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FREQUENT FLIERS

As president of Florida State University, Doak Campbell saw a need for co-educational extracurricular activities.

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Rima Nathan performs on a ghost swing as a member of the FSU Flying Circus, which has been entertaining audiences for 70 years.

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WILDLIFE PORTRAITURE

Photo naturalist David Moynahan’s work demonstrates that the best wildlife photography results from not just visiting untamed worlds, but by immersing yourself in them.

by STEVE BORNHOFT

photography by KAITLIN SIMPSON

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blooming period for mums coincides with football season.

PANACHE

Legends surrounding architect Calvin C. Phillips are undying.

40 FITNESS Resistance

A chef and a hairstylist combine to launch innovative restaurant.

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Local retailers are prepared to outfit football fans and horseback riders.

EXPRESSION

61 ART Cancer survivor Pam Talley creates impressions with palette knives.

bands make for effective toning tools.

42 RELATIONSHIPS

58 WHAT’S IN STORE

36 LOOKING BACK

76 MUSIC Eli transforms small spaces into miniature rock ’n’ roll arenas.

GASTRO & GUSTO

64 FILM Covey Film

79 DINING IN Salmon

68 BOOKS Poet Michael

82 LIBATIONS The

Festival in Thomasville lends support to students and families.

Rothenberg is more than a writer; he gets things done.

Trainers and trainees join the resistance movement.

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As temperatures moderate slightly, choose clothes with fall flair.

firefighter extends her compassion to the homeless.

Claude Pepper Institute promotes healthy ways to age.

IN EVERY ISSUE

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is a superfood rich in protein … and it tastes good.

mixologists at Sage serve up libational delights.

144 Mums bloom in the fall —s and they come in garnet and gold.

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84 DINING OUT Gordos

is home to authentic Cuban cuisine.

DESTINATIONS

RUTABAGA CAFÉ Unique takes on traditional foods

CIRQUE DU FSU Seventy years of derring-do

WATERWORKS A tiki-infused clubhouse

109 QUICK TRIP Pan

for gold and paint a pumpkin in Bainbridge, Georgia.

ABODES

135 INTERIORS Kitchen

SHOOTS AFIELD Photographer David Moynahan documents wonders of nature

islands have become a center of activity for homes.

ON THE COVER:

That most Floridian of fauna, the alligator, is a favorite subject of wildlife photographer David Moynahan, who hopes to inspire a conservation ethic in others with his work.

Photo David Moynahan

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PHOTOS BY SAIGE ROBERTS (40, 82), ALICIA OSBORNE (25, 46) AND TARATATA/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS (144)

Don Quarello’s bar has a deliberately foreign feel to it.

32 EDUCATION

spotlight on your yard’s finest features.

hound: built not for speed but endurance.

25 PERSONALITY

28 CHAMPIONS Former

148 EXTERIORS Train a

46 PETS The basset

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144 GARDENING The prime

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apartments above. When completed in a few years, it will have hundreds of residents, workers and visitors bustling around a new plank in Tallahassee’s economic foundation.

Now let’s take a peek into the next phase of growth: the Gateway Project in southwest Tallahassee. The journey today from the airport to downtown is quite underwhelming and unimpressive, particularly so when you consider we are the capital city of the third most populous state in the country and one that boasts a stellar global brand.

For many years, the plan was to improve matters by bringing airport folks in and out via Springhill Road.

Now, quite suddenly, we find that the plan has changed.

The contemplated route now comes through a residential neighborhood adjacent to the fragile Lake Bradford ecosystem.

My hope is that decision-makers will continue to study alternatives with maintaining environmental quality at the top of their list of concerns.

In this issue of Tallahassee Magazine, we have devoted pages to David Moynahan photos that capture the essence and the magnificence of Northwest Florida’s ecosystems.

Every effort should be made to minimize the impact on our natural resources as our community continues to grow.

I close with this one statistic: In 1920, the population of Atlanta was about 200,000, very close to Tallahassee’s current population of 191,000. A hundred years from now, just imagine what Tallahassee might be and will be.

The future is bright; let’s be prepared to do it right.

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Our community is growing at an unprecedented pace. Having had the opportunity to witness and experience this growth for close to four decades, I must applaud today’s leaders and risk-takers for paving a well-planned road for the decade to come, making critical decisions and embracing the inevitable changes our community must adapt to.

Let’s take a look in the rear-view mirror and recall many of the infrastructural changes that have facilitated this growth and the strong opposition that each engendered. Can you imagine what traffic would be like today had leadership buckled and not widened Thomasville Road from Midtown to I-10, or on to the Georgia state line? What if Capital Circle had not been widened from the “flyover” near I-10 to SouthWood and beyond, or Blair Stone Road had not been extended from Apalachee Parkway to Centerville Road near Capital Circle Northeast? If those opposed to these projects had prevailed, we would be experiencing total gridlock, which is the case in Cairo, Egypt, where traffic is at a standstill from 4 p.m. to midnight.

Now let’s look at current times. The makeover of Gaines Street has brought more than $195.8 million in private investment, created hundreds of new jobs and established a platform for our city’s continued growth — helping to create a community where college students want to stay after they graduate and build the businesses of the future.

People screamed at the investment in “the bridge over South Monroe,” but today it is the critical connection between our city’s crown jewels — Cascades Park to the east and Florida A&M and Florida State universities and the Gaines Street Corridor to the west. Tallahassee’s future historians will call the pedestrian bridge “brilliance.” A new district is beginning to evolve along South Monroe near Cascades Park called “SoMo” — fueled by entrepreneurs who are investing in and rehabilitating an area of blight into something cool and sexy. The cherry on top will be Cascades Garden, a blend of single-family homes, townhouses and ground-floor commercial space with

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director’s column

A welcome Independence Day morning breeze had developed by the time I arrived at Cascades Park, there to join the hundreds of runners cued up for the 36th annual Kiwanis Club Firecracker 5K Run. Many had found ways to adorn themselves with the miniature American flags found in their race packets. Some wore red, white and blue shirts, socks and even shorts as further testament to their patriotism. For whatever reason, I saw no MAGA hats.

Groups reliably found at runs like the Firecracker were well represented here. Groups, that is, including highschool girls with pony tails, legs that appear to be 6 feet in length and the body-fat percentage of a whippet. There were a few Bearded Old Dudes with Knee Braces and DoRags, looking like they were a couple of months into a cross-country Gump run. The field included a smattering of Men Who Persist in Wearing Tube Socks, along with elite male runners who prefer to go shirtless as if concerned that wearing even a singlet might increase their time by a few tenths of a second. And there were women, the warmth of this July day notwithstanding, who chose to run the race in suffocating — I should think — yoga pants.

Jack Levine, a ubiquitous sort if ever there were one, was hanging about with his tiny digital camera, taking photos of anyone he could cause to stand still and look up.

Jack wore the same wide-brimmed hat, button-down print shirt, green cargo shorts and sensible shoes that he had worn to the race a year earlier, suggesting that this was not a new day, rather a Groundhog Day. But it was important that this race be different. I had reported to the start line, uniquely, as The Guy Who Wiped Out in 2017. Coursing through an aid station, grabbing a cup of water on the fly, I had scuffed a toe, lost my balance and slammed into the pavement. While I attempted to break my fall with the heels of my hands, my torso absorbed the brunt of the impact and, for subsequent weeks, I would have a hard time finding a position in which I could sleep.

The race, in my mind, came to be known as the Ribcracker 5K. This year, I had formed a bit of a race plan that went beyond falling in behind an attractive rump and placing one foot in front of the other. I resolved to hydrate immediately prior to the race and to skip the aid stations on the course.

So it was that I sat down with bottled water in hand on the granite ring that surrounds the military memorial at Cascades, the one inscribed with a phrase, “Duty, Honor,

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Country,” delivered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his 1962 farewell address delivered to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.

In that setting, I reflected on my father, a World War II Marine Corps veteran who spoke little about his military experience until very late in his life. Had those “three hallowed words,” as MacArthur described them, served my dad as “rallying points to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn”? I think so.

They are not my watchwords, however. I might favor instead the 5 E’s of Autism awareness: Embrace, Engage, Enable, Expand, Express. Those words were to be found, as it happens, on rubber bracelets distributed to Firecracker runners. I had slipped my bracelet on my wrist unthinkingly, but now, as the start of the race neared, I thought about the E words. What common denominator unites them? What do they mean to me? How might I apply them to the race?

Each word among the five can be tied to personal development and enrichment and to efforts to “give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material, values of life,” a goal espoused by Kiwanis International.

As to the race, it was important that I embrace the challenge it represented, engage that challenge by approaching it with enthusiasm and confidence, and enable my success by maintaining focus on my steps along the way. In so doing, I might succeed in suppressing a failure, the fall, and celebrating a finish, thus overcoming an impulse to retreat and to instead go forward with an expanded sense of the possible. Finally, then, I might express to others the feelings I experienced in meeting a goal.

I crossed the finish line in 36 minutes and change. I’ve still got it; it just takes me longer to get there.

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The young Quarello was watching “The Three Stooges” when his father, a construction worker, burst through the door and told him to go get a job. So he did.

As the newly minted busboy at Alberto’s of Hallandale.

“I was in charge of pouring water, clearing the tables and making garlic bread,” Quarello recalled. Because the classic checkered-tablecloth Italian restaurant was adjacent to the Gulfstream Park racetrack, old-school celebrities like Danny Kaye and Connie Francis sometimes dropped by, looking to sop up some red sauce and chase it with some vino after betting on the ponies. It was a big thing “for a kid in the 1970s to have Danny Kaye sit down and make jokes with you.” The joint had its own cheesy charisma, like a backdrop for a Scorsese flick. A strolling balladeer bumping into waiters. The blind Italian pianist in a velour tuxedo, entertaining in a lounge “from a stereotypical movie where you thought ‘that’s even too much of a stereotype!’”

Quarello fell in love. Cut to 2018, one afternoon in Midtown Tallahassee, where the onetime busboy commands his own congenial and eccentric enterprise: Waterworks,

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in Waterworks’ former “Spaceport” lounge. Patrons of Waterworks or The Hideaway can nearly always find him at work, for he takes pleasure in offering regulars a welcoming atmosphere.

the capital city’s only tiki lounge, and a social and cultural mainstay for the last quarter-century. Patrons can nearly always find Quarello at work, often dressed in a signature dark blazer and skinny tie. After the debut of the 1960s-set drama “Mad Men,” people likened Quarello’s look to the show’s stylishly cool antihero, Don Draper.

But Quarello was way ahead of the trend.

“I wanted a throwback to the ’60s kind of fare,” Quarello said of his vision, which first manifested in 1992 when he launched the original Waterworks in a South Monroe Street storefront adjacent to Park

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Avenue. Eight years later, Quarello took a leap of faith and acquired the Thomasville Road site of the legendary Kent’s Lounge, a dive bar beloved for its classic country jukebox and paint-peeling whiskey shots.

“I thought if you go out to a bar you really want to feel like you’re someplace else,” he explained. “Instead of resembling a vintage store like the old Waterworks, it would be a Polynesian bar.”

With its bamboo fixtures, carved tiki heads and distinctive flowing-water windows — hence, the bar and restaurant’s name — the faux-exotic destination is an homage to a photography by ALICIA OSBORNE

↖ Don Quarello works behind the bar at his

Waterworks lounge, which gives off its energy at night; Below: With the opening of The Hideaway, his ambitions for his business have been active.

kind of mid-century Floridian fever dream, and a local landmark. Quarello waxed wistful detailing how the discovery of some tiny plastic marlins to use as a cocktail ornament inspired one of Waterworks’ dizzying concoctions. “If I’m going to use that, I knew I had to make a blue drink, and then it needs some kind of reference to Hemingway, so we just invented the ‘Old Man and the Sea’ and put a plastic marlin on the brandy glass.”

The place is popular as a quiet afternoon refuge or the late-evening habitat of musicians, writers, artists and bon vivants of multiple generations who chill on the patio.

The entertainment calendar thrives on a mix of jazz, classical, songwriters, surf-rock and science nights. That might be enough

for most entrepreneurs. Luckily, Quarello has a lot of ideas — and energy.

“Don was looking to have some sort of cultural axis mundi for the community,” said Dave Morris, the former Tallahassee performance artist sometimes known as Hearty White, who has been Quarello’s friend and frequent madcap collaborator for 25 years. “Once he moved to Kent’s he really went overboard. I remember devoting weeks to recreating a scene in ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Elephant Man’ or something. I thought, ‘This is part of the food and beverage industry?’ It’s like (cult filmmaker) Ed Wood Jr. owns a bar sometimes. It’s that’s level of quirky genius.”

And it’s contagious. Much like Alberto’s, Waterworks has been a magnet for the famous

and almost famous. Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins was a regular there during his days at Florida State University, and praised the bar during a recent visit to town. Another Oscar fave, the late filmmaker Jonathan Demme, who shot “Something Wild” in Tallahassee, was a semi-regular. Tallahassee natives gone Hollywood, like actors Tony Hale (“Veep”) and Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) pop in from time to time.

Yet, Quarello takes his greatest pleasure in giving his loyal patrons a welcoming clubhouse to call their own. It’s a reciprocal joy fashioning some crazy rum libation served, say, out of a whole pineapple. “When you see their face light up,” he said, “you know it’s not all for show.”

And his ambitions for the business are very active these days, with the opening of The Hideaway, a java hut and all-day breakfast and lunch spot in the bar’s former “Spaceport” lounge, and plans for a micro version of the old Cicada Market he once ran at the long-vanished Tomatoland.

On a recent Sunday morning, Quarello was shockingly bright-eyed as he greeted guests on The Hideaway’s patio. Waterworks doesn’t close until 2 a.m., and he laughed as he calculated just how much sleep he didn’t have.

“He’s really devoted his life to it,” said Morris, who hand-carved many of the tiki statuettes in the bar. “A real gem he is. An incredible crazy person.” TM

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Andrea Jones juggles her work with The Oasis Center for Women & Girls and Big Bend Homeless Coalition.

CHAMPIONS

Retired Firefighter Looks for Sparks Andrea Jones kindles connections in her community

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ndrea Jones is a New York City girl who came to Florida in 1978 for college.

The plan was to graduate. Life got in the way.

A college dropout, she severed financial ties with her family and promised herself she would figure it out. She bartended and even considered oil rigging.

She found fire instead.

After 26 years of service with the Tallahassee Fire Department (TFD), the 57-yearold has hung up her hat. But that doesn’t mean she has stopped fueling her own fire.

Jones presides over the board for the Big Bend Homeless Coalition and operates as one of the founding members for The Oasis Center for Women & Girls. In her spare time, she works as a freelance photographer. And during her firefighting career,

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she was able to graduate from Florida State University with an undergraduate degree in civil engineering.

It’s a lot to take in.

When asked to share a memory from her decades of fighting fires, Jones said she never knows what people want to hear.

“If you want an image of something that happens on TV, I can give you that.

But the things that are more impactful are the times where it really wasn’t anything,” Jones said.

She recalled looking into the eyes of a trapped motorcyclist who had survived a car crash. Jones said to the woman: “You’re alive, and we’re going to get you out.”

“When you come in with that calmness and you pass it on to somebody, that’s kind of sweet — I miss that,” she said. photography by LAWRENCE DAVIDSON

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come and land on it and that’s not your doing. So, I think distancing yourself from the outcome is really important, but it’s hard to do sometimes,” she said.

Jones gives most of the credit to TFD for making her who she is at 57. The service sharpened her responsibilities and put pressure on her to figure out what she valued.

“When I’m on a plane and babies cry, you know how irritated you get? I love that sound. When I hear children crying, I know they’re fine,” Jones said.

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Interrupting the Cycle Jones has served as the president on the board for the Big Bend Homeless Coalition for two years. When first approached for the position, Jones was wary. She has a family member who “is a fighter” and struggles with homelessness. Jones feared, as president, she would be too close to the subject matter.

But as a member of the board, Jones is more involved with big picture duties, which suit her analytical mind just fine.

She helps steer the organization toward its mission: “Ending homelessness in the Big Bend through leadership, education, advocacy, and the provision of quality services.”

“I think that we as a society should be able to take care of what we have created,” Jones stated. “If we allow women

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to be assaulted then we should take care of the aftermath. And I think the cost of homelessness is well worth putting people in a home.”

Jones argued that homelessness can sever a person’s sense of connection to a community due to stress and other pressures, which often lead to poor health.

But simply handing someone a house without proper structure or instruction only worsens the burden.

“The image people have of (homelessness) is some druggie. I don’t think it’s entirely true, nor do I think it’s fair when it is true,” Jones said. “I don’t think people are throwaway. I don’t want to just put someone somewhere. I want something that’s going to fix the problem, and part of that is having resources.” TM photography by LAWRENCE DAVIDSON

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Jones began fighting fires in 1983. She was promoted to lieutenant a decade later, became division chief of training in 2006, then made a lateral move to division chief of operations where she oversaw six battalion chiefs. She retired in 2009 and now works for mass-photography company, Iconic Group Inc. Throughout her years with TFD, Jones said she noticed a change in the atmosphere toward women. Uniforms sizes had to be customized and the placements of ladders on fire trucks were lowered. It was a mutual benefit for both sexes. Back injuries are the most common injury sustained for both male and female firefighters.

“People started to realize that women were contributing,” she said.

Conversations on mental health also became more acceptable. Jones participated in a peer-counseling program for 15 years where firefighters could open up about their limitations and stressors.

“The most dangerous position a person can be in is if they don’t know their limits and they’re just going off ego. I want someone to say, ‘I’m tired,’ because I don’t want to have to send someone else to look for them.”

Jones thinks of failure as simply not trying, but this does not mean she has never made a mistake.

“You could build a beautiful house, put all your effort into it, then a plane could

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EDUCATION

YOU’LL BE OLDER, TOO Claude Pepper Institute assesses impacts of aging population by MARINA BROWN

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t age 65, many can look forward to another 30 or more years of life.

Better nutrition and health practices, as well as increased exercise, cognitive stimulation and increased standards of living have changed the arc of what constitutes a lifespan.

Our society will have to adapt to a large and growing segment of Americans with greater buying power, significant political

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weight — and inevitable health issues.

That is where FSU’s Claude Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy comes in. Originally conceived to be a part of the College of Social Sciences called the Multidisciplinary Institutes on Aging, Sen. Claude Pepper and his wife, Mildred, endowed the concept in 1978, creating the Claude Pepper Foundation, Center and Institute. It focuses on issues

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related to the social aspects of aging and their implications for public policy.

For Institute director Dr. Anne Barrett, a recent recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to study aging populations and their caregivers in Italy, the scope of the institute is exhilarating. “With 13 faculty associates, we additionally collaborate with 17 affiliate researchers across various fields of study at FSU,” she pointed out.

From urban planning to psychology to medicine and economics, there isn’t a field of academic interest that doesn’t in some way intersect with issues regarding an aging population. photography by BRUCE PALMER

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Looking at the statisinvolvement in religious “Living longer is tics can be staggering: At communities affects physiless important the end of World War II, cal health. the world population of “We actively partner than a good quality those over 65 was 9 milwith other organizations to of life — social lion. Today, it is 617 milemphasize what are healthy connections, active practices of aging,” said lion. In the United States engagement and in the 1950s, less than 10 Barrett. For example, the percent of the populaindependent living.” Institute collaborates with tion had reached “retirethe Florida Department — Dr. Anne Barrett, director, ment” age; by 2050, that of Transportations’ Safe the Claude Pepper Institute percentage will have Mobility for Life Program doubled. and the Bernard Osher Barrett examines seniors’ changing Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). cognitive abilities, driving habits, health The FDOT partnership supplies sedisparities, living arrangements and social niors with small cards with big letters that assistance, and she is also interested in the address basic and new driving procedures. impact of ethnicity, gender and religion Self-assessment exercises help seniors deon how we age. termine when it may be time to leave the Older women, for example, are twice as driving to someone else. likely to give up or limit their driving than OLLI, at the Claude Pepper Institute are men. Other studies show that volunon the FSU campus, has grown and teering twice a week or more improves expanded its offerings to include anyone the transitions after widowhood; that milover 50 who cherishes lifelong learning. itary experience earlier in life affects older With nearly 100 classes annually and adults’ mental health; and the impact of membership of 1,000, OLLI at FSU

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↖ Dr. Barrett and some of the materials

the Pepper Institute puts out. Top right and bottom: The institute displays the likeness and honors the legacy of the late U.S. senator and representative who championed the rights of the elderly.

explores topics ranging from Foods of the Iberian Peninsula and Mardi Gras Mambo to How to Edit a Genome. Most of the classes are taught by FSU professors or other experts in their fields.

Barrett agrees that the years after 65 can be challenging, while rewarding. Planning is required to enable that ever-growing segment of the population to deal with challenges. And care must be taken to ensure that government and social services agencies are not overwhelmed.

“The Claude Pepper Institute does the research upon which intelligent decisions can be made,” Barrett said. “Living longer is less important than a good quality of life — social connections, active engagement and independent living. We strive to understand how that can be done successfully.” TM photography by BRUCE PALMER

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The clock tower at the Calvin C. Phillips house, 815 S. Monroe St., as photographed in 1977.

LOOKING BACK

BEING AND TIME

What’s true about a spooky Tallahassee legend?

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PHOTO COURTESY STATE ARCHIVES OF FLORIDA, FLORIDA MEMORY

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t may be how little is known about Calvin C. Phillips that keeps his memory alive. The architect came to Tallahassee from New York or Pennsylvania around 1907 or 1909 and died here in 1919.

By legend, he designed buildings for the Paris World’s Fair in 1889.

“Perhaps the most extraordinary person who ever lived in Tallahassee was Calvin Phillips,” began Elise Kendall, writing in 1933 for the Tallahassee Daily Democrat, in an article about Phillips’ home, a “clock house” he constructed in the present-day All Saints neighborhood off South Macomb Street. Those who still remember the building sometimes call it the clock tower.

Kendall went on to describe the building as made of brick, stone and hand-carved woodwork, as well as the clock’s mostly wood construction and 12 chimes. Over the years, other writers (including this one) would add to the lore about the place, with the liberal use of qualifying phrases, like “It is said that …”

For some, the clock house was simply a home.

Hugh Paul Corley lived in the clock house as a boy from 1952 until 1959. His father, a welding shop foreman, bought the two-room structure from his grandparents who lived in the main residence next door.

“The clock never worked when we lived there,” he said. According to local legend, the clock had stopped chiming soon after Phillips’ death in November 1919.

Corley remembered climbing to the top of the tower with his cousin, where they were able to see clear to Bellevue Plantation on Jackson Bluff Road. “The stairs were a little bit rickety, but we would go up there and play and look out around town.”

He also said that his grandparents’ house contained old blueprints, possibly belonging to Phillips, that he wished he had kept.

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↑ The Calvin C. Phillips house, above, was in relatively good shape in 1971. At right, the Calvin C. Phillips mausoleum at Oakland Cemetery in Tallahassee, 1960.

Origin stories Phillips’ reputation as a builder mostly centers around two medals his daughter gave to Mrs. Thomas Hood, the widow of Sen. William Hodges, Phillips’ friend: one medal from the Republic of France and another from the Pennsylvania State Agriculture Society. According to court records, Emma E. Kirk traveled to Tallahassee in December 1919 from her home in Scriba, New York, to settle her father’s affairs.

Soon after Phillips’ death, the Fulton Patriot of Fulton, New York, printed a brief account of his life, noting that he is buried in “the family vault” and that on the date of his funeral, flags were flown at half-staff in Tallahassee.

As Phillips’ family never lived with him in Tallahassee and he rests in his mausoleum alone, this obituary raises questions for Claude Kenneson, an archivist and member of the Tallahassee Historical Society: “He seemed to be separated from his family, but then why print an obituary in the place where his

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wife and family are? Do they still claim him?” No obituary for Phillips could be located in Florida papers.

What happened to his home is another mystery, perhaps by design.

The clock house was in poor shape by the time Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Blaine put it up for auction in 1974 under the condition that the new owners preserve the structure. Madison Center Ltd., the investment firm that bought the clock house and its lot, planned to renovate it but did not. Sometime in the early ’80s it disappeared, but no records exist of who dismantled the building or where its parts were taken.

“It was there one day and gone one day,” Corley said. “I think somebody tore it down for the bricks.”

Most recent Phillips lore, including listings in Atlas Obscura and Weird Florida, focus on the mausoleum that he designed and built for himself. Some writers claim his was the first grave in Oakland Cemetery, while others call it “among the first.” While not immediately remarkable, the building is larger than other graves and incorporates architectural flourishes such as Doric columns and an Eastern-inspired dome.

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Raising questions Phillips’ mausoleum caught the eye of former Florida governor LeRoy Collins, whose 1985 editorial “The Tale of a Man Obsessed with Time” contributes much to legend. For Collins, Phillips’ life represented an ontological struggle, in which agreed-upon human constructs — such as time — can be used to overcome the chaos of existence.

Collins was charmed by the spookiest of Phillips myths: that he was able to predict the time of his own death, and upon the completion of his mausoleum, the architect laid down in it and died.

Phillips’ skull was stolen from his mausoleum in 2000, and the plate metal door is now bolted closed.

Donald Draughon, author of the website “Tallahassee Then and Now,” first became interested in Phillips as a neighborhood kid taking shortcuts through Oakland Cemetery. He called the Collins article “30% fact and 70% embellishment” but also noted that few facts can be known about Phillips.

The man provokes interest because he is out of place for Tallahassee, Draughon believes.

“Phillips was an eccentric character, mysterious,” he concluded, and by way of explanation: “It was a long time ago, a different time.” TM

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In a 1960 article, the Democrat spoke to another family who lived in Phillips’ house. In its later years, the building was used as a squat.

