Chillie Falls | New York Times

A ‘Cruiser’ Sets Sail, Despite Covid
A return to the sea means a return to life for one die-hard cruiser.

📝 by Cristal Duhaime
📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for The New York Times
Photo Direction Leslie Dela Vega
🛳 ♥️ ✨ Chillie Falls

For people who make cruising a lifestyle, not just a pastime, being marooned on land was devastating. Charles Falls Jr., known as Chillie, is one of those cruisers who set sail as much as possible. He has been on 55 cruises and in recent years started hosting a YouTube show about the industry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/opinion/a-cruiser-sets-sail-despite-covid.html

Nayla | Flamingo Magazine

Flamingo Magazine | Spring/Summer 2022

Mary Beth Koeth

Jesus Bravo

Model | Nayla Latis Next/Models Next models Miami

Ninja | Masterclass

Ninja for MasterClass

by Mary Beth Koeth

Digi Javier I Sanchez

Assistant Kohl Murdock

Art Direction Max Morse

Production Becca Selin

RHOM Star Julia Lemigova for the New York Post

Real Housewives of Miami star, Julia Lemigova, for the New York Post

Writing | Jacquelynn Powers Maurice

Photography | Mary Beth Koeth

Assistants | Jose Arizmendi & Priyaranjan Desai

Photo Editor | Jesaca Lin

Makeup | Bea Diaz

Stylist | Mila Gonzalez Kastari

https://pagesix.com/2022/02/26/rhom-star-julia-lemigova-on-wife-

Raven Run | Gringo

The Raven Run lost one of its most beloved runners last week. Tom “Gringo,” a Hall of Fame Runner with over 1,600 Raven Runs and 654 swims, died on March 2. His final run with Raven was last year, at 83 years old, which earned Gringo the Event of the Year for being the oldest runner ever to complete the run. This was at least his third time earning an Event of the Year—once for running during Hurricane Irene and another time for running while in the middle of chemotherapy. Gringo had a way of sensing someone’s best quality and bringing it out. After five minutes of conversation with anyone, I think he could’ve given the eulogy at her funeral. I’ve probably run about 50 times with Gringo and will cherish the miles we put in together. I’m grateful for the stories he told, many of which live on in the hearts and minds of other runners, and in the pages of Running with Raven. Two weeks ago, when Yellow Rose and Raven went to visit Gringo, Raven asked him how he was doing. Gringo replied, “I’m dancing as long as the music lasts.”

Written by Laura Lee Patterson Huttenbach “White Lightning”

Photograph by Mary Beth Koeth “Yellow Rose”

Pictured “Gringo” for the Raven Run Swimsuit Calendar in 2013

Pillow Fighting | The Guardian

Pillow fighting could be the next great combat sport – no, seriously.

The Pillow Fight Championship, or PFC, is trying to turn pillow fighting into a professional sport – but unlike MMA, ‘anyone can compete, and anyone can win’

by Jordan Blumetti by Mary Beth Koeth for The Guardian

Pillow Fighters | Terrell ‘TJ’ Jenkins and Meriah Hall

Doctor Stephen Olvey | Road & Track Magazine

UNSUNG Six people who have quietly changed the automotive world. 📝 by Chris Perkins 📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for Road & Track Magazine

| DOCTOR STEPHEN OLVEY |

FOR DECADES, American open-wheel racing was the source of much motorsport innovation, including in safety. That’s thanks largely to Dr. Stephen Olvey, a neurosurgeon, and Dr. Terry Trammell, an orthopedic surgeon. The biggest names in IndyCar owe their continued careers—and in some cases, their lives—to these two doctors.
Olvey grew up in Indianapolis and began attending the Indy 500 as a kid. The speedway was the first racetrack in the world to have an on-site medical facility, and as a med student at Indiana University, Olvey volunteered his services during the 500. There he met Dr. Thomas Hanna, who ran the center and hired Olvey to be the on-track doctor. That led the USAC, the sanctioning body for American open-wheel racing, to bring on Olvey as a traveling doctor, ensuring that drivers received the same level of care at all tracks. Olvey also standardized post-crash procedures by creating the modern rapid-response safety team.

