Dr. Greg Stepanski &โ€ˆChildrenโ€™s Dentistry โ€” Aโ€ˆNew Tampa Original!

Dr. Greg Stepanski has been taking care of the smiles of New Tampa kids for more than 20 years at Childrenโ€™s Dentistry, which has been located on Cross Creek Blvd. for a decade.
Dr. Greg Stepanski has been taking care of the smiles of New Tampa kids for more than 20 years at Childrenโ€™s Dentistry, which has been located on Cross Creek Blvd. for a decade.

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 โ€” especially for someone like me, who has written, literally, thousands of these things over the years.

But, when you โ€œhaveโ€ to do a story about the dentist who took care of both of your childrenโ€™s teeth for almost two decades, this gig gets a whole lot easier.Continue reading

Here &โ€ˆThere, This &โ€ˆThat!

By Gary Nager

Weโ€™re still waiting for official announcements about the opening of the new Ciccioโ€™s California Cusine in the old World of Beer space in the Shoppes at The Pointe plaza in Tampa Palms and the new Vallartaโ€™s Restaurante Mexicano in the most recent Ciccioโ€™s space in City Plaza, but weโ€™ve been told that both are still โ€œcoming soon.โ€โ€ˆVallartaโ€™s may be open as early as the end of this month, and there also is talk of Ciccioโ€™s opening on December 3.Continue reading

Leukemia Society Fund Raiser For Marlana Draws A Crowd At The Palms

Busch Gardens Tampa dance captain Marlana Lacivita was on hand to enjoy the Leukemia Society fund raiser held in her honor at Peabodyโ€™s Palms Lounge on Sept. 28.
Busch Gardens Tampa dance captain Marlana Lacivita was on hand to enjoy the Leukemia Society fund raiser held in her honor at Peabodyโ€™s Palms Lounge on Sept. 28.

By Gary Nager

It was a great night for Peabodyโ€™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 &โ€ˆLymphoma 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 Hodgkinโ€™s lymphoma keep her from dancing โ€” or enjoying an amazing evening with great friends, some of whom she had never met before the event on Sept. 28.

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Mobile Meals Brings The Restaurant To Your Living Room In No Time!

Mobile Meals owners and New Tampa residents Jennifer Mekdeci and Chris Shelton invite you to have cuisine from more than 130 Tampa Bay-area restaurants delivered to your home or office.
Mobile Meals owners and New Tampa residents Jennifer Mekdeci and Chris Shelton invite you to have cuisine from more than 130 Tampa Bay-area restaurants delivered to your home or office.

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 Hunterโ€™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

New Tampa Chiropracticโ€™s 2nd Grand Opening

By Gary Nager

New Tampa Chiropractic ribbon cutting at their new location.
New Tampa Chiropractic ribbon cutting at their new location.

Congratulations go out to my friend and fellow Rotarian Dr. William Scheu and his amazing staff at the New Tampa Chiropractic &โ€ˆInjury Center, who celebrated the Grand Opening of the officeโ€™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 Aโ€ˆDash of Salt &โ€ˆPepper (on Cross Creek Blvd.), as well as a Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting.

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