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NEWS + VIEWS

LOCAL COLOR 13

ARTS + CULTURE 55

FOOD + DRINK 23

SPORTS + REC 67

MUSIC + NIGHTLIFE 41

GOODS + SERVICES 79

7 Your Words Readers react, plus Clay Jones’ comic

9 Informed Dissent Donald Trump needs a perfect storm

BACK PAGES 98 Savage Love 99 Classifieds

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Last week we reported the chilling fact that over 10,000 people had died in Florida in the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, our death toll stood at 10,167, and more than half of those deaths happened in the last month. These grim numbers reach us as the state continues to plan for schools to reopen and push for a full business reopening as well.

@Ivan Williams Wow, like how many are fine with their fellow Floridians dying of this when we could’ve done something about it? Call out those who’ll be doing the same once more children start dying off, because those idiots deserve ALL the hate for being so ignorant in their odd confidence.

Possibly even more depressing than these numbers were the number of comments on our Facebook page claiming that the statistics are all lies and calling people sheep, bandying about the long-since-discredited “0.4 percent” stat (we get it, math is tough) or pivoting to what-aboutism in the form of comments like “But how many people die from regular flu?” (that would be roughly 3,000 per year in Florida, by the way) and “That’s a lot, but more people have died in New York!”

@Mandee Gustavson Loiacono It didn’t have to happen.

What does that have to do with the price of coffins? Do better, Florida. @Nick Rowell 1) Florida has most definitely cooked the books. They were counting multiple negative tests ON ONE PERSON, then only counting one positive test per positive case. They’ve also suppressed the number of deaths. 2) If it killed this many people with our extreme preventative measures, it’s very deadly and should be taken very seriously. 3) there are many other long-term health effects associated with this, so while everyone’s not going to die, some people could be left with lifelong lung issues. Is that a big enough issue?

‘ONLY FASCISM’

On the same day Floridians went to the polls to vote in the 2020 primary elections, Florida’s governor continued his attempt to disenfranchise returning citizens, despite a supermajority of 2018 voters’ will. The state is appealing a judge’s finding that requiring felons to pay court-ordered “legal financial obligations” to be eligible to vote is unconstitutional. Critics of the law liken it to a poll tax and say it creates “two classes of people, those who can afford to pay … and those who cannot.” @Gwen Brogden The fact that he assumes all ex-felons will vote blue just shows how ignorant he is. Voter suppression is wrong on every level but the GOP seems to think that’s the only way they can stay in control. @Katie Saville Of all the things he could be working on right now, this is how he chooses to spend his time.

BY CLAY JONES

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OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY TIA DUFOUR

A PERFECT STORM

Once again, Donald Trump will need a miracle of fraud, cheating and voter suppression to win – and nothing is out of bounds BY JEFFREY C. BILL M A N

No less than Rutherford B. Hayes or

George W. Bush, Donald Trump took office in January 2017 with his legitimacy hanging by a thread. Having decisively lost the popular vote in 1876, Hayes claimed the White House following a serious of dubious and disputed recounts that prompted a constitutional crisis barely a decade after the Civil War; a special congressional committee ultimately voted along party lines to install “Rutherfraud,” apparently as part of a deal to end Reconstruction. Bush, another popular-vote loser, won the Electoral College in 2000 thanks to a 537-vote squeaker in Florida, where his brother Jeb was governor. This election – a debacle of hanging chads and butterfly ballots and a racist purge of the state’s voter rolls – nearly provoked another constitutional crisis; it ended when the Supreme Court squelched a statewide recount. These were not shining moments for democracy. Neither was Trump’s election in 2016. He won 3 million fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. His narrow Electoral College victory rested on hitting a royal flush in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. He was aided in key swing states by Republican efforts to suppress Black turnout. He had still more help from a politically obtuse FBI director who announced a last-minute reinvestigation into Clinton’s email scandals. And, of course, Trump benefited from a sophisticated Russian intelligence operation designed to help him win, which he didn’t exactly discour-

age – and later tried to cover up. Trump needed a perfect storm to get elected. This year, headed into the fall down double digits in polls, with the country reeling from a deadly pandemic and a bruising recession, he needs another. His solution? Manufacture his own constitutional crisis. Win or tear the country apart trying. No matter what happens between now and Election Day, if Trump swears the oath on Jan. 20, 2021, he will be an illegitimate president. And the United States will be, for lack of a better word, fucked. Admittedly, a statement like that should probably accompany a topic less banal than mail delivery. In any other administration, you could dismiss the uproar over the election-season evisceration of the U.S. Postal Service as a low-grade conspiracy theory. But nothing in the last four years suggests Trump warrants the benefit of the doubt, especially when his lackeys’ inexplicable decisions align so perfectly with his personal agenda. The political strategy hardly requires mental gymnastics. In a pandemic, people avoid long lines. During elections, Democratic precincts in urban and minority areas tend to have long lines – and that’s an issue to discuss another day – a problem that will be exacerbated by an inability to find poll workers. Force people in urban areas to risk their lives to vote, and you decrease Democratic turnout. Unless they vote by mail, that is.

Indeed, polling shows that those who plan to vote by mail overwhelmingly back Joe Biden. So Republicans have begun an all-out assault on mail voting, falsely alleging that it is prone to fraud, suing to stop states from expanding access to mail-in ballots, and pointing to expected mail delays as evidence that the Postal Service won’t be able to handle a surge of ballots. That last part is less a prediction than a promise – or perhaps a self-fulfilling prophecy. With the election just over two months away, Trump’s postmaster general, GOP megadonor Louis DeJoy, drastically reduced overtime, stopped guaranteeing on-time delivery, eliminated 10 percent of USPS mail-sorting machines and removed veteran employees as part of a hasty overhaul. In late July, the USPS told 46 states that it could not guarantee that mail-in ballots would arrive in time to be counted. Nearly 180 million people can vote by mail; imagine if millions of ballots arrive too late to be counted. DeJoy says the USPS needs to save money, although his savings will amount to a rounding error in the federal budget. But last week, Trump, unable to help himself, said the quiet part out loud. He opposes a $25 billion bailout sought by the USPS and $3.6 billion in emergency election funding for states because, as he told the Fox Business Channel, “They need that money in order to make the Post Office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. But if they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting, because they’re not equipped to have it.” The president of the United States – who, just a few months ago, got impeached after trying to coerce a foreign nation to invent an investigation into his political rival – said on live television that he is sabotaging the Postal Service to keep people from voting and their votes from being counted. Trump’s brazen admission woke Democrats from their slumber. Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the House back to Washington to vote on a bill to force the USPS to reverse its service cuts, and Democrats demanded that DeJoy testify before a congressional committee later this month. The administration quickly backflipped, with the USPS pledging to stop removing mailboxes and sorting machines, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows saying the president “is not going to interfere with anybody casting their votes in a legitimate way, whether it’s the post office or anything else.” But at this point, Trump has already tainted the election in a way no president has ever even attempted. Just because he got caught doesn’t mean he’ll stop trying – whether it’s disrupting the mail or dispatching paramilitary goons to “Democrat cities” or claiming fraud and refusing to concede. As November nears, the more desperate – and dangerous – he’ll become. He’s told us that nothing is out of bounds. We should believe him. Even if destroying the mail system is the only thing he does to subvert the election, it’s enough. He has crossed the Rubicon. No functioning democracy can abide an autocrat who uses the levers of government to disenfranchise millions of citizens for his political gain. Any democracy that does will be neither functioning nor much of a democracy for long.

