Dazzle the Senses at Thornebrook Gallery

Thornebrook Gallery, Gainesville, FL   Need a healthy dose of joy and wonder? Are you looking for the excitement that comes with finding a store overflowing with unique items that appeal to the senses as well as the heart? Welcome to Thornebrook Gallery, where you can find the perfect gift for yourself or someone dear to you. Curator and owner David Arrighi holds a UF ...

Paramount Inn & Suites Turkey Feast

Creative Cuisine, Gainesville, FL         THIS MONTH’S incredible holiday turkey recipe is complements of the SkyBox Sports Bar & Grill located inside the Paramount Inn & Suites on South West 13th Street. If you haven’t tried out this restaurant lately you are in for a real treat. Don’t feel like cooking this year? The SkyBox ...

How to Choose A Cosmetic Dentist

Sunstate Express, Gainesville, FL As seen on ABC’s Extreme Makeover, dentistry has changed dramatically in the past decade. And most often, it is the Smile Makeover that makes the greatest difference in ones appearance. Dr. Art Mowery of Exceptional Dentistry in Gainesville, explained, “Today’s technology for materials and procedures has improved significantly. ...

Quality You Can Stand On

Quality You Can Stand On, Gainesville, FL   WHEN JOEY Galasso ventured into the flooring business he decided that providing professionalism was his top priority. That’s why his company, Professional Flooring of Gainesville, Inc., is unique…and also why his approach to flooring solutions is so successful. With many years of experience under his belt, Galasso ...

Hoop Hopes

Hoop Hopes, Gainesville, FL   It’s November, the time of the emergence of thousands of strange creatures known as Rowdy Reptiles. Periodically migrating to a large dome shaped edifice known as the O’Connell Center, these creatures will cheer and scream and howl and stomp, doing whatever it takes to intimidate intruders and to support their brethren - their beloved ...

Creating Infinity

Creating Infinity, Gainesville, FL   HAVE YOU BEEN looking for a hot, new, creative after-dinner entertainment venue? Recently opened along SW 34th Street, 720 Studios, Inc. Flameworked Glass Gallery and Studio delivers an unusual diversion from the date-night norm. Flameworking on this scale is not commonly demonstrated for public viewing, but owner and resident artist, ...

You Too Can Have Younger Looking Skin.

Younger Looking Skin, Gainesville, FL   HAVE YOU BEEN seeking the beauty and radiance of younger looking skin? Look no further than 633 Ray of Beauty, skin care consultants who provide Lumiere, and ultramodern skin care program that Europeans have been enjoying for years. Long recognized in the European medical community and rapidly gaining acceptance with doctors in ...

At Your Fingertips

Sunstate Express, Gainesville, FL   CONDUCTING FINANCIAL transactions on your PC has never been easier or safer. Once you’ve signed up for SunState Express PC Home$BankingTM you can access your SunState Federal Credit Union Accounts and loans at any time from the privacy of your home or office. Even information about your SunState IRA accounts is available through ...

Letter from the Publisher

OUR COVER THIS MONTH brings the relaxing feeling of fall. Patio Designs is much more than an outdoor furniture store, and as the holiday shopping season approaches, a visit to this wonderland needs to be on your “to do list!” This fine store has everything the outdoor needs, as well as indoor furniture and accessories. Read more about Patio Designs and visit them ...

Letter from the Editor Letter

THIS TIME OF YEAR, the thoughts of approaching holidays can be filled with emotion for many. All over our community people will be putting turkey in the oven, cooling the pumpkin pie, setting out their best china, rooting for their favorite football team, eating too much and falling asleep on the sofa. Many people are looking forward to upcoming plans with friends and family. ...

Behind the White Picket Fence

LIKE A QUAINT LITTLE downtown or open-air market surrounded by a white picket fence, Greenery Square is a gathering of assorted shops with the beauty of your home and garden in mind. But this eclectic piece of paradise didn't pop up overnight. Colonel Jim Glikes and his wife Suzy settled in Gainesville in 1975 and while building their homestead, the family realized their ...

What Can Body Acceptance Get You? PLENTY!

IF BEING TOLD TO lose weight actually helped people to lose weight, there would be no fat people. If being told they “will die if they do not lose weight” by a medical doctor or that they “are unsightly” (as Ann Landers has done) helped people get thin, everyone would be thin. Few people would elect to be fat in a culture that so flagrantly hates fat ...

Dance Alive

MARY ELLEN POFAHL was a gifted dancer and choreographer who hailed from Minnesota and studied ballet with Theodore Koslov from the renowned Imperial Russian Ballet. She was an English and Logistics teacher, yet she was elected to draft the Modern Dance Syllabus for the Dance Masters of America. In 1953, Pofahl relocated to Gainesville and soon opened Pofahl Studios and founded ...

Safe New Test for Early Detection

WOULDN’T IT be remarkable if there was a test that could offer people early detection of serious medical conditions? Gainesville Thermography, Inc. is the area’s first healthcare practice to embrace an innovative FDA approved technology being used by medical professionals at Duke University, the University of California, and other university medical centers. Digital ...

More Than Just a Background

IF YOUR HOME was a painting, what would it be – a peaceful green pasture? A sunset-shaded dusty canyon? Or perhaps a rugged, desolate mountainscape ? What we see in a painting can make us feel adventurous, mellow, perhaps any number of emotions. But did you know that your home can do the same? Andrea Woda can make this happen. She is the owner and operator of Paint ...

Great Gift Ideas

IN THE QUEST for knowledge about the opposite sex, it seems that the more we learn about each other, the less we really know. Holiday gift shopping is a prime example. For years, women have pondered and researched to find that “perfect” gift for the man in their life. And men have racked their brains to find anything to win over the women that they love. Combine that ...

Holiday Boxes for the Hungry and Needy

FOR THE PAST several holiday seasons the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank has been providing “Holiday Boxes” for the hungry and needy in our community. Right here in our own community we have hungry and poverty stricken. They reside in our town, the next town, or maybe even the next block. We pass them every day on our commute to work, or maybe brush by them on the ...

Fifi's Upscale Resale

Eleven years ago Fifi’s open Gainesville’s first upscale resale boutique, fulfilling a niche that gave fashion conscience women another option for affordable, stylish clothes. Today, Fifi’s three owners, Elly, Myrna and Mary, are still finding the gently worn women’s clothing business a very satisfying enterprise. The store targets women from all walks ...