Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
DAVID WRIGHT
The Ear is wearing pear-shaped, swirl design
drop earrings with 12.56 carat total weight
of round brilliant diamonds set in 18-karat
white gold from the Gold and Diamond
Source in Clearwater.
84 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | MARCH/APRIL 2019
Minturn Mile, Colorado’s most
legendary back country, unpatrolled,
deep powder ski run between Vail and
the 1800s Minturn Saloon.....Liz and J.
Harrison “Jim” Smith of Clearwater
learned how to blend wine while in
Sonoma, California.....Edie and Kelley
Wiseman of Dunedin cruised the
Caribbean and later from the Port of
Tampa to Cuba.....Kitti Wiseman Ginn,
the daughter of Edie and Kelley
Wiseman of Dunedin, who was recently
ordained as a Presbyterian pastor and
is chaplain at Tampa General Hospital,
and her husband Gene Ginn of
Lakeland spent two weeks sightseeing
in Scotland with his sister and brotherin
law.....Kim Ferrara and her husband
Ray, chairman and CEO of ProVise
Management Group in Clearwater, who
live in Belleair, recently returned from
six weeks of visiting Dubai, cruising to
Cape Town, South Africa, and going on
a safari.....Diane and Rob Klingel of
Redington Beach and Dr. Yi-Hwa
Outerbridge and her husband Felix
Cannella of Tampa explored Iceland,
Africa, Israel and more together during
2018.....Denny Gallagher of Tampa was
the keynote speaker at the Crisis Center
of Tampa Bay’s 16th Annual “Cup of
Passion Breakfast” in Tampa, which was
organized by the nonprofit’s board chair
Christopher Rogers and development
committee chair Dr. Dae Sheridan,
both of Tampa, and featured talks by
people who have found help, hope and
healing through the center.....Dr.
Chrisoula Kiriazis, an internist, Dr.
Kate Allen, a breast surgeon, Dr.
Vanessa Lucarella, a cardiologist, Dr.
Kamilia Nozile-Firth, a neurologist,
and Dr. Payal Patel, an endocrinologist,
were the panelists for a discussion on
women’s health issues for Morton Plant
Mease Health Care Foundation’s Women
Karen and Brett McMullen hosted
their annual “Mistletoe and Merriment”
party at their home in Clearwater.....
Dylan Pires, community affairs
director, welcomed guests to the Church
of Scientology’s annual holiday brunch
that featured entertainment by the Jive
Aces.....Cyndi and John Tarapani
hosted their annual Epiphany party at
their home near the bayou in Tarpon
Springs.....Dr. Jeff Tedder’s 13th annual
Gasparilla Pirate Extravaganza at his
home parade route home was attended
by VIPs in creative swashbuckler
attire.....Dr. Harry Barash and Pat
Rawlings, Mary K and John Wilson
of St. Petersburg and Tara and Jerry
Broadus of Palm Harbor co-hosted a
“Tea Party in Wonderland” at the
Barash/Rawlings home in Clearwater…..
Dr. Ron and Sarah Tucker invited
friends to their home in Seminole for
their annual Tucker Crawfish Boil.....
The Honorable Bob Schmidt of
Belleair Shore hosted his annual Wild
Game Dinner of wild birds from his
hunting excursion prepared by Chef
Chris Ponte at Cafe Ponte in
Clearwater.....Dr. Bill and Toni
Blackshear of Clearwater Beach and
Phil and Janet Henderson of Dunedin
co-hosted a multi-course wine-paired
dinner party at the historic Fort Harrison
in Clearwater, which they had purchased
together at CharityWorks’ Monopoly
Night.....Mary and Peter Kreuziger
held their annual Super Bowl dinner
party catered by their Bon Appétit
restaurant at their home in Dunedin…..
Louise Collins of Odessa and Al
Wiseman of Tarpon Springs invited
friends to a Red and White dinner party
at Al’s home to celebrate Valentine’s
Day…..Barb Izzi of Tampa and Jim
Spencer of Belleair celebrated
Valentine’s Day in a room filled with
friends and red roses at a Fort Harrison
dinner party purchased at a charity
auction…..Meredith Denise Watkins,
daughter of Denise and Fred Watkins
of Dunedin, and James Blair Rushing,
son of Patti Rushing of Greenville,
South Carolina, and Mitch Rushing of
Atlanta, Georgia, have announced their
engagement. The couple, who live in the
San Francisco Bay area of California, are
planning their December wedding at
the Gasparilla Inn in Boca Grande.....Dr.
Paul Phillips of Belleair, John Connelly
of Clearwater Beach and Rob Boos of
Clearwater walked and skied The