E A R TO TA M PA B AY
THINGS HEARD
By The Ear
JOHN REVISKY PHOTOGRAPHY
The Ear is wearing cone-shaped amber and
black art set in sterling silver designed and
created by Beth Solomon for Syd Entel
Galleries and Susan Benjamin Glass Etc.
in Safety Harbor.
party at 400 Beach Seafood and Tap
House in St. Petersburg, which they
had purchased to support Hospice of
Empath Health...Stella Spencer,
daughter of Megan Bach and Jimmy
Spencer, was given a First Birthday Luau
in true ancient Hawaiian tradition by her
paternal grandparents Wendy and Scott
Spencer, Aunt Jennifer Spencer, Aunt
Sally Spencer and Uncle Joey Spencer
at their home in Belleair...Kristen
Thomas of Pure Life Medi-Spa in Largo,
celebrated her birthday at the Clearwater
Community Volunteers’ third annual
Chefs’ Showcase at the historic Fort
Harrison in Clearwater...Karen and
Brett McMullen, who are members
John Coyne surprised Julie Scales, executive
director of the Pinellas Community Foundation,
with a birthday party at the Virginia Crossing
Clubhouse in Dunedin.
GRAM
Gyneth Stanley, Esq. invited friends
and members of the Tampa Bay Austin
Healey Club, MG Club and other British
car enthusiasts to the “Bud Stanley
Ice Cream Social” on the lawn of her
Clearwater home to display their vintage
rides and enjoy an event originated
by her late husband...Betty Lang of
Palm Harbor and her daughter Althea
Ostermann and her sister-in-law Kathy
Beckloff of Kansas City, Kansas held
their annual black and white-themed
luncheon in Betty’s Palm Harbor home...
Dr. Zena Lansky and her husband
Warren Rodgers of Clearwater hosted a
party at the Belleair Country Club for
Mary Ann Morse, who is the newly
elected president of The Dalí Guild,
and her husband Brad, whose parents
Co-founder Jane Strong’s Happy Feet Plus and
other stores at Sundial in St. Petersburg hosted
the 47 contestants of the 2015 Miss Florida
Scholarship Pageant’s annual High Heel Hike
and a fashion show of the shoes they decorated.
donated their art collection to start
the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg...
Lynda Keever and her husband Bill
Eshenbaugh hosted a “Fiesta” complete
with Margaritas and decorations at their
Full Moon Ranch in Thonotosassa...
Susan and Steve Brown of Clearwater
invited friends to a special wine dinner
of The Honorable Order of Kentucky
Colonels, hosted a Kentucky Derbythemed
dinner party at their Palm
Harbor home to celebrate the birthdays
of Paula and James Paxton of Belleair
Beach, who were officially inducted into
the Order over the phone during the
party...Rachael Russell, daughter of
Carol and J.C. Russell of St. Petersburg,
graduated Cum Laude with a Juris Doctor
degree from Western Michigan University
during commencement exercises held
at the University of South Florida in
Tampa...Michelle Thorpe of Laguna
Beach, California and Mark Gerhart
of Sand Key, Clearwater Beach were
married at the Chapel by the Sea,
followed by a reception at the Lobster
Pot Bistro on Clearwater Beach...Lucy
Deutscher and Richard Dimmitt, Jr.,
son of Doreen and Richard Dimmitt
of Clearwater Beach, were married at the
Belleair Country Club...Suzan Decker
Ross of Clearwater, and Ed Mitchell, a
former West Palm Beach city manager,
were married at Carlouel Yacht Club in
Clearwater Beach on June 12th, the 67th
anniversary of her parents Susan and
William Decker, who renewed their
vows that day...Doreen Hock-DiPolito,
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