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REAL Magazine Digital Edition Featuring:

Jack Dowd’s 27, Datum Corporation, ClearJet.net, Designer Christopher Roy, Ringling on the Water, REAL, Heels and Wheels, Giving Hunger the Blues and more.

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Christopher Roy

Redefining Americana

With a signature furniture line composed of artfully-designed limited edition pieces, Christopher Roy thoughtfully explores the boundaries of form and function. A native of England now based in Sarasota, Christopher graduated from the nationally-recognized Ringling College of Art + Design and has utilized his talents across a spectrum of mediums and canvases. Read More

Datum Corporation: Technology Leadership. Global Reach.

By Lalaena Gonzalez-Figueroa

Technology advances at warp speed.  Let Datum co-pilot your business to success.

At its heart, Datum Corporation is a solution-oriented business that provides comprehensive, one-stop technology solutions for small- to mid-sized business. In Datum’s vernacular small to medium spans a 20 location chain looking to grow exponentially to $500 million and up multi-national firms. At the heart of the company is its spirit: straightforward professionalism based on teamwork, facilitating relationship building within the firm and more importantly with its clientele. Read More

Interview: Taking Off With ClearJet’s Clay Curtis

By Ed Bertha

With a quiet intensity Clay Curtis types on his computer, emailing one of the safety rated private jet operators in the ClearJet.net network from across the country. Over the last three years he has researched, tested and built a new online flight booking tool for the private aviation industry from the ground up. Read More

Ringling on the Water

Benefiting Ringling College of Art + Design

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REAL, Heels and Wheels

Benefiting Habitat for Humanity, Sarasota

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Giving Hunger The Blues

Benefiting All Faiths Food Bank

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Wedding Celebration Hairstyles

By Sheila Venancia

International Hair Stylist

Get inspiration for your wedding hairstyle! Whether you’re looking for a romantic updo or want to replicate a red carpet or runway look, on your wedding day all eyes and cameras will be on you. You’ll want to look your absolute best, but finding the perfect wedding hairstyles can be extremely time-consuming and frustrating if you don’t know where to start. Read More

A New Baseball Stadium For The Rays?

The Team and Bay Area Communities Could Be In Lockstep Once Again

By William Henry PhD

Although it seems like a long time ago, some may remember that the Rays Baseball ownership group and the City of St. Petersburg seemed to be in lock step to demolish the existing Tropicana Field Dome Stadium and build a state of the art waterfront stadium in downtown St. Petersburg site several years ago. Read More

Property Rentals – The Long And The Short Of It

By Patricia Tan

Lower property prices in Florida and a healthy demand for rental properties has led to an increase in demand from overseas investors. One of the questions I hear a lot when I am traveling is “Should I buy a property for short or long term rental?” Read More

REAL Magazine Digital Edition Featuring:

Aimee Cogan of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Master Pianist Derek Han, Designer Christopher Roy, Ringling on the Water and more.

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Christopher Roy

A Bespoke Design Studio

Interview

“I don’t believe I could be limited to any one artistic medium. My passions are limitless; everything I do leads me to something else.”

Like those who have inspired him, it is impossible to succinctly define Christopher Roy McConnell. His work is substantial, significant, yet maintains an unlikely fluidity at the cusp of art and design, between aether and earth. His high-end, original furniture and interior design firm reflect the signature contradictions that tantalize and challenge, creating sumptuous environments driven by tangible masculinity. “I want to experience the drama when I walk into a room,” he asserts. “I want to be enveloped in the atmosphere.” Read More

“Ringling on the Water” – Preview Event

Hosts: Tile Market & Kelly Gettel & Co.

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Jo Ann Koontz

Koontz & Associates, PL

By Lalaena Gonzalez-Figueroa

Photo by Peter Acker

As both an attorney and CPA, Jo Ann Koontz is uniquely qualified to offer legal solutions that provide the best tax situation for her clients. Essentially, clients benefit from the services of two professionals, avoiding pitfalls they didn’t even know were there. Read More

Briana O’Brien And The Green Hopper

Story and photography by Jenny Acheson

“Cheap, easy, fun and friendly” is how Briana O’Brien describes her transport service, the Green Hopper. A self-proclaimed dreamer from New Jersey, it was her ideas and aspirations that brought her to Sarasota where, with partner and friend Kevin Watts, she set up the company. Read More