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**THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010**

kimpton’s EPIC Hotel, Miami Hosts Ice Cream Social

FOR GUESTS AND LOCALS to Benefit Dress for Success MIAMI

What: Kimpton’s EPIC Hotel in Miami is extending its daily complimentary wine hour guest program as it teams up with Area 31 restaurant to host an Ice Cream Social for both guests and locals to enjoy scoops of ‘housemade’ ice cream for $3-$5 with all proceeds benefiting Dress for Success Miami, an organization devoted to helping disadvantaged women reenter the workforce. Exhale Spa will also be on hand providing complimentary mini-manicures in sorbet shades.

EPIC’s Ice Cream Social is part of “Scoop for Success”, a nationwide Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants month-long celebration of ice cream benefiting Dress for Success. Scoop for Success includes a different featured flavor at each of Kimpton’s restaurants across the country and benefiting local Dress for Success affiliates. Scoop for Success also includes the nationwide, Ice Cream Social – a series of coast-to-coast events being held on July 15 at Kimpton hotels, where the restaurant’s signature sweets will be available for purchase with all event proceeds donated to the local Dress for Success affiliate.

Who/Visuals: “Scooping” and serving during the event:

- Sonia Jacobson, Executive Director, Dress for Success Miami

- Lesli Vohwinkel, Area Director of People & Culture, EPIC Hotel and Area 31

When: Kimpton’s EPIC Hotel, Miami Ice Cream Social

Thursday, July 15, 2010

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Where: EPIC Hotel – 16^th Floor Pool Deck

270 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami

Background: In addition to the Ice Cream Social scheduled for July 15, Area 31 Executive Chef John Critchley has created two ice cream desserts as part of ‘Scoop for Success’, with $1 from each dessert sale donated to Dress for Success Miami throughout the entire month of July,National Ice Cream month. The two signature ice cream desserts developed exclusively for ‘Scoop for Success’ are the Peach Bombe (Georgia peach sherbet with brown butter-almond ice cream, coffee butter crumbs and cinnamon cream), and The Melon (compressed melons, ras el hanout ice cream, mint ice cream and local honeycomb). For additional information on ‘Scoop for Success’, visit EPIC on Facebook (see events section) at http://www.facebook.com/EPICHotel, or call EPIC at 305/424-5226; or Area 31 at 305/424-5234.

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From UrbanDaddy:

Epic Proportions

Epic Hotel Opens Downtown
Two worlds coexist in Miami: the realm of tourists and the realm of the local. Straddling both can be a dicey game, but if you play it well, the rewards can be quite grand...
New to the overlap is Epic Hotel, opening Monday in downtown—sophisticated enough for a visitor, and sexy enough to keep you in the Financial District well past quitting time.
Situated at the cusp of the Miami River, this 52-story tower uses its gritty downtown powers for good, serving up water views, soaring ceilings and (most importantly) complimentary drinks at 5pm. Grab a seat in the lobby bar as you watch freighters sail past floor-to-ceiling windows. Once you've worked up an appetite (nothing does the trick like a good freighter), head upstairs to the hotel's in-house restaurant Area 31, where grilled fish, pastas and Paella Valenciana await.
Of course, the showstopper is the 16th-floor pool deck, offering Blade Runner-esque views of Miami (rather than those beach-heavy visuals you're used to). During the day you'll come here to catch some rays, go for a swim and relax in one of the white curtained cabanas. When the sun dips below the horizon, the space transforms to a nightspot complete with enough cocktails, soundtracks and interested looks to warrant a staycation.
South Beach who?
Epic Hotel, opens Monday, 270 Biscayne Blvd Way (at SE. 3rd Ave), 305-424-5226