Kathy Carlson of Kelly’s, The Chic-A-Boom Room and Blur; Rene Johnson, the originator of The Living Room on Main, Dunedin Smokehouse
and My Favorite Things Boutique; Dunedin City Commissioner Heather Gracy; Author Fawn Germer; Tampa Bay Magazine Publisher/Editor
Margaret Word Burnside; and Wendy Barmore, the owner of Blossom Creative and linchpin of The Wendy Barmore Band, drew over 100 women
to Bon Appétit Restaurant to hear them speak about the Art of Collaboration and what they have learned during their extraordinary lives.
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Lynn Smeraldo has renamed her
business The Genesis Wealth Advisor
Group to reflect her collaboration with
the firm in New Jersey that will give
clients expanded services and strategies.
John and Däna Zias of Cuvée 103
Bistro, located at the intersection of
McMullen Booth and Enterprise Roads
in Safety Harbor, are serving lunch
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
They have soups, salads, personal
pizzas, pastas and sandwiches. You will
love the Lamb Burger with bacon jam
and rosemary mayo.
Louise Del Basso of Galleria Misto
Fine Art Gallery in Belleair Bluffs is
pleased that Cathy West Morrison has
joined their team.
Chantelle DePaz of Largo has joined
the team of stylists at Andrew Ashton
of La Posh Salon in Clearwater.
Jake Hickton and his BurgerMonger
restaurants helped feed lunch to the
exceptionally bright, underprivileged
students who were enrolled in Berkeley
Preparatory School’s special summer
program in Tampa.
Rhea Law, the head of the Buchanan,
Ingersoll and Rooney law firm in Florida,
has become the first chair of the “new”
Tampa Bay Partnership, our area’s
regional economic development group.
The partnership’s CEO Rick Homans
is a proven leader, who is reinventing
and refocusing the partnership’s
efforts. Barry Shevlin, the CEO of
Vology, and Jeff Vinik, the owner of the
Lightning, will co-chair a policy group
on transportation, and Chuck Sykes,
the CEO of Sykes Enterprises, will chair
a group that will evaluate how well the
partnership is achieving its goals.
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Hairstylist Amy Jones and Bella’s Beauty Bar
owner Cheyenne Miller celebrated the
salon’s first anniversary with a party for
their clients in Clearwater.
John Wakefield, the father of three daughters,
congratulated Florida Attorney General
Pam Bondi on the progress she and her staff
have made in combating human trafficking,
pill mills, illicit drugs and the incidence of drug
addicted newborns. Bondi was the keynote
speaker at the Florida Citizens for Social
Reform’s brunch organized by founding chairs
Joanie and Steve Sigel and Brent Miller, which
was held at The Fort Harrison in Clearwater.
Vinnie Luisi, the executive director
of the Dunedin Historical Museum,
presented a pictorial history of the
Dunedin Library at the Library’s
celebration of its 20th year at its present
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