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® HELLO OUT THERE, ORLANDO. Has it really been a year already? It’s Best of Orlando time again, but we never could have imagined that we’d be unveiling this issue during a time like this. A lot of things have changed – oh yeah, we won’t be hosting a Best Of party this year – and so much of it seems for the worse (though there are some amazing glimmers of hope). But y’all came through and voted in force and let us know about the things and people and places and events that you think are the true essence of what makes Orlando the City Beautiful. So we crawled out from under our beds and did our best to showcase your choices … plus a few of our own. This year’s issue is themed around building a better Orlando: watching the city endure, come together and help one another despite a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, isolation and a really big (ahem) election. Think about it like Legos, for instance, where smaller, individual pieces fit together to form something bigger and cohesive and, most of the time, genuinely kick-ass. Rebuild, remake, remodel. In the pages of this issue, we’re watching you all build a better Orlando, and we’re rooting for you. — Matthew Moyer, Jessica Bryce Young, Daniel Rodriguez, Dave Plotkin, Faiyaz Kara, Seth Kubersky, Holly Kapherr, Janessa Gursky, Ida Eskamani, Kyle Eagle, Christopher Belt, Collin Modeste, Hollie Mahadeo, Jeff Kruse, Dan Winkler, Jerrica Schwartz, Rachel Gold and Graham Jarrett.

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MEET THE ARTISTS

The dynamic duo behind Lego Explore Orlando makes finding fun in your city look like a snap

ike most kids, Charles Lindlau and Robert Privitera grew up with Legos as the toy of choice. Unlike most kids, however, the duo spun that childhood hobby into the popular local Instagram account Lego Explore Orlando. For just over a year, the two have been breaking the Orlando internets with engaging and endearing portraits of lil’ Lego folks posing in front of various Orlando landmarks, as a way of “looking at the city through a playful lens.” Their big viral moment came early on with a photo of Lego construction workers doing their darnedest to pitch in on the construction mess of the I-4 Ultimate project, and from there it’s been a whirlwind building-block tour of the city. We felt the optimistic and do-it-yourself nature of this project was a great fit (see what we did there?) for this year’s issue. How much has your Lego collection grown since you started Lego Explore Orlando? CL: We didn’t even own a single Lego! We bought a single Lego to start! So now we probably have – oh god – hundreds of figures and all of the accessories and a couple vehicles, so we could do drive-in movies and whatnot. It’s become a full-blown hoarding situation. What is it that inspires you to do a shoot at a given spot? RP: I think that one of the reasons why we started doing this is because we were always out and about and doing everything we could all the time. So, it was like, we do all these

things anyway, we should just have a fun way to document it and showcase it, And we keep them a lot of times in our car, so if we’re just driving by someplace and we’ll say, “Ooh, I’ve got an idea!” we’ll pull over and take one as we’re out and about. How are the Lego people faring in the time of social distancing? CL: The Lego people really miss going places! It is Lego Explore Orlando and it’s very hard right now to explore. We’re trying to be careful and if you look at our content you’d see a bit of a change since March. You’d definitely see a lot more outdoor things. Any reflections on doing this project that you’d want to share with readers? CL: I’ve lived here almost my entire life and Rob’s been here for 15 years or so, and it’s always amazed us how long you can live in a city and not really know anything about it. It’s very easy to fall into the same routines, go to the same chain restaurants, go to a movie on Friday night, and there are so many people that don’t understand all of the amazing things that Orlando has to offer. There’s an arts culture that has blown up in the past few years, a food scene that was nonexistent 10 years ago. One of the things we love about the account is that it causes us to go places we’ve never been before. And doing this for Orlando Weekly took us places that we’ve never been. And so we love that it allowed us to see even more of the city than we maybe would have otherwise. orlandoweekly.com

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Best Kept Secret 1st: Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour scenicboattours.com 2nd: Baldwin Park 3rd: Sanford Brewing Company sanfordbrewing.com

Best Local Activist Group 1st: The Center thecenterorlando.org 2nd: Zebra Coalition zebrayouth.org 3rd: Spay the Strays spaythestrays.rescuegroups.org

Best Local Big Shot Who’s Not an Elected Official 1st: Savannah Boan facebook.com/thesavannahboan 2nd: Johnny Magic facebook.com/johnnymagicfan 3rd: Jim Colbert facebook.com/thejimcolbertshow

Best Local Charitable Group 1st: Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, feedhopenow.org 2nd: Give Kids the World Village gktw.org 3rd: Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando petallianceorlando.org

Best Local Leader During the Pandemic 1st: State Rep. Anna Eskamani 2nd: Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings 3rd: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer

Best Local Podcast 1st: “A Mediocre Time With Tom & Dan” tomanddan.com 2nd: “To the Top With Carlos Navarro,” iamcarlosnavarro.com 3rd: “Russ & Bo 2.0” facebook.com/russandbo2.0 ALL PHOTOS BY LEGO EXPLORE ORLANDO CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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Best Local Politician 1st: State Rep. Anna Eskamani 2nd: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer 3rd: U.S. Rep. Val Demings

Best Local Publication 1st: Orlando Weekly orlandoweekly.com 2nd: Bungalower bungalower.com 3rd: Orlando Sentinel orlandosentinel.com

Best Local Radio Show 1st: “Monsters in the Morning” Real Radio 104.1-FM monsters.fm 2nd: “Johnny’s House” XL 106.7-FM xl1067.com 3rd: “The Jim Colbert Show” Real Radio 104.1-FM realradio.fm

Best Local Radio Station 1st: WTKS Real Radio 104.1-FM realradio.fm 2nd: WXXL 106.7-FM xl1067.com 3rd: WJRR 101.1-FM wjrr.com

Best Local TV Newsperson 1st: Eric Burris, WESH 2 2nd: Amy Sweezey, former WESH 2 meteorologist 3rd: Martha Sugalski, WFTV Channel 9

Best Neighborhood to Drink In 1st: Historic Downtown Sanford historicdowntownsanford.com 2nd: Mills 50 mills50.org 3rd: Winter Park winterpark.org

BEST FIRST STEP:

BLM MURAL PAINTED ON ROSALIND AVENUE They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and few would claim that Orlando city leaders had anything but the best intentions in mind when they painted the words “Black Lives Matter” in letters 30 feet high on the surface of Rosalind Avenue. So we were very, very proud to see our city joining the national trend of proclaiming that Black Lives Matter in the most public way possible. But many residents, Black and white alike, question its utility. If the mural is a giant reminder to city and county staff of what they need to change in terms of policing and systemic racism, great, it’s a first step. If there’s no action following up the message, then it’s an empty gesture, a pretty label slapped over an ugly history. Let’s not let that happen.

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Best Neighborhood to Eat In 1st: Winter Park winterpark.org 2nd: Mills 50 mills50.org 3rd: Historic Downtown Sanford historicdowntownsanford.com

Best Neighborhood to Live In 1st: Winter Park winterpark.org 2nd: Winter Garden cwgdn.com 3rd: College Park collegeparkmainstreet.com

Best Neighborhood to Shop In 1st: Winter Park winterpark.org 2nd: Millenia area 3rd: Waterford Lakes waterfordlakestowncenter.com

Best New Thing in Orlando 1st: Hourglass Brewing hourglassbrewing.com 2nd: Tori Tori Pub toritoripub.com 3rd: Cocktails & Screams cocktailsandscreams.com

Best Orlando Weekly Event 1st: Best of Orlando Party sorry y’all, it’s canceled this year. :( 2nd: Orlando Beer Festival 3rd: Tacos & Tequila

Best Place to Show People the Real Orlando 1st: Gatorland gatorland.com 2nd: Lake Eola 3rd: Mills 50 mills50.org

Best Reason to Live in Orlando

READERS POLL WINNER REP. ANNA ESKAMANI!

1st: Theme parks 2nd: The neighborhoods 3rd: Community

Best Use of Public Money 1st: Bike lanes and walking paths 2nd: Public parks 3rd: Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts drphillipscenter.org

BEST ‘GOOD TROUBLE’:

BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS IN ORLANDO The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade at the hands of police ignited an international response, and Orlando showed up. And continued to show up. And showed up even in the rain, in the defense of Black lives. Orlando protesters endured chemical weapons, military tactics, smackdowns and arrests at the hands of the Orlando Police Department and Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Yet still, thousands marched, and shut down the streets consistently – they even shut down the 408! Most recently, “Our Budget Our Block” organizers staged five back-to-back protests demanding the Orange County Commission reject a $15 million proposed increase to the Sheriff’s budget next year. In the words of the late John Lewis, this was “good trouble, necessary trouble.”

