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Preface Wine, Pineapple Grove and the Lawyer Who Traded the Courtroom for a Wine BarEpisode SummaryJulie and Jamie welcome Jonathan Frutkin, founder of Preface Wine in Delray Beach. After more than 20 years as an attorney, entrepreneur, and professional poker player, Jonathan opened a wine bar built to make wine fun, approachable, and a great excuse to meet new people. Expect Super Tuscan stories, Friuli wine talk, and an empty nester theme night idea born live on the show.🍷 Featured BusinessPreface Wine – Pineapple Grove, Delray Beach A wine store by day and a wine bar by night, right next to the Ray Hotel. Small and social, with room for about 28 seated guests.Flight based menu from $35 to $95, paired with light foodCharcuterie and a dessert pairing with sweet winesThree event types: wine education, winemaker visits, and fun themed nightsThe Preface Primer, a class for young professionals on ordering wine with confidenceA wine club and a staff of trained sommeliers, educators, and a winemakerReservations through OpenTable are smart on weekends. Weekdays are walk in friendly.Visit preface.wine or follow Preface Wine Bar on Instagram.👨‍⚖️ Meet Jonathan FrutkinSixth generation American, three generations of tailors followed by three generations of lawyers. He ran a law firm, worked in early e-commerce, owned ice cream stores, studied at Cordon Bleu, and played professional poker in Las Vegas. Wine is the next chapter, and he says it pays a little less per hour but is a lot more fun.🍇 Wine TalkWhy Super Tuscans are the greatest branding success in wineItalian versus French wine, and why Jonathan is a French wine fanHow Friuli wines have changed as Italy gets warmerThe European approach to wine, where a bottle can cost less than a Coke📣 We Want to Hear From YouVisit floridalivinglife.com to send a message. Would you attend an empty nester wine night in Delray Beach? Tell us.WAYS TO WORK WITH USBrand sponsorships and content placementFeatured guest podcast interviewsScenes From the Table live recordingsFood and lifestyle brand featuresVirtual and on location options available📞 Call or Text: 973-281-6896 📧 [email protected]📌 Episode Hashtags#FloridaLivingLife #PrefaceWine #JonathanFrutkin #DelrayBeach #PinappleGrove #WineBar #SuperTuscan #FloridaFood #FoodPodcast #PalmBeachCountyWAYS TO WORK WITH USAll opportunities are custom designed around your goals and marketing budget. We collaborate with you to create the right mix of storytelling, visibility, and content that fits your brand.• Brand sponsorships and content placement• Featured guest podcast interviews• Scenes From the Table live recordings• Food and lifestyle brand features• Virtual and on location options available📞 Call or Text: 862 812 0711📧 [email protected]

Eight Weeks of Eating, KRS-One Stories and a Time Machine Back to New JerseyEpisode SummaryThis week is all about food, food, food. Julie and Jamie recap eight straight weeks of eating out, take a trip down memory lane to their New Jersey roots, drop a wild KRS-One story, and reveal a top three Florida steakhouse showdown. Plus, concerts, movie reviews, and an upcoming weekend packed with the Tattoo and Oddity Expo and a Hillary Duff concert on Father's Day.The podcast keeps climbing the charts, now ranked number seven out of 250 in Canada and inside the top 20 in the US.🍽 Restaurant HighlightsDave's Hot Chicken Jamie is a fan, Julie is not. The Dave sauce gets a special mention. Jamie says unless something changes, hot chicken is just not for Julie.Papa Chulos – Royal Palm Beach (Takeout) Good but not great as takeout. The cheeseburger taco and lettuce wrap version got a little mangled in transit. Verdict: this is a dine in restaurant. Takeout does not do it justice.Mario the Baker – Florida Take home pizza night delivers again. Jamie got a gluten free pepperoni pizza with pineapple. Julie got a regular pizza with meatballs. Both were excellent and froze well for leftovers. Always solid.McDonald's Jamie had not eaten McDonald's in about a year and went all in with a Big Mac, extra Mac sauce, no bun, plus a six piece nugget and fries. Julie tried the Big Mac too and was pleasantly surprised. Verdict: