The Gift Box Rocks!

gift box 1By Gary Nager

I hope, by now, if you spend any time at all in the section of Tampa Palms that also includes Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Koizi, Ciccioโ€™s and Stonewood (and we both know you do), that youโ€™ve at least stopped in to see a lot of familiar New Tampa faces at The Gift Box boutique (17032 Palm Pointe Dr.), the awesome new store that is packed with an always-changing array of unique gifts, as well as ladies and childrenโ€™s clothing, jewelry, accessories signs and other and cool home decor items.ย Continue reading

Check Out Jacquieโ€™s New Digs At The Urban Renewal Hair Studio!

*urbanjacqueBy Gary Nager

Although Iโ€™ve been doing the same job here in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel for more than 20 years, there actually are a few people who have been working in this area for longer than I have.ย One example is Jacquie Caetano, the owner of the new Urban Renewal Hair studio in the Pebble Creek Collection on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (behind Kobe Steakhouse).Continue reading

Check Out Jacquieโ€™s New Digs At The Urban Renewal Hair Studio!

*urbanjacqueBy Gary Nager

Although Iโ€™ve been doing the same job here in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel for more than 20 years, there actually are a few people who have been working in this area for longer than I have.ย One example is Jacquie Caetano, the owner of the new Urban Renewal Hair studio in the Pebble Creek Collection on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (behind Kobe Steakhouse).Continue reading

More Than 1,500 Attend The First-Ever Wesley Chapel Jazz Festival!

DSC_0214By Gary Nager

Anytime you host an event for the first time, you really donโ€™t know how it will turn out until the event actually takes place.ย That certainly can be said for Tim Hancock of I12CHim, Inc., Music Management, who first came to one of my Wesley Chapel Rotary Club meetings (held at Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall) a few short months ago talking about his plans to put on the first-ever Wesley Chapel Jazz Festival.Continue reading