Miami resident Andrea Ivory was honored by CNN Heroes on Wednesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital with a celebratory rally with more than 100 attendees, including Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Barbara Jordan. Ivory was awarded $25,000 and is eligible for the $100,000 award that will be bestowed upon the CNN Hero of the Year later this month at a star-studded gala in LA.

Ivory, a breast cancer survivor, is founder of The Florida Breast Health Initiative, a volunteer group that has helped provide more than 500 mammograms to area residents and visited more than 20,000 homes since 2006.

South Floridians Dara Simkin, 24, and Catherine Fleming, 25, have won a six-week, all-expenses-paid trip to Tasmania, Australia, from WorldNomads.com. The duo will drive a decked-out camper van while there this winter, stopping along the way to participate in various adventures, including kayaking the Freycinet Peninsula and mountain biking Mount Wellington. While in Tasmania, they will post 12 video blogs, 12 written blogs, photos, one podcast and produce one documentary.

Ludacris is in town once again to promote his cognac, Conjure, at the Shore Club pool on Sunday afternoon and at Plunge at The Gansevoort on Monday night.

Developer Tony Goldman will host a big party for Gerald Posner's controversial book Miami Babylon at the Spire Bar located on the rooftop of his South Beach property, The Hotel, on Tuesday.

In the spotted category . . . race car driver and Dancing With the Stars alum Helio Castroneves was seen having dinner with friends at Steak 954 at the W Fort Lauderdale on Thursday night. Castroneves finished off his dinner with a bottle of Cristal. In town for her show at the Fillmore, singer Jewel was seen dining with four friends at Mr. Chow on Monday night.

Serena Williams was seen dining with a group of friends at The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Mary Brickell Village this week. Word was the group appeared to be having a great time and ordered chef Sean Bernal's specialties, including scallops, cobia, and crab cakes.

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