Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
Dr. Bob Drapkin and his wife Ranee
hosted a Christmas Day party at their
home in St. Petersburg.....The Honorable
Bob Schmidt, mayor of Belleair Shore,
hosted his annual Wild Game Dinner at
Cafe Ponte in Clearwater, where chef
Chris Ponte prepared several courses
from the pheasants and quail that Bob
sent from his hunting trips in Oregon
and Georgia.....Dr. Jeff Tedder hosted
his 12th annual “Tedsparilla” Gasparilla
Pirate Extravaganza party at his home
on the parade route in Tampa.....Mary
and Peter Kreuziger held their Super
Bowl party, catered by their Bon Appétit
Restaurant in Dunedin.....Cynthia and
Simon Rosen of Indian Rocks Beach
enjoyed a gathering at the Belleair
Country Club with his son Brian
and daughter-in-law Heidi Rosen of
Atlanta, Georgia.....Betty Jean Andrews
of Belleair celebrated her Christmas Eve
birthday with friends and family at
the Belleair Country Club.....Denise
Watkins of Dunedin enjoyed skydiving
on her birthday so much that she went
again for Christmas.....Sue Altenburg
of Tampa was surprised on her birthday
by her husband Dr. John Altenburg
with a party at the Avila Country Club
in Tampa.....Hannah Marie La Point
Davis, daughter of Shawn and Gerald
Davis, marked her 13th birthday with
her bat mitzvah at Temple Beth-El in
St. Petersburg, followed by an alfresco
garden luncheon at the family’s
home in St. Petersburg.....Tiffany
Giancaterino of GFS Financial Services
in Clearwater and Jonathan Stokes of
Tarpon Springs are busily making
wedding plans.....Danielle Jordan,
daughter of Happy and Mark Jordan
of Happy’s Bayou Bites in Dunedin, and
Matt Morris of St. Louis, Missouri,
were married in Petersburg, Virginia.....
The Ear is wearing one of a pair
of 8.37 carat total weight brilliant pave
double pear-shaped, drop-style earrings in
18-karat white gold from Gold & Diamond
Source in Clearwater.
Tracy Negoshian, fashion designer and
store owner, her attorney husband
David Phillips and their son Cooper
are enjoying the newest member of their
family, Ellery Ann in their Belleair
home.....Mary K and John Wilson of
St. Petersburg and their movie star son
Patrick and his wife, actress and author
Dagmara Domiczyk of New Jersey
attended a Gala Celebration for the
Spreading Love Quilt Project, which
helps orphans touched by AIDS,
where Patrick was the featured musical
performer at the Embassy of the Republic
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of South Africa in Washington, D.C......
Judith and Allen Haimes of Clearwater
Beach visited the slot machines in
Atlantic City.....Debbie and George
Baxter of St. Petersburg enjoyed a family
trip to Yellowstone National Park and
the Grand Tetons with their son
George, his wife Mirella and their
children Calvin, Camden and Chiara,
all of California.....Jan and Jim Watrous
of Belleair attended the Rose Parade
in Pasadena, California…..Kathy
Littlefield of Clearwater joined her
sorority sisters in Rouses Point Bridge,
Vermont, to walk across the Canadian
border into Quebec.....Diane and Rob
Klingel of Redington Beach saw the
Northern Lights while visiting Iceland.....
Meredith Watkins of Jackson Hole,
Wyoming, daughter of Denise and Fred
Watkins of Dunedin, visited Switzerland
and France.....Robin and Frank Kriz
of Tarpon Springs enjoyed a hike and
tour of an ice cave in Werfen, Austria,
during their 16-day vacation exploring
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and
Italy with their friends Brenda and Rob
Ankrom of St. Petersburg.....Sherry
Sacino of Pass-A-Grille Beach spent
time in Kenya, Africa, working with
indigenous people to capture and save
their folklore, which she compiled into
books for the children there in their
native language.....Heidi Charpentier
and Jason LeBlanc, both of Tampa, cochaired
the Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful
Awards Breakfast at TPepin Hospitality
Centre in Tampa.....Bishop Carlton
Pearson, author of The Gospel of Inclusion,
whose life is depicted in the new movie
Come Sunday, was the guest speaker at
Sunday services and a question and
answer session at First Unity Spiritual
Campus in St. Petersburg.....Sandra
Irvin of Tampa, president of Welcome
JULIA MAZZA