TOTI_ND19.indd 1 10219 209 PM 2 3 34 46 features TRANSITIONS TASTY Seven Southwest Florida family businesses-- restaurants and food purveyors--pass the torch to next generation. Find out whos taking reins, stepping back, what innovations are coming. THE FRESH Take another look at Fort Lauderdale. This South city blends its well-known beachy vibe with a new cosmopolitan flair, making it hipper edgier than ever. FACE OF FORT LAUDERDALE 50 DRESSING A When comes creating clothes wow power, Punta Gorda fashion designer Helen Gerro is top of her game artsy couture ready-to-wear styles that will definitely get you noticed. 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RANDALL NIEHOFF ... Flocking together Coast islands Clothes as text, narration, story--the story lives. --Linda Grant, Thoughtful Dresser species. These numbers were down 2017 count 17,566 birds, 105 species, result residual effects 2018 late-summers red tide a.m. high morning. Grateful always Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Audubon anticipating normal crowd flockers perhaps even record number species identified. Meanwhile, folks here grouped population posts average above most states listed far end spectrum millennials. Despite unique personal clothing, casual observers tempted categorize visible signs physical maturity white hair lack thereof-- gives rise names Q-tip, coot, geezer more politically correct elder, senior citizen, retiree. Today, says dont grow old, live long time--and are. So, should called According Maureen Conners, leader technology, right word older customers perennials. 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December marks 120th anniversary census, San-Cap Audubons Annual Count place around North America. Last 15 islands, 117 volunteers counted 9,582 101 different 13 Running raise funds Hope Kids Care C harles Idelson, chairman board directors Healthcare, plans celebrate his 70th birthday unusual way. He lace sneakers run New York City Nov. least 70,000--matching thousand times--for Care, program Healthcare. Although last Idelson ran NYC marathon 2009, says, Im excited challenge myself ambitious goal. Charles Chairman Board Directors Healthcare Advertise First click QR code resource focused keeping Floridas happy, Magazine filled helpful advice local expertise. Complimentary provided adsalestoti.com KidsFirstMagazine.org 239.472.0205 PHOTOS BOTH PAGES HOPE HEALTHCARE extend you. --Charles donation provide supplies art music therapy programs, 250 secure counseling tools, 500 essential medical supplies, 1,000 send child Rainbow Trails Bereavement Camp. 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Joes sister Philadelphia when, ago, wooed manage Fish. dad, Hes wisdom. listening knowledge applying 38 great pride going. --Marty grows, focus. employees guests, intangible element believe leads greater taught treat growing Meliss. anything didnt daughter. cares employee treats thing. restaurants, saying, stepped job world. charge momentum fired court ball hoop. Pound steamed shrimp, tossed spicy butter, garlic, lime juice, sambal chilis. crusty bread dipping. Nicholas Alves aunt, Harriette Mattson, Eve Jac Island Pork Belly. Rubbed complex blend herbs citrus, meat smoked Finished oven, sliced served pickled vegetables. dish demand runs out, wait two 40 grew continuing Grille. Not pastry chef Nicholas, general manager. husband, Alex, Congress Jewelers night mayor restaurant. mothers near-perfect SAT score, pursue biomedical engineering. enjoyed gut, right, restaurateur switched either. like, Moms Five bulb on. clicked. feels exception cooking--until now. spent trenches, line, saying important. charge, fill facets. lead understand things. hard owner mother. doesnt setting him until walks shoes Aha traditional employee-employer relationship--so certain actions bad. laughing, Greek Gemini spirited woman. puts perspective first. foundation, else comes, Dan Billheimer uncle, Mike L ight Cafe decades helm iconic Lighthouse east paying passing nephew, Billheimer. 1988, bought dentist originally purchased children. But older, time, Mike. papers offering golden opportunity entrepreneur. Mikes nephew Dan, chef, coveted kitchens Colorado City. track bigger jobs, holding else. 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Human modifications feeders east, greatly benefit population. appears populations migrating winter. officially observed near Pensacola breeding documented Tallahassee 1988-89. reported 2006. possibly extended farther November male crown forehead, throat, breast reddish rump. face, heavily streaked underparts. males red, females pigment acquired difficulty obtaining assimilating pigment. female resembles unpatterned head. sexes notched. purple purpureus. rare winters rump overall. bold face ear patch mustache notched tail. Courtship behavior singing female, drooped wings, crest raised, raised. sing shorter song. series warbling zeeee. canary trills. feeds courtship incubation. Nests placed settings artificial cavities houses. nests reuse nest broods ivy conifers, cactus, palms, holes manmade structures planters. ground. shaped grass, feathers, hair, twigs, rootlets, debris. pale bluish-green bluish-white laid clutch. incubates 12-14 altricial immobile, downless, closed, fed sexes. 