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READERS POLL WINNER GATORLAND!

BEST UNWITTING PREDICTOR OF THE YEAR WE’D HAVE:

AN ENORMOUS POO IN LAKE EOLA PARK

Jan 24-26, 2020 No one could have known on Thursday, Jan. 23, what evil spirits they would apparently awaken. Poop-shame prevention spray Poo-Pourri stopped in Orlando on their “Giant Poo Tour” and as part of the marketing stunt, they erected a 30-foot-tall inflatable turd on Lake Eola park’s green grass – cute emoji version, not bad dog owner version – and invited people inside to “Let That Sh** Go.” What a caca-ca-razy idea.

BEST PICKET LINE:

UNITE HERE LOCAL 362

uniteherelocal362.org The workers of Unite Here Local 362, part of the largest union of hospitality employees nationwide – including those at the Mouse – have launched an effort to unionize HMSHost employees at Orlando International Airport. HMSHost employs nearly 800 people at 27 locations at MCO. Unite Here’s request for a mail ballot election to unionize was denied by the company, but the workers keep on fighting. They’ve demanded Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer support their efforts to unionize. Neither City Council nor the Board of County Commissioners have the authority to do anything about the union election, but both mayors are members of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, and Orlando is waiting to see what they’ll do.

BEST NOISE CANCELLATION:

ORLANDO PROTESTERS DROWNING OUT RON DESANTIS

Gov. Ron DeSantis had planned a stop at Orlando’s OneBlood center to be his standard press spiel of pandemic-related misinformation and bizarre sports analogies. Instead, he was met with a classic Orlando welcome: fired-up protesters. They crashed his show to demand answers – to the lies, the failures, the record COVID-19 cases and deaths, at one point fittingly shouting, “You have blood on your hands!” The direct action made national and international news, and, even better, quite literally drowned out DeSantis’ voice.

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MOST EMBARRASSING STATE TO LIVE IN:

FLORIDA DURING CORONAVIRUS

As spring break season approached, our governor put his mask over his eyes instead of his nose and mouth, refusing to look at the reality of the pandemic until it was much too late. This state – a state with the second highest share of senior citizens in the country and 10 million international visitors per year – surged with illness and unemployment, and our government did sweet F.A. to help. The eyes of the world turned upon Florida, and those eyes are now clenched shut in disgust. We can all take a little “Florida Man” ribbing in stride, but when the world literally shuts its doors to us, it’s time to think very hard about the representatives we are electing to serve the public.

BEST PILGRIMAGE:

VISITING QUEEN WELTIN’S ANNUAL SUPERBLOOM

Even a pandemic couldn’t diminish Orlando night-blooming cereus fans’ anticipation to witness the alien beauty of Queen Weltin, a huge tree wrapped in masses and masses of Selenicereus grandiflorus vines near the corner of Hardy and Weltin in Mills 50. The Queen blooms fully only one night a year, a magnificent explosion of dazzling, magical floral splendor. There’s nothing like it. And when it bloomed this June, a steady procession of devotees came, undeterred, reverent, socially distanced and respectful. Taking a moment of solace in knowing that beauty somehow endures. (If you miss out on the Weltin and Hardy bloom, spectacular cereus specimens can also be found in Mead Botanical Garden and Leu Gardens.)

BEST BLUE CHECKMARK:

WOKE STAN VAN GUNDY

Like a delightful gem sparkling amid the toxic trash heap of Twitter, former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy shines a beacon of progressive common sense. We’re so used to being disappointed in our white, male, older public figures that we could hardly believe it was really coming from him, this steady stream of pro-woman, pro-BLM, pro-gun control, pro-accountability tweets from @realStanVG. But he finally got that Twitter verification, a tiny blue checkmark in the “plus” column of 2020.

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Best Bakery 1st: Gideon’s Bakehouse gideonsbakehouse.com 2nd: Se7en Bites se7enbites.com 3rd: Publix, publix.com

Best Barbecue Restaurant 1st: 4 Rivers Smokehouse 4rsmokehouse.com 2nd: Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa pigfloyds.com 3rd: Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ bubbalous.com

Best Bloody Mary 1st: The Hammered Lamb thehammeredlamb.com 2nd: Maxine’s on Shine maxinesonshine.com 3rd: Santiago’s Bodega santiagosbodega.com

Best Breakfast 1st: Se7en Bites, se7enbites.com 2nd: Keke’s Breakfast Cafe kekes.com 3rd: Briarpatch thebriarpatchrestaurant.com

Best Brunch 1st: Santiago’s Bodega santiagosbodega.com 2nd: Maxine’s on Shine maxinesonshine.com 3rd: Briarpatch thebriarpatchrestaurant.com

Best Burger 1st: Teak Neighborhood Grill teakorlando.com 2nd: Beth’s Burger Bar bethsburgerbar.com 3rd: Hamburger Mary’s hamburgermarys.com

Best Caribbean Restaurant

READERS POLL WINNER

1st: DaJen Eats dajeneats.com 2nd: Zaza New Cuban Diner zazacubandiner.com

GIDEON’S BAKEHOUSE!

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Best Desserts 1st: Gideon’s Bakehouse gideonsbakehouse.com 2nd: The Glass Knife theglassknife.com 3rd: Better Than Sex — A Dessert Restaurant betterthansexdesserts.com

Best Diner 1st: Christo’s Café facebook.com/christoscafeorlando 2nd: The Town House Restaurant oviedotownhouse.com 3rd: Linda’s Winter Park Diner winterparkdiner.com

3rd: Caribbean Sunshine Bakery csborlando.com

Best Cheap Eats 1st: Beefy King, beefyking.com 2nd: Gringos Locos gringoslocos.com 3rd: Lazy Moon lazymoonpizza.com

Best Doughnut 1st: Donut King thedonutking.com 2nd: Voodoo Doughnut voodoodoughnut.com 3rd: DG Doughnuts facebook.com/dgdoughnuts

Best Cheesesteak 1st: LaSpada’s Original Cheesesteaks & Hoagies, laspadas.com 2nd: Kappy’s Subs kappyssubsfl.com 3rd: Cavo’s Bar & Kitchen cavosbar.com

Best Food Truck 1st: Chicken Fire facebook.com/eatchickenfire 2nd: Korean BBQ Taco Box facebook.com/kbbqbox 3rd: Tamale Co. Mexican Street Food instagram.com/tamale_co

Best Chinese Restaurant 1st: Hawkers, eathawkers.com 2nd: Peter’s Kitchen China Bistro peterskitchencb.business.site 3rd: Taste of Chengdu tasteofchengdufl.com

Best French Restaurant 1st: Le Coq Au Vin lecoqauvinrestaurant.com 2nd: DoveCote Restaurant dovecoteorlando.com 3rd: Chez Vincent chezvincent.com

Best Coffee Bar 1st: Foxtail Coffee Co. foxtailcoffee.com 2nd: Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar drunkenmonkeycoffee.wordpress.com 3rd: Lineage Coffee Roasting lineageroasting.com

Best Cuban Sandwich 1st: Black Bean Deli blackbeandeli.com 2nd: Zaza New Cuban Diner zazacubandiner.com 3rd: Cubans on the Run cubansontherun.com

Best Curbside Service 1st: 4 Rivers Smokehouse 4rsmokehouse.com (tie) 2nd: Pom Pom’s Teahouse & Sandwicheria pompomsteahouse.com (tie) 2nd: The Ravenous Pig theravenouspig.com 3rd: Agave Azul Cocina Mexicana agaveazulcocinamex.com

Best Fried Chicken 1st: Publix publix.com 2nd: The Coop asouthernaffair.com 3rd: Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ homecominkitchen.com

READERS POLL WINNER BEEFY KING!

