. “This means that any time a new user signs up to be a part of our ecosystem, subscribes to a newsletter, or RSVPs for a Psychedelic Series event, they’re coming through Psyrise. This makes our lives at Nucleus much simpler since we can now monitor all activities and manage customer relationships in one place.” As of today, Psyrise has opened up spots for 25 more practitioner partners to begin using its many features. Those features include, but are not limited to: Marketing/vanity phone numbers SMS communications Customer Relationship Management Website Builder Form/Survey Builder Email Campaign Builder Workflow and Automation Builder Social Media Scheduler Customer Review Manager A Full Suite of Reports and Analytics For more information, please visit www.psyrise.com and www.withnucleus.com. By ML Staff. Image courtesy of Psyrise

Susan Davis, President and Founder of Desert X, the site-specific, contemporary art exhibition held in the Coachella Valley, welcomed guests to an invitation-only Sunset Reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club in Miami Beach on Thursday, December 1 during Miami Art Week. Desert X board members, artists, and VIPs from around the globe gathered in celebration of the upcoming Desert X 2023 exhibition, which will be held March 4 to May 7 in Palm Springs. Davis and Desert X Executive Director Jenny Gil hosted guests including independent curator and board member Zoe Lukov, founder of the non-profit organization Art in Common and producer of Desert X documentary DX21 – The Film; founding director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Jérôme Sans; communications executive David Resnicow; art patrons Princess Alia Al-Senussi and Lauren Taschen; Ladygunn Digital Director Mateo Palacio; Nicodim Gallery’s Ben Lee Ritchie Handler with artists Nicolette Mishkan and Devin B. Johnson; Glass House Deputy Director Scott Drevnig; Bravo TV’s Real Housewives of Miami star Guerdy Abraira; Bravo TV’s Family Karma stars Vishal Parvani, Richa Sadana, Amrit Kapai, and Avni Parekh; Florida State Representative Fabian Basabe; and artists Allison Eden, Janine Antoni, Orlando Estrada and Typoe Gran. The mission of Desert X is to create and present international contemporary art exhibitions that engage with desert environments through site-specific installations by acclaimed artists from around the world. Desert X 2023 will be curated by Desert X Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-Curator Diana Campbell. The exhibition will take place from March 4 to May 7, 2023 in the Coachella Valley of Southern California Susan Davis and Fabián Basabe at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Typoe Gran and Scott Drevnig at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Zoe Lukov, Susan Davis, and Princess Alia Al-Senussi at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Guerdy Abraira, Iva Kosovic Duvin, and Tara Solomon at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Morgan and Jerome Sans, Alejandra Martinez, and Lauren Taschen at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Devin B. Johnson, Jenny Gil, and Sean McManus at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Tyler Prow and Mateo Palacio at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Nicolette Mishkan, Adrian de Banville, Sean Leffers, and Ben Lee Ritchie Handler at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. Allison Eden, Gary Goldenstein, and Karen Fox at the Desert X cocktail reception at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club during Art Basel. By Ml Staff. Images Courtesy of DESERT X

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and its Director Kim Sajet welcomed more than 750 stars and luminaries from across the country to the nation’s capital for the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Gala Saturday, Nov. 12. At the red carpet event, seven honorees received the museum’s Portrait of a Nation Award for their wide-ranging transformative contributions to the United States and its people. The 2022 Portrait of a Nation Award recipients, presenters and other luminaries. Front row, L to R: Baratunde Thurston, Anthony Fauci, Ava DuVernay, Clive Davis, Marian Wright Edelman, Kim Sajet, Venus Williams, Lonnie G. Bunch, Serena Williams and José Andrés. Back row, L to R: David Rubenstein, Isabel Wilkerson, Alicia Keys, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sonya Haffey, Isha Price, Mellody Hobson and Laurene Powell Jobs Photo courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Paul Morigi / Getty Images for National Portrait Gallery Honorees included José Andrés, internationally recognized humanitarian, culinary innovator, New York Times bestselling author, educator and founder of World Central Kitchen; Clive Davis, Grammy Award-winning music industry executive and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Ava DuVernay, Academy Award nominee and Emmy-, BAFTA- and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and founder of ARRAY; Marian Wright Edelman, activist for children’s rights and founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund; Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health and chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, chief medical advisor to the President and advisor on global AIDS issues and COVID-19; Serena Williams, tennis