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← Liz Bass demonstrates exercises in a studio at Sweat Therapy. At left, she executes a lunge, while spreading her wings against the force exerted by a resistance band; at right, she does a squat while on tiptoes with her thighs gathered by an exercise band and while extending a heavy ball at arm’s length.

FITNESS

RESISTANCE IS USEFUL Bands and tubes make exercise easy, practical, portable

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he excuses for not exercising are legion: I don’t have the (time, money, inclination) to go to the gym. My home doesn’t have room for exercise equipment. I’m bored with my workout video.

I’m out of town all the time. I’m too (old, out of shape, injured) to start an exercise regimen.

Whatever the reason, there’s one form of fitness training that can give you a wholebody workout with a minimum of fuss and bother — resistance bands.

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They come in all forms and sizes, from as simple as a knotted piece of rubber tubing to what looks like a thick rubber band, to figure 8s, to braided bands with handles to pieces of stretchy “fabric.”

Whatever the style, the principle is the same: Resistance training is key to stimulating bone and muscle growth by providing a force your muscles must work against.

Free weights or weight machines do much the same thing, but bands offer additional benefits for people at all fitness levels.

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“The nice thing about a band, compared to a weight, is that you’ve got a constant resistance that’s typically within the plane of the pull on the band versus a weight, which depends on gravity,” said Chris Stavres, clinical coordinator at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital’s outpatient Orthopedic Therapy Clinic. “It offers you different levels of control so as you pull the band, the tension of the band increases and you have to slowly release that tension as well. You’re working different aspects of the strengthening where with a traditional cuff weight or a dumbbell, you don’t often get that.”

Manager Jade Treadwell says Pure Barre often adds resistance bands to the studio’s low-impact workouts. “Resistance tubes are a nice way to add a little external load to your muscles so you’re gaining all of that muscular endurance, strength and power principles, but it doesn’t add that heavy load on your joints,” she said. photography by SAIGE ROBERTS

Exercises from the Pros ➸ Jade Treadwell of Pure

Barre offers an exercise that focuses on legs but with a few adjustments can provide benefits to your core and arms too: Double up a two-loop band and place it mid-thigh. Assume a wall-sit position and press your thighs apart. From this position, you can add more challenging moves. For example, you can rise up and down on your toes, either together or one at a time. Or, try to move your thighs outward in small pulses. Raising your arms above your head at the same time will engage your core even more.

➸ Kim Bibeau of Sweat Thera-

py Fitness has an arm exercise that will help with posture and to help counter the hunching over we’re inclined to do when at a desk or driving.

Grab the ends of a stretch band in each hand, extend your arms forward at chest level and pull.

Relax as you bring your arms over your head and pull the band outward behind your head. To add a little cardio and leg boost, lunge forward when your arms are in front and bring your feet together to do the behind-thehead move.

➸ Chris Stavres describes an

exercise that can help with balance and stability.

Loop a resistance band around one ankle and a pole or something sturdy like a table leg.

Stand on the other leg and, with the banded leg off the floor, pull that leg back and forth while attempting to stand tall. For an added challenge, hold a ball and extend your arms forward. For those who are unstable, stand next to a wall or chair to help if you feel unstable.

For 33 more resistance band exercises, visit greatist.com/ fitness/resistance-bandexercises.

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“They’re so versatile that anybody can use them. They’re good for stretching, good for strength and good for cardio,” she said. “You can adjust your band to make it harder or easier.”

She’s also sold on the cost and convenience. “Resistance bands don’t take up a lot of space. We never leave home without one,” Bibeau said. “They’re easy to use when you’re alone. And you can do a lot of exercises, such as shoulder work, that might hurt you if you did them with weights.” TM

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↖ At the left, Billy Austin and Darrell Gibson inside their restaurant; Above, the exterior.

RELATIONSHIPS

A PERFECT PAIRING

A chance meeting puts Gadsden County on the culinary map

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ive years ago, Billy Austin was working for a catering company in Tallahassee.

Trained as a chef and certified by the American Culinary Federation, Austin had a long resume in food hospitality, working at one point as a maitre d’, but he had not yet stepped out on his own. A lobbyist friend introduced him to Darrell Gibson, who was then working as a hairstylist.

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his way to Europe, but he stayed in Florida to care for his mother, who fell ill.

The two men hit it off. In 2014, they opened Soirée, a catering business, and then Rutabaga Café in 2015. The restaurant is in a former home that Austin’s mother originally bought for her retirement. It sits on a hill overlooking Lake Seminole in Chattahoochee.

With the help of fellow catering friends, the couple repurposed the home into a kitch-

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en and series of intimate dining rooms, along with a garden for meals al fresco and musical performances. Gibson moved most of his family, including his mother, to town.

One Wednesday before lunch service, Austin and Gibson took a break and sat on Rutabaga Café’s screened-in front porch.

Most people in town know Austin as Chef Billy, he said. Pointing at the quiet, residential street, he noted: “We asked everybody’s permission before we opened the restaurant.

Miss Rachel Locke, who owned this house, lives right over there.”

It didn’t take long for restaurant review sites and writers like the Charleston Food Blogger to take notice of Chef Billy’s improvisational approach to fine dining. Rutabaga Café has become a destination restaurant, where weekends are close to reservations only.

The staff sets up overflow dining tables next door in another repurposed home, now a coffee bar serving coffee and baked goods.

Rutabakery opened this past summer.

Visitors are charmed by the country decor and generous service at Rutabaga Café, in addition to the fine food. “It’s a house, like Meemaw’s house,” Gibson explained. “We don’t do dainty doll food, we do different takes on Southern food,” he continued, referring to diner favorites like fried green tomato BLTs or red velvet chicken biscuits. photography by JOHNSTON ROBERTS

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Family portraits and mementos decorate the walls, and the tables are built of wood from the house or the shuttered laundromat next door. The service is personal. “We train our staff to be as friendly as we can be,” Gibson said.

After bringing over a plate of fried pickles for the table, one of the restaurant staff, a retired teacher named Cindy, rushed off to purchase strawberries and blackberries for the lunch’s berry salad. “Gadsden County is an agricultural area,” Austin said, adding that local farmers will pull up out front and unload rutabagas, squash, white acre peas, collard greens.

Within the next year, they plan to transform the old laundromat into a live music venue, with a bar and tapas menu, Gibson said. “Instead of hiring people to do renovations, that’s what I do.”

Austin and Gibson have the same tattoo, of the Gaelic symbol for marriage.

“I’m grateful for his intellect, his cultural experience from traveling, his ability to take something that most people could not envision and make it into something spectacular,” Austin said of his partner. “He has that insight. He has the ability to pull things out of me that I didn’t think I had.”

Gibson said, looking at Austin, “He’s a very talented chef.

What I can do with things, he can do with food.” He continued: “I think sometimes being kindhearted gets him in trouble. He’ll give to his detriment. I have to be the bad cop.”

“Through the trials and tribulations, we’ve just held on, even when times were hard,” Austin said. “You know that you have something special.”

One day, they hope that the staff they’ve trained will run Rutabaga Café. Drew, a former cook at Waffle House, and Chris, who served in the military, are creative and work hard, Gibson said, adding: “They’re like our sons.”

Between the restaurant and Soirée, the catering business, Austin and Gibson often work seven days a week. They recently bought a large, two-story home on Main Street in Chattahoochee. It has a peaceful garden and fish pond.

Gibson laughed. “We dream of walling off the home. I want to be that weird old man walking around with a glass of wine, gardening.” TM

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he best present Mike Munroe ever got was permission to get a dog for his 25th wedding anniversary. Two days later, Munroe presented his wife with a rescued 5-month-old, malnourished basset hound.

Four years later, Bailey is set to be the “cover girl” for a Purinabrand marketing campaign for a dog biscuit available overseas.

“I guess I was just flattered someone thought my dog was as awesome as I do,” Munroe said of Bailey’s chance at fame.

A Facebook friend had tagged Munroe in a post calling for basset hound models. Munroe messaged the photographer a picture from his Instagram account and followed up with the link. The photographer responded days later with a contract.

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Mike Monroe corrals Bailey the basset hound in front of his house. Somehow, he just knew she had a star quality about her.

Out of four basset hound contenders, Purina chose Bailey as “spokesdog” for Bonio dog biscuits.

“When I saw the picture (on the box), it made total sense to me: That’s my dog,” Munroe said.

The dog on Bonio’s current boxes has an uncanny resemblance to Bailey. Basset hounds are known for their wrinkles and sagging eyes. They also commonly have tri-tone pelts.

Bailey and the dog on the Bonio box have close-cropped eyes and are twotone.

Munroe said the photo shoot lasted about an hour and left dog biscuit crumbs throughout the photographer’s house. In one photo scenario, Munroe sips from a teacup while interacting with Bailey. In another, Bailey jumps for a dog bone.

“I didn’t know what I was doing. I’m not a model. I was just trying to make Bailey look good,” Munroe said.

He is not sure where the stardom will lead the duo but will follow it as long as Bailey is happy.

“She has brought so much fun to our house.” TM

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panache “Right now, the color palette we’re seeing trend for fall is gender-neutral. It’s more subdued and relaxed. Deep red, twilight blue, mustard yellow, olive, orange, and, believe it or not, violet will be carrying over from summer.”

— Kelley Ausley, co-owner of Rebels’ Midtown Boutique

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hile we’re still riding the heat waves of summer into September, fall can come as a bit of a shock.

Suddenly, Starbucks disrupts our dog days with its swapping of cold brews for pumpkin spice lattes. Doak Campbell Stadium is packed most weekends and, the latest edition of Vogue hails the arrival of “sweater weather.”

My annual reminder is my dear friend, Sara, who will infallibly send scarf-clad selfies from apple orchards and corn mazes in upstate New York. While the thought of bundling up in thick-knits and beanies has me sweating bullets, the fashion FOMO is real.

If our trees are to remain green, there’s no reason our wardrobe should turn over a new leaf. Your summer threads pave the way to easy, autumnal flair.

For Kelley Ausley, co-owner of Rebels’ Midtown Boutique, the best way to incorporate the season is through color.

“Right now, the color palette we’re seeing trend for fall is gender-neutral,” Ausley said.

“It’s more subdued and relaxed. Deep red, twilight blue, mustard yellow, olive, orange and, believe it or not, violet will be carrying over from summer.”

With a rainbow of colors to choose from, your go-to summer tee or tank will easily pair with denim shorts, a fine-knit cardigan or long kimono for a seasonal upgrade. If you’re looking to add a new staple to your wardrobe, the cotton sweater with shorts combo is a must for the Florida fall. Finish with a pair of ankle booties, and you’re gold.

“I’m always shocked at how many sweaters we sell when it’s still August and 90 degrees outside!” said Anna Reid, owner of Walter Green

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Boutique. “We’ve had warm weather for so long and the prospect of cooler temps approaching is something exciting. I always make sure to have lightweight tops and layers that feature fall colors like navy, olive and burgundy.

When someone is headed to a 3 p.m. football game, they want to be comfortable and cool.”

Speaking of cool, the silk scarf will be a key accessory. You may have been persuaded to purchase one last summer to embellish your messy bun, but this season, the kerchief will play a starring role.

“At night, when the temperatures drop, you can use them as a shawl,” Ausley said of the resurrected, ’80s fad. “Tie them around your neck for a pop of color, and even fashion them to replace the handle of your purse for a new, playful look.”

The playfulness, Ausley added, doesn’t stop there. “Distressed looks, both in jeans and shorts, will be huge. Pearls, ruffles, huge

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handbags and even cowboy boots are making a comeback!”

Boots, for me, are easily the best thing about fall. And if cowboy boots offer an excuse to buy more? I say, “Yee-haw!”

While on the subject of my favorite footwear, Reid mentions that you can never go wrong with bare legs, boots and a skirt or dress. At Walter Green Boutique, both maxi and mini dresses in brands such as Lucy Love and Gentle Fawn ring in the fall festival season when paired with a cuffed, denim jacket and your go-to boots.

For you men out there, slipping into fall from summer will be even easier. While women are surely vulnerable to melting their makeup off in the autumn swelter, it’s a fact that men sweat significantly more. If you can already see the pit-stains when you pick up that harvest-hued, plaid button-up, just remember: Layering is your friend.

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At Rebels’ Midtown Boutique, men do so through a selection of polos and tees from W.R.K. and Free Fly apparel.

“These are extremely breathable fabrics,” said Ausley. “Bamboo blends will be nice and cozy with a pair of distressed jeans, and you can even layer a light sweater over them. With the W.R.K. brand, dress shirts are made with cotton in the front, and a T-shirt type blend in the sleeves and back of the shirt for breathability. It’s all designed in the same print, so you can’t even tell the difference.”

As for shoes, the fellas are encouraged to join in the boot bonanza. Slip-on Chelsea boots, lace-ups and the classic wingtip in rich suedes and leather are eternally classy. I don’t know about your SO, but I certainly won’t complain if you want to try a cowboy boot on for size.

With bold trends and bountiful adventure, the season is ripe with new experiences. TM photography by SAIGE ROBERTS

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The local artists, artisans and curators at Railroad Square supply a kaleidoscope of handmade products from ceramics and jewelry to weavings and metalworks.

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Get your sterling on with tons of sterling silver jewelry at THE BEE’S KNEES jewelry retail in Railroad Square Art Park. The shop features lots of blue and turquoise beauties, with some geared for students who want to show off their school pride.

Shop a selection of silver arrows and turquoise tomahawks, garnet and gold beading, and hand-painted canvases for Seminole fans. The shop also features many buggy items — think spider, beetle and scorpion designs — for those who find their calling close to nature and a little edgy.

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POTTERY WITH PERSONALITY Stay on trend for football season with handmade and decorated footballthemed ceramics from JULIE GUYOT STUDIO in Railroad Square Art Park. All the crafts and pottery are locally sourced and promote artists in this region.

Whether you want a chip dip bowl for the game party or a platter for the morning after, the studio has all your football day dishware needs covered. In addition, gifts for the hosts of the party go a long way toward saying “touchdown!” with other seasonal ceramics catered toward the holidays.

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“Painting was the one thing I had talent in,” Talley said, “so I was encouraged.”

Talley, then, was inclined toward art, but her practical parents pushed her into graphic design — in an era when that work was accomplished without computer assistance.

Now 57, Talley, who grew up in South Florida, long ago abandoned design to pursue a goal of becoming a full-time artist.

Talley and her husband, Steve, once owned the local Brush & Palette Studio. Talley painted upstairs and taught art classes downstairs for about 20 years until the couple sold the business in 2006.

In 2001, Talley was diagnosed with breast cancer. Doctors were confident that they had detected the cancer in its early stages, but Talley ultimately underwent a double mastectomy, radiation treatments, chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery.

Some artists may have been left devoid of creative energy. Talley thought more about her art.

“When you get a diagnosis like that, you start thinking, ‘What did I contribute while I was here? What’s going to be here after I’m gone so that everybody knows I was here?’”

Talley said.

The artist is a self-described impressionist. She uses a palette knife and oil to capture scenes that capture her.

In one of her favorite paintings, titled “Seaside,” billowy clouds inhabit the sky and a distant horizon beckons.

“It’s not a big, heavy message,” Talley said.

“I want people to be transported. They are out on the boat and not seeing anything but the water and the sky.

“Impressionism gives a feeling of the moment. Although my work is based on realism, I like to be looser.”

In a piece she is currently working on, a shoreline winds its way into the distance. The focal point is just off the tip of a spit of land that is seemingly a mile or two away.

Talley said the challenge has been getting the “lines” in the painting to converge to move the viewer’s eye through the painting.

“When I think of impressionism, I think of very loose strokes,” Talley explained.

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The artist in her studio: Pam Talley works in oils and favors an impressionistic approach to subjects, ranging from seascapes to landscapes and underwater denizens like oyster shells and the tarpon, at right.

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Instead of a brush, Talley uses a palette knife, which she says keeps her from being too precise. A close look at her paintings reveals bumps and crevices in the paint.

Talley’s most popular work, “Slurp,” is a study of an oyster. She began painting oysters after a certain shell captured her attention during a trip to St. George Island.

“I always see something that inspires me,” Talley said. She then sets about recreating those moments for others to enjoy.

She has been a professional artist since 2007, when she began showing her work at a gallery located in Seaside called An Apartment in Paris.

Talley said she is making a push to get back into a creative groove following a difficult period that included the death of her mother.

Her goal is to paint two hours a day.

“I see a light now,” she said. “I see how I can start getting back into it.” TM

“When you get a diagnosis like that you start thinking, ‘What did I contribute while I was here? What’s going to be here after I’m gone so that everybody knows I was here?’ ” — Pam Talley

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Covey Film Festival Opening eyes to new perspectives

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or Sharon Maxwell-Ferguson, co-founder of the Covey Film Festival, Thomasville’s relationship with cinema brings to mind the state’s famous sweet onion.

The Red Hills of South Georgia are a far remove from the Hollywood Hills, but peeling back the area’s layers, one discovers the pungent past of a star-studded community.

“There are records of silent film actors and Broadway stars visiting plantations here

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in the early 1910s,” Maxwell-Ferguson said.

“Joanne Woodward was born here, and her father was the principal at a Thomasville high school. Of course, there’s Jock Whitney, who owned Greenwood Plantation and was the financier behind “Gone with the Wind.”

He got very frustrated with the director due to the slow pace of filming, and demanded to see something to prove that his money wasn’t being wasted.”

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That prompted the film’s producer, David O. Selznick, to ship over an early reel of the iconic epic, and it premiered before a private audience at the Melhana plantation.

Decades later, Thomasville is still screening progressive, riveting films during the annual Covey Film Festival. When it comes to quality filmmaking, frankly, my dears, MaxwellFerguson and the Covey Film Committee do give a damn.

“People get stuck watching action-packed, sexually explicit films that lack quality and don’t ask key questions,” lamented MaxwellFerguson. “We seek out films that bring up important and current issues, especially those directed by or featuring individuals of color ← Covey Film and diverse backgrounds.

Festival coWe invite those involved founder Sharon Maxwellin production to speak and Ferguson joined open people’s eyes to difwith Michael ferent perspectives.”

Carney, the director of According to Maxwell“Same Kind of Ferguson, controversy is Different,” at the film’s 2017 an element that can fuel premiere in personal growth. “This Thomasville. year, we’ll be showing ‘The Florida Project,’ which contains explicit language and themes as it chronicles a homeless family. But it’s important to show that because it’s real.”

Reality will be a headliner this year. “The Gospel According to Andre” features an openly gay, African-American man who was an editor for Vogue magazine. “Being Mortal” deals with the inevitability of death, and “Faith Under Fire” explores perspectives on school shootings.

“Some of our best conversations have come from controversial films,” Maxwell-Ferguson said. “I think that’s part of what a film festival should do; you shouldn’t just be entertained, you need to be educated.”

And, they often provide a reminder to count your blessings.

One of the most powerful guest panels took place in 2015, when Covey hosted a session with Jacob Atem, who appeared in “Lost Boy,” a film that addresses the refugee crisis in South Sudan. Atem recounted the horrible strife that he and 20,000 other boys faced when fleeing their civil war-stricken homeland in 1987.

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“People heard about him traveling thousands of miles barefoot with no food or water, facing wild animals and escaping guerilla fighters.

He ended up in Atlanta in a program that Jane Fonda’s adoptive daughter, Mary Williams, cofounded. He just earned his doctorate in public health at the University of Florida.”

Fonda, is the reason that many boys and girls of the Red Hills have bright futures.

The Academy Award-winning actress discovered Thomasville in the 1990s through then husband, Ted Turner, while visiting his Jefferson County plantation. In 1998, Fonda and fellow activists founded the Thomasville Community Resource Center (TCRC) to provide educational programs and family support.

The TCRC is the sole benefactor of all proceeds from the Covey Film Festival, which is chaired by Fonda.

“We serve a little over 500 children in Grady, Thomas and Mitchell counties,” said Lisa Billups, executive director of the TCRC. “We believe in starting early with parent-child home programs and working closely with the school system to identify struggling students who will benefit from the specific help we can provide in

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our after-school programs. We have tutors, volunteers and outstanding staff at all of our sites to work with them.”

Local organizations who sponsor a film are provided a platform for promoting their goals. This year, FSU film students will showcase short films, and FSU Professor Antonio Méndez Esparza’s 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award-winning movie, “Life and Nothing More,” will premiere.

Georgia now surpasses California in film production. A production company is moving into Thomasville, and the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts frequently uses Thomasville as a setting in student films.

Another mission of the Covey Film Festival is to feature guests who explain how to land a job in the industry, be it as a makeup artist, animator or gaffer. Children growing up in Thomasville have the privilege of seeing firsthand that a future in film is, in fact, achievable.

“Our goal with the festival is to entertain, engage, and educate,” Billups said. “We want to inform the community, especially our children, that they don’t have to be in front of the camera to have a lucrative career in the film industry.” TM

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Covey Film Festival When: Oct. 9–27 Web: Coveyfilmfestival.com Featured Films: ➸ “Marshall” @Mitchell Young Anderson Museum ➸ “The Rider Hale” (Short) @Thomas University ➸ “Final Year: Obama” @Thomas University ➸ “Inventing Tomorrow” @Brookwood ➸ “Coco” @Amphitheater ➸ “The Glass Castle” @The Bookshelf ➸ “Florida Project”

@Thomas University ➸ “Darkest Hour” @Downtown Auditorium ➸ “Human Flow” @Thomas University ➸ “Mudbound” @Thomas University ➸ “Queen of the Desert” @History Center ➸ “Moonlight” @Mitchell Young Anderson Museum ➸ “An American Ascent” @Thomas University ➸ “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week” @SASS Restaurant ➸ “My Negress”and “Maude” (Shorts) @Venue TBA

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Supporters, above, of the Covey Film Festival kicked back at an after-party following the premiere in 2017 of “Same Kind of Different.” The festival generates funding for the Thomasville Community Resource Center, a provider of educational programs and family support services. Benefiting students, photos at right, have participated in scholastic competitions including the 2018 STEAM Exhibition in Atlanta.

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A WRITER AND A DOER Poet chases passions in addition to verse

by MARINA BROWN

F

ollowing the life-story line of poet Michael Rothenberg might be akin to following the flow of his poetry. Both are not always easy to perceive at first glance. Both make lovely twists and meanders. And for him, both exist in perfect clarity.

In April, just after Florida State University purchased Rothenberg’s literary archives and he was proclaimed the University Libraries’ Poet in Residence, he sat down with Tallahassee Magazine to discuss how a kid from Miami Beach knew from the outset that he was a poet and how he parlayed that knowledge through hard work and persistence into such a formidable body of work.

Rothenberg, looking every inch the poet, with flowing grey hair often topped by a felt fedora, said, “I was the son who would dance around the house and liked going to museums and the symphony.” Though his mother was a sculptor and encouraged her son’s youthful drawings and literary output — his first poem was called “Peter the Porpoise” — his father was a “hard-core” attorney, who stuck to rules and regulations. “Still, he was always supportive of what I liked … sometimes saying that he was amazed how I could write about the world as I did … when it was not in him to do so.”

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By 17, inspired by the Beat Poets whose free verse introduced a new kind of freedom that emphasized spontaneity of thought and feeling and seemed to dance to the cadence of jazz, Rothenberg had made the decision that poetry would be his life’s calling. “I loved recordings of ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg and Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.”

Rothenberg says he felt ready to join their ranks even before writing a real poem. “All I seemed to write were fragments.” It was only after a one-on-one session with poet Ed Dorn that Rothenberg “got the OK.” “Dorn led me to understand that for imagist poets like Ezra Pound, fragments could be poetry. That what I was writing was valid; it was my own voice and it was right for me.”

Rothenberg attended the University of Miami, graduated from the University of North Carolina and then, like many a young man, headed for California where he received his Master’s in Poetics from New College of California. But instead of settling into a garret to scribble verse, Rothenberg opened a nursery.

By now married, the couple bought an old orchid nursery and branched out into bromeliads.

Over time it would become one of the bestknown specialty nurseries in the country, and

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ever-literary, Rothenberg would edit books on bromeliads and produce a seminal hardbound tome on the plants, which is now housed in the Smithsonian. The nursery also became a locus for poets. It was there and through his environmental activism that Rothenberg met Michael McClure, illustrious Beat poet, Joanne Kyger, poet and literary innovator, and Philip Whalen, Beat icon for whom Rothenberg later became editor, friend and caretaker.

But Rothenberg, in addition to being a cerebral writer, is also a doer. While writing one of his own 20 books of poetry, he was cofounding Big Bridge Press, a fine-print literary magazine which published works by Kyger, Ginsberg and Jim Harrison, and establishing Big Bridge, a “webzine” featuring poetry in an electronic format. He co-founded Jack Magazine and began to edit poetry books by Ed Dorn, David Meltzer and an array of California poets. And he got bitten by another artistic bug … the urge to merge words with music. Rothenberg, by then divorced, needed a new challenge, so he decided to have a go in Nashville.

By most people’s calculations, he had success. Rothenberg wrote songs for movies, “Shadowhunter,” “Black Day Blue Night”

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Founder of poetry magazines, author of more than 20 poetry books and co-catalyst behind 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Michael Rothenberg brings a new energy to the world of Tallahassee letters.

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Michael Rothenberg supplied the lyrics, as it were, when the Ecosound Ensemble, with guest keyboard player Bob Malone, performed at The Junction in December 2017.

and “Outside Ozona,” but in his own estimation, he said, “I was messed up after Nashville … my heart was broken by the experience.” He returned to California and to the friendship of someone who knew just what to do to help him heal. Acclaimed writer and friend Philip Whalen, whom Rothenberg lovingly describes as “an old blind Buddhist,” gave him permission to edit his selected poems and to bring them out with Penguin Books. “It was a kind of therapy … and it worked.”

