Fall is when West Palm Beach comes back to life. The stages reopen, the markets return, and the neighbors fill the streets again. This issue celebrates the art of living well: the people, places and habits that make life in the Palm Beaches worth savoring. Here’s what’s inside.
Cover Story: The Art of Paying Attention
For 15 years, Emmy-nominated producer Cindy Hing has explored the Palm Beaches with a camera, from the bunker on Peanut Island to the Irish Festival. She skips the chains for the mom-and-pop shops, where she believes the best stories are. We follow her to find out what keeps her curious, and why it looks a lot like a recipe for living well.
Around the City: Carousel Fine Art
Galleries thinned out across West Palm Beach after the pandemic. In the Nora District, Philippe and Laura Horowicz are betting their fifth location can help bring them back, with art, design and lifestyle under one roof.
Palm Beach Palate: Ela Curry & Cocktails
Ela is the Sanskrit word for cardamom, and the spice runs through nearly everything Chef Pushkar Marathe cooks. After a Michelin Guide nod for its Palm Beach Gardens original, Ela is heading to CityPlace with regional Indian cooking and a bar with its own sense of humor.
Re-Discover Downtown: The Final Installment
For two years, this column has followed downtown West Palm Beach as it grew into itself. Its last chapter opens the cultural season with Kravis Center headliners, new Norton exhibitions and the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival, plus our Holiday Season Insight. It also looks back at everything we found along the way.
In the Spotlight: Arya Tea Bar
After a decade as a New York investment banker, Sophie DeWaal traded Wall Street for Clematis Street. Her light-filled tea bar, named for the show jumper she once rode, is where matcha is tasted like wine, and the house motto is simple: fill your cup first.
Travel: Why Do You Travel?
An invitation from friends in Vevey turned a late-summer escape from the Florida heat into a week of trains, mountains and lake towns. Somewhere between Lausanne, Évian and Geneva, a bigger question took over.
Also inside: Adam Revsen’s “Self” column on finding joy close to home, and more stories from the people who make the Palm Beaches what they are.