champion, winner of 23 Grand Slam titles and entrepreneur; and Venus Williams, tennis champion, winner of seven Grand Slam titles, entrepreneur and outspoken advocate on equal pay, mental health and physical wellness. “This year’s Portrait of a Nation Gala strengthens our commitment to contemporary portraiture,” Sajet said. “We collaborate with contemporary artists to illuminate the history unfolding around us while also looking back at the changemakers who came before. Portraiture is both the past and present, contemplative and motivating, traditional and avant-garde, and we encourage everyone looking at the portraits of this year’s honorees to reflect on how they might see history and want themselves to be seen.” A media-lined red carpet adorned the steps of the Greek Revival-style museum as guests proceeded to a private viewing of the “Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees,” curated by Rhea L. Combs, director of curatorial affairs, in collaboration with Taína Caragol, curator of painting, sculpture and Latinx art and history, and Leslie Ureña, curator of photographs. On view were six newly commissioned portraits and one never-before-seen photograph by contemporary artists Ruven Afanador (Edelman), Hugo Crosthwaite (Fauci), Kenturah Davis (DuVernay), David Hockney (Davis), Kadir Nelson (Andrés), Toyin Ojih Odutola (S. Williams) and Robert Pruitt (V. Williams). Attendees then mingled during a cocktail hour deejayed by Mia Moretti and Margot. A performance by acclaimed jazz musician Wynton Marsalis drew guests from cocktails in the museum’s historic Great Hall to dinner in the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, where they were also treated to a New Orleans-inspired second line parade. Sajet, Board Chair Joseph P. Ujobai, and other Smithsonian leadership shared remarks. As host of the dinner program, writer, producer and TV host Baratunde Thurston provided witty commentary. Presentations of the Portrait of a Nation Award were made by Laurene Powell Jobs to Andrés, Alicia Keys to Davis, Isabel Wilkerson to DuVernay, Hillary Rodham Clinton to Edelman, David M. Rubenstein to Fauci, Mellody Hobson to S. Williams, and Sonya Haffey and Isha Price to V. Williams. In attendance at the black-tie event were the gala’s national chairs Catherine and Michael Podell, Eduardo J. Ardiles and Joseph P. Ujobai, and Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois; Washington, D.C. chairs Kristin and John Cecchi and Susanna and Jack Quinn; founding chairs Wayne and Catherine Reynolds; and Host Committee members Jeffrey P. Bezos and Lauren Sánchez and David M. Rubenstein. Robert and Arlene Kogod and Patty Stonesifer and Michael Kinsley also served as Host Committee members for the event. Chevron and General Dynamics were lead sponsors of the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Gala. Vanity Fair was the exclusive media partner. “Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees” exhibition is supported by Nike Inc. The Portrait of a Nation Gala supports the nation’s premier collection of visual biographies. Proceeds support the Portrait Gallery’s endowment for exhibitions, collections, commissions and education programs. For more information, visit npg.si.edu/gala. “Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees” is on view on the museum’s first floor through Oct. 22, 2023. For more information, visit http://npg.si.edu/. By ML Staff. Images Courtesy of Smithsonian/Getty Images

You saw it at Thanksgiving, and you’ll likely see it at your next holiday feast: piles of unwanted food – unfinished second helpings, underwhelming kitchen experiments and the like – all dressed up with no place to go, except the back of the refrigerator. With luck, hungry relatives will discover some of it before the inevitable green mold renders it inedible. U.S. consumers waste a lot of food year-round – about one-third of all purchased food. That’s equivalent to 1,250 calories per person per day, or US$1,500 worth of groceries for a four-person household each year, an estimate that doesn’t include recent food price inflation. And when food goes bad, the land, labor, water, chemicals and energy that went into producing, processing, transporting, storing and preparing it are wasted too. Households account for the largest share of US food waste In 2019, the U.S. wasted 80.6 million tons of surplus food across all sectors. This represented 35% of total food production. More than one-third of the waste occurred in homes. Where does all that unwanted food go? Mainly underground. Food waste occupies almost 25% of landfill space nationwide. Once buried, it breaks down, generating methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Recognizing those impacts, the U.S. government has set a goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030. Reducing wasted food could protect natural resources, save consumers money, reduce hunger and slow climate change. But as an agricultural economist and director of the Ohio State Food Waste Collaborative, I know all too well that there’s no ready elegant solution. Developing meaningful interventions requires burrowing into the systems that make reducing food waste such a challenge for consumers, and understanding how both physical and human factors drive this problem. Consumers and the squander sequence To avoid being wasted, food must