Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
ASHLEIGH GOETTSCHE
The Ear is wearing Juleve Evolving Drop
Earrings with 4.05 carat total weight cushion
cut aquamarines and 1.46 carat total weight
round diamonds set in 18-karat white gold,
which can be worn as diamond studs,
diamond studs with jackets, or as diamond
studs with jackets and drops from the
Gold & Diamond Source in Clearwater.
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which is exactly what had happened to
them during the same week on the same
ship because of Hurricane Irma two years
earlier.....Capt. Michael Daley and Jillian
Nelson of Clearwater stayed in boutique
hotels and discovered memorable sites
and neighborhood restaurants while
honeymooning for five days in Rome and
four days in Florence.....Liz and Joe
O’Connell, formerly of Tampa, who reside
at their O’Vineyards in Carcassonne,
France, attended the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
football game in London, England.....Lilo
and Geoffrey Barnes of Safety Harbor
toured Eastern Europe…..Janet
Henderson visited Norway.....Christine
and Michael Sorhage of Trinity and New
Jersey, and Liz and Jim Smith of
Clearwater traveled on the Autobahn and
visited the Dolomites in Tuscany, Italy, and
the Octoberfest in Munich, Germany…..
Pat McFrederick Garland and her
husband Ed Garland of Belleair were
taken on a ten-day vacation to celebrate
her birthday in Scotland with golfing and
staying in castles by her daughter Kelly
Lee McFrederick and son-in-law Jay Rice
of St. Petersburg…..Sallie Parks of Palm
Harbor visited Switzerland and
Luxembourg, her 69th country, before
cruising the Rhine River in Germany.....
Merrilee and Jeff Gerew of St. Petersburg
vacationed in Paris during the Dorian
hurricane scare…..The Honorable Bob
Martinez and his First Lady Mary Jane
of Tampa spent a week in Barcelona, Spain,
before joining Jan and Don DeFosset,
also of Tampa, at their getaway in London,
England.....Belinda Dumont of Tampa
spent time in Greece…..Liz Phillips of
Susan and Stan Levy’s annual cocktails
and desserts party to welcome in the
Jewish New Year filled their home in
Tampa with their favorite friends and
sweets.....Sherry and Ron Sacino of Passa
Grille Beach celebrated her birthday with
a party at the Dievole Wine Estate near
Siena, Italy in Tuscany with over 50 friends
from Italy, Brazil, England, Switzerland,
Canada, Portugal, plus Kevin Lane,
Kevin Damphouse, Sylvia Rusche,
Chip Webster, Debra Doud, Linda
Marcelli, Tonya and Marc Marcelli and
Max Marcelli of St. Petersburg and
Karen and Richard James of Clearwater,
who represented the United States....
Michelle Inlow and Janie Thornley of
Dallas, daughter of Christy Hupp, owner
of My Favorite Things in Dunedin and her
husband Bob Hupp, became engaged at
Dungeness Wildlife National Refuge on
Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington
last January and are planning an April
wedding at Bon Appétit in Dunedin.....
Karly Rae Schweitzer of St. Petersburg,
daughter of Betsy and the late Marty
Schweitzer, was given a high tea-themed
baby shower by Vivian Haicken, Roni
Igel, Ranee Drapkin, Martha Margolis,
Joyce Schaefer and Cristy Lafferty at
the Haicken home in Belleair Bluffs.....
Kate Shanahan Postle, daughter of Joyce
and Tom Shanahan of St. Petersburg, and
her husband Brian Postle of Chicago are
the proud parents of twin girls.....Diedra
and Bruce Livingston of Belleair were in
Virginia with their entire family for the
burial with honors of her parents Wanda
and Bill Sharpe of Dunedin in Arlington
Cemetery…..Dr. David and Joan Nathan
of Belleair and Sandra Nesbit and her
husband Greg Willsey of Clearwater were
in Napa Valley, California.....Joyce and
Walter Larson of St. Petersburg visited
the Napa Valley wineries they had gotten
to know at the Museum of Fine Arts,
St. Petersburg’s Wine Weekend benefits.....
Beverly and Carlos Yepes of St.
Petersburg attended the birthday party of
winemaker Jean-Charles Boisset in Napa
Valley.....The Honorable Frank and Teresa
Hibbard of Clearwater cruised Alaska’s
Inland Passage.....Dr. Allen and Judith
Haimes of Sand Key were cruising to the
Bahamas, when the ship they were on took
a detour with an extra three days at sea in
order to safely avoid Hurricane Dorian,