Best Greek Restaurant

BEST REASON TO LIVE IN YOUR PANDEMIC SWEATPANTS ALL SUMMER:

SUNDAY SAUCE AT STASIO’S ITALIAN DELI

instagram.com/stasiositaliandeli Stasio’s have been COVID-pivot champs since day one. Not only were they THE place to get toilet paper during the Great TP Terror of 2020, they masked up, buckled down and greatly expanded ready-made offerings for their house-bound clients like produce, butchered meats and baked goods. But it’s the Sunday Sauce Kit that has added joy to our hearts and jounce to our booties. For $65, it’s a complete “red gravy and macaroni” Sunday dinner for four … aka enough food in the form of leftovers to live on for an entire week: one braciola, two fat house-made sausages, two giant meatballs, tons of red sauce, two bags of fresh pasta, house salad with Stasio’s Italian dressing, ricotta salata, Calabrian chilis and fresh bread. Order by noon Thursday, pick up Saturday afternoon, and you’re all set for Italian granny love and quality carbs. orlandoweekly.com

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1st: Little Greek Fresh Grill littlegreekfreshgrill.com 2nd: The Greek Corner thegreekcorner.net 3rd: Mediterranean Blue mediterraneanblue.net

Best Ice Cream 1st: Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream kellyshomemadeicecream.com 2nd: Jeremiah’s Italian Ice jeremiahsice.com 3rd: Twistee Treat twisteetreat.com

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WRITER’S PICK!

BEST SHORT-LIVED LOOPHOLE:

“CHOMPING WHILE CLOMPING” AT THEME PARKS

After their reopenings, both Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando put mask requirements in place for their guests. Of course, eating is a big part of the theme-park experience, so they made an exception – guests could remove masks to enjoy some scrummy Dole whip or a Lard Lad doughnut. But some people took it too far, purchasing a food item as a sort of free pass from masking and walking around the parks with snacks in hand and masks a-dangle. Both parks later closed the chomping-whileclomping loophole, surely causing popcorn sales to dip.

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Best Local Brewery 1st: Crooked Can Brewing Company crookedcan.com 2nd: Hourglass Brewing hourglassbrewing.com 3rd: Sideward Brewing Co. sidewardbrewing.com

Best Local Chef

Best Indian Restaurant 1st: Tamarind Indian Cuisine tamarindfl.com 2nd: Mynt Fine Indian Cuisine myntorlando.com 3rd: Saffron Indian Cuisine saffronorlando.com

Best Italian Restaurant 1st: Prato prato-wp.com 2nd: Antonio’s antoniosonline.com 3rd: Enzo’s on the Lake enzos.com

Best Juice/Smoothies 1st: SOHO Juice Co. sohojuiceco.com 2nd: Juice Bar juicebarorlando.com 3rd: Skyebird Juice Bar & Experimental Kitchen skyebird.com

Best Korean Restaurant 1st: Izziban izzibansushibbq.com 2nd: Korea House koreahouseorlando.com 3rd: ShinJung facebook.com/shinjungkorean

Best Late-Night Restaurant (serving after 11 p.m.) 1st: Gringos Locos gringoslocos.com 2nd: Tako Cheena mytakocheena.com 3rd: Lazy Moon lazymoonpizza.com

Best Latin Restaurant 1st: Black Bean Deli blackbeandeli.com 2nd: Agave Azul Cocina Mexicana agaveazulcocinamex.com 3rd: Santiago’s Bodega santiagosbodega.com

1st: Wendy Lopez reyesmex.com 2nd: Jenn Ross dajeneats.com 3rd: Sonny Nguyen domufl.com

Best Locally Made Hot Sauce 1st: Tijuana Flats tijuanaflats.com 2nd: Jason’s Mom’s Sauce jasonsmomssauce.com 3rd: Fat Cat Gourmet Foods fatcatfoods.com

Best Lunch 1st: Beefy King beefyking.com 2nd: Yellow Dog Eats yellowdogeats.com 3rd: Gringos Locos gringoslocos.com

Best Mexican Restaurant 1st: Agave Azul Cocina Mexicana agaveazulcocinamex.com 2nd: Don Julio Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar donjuliomexicankitchen.com 3rd: La Fiesta Mexican Grill facebook.com/lafiestagrillandcatering

Best Middle Eastern Restaurant 1st: Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine bosphorousrestaurant.com 2nd: Mediterranean Deli 3rd: Hummus House hummushouse.com

Best Nachos 1st: Gringos Locos gringoslocos.com 2nd: Tijuana Flats tijuanaflats.com 3rd: Miller’s Ale House millersalehouse.com

Best Outdoor Dining 1st: Yellow Dog Eats yellowdogeats.com 2nd: Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Café hollerbachs.com 3rd: The Boathouse, theboathouseorlando. com CONTINUED ON PAGE 39

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BEST BUZZWORTHY BITE:

BIRRIA MACHETE AT HUNGER STREET TACOS

hungerstreettacos.com When it comes to hubbub generated during the pandemic, Dalgona coffee has got nothing on Hunger Street Taco’s birria – at least not in this town. Soon after they started making tortillas from imported Oaxacan heirloom corn, Joe and David Creech took things a step further with the “machete” – a giant brisket-stuffed tortilla in the shape of Danny Trejo’s weapon of choice. It’s served with birria, a wicked stew fashioned from roasted bone marrow, guajillo, chipotle and árbol chilies and a host of secret spices. Dip the machete into the broth and savor the social media sensation of the year.

BEST OLD NEW DESSERT:

BAKED ALASKA AT THE OSPREY

theospreyorlando.com What’s old is new again, so the saying goes, and the fine folks at the Osprey Seafood & Spirits are serving patrons a sweet dose of nostalgia with the retro-est of retro desserts – baked Alaska. If vanilla sponge cake and chocolate chunk almond ice cream enveloped in meringue that’s toasted tableside doesn’t get you happy as a clam, you’re probably dead.

BEST ORAL CONFLAGRATION:

NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN AT CHICKEN FIRE

facebook.com/eatchickenfire After stints at À La Cart and East End Market, Chicken Fire owner Kwame Boakye says big things are in store for his Nashville hot chicken concept. We take that to mean either his food truck will roll into a permanent parking space somewhere or Chicken Fire will finally go brick-and-mortar. No matter the outcome, Boakye’s sure to continue making flames burst out of the yaps of his patrons. Even an oxymoronic “mild” hot chicken can peel the skin off your palate, but the “hot”? Or “hot x 2”? Or “hot infinity”? POOF!

BEST VEGAN SOUP:

BÚN BÒ HUE AT Z ASIAN VIETNAMESE KITCHEN

eatzasian.com The best reason to own an Instant Pot? Using it to cook up one of Z Asian’s soup kits, particularly the vegan bún bò hue (spicy beef noodle soup), a knockout soup with a broth that punches well above its meatless weight. There are secrets that go into the shockingly good stock, along with known entities jicama, daikon, carrots, lemongrass, onions and various spices, and their flavors permeate the strips of “beef” as well as the thick, round rice noodles. Toss in some house-made chili oil for a superlative slurp.

BEST SUPERMARKET EATS:

TAGLISH

taglishfl.com Taglish puts the “super” in supermarket eats. The Pinoy fare served up by chef Mike Collantes and his skilled staff from a stall at Lotte Plaza Market is as cheffy as it gets – Collantes has worked with such A-listers as Wolfgang Puck, Eric Ripert, Masa Takayama and the late Joël Robuchon, after all. Taglish’s new burger made with longanisa and bistek patties stuffed between ube milk buns with banana ketchup, “big mac” sauce, American cheese, grilled onions, tomatoes and pickles will certainly vie for best burger next year.