Two years ago, Tallahassee got to see just how much. When Rothenberg arrived with partner Terri Carrion, the pair brought with them a poetic vision they’d begun in 2011.

100 Thousand Poets for Change is a “worldwide grassroots organization focusing on poetry, music and the literary arts that will effect positive change for peace, justice and sustainability.” With over 500 groups now reading regularly around the world, Tallahassee’s poetry evenings have taken place at the 621 Gallery and the Black Dog Café, with as many as 50 poets reading at a single event. Another of Rothenberg’s creations, the Ecosound Ensemble, performs a melding of poetry and jazz very much in the tradition of the Beats. And it is very likely there are spontaneous readings in parks and on street corners, as well. At least that is what Michael Rothenberg would like.

“Poets do make a difference,” said Rothenberg, with a smile. “And poetry is a powerful voice for change.” TM

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‘Songs of the Free’ Presented by Opening Nights at Florida State University

“...Hailing from the township that was at the heart of South Africa’s long struggle against apartheid, this choir has the spirit of gospel deep in its blood — and it shows.”

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times during his life.

Direct from South Africa, Soweto Gospel Choir is an awe-inspiring 20-member ensemble that thrills audiences worldwide with their stunning blend of African gospel music, spirituals and American popular music. Earthy rhythms and rich harmonies sung in six of South Africa’s 11 official languages are combined for a moving performance, which uplifts the soul through the music and dance of South Africa.

Want to catch Soweto on stage?

The performance will be at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. For information on other performances, visit openingnights.fsu.edu/events.

Tickets to Soweto Gospel Choir: “Songs of the Free” are priced from $12–$50. To get yours, visit openingnights.fsu.edu or call (850) 644-6500.

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SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR:

The spectacular and colorful two-time Grammy®Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir returns to North America with “Songs of the Free,” a very special program celebrating the centenary of the birth of the father of their rainbow Nation, Nelson Mandela. “Songs of the Free” will include South African classics as well as freedom songs and gospel music much loved

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ELIZA SCHNEIDERGREEN The Arts Live Here

By Erica Thaler, Council on Culture & Arts (COCA)

WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS? I can’t be creative without a cup or two of strong tea (Yorkshire Red), good background music (Colter Wall and Lee Morse are my current favorites) and plenty of free time.

WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING TO LIFE AND MEET? Lucy Ricardo from “I Love Lucy.” We would get into trouble together and find plenty to laugh about.

WHAT MUSIC IS PLAYING IN YOUR CAR? Patsy Cline, Aoife O’Donovan, The Currys, Frank Lindamood and the soundtrack to “O Brother Where Art Thou.”

WHAT IS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON YOU? I just reread “Sleeping at the Starlite Motel” by Bailey White. Her thoughtful choice of words and deep appreciation for the people and land around her make her short stories stick with you.

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IF YOU WERE TRAPPED IN A TV SHOW OR MOVIE FOR A MONTH, WHICH WOULD IT BE? “The Women” (1939), starring Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard, many other wonderful women and many wonderful hats.

IT’S TIME FOR DINNER; WHERE ARE WE GOING TO EAT? Siam Sushi in Tallahassee for a plate of super-spicy vegetable pad thai.

WHAT SUPERPOWER WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE? I would like to have the ability to be out at night dressed up listening to good music, while also being home in my pajamas watching an old movie.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM FAILURE? Failure has taught me to be patient with my creative process. When you rush the journey or do not prioritize your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, your creative energy suffers.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR? I hope I will be remembered as a loving human being who wore ridiculous hats.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELIZA SCHNEIDER-GREEN

Eliza is a photographer, singer-songwriter and painter from Tallahassee, Florida, currently studying art history at Florida State University.

When she is not writing songs inspired by Southern gothic literature, designing cards for The Silk and Cotton Shop or photographing her collection of vintage clothing and accessories, she spends time exploring nature, writing short stories, and listening to jazz records with her mom and three cats.

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A HALF-CENTURY OF ELI Nothing lost from hometown kings of rock

by ROB RUSHIN

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uick. Name all the rock bands that are still at it after 50 years. The Rolling Stones.

King Crimson. Stuck for another one?

Try Eli. The list is short because, as anyone who played in a band can attest, keeping a group together is one of the most daunting tasks known to humankind. If working for pennies under grueling conditions doesn’t do it, ego clashes will almost certainly tear you apart.

But despite the challenges and the pitfalls, homegrown Tallahassee rockers Eli are looking forward to celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2019. That’s 50 years of in-and-out of the van, loading in and loading out, playing in dives and behind chicken wire, and when stars align, in front of enormous crowds opening for KISS or thousands of people at Gulf Coast beach parties.

What makes Eli work? We sat down with band founder Charlie Roberts ahead of their

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show at Corner Pocket in Tallahassee to hear some road tales.

Born in 1969 out of the ashes of The Changing Times, a proto-Southern Soul band complete with horns, Eli debuted in 1969 to an enthusiastic crowd at the Lake Ella American Legion Hall. From the beginning, the Eli ethos was both simple and hard: Deliver the highest quality rock and roll experience possible.

Charlie’s father offered them a dead truck if they got it running. So they rebuilt the engine, refurbished the body and slapped a giant Eli logo on the side. It was the beginning of Eli’s do-it-yourself mentality.

“We like to control our own destiny,” Roberts said.

Proving it early on “In 1969, bands like us didn’t have their own trucks. When we drove up in that thing, people immediately got the idea that we were something. Then all we had to do was prove it.”

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From the beginning, “proving it” meant hauling all the trappings of a big time rock show. They delivered pro-quality lighting and sound and a polished repertoire of band originals alongside top hits. When the technology improved, Eli invested in new gear to stay ahead of the game.

A recent show at the Corner Pocket is typical. A 70-foot truck pulls up at around 10 a.m., and the Eli crew sets out to transform a neighborhood sports bar into a miniature rock and roll arena. They build a stage, 24 by 16 feet, and top it with a scaffold to support the LED light array. A wall of faux guitar amplifiers — a plywood and cloth backdrop about four inches thick — recalls the stage trappings of the metal monsters of the ’80s.

The stage is almost ready when the band arrives for soundcheck. There are new songs to learn while the sound man tweaks and the light designer fiddles. Levels are leveled, cue spots aimed. The band starts and stops, several bits of tunes played and repeated before they settle in. That’s when the vital elements — the components over and above pure showmanship that will make or break a band — begin to emerge.

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← Top left: A former lineup of Eli included, from left, Kelly Love, Dave Brown, Will Hunt and Rodney O’Quinn; left: Charlie Roberts, Chuck Darling (top), Roger Salandi (bottom), Jim Henry and Cookie grace a promo photo that displayed the band’s creativity; above: In a 1969 promo photo, band members, from left, Chip Bashinski, Jim Henry, Dennis Roberts, Ricky Weathersby and Charlie Roberts stand atop an old truck whose engine they rebuilt.

First off, every one of these guys has a great voice. Lead singer Cookie — AWOL from sound check, true to form for any self-respecting rock show diva ma — has all the moves you would expect from an ’80s model frontman.

And when Cookie (just Cookie, no last name necessary) decides to wander the crowd to do shots with fans, the other guys are ready to step up. Jamie Majors sings a pure, clean tone from behind the drum kit. For the whiskey and smoke sound, Lance Owens nails the growl with a throat full of gravel. The group harmonies — so critical for nailing the ’80s power pop sound — are tight as a tick. But can they play?

You bet your favorite Black Crowes tour jacket they can. Drummer Majors is rock solid, an atomic clock timekeeper with just enough flash and sizzle to push the energy up a notch or 11. Steady rolling Steve Hacker on bass — his mates peg him as the group’s musical secret weapon — keeps it hard in the pocket. Guitarists Owens and Kelly Love seem to have pretty much every guitar style short of classical at their fingertips, from Southern rock to Van Halen shred. Darn right they can play.

It’s finally show time. The Corner Pocket

is packed with fans aged 21 to 75. The staff wears Eli Tshirts. The women’s shirts urge us to “Party Naked”; the men’s declare “If It’s Too Loud, You’re Too Old.” Crowd fashion favors biker vests and (p)leather halters with fringe, tank tops and tight jeans, and more than a few greying ponytails.

It seems that everyone knows everybody else. Roberts explained that they get to know most of their fans by name, an extension of the band’s goal of creating a “rock and roll family” dynamic.

The lights are flashing, the band is slamming, the smoke machine (of course!) pumps fog, and this neighborhood bar might as well be a stadium filled with thousands of fans lifting their drinks, loudly singing along...

Oh, are you gonna take me home tonight Ah down beside that red firelight Are you gonna let it all hang out Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin’ world go round

It ain’t politically correct, and hey, the song is a good 40 years old — old enough that many in the audience could have been conceived under the dashboard lights with its tender message as soundtrack. But none of that matters tonight.

On the cusp of its 50th anniversary — with a new CD and a band documentary in the works — Eli continues to deliver on the promise they made a half-century ago.

“We still get butterflies before a gig. You just want it to be right. We want to deliver that big experience, that thing that blew me away when I first saw it. You never forget that feeling.”

And with that, it’s time for Charlie to think about how to make the light show just that much better for next time. There’s a promise to keep. TM

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Among Salmon, the King Rules But its cousins also have merit

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Nikki Pettineo selects salmon at Southern Seafood Market with help from General Manager Matt McCreless.

almon is a culinary star, a superfood known as a prime source of good fats and protein with lots of vitamins and minerals.

Aside from its nutritional value, the coral-hued fish is a mighty tasty catch, with rich, flaky flesh you can savor baked, blackened, pan-fried, poached, grilled, raw or even cooked in a microwave.

So many choices when it comes to salmon.

When you go to the market, you’ll see some salmon that’s “farm-raised” and others that are “wild” or “wild-caught” (fresh or frozen).

They’re all salmon, but the farm salmon is raised in an aquatic farming operation, and the wild salmon are caught in Alaska or the Pacific Northwest.

Wild salmon is regaining popularity amid growing questions about some salmon farming operations, driven in part by environmental concerns over sustainability.

A free-roaming wild salmon is considered more sustainable, with more intense flavor and color, said Tallahassee chef Nikki Pettineo.

To better navigate your salmon choices, do some research to weigh the pros and cons, then “become friends with your fishmonger,” Pettineo advised. “That’s the key.”

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And that’s where my salmon cooking session began — at Southern Seafood in Tallahassee’s Market Square with Pettineo, a certified executive chef who teaches at Keiser University and Browns Kitchen Center.

We looked over several slabs of salmon with Matt McCreless, general manager of Southern Seafood, which offers a variety of choices including wild king, keta, coho and sockeye salmon, as well as farmed king and Atlantic salmon.

While they all looked good, we splurged on the fresh, wild king salmon, which had a gleaming, deep red-orange color and smelled like a whiff of sea air. The king rules when it comes to flavor, but it’s also pricey. We were shopping in the early part of the season when prices were higher. The cost was $27.50 a pound on that June visit, though the price fluctuates as more fresh king salmon becomes available.

When you’re shopping for salmon, keep a few things in mind, Pettineo said: ▪ Ask what species are available, what was recently caught, when they put it out.

▪ When you buy any fish, you want it to be shiny.

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▪ It should smell like the ocean but not be fishy-smelling.

▪ The salmon flesh should be bouncy to the touch and leave an indent with your finger when pressed.

▪ If you buy a whole fish, look for clear eyes.

We took the splendid king salmon to Browns Kitchen Center on Capital Circle Northeast, where Pettineo prepared an Asianinspired recipe.

Before you start cooking, a few tips: ▪ Get everything in place and sliced before you start.

▪ For food safety, prep all your other ingredients first and the salmon last, so you can use one cutting board and wash it once.

▪ Pat any protein before you start cooking.

“You want to dab out the moisture.”

▪ If the fish has been frozen, defrost it in the refrigerator on a paper towel and really press the water out so the fish isn’t waterlogged, Pettineo said.

Pettineo seared the fish, then finished it in the oven, serving it atop black rice in the center of the plate, with a side of crisp haricots vert green beans. TM photography by SAIGE ROBERTS

Asian-Inspired King Salmon Dinner for Two Salmon ➸ 2 6-ounce king salmon filets ➸ 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil ➸ 1 tablespoon Chinese five spice Glaze ➸ ½ cup light brown sugar ➸ ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce ➸ 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard ➸ ¼ cup canola or vegetable oil In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, soy sauce and Dijon mustard.

Once a smooth consistency is achieved, drizzle oil slowly into the mixture while stirring. Set aside.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Heat a large skillet until it begins to slightly smoke.

Pat salmon dry with paper towels to remove excess moisture. The salmon should be tacky to the touch. Season salmon with Chinese five spice. Add oil to the pan and sear salmon flesh side down in the hot pan. Flip the salmon over when a brown crust is achieved.

Black rice pilaf ➸ 1 cup black rice ➸ 1 ¾ cup water or stock ➸ 1 tsp salt ➸ 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil ➸ ¼ cup (plus 2 tablespoons for garnish) scallions ➸ 2 cloves minced garlic ➸ 1 teaspoon minced ginger ➸ 1 teaspoon low-sodium soy sauce In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Sweat scallions, garlic and ginger. Add stock or water, soy sauce, salt and rice. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and cook for 25 minutes or until rice is bursting open and the liquid is absorbed.

Spicy haricots vert ➸ 12-ounce package of haricots vert or French skinny green beans, washed and trimmed ➸ 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil ➸ 2 tablespoons or more sambal oelek (a fiery Indonesian ground chile paste you can find in supermarkets) Heat a large sauté pan on medium/medium high heat. Add oil and green beans. The outside of the bean should blister from the heat. Cook for about two minutes and add the sambal. Season with salt, if desired.

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LIBATIONS

SAGE ADVICE Bar’s mixologists let their creative juices flow

by ROB RUSHIN

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n any discussion of Tallahassee’s best eateries, you can bet that 4 out of 5 people will mention Sage, renowned for highquality ingredients, inventive menus and top-drawer service. It is a reputation wellearned over its dozen years tucked away just north of Market Square.

Their bar is less widely recognized but has emerged as one of the best craft cocktail joints in town. Added after a 2011 fire, the bar affords a casual place to grab a bite or watch a wizard mixologist concoct unimagined libational delights.

We needed greater insight than my hops-addled palate could provide, so I enlisted my ace assistant — Stanwyck is dangerous with a jigger and cocktail shaker — to help assess the goods. Settling down across the bar from Brent Sutton, a recently returned FSU grad who for seven years served up drinks to Destin beachcombers, we surveyed the drink menu.

You can get your standard vodka tonic or scotch-rocks here, but the cocktail list encourages adventure. Sutton explained their fresh-squeezed juices and handcrafted “shrubs” — vinegar-based potions infused with fruit juice and macerated herbs and spices — and filled us in on their wide range of bitters and deep selection of premium liquors.

Stanwyck — International Woman of Mystery — was already taking mental notes on how to replicate the strawberry pineapple peppercorn or cantaloupe honeydew basil and mint shrubs. Then Sutton dropped the deepest secret of his peculiar alchemy.

“The basics are 2-to-1-to-1. From there, it’s just improvising. Dazzle your friends!”

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The Curious George, front, was the newest cocktail on the Sage menu before The Stanwyck, back, came along — the result of an on-thespot challenge.

That 2:1:1 is the ratio of liquor-to-sweetto-sour that Sutton says makes any drink work. But the magic — the legerdemain that makes the cocktail pop — comes in the improvisation.

We began with a Curious George, a rum drinkexclusivetoSagethatbeganlifeasanOld Fashioned variant — “it was dull, just dead,” said Sutton — and ended up as this daiquiri homage that made the notoriously picky Stanwyck trill in delight. The key to this one: egg whites, shaken to a fine froth and providing a just-right feathery topping

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Brent Sutton

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THE BEST LITTLE STEAKHOUSE IN TALLAHASSEE that you could mistake for whipped light cream. Exquisitely balanced with a whiff of banana courtesy of the Bumbu rum, this drink is perfect for a warm Tallahassee evening.

Curious George is the newest cocktail on the Sage menu. Or was. Stanwyck challenged Sutton to prepare something brand new. Sutton had declared gin the most versatile liquor on the shelf — a declaration in accord with Stanwyck’s leanings — so he pulled down a bottle of Boodles and set to work.

The result was a cocktail that won over even this gin-avoider, but more critically, led Stanwyck to sigh, “I could drink these All. Day. Long.”

And just like that, Sage has a new cocktail feature: The Stanwyck. Ask for it next time you visit. And speaking of next time: By the time you read this, Sage will have doubled its bar area and added an events dining room.

Try the accompanying recipes at home — we did, repeatedly — but nothing beats the luxury of watching a seasoned professional handcraft your elixir and serve it up in fine glassware (no plastic cups here).

So lift your glass and take a sip. There is nothing better than sipping a fine cocktail with an International Woman of Mystery. TM

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➸ 2 oz Bumbu rum ➸ 1.5 oz. Strawberry Pineapple Peppercorn Shrub ➸ 1 oz. fresh squeezed lime juice ➸ 1 oz. egg white ➸ 4-5 drops Bitterman’s Elemakule Tiki Bitters DIRECTIONS

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The Cubano: ham, seasoned pork, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard.

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Gordos owner Eddie Agramonte is ‘nobody’s grandmother’

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hough the exact beginnings of the Cubano are unknown, the pressed sandwich of roast pork, ham, cheese and pickles on Cuban bread is usually associated with Miami, where it arrived from Cuba by way of Ybor City cigar factories and Key West.

The sandwich’s appearance in Tallahassee is less mysterious and much more recent. Eddie Agramonte came to Tallahassee for school from his hometown of Hialeah and noticed there weren’t any Cuban restaurants in town. He opened Gordos Cuban Food in 1996 at 28 years old. » 84

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Eddie Agramonte, who came to Tallahassee from his hometown of Hialeah, opened his first Gordos restaurant in 1996. He now operates Gordos Cuban Cuisine in two locations: the original Pensacola Street restaurant and a new Market Street location that replaces a previous restaurant on Tallahassee’s north side. Both offer the classic pressed sandwich: the Cubano. photography by ALICIA OSBORNE

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“Gordos was a pretty standard Cuban restaurant when we started. There were six sandwiches and black beans and rice. As time went on, we became more mainstream with some of the menu, but we still keep the flavor and flair of Cuban food,” Agramonte said.

He now operates Gordos Cuban Cuisine in two locations: the original Pensacola Street restaurant that feeds the college community and a new location at 1460 Market St., which replaces a family-oriented restaurant that he opened about five years ago on Tallahassee’s north side. Agramonte also owns Bandidos Burrito Company, which serves Tex-Mex food near campus. He just opened a sports pub, Bumpa’s Local 349, on Capital Circle Northeast.

Since its early days, Gordos’ menu has expanded to include Cuban classics, such as croquetas, picadillo, pollo a la plancha, and palomilla, as well as “mainstream” burgers and wraps. The restaurant’s owner wants Gordos to be able to cater to different tastes. “If you want to come have roast pork, but your friend says, ‘I want a burger,’ you can go to Gordos,” Agramonte said. “I want to be able to feed “Well, I’m everybody. Our black nobody’s beans are vegetarian grandmother. because I want vegetarThis is how my ians to be able to eat beans.” mom made it. black Agramonte’s favorite This is what dish is masitas de puerco. “Pieces of pork are it is.” cut into 2-inch cubes, — Eddie Agramonte, then they’re simmered owner/founder Gordos with limes and lemons, and then deep fried for about a minute. They get crisp on the outside, they’re so tender. That’s why they’re my favorite — they’re delicious,” he said.

Asked what makes a Cuban dish “authentic,” Agramonte acknowledged that everyone will answer this question differently.

“I’m Cuban, and they’re my recipes,” he said of Gordos’ menu. “But people come here and they say, ‘This isn’t real because you

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Gordos has become “more mainstream with some of the menu, but we still keep the flavor and flair of Cuban food,” owner Eddie Agramonte says.

don’t have Cuban guys making it,’ or, ‘This doesn’t taste like my grandmother’s.’ Well, I’m nobody’s grandmother. This is how my mom made it. This is what it is.”

On a Friday afternoon at the end of the fall semester, students and their parents filled the Pensacola Street Gordos for lunch.

Like many college hangouts, Gordos has a beach theme, the walls hung with surfboards and strung with Christmas lights. The restaurant was cozy, with several small rooms and a large outdoor deck, the sound of traffic in the distance.

Every table throughout the restaurant was dotted with several Gordos cups, plastic cups printed with the restaurant logo, which includes the face of a mustachioed man in a chef’s cap. Patrons who order a Smash, Gordos’ signature rum punch, get to take their cup home once they’ve finished their drink.

I ordered a Cubano — flavorful, gooey and tangy — and a side of black beans and rice. On a tip from a friend, I asked for a side of Gordos sauce, a mayonnaise-based dressing, for my sandwich. It turned out to be more than enough food for one person, at a very reasonable price.

In January, Agramonte opened Bumpa’s

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Local 349 in the old Calico Jack’s location — a sports pub, he said, but geared to be as appealing to women as it is for men, who often make up the bulk of a sports bar’s customer base. “I want to have comfort food you want to go eat. Fish tacos, ahi tuna, the best salads in town. I go where my wife and kids want to eat, where my mother wants to eat. I want her to want to go to Bumpa’s.”

Who is Gordo? Staring at my Gordos cup in the Pensacola Street restaurant, I realized I’d forgotten to ask.

It means ‘fat guy’ in Spanish, Agramonte said. “Better than ‘Capital Cuban,’ right?”

He continued: “I’m not a glutton, but I like what I do and I want to do more. I’m never thinking, ‘Oh, I got this.’ I’ve got to continue to move, continue to grow. It’s human nature.” TM

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here are two iconic structures in downtown Tallahassee that are always pulsing and buzzing with activity — the Florida State Capitol building and Andrew’s. In 1972, Andrew Reiss opened Tallahassee’s first deli, Andrew’s, which throughout four decades would grow into a beloved downtown restaurant serving up delicious cuisine, a spirit of heartfelt welcome and cherished memories among residents, legislators, students and visitors.

In 2017, Andrew Reiss was named Florida’s Top Restaurant Operator, an honor bestowed by the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association. In announcing Reiss’ selection for the state honor, the association said, “To call Andy Reiss anything but a Tallahassee legend would be an understatement.” This THE NEW PRIVATE ROOMS AT ANDREW’S ARE THE TRUE sentiment rings true in the premier dining staple he ATTENTION GRABBERS as they offer intimate settings for exclusive gatherings. Through a separate entrance you can enter three unique has established and continues to develop.

“THROUGH OUR room options hosting 25, 30 and 55 — or 110 combining all three It was a landmark year for Andrew’s in CREATIVE CUISINE, HIGHLY rooms. With versatile food and beverage options curated by 2017 as renovations were completed on TRAINED STAFF, AND OUR Andrew’s catering team, any event imaginable is possible.

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AND SOUL OF WHAT The staff undergoes a rigorous training process to maintain memorializing the restaurant’s history by ANDY HAS CREATED IN the quality of service guests have come to expect, whether the displaying a timeline of the restaurant’s 10 DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE.” occasion is a birthday party or an inaugural ball. different logos through the years.

– Ashley Chaney, Director of Sales The catering menu is adaptable to each palate, and the restaurant menu offers something for everyone. The menu meshes New American and New South, highlighting locally sourced and always fresh produce, seafood and meats. Chef Matt Varn, a Tallahassee native who was classically trained in New York, has returned to his roots by taking Southern trends and elevating them. For example, the shrimp and grits are brimming with locally loved Bradley’s sausage, Bradley’s pimento cheese grits and butter bean succotash. The fish are caught in the nearby Gulf, the prime cut steaks always delight and the burger list is never ending.

“Through our creative cuisine, highly trained staff, and our hustling and bustling atmosphere, I think people feel the heart and soul of what Andy has created in downtown Tallahassee,” said Ashley Chaney, Director of Sales and Event Planning.

“It’s a pleasure and privilege that for almost 50 years, Tallahassee has chosen us for their celebrations.”

Tallahassee may have outgrown Andy’s first deli on the corner of Adams and Jefferson, but it’s likely that Andrew’s aim just got higher. No matter the growth and changes of Tallahassee, Andrew’s remains a gathering spot to celebrate life’s wonderfully small and beautifully big moments with familiar faces, new friends, superior service, happy hour specials and food — always great food.

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The FSU Circus Flies High story by KIM HARRIS THACKER photography by KAITLIN SIMPSON & SAIGE ROBERTS

About 70 years ago, Tallahassee became one of many cities around the country that experienced a sudden influx of young men — soldiers returning home after having fought in a brutal war. Recognizing that many of these highly disciplined young men were in need of education and training that would lead them to employment as civilians, Florida Gov. Millard F. Caldwell signed legislation that transformed The Florida State College for Women into a co-educational institution: The Florida State University.

The president of FSU at the time, Doak S. Campbell, was faced with the task of integrating the two sexes. To accomplish this, he hired Jack Haskin to develop an extracurricular activity that could be participated in by men and women, together.

The FSU Flying High Circus was born.

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Allison Lindfors, foreground, and Megan Konen perform a spinning rope act called the Spanish Web.

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He’s Sensational Leigh Heisinger began his circus “career” at the park in his northern New Jersey hometown on Independence Day in 1947. A small circus had come to the park for the annual celebration, and one of the acts was a dog-and-pony cart act called Art & Marie Henry’s Animal Revue. Eleven-year-old Heisinger offered to help feed and groom the animals for the Henrys, and just like that, he was “in the circus” — at least, he was part of it once a year.

