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Looking forward to covering Local restaurants Cask &
Larder and 4Rivers’ Sweet Shop this weekend at this
year’s Chef’s Gala at the Epcot World Showplace.
Congrats to Carina Graham for recognition for her work
with The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families.
You can donate $10 to the center easily by texting HPC
to 20222 today and tomorrow.
With the advent of this year’s Winter Park Paint Out, as organized by the Albin Polasek Museum, I was
determined to see more, to participate at a higher level. I’m pretty sure I indicated that desire to its Executive
Director, Debbie Komanski, but I’m not sure how well. I hope my stalking of her artists was never a problem.
Focus and enjoyment of the event took over and each day became a little magical as I sought them out to see
where they were and what they’d focused on that day. As with the Local Artists I follow, I came to know several a
little better each day, know their individual stories and where they were from. Yesterday and today have seemed
like something is missing as my stalking opportunities have ended.
The Winter Park Paint Out this year was a daily treat. It is now one of my own favorite events of the year, an event
so easy to take part in and enjoy because it takes place over the span of an entire week. If you missed out this year,
don’t make the same mistake next. It happens over the last full week of April. No matter what your schedule,
there’s a way to take part and enjoy.
The short time I’ve been back to writing on-line, beginning anew to
build my blog has been wonderful, has already begun to produce such
terrific opportunities and nice reader response. The blog can now be
found easily at ILUVWinterPark.com. I’m pleased and excited to say
that I will be among those covering this year’s Chef’s Gala at the Epcot
World Showplace this coming weekend. This event is a yearly fund-
raiser for Heart of Florida United Way. Among the amazing Local
restaurants participating will be Winter Park’s own Cask & Larder and
the 4Rivers’ Sweet Shop. Beginning mid to late week I’ll be writing
more about the event and its two Local participants. THANK YOU to Lisa Junkerman, the Vice President of
Marketing & Communications for Heart of Florida United Way, for the invitation. I’ll be attending with
founder of The Marketing Square, Rebekah Brown. More in the coming days! We’re both looking forward to
it!
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. As part of this
national awareness program The Howard Phillips Center for
Children & Families has placed those blue pinwheels around Orlando
at various businesses and other spots to heighten awareness and raise
funds as part of their Paint Orlando Blue program. Contributing to
this cause is EASY . . . just text ‘HPC’ to 20222 to make a $10 donation.
YES, that’s it! You can find more information online at
www.PaintOrlandoBlue.com. Congratulations to Local mom and
Downeast of Winter Park buyer Carina Graham who was recently
honored with the organization’s Semper Fidelis award for her work with
the center.
On Saturday the Peter Millar
store on Park Avenue opened and closed for the last time. Over the last
four or so months I’ve had opportunity to interact with its manager,
Thomas Allen Cox, quite a few times, and have enjoyed his amazing
eye for color and pattern over the entire past year. Thomas is a graduate Follow
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