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‘Joymaxxing’: Jessica Alba seizes the day in Miami for her 45th

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 11: Jessica Alba attends the screening of Netflix Film "Trigger Warning" at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 11: Jessica Alba attends the screening of Netflix Film "Trigger Warning" at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Netflix

Ah, to be a gorgeous, 40-something multimillionaire with eye candy on your arm.

We’re referring to Jessica Alba, who was back in her beau Danny Ramirez’s hometown of Miami to celebrate her 45th birthday over the weekend.

On Friday night, the “Honey” actress and her “Top Gun: Maverick” hunk kicked off the festivities at Miami Beach restaurant Gaia. After noshing on classic Mediterranean eats at Gaia’s members-only club, Nyx, the couple burned off the meal at 24/7 ultraclub E11Even downtown.

On Instagram, Alba showed a slice from the trip, which included a day out on a yacht duly named Carpe Diem. The divorced mom of three, along with Ramirez and some pals, soaked up the sun, rode on personal watercraft and careened down a giant slide.

“Joymaxxing,” read the Honest entrepreneur’s caption, a tip to the “maxxing” trend, meaning to dramatically, an often drastically, improve certain aspects of your life.

Peppered into Alba’s envy inducing vacation carousel were inspirational quotes; e.g., “Stay close to people who feel like sunshine” and “The more you celebrate being alive, the more life gives you to celebrate.”

Pretty sure Alba was referring to Ramirez, with whom paparazzi first spotted her with last May at a London park. The twosome have since visited South Florida several times, which makes sense — because, as we mentioned, Ramirez is from here.

Born in Chicago, the 33-year-old actor moved to the Westchester area in his youth, attending Pitbull’s alma mater Coral Park Senior High School and frequenting Hurricanes games. The avid football fan still loves the college team and (gotta love it) even threw up the “U” hand signal during a 2022 interview with Jimmy Kimmel.

Madeleine Marr
Miami Herald
Celebrity/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper’s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.
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