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In black-and-white photos from 1951, top and right, FSU students reported for circus training and heard from an instructor, who outlined plans for a practice. A portrait of a clown figured in a promotional poster for the circus in its first year.

“July 4 was always the happiest day of the year for me,” Heisinger says, “because the circus came to town.

July 5 was always the saddest day, because everyone left, and the park was just a park again.”

Years passed, and an adult Heisinger enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard. Sometime in the late 1950s, he saw the Flying High Circus perform on TV and decided, then and there, to leave the Coast Guard and join the circus. He enrolled at FSU, and thus began his threeand-a-half-year Flying High adventure.

“I took to the circus from the start,” he says. “It was probably the happiest years of my life. I was getting an education, I was being in the circus and the government was paying for it.”

Shortly before graduating, Heisinger purchased an original piece of circus equipment from its inventor, Clay Beckett, along with a contract to perform on the equipment in South America with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The “Loop Swing,” as the apparatus Heisinger bought was called, consisted of a spinning wheel that was attached to one end

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Today, the FSU Circus is one of just two collegiate circus programs in the U.S., and it is recognized around the world. Many people say that it’s as good as any professional circus; others say it’s better because it runs entirely on student power.

From rigging their own equipment, to giving input on costume design, to sound and light production, to performing live, each student juggles many roles at Flying High. Some of the skills required for those roles are learned in the university’s one-credit-hour Introduction to Circus course; but since the course isn’t required, many skills are learned on the job.

Al Light, a former FSU Circus performer who is now a head coach for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, said, “The FSU Circus gave me a lot of really good basic skills, and it taught me a lot about leadership, responsibility, hard work, personal accountability and teamwork.”

“A lot of what we do here is student development,” said Nate Stapp, an assistant coach at Flying High.

“We’re not trying to train circus professionals. If that happens, that’s great, and sometimes it does — but mostly we try to teach students to think for themselves a little bit and be responsible.”

Flying High director Chad Mathews, who has been with the FSU Circus since his undergraduate days, said he hopes some of the skills the students acquire while in the program come to them as the natural result of hard work and an effort to fulfill their responsibilities.

“We have about 100–120 students in any given year and only four full-time staff,” he says. “That basically means that all of us, including the students, have a lot of responsibilities. To manage everything that’s on their plates, students have to learn how to manage their time. That’s a skill that will benefit them in the circus and throughout their lives.”

And if a member of the Flying High Circus just happens to stick with circus performance for 40 years, as did Leigh Heisinger, you can bet that by retirement, he or she will qualify as an authority on time management — maybe on death-defying stuntwork, too.

Connor Capes, top, maintains a firm grip on Carly Van Ostenbridge during rehearsal.

Justin Lucas makes preparations for practice while listening to FSU Flying Circus director Chad Matthews.

NAME: Justin Lucas HOME: Plant City, Florida MAJOR: Exercise Physiology GRADUATION DATE: 2018 FUTURE PLANS: To attend an

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DUTIES AT THE CIRCUS: “I’ve done an array of things, but I’m typically a base, due to my stature.

I’m also a catcher for the Flying Trapeze and Cradle.”

FAVORITE ACT: “It’s tough to

say. Teeterboard is a blast, because it’s a lot of people on one act, which means you get to work with some members of the circus that you might not work with a lot otherwise. There are so many different personalities working on the act, and that definitely makes it special.”

TIPS FOR PROSPECTIVE PERFORMERS: “The circus

requires a different type of athleticism. The acts we do — nothing is comfortable, really. It’s a mental game, and you have to get over the discomfort and push yourself. And trust in others.”

QUOTE: “Circus fills the athletic void for me in college, and it’s a break from school. We have classes all day, and we do the normal stuff that all college kids do, but the best part is that in between my biochemistry class and my applied exercise physiology class, I get to come to the tent and practice with my friends.

This is my group of people.”

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NAME: Connor Capes HOME: Naples, Florida MAJOR: German (graduate degree)

FUTURE PLANS:

To teach German or English

DUTIES AT THE CIRCUS:

“I do all team acts: Flying Trapeze; Double Trapeze, which is a stationary duo act; and juggling.”

FAVORITE ACT: Flying Trapeze

TIPS FOR PROSPECTIVE PERFORMERS: “It can’t hurt

to try out. Try out for everything at FSU. Also, the circus isn’t all about athletic ability; it’s about putting a show on for the audience. They are looking at you, and sure, it’s physically demanding, but you need to smile. You’re having fun, so you should show it.”

of a long arm that had a counterbalance on the other end of it. When the wheel was at its highest point, the ↑ Connor Capes and Carly Van Ostenbridge combine to perform a double performer who stood on it — or performed a handstand or some trapeze act. The FSU Flying Circus is a lean machine. It involves 100-120 students at any given time but has a staff of just four full-time employees. other feat — did so at 50 feet off the ground.

Heisinger’s tour in South America, for which he was joined by his wife, Nancy, marked the start of 40 years of touring as The Sensational Leighs. It also marked 40 years of what Heisinger could say that, for the most part, I am a lucky man who never had refers to as “running around in circles for a living.” to ‘work’ for a living.”

“A lot of people spend their life going around in circles,” he says, All Play and No Work “but at least we knew what we were doing.”

There’s no doubt about it: The circus life is fun, The Heisinger family grew with the birth of a even at the collegiate level — maybe especially at daughter, Robin, who, appropriate to her name, CIRCUS the collegiate level. Yes, students in FSU’s Flying eventually took to the skies and replaced her mother in HALLOWEEN SHOW High Circus get minor rope burns and not-sothe family act. She and Leigh performed together until SERIES 2018 minor blisters; yes, their training can be physically he was 65 years old.

Thurs., Oct. 25, 7 p.m. exhausting; and yes, the time will come when each of “It’s hard to sum up 40 years of performing in one Fri., Oct. 26 7 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 2, 7 p.m. them will take his or her final bow under the Big Top. sentence or word,” says Heisinger. “All I know is that Sat., Nov. 3, 7 p.m.

But for every rope burn, a new friendship is made. looking back, it was over in the blink of an eye. But I have For every blister, a skill is mastered. TM few regrets and a ton of good memories. I guess you

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QUOTE: “The final bow is always great, but then there’s that moment right before you’re about to perform. You’re behind the back curtain, and your heart’s beating super-fast, and you’re with your partner and you’re like, ‘We’ve got this!’ — There’s so much energy in that moment. So much adrenaline. It’s great.”

Stepping up to the bar: Jordan Grove goes carefully on a Russian bar and, at right, turns jump-rope tricks.

NAME: Jordan Grove HOME: Port St. Lucie, Florida MAJOR: Nursing GRADUATION DATE: 2020 FUTURE PLANS: To become a pediatric nurse practitioner

DUTIES AT THE CIRCUS:

Acrobatic Jump Rope, Russian Bar, Cloud Swing and Flying Trapeze

FAVORITE ACT: Russian Barre TIPS FOR PROSPECTIVE PERFORMERS: “You have to be able to do tricks, but you also have to be able to do them well under pressure and in front of people.”

QUOTE: “I really like flipping.

Flipping and being upside down are comfortable to me.”

Rima Nathan takes her turn on a cloud swing.

NAME: Rima Nathan HOME: Daytona Beach, Florida MAJOR: Second year law student GRADUATION DATE: 2019 FUTURE PLANS: To practice law DUTIES AT THE CIRCUS: Flying Trapeze, Cloud Swing

FAVORITE ACT: “Flying Trapeze or Cloud Swing. Everything is more fun when you’re high — in the air.”

TIPS FOR PROSPECTIVE PERFORMERS: “Be interested in

everything, and always lend a helping hand for the team.”

QUOTE: “In every single job interview I’ve had, someone asks me about the circus, because it’s on my resume. Before they say anything else, they say, ‘What’s this circus thing?’ It’s a great ice-breaker.”

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Conservation photographer David Moynahan is a documentarian, a technician and an artist

by STEVE BORNHOFT | photography by DAVID MOYNAHAN

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n a cloudless day, waters near a bank of Econfina Creek dimpled as if from large raindrops.

Made curious, David Moynahan, for whom the natural world always has been a dear companion and a source of fascination, went to investigate.

He was surprised and delighted to discover a live stew of large tadpoles, future river swamp frogs.

Equipped with an underwater camera, Moynahan slipped into the creek and, shooting from the bottom up, captured images of an animated curtain of the outsized larvae, their heads the size of tennis balls, as they surfaced and submerged, surfaced and submerged, synchronized swimmers of a primordial looking sort.

The spontaneous tadpole shoot is among the first to leap to Moynahan’s mind when he is asked to name a couple of his most memorable wildlife encounters. Too, there was the time that Moynahan, walking on a beach, spied a gull with a crab in its beak. Or was it a crab? He felt compelled to chase the bird and did until, flustered, it dropped its payload, which proved to be a tiny sea turtle.

Moynahan photographed the hatchling and then carried it out beyond the breakers, enhancing its survival prospects. He is a man who lives to give beasts a chance.

He got his first taste of photography as an undergraduate student majoring in biology when he worked for a professor who was writing a textbook and needed images of particular subjects. The prof supplied him with a camera. A fellow student introduced him to the darkroom.

“One Thanksgiving break, I literally spent four days and nights in the Bio Lab darkroom that I had all to myself,” Moynahan recalled. “I had an ice chest of food and I stayed there experimenting and learning. All the materials were at my disposal free of charge and that was a big deal to a college student.”

At the time, developing prints involved dipping photo paper in a series of baths — developer, stop, fixer. But the era of digital photography had arrived by the time Moynahan turned pro 15 years ago when he was contacted by a friend, Susan Cerulean, who worked as a writer for the Florida Wildlife Commission. The agency was looking for a photographer and Moynahan was encouraged to (continued on page 107) submit a portfolio.

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Lily Among Cypress; ABOVE TOP: New Day Dawns; ABOVE: Florida Mountain Laurel; Thistle Sunrise. Here, the sun rises over Navarre Beach; LEFT: Marsh Mallow

Sidling up to the solo water lily in his kayak, Moynahan held his camera over the side until it just touched the water and blindly fired a series of shots; he succeeded in getting the photo he saw with his mind’s eye.

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TOP LEFT: Lucky Strike; FAR LEFT: Spring Run Light; LEFT: Solo-Mangrove; TOP: Naked Under the Stars – Naked Spring

With handheld lights, Moynahan and John Moran painted this scene during long exposures, focusing on the majestic cypress snag. Then, with all lights off, they captured a series of the star trails circling Polaris in the north.

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CLOCKWISE: Night Patrol ; Rise & Fall of Tads; Fiddler in Moonlight; Gopher Tortoise

Venturing into shindeep water at the edge of a gator hole during a drought, Moynahan set up his tripod at dusk.

With the pop of the flash, dozens of reptilian eyes lit up across the water.

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CLOCKWISE: Canopy Road V; Fire Water; Fern Hammock Spring; Beacon in the Cosmos; White Dinghy

Looking up from deep in the well of a spring vent — with the Santa Fe River water level just right — the tannic river and gin clear spring swirled and mingled in Moynahan’s viewfinder. Add the midday sun and a diver, and the composition appears surreal.

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CLOCKWISE: Bay Scallop; Gabriel; Fire Ant Island; Dawn Egg Layer

In the dim pre-dawn, Moynahan could barely make out the apple snail. Wading into chest deep water, juggling his camera in one hand and off-camera flash in the other, he captured this image just as the sun broke the horizon.

Moments later, her task complete, the apple snail dropped into the safety of the pond.

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For the state, Moynahan would make two or three trips a year around Florida shooting wildlife, landscapes, habitat and management projects.

“FWC made me more of a documentarian, but that has always been a leaning of mine,” Moynahan said. His exhaustive database is meticulously indexed and organized by keyword.

He can immediately locate a shot of a fire ant island, scallop or Blackburnian warbler with ease.

Moynahan has undergone no formal training in digital darkroom work. Rather, he’s watched a lot of tutorials and has applied what he learned long ago, dodging, burning and adjusting contrast as he did in college, now with advanced technologies. He has become adept at applying Photoshop and Lightroom software to his work.

But, foremost among all that he is, Moynahan said, is his artist self.

“I have never been without a creative outlet,” he said. “Photography provides a great opportunity to capture what I see as art. Not just the scenery, but maybe a piece of driftwood sculpted by the elements or a swirl of seashells on the beach.

“I am a photo naturalist, but I also look to nature for elements that aren’t necessarily subject based: patterns in the hide of an alligator or the detail in tree bark.”

Of the 14 galleries on his website (davidmoynahan.com), four are devoted to “photo art.”

Over the years, Moynahan has become increasingly sophisticated in his approach. Having learned advanced lighting techniques from a mentor, John Moran, his nightscapes may comprise 50 or more layers of images. For five years, these compositions, which he concedes are “more surreal than real,” have been a passion. And, within the last year, he has begun to experiment with high-contrast, black-and-white infrared photography.

But, always, he remains mindful of fundamental guidelines: the rule of thirds, effectively employing diagonals and horizon lines, avoiding excess clutter. And his photography is consistently and closely connected to a purpose.

“It occurs to me all the time that I may be photographing something that may not be around for long and that really makes me sad. Wakulla Springs is not clear anymore. The Tarzan tree is gone. But I try to focus on what is left and what can be preserved with good stewardship.

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Every hour or so, Octoberfest visitors can watch this 20-foot-tall trebuchet launch pumpkins into the sky above an empty field. Visitors find the results smashing.

Most families stay for three or four hours and do all of the activities, working up an appetite. During Octoberfest, Provence offers pulled pork barbecue — Boston butts that he smokes right on the farm — plus all-beef hotdogs, green boiled peanuts, chips and drinks.

“A good barbecue is always good,” he said.

Provence’s father began selling Christmas trees in 1985. The 170-acre farm was larger years ago, before his family bought it, he said. “There were old buildings everywhere, and we saved all the wood we could. There’s wood used in the barn that’s over 100 years old.”

This year, in addition to all of the other activities, people will be able to pick their own sunflowers at $5 per stalk.

The majority of Springhill Farm’s customers are from Tallahassee, though Provence also has visitors from Pensacola and even South Florida. “Country people drive past corn all the time,” he said.

For others, a fall day at the farm is an adventure to look forward to all year long. TM

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ess than an hour’s drive north of Tal“I try not to make dead-ends,” he said. lahassee, Dan Provence promises a real “When I first started out, I thought it was taste of fall traditions. funny, but other people didn’t. They’d bust For the past seven years, he has hostthrough a wall, and it looked like elephant ed Octoberfest on Saturdays and Sundays had been in there. Now all the trails conat Springhill Farm, a historic farm south of nect back in to each other.”

Bainbridge, Georgia, with beautiful hilltop On Friday and Saturday before Hallowviews. He estimates that on each weekend een, Springhill Farm hosts a haunted hayday, between 300 and 500 people visit. ride and maze from 8 to 11 at night.

For thosewho like to find theirway through Wide-open place a high crop maze or pick out the perfect “Pumpkin chunkin,” a more melodic Orange Bulldog pumpkin from a patch — phrase for the act of chucking a pumpkin, then launch it by trebuchet across a field — is Provence’s favorite part of Octoberfest.

Octoberfest is the perfect family-friendly He and his brother built the 20-foot-tall, trip, with horse rides, panning for gold, a 1,000-pound trebuchet themselves a few corn pool for kids to wade in, hiking trails years ago, and it has held up well, he said. and pumpkin painting.

“The trebuchet should throw a 10-pound Because the farm hires the same team pumpkin about 100 yards,” Provence said, of horses every year from Hannatown “both up and out.”

Stables, children have Every hour or so, he been able to ride a favorite launches pumpkins chohorse on repeat visits.

Octoberfest sen by guests into the Each year Provence deSpringhill Farm sky above an empty signs and lays out the crop field. Pumpkins often exmaze using a grid system, When: Saturdays and plode when they hit the then cuts the grid once Sundays in October ground. the crop starts to come up.

Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

“It’s a wide-open place, Viewed from the air, last Sunday, noon–6 p.m. lots of things for kids to year’s maze was a series of Where: do, and they like to run 3-D cubes. In the past he 795 Woodhull Road Bainbridge, Georgia around,” Provence said. has also cut paths in the “Mostly it’s young famishape of a big pumpkin Tickets: lies who come,” he continor a big Christmas tree, $8 for adults, $10 for children, free 3 and younger; ued. “Sometime between a nod to the farm’s other most activities included ages 2 and 3, kids realbusiness, selling ChristWeb: ize they’re at a pumpkin mas trees.

More details at patch — they wake up to Provence has learned a facebook.com/springhilltreefarm it.” Provence also hires thing or two in his years and springhilltreefarm.com. bounce houses for kids. planning the crop maze.

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A SIP OF WINE THAT PIQUES YOUR TASTE BUDS DELIGHTFULLY. Bites of fresh, local fare in fall abundance. The beauty of golden and blue hues from a WaterColor sunset. Awaken and enliven your senses as you broaden your palate at the 2018 Harvest Wine & Food Festival, Oct. 25-27.

“It’s an abundance of sensory experiences revolving around wine, food and a picture-perfect environment — all benefitting our community,” said John Russell, president of the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF).

The second annual event is presented by the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation, which supports 15 local children’s charities that assist in a variety of areas — including homelessness, mental health, medical care, education and more. DCWAF is ranked as the third in the nation for top charity wine auctions by Wine Spectator Magazine.

The festival begins on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6-9 p.m. with three Celebrity Winemaker Dinners — VGS Chateau Potelle with Jean-

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Noel Fourmeaux and Matthew Regan at Seagar’s Prime Steaks and Seafood, Robert Craig Winery with Rachel Miller and Elton Slone at Vin-tij Wine Boutique and Bistro and a third to be announced.

On Friday, Oct. 26, the Al Fresco Reserve Tasting from 6-8 p.m. will serve a selection of rare vintages not easily accessible to most consumers and pair them with delicious hors d’oeuvres and live music.

The Grand Tasting, held from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27 is the festival’s main event and brings the abundance of harvest season to the beach.

Attendees will have the opportunity to experience over 400 wines and pair them with the best in Gulf Coast fare presented by celebrity chefs from across the southeast - all while enjoying the beautiful beach town of WaterColor.

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There will be a silent auction of rare wines, vacation and experience packages, with all profits benefiting Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation.

Throughout the weekend, wines will be on sale that aren’t always readily available within the market or are only offered at the wineries. This creates the perfect opportunity to discover new wines and add them to your collection.

For its second year, the festival aims to exceed and expand by increasing its space at the beautiful WaterColor venue, offering even more high quality wines, broadening the selection of food options and raising the bar for charity funds.

“Harvest season equates to an abundance of food and wine — but also an abundance of giving,” said Russell. “The first year was incredible and truly showed the support this

One of the three winery headliners is vintner and celebrity winemaker Jean-Noel Fourmeaux, owner of VGS Chateau Potelle, who will be headlining a winemaker dinner at Seagar’s, pouring at the Al Fresco Reserve Tasting and pouring at the VIP tent at the Grand Tasting. Fourmeaux is a third generation winemaker originally from Bordeaux, France, who opened his boutique winery in St. Helena, California, in 2007.

He prides himself in creating wines that honor the prestige and beauty of French wines paired with the freedom and creativity of American wines. This combination has proven popular among consumers. At the 2018 Napa Valley Auction, the Fourmeaux 2016 Red Blend set a record for the highest barrel price at $114,300. Visit vgschateaupotelle. com for more info.

community has. We connect wine enthusiasts from all over in order to raise money for children in need. We want people to have a great time and come back every year, all while falling in love with this organization and the work we are doing.”

To purchase tickets, view the schedule and learn more about the festival, be sure to visit HarvestWineAndFood.com.

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Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation’s (DCWAF) mission is to connect wine enthusiasts with events to raise money to benefit children in need in Northwest Florida. Founded in 2005, DCWAF has donated more than $15 million to Northwest Florida. Those dollars have impacted the lives of over 90,000 youth, including those afflicted by health issues and abuse.

Learn more at DCWAF.org or facebook.com/DCWAF.

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t’s no secret that Northwest Florida boasts some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

We are home to soft, sugary sand and iconic emerald water, luxurious resorts, idyllic, secluded parks, world-class shopping and Gulf-fresh seafood on demand. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of 12 must-visit beaches spanning the Panhandle, each presenting unique qualities and abundant allure that will have you packing your beach bag.

Panama City Beach

Panama City Beach, lovingly known as PCB, is a hot spot for spring breakers and family vacationers alike because of the abundance of activities, parks and restaurants along the 27 miles and 100 public beach access points that compose the area. Golf, shop, bar hop, dine, hike, bike and sunbathe through the city. For those in tune with Mother Nature, PCB has two stunning state parks. St. Andrews State Park is unique in that it’s surrounded by three bodies of water, the Gulf of Mexico, St. Andrews Pass and Grand Lagoon. Fish from the pier, snorkel in a jetty, paddle in a canoe or camp for a night or two. Camp Helen State Park is the epitome of Northwest Florida nature — 185 acres of oaks, a freshwater dune lake and, of course, beaches. Shipwreck Island Water Park and Gulf World Marine Park are two family-friendly favorites. Panama City Beach is the ideal beach for those who enjoy an active vacation centered around plenty to do.

St. George Island is a 22-mile serene and secluded barrier island. If you desire unobstructed coastline views, plentiful beach parking and coastal wilderness, St. George is your personal paradise. Charming cottages and spacious beach homes are available through vacation rental services — providing plenty of room for the whole family. That includes the dog since St. George is one of the few pet-friendly beaches in the region. The translucent waters are ideal for snorkeling, swimming, fishing and kayaking. At the scenic, undeveloped eastern end of the island is St. George Island State Park, an oasis of lush forestry surrounding white sand dunes gently kissed by lapping waves. The park consists of forest hiking trails, boardwalks and observation platforms providing glances at wildlife, flora and the bay marshes. The Cape St. George Lighthouse is another great vantage point. You can’t leave the island without supping on briny and sweet Apalachicola oysters.

The rebuilt Cape St. George Lighthouse was opened in 2008 after the old one collapsed into the sea in 2005.

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(Above) The sun sets over Western Lake on 30A in Grayton Beach. (Right) HarborWalk Village in Destin is home to restaurants, stores, watercraft rentals and more.

Destin earned the moniker of “World’s Luckiest Fishing Village” for world-class fishing opportunities throughout its emerald waters.

Fish from shores and piers or rent a boat, charter a trip or schedule a deep sea excursion — it’s guaranteed you won’t leave empty-handed. The beaches are lined with world-class luxury resorts and rentals that vacationers near and far reserve months in advance. Destin attracts people yearround for a plethora of notable, signature events.

While the beaches are the main attraction, highly acclaimed shopping, dining and golfing lure many. Shop ’til you drop at Destin Commons, HarborWalk Village, Silver Sands Premium Outlets, The Village of Baytowne Wharf and more. There is no lack of restaurants that serve up seafood and sunset views ranging from low-key lunch spots to indulgent fine dining. Trade the white of the sand for the green of a golf course at Kelly Plantation, Emerald Bay Golf Club or Sandestin. With countless options via sand and sea, it’s easy to see why Destin is one of the first Northwest Florida beaches that comes to mind.

Grayton Beach

Grayton Beach is for the hip beachgoer. This funky, eccentric little beach town resides inside of Grayton Beach State Park. The park spans nearly 2,000 acres of unspoiled land. A hidden gem is the brackish Western Lake, which connects to the ocean providing fresh and saltwater fishing. Both also cater to swimming, kayaking and canoeing. A simple stroll through Grayton Beach is pleasing as it’s full of historic charm, being over 100 years old.

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Locals and frequent visitors will tell you to go to The Red Bar — you should listen. Grayton Beach is the juxtaposition of white picket fences and trendy artwork, magnolias and beach grass, salt water and fresh water, historic and modern.

Cape San Blas

Cape San Blas, located near Port St. Joe, is a 17-mile peninsula dipping into the St. Joseph Bay. The beaches are typically uncrowded and are welcoming to pets. St. Joseph Peninsula State Park is a popular spot for its 119 campsites, wilderness preserve, beachside camping, snorkeling, kayaking, hiking, horseback riding, birding, scalloping and fishing. The Cape San Blas lighthouse was moved a short distance away to Port St. Joe but can be seen from Cape San Blas. The short drive to it greets you with 131 stairs and a rewarding view. The fresh, Florida seafood is in abundance at a variety of local restaurants.

Cape San Blas encompasses the natural aspects that make Northwest Florida so unique.

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Perdido Key

Perdido Key is a 247-acre barrier island located near Pensacola, making it the city’s quieter, more laidback cousin. It’s a beach town for those seeking tranquility and solitude, with the option of nearby amenities. Visitors tend to brag on how clean and well-kept the area is, making it easy to simply let loose. Perdido Key State Park is located about 30 minutes south of Pensacola and is a retreat and reprieve. The scenic dunes host a variety of wildlife, including the endangered Perdido Key beach mouse, seabirds and nesting sea turtles. Shell selectors will delight in the gems that dust the sand. In Spanish, the word “perdido” translates to “lost.” Rent a beach house, grab a good book, take to the sand and get lost for a bit.

Navarre Beach

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entertainment abound. Fort Walton Beach is widely known as the home of Eglin Air Force Base, which welcomes visitors to the Air Force Armament Museum composed of a collection of over 15,000 aviation artifacts. Just a few minutes from downtown is the Emerald Coast Science Center and the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park.