BEST LOCALLY MADE COFFEE INDULGENCE:

ICED COFFEE, LOS AUTENTICOS CUBAN CAFÉ

cubancafeonline.com Frankly, we don’t give a damn whether Los Autenticos’ “Cubano iced coffee” is completely authentic – it’s completely mind-blowing and that’s all that matters. An iced tumbler of their house blend topped with whipped cream, house-made caramel drizzle, cinnamon pastry tips and puffed trigo … Starbucks who?

BEST SUMMER SWEET:

MARACUJÁ CAKE AT BRAZIL FOOD MART

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Best Ramen 1st: Domu, domufl.com 2nd: Jinya Ramen Bar jinya-ramenbar.com 3rd: Soupa Saiyan soupasaiyan.com

Best Restaurant for a Date

Best Pho 1st: Pho 88, pho88orlando.com 2nd: Domu domufl.com 3rd: Viet-Nomz vietnomzfl.com

Best Pizza 1st: Lazy Moon, lazymoonpizza.com 2nd: Pizza Bruno pizzabrunofl.com 3rd: Anthony’s Thornton Park anthonyspizza.com

Best Place to Buy Meat 1st: Petty’s Meats, pettysmeats.com 2nd: Freshfields Farm freshfieldsfarm.com 3rd: Orlando Meats orlandomeats.com

1st: Better Than Sex — A Dessert Restaurant betterthansexdesserts.com 2nd: Santiago’s Bodega santiagosbodega.com 3rd: Enzo’s on the Lake enzos.com

Best Sandwiches/Subs 1st: Publix, publix.com 2nd: Pom Pom’s Teahouse & Sandwicheria pompomsteahouse.com 3rd: Beefy King beefyking.com

Best Seafood Restaurant 1st: Winter Park Fish Co. wpfishco.com 2nd: The Boathouse theboathouseorlando.com 3rd: High Tide Harry’s hightideharrys.com

Best Splurge Restaurant

1st: Freshfields Farm freshfieldsfarm.com 2nd: Clemons Produce 3rd: Winter Garden Farmers Market wintergardenfarmersmarket.com

1st: Victoria & Albert’s victoria-alberts.com 2nd: Texas de Brazil texasdebrazil.com 3rd: The Ravenous Pig theravenouspig.com

Best Place to Eat Gluten-free

Best Steakhouse

Best Place to Buy Produce

1st: Dandelion Community Café (RIP), dandelioncommunitea.com 2nd: Ethos Vegan Kitchen ethosvegankitchen.com 3rd: Black Bean Deli blackbeandeli.com

1st: Linda’s La Cantina lindaslacantina.com 2nd: Christner’s Prime Steak & Lobster christnersprimesteakandlobster.com 3rd: Kres Chophouse kresrestaurant.com

Best Poke

Best Sushi

1st: Da Kine Poke, dakinepoke.com 2nd: Poke Hana poke-hana.com 3rd: Bento Asian Kitchen & Sushi eatatbento.com

Best Pub Grub/Bar Food 1st: Miller’s Ale House millersalehouse.com 2nd: Tori Tori Pub toritoripub.com 3rd: The Porch theporchwinterpark.com

1st: Seito Sushi & New Japanese seitosushi.com 2nd: Kabooki Sushi kabookisushi.com 3rd: Amura amura.com

Best Tacos 1st: Gringos Locos gringoslocos.com 2nd: Black Rooster Taqueria blackroostertaqueria.com 3rd: Tin & Taco tinandtaco.com

READERS POLL WINNE Best Teahouse

Best Vegan or Vegetarian Restaurant

1st: Pom Pom’s Teahouse & Sandwicheria pompomsteahouse.com 2nd: Infusion Tea infusionorlando.com 3rd: Royaltea, royalteaus.com

1st: Ethos Vegan Kitchen ethosvegankitchen.com 2nd: Dandelion Community Café (RIP) dandelioncommunitea.com 3rd: Dixie Dharma dixiedharma.com

Best Thai Restaurant 1st: SEA Thai, seathaiorlando.com 2nd: Thai House of Orlando thaihouseoforlando.net 3rd: Hawkers eathawkers.com

Best Vietnamese Restaurant

Best Theme Park Restaurant 1st: The Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar thecowfish.com 2nd: Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen universalorlando.com 3rd: Raglan Road, raglanroad.com

Best Thing to Eat at a Theme Park 1st: Dole Whip 2nd: Turkey Leg 3rd: Mickey Ice Cream Bar orlandoweekly.com

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Best Wings 1st, Domu domufl.com 2nd: Gator’s Dockside gatorsdockside.com 3rd: Papa Bees papabeeswings.com

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Best Bar 1st: Will’s Pub willspub.org 2nd: Hourglass Brewing hourglassbrewing.com 3rd: Southern Nights Orlando facebook.com/southernnightsorlando

Best Bar Patio 1st: Eden Bar enzian.org 2nd: The Hammered Lamb thehammeredlamb.com 3rd: Ember emberorlando.com

Best Bartender 1st: Robbie Kennerney, Throwbacks Sanford, throwbackssanford.business.site 2nd: Shane Williams, Hourglass Brewing hourglassbrewing.com 3rd: Jen Harton, Lil Indie’s willspub.org

Best Club DJ 1st: Angel of Boom 2nd: DJ Chocolate Rain instagram.com/dj_chocolate_rain 3rd: DJ BMF facebook.com/deejaybmf

Best Club Night 1st: ’80s New Wave Night at Independent Bar, independentbar.net 2nd: Girl the Party at Southern Nights Orlando girltheparty.com 3rd: Mac & Cheese ’90s Night at Independent Bar independentbar.net

Best Cocktail Bar 1st: Lil Indie’s willspub.org 2nd: Mathers Social Gathering mathersorlando.com 3rd: The Guesthouse instagram.com/the_guesthouse

READERS POLL WINNER WILL’S PUB! ALL PHOTOS BY LEGO EXPLORE ORLANDO

TIE! BILLIE EILISH AT AMWAY CENTER March 10, 2020 C0MPUTER AT WILL’S PUB March 8, 2020 BEST FINAL LIVE MUSIC FIX:

Young pop powerhouse Billie Eilish holds the distinction of being one of the final arena headliners in Orlando in March before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered all venues. But what a note to go out on: top-dollar production values, dizzying choreography and that voice! All in front of a packed house. Just imagine. Closer to home, we find ourselves fondly looking back on local cybernetic grinders C0mputer opening for Portrayal of Guilt that same month at Will’s. A brief, dizzying set of alien grindcore perfection, sweat flying everywhere, and it’s jarring how well their post-apocalyptic attire – particularly Daniel Harris’ mask – predicted the 2020 (and beyond) aesthetic.

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Best Craft Beer Bar 1st: Crooked Can Brewing Company crookedcan.com 2nd: Hourglass Brewing hourglassbrewing.com 3rd: Redlight Redlight redlightredlightbeerparlour.com

Best Dance Club 1st: Independent Bar independentbar.net 2nd: Southern Nights Orlando facebook.com/southernnightsorlando 3rd: Parliament House parliamenthouse.com

Best Dive Bar 1st: Will’s Pub willspub.org 2nd: Hideaway Bar facebook.com/hideawaybarfl 3rd: West End Trading Co. drinkatwestend.com

Best Drag Night 1st: Hamburger Mary’s hamburgermarys.com 2nd: Parliament House parliamenthouse.com 3rd: Southern Nights Orlando facebook.com/southernnightsorlando

BEST MUSIC WITH MEANING:

Best Gay Bar

RE:CHARGE

July 18, 2020 At Re:Charge, a concert designed for socially distanced audience and performers, there was an intense instant where the music and the cultural moment intersected profoundly. Pianist Joseph Jevanni Billups and cellist Yamilet Trujillo performed “Duet for Heart and Breath,” a piece that calls for the pianist to use a stethoscope to play in time with their heartbeat, while the cellist plays in time with their breath. Billups, a Black man, wore a shirt that read “Get yo knee off my neck.” The delicate, plaintive music was given entirely new meaning as the country reeled from the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor while tens of thousands of Americans died alone on ventilators. Painful but cathartic.

