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The Miami Guide sat down with Craig Pittman, award-winning author of "Oh, Florida!" "The Scent of Scandal" and "Manatee Insanity," and co-author of "Paving Paradise."
Florida-grown author Craig Pittman is coming to the Miami Book Fair, where they'll promote their newly released books exploring some bizarre facet of the Sunshine State. Miami Book Fair, Nov. 13 – 20, will once again host top authors, including music, theater, and sports celebrities.
Interview Notes:

• Craig talks about how he got started as an author
• He shares what inspires him and where he finds his creativity to write
• Craig talks about manatees and what he likes about them
• He shares the best places to find Manatees
• We talked about his favorite all-time authors
• Craig shares his advice for emerging writers
• And he talks about his exciting upcoming book

Quotes from the interview:
"Florida is an inexhaustible source of stories," Pittman tells The Miami Guide. "It's a storyteller's paradise. It's been that way for decades."
Who is Craig Pittman
Craig Pittman is a native Floridian. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him "the most destructive force on campus." Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature. Since 1998, he has covered environmental issues for Florida's largest newspaper, the Tampa Bay Times. He has won the Waldo Proffitt Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism in Florida four times, and twice won the top investigative reporting award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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KOPU strives to deliver the best tasting water in the world while minimizing impact on the Earth.
The Miami Guide sat down with Mindy Mahy founder of The KOPU Water Company, to talk about how she and her husband launched KOPU, building a brand founded on love and respect for the planet and each other.
Interview Notes:
- What inspired you to start KOPU?
- Why did you choose Oregon?
- Why is sustainability so important for your brand?
- Why aluminum? recycle reusable?
- How dit the partnership with Forbes Travel Guide come about.
- What can we expect from you in the future?
- Where can listeners learn more about you?
Quotes from the interview:
You can not be luxury if you don't take sustainability into account
As consumer values shift with climate change and mindfulness of environmental impact, KOPU Water uniquely bridges luxury and sustainability by harmonizing with the health of guests and diners as well as the Earth.
KOPU spring water is exceptionally smooth in taste and naturally alkaline with a pH of 8.0. KOPU Sparkling water has award-winning fine champagne-like bubbles that elegantly hydrate. Body-fortifying minerals include calcium, magnesium and potassium as well as naturally occurring silica, which is known as the “beauty mineral” and is a building block of collagen.
The company exclusively packages within beautiful, lightweight aluminum bottles. Due to the value and ease of recycling aluminum, 75% of all aluminum ever created is still in use today. Recycled KOPU bottles will re-emerge on average within 60 days and be reformed into electric cars, airplane frames or beverage cans and bottles.
KOPU is a thoughtful alternative to imported bottled water brands and is exclusively sold within fine dining restaurants and other dining venues within luxury hotels.
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The Miami Guide sat down with Phoebe Powell New World Symphony harpist, to talk about what inspired her to become a musician and the upcoming season opener on Oct 15-16 in Miami Beach.
Interview Notes:

• Phoebe talks about how she got started in music, and what led her to the harp.
• She shares what inspires her and where she finds creativity.
• What was your first big break as a musician?
• Phoebe shares her advice for emerging artists.
• What excites her the most about what's happening in the music industry right now?

Quotes from the interview:
Music is one of the most universal ways of expression in human life.
Surround yourself with people you aspire to be
Who is Phoebe Powell
Canadian harpist, Phoebe Powell, is a second-year Fellow at the New World Symphony. She has been praised for her breadth of expression ranging from “mature and virtuosic to gorgeously musical and sweet.”

Second prize winner of the 2018 OSM Manulife Competition in Montreal, Ms. Powell was also awarded the Aspen Summer Music Festival scholarship.

An avid orchestral musician, Ms. Powell has performed extensively with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic.

Ms. Powell has been the recipient of the Ihnatowycz Emerging Artist Scholarship, Aspen Summer Music Festival Fellowship, NYO Canada Award of Excellence and an Alberta Foundation for the Arts Career Development Grant. She holds a bachelor of music degree and an artist diploma from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where she studied with world-renowned harpist, Judy Loman.

Outside of orchestral rehearsals and practicing, she enjoys paddle boarding around Sunset harbor, running on the beach and when not in Miami, hiking or skiing in the mountains.

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Today we have two guests on the show. Two Sisters who have transformed the Upper Wynwood's Art Scene.

Danelle & Michele Pino, are the co-founders of the WYN317 Gallery, working with local and world-famous artists and putting a spotlight on Miami’s unique urban landscape.
Do you ever reflect on a time when the walls of Wynwood were seen as a public hindrance and eyesore? Reflecting even further back, the only name recognition of what is now Miami’s cultural, nightlife, and art epicenter was an abandoned warehouse and autobody district only meant to hurry through with locked doors and windows. The full-circle irony is that at some point within the past 20 years, Miami’s pass-thru graffiti-clad neighborhood has emerged as the creative heartbeat of an already colorful city. The pioneering street artists of Wynwood set this neighborhood ablaze in the arts, cultural, and social scenes globally. They literally painted and paved the way for redefining urban landscapes in the United States and beyond.
In 2013, sisters Danelle and Michele Pino acknowledged the cultural significance of these artists, how their work had transformed their beloved neighborhood, and the topographical landscape of their hometown. Daughters of a talented painter, Danelle and Michele were raised with a unique value: a paintbrush to canvas was equally as important as a pen to paper. Their journey initially placed them on alternate paths. Michele followed in her father’s professional footsteps as a criminal and civil attorney and Danelle followed her passion for science to explore the medical field. Even by following their professional calling, their adoration for Miami and growing passion for street art needed to be realized ...
... in July of that year, WYN 317 was born!

In this interview, we talked about what inspired them to start Wyn317 and what Wynwood was like in the beginning. We also talked about the importance of art for Miami and where the industry is going. Something I’m really excited about is NFT art. NFT stands for Non fungible token. It’s basically digital art or Crypto Art connected on the blockchain platform enabling artists to capitalize on their work.

So stay tuned, Danelle & Michele have an inspiring story I can’t wait to share with you.
Podcast show notes available here:
https://themiamiguide.com/show13
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Website: www.wyn317.com
Instagram: @Wyn317

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LiquorSplit’s innovative model brings wholesale prices to consumers at an incredibly fast speed in a move to transform the future of e-commerce
The Miami Guide sat down with Russ Bruce founder and CEO of LiquorSplit, to talk about how their innovative model brings wholesale prices to consumers at an incredibly fast speed in a move to transform the future of e-commerce.
Interview Notes:

• Russ talks about what inspired him to start LiquorSplit
• We talked about how they are an tech company with in-house development
• What has been a major challenge that LiquorSplit had to overcome?
• Russ shares how the Tampa crowd compares to Miamians
• What's the favorite drink is in Florida?
• We chat about the importance of giving back to the community
• She talks about what she wished she'd had known before she started out
• What we can expect from LiquorSplit in the future

LiquorSplit is a South Florida startup dedicated to bringing the most amazing delivery experience of liquor, beer, wine, and more to your door at great prices. LiquorSplit released an all-new mobile app and opened shop in Tampa.
Since the pandemic, Miamians have followed the national trend of continuing to shop online for food and essentials. However, consumers everywhere are facing surging markups, service and hidden fees that put a heavy toll on convenience.
LiquorSplit presents the only liquor app that allows consumers to buy fast liquor online while saving them time and money.
How? LiquorSplit is both the delivery app and the liquor store; it controls the inventory, the technology and the gig force all together in one superior model. Now, Miamians can order directly from one of the business’ micro-distribution hubs or “distys” –as the company has coined them –and have it delivered to their homes cheaper than going to the liquor store.
By downloading the app, customers will be able to see the same inventory that exists in the distys and at the same price, have it delivered by a trained LiquorSplit employee and pay only a $2.99 flat delivery fee. Being a young local startup, LiquorSplit feels very strongly about giving back to the community. Hence, together with the launch of its new app the company has taken the “Every delivery makes a difference” pledge.
LiquorSplit has a special offer for the Miami Guide listeners and is now offering an alluring discount of 15% OFF with the code: MIAGUIDE at checkout!
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