Seaside

Pensacola Beach

Seaside is a way of life with a distinct style and flair. The town of Seaside is acclaimed worldwide for its iconic architecture. With peaking roofs, pastels and picket fences — the style has many influences yet is completely its own. You may even recognize parts of it from the popular movie “The Truman Show.”

The thriving town center features 12 delicious eateries and 41 shops and galleries that are easily accessible from the 300 surrounding rental homes. Bud & Alley’s, Amavida Coffee and Tea and Great Southern Café are popular spots to grab a bite or a pick-me-up before hitting the sea and the sand. Seaside is a oneof-a-kind community that stands firmly to its motto of creating a “simple, beautiful life.”

Pensacola has proven itself as a happening place to be. The American Planning Association recently named its main artery, Palafox Street, as one of the “10 Great Streets in America.”

The pulsing and vibrant downtown scene offers up restaurants, boutiques and nightlife.

Speaking of nightlife, stop by the iconic Florabama for live music and their famous Bushwacker drink. During a sunset stroll on the beach, take notice of the sand, which has a slight iridescence and makes a faint braking noise. There is quartz in the sand from the Appalachian Mountains, causing both effects.

Eighteen miles of Gulf seafood, beautiful beaches and a lively, downtown center are the essence of Pensacola.

Fort Walton Beach

Fort Walton Beach features the glittering glint of emerald green that’s hard to pull your eyes away from. But if you do leave the beach, you’ll find museums, shops, restaurants and

The Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park in Fort Walton Beach features an array of sea life and offers multiple animal encounters and a chance to swim with dolphins.

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Mexico Beach

Just 20 minutes away from energetic Panama City Beach is a well-kept secret: Mexico Beach. The five miles of beach are lined with cute cottages and delightful vacation homes accompanied by plenty of parking and beach access spots for day visitors.

The city constructed beach walkovers that span the length of Highway 98, creating convenient and direct beach access. Take a dip in the bathtubwarm waters and enjoy life at a slower pace.

Santa Rosa Beach

Santa Rosa Beach has been recognized and applauded in many ways — recently and impressively named one of the “Best Beaches on Earth” by Travel + Leisure magazine. Roughly 26 miles of turquoise waters and coastal charm welcome visitors from all over the world. The community of South Walton County possesses creative culinary options and an emphasis on art. Point Washington State Forest is a 15,000-acre preserve frequented for hunting, hiking and biking. You will delight in the many local restaurant options in the immediate area.

Vacation in splendor at one of America’s favorite hot spots.

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its naturalistic way, winning best beach year after year. Sunbathe, picnic, swim, bike and hike the nature trails and simply enjoy the pristine sand. They claim relaxation is the main attraction, and they aren’t wrong. For animal and sea-life lovers, the Gulf Breeze Zoo and Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center are nearby.

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Florida’s second oldest lighthouse stands on the shores of Apalachee Bay. The historic St. Marks Lighthouse is situated in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and welcomes visitors year-round.

Commune with Nature

Gulf Specimen Aquarium boasts the largest array of touch tanks in the continental U.S. Get up close and personal with marine life at this family-friendly, nonprofit aquarium.

Grab a Camera Just a short drive from Tallahassee, Wakulla County is the perfect escape. Explore the natural wonders of Florida.

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Immerse yourself in the cool waters of Wakulla Springs. Dive off the 22-foot observation deck or take a river cruise. Home to alligators, manatees and over 180 species of birds, you’ll discover our wilder side.

There’s a reason Wakulla County is known as a “Sportsman’s Paradise,” and there are no shortage of picturesque locations to take advantage of the wealth of freshwater and saltwater fishing opportunities.

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Keith Urban enthralled fans at the third annual Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, held at Frank Brown Park.

Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam AUG. 31–SEPT. 2

The sixth annual Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam brings the best of country music to Panama City Beach on Labor Day weekend for sun, fun and concerts.

Wade in the water and dance in the sand while you enjoy live performances by country music stars Florida Georgia Line, Eric Church, Thomas Rhett and others. Frank Brown Park, Panama City Beach. GulfCoastJam.com

Gulf Coast Summer Fest Jazz Edition SEPT. 1

Sandestin Triathlon SEPT. 8

Athletes test their determination and skill with a half-mile Gulf of Mexico swim, 20-mile bike ride along the coast and 4-mile run through beachside Sandestin. SandestinTriathlon.com

Emerald Coast Home & Boat Show SEPT. 15-16

Browse more than 120 home-vendor booths and 40 boat vendors. The show also features over $20,000 in door prizes and free giveaway items.

The $5 entry fee benefits One Hopeful Place. Held at the Emerald Coast Convention Center, Fort Walton Beach. EmeraldCoastHomeShow.com

Taste of the Beach SEPT. 7 AND 15

One of Pensacola’s largest food events of the year, Taste of the Beach serves up cooking

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competitions, a team cook-off, tastings, concerts and kid-friendly activities. Friday features a VIP dinner, and Saturday is the day for the main event, the food festival. Held at Casino Beach, Pensacola.

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Pensacola Seafood Festival SEPT. 28-30

Seafood lovers will rejoice as Pensacola dishes up Gulf seafood prepared by some of its best restaurants and vendors. The stars of this three-day festival include platters of fresh-caught fish, shrimp, scallops, crab, grouper, alligator, lobster rolls, crawfish mac ’n’ cheese, grits a yaya, seafood skewers, jambalaya, coconut shrimp, paella, conch fritters and more. Also, watch chef demonstrations, peruse arts and crafts and entertain the kids.

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ECTC Theatre presents ‘The Spitfire Grill’ SEPT. 20-Oct. 7 Emerald Coast Theatre presents a professional production: “The Spitfire Grill.” All professional mainstage productions schedules are Thursday–Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. All ECTC productions will be staged at 560 Grand Boulevard in Sandestin.

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Boney James, four-time Grammy Award nominee, and others headline the third annual Gulf Coast Summer Fest Jazz Edition at Pensacola’s Maritime Park. Bring your beach chairs, umbrellas and coolers to enjoy a variety of live jazz performances on a beautiful stage on Pensacola Bay. Community Maritime Park, Pensacola.

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Destin Fishing Rodeo

SEPT. 29 Presented by Bay Breeze Patio and taking place at Seascape Resort, the fifth annual Eggs on the Beach, encourages cooks and attendees to enjoy a day of grilled food during the grilling/smoking competition using the Big Green Egg. All profits will go to local nonprofits Food for Thought and Fisher House of the Emerald Coast.

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Peat and Pearls OCT. 4-7

Celebrate the history of Pensacola and top off your Foo Foo Festival experience with an iconic duo — oysters and scotch. Attendees can enjoy Scotch tastings from William Grant & Sons, cocktails by Old Hickory Whiskey Bar, live music, chef demos, a cigar garden, designer pearls and a variety of oysters prepared by some of the South’s best chefs.

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Pirates of the High Seas Fest OCT. 5-7

Argh, matey! Columbus Day weekend, pirates will invade Panama City Beach for a weekend of activities, including a main parade, a kids parade, scavenger hunts, a water battle, a pirate invasion, live music, food vendors, fireworks and more.

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Best of the Emerald Coast OCT. 20

Celebrate and honor the best of the best in businesses at the 19th annual Best of the Emerald Coast event. Food

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Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally OCT. 24-28

Rev your engines for what’s known as “The Most Biker Friendly Free Rally in the United States.” The rally is held twice a year in May and October and invites bikers from around the country to enjoy beautiful rides along the Emerald Coast. Entertainment and a variety of local cuisines will be on site.

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Emerald Coast Cruizin’ NOV. 7-10

Car enthusiasts descend on this event, which is all about classic, stylish cars.

View thousands of hot rods, muscle cars, trucks and classics. The schedule of events includes cruise-ins, car vendors, concerts, parades and food.

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Junior League of Panama City Beach Holly Fair NOV. 15-18

Deck your halls with boughs of holly and other home goods thanks to Holly Fair, presented by the Junior League of Panama City Beach. This holiday tradition helps to fund the Junior League’s many community projects. Over 90 vendors will be selling apparel, jewelry, crafts and more.

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Beach Home for the Holidays NOV. 23-24

Begin the holidays right, Thanksgiving weekend, at Home for the Holidays with a lineup of winter activities including carol-themed concerts, s’mores, lighting the Christmas tree, an appearance

by Santa and activities for the kids.

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Panama City Beach Marathon DEC. 1

Run through paradise. Regardless of whether you choose the marathon, half marathon, 5K or kid’s fun run, the scenic Gulf of Mexico run will be worth it.

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The Destin Fishing Rodeo is a month-long event held each October. Nightly weigh-ins are held on the docks behind A.J.’s Seafood and Oyster Bar. Significant prizes are awarded at weigh-ins, and children are encouraged to participate. All events are free and open to the public. DestinFishingRodeo.org

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Celebrate 2019 at this family-friendly countdown that rings in the new year with fireworks and 10,000 beach balls being dropped over the crowd. Watch the famed beach ball descend to signify the start of the new year. Live music and vendors will be present throughout the night.

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NOV. 2-3 Sup on oysters and sip on spirits prepared by some of the Southeast’s best chefs — all while strolling the scenic Gulf Shores of Alabama. There will also be a shucking contest and cooking demonstrations, all in honor of the oyster!

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2019 EVENTS Sandestin Gumbo Festival FEB. 15-16

Restaurants and businesses along the Gulf Coast will vie for the title of “Area’s Best” as they create and serve their own brands of a classic Creole dish: gumbo! This promises to be a weekend filled with food, live music, family activities and much more.

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30A Wine Festival FEB. 21-24

The eighth annual 30A Wine Festival is a highly acclaimed event expressing the art of the vintner’s craft and culinary creativity.

Events include tastings, wine dinners, seminars, a croquet tournament, bourbon tastings and more. This year, the Wine Festival will be supporting the Children’s Volunteer Health Network, a nonprofit dedicated to providing access to health services for children in Walton and Okaloosa counties. 30aWineFestival.com

Panama City Beach Mardi Gras & Music Festival MARCH 1-2

4th Annual Market Shops Bloody Mary Festival OCT. 6 This always anticipated event will feature bloody marys from the area’s best restaurants. Enjoy three hours of unlimited tastes of up to 25 of the Emerald Coast’s most creative bloody marys. Guests will also enjoy local food options, a commemorative cup, a mimosa bar, live music, special shopping options from the merchants of The Market Shops, and a chance to vote for the People’s Choice Award for the Best Bloody Mary in South Walton.

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A taste of New Orleans on the beach. This family-friendly Mardi Gras celebration takes place in Pier Park and includes parades, float tours, a street fair, kids zones, live music and, of course, plenty of beads.

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Raise a glass to a weekend of fine wine, craft beer and quality spirits paired with culinary creations from some of Northwest Florida’s best chefs. The event takes place at beautiful Aaron Bessant Park. Be sure to bring your lawn chair or blanket to listen to live music while sipping and swilling.

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33rd Annual Sandestin Wine Festival APRIL 11-14

One of the regions most popular events allows guests to sip and swirl hundreds of wines over the course of four days. Wine and dine through special wine dinners,

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Seabreeze Jazz Festival APRIL 24-28

Recognized as a “Top 10 Jazz Festival in the USA” by JazzIZ magazine, the Seabreeze Jazz Festival features an impressive roster of smooth jazz artists for a weekend of music appreciation, good times, fun vendors and great beaches. Thousands will listen to smooth and soulful sounds during this performance-packed weekend.

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South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival APRIL 25-28

A dazzling roster of dozens of celebrity winemakers, distillers, chefs, brewmasters and entertainers converge in South Walton to wine, dine, educate and entertain guests as part of this four-day celebration. Throughout the Town Center of Grand Boulevard, attendees will enjoy attractions such as spirits row, champagne lane tastings, savor South Walton culinary village, nosh pavilions, tasting seminars, craft beer, live entertainment and samplings of more than 800 wines.

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Jeep Beach Jam MAY 14-19

Jeep enthusiasts delight in a six-day event about all things Jeep. Thousands travel to Frank Brown Park for this event, which includes obstacle courses, a jeep parade, live music, vendors, bonfires, kid activities and more. JeepBeachJam.com

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“ENTER AS STRANGERS. LEAVE AS FRIENDS,” reads the sign over the retail market case inside Eastpoint’s Lynn’s Quality Oysters.

That saying is as sturdy as the seafood industry along Florida’s Forgotten Coast.

Lynn’s is the oldest, licensed packing house in Florida, and its legacy has been passed down through generations of hard workers. Today, it also offers a full-service raw bar, beer and wine selection and bayside family-style dining.

If you get to Lynn’s early, you’ll find her crew of shuckers and servers already cleaning fish on the back deck. If you stay late, owner Lynn Martina and husband Greg likely will join you at the counter. Since 1997, Lynn’s has been an annual stop alongside Highway 98 for visitors seeking to fill up on the saltiest oysters on the half-shell and topped with jalapeños, tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.

Its best-selling fish dip and a bowl of Granny’s gumbo are also favorites, along with its shrimptopped Florida lobster. Whatever you’re eating, don’t forget the homemade key lime pie, hot sauces and seasonings to fry up your own feast of Franklin County specialties!

FRANKLIN COUNTY Full Moon Climb - Harvest Moon September 24, 7:30–9 p.m.

Cape St. George Light Museum, St. George Island Forgotten Coast Paddle Jam October 5–7 Apalachicola and St. George Island Pink Out! October 19, 6–9 p.m.

Paddy’s Raw Bar, St. George Island Lantern Fest October 20, 6–10 p.m.

Crooked River Lighthouse, Carrabelle Full Moon Climb - Hunter’s Moon October 24, 6:30–8 p.m.

Cape St. George Light Museum, St. George Island Autos & Oysters Car Show October 27, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Water Street, Apalachicola Apalachicola Downtown Oyster Roast November 2, 6–9 p.m.

Apalachicola Riverfront Park 55th Florida Seafood Festival November 2–3 Battery Park, Apalachicola GULF COUNTY PortOber Fest September 22, Noon–7 p.m.

Reid Avenue, Port St. Joe Scallop & Music Festival October 5–6 , Port St. Joe

55TH FLORIDA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL NOV. 2-3

Blast on the Bay Songwriter’s Festival October 18–21, Noon Port St. Joe, Mexico Beach, Indian Pass, Cape San Blas Ghosts on the Coast October 31, 6 p.m.

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THE 55TH FLORIDA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL is the oldest maritime celebration in Florida.

This two-day event annually draws thousands of visitors to historic Franklin County. Musical entertainment this year will be headlined by country music stars Maddie & Tae. There are also carnival rides, a Ferris wheel and games for all ages under the bright lights of Battery Park at the mouth of the Apalachicola River.

Other festival events include: arts and crafts exhibits from community artisans, oyster eating and oyster shucking contests, the 5K Redfish Run, the Blessing of the Fleet and more.

Forgotten Music Festival November 2–3 El Governor Motel, Mexico Beach WAKULLA COUNTY Wakulla County Coastal Cleanup September 15, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.

Woolley Park, Panacea Fall Wildflower Walk September 29, 9 a.m.–noon St. Marks Wildlife Refuge St. Marks Stone Crab Festival October 27, 9 a.m.–6 p.m., St. Marks

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DOC MYERS’ PUB & SPORTS BAR

Come out to Doc Myers’ tiki bar in paradise! Hang out with people of all ages to watch your favorite sports team, play trivia or try your hand at cornhole in the yard. Nightly music, happy hours and a wide range of food and beverages in beautiful beach surroundings. Open seven days a week. Oyster happy hour Mon.–Fri. from 3–4 p.m.

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A distinctive upscale atmosphere for the 21+ crowd with quiet dining. Offering extensive martini and wine lists, signature cocktails and expanded menu of lunch and dinner plates. Come in to experience Chef Richard’s creative combinations of ingredients and excellent table side service. Open Tuesday–Saturday.

(850) 653-4888, upthestairs.me 76 Market St., Suite F, Apalachicola

Serving Tallahassee residents who are buying or selling a second home or investment property on the Forgotten Coast.

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A unique experience to get up close with sharks, sea turtles, starfish, octopus and other sea life from the Gulf of Mexico. One of the largest touch tanks exhibits in the U.S. Open Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sat.–Sun. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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INDIAN PASS GENERAL STORE

There’s a pristine spot reserved for your next RV adventure at the edges of Indian Lagoon! An old-timey general store on-site sells local merchandise and stocks a supply of grocery items and spirits. Visit us online to reserve. Located across from worldfamous Indian Pass Raw Bar! (850) 229-8600, watersedgervpark.net 8300 County Road 30A, Port St. Joe

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Enter as strangers, leave as friends at this familyowned and operated raw bar and local seafood market. Dine in or on the back deck. Open seven days. Bar is closed Sunday, but you can still buy fresh catch!

(850) 670-8796, lynnsqualityoysters.com 402 Highway 98, Eastpoint

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Make this family-owned sports bar featuring mini golf your first stop for fun!

With good food, grog, plus a game room, there’s something for everyone! Crab legs and oysters on the half shell served nightly and live entertainment by its house band on Fridays. Open seven days. Mini golf discount with any meal.

(850) 670-1090, redpirategrill.com 236 Highway 98, Eastpoint

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Its house-made infusions using fruit are showcased in its signature cocktails and seasonal sauces. Every day is Taco Tuesday, and desserts change daily!

Open Tuesday–Saturday 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Sunday 12–8 p.m.

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OYSTER CITY BREWING CO.

Sample award winning local beers on the most social street corner in town! Enjoy hand crafted beers from twelve taps of brewery staples and rotating seasonals. Sit in the open air and enjoys the sights and sounds of lovely Apalachciola, or sip your beers on the brewery floor and watch our fine folks create the only local beer on the forgotten coast.

Growlers and Crowlers available to go. Open seven days, starting at noon.

(850) 653-2739, oystercitybrewingco.com 17 Ave D, Apalachicola

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t a recent party, the center of action was the kitchen island. An assortment of cheeses, prosciutto rolls, salami, spreads, red grapes, coconut shrimp with mustard dip, giant green olives stuffed with blue cheese, and crackers displayed on platters and an aluminum ice tub filled with bottled and canned drinks lent a lively atmosphere for conversation and a surface for tiny plates, forks, napkins and glasses.

Because the island is usually at the center of kitchens, it serves as a focal point not only for entertaining but for homework, bill paying, food preparation, storage and eating. It may serve as the drop zone for backpacks, handbags and briefcases. Islands provide versatile counter space and maybe a small sink for drinks and clean-up separate from the main kitchen sink.

There may be shelves for easy access to cookbooks and dishes.

If there are bar stools or raised chairs, it can serve as a coffee bar for light breakfasts and lunches. Picture kids doing homework or coloring, parents sorting mail or wrapping gifts or other activities. At my house, I have a friend who perches on a black bar stool every holiday and declares it her chair — from there, she watches all the action. She says if I ever get rid of that chair I’ll be in trouble. People think of their islands as friendly, dependable, functional places.

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call them something unprintable but let’s say big-as-can-be islands. Too big can be a problem if it overwhelms the space and makes getting around the kitchen to the refrigerator and sink difficult. In remodeling, some homeowners have cut down the size and rearranged the space to better suit their needs. The National Kitchen and Bath Association recommends at least 36 inches on each side of the island for comfortable movement A waterfall style kitchen island with a top-ofthe-line, commercial-grade stove was featured in the $949,000 ultra-modern home by GBGH Construction located at 719 Middlebrooks Circle in the last Parade of Homes. Stephanie Eldridge of Keller Williams says, “The waterfall style means the countertop material goes down the side.” In this home, the large island opens directly on the dining and living area, so a complementary finish is important.

Height options are table, bar or counter height. Regarding seating, think about adjacent spaces. If you have a dining room right there or a sit-down kitchen table, chairs at the island aren’t so necessary. Think about how your family likes to eat and move around the kitchen.

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About storage and design, islands can have a microwave oven at one end and spaces all around for drawers and small appliances like KitchenAid mixers. They can be subdued and blend in with the rest of the kitchen or make a bold statement with a different color such as red, dark blue, gray or made of dark wood as

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As you stroll through all the leather sofas, chairs, sectionals and more, you’ll notice rich brown tones. But then, you pass by the most beautiful, unexpected shades of blue, green and gray. And, of course the next thing you do is sit down and get lost in the comfort and luxurious feel. That’s the great thing about leather – you don’t have to sacrifice comfort and quality for style. And, at Turner’s Fine Furniture, you’ll find the perfect blend of all three. Don’t see the color you’re looking for on their showroom floor? No problem! Many of their leather pieces can be customized. Check out all of the colored leather options at Turner’s and create something that is truly unique to your home.

Whether you’re looking for just the right shade of brown or want to go a little bolder, Turner’s design experts will help you achieve the ultimate leather look. And the best part — Turner’s design service is free! It doesn’t matter if your style is traditional or if you want to go a little outside the box.

Adding leather elements to your room creates texture and makes a beautiful statement.

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LEATHER DESIGN TIP #1: A room doesn’t have to be made up entirely of leather furniture. Have fun and mix it up! Keep in mind that leather always pairs well with upholstery. Love this look? Turner’s Fine Furniture can help you create a pairing that’s just right for your space.

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LOOKING FOR SOME COLOR? SCORE WITH MUMS.

By AUDREY POST, MS. GROW-IT-ALL®

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hrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum morifolium) make it easy to punch up the color in your fall landscape. Generally known as mums, these easy perennials are available in garden centers this time of year in an array of colors and varying sizes.

Some mums have a single flower form that resembles a daisy. Others have a more “pompon” or rounded look. Make sure you select “garden mums,” which tolerate cold better than “florist mums.” Choose a healthy plant that’s full of buds.

Although they prefer full sun, mums will perform quite nicely with partial-day sun. Plant in a well-drained site, apply slow-release fertilizer and water well. Mums are especially striking if planted en masse.

Or, plant mums in attractive containers to brighten a shady spot. If you have two pots, you can rotate them between shady and sunny sites for optimum health and appearance.

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In early- to mid-summer, pinch back the growing tips regularly to promote full, rounded growth. If the wet summer we’ve had produced a growth spurt for your mums that left you with leggy plants, don’t despair. Shear your mums into the rounded shape you want; these are tough plants, and they’ll rebound.

Removing spent blooms, also known as “dead-heading,” will encourage reblooming. Since prime mum blooming season coincides with college football season, gardeners’ team loyalties are often evident in their choices of mum colors. (True confession: Ms. Grow-ItAll has a fondness for gold and deep burgundy mums – close enough to garnet to work.)

Once a frost or freeze has knocked your mums back, don’t prune them, which sends a signal to start growing again. Instead, pick off the dead stems and flowers and mulch the crown of the plant well.

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Dragonflies

Science Nation calls dragonflies “the flying aces of the insect world.” Maybe it’s their huge, multifaceted eyes that give them almost 360-degree vision. Or maybe it’s the two pairs Dragonfly of transparent wings that evoke memories of old bi-planes. Whatever the reason, these strong and agile fliers date to prehistoric times.

Adonata Anisoptera often have patches of color and are sometimes mistaken for their cousin damselflies (Zygoptera), which look similar but are smaller. Dragonflies move in a swift, agile manner; damselflies have a weaker, more fluttery style.

Dragonflies live most of their lives under water. Nymphs or “naiads” may remain in this larval state for several years. Their time as adult fliers can be as short as a few weeks or as long as a year, but they make the most it, catching mosquitoes in flight and devouring them. A single dragonfly can eat hundreds of mosquitoes per day.

They return to the water to lay their eggs, but shrinking habitats have cut their numbers. To attract dragonflies to your garden, add a small pond or water feature with a section of smooth water, vertical plant stems and sunlight at least part of the day.

Your Monthly Garden Chores SEPTEMBER

➸ Once the weather begins

to cool, plant seeds for fall vegetables such as beets, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, greens and turnips.

➸ Start cool-weather herbs

from seed on a covered porch, to protect them from the late-summer sun. You’ll need to plant them in full sun eventually.

➸ Prune shrubby

perennials that are looking puny and add new perennials to continue the bloom through fall, including plumbago, firebush and pineapple sage.

OCTOBER

➸ Buy spring-flowering bulbs that

require chill time and get them into a refrigerator. Tulips and hyacinths are treated like annuals in our area because they won’t come back, but they still need to chill for six to eight weeks before planting.

➸ Continue planting

seeds for fall vegetables weekly, to ensure a long crop season.

➸ Root-prune any small trees or

shrubs you plan to move in spring.

Using a spade, cut down about a foot all the way around the tree or shrub, forming a circle 2 or 3 feet out from the plant. This will encourage new root growth over the winter, which will help it settle in faster when moved.

© 2018 Postscript Publishing, LLC, all rights reserved. Audrey Post is a certified Advanced Master Gardener volunteer with the University of Florida IFAS Extension in Leon County. Email her at Questions@MsGrowItAll.com or visit her website at MsGrowItAll.com. Ms. Grow-It-All® is a registered trademark of Postscript Publishing.

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Upper East is a new subdivision on Lake Hall Road in NE Tallahassee, designed to create opportunities for homeowners to engage in the surrounding community and upgrade to a modern lifestyle. The homes boast a minimalist design with clean lines and abundant natural lighting, and residents can enjoy nature trails on the adjacent 7.5 acres of reserved conservation land.

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by ELIZABETH B. GOLDSMITH

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or John Penn, the lawn maintenance supervisor at Esposito’s, outdoor accent lighting falls into three categories …

▪ Lights trained on oak trees, showing off their branches.

▪ Lights along sidewalks and pathways.

▪ Downlighting or moonlighting, an effect achieved when a light mounted on a tree shines down onto trees such as Japanese maples.

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▪ A designer who does lighting installation exclusively.

▪ A landscape company that installs lights.

▪ An irrigation expert who also does light installation.