avert a gauntlet of possible missteps as it moves from soil to stomach. Baruch College marketing expert Lauren Block and her colleagues call this pathway the squander sequence. It’s an example of what economists call an O-ring technology, harking back to the rubber seals whose catastrophic failure caused the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. As in that event, failure of even a small component in the multistage sequence of transforming raw materials into human nutrition leads to failure of the entire task. How food is wasted Buying too much food and failing to use trimmings and byproducts account for nearly half of U.S. food waste. MIT economist Michael Kremer has shown that when corporations of many types are confronted with such sequential tasks, they put their highest-skilled staff at the final stages of production. Otherwise the companies risk losing all the value they have added to their raw materials through the production sequence. Who performs the final stages of production in today’s modern food system? That would be us: frenzied, multitasking, money- and time-constrained consumers. At the end of a typical day, we’re often juggling myriad demands as we try to produce a nutritious, delicious meal for our households. Unfortunately, sprawling modern food systems are not managed like a single integrated firm that’s focused on maximizing profits. And consumers are not the highly skilled heavy hitters that Kremer envisioned to manage the final stage of the complex food system. It’s not surprising that failure – here, wasting food – often is the result. Indeed, out of everyone employed across the fragmented U.S. food system, consumers may have the least professional training in handling and preparing food. Adding to the mayhem, firms may not always want to help consumers get the most out of food purchases. That could reduce their sales – and if food that’s been stored longer degrades and becomes less appetizing or safe, producers’ reputations could suffer. Reducing household food waste is a step that everyone can take to help slow climate change – but consumers may not know where to start. Three paths to squash the squandering What options exist for reducing food waste in the kitchen? Here are several approaches. Build consumer skills. This could start with students, perhaps through reinvesting in family and consumer science courses – the modern, expanded realm of old-school home economics classes. Or schools could insert food-related modules into existing classes. Biology students could learn why mold forms, and math students could calculate how to expand or reduce recipes. Outside of school, there are expanding self-education opportunities available online or via clever gamified experiences like Hellman’s Fridge Night Mission, an app that challenges and coaches users to get one more meal a week out of their fridges, freezers and pantries. Yes, it may involve adding some mayo. Recent studies have found that when people had the opportunity to brush up on their kitchen management skills early in the COVID-19 pandemic, food waste declined. However, as consumers returned to busy pre-COVID schedules and routines such as eating out, wastage rebounded. Make home meal preparation easier. Enter the meal kit, which provides the exact quantity of ingredients needed. One recent study showed that compared to traditional home-cooked meals, wasted food declined by 38% for meals prepared from kits. Meal kits generate increased packaging waste, but this additional impact may be offset by reduced food waste. Net environmental benefits may be case specific, and warrant more study. Heighten the consequences for wasting food. South Korea has begun implementing taxes on food wasted in homes by requiring people to dispose of it in special costly bags or, for apartment dwellers, through pay-as-you-go kiosks. Kiosks for collecting food waste in Seoul, South Korea.Revi/Wikipedia, CC BY A recent analysis suggests that a small tax of 6 cents per kilogram – which, translated for a typical U.S. household, would total about $12 yearly – yielded a nearly 20% reduction in waste among the affected households. The tax also spurred households to spend 5% more time, or about an hour more per week, preparing meals, but the changes that people made reduced their yearly grocery bills by about $170. No silver bullets Each of these paths is promising, but there is no single solution to this problem. Not all consumers will seek out or encounter opportunities to improve their food-handling skills. Meal kits introduce logistical issues of their own and could be too expensive for some households. And few U.S. cities may be willing or able to develop systems for tracking and taxing wasted food. As the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine concluded in a 2020 report, there’s a need for many solutions to address food waste’s large contribution to global climate change and worldwide nutritional shortfalls. Both the United Nations and the U.S. National Science Foundation are funding efforts to track and measure food waste. I expect that this work will help us understand waste patterns more clearly and find effective ways to squelch the squander sequence. Words By Brian E. Roe Professor of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University. Special thanks to The Conversation for republishing permission.