Digi tech | Javier Sanchez
Creative Director | Nathan Schroeder

Barron's Roundtable | 2022

Barron’s Roundtable | 2022

Expect a Tough Year for Stocks but Lots of Opportunities for Bargain Hunters, Barron’s Experts Say 

by Lauren R. Rublin by Mary Beth Koeth

Finance Experts | Sonal Desai, Meryl Witmer, & Henry Ellenbogen

Director of Photography Sarina Finkelstein

LUXE Magazine | Ana Trelles Portuondo

In her South Miami studio, Ana Trelles Portuondo is being watched. Her figural portraits—mostly female—gaze at her with an intensity of her own creation, as though hinting at sacred stories masked beneath layers of paint and collage. “I believe the eyes are the expression of your soul,” the artist says. “Capturing that expression is, for me, everything.” 🎨 

📝 by Jennifer Pfaff Smith 📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for LUXE Magazine

Read Article HERE

Cabot Stain

I had never heard the word pergola until this shoot.

Here’s to continued vocabulary development this coming year.

Client | Cabot Stain
Agency | VMLY&R
Producer | Robyn Nagorsky
Assist | Javier Sanchez and Jake Soper
Retouching Hugo Ceneviva

TIME Magazine | Next Generation Leaders | Bismack Biyombo

He may have made it to the NBA a decade ago, but Bismack Biyombo's heart never left home. Biyombo hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation rich in natural resources like cobalt and copper, but still plagued by extreme poverty. "I've seen so much suffering from our people," says Biyombo, a 6 ft. 8 in. center who has played in Charlotte, Toronto and Orlando, and was a free agent going into the 2021–2022 season. "Every day, you go home, you go back in your room, you're by yourself, crying. You're trying to find an explanation to certain things you don’t understand. Why? Why? Why? Then it gets to the point where, instead of the why, why, why, it's time to take the action." Biyombo, 29, is doing just that. He has donated his own money and raised funds through the Bismack Biyombo Foundation to build schools and sports facilities, provide scholarships and improve health care in Congo. Biyombo says he and his foundation have given scholarships to more than 5,000 Congolese students. "This has become my lifetime mission," he says. "I'll be willing to keep pushing until I have nothing left in the tank for my people." Photograph by Mary Beth Koeth for TIME

Digi Javier Sanchez

Assistant Miguel Mori

Photo Editor Whitney Hollington Matewe

Billboard Latin Music Week

Billboard Latin Music Week Portrait Booth Mary Beth Koeth for Billboard 

Huge thanks to this spicy crew 🌶

Photo Editors | Jenny Sargent and Katie Spoleti 

Retouching | Babydoll Studio 

Photo Assistant | Jake Soper 

DigiTech | Javier Sanchez 

Rauw Alejandro | Billboard Magazine

As Latin’s latest rising star, Rauw Alejandro approaches music with a winner’s mentality — and it’s paying off.⁠
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“I see [music] as a sport,” says Alejandro, 28. “If you are doing the job well — you are disciplined and you are focused — the coach will give you an opportunity to play an important game. ⁠
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Rauw Alejandro
Photographer: Mary Beth Koeth for Billboard
Digi: Javier Sanchez
Styling: Darius Baptist
Hair: Alexis Centeno
Makeup: BBellabyMillie
Location: El Tucán

Jimmy Johnson, 78, tells ESPN the inside story behind "How 'bout them Cowboys?"

I spent the best fifteen minutes of my life with Jimmy Johnson yelling "How 'bout them Cowboys" over and over again. Next guy who wants to win my heart, I’m going to tell him that it’s over there in a puddle next to Jimmy.

Jimmy Johnson, 78, tells ESPN the inside story behind "How 'bout them Cowboys?"

Written by Todd Archer, Photography by Mary Beth Koeth for ESPN, Digi | Assistant Javier Sanchez