No stranger to S/S Motorsports award winning creations, the Extreme 69 Camaro made a must see showing at a recent Cars and Coffee gathering held at Suncoast Motorsports. Flawlessly executed the car was definitely a Cars and Coffee attention getter. With a 540 cubic inch motor producing 705 horsepower it will pin you to the seats. The car is available for sale at $89,950.
They’re not a typical air conditioning repair outfit, and Home-Tech wouldn’t have it any other way. Steve Marino and his daughter Sonya Sawyer, have established the company as a client-centric organization designed to make life a little cooler in southwest Florida.
Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing shares FALL 2012 trends: MIXED GREENS, BORROWED FROM THE BOYS, THE JACKET, THE LEATHER LEG, THE SMOKING SLIPPER, NAVY: THE NEW NEUTRAL, DIGITAL PRINTS, THE HIGH-IMPACT HANDBAG, BROOCHES and THE FALL FACE.
Since its launch in 2007, Rooks Advertising has accomplished the unthinkable: emerging intact and flourishing during an economic firestorm. A cornerstone of the company’s success, says founder David Rooks, is its comprehensive approach to business and achieving results for our clients.
From Parma Italy we visit with Luca Mamiani, the Italian designer who created Personal Identity. An innovative artist fond of elegance and beauty in all its forms he developed the concept of personal graphic identity, making a status symbol out of it.
At McCarver & Moser we visit a selection of Patek Philippe timepieces. As the last family-owned independent watch manufacturer in Geneva, they enjoy total creative freedom to entirely design, produce and assemble what experts agree to be the finest timepieces in the world.
For a decade Ines was “the image of fashion” in Italy. Her class and spontaneity in front of the camera served as an example and contributed to the changing image of women. Thanks to her a new profession was born that required not only beauty but intelligence and self irony.
K23 Yacht Charters’ brand new 92ft (28m) motor yacht was delivered in December 2011. Based on the Manatee River in Bradenton, FL, the Algorythm is the only 92′ luxury yacht available on the Gulf Coast. The latest yacht in the LSX 92 series from Lazzara she accommodates 8 overnight guests in 4 staterooms.
We boarded John & Denise Saputo’s 61′ Viking cruiser Golden Eagle III. Taking everything in I thought, “What a day we are going to have!” It was the Super Boat Grand Prix where I was enthralled by the boats whipping past, barely missing our turn boat and enjoying eye contact with the helicopter pilots blazing by within arms-reach.
Jack Dowd’s 27: Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Alan Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jean Michel Basquiat, Ron Mckernan, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse. Talented musicians all dying at age 27. 27 years is not a long life, hardly enough time to leave a mark that will not wash away faster than it was created.
While interning at a financial firm, T.J. recalls, “I’d always eat my lunch at a construction site so that I could watch the progress of the project.” It didn’t take him long to realize where his true passions lie; T.J. left the financial sector and entered the real of construction. Now he runs a firm that bears his name.
As a child Steve White had a huge fascination with airplanes. “I used to draw them all the time.” His childhood held another attraction, cars. “As a kid I loved cars.” Ironically, now Steve has them all with Southern Jet and S/S Motorsports. It’s time to fasten your seatbelt!
Kelly Gettel, a business woman, philanthropist and mother, this energetic spirit knows no limit. Briskly walking into the room, Kelly carries an air of confidence, yet radiates unmistakable charm. Once settled in, you soon are enveloped by her keen sense of humor. Let’s spend a day with her.
“The whole story behind doing something so sophisticated as custom yacht building, losing everything and then totally reinventing one’s self (aka The Tube Dude), has so much power and leg because right now so many people can relate to it.” Scott Gerber
For the American Society of Interior Designers what better way to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity Sarasota then to open our members’ own homes to the public for a weekend tour, complete with the homeowners/designers available to field attendees’ questions. Come view their ‘DIGS’.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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