Ear to Tampa Bay
Deborah Nader Rutz and Judith
Haimes, both of Sand Key, Clearwater,
hosted a gourmet breakfast prepared by
chocolatier Bill Brown at his William
Dean Chocolates in Belleair Bluffs.....Tara
Toohill, the communications director for
the Indigenous Business of Australia, was
given a party by her parents Marte and
Dan Toohill at their home in Clearwater,
while Tara was there for Thanksgiving.....
Christina Moody and Mickey Gorsage,
Tampa General Hospital’s senior vice
president, invited family and friends to
their annual autumn sunset gathering at
their waterfront home in Clearwater.....
Charlene and Mardy Gordon of Crystal
Beach combined two charity auction items
to take friends cruising aboard Sandra
Nesbit and Greg Wilsey’s new yacht
Gratitude and to a private lobster “dump”
dinner at Carlouel Yacht Club on
Clearwater Beach.....Lianne Doglione, a
former first lady of Dunedin when her late
husband John was the city’s mayor, hosted
a housewarming reception and dinner
party at her new home in Regency Oaks,
Clearwater.....Josephine Schaaf of Coastal
Christie’s International real estate and her
husband Gary, an attorney, who live in
Tampa, gave a party during a winning
Lightning game in an Amalie Arena suite
in Tampa that they purchased at a charity
auction.....The Hon. Bob Schmidt, mayor
of Belleair Shore, and his Schmidt
Investments South, LLC held a holiday
cocktail buffet at the Belleair Country
Club.....Dr. Harry Barrish and Pat
Rawlings of Clearwater hosted a holiday
buffet dinner and dance party at the Tampa
Club.....Renée and Ron Vaughn,
University of Tampa president, held their
annual Holiday Open House at their home
in Tampa.....Ellen and Herb Fiss
celebrated the holiday season with a party
at their newly acquired vintage home and
law office in downtown Tampa.....Karen
and Brett McMullen held their annual
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The Ear is wearing 2.21 carats of baguette-cut
diamonds and 6.19 carats of round brilliant
cut diamonds set in 18kt white gold from
Cappello & Co. in Seminole.
Christmas party at their home in
Clearwater.....Betsy Schweitzer of
St. Petersburg was surprised by her
children Karley and Eric Schweitzer,
also of St. Petersburg, with a birthday
buffet dinner party, featuring music,
dancing and a multitude of decorations at
the Vinoy in St. Petersburg.....Joyce Cotton
of Tampa celebrated her “Enchanted”
birthday with a dinner dance benefit
she orchestrated for and at the Glazer
Children’s Museum in Tampa.....Caroline
DeVale, who was president of the
St. Petersburg Opera Guild from 1998 to
2000, was sung “Happy Birthday” to by
the St. Petersburg Opera singers and guests
during the group’s annual “Silver Bells”
luncheon benefit at the St. Petersburg Yacht
Club.....Nick Ducas was given a birthday
dinner party by his wife Connie at their
home in Palm Harbor.....Lori and Bill
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Goede of Tampa celebrated his birthday
in Grand Caymen.....Martha Thorn of
Belleair and Charley Grose of Belleview
Island, who met while dining at E and E
Stakeout Grill in Belleair Bluffs, celebrated
the first anniversary of their engagement
this Christmas.....Jennifer Mara, daughter
of Vicki and rock and roll great Tommy
Mara, who manages her family’s Show
Palace Entertainment dinner theater in
Hudson, Palace Grand event facility in
Spring Hill and Nader Mara Productions,
is planning a January 2018 wedding with
her fiance Anthony Cavaliere of Spring
Hill at La Casa of Mason Creek in
Homosassa Springs.....Vilma and Zev
Buffman, president and CEO of Ruth
Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, spent
Thanksgiving dining and seeing the sights
in St. Augustine.....The Hon. Frank and
Teresa Hibbard of Clearwater attended
their friends’ wedding anniversary party
at the Hotel del Coronado near San Diego,
California.....Susan Peelman of Clearwater
toured the entire island of Cuba during a
group cultural exchange trip.....Cynthia
Gandee and her husband Pete Zinober
of Tampa visited Cuba.....Ellie and Ray
Weaver of Clearwater took an 11-day
cruise to Tortola, St. Kitts, St. Johns,
Dominica and St. Maartens.....Chris Eaton
invited Catherine Woods, Dr. Karen
Monroe and Derek Keyes, Eugenie
Bondurant and Paul Wilborn and
Michele and Shay Routh, all of
St. Petersburg, to visit him at his home in
Antiqua.....Christina Moody and Mickey
Gorsage, who reside in Clearwater,
vacationed on the island of Capris off
Naples, Italy.....Sherry and Ron Sacino
of St. Pete Beach spent time at their home
in Italy.....Elaine Schroder and Marsha
Stoller, both of Clearwater, cruised to
Tampa from Rome, Italy after visiting
Marsha’s granddaughter Madie
Monskosky of Ft. Myers, who was
attending school there.....Chris Morroni
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