Whoever you hire should have a look at your property at night and get a sense of views from the house and from the street or sidewalk.

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Penn recommends LED lights for energy efficiency and warm lights to create the moonlight effect. He says Vista Pro is the Cadillac of outside lights; Esposito’s uses their products and other brands. TallahasLighting serves to illuminate see Lighting Fan & Blind on pathways, Capital Circle is another source promote for exterior floodlights and exsafety and highlight the pert advice. most spotlightSpotlight landscaping can be worthy features year-round or seasonal. “Evof home landscapes. ergreens are striking with blue lights that embolden the green,” said Jeff Dross, corporate director of education and industry trends at Kichler Lighting. He has 44 years of experience in the lighting business. His neighbors call him ”the guy with the lights” because of the beams he trains on his historic house.

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Color is important, Dross said. If a house is brick or stucco, warm lights will look best; white is too clinical.

The house color, setting, and type of landscaping all play a part in the best design. You want to highlight desirable features of your property, not your neighbor’s garage.

If you sit in your living room at the back of your house and it overlooks three acres of woods, you may have the ideal setting for spotlights, Dross said.

Shorter, fuller palms or large oak trees will need a wide beam. Tall palms are usually illuminated from underneath the canopy with a narrow beam that grazes the trunk. Cross-lighting from the sides provides dimensionality and depth. Multiple lights on one fixture can provide illumination from several directions.

Safety is a consideration, too. You don’t want to trip over the light fixtures or place them where the lawn mower may damage them.

Make sure paths and deck stairs are well-lit. Most path or spread lights are 18 to 24 inches tall and best located at intersections of pathways and at the top and base of stairs.

Lowe’s has low-voltage LED lights of varying sizes to illuminate small narrow trees. Colors run from warm white to bright light to daylight for not only trees and paths but also for gardens and patio spaces.

Power packs and cables are sold separately. Some installations are best handled by the pros, given the ladders, equipment, electrical wires, parts, cables and know-how required.

Affordable, solar-powered lights without wires or electrical outlets work for small, on-the-ground projects. For whimsy, see the handblown glass mushrooms available at home supply stores.

Spotlight projects involve imagination, fun and love of nature. Create a fairy garden with lights on the ground and lights twinkling in the trees, or go for a bolder look. TM

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This outstanding contemporary home is built for first-class Tallahassee entertaining, featuring a grand family room that offers two walls of sliding glass doors which open to the large covered lanai with outdoor bar, heated pool, infinity spa and an unbelievable view of the lake. A beautifully manicured yard surrounds the home, while the lake area and other wooded areas are home to deer and birds — with lots of room for a playful and serene lifestyle. Located near end of Rosehill Drive East for low traffic in a gated community.

LIST PRICE: $1,499,000 ADDRESS: 303 Rosehill Drive SQUARE FOOTAGE: 5,292 BEDROOMS: 4 BATHROOMS: 4.5 YEAR BUILT: 2007 FEATURES: Polished travertine floors and wood floors in bedrooms; Wolf, Miele and Sub-Zero appliances; two fireplaces with one in master; bathrooms with vessel sinks and beautiful fixtures; living room; dining room; study/office; great room; utility room; great light fixtures; wet bar; chilled wine room; heated saltwater pool; infinity spa; tumbled stone decking; a third garage bay is heated/ cooled but not included in noted square footage

CONTACT INFORMATION: Deborah Thompson (850) 933-1349 deborah@deborahthompson.com

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APPEAL: This is a must-see home for buyers that love open and contemporary-styled homes.

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DEAL ESTATE JUST SOLD

Stunning Midtown Home Sells First Day on Market with Multiple Offers

by JAVIS OGDEN

Stunning home built by GBGH Construction in 2014. Home features 6 bed/3.5 bath with open floor plan with 9-foot pine floors, concrete countertops, a large island, high-end appliances and coffered ceiling. Also includes two gas fireplaces with custom built-ins and designer touches throughout.

Large master bedroom pairs with gorgeous master bath. Huge loft opens to second floor balcony.

Outdoor features include heated, 14-by-28 concrete pool, fire pit, outside entertainment area and a grassy area for play in the fenced backyard.

SOLD PRICE: $824,900 ADDRESS: 706 N. Forest Drive SQUARE FOOTAGE: 3,730 BEDROOMS: 6 BATHROOMS: 3.5 FEATURES: Midtown location, chef’s kitchen, open floor plan, rustic barn wood floors, heated pool and fire pit APPEAL: Modern farmhouse with trending details and finishes CONTACT INFORMATION: Sarah A. Eden, Broker, Eden & Company–A Real Estate Group (850) 933-9600 sarah@edenandcompany.com edenandcompany.com

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agenda APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR

and received a Cyber Security certification.

â–Ş Malcolm Kemp of Tallahassee was appointed deputy chief of Leon County EMS. His term begins April 27, 2020.

â–Ş Lori Magee Yeaton of Rowland Publishing Inc. has been promoted to Sales Manager, Eastern Division.

▪ Eric Grant was reappointed to the Tallahassee Community College District Board of Trustees. Grant’s new term ends May 31, 2021.

â–Ş James “Leeâ€? Marsh of Tallahassee was appointed to the Second Judicial Circuit Court.

Marsh serves as Chief Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General, and he previously served as Judge Advocate in the United States Navy. Marsh fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Charles A. Francis.

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â–Ş Matt King, Account Executive with Aegis Business Technologies, King was awarded an AdWords certification for completing the required coursework from Google. An AdWords certification allows individuals to demonstrate that Google recognizes them as experts in online advertising. â–Ş Bill Cummings, Senior Technology Consultant with Aegis Business Technologies, attended a Cyber Security Training course hosted by the University of West Florida and the Florida Department of State

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â–Ş Paula Allen of Capital City Bank has received the Allen officer title of Assistant Vice President.

Florida Dental Association â–Ş The Tallahassee-based Florida Dental Association recently was recognized with five membership-growth awards from the American Dental Association.

NEW & NOTABLE ▪ Lloyd Jones Capital, a private equity real estate firm, has purchased the Westcott Apartments at 3909 Reserve Drive, Tallahassee. The multifamily residence has been renovated. ▪ First Florida Credit Union opened its sixth branch in the Tallahassee area, at 3339 Beech Ridge Court, near Bannerman Crossings. The branch became the credit union’s 14th location.

HAPPENINGS ▪ Carrie Litherland, a mother, mental Litherland health advocate and Tallahassee native, filed to run for Mayor of Tallahassee. ▪ The Tallahassee City Commission voted to buy a south-side strip mall for a public safety campus that will house the police department’s new headquarters.

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▪ Jacquelyn L. Newman was appointed Judge of Compensation Claims for the Tallahassee District. Newman is an attorney with Pennington P.A. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and her law degree from Florida State University.

Newman fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge John J. Lazzara in the Tallahassee District.

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DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF FLORIDA/AQUA MEDICAL SPA HARMONY CHURCH, PA-C

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ermatology Specialists of Florida provides comprehensive dermatological care — including cosmetic treatments, procedures, aesthetician services and products at our physician-supervised Aqua Medical Spa. Our medical spa combines medical expertise with the most upto-date cosmetic treatments to help reveal a patient’s most beautiful skin.

WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF SPECIALTY? I’m skilled in the delivery of cosmetic injectables, lasers and phototherapy, and I’m an experienced skin surgeon.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING IN YOUR FIELD? 14 years (seven in dermatology and seven in plastic surgery).

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN BUSINESS OR IN PRACTICE IN THE EMERALD COAST? Since I joined Dermatology Specialists of Florida in 2011.

WHAT’S YOUR BUSINESS AND EDUCATION BACKGROUND? I have a bachelor’s degree in physician assistant studies from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska.

AWARDS, HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS: Galderma Trainer in 2016 and 2017; 2017 Real Self Most Loved Injector Nominee HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS PROFESSION? I worked in plastic surgery for seven years. I loved it, especially the surgery aspect, but I was ready for a change. Dermatology is perfect for me because I am still able to see patients, do surgical procedures, as well as cosmetic procedures and treatments.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE’S PHILOSOPHY? At Dermatology Specialists of Florida, we’re committed to providing patients with the highest quality comprehensive care for their skin. Our providers combine education, experience and continual training with advanced, proven treatments and technology.

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We are committed to helping patients achieve and maintain their healthiest skin at all ages.

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WHAT IS THE “SECRET” OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS? We believe that no one should wait weeks to see a dermatologist. Skin cancer rates are rising. We know early diagnosis leads to early cure. That’s why we provide quick access to care with the ability to schedule patients within days, not months. We deliver accurate and timely biopsy results utilizing our in-house CAP accredited dermatopathology laboratory.

HAS YOUR BUSINESS OR PRACTICE EXPANDED RECENTLY? I am excited to be working full-time in Tallahassee starting in the summer of 2018. (I was working a couple of days per week in our Marianna office.)

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DR. WILLIAM T. BALDOCK CAPITAL PERIODONTAL ASSOCIATES, PA

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WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? Our practice offers periodontal and dental implant treatment dedicated to restoring and promoting excellent oral health using the highest standard of care. We provide dental implant surgery, laser surgery, scaling and root planning, gingivitis and periodontitis treatment, gingival flap surgery, oral cancer screenings, cosmetic contouring procedures and more. Treatment for our patients also includes conscious sedation, anxiety management techniques, spa amenities and relaxation therapies.

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WHAT SETS YOUR PRACTICE APART? From our first patient communication to our last, our staff is dedicated to making our patients feel welcomed, valued and comfortable in a trusted and calm environment.

To ensure the highest quality care, Capital Periodontal has a team of exceptional professionals including a registered surgical nurse, dental hygienists, dental assistants and patient care coordinators who place patient care as their utmost priority. We love what we do and enjoy the lifelong relationships that we have established with our patients, the dental community and others in the health care industry. It has been a pleasure to practice in Tallahassee for over 30 years.

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WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR PRACTICE? Capital Periodontal recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary and our team is extremely excited to continue to provide unparalleled periodontal treatment in our expanding health care community. We continue to partner with other dental and medical professionals to provide a comprehensive and systemic approach to periodontal care. My son, Dr. William T. Baldock, Jr., will be joining the practice after he completes his periodontal residency. Through this growth, we will maintain our founding principles, that all patients will receive compassionate, expert and individualized care through the most advanced technology and treatment methods.

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HOW DO YOU ENSURE YOUR PATIENTS RECEIVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE? Capital Periodontal Associates is a patient-centered practice.

We develop specific periodontal treatment plans that meet the needs of our patients. We take the time to listen to our patients’ concerns and provide patient education throughout every step of the treatment process. Capital Periodontal also partners with our patient’s restorative dentist to ensure their excellent oral health.

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TALLAHASSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC

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or more than 40 years, the physicians and staff of Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic (TOC) have been dedicated to helping patients live healthy lives through exceptional orthopedic service and compassionate care. TOC is the leader in orthopedic care for the residents of North Florida and South Georgia. With a team of 22 physicians, TOC offers patients a fully integrated experience by providing evaluation, treatment, prevention and education for conditions that effect the body’s muscles, joints and bones. At Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic, patients can take advantage of complete orthopedic medical diagnosis, treatment and/or surgery, rehabilitation and assistance with orthotics care all in one place.

Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic’s highly acclaimed practice offers patients access to an unparalleled institution of knowledge with physicians experienced in the treatment of general orthopedics, sports medicine, hand and wrist, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow, joint reconstruction, spine, neck and back, and orthopedic trauma.

Front Row (L-R): William Thompson, M.D.; Tony Bryant, M.D.; Floyd Jaggears, M.D.; Garrison Rolle, M.D.; Matthew Lee, M.D.; Andrew Wong, M.D.; Andrew Borom, M.D.; Aaron Guyer, M.D.; Gilbert Chandler, M.D.; David Bellamy, M.D.; Tom Haney, M.D.; Chris Berg, M.D. Back Row (L-R): David Oberste, M.D.; Robert Thornberry, M.D.; Todd Hewitt, M.D.; Brad Stephens, M.D.; Gregg Alexander, M.D.; Mark Fahey, M.D.; Kris Stowers, M.D.; Scott Porter, Ph.D.; Brian Zirgibel, M.D.; Tom Park, M.D.; Hank Hutchinson, M.D.

TALLAHASSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC SPINE CENTER Specializing in spine, neck and back conditions

Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic Spine Center offers a comprehensive approach to spine conditions. The physicians at Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic work closely to provide complete care for patients suffering from spinal disorders, offering complete evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of the spine all in one location.

Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic Spine Center is dedicated to improving each patient’s function and quality of life by setting elevated standards for innovated approaches to spine treatment.

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DR. ROBERT ASHMORE, MD, FACOG

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hile Dr. Robert Ashmore recently opened his own gynecology and gynecologic surgery practice, he is no novice. Dr. Ashmore is a co-founder of North Florida Women’s Care, was instrumental in bringing midwifery to hospital facilities and has been on the forefront of medical and surgical technology. His passion for the industry evolved into the desire to open his own private practice in order to pursue the best possible medicine for his patients.

Dr. Ashmore offers the full spectrum of well-woman care, diagnosing and administering treatment for gynecologic problems in a professional and up-todate manner. For 38 years, he has cultivated quality relationships resulting in a large and successful practice that ensures patient comfort.

“My goal is to continue to practice medicine at a level of excellence, and to provide my patients with professional, competent and compassionate medical care,” said Ashmore.

It only adds to his positive attributes that he is a Tallahassee native, aiming to improve and benefit the lives of his fellow Tallahasseeans. He graduated from Leon High School and attended Florida State University on a football scholarship. From there, he attended medical school at the University of Florida and completed his internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology who began an obstetrical and gynecology practice in 1980, making himself an expert in the field ever since.

During his leisure time, he values family most.

Dr. Ashmore enjoys spending time with his wife and junior high sweetheart, his three children — who are also doctors — and his grandson. An ideal day would consist of riding his horse in the Rockies of southwestern Colorado.

In all, Dr. Ashmore seeks to provide his patients with the highest quality of care, will continuously learn and grow with his industry and will always care about the wellbeing of the women within the community he calls home.

goal is to continue to practice “My medicine at a level of excellence, and to provide my patients with professional, competent and compassionate medical care.”

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PERIODONTAL ASSOCIATES OF NORTH FLORIDA Walter E. Colón, DMD, MS; John S. Dozier, DMD, MSD; Joseph D. Barnett, DDS

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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE? Periodontal Associates of North Florida is a specialty practice providing care for gum disease and placing dental implants. All three of our doctors are diplomats of the American Academy of Periodontology.

We are a detail-oriented practice that aims to create an outstanding experience for patients. We are extraordinarily proud of our team, which is comprised of caring and dedicated professionals. Our well-rounded, comprehensive team ensures the patient’s surgical and administrative needs are met as efficiently and smoothly as possible.

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HOW HAS YOUR BUSINESS EXPANDED? In August of 2017, we were able to move to a brand new office location and combine practices with Dr. Dozier and Dr. Barnett, each highly trained periodontists who have specialized in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of periodontal disease and the placement of dental implants. Through this expansion, we are able to provide maximum care to patients at our new state-of-the-art facility. The new office offers a calm and soothing environment.

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HOW DOES YOUR PRACTICE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY? Our practice places enormous importance in the involvement we have in the local Tallahassee community and beyond. We are proud of our annual Dentistry from the Heart event, which we host every February. At Dentistry from the Heart, dozens of local dentists, hygienists and volunteers from practices all over the city donate their time and resources to provide free dental care to the Tallahassee community.

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WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY? It is very important for us to have an outstanding team that shares our mission. Together, we desire to serve the public of Tallahassee and surrounding areas with the best periodontal care possible. Our goal is to enhance the quality of people’s lives by improving oral health, preventing loss of teeth when possible and replacing lost teeth when necessary. We focus on advancing dental knowledge through collaboration with our dental colleagues.

Board Certified John S. Dozier, DMD, MSD; Joseph D. Barnett, DDS; Walter E. Colón, DMD, MS

believe that our outstanding “ We patient care sets our practice apart. Our commitment to our patients and their health is the cornerstone of our practice.”

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FLORIDA CANCER SPECIALISTS Scott Tetreault, MD; Viralkumar Bhanderi, MD; Paresh Patel, MD

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WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? We offer full medical oncology treatment services for all cancers: chemotherapy, immunotherapy, vaccine therapy, gene therapy, targeted molecular therapy and clinical trials.

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WHAT IS THE SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS? We are “high-tech,” but also “high-touch.”

WHAT SETS YOUR PRACTICE APART? We offer every FDA approved cancer treatment option in both of our Tallahassee cancer centers every day along with cutting-edge clinical trials.

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WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY? Every patient is treated like a family member.

HOW HAS YOUR PRACTICE GROWN? Florida Cancer Specialists is the largest medical oncology practice in the United States with over 100 cancer centers in Florida.

WHAT ACCOLADES HAVE YOUR PRACTICE RECEIVED? We received the American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Trials Award for our enrollment of Florida patients in clinical trials of novel cancer therapies. Over half of all new FDA approved cancer drugs were tested in our cancer centers.

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WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR PRACTICE? We will continue to grow to serve the cancer patients of Tallahassee so they can receive the best care in the world right near their homes and loved ones.

Scott Tetreault, M.D.; Viralkumar Bhanderi, M.D.; Paresh Patel, M.D.

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Local referring

physicians can easily consult with them to provide a timely, expert patient diagnosis.”

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THOMAS E. OPPENHEIM, D.M.D. OPPENHEIM SIGNATURE SMILES

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Dr. Oppenheim’s smile designs are known for their strikingly natural appearance and lasting beauty. ‘I can, and will, consistently deliver no-compromise, beautiful results every time.’

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hen I joined the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry in 1994, it had become clear to me that the best interests of my patients demanded the expansion of my education far beyond the skills and knowledge that were taught in dental school,” says Thomas E. Oppenheim, DMD, as he reflects on his professional journey over the years.

Today, Dr. Oppenheim is recognized for his exceptional artistic ability to create that perfect “signature smile” for each client. He is one of only 63 dentists in the world to have achieved Accredited Fellow status in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD).

“Delivering cosmetic and restorative excellence required that I master and maintain proficiency in an entirely new set of artistic and technical skills. That is why I continue to fully engage in every learning challenge the AACD offers, and it is also why I voluntarily tested my skills against the AACD’s most demanding standards. By passing the rigorous testing required to become an AACD Accredited Fellow, I am demonstrating that I can, and will, consistently deliver no-compromise, beautiful results every time,” he states.

Dr. Oppenheim’s smile designs are known for their strikingly natural appearance and lasting beauty. His work has not only graced the cover of the prestigious Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry an unprecedented eight times, but has also won him Top Honors in AACD International Smile Gallery competitions for 10 consecutive years (including Best of Show in Honolulu).

A writer and frequent lecturer on advanced smile design techniques, Dr. Oppenheim has served on the Accreditation Board of Examiners for the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) and mentored other dentists pursuing accreditation in the AACD. Dr. Oppenheim is an alumnus of the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry as well as the Comprehensive Esthetics Restorative Continuums at the College of Dentistry at Baylor University and Louisiana State University. He is also an honorary fellow of the International Academy of Dental-Facial Esthetics.

“With each new patient, I remind myself that I am only as good as the last smile I created. Our patients choose us because they want the best, and in return for their trust, we promise to do what it takes to provide just that — every time.”

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — SURGICAL SPECIALISTS WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? We perform a wide range of surgical procedures, most of which are minimally invasive. We commonly perform gastrointestinal procedures such as appendectomies, cholecystectomies, hernias and colon resections. We also perform breast surgery for both benign and malignant diseases. As part of the trauma service, we also care for patients who have significant injuries due to accidental or traumatic causes.

WHAT IS THE SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS? It is our goal to provide a successful, safe operation with positive outcomes for each and every patient.

L–R: Tim F. Ruark, Jr., MD, FACS; Shelby Blank, MD, MS; Eliot B. Sieloff, MD, FACS

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — SURGICAL SPECIALISTS WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF SPECIALTY? General, laparoscopic, minimally invasive, endocrine and bariatric surgery.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS IN YOUR PROFESSION? When we have positive outcomes that allow our patients to live healthier lives and have improved quality of life, we know we have been successful.

Alexander Ramirez, MD, FACS

Luke Watkins, MD, MBA

WHAT IS YOUR SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS? We are dedicated to the health and well-being of our patients.

It is our goal to establish mutual respect with our patients through communication and education for the best possible surgical outcomes. We believe this is why we have treated generations of families in our region.

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — BRADFORDVILLE WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? We provide comprehensive family medicine in a warm, friendly environment.

WHAT SETS YOUR PRACTICE APART? As the population of Tallahassee has grown, we are excited to provide care on the Northeast side of town. We feel it is important to provide a convenient and accessible option to this area of our community.

L-R: Rebecca Easterling, MD; Ashley Janney, MD

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — CENTER OR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE WHO ARE YOUR PATIENTS? Expectant mothers whose pregnancies are considered high-risk due to pre-existing conditions, maternal age, multiples or any other complication identified by the patient’s obstetrician.

WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF SPECIALTY? Maternal-fetal medicine is a sub-specialty of obstetrics and gynecology. We work with high-risk pregnancies to minimize complications and manage the health of moms and their babies. Our team of physicians is board certified in genetics and offers prenatal genetic testing, diagnosis and counseling.

WHAT IS YOUR PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY? Working closely with our patients allows us to help prepare them and their managing obstetrician for delivery, involve the appropriate specialists, prevent complications and provide the highest level of care for mothers and newborns who need special attention and support.

HAS YOUR PRACTICE EXPANDED RECENTLY? The field of genetics and prenatal diagnosis is rapidly expanding with new and better tests to identify genetic abnormalities. New technology is now available through our office that allows prenatal diagnosis of some genetic abnormalities in the developing baby using a simple blood sample from the mother.

L-R: Roderick Hume, MD; William Dobak, DO, MBA

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — METABOLIC HEALTH CENTER WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? Physician Partners – Metabolic Health Center provides individualized, team-based care for people with chronic conditions under one roof. This team is made up of a unique partnership between medical specialists, registered dietitians, diabetes educators and behaviorists. Our services include medical management of obesity, lipid disorders, endocrine disorders, diabetes education, nutrition counseling and research.

WHAT ARE YOUR AREAS OF SPECIALTY? Metabolic disorders including, but not limited to, diabetes, thyroid and other endocrine disorders, obesity and lipid disorders. Physicians seeing patients with these diagnoses are board-certified and/or diplomats of their associated specialty. Diabetes education is provided by the certified diabetes educators of our American Diabetes Association recognized program. Ongoing research trials are currently focused around diabetes and endocrine disorders.

Back row L-R: Greg Laffitte, MPA-C; Larry Deeb, MD; Terry Sherraden, MD, FACE Front row L-R: Sudha Ravilla, MD; Omodele Hogan, MD; Orson Smith, MD, FACC; Kathleen Wilson, PhD, ARNP-C, FAANP; Kenyon McCune, ARNP Not Pictured: Kelley Lang, MD

HOW DOES YOUR PRACTICE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY? Physician Partners – Metabolic Health Center fosters a team approach to care. Our quality services assist patients, and their families, with managing their chronic conditions and achieving and maintaining healthier lifestyles. We also provide leadership to other individuals and organizations in our community who seek to provide care for people with chronic diseases.

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THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? We provide both hospital-based and ambulatory care for adult patients. Our area of specialty is internal medicine.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY? Our main goal is to provide excellent care to patients — both in the hospital and in the clinic.

WHAT IS THE “SECRET” OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS? The secret to our success is we focus on each patient as an individual and customize their care.

L-R: Gregory Todd, MD; Phillip Denoux, MD; Ingrid Jones-Ince, MD; Brittany Clark, MD; Raymond Shashaty Jr., MD

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — VASCULAR SURGERY SPECIALISTS Lincoln Roland, MD, RPVI

WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? Our team provides the latest treatment options for complex vascular conditions, including traditional surgery, combined/hybrid procedures and minimally invasive, also known as endovascular, treatments.

WHAT IS THE SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS? We believe in treating the patient, or the whole person, not just their symptoms and condition. In caring for patients with vascular conditions, it is important to understand a person is more than their symptoms or medical images. Our patients are involved in each step of the diagnostic and treatment process so we can have an open discussion about their care.

WHAT SETS YOUR PRACTICE APART? Dr. Roland joined Physician Partners, A TMH Network, from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio — home to one of the top heart and vascular programs in the country. He carries with him a commitment of compassionate patient care and expertise in the latest vascular treatment options.

1401 CENTERVILLE ROAD, SUITE 100 | 850-431-8346 | PHYSICIANPARTNERS.ORG

PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE & SLEEP SPECIALISTS WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? Physician Partners – Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Specialists is the Florida capital’s choice for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disorders and conditions. We use the most advanced tools for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of disorders.

Back row L-R: F. Ray Dolly, MD; Clifton Bailey, MD; Alberto Fernandez, MD; Carlos Campo, MD; Benjamin Shivar, PA; Allen Smith; PA; John Thabes, MD Front row L-R: Charmaine Gilmore, ARNP; Meghan Bassett, ARNP; David Huang, MD; Ruby Williams, MD; Joyce Dwyer, ARNP; Fran Bridges, ARNP; Muhanad Hasan, MD; Melanie Woods, ARNP

DISORDERS WE TREAT: ▪ Asthma ▪ Bronchitis ▪ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ▪ Disease (COPD) ▪ Emphysema ▪ Lung Cancer ▪ Pneumonia ▪ Pulmonary Fibrosis ▪ Sarcoidosis ▪ Sleep Disorders

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TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES WE OFFER: ▪ Chest X-rays ▪ Critical Care Medicine ▪ High Altitude Simulation Testing and Evaluations ▪ Home Sleep Testing ▪ Oxygen Saturation Testing ▪ Pulmonary Function Testing ▪ Six Minute Exercise Evaluations More intensive or invasive procedures such as interventional bronchoscopy, navigational bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound for diagnosing lung cancer are performed in the state-of-the-art facilities at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.