good, but not as good as it was back in the day.Seasons 52 – Boca Raton A longtime favorite from their New Jersey days, now a regular Boca stop. The cedar plank salmon is excellent. The gluten free flatbreads are outstanding and safe for celiac diners. Great service, great atmosphere, and never disappoints. A solid choice for any special occasion.Applebee's A great experience with their server Merlin, who also happens to know Rosie. Burgers were a hit. Julie does the lettuce wrap version. A definite repeat visit.Texas Roadhouse First visit in months. Compared directly to Longhorn and Outback as the same class of steakhouse. Verdict: not as good as the top two, but not bad either. A three way steakhouse showdown is officially proposed between Texas Roadhouse, Outback, and Longhorn.Outback Steakhouse – Florida Still a top pick in the steakhouse rivalry. Consistently on point with every visit.🗽 Throwback Corner: New Jersey ClassicsA trip down memory lane to Morris County, New Jersey, thirty plus years ago.The Italian Touch – Livingston Mall, Livingston, NJ A beloved pizza spot from back in the day. Great pizza, great memories.The Godfather – New Jersey Another early favorite mentioned as part of the old school New Jersey pizza lineup.🎵 Concert CornerThe Nova Twins opened for Evanescence with Spirit Box also on the bill. A massive stage setup and an unforgettable show. The first metal show of the year.Coming up: the Tattoo and Oddity Expo in West Palm Beach this Saturday, and a Hillary Duff concert at the iTHINK Amphitheater on Father's Day.📺 What They Are WatchingOffice Romance on Netflix gets a strong recommendation for date night. Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic, earned a solid six point five out of ten.📣 We Want to Hear From YouVisit floridalivinglife.com and send an email. Tell them what you like about the show, where they should eat next, and if you are a restaurant owner who wants a visit and a review, reach out.WAYS TO WORK WITH USBrand sponsorships and content placementFeatured guest podcast interviewsScenes From the Table live recordingsFood and lifestyle brand featuresVirtual and on location options available📞 Call or Text: 973-281-6896 📧 [email protected]🍔 Restaurant Hashtags#DavesHotChicken #PapaChulos #MarioTheBaker #McDonalds #Seasons52 #Applebees #TexasRoadhouse #OutbackSteakhouse📌 Episode Hashtags#FloridaLivingLife #SouthFloridaEats #FloridaFood #FoodPodcast #PalmBeachCounty

Italian Roots, Hemp Gummies and the Company Bringing La Dolce Vita to CannabisEpisode SummaryJulie and Jamie welcome their first ever guest on the Florida Living Life Podcast and they picked a great one. Simone D’Antonio, co-founder of Mamma Mia, grew up cooking in his grandmother’s kitchen in Salerno, Italy, trained at the prestigious Gualtiero Marchesi Chef School, worked nine years in Los Angeles restaurants, and then stumbled into the cannabis industry through a next door neighbor and a dispensary visit that made him say — I can do this better.From communion wafers infused with hemp to aperitivo inspired gummies named after Italian cities, Mamma Mia is a one of a kind brand where culinary storytelling meets the wellness industry.👨‍🍳 Meet Simone D’AntonioBorn and raised in Salerno, Italy. Trained at the Gualtiero Marchesi Chef School in northern Italy, one of the most prestigious culinary programs in the country. Moved to Los Angeles in 2014. Spent nine years working in restaurants as a chef before pivoting to bartending while building Mamma Mia on the side. Co-founded the company with his neighbor Casey Passero, a second generation Italian American who introduced him to the cannabis space.🍬 About Mamma MiaA direct to consumer hemp edibles brand built around a culinary tour of Italy. Every product is named after an Italian city, inspired by a regional recipe, and designed with packaging that captures the visual identity of that city and era.Current products and pricing:Gummies — $32 for three gummies. Flavors include kiwi bellini, orange spritz, and camomile bitter, all inspired by the Milano aperitivo culture of the 1990sInfused Communion Wafers (Roma) — $33. A nod to Vatican City and the Church, served in a package that is exactly what it sounds likeChocolate — $43. Higher price point due to ingredient costs and manufacturing complexityProducts are manufactured by a women owned facility in downtown Los Angeles using Simone’s recipes, ingredients, and packaging.Products range from five to ten milligrams. Start low. Go slow. Everyone who has had a bad edible experience made the same mistake.