Julie and Steve Weintraub of Clearwater’s Gold
and Diamond Source have made a positive
impact on the lives of many Tampa Bay residents.
Dancing With
the Stars
BESTBets
St. Pete Wine and Food Festival
From September 24th through the 27th, downtown St. Petersburg will be
beckoning food and wine lovers to a variety of entertaining events. On Thursday,
September 24th, there will be a special charity wine pairings dinner at The
Birchwood. Then, on Friday, September 25th from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m., there will be a
craft beer enthusiast’s dream come true in North Straub Park, with over 100 beer and
cider selections from local, regional and national breweries, along with unlimited
tastings from local establishments. On Saturday and Sunday, September 26th and
27th from noon until 5 p.m., there will be grand tastings under a tent in North
Straub Park with fine wines and unlimited fare from the area’s best restaurants and
chefs. For tickets, call (727) 201-9135 or visit StPeteWineAndFoodFest.com.
Sueños de Dalí
The fifth annual Sueños de Dalí
fundraiser for the Salvador Dalí
Museum in St. Petersburg will be
an enchanting evening. Inspired
by Salvador Dalí’s legendary
1941 event, “A Surrealistic
Night in the Enchanted Forest,”
this year’s benefit on Saturday,
October 24th invites guests to
experience creative cocktails and
curious cuisine surrounded by
attendees in surreal and lavish
costumes. If you like parties,
this is one not to be missed. To
become a sponsor or to purchase
tickets, call (727) 623-4726, or
visit TheDali.org/event/suenos.
Gala for Flappers and Fellas
Julie Weintraub’s Hands Across the Bay
will host its Sixth Annual Tampa Bay’s
Dancing With the Stars fundraiser on
October 3rd at TPepin’s Hospitality
Centre in Tampa. The event is patterned
after the popular television show and
this year will benefit Clothes to Kids, My
Hope Chest and the Cypress Initiative.
Celebrities, such as ABC News Anchor
Lindsay Logue, event planner for Florida
Hospitals Marilyn McPhail, and Channel
10 News Anchor Mark Rivera, will dance
to help raise money for the charities. For
tickets, call (727) 573-7720, or email dee@
handsacrossthebay.com.
Get dressed Gatsby style for this Roaring Twentiesthemed
party that is being held on October 10th to benefit
RCS of Pinellas. The evening’s fun will include delectable
hors d’oeuvres and a carving station, wine, beer, bubbly,
a signature champagne cocktail (the Zelda) and Sweet-
Easy’s Dessert Salon. With a raffle and silent and live
auctions, there will be lots to do, as you learn the Lindy
Hop and the Charleston and dance to the Dick Rumore’s
Jazz Cellar Underground Orchestra with special guest
Fred Johnson. The event will be at Banquet Masters
Speakeasy on 49th Street North in Clearwater. For tickets,
call (727) 584-3528, ext. 409, or visit www.RCSPinellas.org/
GrandeGala.
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