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SURGICAL ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS Wade Douglas, MD, FACS

WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? Services we provide involve surgical treatment of malignancies including: • • • • • • •

Colorectal Skin Stomach Liver Pancreas Soft tissue Head and neck

WHAT ARE YOUR AREAS OF SPECIALTY? Areas of specialty include general surgery, surgical oncology, head and neck surgical oncology.

1775 ONE HEALING PLACE, 1ST FLOOR | 850-877-5183 | PHYSICIANPARTNERS.ORG

TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? The Family Medicine Residency Program offers primary medical care for the entire family with specialty services including maternity care/delivery, gynecological procedures, skin surgery, cardiac stress testing, anticoagulation as well as behavioral and nutritional interventions. The program also provides medical training for physicians who have chosen the specialty of family medicine.

L-R: Michael Allison, MD; Donald Zorn, MD; Tanya Evers, MD; Gina Hope, MD; Phillip Treadwell, PharmD; Lisa Jernigan, MD; Russell Cole, MD; Joseph Mazziotta, MD Not Pictured: Edward Forster, MD; Julia Weeks, MD; Klive Forde, MD; Bryan Robinson, MD; David Robinson, MD; AD Brickler, MD; Rick Levy, PhD

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN PRACTICE IN TALLAHASSEE? We have been providing primary care services in the Big Bend region for over 40 years.

WHAT MAKES YOUR PRACTICE STRATEGY UNIQUE? Being a training site offers many valuable benefits for our patients. Our physicians are accustomed to providing medical care that spans from OB and pediatrics to adult and geriatric medicine. We also treat a large spectrum of care from health maintenance to treating chronic disease.

We have extended hours for both weekdays and weekends. We provide inpatient and outpatient care. If you are admitted to the hospital, you will see our physicians instead of an assigned hospitalist. Because our physicians are training new physicians, we are up-todate on the latest medical advances and able to provide a full spectrum of care.

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — RADIATION ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS WHAT IS YOUR PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY? Our mission is to meet the full cancer treatment needs of our community by providing comprehensive care close to home. Through the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center, we have a diverse, multi-disciplinary team that includes nurses, social workers, patient navigators, registered dietitians and a certified genetic counselor. We have this entire team in one location for patient convenience.

WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR PRACTICE? The future of the practice is exciting. We offer a full complement of radiation treatment options to include stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, along with brachytherapy and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.

L-R: Philip Sharp, MD; Ovidiu Marina, MD; Raj Bendre, MD, Medical Director

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? We measure success with every positive patient and family experience.

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS SURGICAL SPECIALISTS

SERVICES BY SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF TALLAHASSEE WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? A broad range of surgical options for patients of all ages. We provide minimally invasive, robotic and laparoscopic surgery for treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, malignancies (cancer), breast surgery, trauma, hernia, reflux, weight loss and endocrine surgery (thyroid and parathyroid).

Brett Howard, MD; Jeffrey Crooms, MD, FACS

WHAT IS THE SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS? Providing exceptional, advanced and quality surgical care 24 hours a day.

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS

MARGARETT CONKLIN ELLISON, MD HOW DOES YOUR PRACTICE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY? Physician Partners - Gynecologic Oncology Specialists is the only gynecologic oncology practice in the Big Bend region. With the program based here in Tallahassee, women no longer need to drive hundreds of miles to have treatment for cancers that attack the female reproductive system.

WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? We specialize in complex pelvic surgery, minimally invasive surgery and chemotherapy for women with gynecologic cancers and pre-cancers including: ovarian, endometrial, cervical, vaginal, vulvar and uterine sarcoma.

1775 ONE HEALING PLACE, 1ST FLOOR | 850-431-4888 | PHYSICIANPARTNERS.ORG

PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — CANCER & HEMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? Physician Partners – Cancer & Hematology Specialists is a practice focused on the care of patients with cancer and blood diseases. We offer everything from chemotherapy to support services including dietary and genetic counseling, patient navigators, support groups and advanced clinical trials.

WHAT SETS YOUR PRACTICE APART? Clinical trials are an important piece of the complete care offered at a Cancer Center, as they provide the opportunity for patients to receive new and cutting-edge treatments benefitting all by finding better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Now with the ability to offer international and national clinical trials, our current and future patients will benefit from this research here in their own community.

L-R: Jeannine Silberman, MD; Karen Russell, MD, FACP; Tim Broeseker, MD; Amit Jain, MD, MPH; Jayan Nair, MD; Jorge Perez De Armas, MD; Janice Lawson, MD; Mitchell Peabody, DO

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — UROLOGY SPECIALISTS Charles Yowell, MD; Sejal Quayle, MD, MPH WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? Physician Partners – Urology Specialists provides high-quality urology care for men and women dealing with diseases and conditions of the urinary tract. Common conditions we treat include: • Bladder Cancer • Erectile Dysfunction • Hematuria/Blood in Urine • Kidney Cancer • Kidney Stones • Prostate Cancer • Prostate Enlargement/BPH • Urinary Incontinence • Urinary Tract Infection/Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection • Voiding Dysfunction

1633 PHYSICIANS DRIVE | 850-431-2875 | PHYSICIANPARTNERS.ORG

PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — CENTER FOR MEDICAL GENETICS & GENOMICS LAURA S. MARTIN, MD, FAAP, FACMG

WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? We provide medical genetics and genomic services including precision medicine for clinical pediatric biochemical and cancer genetics.

• Clinical genetic consultations typically consist of a medical evaluation, genetic risk assessment, genetic counseling and education, that together, allow for shared decision making between the Clinical Geneticist and the patient/family.

• Clinical biochemical geneticists provide comprehensive diagnosis, life-long management, and genetic counseling services for patients with inborn errors of metabolism, including genetic disorders of intermediary metabolism, lysosomal storage diseases, disorders of energy metabolism and related disorders.

• Geneticists, along with a dedicated genetic counselor who specializes in cancer genetics, provide evaluation of personal and family histories for possible hereditary cancer syndromes, including BRCA 1/2, Lynch syndrome as well as other disorders.

With services connected to the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center, genetic patients have access to an array of services and powerful treatment options all under one roof.

WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF SPECIALTY? Dr. Martin is a founding member of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and is board certified in clinical genetics, clinical biochemical/molecular genetics, and pediatrics.

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — SERVICES PROVIDED BY SOUTHERN MEDICAL GROUP, PA

Back row L-R: John Katopodis, PCI, MD, FACC; Gian Carlo Giove, MD; Venkata Bavikati, MD, MPH; Gadi Silberman, MD; David Saint, MD; Julian Hurt, MD; J. Galt Allee, MD, FACC; Gregory Hartlage, MD; C. Patrick Murrah, MD; Wayne Batchelor, PCI, MD, MHS, FACC; Farhat Khairallah, MD, FACC, FHRS Front row L-R: Ernesto Umana, MD, FACC; Marilyn Cox, MD, FACC; David Smith, MD, FACC; David Tedrick, MD, FACC; Frank Gredler, MD, FACC; William Dixon, IV, PCI, MD, FACC; Thomas Noel, PCI, MD, FACC Not Pictured: Akash Ghai, MD

WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF SPECIALTY? Cardiovascular diseases — specifically treating and preventing diseases of the heart, blood vessels and vascular system through medical management, interventional procedures and surgery.

WHO ARE YOUR PATIENTS? We treat patients who have hypertension, blocked arteries, irregular heart rhythms, fainting, high-cholesterol, congestive heart failure, heart defects and diseases of the arteries and veins.

HAVE YOU INCORPORATED ANY NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR TREATMENTS IN YOUR PRACTICE? We have brought new procedures including TAVR, MitraClip, WATCHMAN, PFO closure and most recently, the world’s smallest pacemaker. Our clinics also expanded recently to include a new heart failure clinic, a comprehensive circulation clinic and cardiothoracic surgery.

WHAT IS YOUR PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY? Our team of physicians and surgeons are dedicated to providing comprehensive care for cardiac conditions focused on communication with our patients.

We believe in building a strong relationship with each of our patients so we can develop an individual care plan tailored to their specific needs.

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — SERVICES PROVIDED BY SOUTHERN MEDICAL GROUP, PA WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? We provide primary care for adult patients with special emphasis on diagnosis, evaluation and management of both chronic and acute complex conditions of the heart, lungs, intestinal tract, kidneys and endocrine system.

L-R: Ileana Popa, MD; Satish Mital, MD; Camille Blake, DO, PhD; Donald Loucks, MD; Judith Lewis, MD; Robert Rowland, MD; Jesse Judelle, MD; Michael Forsthoefel, MD; Marlisha Edwards, MD; Eric Bouchard, MD; Farah Soliman, MD; Not pictured: Narayanan Krishnamoorthy, MD; Basim Tadros, MD

HOW DO YOU ENSURE YOUR PATIENTS RECEIVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF QUALITY CARE? Our physicians are board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine as well as the American Board of Family Medicine. We offer highly skilled, compassionate care and stateof-the-art diagnostic services. We are

committed to quality patient care by seeking educational opportunities to stay current on the latest drug therapies and diagnostic tools.

WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY? We believe in fostering a positive, open relationship with our patients as well as their caregivers to provide optimal care, to instill confidence and to ensure patient satisfaction. We work to maintain a strong network of specialists should our patients need to be referred for further evaluation and believe that communication with the consulting physician and the patient is imperative to seamless, quality care.

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PHYSICIAN PARTNERS — RHEUMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS Less Shrestha, MD, FACP

WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? At Physician Partners – Rheumatology Specialists, we provide treatment including steroid and hyaluronic acid injections for various arthritic and autoimmune conditions.

These conditions can include: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, gout, pseudogout, lupus, vasculitides, myopathies, systemic sclerosis, sjogren’s syndrome, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and sarcoidosis.

WHAT IS YOUR PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY? We offer a patient-centered atmosphere with shared decision making, where the patient’s satisfaction and quality medical care is the goal of our practice.

3900 ESPLANADE WAY | 850-431-3867 | PHYSICIANPARTNERS.ORG

EYE ASSOCIATES OF TALLAHASSEE Deanna Louie, M.D.

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e are excited to announce our newest ophthalmologist, Dr. Deanna Louie, who joins us from the West Coast. She graduated from the University of California with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology with an Immunology Emphasis and Computer Science. She then completed her medical education at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Louie is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, as well as a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Louie has a broad range of expertise, which helps her give each patient the best care possible. She has a special interest in small incision cataract surgery, as well as the medical treatment of various retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. She is also experienced in oculoplastic procedures such as blepharoplasty, which is the treatment of drooping eyelids due to excess skin and fat. She also specializes in laser vision correction and is the only provider in the area of “blade-free” iLASIK. Great news! We now are seeing patients in Perry, Florida, at Doctor’s Memorial Hospital!

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WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? We provide cosmetic, general and implant restorative dentistry — including esthetic crowns and bridges, veneers, onlays and smile whitening. Also, tooth-colored fillings, root canals, oral cancer screening and dentures. Implant retained restorations include single-tooth replacement, as well as full-arch tooth replacement with permanent nonremovable hybrid restorations.

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Dr. Marci Beck, Dr. Glenn Beck, Dr. Brian Beck, Dr. Julie Bailey

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? By the quality of the relationships we establish with our patients. Patient satisfaction is huge. We work hard to provide the best care possible. We feel successful when the patient has had a pleasant and positive experience.

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WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY? To always have our patient’s best interests in mind and to treat each person with the utmost respect.

HOW HAS YOUR BUSINESS EXPANDED? We utilize a digital scanner to take impressions, which avoids the use of impression materials that can be uncomfortable for some patients. We utilize digital radiography which reduces our patients’ exposure to radiation by as much as 70 percent. We employ intraoral cameras, which allow patients to see inside their own mouths. We provide metal-free all-porcelain veneers and crowns, which are the most esthetic restorations available.

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WHAT SETS YOUR PRACTICE APART? Our commitment to continuing education for both doctors and staff. Each year, we take hundreds of hours of classes at the Spear Institute, the top-rated dental education center in the U.S. Also, we work with consultants to improve our teamwork, services and efficiency. Because we have four doctors, we can accommodate our patients’ needs and schedules by providing expanded hours and emergency care.

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HOW DOES YOUR PRACTICE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY? Every year, we provide the Smiles By Beck Scholarship for dental hygiene and dental assisting students who attend Tallahassee Community College. We support many local fundraising events large or small. We guest lecture at UF, FSU and TCC. The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger Tournament, which benefits the Tallahassee Memorial Neuro Intensive Care Unit, is another event we enjoy supporting. We provide aid to the medical examiner’s office. And of course, volunteering for We Care helps us provide dentistry in our area to low-income people in need.

work hard to provide the best “We care possible. We feel successful

when the patient has had a pleasant and positive experience.”

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The relationship we have with our patients has always been a result of the experience we strive to provide. There are many reasons to seek the smile you have always dreamed of– from the health benefits of proper dental care, to the courage and confidence only a great smile can communicate.

We are eternally grateful to Daniel, Cindy, Owen, Dana, Robin, and Jacquline for sharing their journeys over the last year.

When it is time to begin your journey to the smile you have always dreamed of, we are here for you…

...ready to provide the experience of a lifetime.

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FOUNDATION Cards for a Cure Honoree BETSY BURGESS

I was 36 years old and in the prime of my life when my breast cancer story began. I had a great job as a shareholder at Carr Allison Law Firm, three precious little kids, a loving husband, a big boisterous extended family and fun, hilarious friends. I had just returned from a football filled weekend in September 2016 when I found the lump in the shower. I broke into a cold sweat. I made my husband feel it to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating – he felt it, too. Despite my fear, I sprang into action and went through all the proper testing, concluding with a biopsy. I got “the call” at work. It was the most devastating moment of my life, yet looking back, it was just the beginning of a life-changing journey.

My medical team was spearheaded by both Shelby Blank, MD and Karen Russell, MD. Both physicians helped me decipher my early test results, strategically working out a surgical and treatment plan with me. Dr. Blank assured me my prognosis was good, comforting me with “This is just part of your story now.” I felt empowered – my team had a plan and I knew we could do this.

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My loved ones have often asked why this happened to me. I have no family history and have always been in good health, so my belief is that it is because I’ve been equipped to fight this since day one. I am now navigating the next phase of life as a cancer survivor. I am different, but better. My hair is curlier, and my perspective is much broader. I find fulfillment in reaching out and helping current patients through their journey – whether answering questions, accompanying them to treatments or just being a sounding board for venting.

At the end of the day, a lot of good has come into my life from this process and I am thankful for every day. Have I beaten cancer forever? The truth is we don’t know, and that’s ok. I hope and pray the day comes when I can say I have beaten cancer, because we as a community have beaten cancer, and found a cure.

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JOANNE ADAMS & CHARLIE ADAMS JOANNE ADAMS Director of Development After falling in love with the Capitol City while attending Florida State University, JoAnne Adams decided to make Tallahassee her permanent home in 1998. A philanthropist at heart, she enjoys volunteering with the community and has raised her three daughters with the same strong philanthropic desire to serve and improve the lives of others.

JoAnne is a highly-creative and results-driven non-profit management professional with entrepreneurial passion, drive and vision. She has more than 20 years’ experience and expertise generating revenue and increasing support bases for expanding national and local nonprofit organizations. She is highly regarded for her ability to connect personal passions with philanthropic endeavors, serving the best interests of both donor and community. Additionally, JoAnne has decades long experience in project and special events management, complemented with a strong background in marketing and public relations. JoAnne first became part of the TMH family in 2013, as the Communications and Programs Director for Premier Health and Fitness Center and a member of the steering committee for the TMH FOR LIFE Challenge. She has recently joined the TMH Foundation team as Director of Development.

JoAnne is married to Steve Adams and together they have a blended family of five children.

CHARLIE ADAMS Grants and Planned Giving Director Charlie was born and raised right here in Tallahassee, Fla. He and his wife Kendra have been married for 13 years and have three children. Charlie is a graduate of both Tallahassee Community College and Florida State University, and received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Tyler. Charlie has over seven years of fundraising experience working both locally and nationally during his time at the Florida State University College of Medicine. He and his family are very involved in local charities and support a variety of organizations. Charlie is also a veteran of the Marine Corps, serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq during his enlistment. Charlie has most recently joined the TMH Foundation team as the Grants and Planned Giving Director.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS The Ride for Hope

A fun-filled cyclist and wellness event for all ages, The Ride for Hope benefits the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center to help keep quality cancer care close to home. This year marked the 13th annual event and was in memory of Lou Farrah. A wildly successful event with hundreds of participants, it wouldn’t have been possible without the Tallahassee community for all their support, and especially all of the sponsors including Southeastern Dermatology, WCTV, City of Tallahassee and many more.

Mays-Munroe Have a Heart

The annual Mays-Munroe “Have a Heart” event, benefiting the Tallahassee Memorial Heart and Vascular Center, was held on Thursday, May 10 and once again brought in another great crowd. The event, which is held in honor of the late Ray Munroe Jr., featured music, a live and silent auction, a raffle and more.

All of the donations from the event were designated for the Ray B. Munroe, Jr. PhD Endowment.

Since the inaugural event, more than $125,000 has been raised to benefit the heart and vascular services at TMH. Thank you to the Mays-Munroe family and team for hosting another great event, as well as all those who attended, supported and donated to this event.

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Cancer Speaker Series

On May 29, Florida State Basketball Coach Leonard Hamilton spoke at The One Healing Place Speaker Series at the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center. The event, hosted by the Harrison and Walker families, aimed to increase awareness of the state-of-the-art technology and cancer care available in Tallahassee. Many supporters attended the event to tour the Cancer Center and listen to Coach Hamilton share not only about some of the lessons he has learned and things he has experienced during his role as head coach for the FSU basketball team, but also about how cancer has affected his family directly – ultimately, making it one of his life missions to do everything he can to help find a cure. All funds raised through the event were donated to the TMH Foundation to support the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center and its patients.

Animal Therapy Month

This July marked Animal Therapy Month at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. In addition to spreading the word about this great program through patient stories, handler highlights and program education, the TMH Foundation also partnered with Aegis Business Technologies for their #Aegis1812 campaign, which highlights one local non-profit organization in the community. Between Animal Therapy Month at the hospital and the Aegis partnership, the Animal Therapy team got to have two interactive events – the first being an Animal Therapy Fair held in the hospital’s Magnolia Lobby, which allowed both colleagues and patients alike to meet many members of the Animal Therapy team, and the second being a meet and greet event at the Aegis office. The TMH Foundation and Animal Therapy team sends their sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone who supported July’s Animal Therapy Month!

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Bourbon Bites+Brew (B3 Bash) MAY 31 Bourbon Bites+Brew (B3 Bash) hosted over 400 in attendance to support Independence Landing, a first-of-itskind planned residential community with amenities for people with disabilities.

Celebrity Chef Jackson Yordon prepared a Maine lobster and Bradley’s sausage succotash. Warhorse Whisky Bar presented six specialty bourbons for sampling, and Anheuser-Busch provided limited release brews to taste, all accompanied by the Thursday Night Music Club band.

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SOCIAL STUDIES Mary Kathryn Smith Young Dancer Memorial Scholarship Fund APR. 12 Guests followed “The Yellow Brick Road” into the Los Robles Women’s Club to The Wizard of Oz Gala benefiting the Mary Kathryn Smith Young Dancer Memorial Scholarship Fund. Proceeds from the gala go toward furthering the dance education of talented young artists in our community.

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1 Student judges from FSU College of Business 2 Debbie Williams, President of the Tallahassee Sunset Rotary Club and Tom Derzypolski, President of BowStern Marketing Communications–2018 Ethics in Business Award Winner 3 Stephanie and Tom Derzypolski 4 Nominees for 2018 Ethics in Business Award: Mark Coniglio, Cyndy Loomis, Tom Derzypolski and Dr. Thomas Lawrence

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Five establishments participated with a variety of delicious adult beverages samples: Centrale (wine), Coosh’s Bayou Rouge (frozen refreshments), Madison Social (specialty cocktail), Tin Lizzy’s Cantina (margarita) and Township (beer).

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Join us at The Moon for a Studio 54, black and goldthemed celebration of the best Tallahassee has to offer, as voted by the readers of Tallahassee Magazine.

Throughout the night, we will announce the winning business and runner-up in each of the over 100 categories. Enjoy an evening filled with decadent fare, specialty cocktails, live music and more. Tickets to the event, which will last from 6:30-9 p.m., are $40 (plus surcharge) and will increase to $50 (plus surcharge) on Oct. 26. Visit TallahasseeMagazine.com/Best-Of-Tallahassee for more information.

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Get your tickets at baytownebeerfestival.com.

→ Justin Townes Earle brings his amazing live show to

Tallahassee in support of his latest album “Kids in the Street,” along with local support from Slow Low Crow.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m. at Fifth and Thomas. The night also features a pre-show party with live music, great food and drink specials from 6-9 p.m.

$25 advance, $30 day of show, 21-plus; Advance tickets are on sale July 20 at noon at this link: 850tix.com/events/justintownesearle.

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→ Social. Fun. Food. Wine! Join us for a delicious night of wine and tapas-

style food pairings downstairs in a social setting in The Private Rooms at Andrew’s. Executive chef Matt Varn will create an eclectic tasting menu to complement the night’s spectacular selection of wines. This is a casual gathering — bring friends and meet some new ones.

Tickets are $30 and include food pairings and a selection of wines.

Space is limited to 40 guests. Please, no cancellations within 48 hours of the event. Get your tickets at 850tix.com/organizations/andrew-s-downtown.

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ST. MARKS STONE CRAB FEST →

With nearly two decades of history in Wakulla County, the St. Marks Stone Crab Festival — founded by the owners of St. Marks’ Riverside Cafe — brings thousands of crab lovers from far and wide to the tiny fishing village of St. Marks once a year for a celebration of these seasonal treats. The festival signals the opening of the Wakulla County’s stone crab season, which begins in October and ends in May. The event is full of local vendors and arts and crafts dealers, and guests will be treated to live music all day.

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Their private pre- and postgame tailgates last 7-9 hours and include live entertainment, catering from the area’s finest restaurants, open bar, shuttle service to and from the stadium, private cabanas with bottle service, appearances from former players — and much more.

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OCTOBER 25–27

→ One of the premier fall wine events in the Southeast, the Harvest Wine & Food Festival showcases over

400 wines paired with food stations designed to highlight the best in Gulf Coast fare. Produced by the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF), the festival provides attendees the opportunity to sip and savor some of the world’s finest wine and culinary selections while enjoying the iconic beach town of WaterColor.

Each event during the three-day festival is tailored to fit the different tastes and preferences of wine and food aficionados. Enjoy a special event each day, including Celebrity Winemaker Dinners on Oct. 25, Al Fresco Reserve Tasting on Oct. 26, the Grand Tasting on Oct. 27 and a Silent Auction spanning all three days.

Visit HarvestWineandFood.com for more information.

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CARDS FOR A CURE

rock opera of all time, The Who’s “Tommy” has now been fully realized as a full-length bluegrass tribute featuring The HillBenders. The original rock opera composed by guitarist Pete Townshend tells the story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy, including his experiences with life and the relationship with his family. This Bluegrass Opry brings a new perspective to “Tommy” while paying total respect to its creators.

It’s amazing to hear banjo, dobro, mandolin, bass and guitar bring the same energy and vision to “Tommy” as The Who did with a full rock band and orchestra. Working to bridge the gap between the common music consumer and the bluegrass genre, The Hillbenders’ select material that defies hillbilly stigmas and unifies a variety of music lovers. Come enjoy the energy and new perspective that The HillBenders bring to an old rock classic.

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Cards for a Cure event will be held from 7–11 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.

Cards for a Cure is hosted by the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation, and all proceeds benefit the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center and its patients.

Cards for a Cure honors a woman in the community each year for her valiant fight with breast cancer. The event also promotes breast cancer awareness. This year’s Honoree is Betsy Burgess (photo). The event features live musical entertainment, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and live and silent auctions.

PHOTOS BY KIRA DERRYBERRY PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF PHOTO FUN BOOTH (CARDS) AND COURTESY OF HARVEST FESTIVAL & FOOD FESTIVAL, OPENING NIGHTS (THE HILLBENDERS), TMH (TEE OFF FOR TOTS), OLD SCHOOL SOCIETY AND ALTRUA PHOTO (CRAB)

Memorial HealthCare Tee Off for Tots Par-Tee and Golf Tournament is set for its 25th year as it benefits the Proctor Endowment for Children with Diabetes and the Tallahassee Memorial Children’s Center.

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20TH ANNUAL STONE CRAB FEST

→ Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tallahassee hosts the 20th annual Stone Crab Fest, its signature

fundraiser for the program services provided to pediatric patients and their families who stay at RMHC Tallahassee. The highlight of the evening is the main entree of Stone Crab claws from our own Florida waters, piled high in ice-filled boats. Join us for cocktails and appetizers, dinner, entertainment plus live and silent auctions.

Limited seating available; call (850) 222-0056 for more information on pricing. Tickets available at: rmhctallahassee.org/events/stone-crab-fest

FRIDAY NIGHT BLOCK PARTY — WALKER HAYES SEPT. 2 This official Seminoles tailgate event welcomes thousands of fans for special musical guest Walker Hayes.