11-19 hatching. forages shrubs, weeds finches cluster riding weed grass stem ground, picks seeds. predominantly sap flower buds fruits. Rarely feed insects, aphids. regurgitated feeding sparrows, highly insectivorous breeding. feeders, oiled sunflower seeds, hummingbird water. pleasure birders yard. Cox nature ecologist williamrcoxphotography.com. BRIAN tolerant resistant frost. freeze sabal centuries. earliest cordage hairlike fibers rope digs dating A.D. 800. Seminoles shelter buffalo Plains Indians. fronds thatch chickee huts. roofing material, folded direction, fold. brooms, brushes hats--and hen talking vegetation, parent child. Right list, cabbage palm, scientifically palmetto. 1953. distinction Carolina. overlooked palms--perhaps stately trees--the widespread interior areas, regions ubiquitous subdivisions. 200 300 canopy diameter, fan-shaped leaf, frond, across. palm. replica artifact 1897. lightning whelk shell, fibers. HOLAWAY ropelike berries eaten tasty. appetizing terminal bud. swamp kills amber honey. frond attached boot. boots remaining habitat frogs, raccoons, possums snake. Virginia creeper, strangler fig ferns. By shelter, stories tell. wonder Capt. Holaway master shelling eco-tour 1995. charters Sound, Cayo Costa State Northwest surprises stunning architecture Twenty-foot-high butteries tree-lined section highway 30A, signaling arrival departure. gem Panama Destin, Panhandle. exception, glow skies. category Urbanism, movement reestablish community. Towns interaction spaces, needs. Andrs Duany, modern-day planner 150 firm, Duany Plater-Zyberk Co. 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D.C., those. flight D.C.s, Reagan National, getaway lie Annapolis--only airport--is history, sailing. Average lows October, daytime temps typically pleasant, standards, magnificent Naval campus--worth own--anchors Annapolis. Settled 1649, brimming Colonial-era architecture, vibrant polite midshipmen tanned recreational weekenders locals. foot, further relaxation factor. patriotic goose-bump moments. Severn spills Chesapeake navys public, Led docent, informative glimpse midshipmen, viewing landmarks, crypt naval hero John Jones. midday Noon Formation, Yards attractions. Weather schedule permitting, academic Saturdays Plebe Summer. Clockwise Annapolis sights Middleton Maryland crabs Cantlers Riverside dining. MCMILLAN harbor front, countless powerboats sailing yachts. Days Harbor Vessels boaters mecca. five-minute Creek Carrols Chart docks. Schooner Woodwind Sailing Cruises. four-star aboard 74-foot schooners. captivating unwind sink Americas treasured cities. Boat option, aboard. 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Boat-A-Long Bimini Basin Freedoms Park. watercraft decked park. performances, youngsters. movie, Vacation, capecoral.net DATE 4-5, Show, showcase Jetblue juried display. youth competition showcases hotworks.org 121 TUNed ERIK ENT WISTLE Discover joys--and benefits--of voice singular characteristics Wisconsin Radios Knowledge, July 27, episode eople speak voice, phrase connoting quest expression. apt metaphor, ironic born appreciated utilized fullest potential. youth, recall uneasy relationship voice. sound recorder me--my Hearing jarring, sounded solo sixth-grade chorus. final verse Denvers Grandmas Bed seemed particularly embarrassing nervous microphone. blood rushed beet-red, amplified auditorium alien me. occurs elementary aspects choral sonic tapestry subsumed whole. equals sharing goal, teamwork. self-consciousness anxiety performing talk choruses marvelous builders confidence, musicianship camaraderie, modes making, participation choir benefits. mood elevation cardiovascular health. searching lending voice--the instrument with--to beautiful-sounding ample age, church choirs, amateur ensembles Symphonic Mastersingers Chorale cappella barbershop Harmonizers men, Spirit Chorus. speak, us. lend ourselves, magic Pianist, instructor musicologist Entwistle undergraduate Dartmouth College. post-graduate Washington Louis. doctorate musicology California, Barbara. 123 YESENIA MARTINEZ Understanding effective defective potentially product. voluntary applies prescription over-the-counter Medicine rigorously effectiveness becoming consumer. 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