🌿 The Education CornerSimone breaks it down clearly. Edibles are not the same as smoking. They enter through digestion, kick in slower, last longer, and feel different. Cannabis has real anti inflammatory benefits. Some strains support sleep. CBD and CBN are non psychoactive options for people who want the wellness benefits without the high. The industry is still young and education is everything.🚀 What is Coming NextA possible Friuli Venezia Giulia inspired product. Infused butter for pasta. An inhalable product inspired by the air of the Dolomites. And a taste test from Julie and Jamie of the sample box Simone sent to Florida. Tune in.📣 We Want to Hear From YouVisit floridalivinglife.com to send a message. If you are a brand, a chef, or a business owner with a story worth telling, reach out. Julie and Jamie want to hear it.WAYS TO WORK WITH USBrand sponsorships and content placementFeatured guest podcast interviewsScenes From the Table live recordingsFood and lifestyle brand featuresVirtual and on location options available📞 Call or Text: 973-281-6896 📧 [email protected]📌 Episode Hashtags#FloridaLivingLife #MammaMia #SimoneDAntonio #HempEdibles #ItalianFood #FloridaFood #FoodPodcast #WellnessLifestyle #PalmBeachCounty #SouthFloridaEats

Shark Tank, Bachelorette Parties and the Man Who Built a Business on Good VibesEpisode SummaryThis week Julie and Jamie welcome Nelson Brooks, founder of Cabana Boy Events, to the Florida Living Life podcast. Nelson turned a chance invite to a bachelorette party in July 2020 into a company that has now thrown over 8,000 parties across the country, landed a deal with Kendra Scott on Shark Tank, and is now bringing the experience to Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.From pool parties to corporate happy hours to divorce parties, if there is a reason to celebrate in South Florida, Nelson and his crew are ready to show up.🎉 Meet Nelson BrooksFounder of Cabana Boy Events. Started the company unemployed and single after attending a bachelorette party and spotting a gap in the market. Bought the domain the next morning on GoDaddy and the rest is history. Eight thousand parties later and growing.🦈 The Shark Tank StoryNelson applied online in fall of 2024, waited months for a callback, and then spent four months deep in preparation. The biggest takeaway: Shark Tank is a TV show first. They want a deal but they want great television more. Kendra Scott ended up being the one who made the deal, partly because she had already experienced Cabana Boys firsthand at her own birthday party without realizing it.🍹 What Cabana Boy Events DoesTwo brands under one roof built for different occasions:Cabana Boys — The energy brand. Perfect for bachelorette parties, girls weekends, pool parties, divorce parties, book clubs, and women's luncheons. Best for groups of ten to twenty five people. They serve, pamper, and entertain. Spotify DJs included. Not what you think — tasteful, fun, and fully professional.Cocktail Crew — The bartending brand for weddings, birthdays, corporate happy hours, retirement parties, Super Bowl parties, and grad events. Male and female bartenders. Handles groups up to one hundred and fifty people. They also do mocktails for wellness focused or underage events.Both brands help with setup and cleanup. Music is the number one ingredient for a great party according to Nelson. The playlist sets everything.📍 South Florida PricingCabana Boys in Miami and South Florida: $250 per hour for two cabana boys with a two hour minimum. Cocktail Crew: $80 per hour per bartender. Travel and holiday surcharges may apply.Book at their website or find them on Instagram.📣 We Want to Hear From YouVisit floridalivinglife.com to send a message. If you are throwing a party in South Florida and want a visit or a feature on the show, reach out.WAYS TO WORK WITH USBrand sponsorships and content placementFeatured guest podcast interviewsScenes From the Table live recordingsFood and lifestyle brand featuresVirtual and on location options available📞 Call or Text: 973-281-6896 📧 [email protected]📌 Episode Hashtags#FloridaLivingLife #CabanaBoyEvents #NelsonBrooks #SharkTank #KendraScott #BacheloretteParty #SouthFloridaEvents #FloridaFood #FoodPodcast #PalmBeachCounty

