WESLEY CHAPEL
Inside:
NEWS
A Recap Of The 2019 Taste Of New Tampa!
See Neighborhood Magazine
Volume 27 Issue 8 April 5, 2019
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First Look Inside:
Openings Galore
Burlington and 5 Below are open, and Wawa and Chick Fil-A aren’t far behind. Cue the applause.
Pages 10-11
ONE HEART To me, the story of my relationship with the former Jannah
Story by Gary Nager Photo by Jillian Joseph Photograhy
the Neighborhood News, we first got together when I walked into the now-defunct Stage Left (the music venue on S.R. 54 in Lutz), the night of my birthday in 2015. The place was packed. Jannah and I were both members of the Rotary Cub of Wesley Chapel, so when I heard and then saw a group of women, all of whom also were members of that same Rotary Club, invite me, rather loudly, to join them at their table, I didn’t refuse. So yes, ours is a match made in Rotary heaven, and we know a few other couples who also met through the world’s largest service organization. But, enough of that mushy stuff. Because we decided to put on our wedding ourselves, I knew I would have to pull together a lot of the contacts I’ve made through the Neighborhood News in order to put on the kind of wedding we wanted. I owe these businesses and business owners a lot because only with all of their help, could we have the wedding of our dreams. So, the story that follows is my way of thanking them.
Johnson McDonald is so much more than just your usual case of boy-meets-girl, boy and girl fall in love and live happily ever after. Ours is the story of two people who have been through a lot in their lives — although not nearly as much as some people we know and love — but who somehow figured out how to be there for each other and became two stronger, better people because of our mutual respect for and support of each other. This marriage may not be the first rodeo for either of us — and, quite honestly, neither one of us thought we’d ever get married again — but after knowing each other for as many as eight years and being together for more than four, we both just knew it was the right time for us to make this thing official. Although we actually met when Jannah was working for the American Cancer Society and was putting on the Wesley Chapel Relay for Life and I was covering it for See “The Business Side Of Jannah & Gary’s Wedding” on page 4.
Vroooom!
The Man Cave will give your hair a professional and relaxing tune-up in a cool, guy-oriented setting.
Pages 22-23
Newcomer Tops At Taste
The Taste of New Tampa & Wesley Chapel attracted roughly 1,000 patrons, who sampled the wares of neary 40 local eateries, and two Taste-y newcomers made this year’s top three.
Pages 40-41