A very close friend of ours was the owner of several high end fur boutiques up north. He sold them and moved to Florida. before you knew it he was back in the business again. This time working in department store in Ft. Lauderdale. He told us about a special customer. She was an elderly woman who would come to the department store twice a week. She would always order 1 chocolate chip cookie and have 2 cups of coffee. then she would come to the fur department and ask “What’s new?” She would always try one coat one and say “Maybe someday I will come back and buy this coat.” Everybody liked her and were very nice to her. Then one day she passed away. To the surprise of everybody she was very wealthy. She left our friend in the fur department, the servers & cosmetic department $5,000 each once a year for the rest of their lives.
Mark & Carrie Nephieu/Niece of the Week
Brandon Valentino
This very talented performer has studied at The American Musical & Dramatic Academy in both Los Angeles and New York City. He is currently performing in the cast at Hamburger Mary’s.
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Caught @ G.Bar
Caught @ Hamburger Mary’s
Caught @ The Social
Caught @ Steam Fridays
From the MC Film Mail Bag
Dear Ybor City Community Advisory Council Members:
On Thursday, June 5th, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the Ybor City Campus President’s Community Advisory Council will hold its summer meeting in the Performing Arts Building’s Studio Theatre. There will be short performances by students in our Drama and Dance programs.
The Council is designed to enhance open dialogue between the campus administration and the community-at-large and will focus on how the campus can support the community and how the community can support the campus. The meeting will include a tour of the Performing Arts and Visual Arts Buildings. An agenda will follow closer to the meeting date as well as parking information.
For updates on HCC and Ybor City Campus events, please go to http://hccfl.edu/onlineathcc or http://hccfl.edu/yc.aspx and click on Calendars.
If you are planning on attending this forum, please RSVP to my assistant, Bridget Harris, by May 28, 2014. She can be reached at 813-253-7754 or bharris@hccfl.edu.
I hope to see you there.
Thanks for your support of HCC and the Ybor City Campus.
Shawn
Dr. Shawn H. Robinson
Campus President, Ybor City
Hillsborough Community College
http://hccfl.edu/staff-info/robinson-shawn.aspx
Ofc: 813-253-7755
Fax: 813-253-7610
Photos of the Week
Photos of the Week
THANK YOU!!! GaYBOR/Ybor’s Finest
Who will wear this years GaYBOR Crown?
WOW Jeffery WOW
@ Hamburger Mary’s
Festa Italiana Entertainers from Italy @ Cristino’s
Carne’s
Centro Ybor
King Corona
Who called the Fire dept?
Ybor Chickens
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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 4-2-2014
Happy Beloved Birthday Our Sister, Mert!
17th Annual FESTA ITALIANA
A Taste of Italy in Historic Ybor City!
April 3 -6, 2014
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Green Fest & Sunny Spring Skies
Friends of Plant Park’s “Annual GreenFest” had a tremendous turnout of professional and weekend landscapes. Hundreds of landscaping vendors showcased there new hybrid plants, natural Florida native plants, vegetable seedling plants and great landscaping tips for all level of outdoor landscapers . The annual spring event drew thousands to University of Tampa’s Plant Park, again did a great job of educating and selling to outdoor homeowners.
The line-up of guest speakers included Hillsborough County Extension Services plant experts and regional Master Gardeners. Included were presentations and classes by Master Landscapers; Dooryard Fruit by Jim Hark, Butterfly Gardening with Nicole Pinson, Caladium by Cynthia Glover and Rain Barrels by Lynn Barber were a few of the noted guest speakers.
The spacious UT grounds had vendors selling sharpening garden tools, worm gardens, Butterfly shrubs, water falls for backyards and the many orchid growers. The bright plant colors and the plant assortments had novice landscapers pull wagons full of trees, plants and shrubs heading to their new homes. www.friendsofplantpark.com
George Sheldon , Florida Attorney General Campaign
Greeting new potential voters at King Corona’s Meet & Greet in Ybor City was George Sheldon running for Florida’s top spot as Attorney General. He is off and running to compete in defeating Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Sheldon’s political career began in 1969, when he was a legislative aide for state senator and future governor Reubin Askew. Sheldon was a state representative in the Tampa area from 1974 to 1982, before running against Congressman Michael Bilirakis. Sheldon would serve in private practice until 1999, when he became Deputy Attorney General for Central Florida under Attorney General Bob Butterworth. In 2003, he assumed the post of Associate Dean at St Thomas Law School; and in 2008, Sheldon became the Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families under governor Charlie Christ. While at Florida DCF, Sheldon played a key role in relief efforts for refugees from Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. He was also recognized by a national child welfare coalition as leading the “largest transformation of an American child welfare system in recent decades, turning Florida from the national example of failure into, relatively speaking, a leader in doing child welfare right.” Sheldon would later become the Acting Assistant Secretary for the federal Administration for Children and Families in the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 2011 to 2013.
Talking with a group of us at the get together, stated that he is and has been in favor of Florida Equal Marriage and Gay Adoption Rights. While a member of the Florida House, he stood up against the crusading Anita Bryant shenanigans about Gay Adoption in the 1970’s.