Route Presents: Top Tracked exhibit hosted at The Miami Beach EDITION Hotel during Art Basel in Miami, Florida to unveil and celebrate their most loved brand partners tracked in 2022. Devon Windsor Evan Walker, CEO of Route and Adrian Grenier Claire Holt Rebecca Minkoff Isabela Grutman Yovanna Ventura Taylor Frankel, Co-Founder of NudeStix Notable guests who attended the intimate event included Devon Windsor, Adrian Grenier, Claire Holt and Rebecca Minkoff along with top influences Yovanna Ventura, Mia Moretti and Isabela Grutman. MORE ON ROUTE Route helps you track, discover and experience the world’s brands and products through a reimagined e-commerce network that connects and empowers both consumers and merchants. Route’s platform takes a holistic approach to online shopping, from delivery to discovery, while offering a suite of features that provides merchants the tools they need to enhance their post-purchase experience. Since launching in 2019, Route has built a network of over 15 million app users and 20,000+ merchants. The company has offices in Lehi, UT and Los Angeles, CA. To learn more and download, please visit route.com. By ML Staff. Images Courtesy of Route

No one wants to end up in police custody. Getting legal help from a lawyer is essential if you are arrested because an attorney understands and empathizes with the multitude of issues and experiences the victim has to go through. Nowadays, it is very easy to access the coordinates of a Miami criminal defense attorney, who can offer you professional legal guidance that will help you a long way. In arrest situations, law enforcement officers have the duty during such a process to treat every person fairly, no matter their race, nation, or religious beliefs. The officers have to advise the suspect of their constitutional rights before questioning them. The defendant can be protected from the beginning under the protection of Miranda Rights. Getting Arrested The police must recite the Miranda Rights when a suspect is taken into custody. They need to inform you of your right to remain silent until a lawyer is present before any interrogation is conducted. You do not have to be handcuffed and hauled off to jail or the police station in order to be "in custody." A person is "in custody" when they are arrested or when their freedom of movement is significantly restricted to the degree associated with a formal arrest. This determination is made in light of all the circumstances surrounding the encounter with the police. If a reasonable person would not feel free to walk away, then the suspect was in custody, and Miranda Rights apply. But what do Miranda Rights actually mean? In 1966, in the case of Miranda versus Arizona, the Supreme Court held that the police must advise a suspect in custody about their constitutional rights. You have surely heard countless times in police movies about these rights secured by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution, but what is their meaning? The Right to Remain Silent At the arrested moment, you have to speak up to invoke your right to remain silent under the fifth amendment of the United States Constitution. It would be best if you said, for example: "I wish to remain silent. I have nothing to say. I do not want to answer any questions. I do not want to talk until I have spoken to a lawyer." Silence- even prolonged silence- is not enough to invoke your right to remain silent. It would be best if you spoke up and unambiguously announced that you would not speak to the officers. The Right Not to Make Any Self-Incriminating Statement With a calm and conciliatory attitude, you must decide to be quite known. This decision can make a huge difference in protecting individuals against self-incrimination. Otherwise, what you can say becomes evidence in a trial against you at a court of law. If you are arrested, it's important not to resist the arrest, even if you think it is unfair. This can be used against you, as it is seen as an incriminating act. The best time to assert your rights is immediately after the Miranda rights are presented to you. You may, though, assert these rights at any time during police questioning, even if you have already answered some questions or made other statements. That is why it is necessary to quickly request access to an attorney because a criminal defense attorney will provide a robust defense and make sure that you don't say anything that can incriminate you at the trial. The Right to an Attorney The second you have contact with a police officer after you are brought in for questioning is to state that you would like an attorney calmly. That one statement triggers a set of powerful constitutional protections for you. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you at no cost. Once you say the word "attorney," the police must stop questioning you. Your request for a lawyer is your constitutional right. Do not give any explanation or pretext, say nothing, sign anything or make any decision without a lawyer. You have the right to make one local call; if you still need to do it, now is the time to call a lawyer. An attorney can make a big difference in your case because they can get the charges against you reduced or dismissed. So, contact an attorney as soon as you're allowed to after you've been arrested. After an arrest, the best thing you can do is to be proactive about your case, keep your mental balance and let your attorney explore every possible option available for your defense. By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Servet photograph/Unsplash. Silenc eimage by 青 晨, Statue image by Wesley Tingey/Unsplash