The Block Party takes places in CollegeTown the day before home football games. facebook.com/FridayNightBlockParty

BLUEBIRD RUN FOR BROOKIE B SEPT. 3 NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Tallahassee presents the Bluebird Run & Walk for Brookie B as an occasion to raise awareness about suicide prevention and postvention. The events are a 5K run/walk and a one-mile fun run/walk.

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Crossings opens a familyfriendly environment, with food and drink vendors, bounce houses, mini golf, a DJ and live music featuring a revolving schedule of talent. tallahasseearts.org/event/ northtown-getdown-bannermancrossings-3

JELLYSTONE PARK JAM SEPT. 12–16 One of the most exciting gospel music events of the year will take place in Madison, about 60 miles east of Tallahassee. The five-day event will feature gospel performances from groups, church choirs, duets and soloists.

ST. JUDE WALK/RUN TO END CHILDHOOD CANCER SEPT. 15

SEPT. 7

Run or walk with purpose — to raise the funds necessary to help end childhood cancer.

All funds go directly to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The official Seminoles tailgate event welcomes fans for special musical guest Smithfield. The Block Party takes places in CollegeTown the day before home football games.

LEADERSHIP TALLAHASSEE 24TH ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARDS

FIRST FRIDAY BLOCK PARTY — SMITHFIELD

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NORTHTOWN GETDOWN SEPT. 7, SEPT. 21, OCT. 19, OCT. 26 The Friday before FSU home football games, Bannerman

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SEPT. 20 The 24th Annual Distinguished Leadership Awards, presented by Centennial Bank, will honor Lifetime Leadership Award recipient Virginia Glass. The event will also

acknowledge the winners of the Leadership Pacesetter, Leader of the Year, and Servant Leadership awards. leadershiptallahassee.com/events/ distinguished-leadership-awards

PEYTON TUTHILL FOUNDATION TASTE OF SPAIN–9TH ANNUAL WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION SEPT. 20 The event will feature a Spanish theme of paella and tapas at the Capital City Country Club for an evening of dancing and live and silent auctions, with proceeds providing scholarships to children who have lost a parent or sibling to homicide. peytontuthill.org

ARTS ENTREPRENEUR COFFEE TALK SEPT. 21 Join the Council on Culture & Arts, or COCA, for an informal gathering of art entrepreneurs offering supportive spaces to share goals, challenges and achievements. This month’s guest speaker is local creative entrepreneur Del Suggs. tallahasseearts.org/event/ arts-entrepreneurs-coffee-talk-3

A.J. CROCE PRESENTED

BY OPENING NIGHTS SEPT. 27 Opening Nights at Florida State University presents multi-instrumentalist A.J. Croce, who will perform

Details of listings can change at the last minute. Please call ahead of time to confirm.

his contemporary mix of blues, pop, jazz and folk at Opperman Music Hall. openingnights.fsu.edu/ events/aj-croce

OKTOBERFEST SEPT. 28 Show up for German cuisine, unlimited beer, entertainment and games all in the name of the international beer festival based in Munich, but right here in Tallahassee. This annual event benefits Elder Care Services, which provides programs such as Meals on Wheels, senior adult day care and caregiver respite services. eldercarebigbend.org/oktoberfest

GULF POWER ECONOMIC SYMPOSIUM OCT. 10–12 The 22nd annual event offers Northwest Florida businesses and community leaders opportunities to learn and engage through engaging speakers, relevant workshops and networking gatherings.

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KEVIN HART: THE IRRESPONSIBLE TOUR OCT. 12 Comedian Kevin Hart is taking his global stand-up act for a stop at Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. Come ready to laugh until you cry. tuckerciviccenter.com/events

FALL BALL DAY CELEBRATION OCT. 13 Friends of St. Joseph Bay Preserves presents Fall Ball Day, which offers a chance to learn about the preserves. Guided tram tours through backwoods trails will offer unique view of plant and animal life.

All proceeds from a silent auction will benefit Friends of St. Joseph Bay Preserves. tallahasseearts.org/event/ fall-bay-day-celebration

DINING IN THE DARK OCT. 15 Lighthouse of the Big Bend’s annual fundraising event allows attendees to experience food, drinks and conversation without sight, giving guests perspective on vision loss.

The Leon County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team uses night vision goggles to serve the secret threecourse meal. lighthousebigbend.org/2uncategorised/59-dining-in-the-dark

ARTS ENTREPRENEUR COFFEE TALK OCT. 19 Join COCA for an informal gathering of art entrepreneurs offering supportive spaces to share goals, challenges and achievements. This month’s guest speaker is local creative entrepreneur Tricia Cerrone. tallahasseearts.org/event/ arts-entrepreneurs-coffee-talk-4

HAVE AN EVENT YOU’D LIKE US TO CONSIDER? Send an email to jalcala@rowlandpublishing.com.

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dining guide AMERICAN ANDREW’S CAPITAL GRILL AND BAR

After 40 years, Andrew’s is still an energetic, casual, see-and-be-seen spot. House favorites include a popular lunch buffet, hamburgers, sandwiches, salads and pasta dishes. Downtown delivery. Mon-Thurs 11:30 am-10 pm, Fri-Sat 11:30 am-11 pm, Sun 10:30 am-9 pm.

228 S. Adams St. (850) 222-3444/Fax, (850) 222-2433. $$ B L D

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For the ultimate in comfort food, Dog Et Al offers hand-held deliciousness for the “down to earth” and “uppity” dogs in us all. Foot-long and veggie entrees alike grace this award-winning menu. If the entire family is down for the dog, be sure to ask about their incredibly valued family packs. Mon-Fri 10 am-7 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun Closed. 1456 S. Monroe St. (850) 222-4099. $ L D A Tallahassee relaxed fine dining establishment, The Edison is so much more than just a pretty face. Equipped with a beer garden, wine cellar, casual café, open-air alternatives and a gorgeous view, this historic building and restaurant has quickly become a Tallahassee favorite. Mon-Thurs 11 am-11 pm, Fri 11 am-midnight, Sat 10 ammidnight, Sun 10 am-11 pm. 470 Suwannee St. (850) 684-2117. $$/$$$

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The name says it all! This restaurant boasts a palate-pleasing combination of personalized service, eclectic ambiance

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Get baked! Tally’s Best Wings 2017 won’t serve you up greasy, fried wings; instead, they bake them and prepare them fresh.

They don’t stop at wings, either: Try the mac ‘n cheese, burgers and tacos paired with a cold beer. Mon-Thurs 11 am-12 am, Fri-Sat 11 am-2 am, Sun 11 am-12 am. 1370 Market St. (850) 692-3116. $/$$ L D Located in the Four Points by Sheraton Downtown, this cool lobby restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Unique dishes include tapas with a twist, such as the Georgia peaches with caramel. Sandwiches, salads and a nice variety of seafood, pasta and chicken dishes round out the menu.

Mon-Fri 7 am-11 pm, Sat-Sun 7 am-midnight.

316 W. Tennessee St. (850) 422-0071. $ B L D

To make a special evening a cut above the rest, bring the celebration to Cypress.

Known for its sophisticated take on Southern cuisine, this restaurant won readers’ votes in 2014–2017 as Best Celebration/ Special Occasion and Best Fine Dining restaurant. Mon-Thurs 5-9:30 pm, Fri-Sat 5-10 pm, Sun Closed. 320 E. Tennessee St. (850) 513-1100. $$$ D

means football parties, holiday parties,

Hopkins’, a Best of 2017 winner, provides more than just your average sandwich. Favorites such as the Ultimate Turkey and the Linda Special, and a variety of salad meals keep customers coming back for more. And the food is healthy, too! Multiple locations.

Hours vary. hopkinseatery.com. $ L

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Our cafe offering Southern cooking with a Latin twist is now open in Midtown.

We serve brunch and dinner while offering a full bar and Lucky Goat coffee and espresso. Tue.-Thur. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-9 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10:30 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; 5-10:30 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.3 p.m., 5-9 p.m. 1019 N. Monroe St. (850) 999-8203. $$ B D This locally owned and operated sports bar serves a wide variety of beers, ciders and microbrews, along with wings, burgers, wraps, hot sandwiches and homemade potato salad. Plus lots of huge TVs, games and a stage that features top local bands on weekends. Mon-Sun 11 am-2 am.

2475 Apalachee Pkwy #201. (850) 574-2724. $$ L D

’Tis the season for catering with the best seafood in Tallahassee

and award-winning cuisine and is the Best Desserts winner for 2017. Tues-Thurs 11 am2:30 pm, 5:30-9 pm; Fri-Sat 11 am-2:30 pm, 5:30-9:30 pm; Sun 10 am-2:30 pm, 5:30-9 pm.

1950 Thomasville Rd. (850) 224-9974. $$ L D

KOOL BEANZ

Eclectic and edgy, both in menu and atmosphere, Kool Beanz delights in art present both on the walls and your plates.

This offbeat alternative won Best Casual Dining in Tallahassee. Dinner Mon-Sat 5:30-10 pm, lunch Mon-Fri 11 am-2:30 pm, brunch Sun 10:30 am-2 pm. 921 Thomasville Rd. (850) 224-2466. $$ L D

LIAM’S RESTAURANT

Part restaurant, part cheese shoppe, part lounge — Liam’s features locally grown and harvested foods, expertly made cocktails, craft beer, artisan wines & cheeses and friendly service. Lunch: Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.2 p.m.; Dinner: Tues.-Sat., 5 p.m.-close; Lounge: Tues.-Fri. 5 p.m.-late., Sat.: noonmidnight. 113 E. Jackson St., Thomasville, Georgia.

(229) 226-9944. $$/$$$ L D

MADISON SOCIAL

Whether it’s for a social cocktail, a quick lunch or a place for alumni to gather before home football games, Madison Social offers something for everyone. Madison Social earned Best Happy Hour honors in 2017. Mon-Fri 11:30 am-2 am, Sat-Sun 10 am-2 am. College Town, 705 S. Woodward Ave. (850) 894‑6276. $$ B L D

PAISLEY CAFÉ

Guilt-free lunch has never been easier now that Paisley serves up food fresh from the bakery and a garden full of wholesome treats.

Mon-Fri 11 am-3 pm, Sat-Sun 10 am-3 pm.

1123 Thomasville Rd. (850) 385‑7268. $$ L

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SAGE RESTAURANT

Sage’s menu masterfully melds regional influences, including Southern and French. The setting is gorgeous but cozy, and the outdoor patio sets a charming, romantic tone for a relaxed evening.

Mon Closed; Tues-Sat 11 am-3 pm, 6-10 pm; Sun 11 am-2:30 pm. 3534 Maclay Blvd.

(850) 270-9396. $$$ B L D

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This “Southern porch, table and bar” is cozied up among oak trees on one of Tallahassee’s favorite street corners.

Serving lunch, dinner, Sunday brunch, fabulous cocktails and craft beers. Lucky Goat coffee-rubbed ribeye and Schermer pecan-crusted chicken are among the regional-produce offerings. Mon-Tues 11 am-2 pm, 5 pm-9 pm, Wed-Fri 11 am2 pm, 5 pm-10 pm, Sat 5 pm-10 pm, Sun 10 am-3 pm. 1215 Thomasville Rd., (850) 329-2261. $$$ L D

UPTOWN CAFÉ

Uptown Cafe and Catering, locally owned and operated for more than 30 years, is famous for its all-day brunch menu and lunch fare. Specialties at the bustling, family-run café include apricot-glazed smoked salmon, one-of-a-kind omelets, banana bread French toast and flavorful sandwiches. Mon-Sat 7 am-3 pm, Sun 8 am-2 pm. 1325 Miccosukee Road (850) 219-9800. $ B L

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Chosen as a Best of winner in 2017, Midtown’s Wine Loft offers a superb wine list, creative cocktails, quality beer and tasty tapas. Mon-Thurs 5 pm-2 am, Fri-Sat 4 pm-2 am, Sun Closed. 1240 Thomasville Rd., #100. (850) 222-9914. $$ D

VERTIGO BURGERS AND FRIES

Vertigo is home to some of the juiciest, funkiest burgers in town. The modern building provides a no-frills setting to enjoy such favorites as the Vertigo Burger — a beef patty served with a fried egg, applewood bacon, grilled jalapeños, sharp cheddar and Vertigo sauce. Mon-Sat 11 am-9 pm, Sun 11 am-6 pm.

1395 E. Lafayette St. (850) 878‑2020. $$ L D

ASIAN BENTO ASIAN KITCHEN + SUSHI

Bento serves bold, flavorful pan-Asian fare, seasoned with sauces crafted inhouse with ingredients prepped daily.

Dishes are prepared by hand according to time-honored traditions but have fresh interpretations that give Bento its reputation for innovation. The lunch and dinner menus include sushi, wok-fired noodles, Asian salads, sweet boba teas and much more. Sun-Thurs 11:30 am-10 pm, Fri 11;30 am-10:30 pm, Sat noon-10:30 pm.

(850) 765-3991, 1660 W. Tennessee St. $$ L D

KIKU JAPANESE FUSION

From tempura to teriyaki and from sushi to sashimi, Kiku Japanese Fusion fuses vibrant flavors with fresh ingredients.

There’s a reason Kiku was voted Best Sushi in 2017. Mon-Sat 11 am-1 pm, Sun 12-11 pm.

800 Ocala Rd. (850) 575-5458. $$ L D

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In 2017, Masa earned the title of Best Asian in town — and with good reason.

Their menu offers a creative blend of Eastern and Western cuisines. Mon-Fri 11 am-3 pm, 4:30-9:30 pm; Sat-Sun 12-3 pm, 4:30-9:30 pm. 1650 N. Monroe St. (850) 727-4183. $/$$ L D

OSAKA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE AND SUSHI BAR

Rated Best Hibachi for 2017, Osaka provides dinner and a show, with the chefs seasoning and preparing your meal right in front of you. It’s a meal that’s sure to leave you satisfied as well as

entertained. Sun-Thurs 11 am-10:15 pm, FriSat 11 am-10:45 pm. 1690 Raymond Diehl Rd. (850) 531-0222. $$$ D

SIAM SUSHI

Thai one on at this fine eatery and you will be left wanton more. An expansive menu includes starters, soups, salads, fried rice, noodles and a host of signature dishes — some ducky, some not — ranging from “Rock the Wok” to Chirashi Sumocombo, a substantial, edible work of art. Mon-Fri 11 am-10 pm, Sat-Sun 12-10 pm.

1700 N. Monroe St. (850) 391-9021. $$$ L D

BBQ SONNY’S REAL PIT BAR-B-Q

Nothing satisfies a rumblin’ stomach quite like a plateful of hot, savory barbeque; and if you’re looking for the tastiest grilled dishes, 2017 Best Barbecue winner Sonny’s has them in spades. Hours vary. Multiple locations. $ L D

WILLIE JEWELL’S OLD SCHOOL BBQ

Smoked for hours and served in minutes, Willie Jewell’s promises the best BBQ experience you have ever had. Platters, sandwiches or by the pound, Willie Jewell’s offers smoked brisket, pork, turkey, sausage, chicken and ribs with a bevy of Southern sides. Daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

5442 Thomasville Rd. (850) 629-4299. $ LD

BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH/BAKERY CANOPY ROAD CAFÉ

Traditional breakfasts, fluffy omelets, skillets, French toast and sweet potato pancakes keep customers coming back.

Breakfast is the main event but Canopy goes all out on lunch favorites, too, including salads and steakburgers. MonSun 6:30 am-2:15 pm. Multiple locations.

(850) 668-6600.$ B L

THE EGG CAFÉ AND EATERY

When you’re looking for breakfast favorites, even if it’s lunchtime, The Egg is the place to be. Their made-to-order items use the finest ingredients, and they were voted Tallahassee’s best 15 times, including the 2016 award for Best Breakfast. Light breakfast fare is available at The Egg Express, a second downtown location in the R.A. Gray building. Tues-Sun 7 am-2 pm. In Evening Rose at 3740 Austin Davis Ave. (850) 907-3447. $$ B L

CAJUN COOSH’S BAYOU ROUGE

This Best Cajun Restaurant winner for 2017 brings the best of the Bayou State right to your table. The menu is jam-packed with Louisiana-style dishes, including favorites like jambalaya, crawfish etouffee, po’boys and seafood gumbo. Not in a Cajun mood? Coosh’s also offers classic hamburgers, salads and chicken wings.

Mon-Tues 11 am-10 pm, Wed-Fri 7 am-10 pm, Sat 8 am-10 pm, Sun 8 am9 pm. 6267 Old Water Oak Rd. (850) 894‑4110. $$ B L D

CATERING TASTEBUDZ CATERING

Their slogan is, “Holler if you need your taste buds tantalized.” Cases in point: Moroccan chicken with lemon spinach, beef tips with burgundy mushroom sauce, and Caribbean sweet potato and black bean salad. Serving lunch and dinner. Open daily.

2655-12 Capital Circle NE. (850) 309‑7348. $$ L D

GREEK SAHARA GREEK & LEBANESE CAFÉ

Sahara’s fusion of Greek and Lebanese cuisines is unmatched in the area. A large menu and friendly staff cater to all tastes.

And don’t forget to order the falafel! MonWed 11 am-9 pm, Thurs-Fri 11 am-10 pm, Sat 12-10 pm, Sun Closed. 11135 Apalachee Pkwy (850) 656‑1800. $$

ITALIAN/PIZZA BELLA BELLA

Take your taste buds to Italy with a trip to Bella Bella, voted Best Italian in 2015 and 2017. This locally owned and operated restaurant has a cozy atmosphere and serves all the classics to satisfy your pasta cravings.

Mon-Fri 11 am-10 pm, Sat 4-10 pm, Sun Closed.

123 E. 5th Ave. (850) 412-1114. $$ L D

MOMO’S

room for up to 20 guests is available. MonThurs 4-10 pm; Fri 4 pm-close; Sat 8 am-2 pm, 4 pm-close; Sun 8 am-2 pm, 4-10 pm. 3431 Bannerman Rd., #2 (850) 999-1696. $$$ L D

BONEFISH GRILL

Bonefish is devoted to serving great seafood including shrimp, oysters, snapper and swordfish in a vibrant setting, along with top-shelf cocktails and housemade infusions crafted by expert mixologists. Mon-Thurs 4 pm-10:30 pm, Fri 4 pm-11:30 pm, Sat 11 am11:30 pm, Sun 10 am-9 pm. 3491 Thomasville Road Ste. 7, (850) 297-0460. $$ L D

CHOP HOUSE ON THE BRICKS

This family-owned, upscale restaurant serves local organic and sustainable meats, seafood, poultry and produce. Craft beers, fine wines and specialty drinks complement dishes such as the Bone-In Ribeye, Plantation Quail and Chop House Burger. Their Knob Creek Bourbon Bread Pudding is a dessert favorite. Tues-Sat 5-9:30 pm, SunMon Closed. 123 N. Broad St., Thomasville, Ga. (229) 236-2467. $$ D

After devouring a slice “as big as your head” at this 2017 Best Pizza winner, chain pizza simply is not gonna cut it. From the black-and-white photos to the bathrooms decorated in album covers, the restaurant has an unmistakable and enjoyable “hole in the wall” vibe. Multiple locations. Hours vary.

(850) 224‑9808. $ L D

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EL JALISCO

In the mood for sizzling enchiladas and frozen margaritas? Make your way to the 2017 Best Mexican/Latin American Restaurant, El Jalisco, where they do Mexican cuisine to perfection. Multiple locations. Hours vary. $L D

PEPPERS MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA

Serving only the finest quality Mexican food made fresh every day. This North Florida chain offers lunch and dinner menus boasting favorites such as tacos, burritos, fajitas, chimichangas, quesadillas — including fish and vegetarian options — and a lengthy drinks menu. Mon.-Thurs: 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat: 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Multiple locations. (850) 8772020 or (850) 536-6800. $-$$ L D

TACO REPUBLIK

An authentic taqueria, Taco Republik specializes in creating tacos and burritos in abstract and delicious ways. Located in the heart of Midtown, this restaurant is beloved for its bold flavor combinations and walletfriendly prices. Mon-Thurs 11 am-9 pm, FriSat 11 am-10 pm, Sun Closed. 1122-8 Thomasville Rd. (850) 559‑5464. $ L D

TIN LIZZY’S

The definitive neighborhood taqueria.

Grab a refreshing margarita or some of our delicious FlexMex cuisine, featuring tacos, skillets, quesadillas and more. Thur: 11 a.m.midnight; Fri-Sat: 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; College Town, 619 S. Woodward Ave., (850) 558-5592. $/$$ L D

SEAFOOD/STEAK THE BLU HALO

Blue Halo is a high-end culinary experience featuring dry-aged steaks and fresh seafood along with fine wines and a martini bar.

The gourmet farm-to-table menu selections include a wide variety of small-plate appetizers and high-end chops. A private dining

George Koikos has over 50 years of experience in Tallahassee restaurants, and his hands-on commitment to quality food has made this upscale restaurant a local favorite. Serving local seafood and prime steak, Georgio’s offers banquet rooms for private parties. Mon-Sat 4-9:30 pm, Sun Closed. 2971 Apalachee Pkwy. (850) 877-3211. $$$ D Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille, established in 1987, serves Southern, cajun and creole flavors in classic and modern dishes. Full bar is available at each location and offers beer, wine, liquor and unique cocktails.

Sun-Thurs 11 am-10 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am-11 pm, and holiday hours. 301 S. Bronough St., in Kleman Plaza. (850) 222-3976. $$ L D

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MARIE LIVINGSTON’S STEAKHOUSE

Dining at Marie Livingston’s is upscale yet comfortable and always a special treat. Not just a restaurant that serves up savory cuts of prime rib or marbled steaks, this 2017 Best Steakhouse winner is a Tallahassee tradition, and newcomers owe it to themselves to make it a priority to visit. Mon-Fri 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm; Sat 5-9 pm; Sun Closed.

2705 Apalachee Pkwy. (850) 562-2525. $$ L D

SHULA’S 347

The legendary Miami Dolphins’ head coach brings the quest for perfection to the dining table at his namesake restaurant, located in Hotel Duval. Keep it light and casual with a premium Black Angus beef burger or a gourmet salad, or opt for one of their signature entrées — a “Shula Cut” steak.

Reservations are suggested. Sun-Thurs 5-10 pm, Fri-Sat 5-11 pm. 415 N. Monroe St. (850) 224-6005. $$$ L D

SOUTHERN SEAFOOD

Whether you’re looking for fish, shrimp, oysters, scallops, crab or lobster, these guys have you covered. The 2017 Best Seafood Market winner brings the ocean’s freshest choices to Tallahassee’s front door. Mon-Fri 10 am-7 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 12-6 pm.

1415 Timberlane Rd. (850) 668‑2203.

WHARF CASUAL SEAFOOD

The Wharf, a Tallahassee classic, serves Southern-style seafood in a casual setting in two Tallahassee locations. Shrimp, crab claws and fish tacos are big favorites, along with fried green tomatoes and collard greens. Plus lovely salads packed with veggies and fruit. Mon-Sun 11 am-8:30 pm.

4036 Lagniappe Way #3. (850) 668-1966. $$ L D

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ALONG CAME A WRITER James Patterson stops by Tallahassee

“H

i, I’m Steven King!”

In such a way, James Patterson greeted his audience at a luncheon at the Capitol in February. As a laugh line, it worked pretty well.

Apparently, these top authors get confused in the public’s mind, even though King’s work leans toward horror and Patterson’s toward mysteries. He is best known for his Alex Cross detective series, currently at rest.

Fans will be pleased to know that when I asked Patterson if Alex Cross would be coming back, he flashed a broad smile and said, “Yes.” He clearly loves the character who earned him his distinction as the “world’s bestselling author.”

In total, Patterson has written or co-authored over 500 books and donated more than one million copies to students, schools and soldiers. At this writing, The President is Missing, a political thriller that Patterson co-authored with President Bill Clinton, sits atop the New York Times fiction bestseller list.

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Patterson was at the Capitol to launch the James Patterson Literacy Challenge and to announce a gift of $3 million to the literacy initiative of the University of Florida’s College of Education.

The goal of the James Patterson Challenge is to double the number of students Florida who can read proficiently.

“We will save lives,” Patterson said. “Teachers and librarians often don’t know what heroes they are.”

Why Florida? Patterson lives 10 months out of the year in Palm Beach. Florida is home.

As a writer for the Abodes section of this magazine, I’m interested in creative spaces, so I asked about his home office. He said the view from his study is much like the view from the Capitol. His workspace has glass all around and is sprinkled with manuscripts in various stages of development.

He is working, he said, on 31 books simultaneously.

“What is your favorite writing stage?”

I asked him.

“When the ideas first start swirling around,” he said, pointing to his head.

Perhaps this partly explains why he has had so many collaborators to help get him to closing chapters. The chance to work with Clinton and his book-tour travels with him resulted, Patterson said, in fascinating conversations about the presidency and life inside the Beltway.

It has been years since Patterson blew

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past the likes of Agatha Christie and J.K. Rowling to claim his status as the world’s bestselling author, but he started his professional life in New York in modest fashion as a junior copywriter for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. He would eventually become CEO of its North American company. While with Thompson, Patterson published his first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number.

After departing the Capitol, Jim, as he prefers to be called, spoke at a sold-out event at the Tallahassee Democrat. There, he confessed that when the game show, “Jeopardy,” included a category about him, he knew all the answers for the first time.

I learned, too, that he loved figuring in a script of “The Simpsons” and enjoys watching people in airport bookstores picking up his novels. And he can’t help counting books on the shelves.

His singular success notwithstanding, Patterson is amazingly funny and genuine.

That, I will suggest, is what makes his books so popular and approachable. TM

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