Ear to Tampa Bay
Dr. Allen Haimes of Clearwater
Beach was given a birthday dinner party
by Deborah Nader at her home in
Clearwater Beach, where she recreated
his mother’s recipe for his favorite
chocolate cheesecake....Kat and Aaron
Van Dorn, bar manager of Gratzzi’s
Italian Grille in St. Petersburg, and their
son, big brother Anderson, proudly
announced the birth of Kennedy, their
new baby daughter.....Kathy and Dick
Vona of Pinellas Park are the proud
great-grandparents of Carson Lee
Demmien, whose parents are McKenzi
Hawke and their son Tyler Demmien
of Independence, Kentucky.....Dr. Zena
Lansky of Clearwater, Rachael and
Don Worthington of Sarasota and
Cookie and Charlie Simmons of
Tampa attended The Voice Experience’s
Summer Opera Festival in Savannah,
Georgia, which was spearheaded by
Maria Zouves and her husband,
renowned baritone Sherrill Milnes of
Palm Harbor.....Christy Hupp, owner
of My Favorite Things in Dunedin, and
her husband Bob vacationed in
Nantucket and Boston, Massachusetts,
where they saw the Tampa Bay Rays
beat the Boston Red Socks at Boston’s
Fenway Park.....Janet and Phil
Henderson of Dunedin returned from
a cruise and also vacationed in
Breckenridge, Colorado.....Kerryn and
Todd Ellson of Belleair, owners of
Coastal Properties Group Christie’s
International Real Estate, toured Napa
Valley and San Francisco.....Linda and
Dominic D’Angelo of Sarasota, owner
of Gratzzi’s Italian Grille in St. Petersburg,
took their daughter Arianna to the Big
Island in Hawaii for a family trip before
Things Heard by The Ear
The Ear is wearing one of a pair of
Harry Winston-style cluster earrings with
identical emerald-cut diamonds and a
medley of pear-shaped, round brilliant and
marquise diamonds totaling 11.36 carats
from International Diamond Center in
Clearwater and Tampa.
she left for college at Florida State
University in Tallahassee.....Judy Lisi,
president and CEO of the David A. Straz,
Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in
Tampa, and her husband Ernie
vacationed in Canada.....Merrilee and
Jeff Gerew of St. Petersburg took a trip
to Montreal, Canada…..Dr. Zena
Lansky and her husband Warren
Rodgers of Clearwater cruised from
San Francisco through the Panama Canal
to Miami.....Merl Littlewood of
Leesburg, Florida, enjoyed a Costa Rican
adventure.....Dr. Renato Aves of the
Tampa Bay Institute of Oral Surgery and
Dental Implants in Tampa, Land O’
Lakes and Lakeland, Lori Hitzing of
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Tampa and Julie and Thomas Wangelin
of Palm Harbor visited the Lazy River
while in Great Exuma, Bahamas…..
Linda Bellew of Clearwater Beach and
Charlene Gordon of Crystal Beach
toured Ireland.....Dr. David Hemerick
and his fiancée Sally Guthrie, both of
Clearwater, traveled throughout Ireland,
France and Spain.....Karen Seel, a
Pinellas County Commissioner, and her
husband Ron, who live in Belleair,
celebrated his birthday in Ireland.....
Carol and Tom Patterson of Tampa
took a riverboat trip on the Danube
River.....Judy and Allan Davis of
St. Petersburg explored Africa…..Elena
Wagner of St. Petersburg chaired
LAMPLighters’ “Fall Into Fashion”
benefit for Metropolitan Ministries and
Joshua House in Tampa.....Julie Dressel
and Andrew Ashton and their staff held
a benefit for Hurricane Irma relief at
their La Posh Salon in Clearwater.....Dr.
Robert Entel unveiled a Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band lifesize photo
cutout near his new Penny Lane museum
of Beatles memorabilia on Broadway in
Dunedin’s Stirling Commons in
conjunction with artists Lorraine
Potocki and Candy Schultheis’
“Exploration in Color” exhibit opening
and a Stirling Art Studios and Gallery
reception upstairs…..Sandra Lyth, CEO
of the Intercultural Advocacy Institute,
was thanked for her 17 years of vision
and leadership during a celebration of
Hispanic Heritage Month at the Hispanic
Outreach Center in Clearwater.....Linda
Wittmershaus-Macik of Palm Harbor,
president of the Dunedin Fine Art Center
support group, the Sterling Society, was
pleased with the success of the group’s