BEST LOCAL HOT 100 CHARTING PRODUCER:

AYO

instagram.com/ayotheproducer Grammy award-winning producer Austin Owens, better known as Ayo, has been known and successful for a long time; he and his partner Keyz have produced charting hits for Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign and Cardi B in the past few years. But their work on the pop juggernaut that is “WAP” – Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s filthy-fabulous ode to, uh, humidity – rocketed Ayo N Keyz into the stratosphere. (They even knocked Taylor Swift’s Folklore off the Hot 2100.) And since Ayo lives right here in Orlando, we have to assume we have a piece of that shine, if only because of our WAP-ass climate. When you’re good at what you do, it doesn’t matter where you live. In other words, please stay in Orlando and keep our clout level up.

1st: Southern Nights Orlando facebook.com/southernnightsorlando 2nd: Parliament House parliamenthouse.com 3rd: Stonewall Bar Orlando stonewallorlando.com

Best Happy Hour 1st: Santiago’s Bodega santiagosbodega.com 2nd: West End Trading Co. drinkatwestend.com 3rd: Ember emberorlando.com

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READERS POLL RUNNER-UP HOURGLASS BREWING!

BEST LOCAL LIVESTREAM:

TIE! #STAYHOME FEST AND ACCIDENTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

From the moment live venues closed their doors here in March, Jessica Pawli and her Southern Fried Sunday family jumped into action with five weeks of streaming all-day Sunday events collectively known as #StayHome Fest. Heavy on locals but featuring familiar faces from all over the country, this was both a showcase of the best in regional Americana, roots and country music and an important gesture in keeping the SFS extended family connected while isolated. Meanwhile, Timucua Arts Foundation revived their Accidental Music Festival online on YouTube and it was an absolute powerhouse. Elizabeth A. Baker weaving alchemical soundscapes outdoors and M. Lamar exuding Diamanda Galas-esque gothic grandeur were absolutely jaw-dropping, among other heavyweights local and worldwide.

BEST LOCAL PLANTASIA:

CIRCUIT CHURCH AT MEAD BOTANICAL GARDEN

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2nd: Eola Wine Company eolawinecompany.com 3rd: The Imperial imperialwinebar.com

Best Country Act 1st: The Bloody Jug Band bloodyjugband.com 2nd: Sean Holcomb seanholcomb.com 3rd: Layla Brisbois laylabrisbois.com

Best Local Music Festival or Music Series

Best Cover Band

1st: WJRR’s Earthday Birthday wjrr.com 2nd: Electric Daisy Carnival orlando.electricdaisycarnival.com 3rd: Sanford Porchfest sanfordporchfest.org

1st: Hayfire hayfire.com 2nd: The Hooligans facebook.com/thehooligansorlando 3rd: Audio Exchange audioexchangeband.com

Best Open Mic

Best Electronic Act

1st: Throwbacks Sanford throwbackssanford.business.site 2nd: Austin’s Coffee austinscoffee.com 3rd: Big Daddy’s bigdaddysorlando.com

1st: MissFit Toys facebook.com/missfittoys 2nd: Modal Plane facebook.com/modalplane 3rd: 13th Angel artistecard.com/13thangel

Best Pub

Best Experimental Act

1st: Fiddler’s Green Irish Pub & Eatery fiddlersgreenpuborlando.com 2nd: Claddagh Cottage Irish Pub claddaghcottagepub.com 3rd: Harp & Celt harpandcelt.com

Best Sports Bar 1st: Miller’s Ale House millersalehouse.com 2nd: Sportstown Billiards sportstownbilliards.com 3rd: Johnny’s Fillin’ Station johnnysfillinstation.com

Best Theme Park Bar 1st: Finnegan’s Bar & Grill universalorlando.com 2nd: Rose & Crown Pub disneyworld.disney.go.com 3rd: The Edison theedisonfla.com

Best Bar to Play Videogames 1st: Throwbacks Sanford throwbackssanford.business.site 2nd: Joysticks Arcade Lounge joysticksorlando.com 3rd: Player 1 Video Game Bar player1orlando.com

Best Wine Bar 1st: The Wine Room on Park Avenue thewineroomonline.com

1st: Modal Plane facebook.com/modalplane 2nd: Kurt Rambus instagram.com/kurt_rambus 3rd: Tape Studies facebook.com/tapestudies

BEST LOCAL QUARANTINE SONG:

“PAYMENT STATUS UNAVAILABLE” BY FUTURE BARTENDERZ futurebartenderz.bandcamp.com Arch freak-punk solo project Future Bartenderz has been prolific during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, posting new songs online almost weekly. And they’re all drily hilarious pop gems that revel in rock & roll history and comedic timing. The best of the bunch is “pAYmeNt STatUs uNAvaiLAblE,” a ’70s-style punk heater that marshals Sex Pistols-level fury against the stupidity of Ron DeSantis’ hopelessly broken unemployment system, complete with noteperfect Brit slang and accent.

BEST LOCAL ALBUM RECORDED DURING QUARANTINE: ANOTHER TIE!

THE PAUSES, ‘QUARANTUNES’ & SOULBASE, ‘SONGS TO QUARANTINE TO’

Best Folk Act 1st: Thomas Wynn & the Believers thomaswynnandthebelievers.com 2nd: The Bloody Jug Band bloodyjugband.com 3rd: Jordan Foley & the Wheelhouse jordanfoleymusic.com

Best Hip-Hop Act 1st: E-Turn e-turnmusic.com 2nd: Young Swiffa facebook.com/therealyoungswiffa 3rd: SKIP seeskip.com

Best Jazz Act

thepauses.bandcamp.com, soulbase.bandcamp.com In the more naive early days of quarantine (“We should have this handled by summer, certainly”) the three members of the Pauses remotely bashed out a joyous and ragged collection of covers of alt-rock anthems that shaped their musical DNA. Their version of Harvey Danger’s “Flagpole Sitta” has become downright oracular in the months since. Then there’s young trip-hop soul project Soulbase, who crafted a shimmering, seductive brew of ethereal R&Bmeets-new age fusion that simultaneously calms the anxiety buzz in the back of our brains and makes us lose time in a good way. Timeless songwriting that cannot be pinned down to a particular decade.

1st: Leisure Chief leisurechief.com 2nd: The Conglomerate theconps.com 3rd: Weldon Street weldonstreet.com

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2nd: Trivium trivium.org 3rd: Gargamel! facebook.com/gargamelorlando

Best Punk Act 1st: Call In Dead facebook.com/callindeadofficial 2nd: Wet Nurse facebook.com/wetnurse 3rd: Ebenezer & the Scrooges facebook.com/ebenezerandthescrooges

Best Reggae Act 1st: Florida Man facebook.com/floridaman251 2nd: Kash’d Out kashdout.com 3rd: Oklahoma Stackhouse oklahomastackhouse.com

READERS POLL WINNER HAMBURGER MARY’S!

Best Rock Act 1st: The DEV thedevmusic.com 2nd: Ancient Sun ancientsunband.com 3rd: Chuck Magid chuckmagidmusic.com

Best Singer-Songwriter 1st: Kaleigh Baker facebook.com/kaleighbakerband 2nd: Hannah Stokes hannahstokesmusic.com 3rd: Eugene Snowden eugenesnowden.com

Best Soul Act 1st: Eugene Snowden eugenesnowden.com 2nd: The Sh-Booms theshbooms.com 3rd: Shay Butter Band facebook.com/shaybutterband

BEST UNDERGROUND FAMILY REUNION:

PRE-INC ORLANDO

Feb. 3, 2020 Attendees didn’t realize it at the time, but this was to be the last mass gathering of the experimental underground in Orlando for a long, long time. It had the feel of a familial gathering, with several generations of local musical outliers all taking their 15-minute turn amongst performers from around the country. So scene veterans like Dan Reaves and Jim Ivy played alongside TTN and free-jazz armada Bongus. New projects from familiar faces like Saturn Valley and Cabo Boing captivated, as did newer locals like Aaron’s Home and Jün. The closing sets from scene fulcrums Bacon Grease and event organizer Formaldehydra were an unintentionally fitting and valedictory farewell.