August Birthday Month Celebration, Part 2: Miami, Family & More Florida AdventuresEpisode SummaryJulie and Jamie continue their August birthday month celebration with a trip to Miami, a visit to Aventura Mall, more restaurant stops, and a meaningful look at Julie's family history.From South Beach and Fogo de Chão to an unexpected overnight stay in Boca Raton, they share the highs and lows of their adventures. They also talk about taking down the Wall of Fame at Julie's mother's house, a collection of photos celebrating the famous people her father cooked for throughout his career.And of course, they wrap up with more restaurant recommendations, including one of Julie and Jamie's favorite discoveries of the month.🌴 Miami & South BeachJulie and Jamie spend a night in South Beach, staying at Hotel Balfour. While the hotel was not Jamie's favorite, they enjoyed being in Miami and reflecting on how much South Beach has changed over the years.They also realize they missed some of the iconic South Beach experience, including walking Ocean Drive and seeing famous landmarks, so a return trip may be in order.🍽 Restaurant HighlightsFogo de ChãoA definite favorite from the Miami trip. Julie and Jamie loved the Brazilian steakhouse, especially the meats, buffet, fried bananas, gluten free popovers, mushroom soup, olives, cheese, and cheesecake. A great choice for a birthday or special celebration.Red PineAn unexpected Boca Raton stop after deciding to stay overnight rather than drive home. Jamie gives the egg rolls high marks, while Julie enjoyed her meal. The edamame was not a favorite, but overall it was an interesting restaurant experience.Cheesecake FactoryThe next morning brought breakfast, including chicken and waffles, an omelet, potatoes, bacon, and a birthday cheesecake. It was a solid breakfast and another stop during their extended birthday celebration.AlfrescoOne of the biggest restaurant highlights of the episode. Located near Lake Worth Beach on a public par-three golf course, Alfresco offers beautiful views of the ocean and golf course. Julie and Jamie both agree that the food was fantastic, with the chicken parm, spaghetti, linguini, pizza, and appetizers standing out.🛍 Aventura MallJulie and Jamie visit Aventura Mall, which Julie calls the best mall she has visited in Florida so far. They explore specialty stores, Nordstrom, and the food court, where Jamie gets Shake Shack and Julie tries arepas.Julie also shares the experience of trying on a Louis Vuitton bag for the first time.❤️ A Family MemoryWhile renovating Julie's mother's house, they had to take down the Wall of Fame that displayed photos of Julie's father with celebrities he cooked for, including Frank Sinatra, Liberace, Pavarotti, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Donna Summer, Tony Orlando, and many others.After nearly ten years since Julie's father passed away, taking the photos down was emotional. The wall needs to be preserved because of a ceiling leak, but the family plans to create something new with the collection.🎵 Coming UpJulie and Jamie look forward to seeing 311 and Dirty Heads, with Rome also on the concert lineup. Julie promises to share how the concert goes on the next episode.📣 We Want to Hear From YouWhat are your favorite restaurants and things to do in South Florida? Tell Julie and Jamie where they should go next!Visit floridalivinglife.com to send them a message and share your recommendations.WAYS TO WORK WITH USBrand sponsorships and content placementFeatured guest podcast interviewsScenes From the Table live recordingsFood and lifestyle brand featuresVirtual and on location options available📞 Call or Text: 973-281-6896📧 [email protected]🍔 Restaurant Hashtags#fogodechao #redpine #alfresco #cheesecakefactory📌 Episode Hashtags#floridalivinglife #southfloridaeats #floridafood #foodpodcast #palmbeachcounty