Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
The Ear is wearing earrings of shimmering
peach colored freshwater pearls with
WIN WOLLOFF
Swarovski shadow crystals set in diamond cut
sterling silver that were designed and created
by Carol Le Pierre of Carol Le Pierre Design.
82 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | MARCH/APRIL 2020
Pennsylvania’s 50th anniversary with
family and friends…..Dr. Allen and
Judith Haimes of Sand Key, Clearwater
celebrated his retirement from his 52 years
of practicing dentistry by cruising from
Sydney, Australia around the islands of
the South Pacific.....Dean and Marcie
Gottesman of St. Petersburg visited Tivoli
Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark…..
George Ann Bissett, executive director
of the Dunedin Fine Art Center, and
her husband Colin explored Israel and
Jordan…..Dr. Ron and Sarah Tucker
hosted their annual family Tucker
Crawfish Boil at their home in Seminole…..
Ann and Arky Feldshue hosted a cocktail
party for members of the Dunedin Fine Art
Center’s Circle of Giving support group at
Ann’s Monroe Street Gallery in Dunedin,
which was catered by Chef Brian Healey
of the art center’s Palm Café....Michael
Tomor, the Tampa Museum of Art’s
Penny and Jeff Vinik executive director,
welcomed VIPs and patrons to the
museum’s Centennial Celebration kickoff
reception, history book project launch
and the opening of its “100 Years 100
Works” exhibition sponsored by Celia
and Jim Ferman of Tampa.....Eric Davis,
freeFall Theatre’s artistic director, Chris
Crawford, its associate artistic director,
and representatives from the Hippodrome
Theatre in Gainesville gave donors a look
into the logistics, planning and execution of
the two-show co-production of Marie and
Rosetta and Lone Star Spirits during a special
Backstage Pass reception at the theater in
St. Petersburg..... Joan and Mike Kline,
chairs for “Building Community Through
Karen Seel, a Pinellas County
Commissioner, her husband Ron, and their
family members Brian and Lindsay Seel
and their daughter Georgia “GiGi” of
Tampa and Scott Seel and Travis Holler,
who are planning their May wedding in
Austin, Texas, invited friends to a holiday
open house at the Seels’ home in Belleair.....
Dr. Bob and Ranee Drapkin hosted
their annual Christmas evening dinner
party at their home in St. Petersburg.....
Dr. Jeffrey L. “Jeff” Tedder hosted his
14th annual “Tedsparilla” Gasparilla
pirate extravaganza for VIPs in creative
swashbuckler attire at his parade route
home on Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa.....
Amy and Scott Ferguson of Coastal
Christie’s International Real Estate in
Belleair invited guests to join them for The
Caribbean Chillers’ Jimmy Buffet Tribute
Band concert on the lawn of the Belleair
Recreation Center.....Paula Blanda was
given a Tampa Bay Buccaneers-themed
birthday party by her son Stevan at
Gratzzi Italian Grille in St. Petersburg.....
Karly Schweitzer of St. Petersburg is the
proud mother and Betsy Schweitzer, also
of St. Petersburg, is the proud grandmother
of Maxwell Schweitzer…..Allison
Bungert Zimmerman and Jimmy
Zimmerman of Palm Harbor welcomed
their new baby daughter Aylamae
Constance Zimmerman to their family
on September 13th, as did “Glam-ma”
Charlene and “Glam-pa” Mardy Gordon
of Crystal Beach and Pam and Chip
Zimmerman of Safety Harbor…..Patty
Shade, owner of Sages West Bay Bistro
in Largo, traveled to New York City to
see her niece Amber Ardolino dance in
the Broadway show Moulin Rouge.....Jim
and Sandee Pfister of Belleair visited
the World Trade Center Memorial in
New York City…..Bill Brown, chief
chocolatier of William Dean Chocolates
in Belleair Bluffs and Scott Kistler,
vice president of Empath Health and its
integrated services, who live in Dunedin,
rented an 11,000-plus-square-foot house
in Aruba to celebrate Scott’s sister from