BEST LOCAL BAND THAT COULD MAKE TONY ALLEN PROUD:

BENGALI 600

facebook.com/bengali600 Led by the multifaceted Jeff Richey, this ensemble delivers a tight and joyous noise that’s some of the best multi-culti inspired groove this side of Brixton, the Big Apple, Johannesburg, L.A. and Lagos.

BEST LOCAL GEORGE MARTIN: CHRIS BARANYI, soundcloud.com/chris-baranyi Producer and recording engineer Chris Baranyi has the ear and the timing of a seasoned DJ. He mics a room (Blue Bamboo) or outdoor concert (Mills 50) like it’s his own private Carnegie Hall or AIR Studio. He knows when bad is good, and how great the groove needs to be, or not. He’s a natural and possesses a rare quality that can’t be bought: taste. BEST ARCHIVAL RELEASES:

SAM RIVERS RARITIES ON NOBUSINESS, nobusinessrecords.com

Orlando jazz heads and indie scenesters alike rejoiced at the news that NoBusiness Records had started an archival CD release campaign of unreleased music from free jazz titan Sam Rivers, who called Orlando home and played on local stages extensively from the early 1990s until his passing in 2011. The Sam Rivers Archives Series is produced in partnership with Rivers’ estate, with rarities and lost material from his whole career up for grabs, with trio and quintet material out now. They’re releasing chronologically and are up to 1978, so … soon? –ish? we’ll hear stuff he recorded right here in Orlando.

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Best Arts Event or Art Festival 1st: Epcot International Festival of the Arts disneyworld.disney.go.com 2nd: Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival orlandofringe.org 3rd: The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival wpsaf.org

Best Burlesque Troupe 1st: Corsets & Cuties, a Burlesque Cabaret corsetsandcuties.com 2nd: Les Vixens lesvixens.com 3rd: The Ladies of the Peek-a-Boo Lounge instagram.com/ladiesofthepeekaboo

Best Comedy Club or Night 1st: SAK Comedy Lab sakcomedylab.com 2nd: Orlando Improv Comedy Club theimprovorlando.com 3rd: Shit Sandwich Comedy Showcase bullandbushorlando.com

Best Dance Company 1st: Orlando Ballet orlandoballet.org 2nd: Phantasmagoria phantasmagoriaorlando.com 3rd: Central Florida Irish Dance centralfloridairishdance.com

Best Film Fest or Series 1st: Florida Film Festival floridafilmfestival.com 2nd: Orlando Film Festival orlandofilmfest.com 3rd: Uncomfortable Brunch enzian.org

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BEST PORCHRAITS:

MATT KELLER LEHMAN’S ‘SOCIAL DISTANCING AT 85MM’ SERIES

orlandoweekly.com mattkellerlehman.com As we spent the first months of the quarantine sternly admonishing you to “stay at home, stay at home” like a broken record, we became aware of a gnawing need to see fellow humans. We weren’t alone. Orlando Weekly photographer Matt Keller Lehman was eager to do a porch portrait series, interviewing and photographing Orlandoans in lockdown, and we quickly compiled a list of just a few near and dear to our collective hearts. Seeing these portraits and reading their words made them seem closer and infinitely farther away at the same time. But that’s life for the moment. We’re still locked down, but we hope to see you all again someday soon.

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Best Gallery 1st: CityArts orlandoslice.com 2nd: Mills Gallery millsgalleryorlando.com 3rd: Snap! Orlando snaporlando.com

Best Literary Reading Series 1st: Orlando Story Club orlandostoryclub.com 2nd: Loose Lips burrowpress.com/loose-lips 3rd: Functionally Literate burrowpress.com/fl

Best Local Actor 1st: Carlos Navarro iamcarlosnavarro.com 2nd: Ben Ptashinsky instagram.com/equityben 3rd: Laura Hodos laurahodos.com

READERS POLL WINNER ORLANDO SHAKES!

Best Local Author 1st: James Holmes jamesholmesauthor.com 2nd: Owl Goingback owlgoingback.com 3rd: Kristen Arnett

BEST COVID-RELATED ART SHOW:

REDEFINE GALLERY, ‘STAY HOME MAKE ART’

Best Local Comedian

April 16, 2020 Throughout March and early April, Redefine Gallery’s single-named owner-curator Parker (part of a trio that includes Peter van Flores and Mauricio Murillo) says, he used his art to sublimate the anxiety of the rising pandemic. Then, “I started seeing other artists posting amazing pieces created with the same intention, and was super impressed with the amount of quality work that had already been created in a short period of time,” he says. So Redefine mounted Stay Home Make Art, a virtual art show for the quarantined era. It was a symbol of solidarity with every artist, every essential worker, every human fighting their personal fight against the virus.

1st: Rauce Padgett facebook.com/raucepadgettcomedy 2nd: Ryan Holmes facebook.com/ryanholmescomedy 3rd: Carrot Top carrottop.com

BEST BOOK BY A LOCAL

Best Local Visual Artist

‘LAKE LIFE,’ BY DAVID JAMES POISSANT

simonandschuster.com As the Starling family gathers for their last annual vacation at the North Carolina cottage they’ve owned for decades, the ties that bind them have frayed until they’re threadbare – and in the weekend that follows, they rupture completely, setting loose a tide of secrets and lies. Poissant is one of our most talented local writers and we’ve been waiting for this, his first novel, for what feels like a very long time. If 2020 did nothing else good, at least it brought us this book.

1st: Synthestruct synthestruct.com 2nd: Crystal Dombrosky crystaldombrosky.com 3rd: Eric Pabon facebook.com/artofericpabon

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BEST BOOK BY ONE OF OUR FORMER INTERNS:

‘IN THE LAND OF GOOD LIVING,’ BY KENT RUSSELL

knopf.com Subtitled “A Journey to the Heart of Florida,” Kent Russell’s book chronicles the unfolding of a very bad idea: He and two friends – Iraq War veteran Noah and “dad-bodied” Canadian Glenn – decide to walk 1,000 miles across the state of Florida. (Yes, a very bad idea, but what do you expect from a person who decides to spend a whole summer with us, writing about City Council meetings and <checks archives> free wifi?) As the three trudge south down the dread peninsula, they encounter beauty, sleaze, vapidity and sagacity – sometimes all at once, as when they interview a man who plays Jesus at the Holy Land Experience or a dancer at Tampa’s famed Mons Venus.

BEST HISTORY LESSONS:

‘WAIT FIVE MINUTES: THE FLORIDIAN PODCAST’

facebook.com/wfmpod You may think you know Florida history and lore – Ponce de Leon, orange groves, Spook Hill, blah blah – but you won’t know what you’re missing until you devote a few hours to catching up on “Wait Five Minutes.” Nick D’Alessandro poetically explores the past and present of this green swamp of ours, sorting fact from myth and chronicling his findings in a personal yet universal way – from Kermit Weeks to Henry Flagler, Lou the Homosassa hippo to Ice Age mastodons. (And if you get the title, give yourself 5 Official Floridian points.)

