By Gary Nager
We obviously have to do a lot of business profiles in our publications in order to keep our advertisers happy, but some stories are a lot easier and more fun to write than others — especially for someone like me, who has written, literally, thousands of these things over the years.
But, when you “have” to do a story about the dentist who took care of both of your children’s teeth for almost two decades, this gig gets a whole lot easier.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
We’re still waiting for official announcements about the opening of the new Ciccio’s California Cusine in the old World of Beer space in the Shoppes at The Pointe plaza in Tampa Palms and the new Vallarta’s Restaurante Mexicano in the most recent Ciccio’s space in City Plaza, but we’ve been told that both are still “coming soon.” Vallarta’s may be open as early as the end of this month, and there also is talk of Ciccio’s opening on December 3.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
It was a great night for Peabody’s Palms Lounge in Tampa Palms, and an amazing feeling that still lingers today, as the Deacon Blues Band performed for nearly three hours at a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Tampa Bay fund raiser in honor of Marlana Lacivita, the Busch Gardens dance captain who refuses to let her own year-long battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma keep her from dancing — or enjoying an amazing evening with great friends, some of whom she had never met before the event on Sept. 28.
By Matt Wiley
Cravings for meals from restaurants located outside of New Tampa are many times easily extinguished by thinking about the travel time and traffic that will be encountered on the way to the eatery. However, one local company is making it as easy as a few clicks on a computer to have food from more than 130 restaurants from around Tampa Bay brought straight to your door, usually in less than one hour.
Started in 2009 by siblings and Hunter’s Green residents Jennifer Mekdeci, 29, and Chris Shelton, 27, Mobile Meals is a far-reaching food-delivery service that delivers meals from restaurants from Apollo Beach to Wesley Chapel.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Congratulations go out to my friend and fellow Rotarian Dr. William Scheu and his amazing staff at the New Tampa Chiropractic & Injury Center, who celebrated the Grand Opening of the office’s new location in the Cypress Ridge Professional Park just off S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel on October 3. The crowded (at least 40 or so people) Open House event featured delicious food by Ghada Jadallah of A Dash of Salt & Pepper (on Cross Creek Blvd.), as well as a Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting.