Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
The Ear is wearing one of a pair of 8.44
total carat weight fancy yellow diamonds,
multicolored citrines and pavé diamonds set
in platinum with 18K yellow and rose gold
accents from International Diamond Center
in Clearwater and Tampa.
82 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018
Rays.....The Honorable Bob Martinez,
former governor of Florida and mayor of
Tampa, and his first lady Mary Jane
visited England and Switzerland.....Kim
and Ray Ferrara of Belleair cruised the
waters of Norway and the Arctic Circle.....
Pat and Bill Blizzard of Dunedin spent
the month of September cruising to the
Norwegian Fjords and around the United
Kingdom.....Gabby and Tom Frederick
of Odessa visited Lake Como in Italy.....
Elizabeth Elmeer of Tierra Verde and
The Honorable Bob Schmidt of Belleair
Shore raced on the Autobahn while driving
a Porche in Germany, St. Moritz, the Swiss
Alps and Lake Como, Italy.....Padmini
Durr of Seminole and Roula Wilson of
Clearwater visited Roula’s residence in
Kalamata, Greece.....Kirk Smith, president
and CEO of RCS Pinellas, which provides
help and hope for those in need, thanked
exiting board chair John Goldsmith and
board members Angela Emery of Palm
Harbor, Peter Gibson of Clearwater and
Jeff Muller of Largo for their service and
help during the nonprofit’s annual meeting
at its Legacy Luncheon in Clearwater.....
Michael Clayton, a media personality
and former Tampa Bay Buccaneer, led
services at the Safety Harbor Spa in
memory of the late Teresa Tapp of Safety
Harbor, creator of the T-Tapp Workout and
author, who gave classes at the spa and
appeared regularly on Channel 10 News’
Great Day Live morning television show…..
Theodosia Tamborlane of Dunedin
organized the 24th Anniversary Studio
Waltz with visits to the studios of 11 local
artists.....Sandy Kearney, founding
president of Angels Against Abuse,
welcomed attendees to the Mad Hatter
Tea Party benefit for the organization at
the St. Petersburg Coliseum, which was
hosted by members of the Sunshine City
Kiwanis, and again two weeks later to the
Angels’ Child Advocacy Expo at the
Liz and Jim Smith of Clearwater hosted
a dinner party that included special guests,
Florida Orchestra’s Maestro Michael
Francis and his wife Cindy at Chef Chris
and Michele Ponte’s Cafe Ponte in
Clearwater.....Dr. Zena Lansky and her
husband Warren Rodgers filled their
Clearwater home with over 130 guests for
their 10th annual Labor Day weekend
barbecue with entertainment by the Patel
Conservatory and Opera Tampa
performers, a reggae band and a master
magician.....Susan and Stan Levy invited
friends for their annual cocktails and
desserts party to celebrate the Jewish New
Year at their home in Tampa.....Kirk Ray
Smith, RCS Pinellas president, celebrated
his birthday during “A Night of
Inspiration,” the charity’s fourth annual
Grand Gala.....Karol Bullard of
Clearwater and Connie Whitehead of
St. Petersburg hosted a birthday party for
Sharon Clayton in the Red Room at
Bascom’s Chop House in Clearwater…..
John Gilliss, president of Friendly Kia in
New Port Richey, was in San Francisco for
the birth of his grandson West Ryan
Moyer, son of Kristin Gilliss Moyer and
Fred Moyer and big sister Lake Marie
Moyer, and grandson of Patti Gilliss of
Palm Harbor…..Deb Stuart, executive
assistant to Rafael Sciullo, president and
CEO of Empath Health in Clearwater,
vacationed in Vermont.....Sandy and
Sandy MacKinnon of Tampa visited
Mackinac Island in northern Michigan.....
Liz and Jim Smith of Clearwater attended
his high school reunion in Elkhart,
Indiana.....Carynn and Steve Thompson
of Palm Harbor were in Angel Fire, near
Taos, New Mexico, for an annual group
motorcycle adventure that he
coordinated…..Lenda Naimoli and
Glenda Young, fashionista twins from
Tampa, each took 18 matching dresses and
six pairs of shoes on a cruise to and from
Hawaii and San Francisco to celebrate their
shared birthday…..Joyce and Walter
Larson of St. Petersburg toured the
Galapagos Islands together before she
continued on to Peru.....Domenic
D’Angelo of Gratzzi Italian Grille in
St. Petersburg and his wife vacationed
on the Isle of Capri in Italy, where he was
born…..Fred and Karol Bullard of
Clearwater went on a European river cruise
and visited Paris for Karol’s birthday…..
Dr. Linda McClintock Greco of Age-Less
Medicine in Tampa, who lives in St.
Petersburg, and Dana Ludwig of Tampa
stayed in four castles while exploring
Ireland before Dana returned for her
wedding to Rick Nafe, vice president of
operations and facilities for the Tampa Bay