My Super Bowl Weekend in Miami, Florida, Part One
I look forward to Super Bowl weekend every year - and no matter where it’s held, there’s always so much to do.
Every February, I try to attend the Big Game with my good friends, Jane Heller and her husband, Steve Gerard. This year, we traveled to Miami, Florida. My longtime publicist, Susan Magrino, and my makeup artist, Daisy Schwartzberg Toye were also part of our group. We enjoyed lots of fun lunches, dinners, parties, and entertainment. Among our many stops, we visited the Rubell Museum, the famous Joe’s Stone Crab, and a very nice factory where my future skincare line will be manufactured. I also worked and did a lot of appearances for radio and social media - it was a very action-packed few days.
Here are some photos, enjoy.
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- We arrived a couple days early to enjoy all the festivities surrounding the Big Game. Here is the view from my hotel room looking south with the Atlantic Ocean on the left.
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- Here is another view looking west. This year was the 11th time Miami hosted a Super Bowl, which broke a tie with New Orleans for the most Super Bowls played in a city.
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- And here is another gorgeous view. We didn’t have a lot of time to relax – there was so much to do.
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- One of my first commitments was to go to Radio Row at the Miami Convention Center to speak with various sports and lifestyle press outlets. Here I am with Steve Covino and Rich Davis who host “Covino & Rich” on Sirius XM Radio.
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- For lunch, our group went to a small female-run Japanese restaurant called Sushi Erika, owned by Chef Erika Kushi. After eating and asking for the bill, I was told it had been taken care of by this gentleman, Chef Wally Rice, the owner of Rice Catering in Miami. Chef Wally told me he wouldn’t be as successful as he is today if it wasn’t for me and my television show. He said I taught him how to make the perfect rice back in 1997 and he has been making it the same way ever since. In fact, before he watched my rice-making segment, he never offered rice dishes in his catering business – only rice pudding, but now his rice-based dishes are some of his most popular. It was a pleasure speaking with him and hearing his story.
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- Whenever I visit Miami, I like to see my friends at Joe’s Stone Crab restaurant where I always have a great time and great food. On this day, we were told to order the large stone crabs instead of the jumbo stone crabs. Our dinner was excellent and the crabs were tender and tasty, served with Joe’s special sauce, of course.
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- We were here as guests of Bank of America. At our table – Sharon Burdick and my friend and banker, Jane Heller.
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- And here I am with my publicist, Susan Magrino. Susan is wearing Emilio Pucci, and I am in Hermes, but look at our earrings – usually, we discuss what we’ll be wearing, but this time we didn’t, and we both wore Hermes earrings. I gave her this pair for Christmas one year – they are very similar to the ones I have on. It was a funny coincidence.
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- And, at the “children’s table” – my makeup artist, Daisy Schwartzberg Toye, Christine Colaco from Bank of America, and Daisy’s friend, Alissa.
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- Later that evening we went to a Pepsi party in a large space specially constructed for the weekend’s Super Bowl festivities.
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- Here I am with Marco Maccioni, son of restaurateur and author, Sirio Maccioni. Everyone loved my Hermes tan poplin suit. I love it too – it’s so comfortable.
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- Over the weekend, we also toured this northern Miami factory where my future CBD skincare line will be manufactured – everything was in perfect order and so clean.
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- Here I am all suited up with my booties for the tour.
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- The factory is an impeccable and innovative facility – all the equipment is state-of-the-art.
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- These machines cut the non-woven fabric that is used to make cleansing wipes. The machines cut, fold, and stack the wipes for packaging.
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- The technology to create disposable non-woven towelettes was developed in the late 1970s. They are designed to be durable and yet still be disposable.
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- Here are more wipes moving down the conveyor belt ready for packaging.
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- Here I am with New York City-based dermatologist, Dr. Dhaval Bhanusali, Raj Prakash and Carlos Cabellero.
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- We also visited the Rubell Museum, where we had a private tour with Mrs. Mera Rubell. The Rubell Museum was formerly called the Rubell Family Collection. It is owned by longtime collectors and Miami residents Don and Mera Rubell. The space includes 40 galleries, a performance space, an art research library, a bookstore, and a restaurant. The complex was redesigned by Selldorf Architects. Here we are in the Yayoi Kusama, “Infinity Mirrored Room, Let’s Survive Forever,” 2017.
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- I took this photo of one of the mirrored spheres.
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- This is an installation by artist Paul McCarthy called “Cultural Gothic,” 1992 to 1993, showing a paradigm for fatherhood made with metal, wood, burlap, foam, and other materials. The contemporary collection contains some of the pieces from the more than 7200 works that the Rubells have acquired over the past 50-years, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos and installations by more than 1000 artists.
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- This is the “Statue of Liberty” by Keith Haring and LA II, 1980 made with felt-tip pen and Dayglo on fiberglass.
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- Another of Keith Haring’s iconic works.
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- Thee works are by artist Yoshitomo Nara. On the left, a piece called “Too Young to Die”, 2001, and on the right, “Slight Fever”, 2001. Both are made with acrylic on cotton mounted on fiber-reinforced plastics.
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- These works are by Takashi Murakami. The installation is called “DOB in The Strange Forest,” 1999, showing one of the artist’s favorite characters lost in a forest of many-colored mushrooms.
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- And this is called “The Death of Marat,” 2011 by artist He Xiangyu. It is made of fiberglass, silicone, fabric, human hair, and leather. I think it would be interesting to have this sculpture. Mera and her husband are the most innovative collectors. They have put together a wonderful exhibition. If you are ever in the area, please stop by. The Rubell Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday.
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- Here I am dressed up for dinner in my gold Lanvin dress, Victoria Beckham Camouflage Military Jacket, Hermes boots and my Hermes leather backpack, which I purchased in Japan before backpacks became popular. I stopped for a photo in front of this glamorous matte black Ferrari, but don’t worry – I was very, very careful not to let anything mar this beautiful car. On my next blog, more from my Super Bowl weekend – including photos from the Big Game!
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