BEST PERFORMING ARTS PIVOT:

ORLANDO FRINGE’S VIRTUAL ‘FRINGE TODAY’

May 12-25, 2020 When Orlando Fringe first announced the cancellation of their 2020 Festival on March 19 – only days after they had promised that “the show would go on,” and long before COVID-19 cases in Central Florida started to spike – some thought the precaution premature, if not excessive. But it turned out to be a prescient decision that’s helped save the organization’s payroll through this precarious time. Best of all, the free “Fringe Today” online programming they presented in the Festival’s stead, which continues with monthly First Fringe Friday broadcasts, has become a model for other organizations to follow.

BEST ARTFUL ADAPTATION TO THE PANDEMIC:

BRIAN FELDMAN’S ‘#TXTSHOW’ GOES GLOBAL

facebook.com/brianfeldmanprojects As coronavirus canceled live entertainment, countless performers turned to digital streaming, but if anyone was born to capitalize on this crazy moment, it’s Orlando Weekly’s favorite performance artist, Brian Feldman. After all, he sealed himself inside a skill crane arcade machine and sang musicals over the telephone long before social distancing was a thing. So it’s apropos that Feldman has spent his quarantine on a virtual “world tour,” performing his signature audience-interactive experiment #txtshow in Rhode Island, Colorado, even Australia – all from the safety of his Washington, D.C., apartment.

BEST NEW VISIONS:

KIERAN CASTAÑO’S ‘A CERTAIN KIND OF LIGHT’

Jan. 10-31, 2020 Sanford-based artist Kieran Castaño has exhibited in Orlando before, but his Mills Gallery retrospective in January was the best encapsulation yet of the creative evolution of this fearsome talent. Castaño’s personal perspective of living as a trans man informs the thematics of his work, with heartstopping portraits and defiant political statements all rendered painstakingly on canvas. His technique takes in Caravaggio and R. Crumb alike. The scale of his canvases is captivating, with breathtaking attention to detail in every line and brushstroke. orlandoweekly.com

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Best Movie Theater 1st: Enzian Theater enzian.org 2nd: AMC Dine-In Disney Springs 24 amctheatres.com 3rd: Regal Winter Park Village & RPX regmovies.com

Best Museum 1st: Orlando Science Center osc.org 2nd: Orlando Museum of Art omart.org 3rd: The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art morsemuseum.org

Best Recurring Arts Nights 1st: Thornton 2nd Thursday Wine & Art Walk thorntonparkdistrict.com 2nd: 1st Thursdays at Orlando Museum of Art omart.org 3rd: Baldwin Park First Friday Festival baldwinparkevents.com

BEST OVERDUE CONVERSATION:

Best Theater Company

BLACK ARTISTS FOR BLACK LIVES AND CENTRAL FLORIDA ENTERTAINMENT ADVOCACY FORUM

tinyurl.com/cfeafacebook Orlando’s arts community prides itself on being progressive and inclusive, but according to a growing number of local Black artist-activists, it still has a ways to go. June’s “Black Artists for Black Lives” rally downtown, organized by performers Elisabeth Christie and Danielle Harris, demonstrated the diversity of voices all calling for change in our community; and July’s three-day Central Florida Entertainment Advocacy Forum, led by Meka King and Felichia Chivaughn Ellison, helped kickstart a much-needed conversation about systemic racism in Central Florida’s art institutions that is still continuing online.

BEST EMERGENCY ARTS PATRONAGE:

FEED THE NEED FLORIDA

facebook.com/feedtheneedfl 4 Rivers Smokehouse owner John Rivers’ 4Roots Foundation started Feed the Need March 28 as a way to help food-insecure families. In May, Feed the Need began partnering with St. Luke’s UMC specifically to help local musicians, artists, creatives and theme park workers who saw their livelihoods severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Twice a week Feed the Need volunteers serve free meals curbside-style at the Plaza Live and St. Luke’s to anyone who needs one, no questions asked. With well over 1 million meals served, there’s still much work to be done.

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1st: Orlando Shakes orlandoshakes.org 2nd: SAK Comedy Lab sakcomedylab.com 3rd: Orlando Repertory Theatre orlandorep.com

Best Theater Space 1st: Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts drphillipscenter.org 2nd: The Abbey abbeyorlando.com 3rd: Lowndes Shakespeare Center orlandoshakes.org

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Best Attraction That’s Not a Theme Park 1st: Gatorland gatorland.com 2nd: Orlando Science Center osc.org 3rd: Wekiwa Springs State Park floridastateparks.org

Best Beach 1st: New Smyrna Beach visitnsbfl.com 2nd: Clearwater Beach visitstpeteclearwater.com 3rd: Siesta Key Beach visitsarasota.com/siesta-key

Best Bowling Alley 1st: Splitsville Luxury Lanes splitsvillelanes.com 2nd: Aloma Bowl alomabowlingcenters.com/aloma 3rd: Boardwalk Bowl alomabowlingcenters.com/boardwalk

Best Canoeing/Kayaking 1st: Wekiwa Springs State Park floridastateparks.org 2nd: Wekiva Island wekivaisland.com 3rd: Blue Spring State Park floridastateparks.org

Best City Park 1st: Lake Eola Park facebook.com/lakeeolapark 2nd: Mead Botanical Garden meadgarden.org 3rd: Cranes Roost Park altamonte.org

Best Group Fitness 1st: Camp Gladiator campgladiator.com 2nd: Pure Barre purebarre.com

READERS POLL WINNER UCF KNIGHTS! ALL PHOTOS BY LEGO EXPLORE ORLANDO

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READERS POLL RUNNER-UP KELLY SPRINGS!

3rd: Hardcore Fitness Florida instagram.com/hardcorefitnessflorida

Best Gym 1st: House of Sweat Orlando hosorlando.com 2nd: Pure Barre purebarre.com 3rd: YMCA of Central Florida ymcacf.org

Best Local Pro Athlete 1st: Alex Morgan, Orlando Pride twitter.com/alexmorgan13 2nd: Aaron Gordon, Orlando Magic twitter.com/double0ag 3rd: Ashlyn Harris, Orlando Pride twitter.com/ashlyn_harris

Best Local Sports Team 1st: UCF Knights Football ucfknights.com 2nd: Orlando City Soccer Club orlandocitysc.com 3rd: Orlando Magic nba.com/magic

Best Place to Bike 1st: West Orange Trail 2nd: Cady Way Trail 3rd: Seminole Wekiva Trail

Best Place to Take Your Dog to Play 1st: Lake Baldwin Dog Park 2nd: Lake Eola Park 3rd: Barber Park

BEST REAWAKENING TO THE JOYS OF THE OUTDOORS:

EVERY PUBLIC PARK IN ORLANDO

For those of us who may not always take advantage of sun and such, rediscovering the natural world has been an oasis of serenity throughout the pandemic. Want to check in and say hi to friends in a neutral spot? See you at the park. Want to talk about a work idea? Think outside the box and convene at a park. Picnic? Park. Pet walk? Park. The cast of The Bacchae needs a space to do a socially distanced rehearsal? You guessed it, a park (Greenwood Urban Wetlands, to be exact). Our personal favorites are shady Dickson Azalea and the aforementioned Greenwood – and its adjoining cemetery – but really it’s a full-on tie for first among all of them. Shout-out to the City of Orlando Parks Division and the Orange County Parks department.

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Best Theme Park 1st: Epcot disneyworld.disney.go.com 2nd: Universal’s Islands of Adventure universalorlando.com 3rd: Magic Kingdom disneyworld.disney.go.com

Best Theme Park Ride 1st: Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, Universal’s Islands of Adventure universalorlando.com 2nd: Avatar Flight of Passage, Disney’s Animal Kingdom disneyworld.disney.go.com 3rd: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Disney’s Hollywood Studios disneyworld.disney.go.com

Best Water Park 1st: Universal’s Volcano Bay universalorlando.com 2nd: Aquatica aquatica.com 3rd: Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon disneyworld.disney.go.com

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BEST LOCAL PRIDE:

ORLANDO CITY SC AT THE MLS IS BACK TOURNAMENT

orlandocitysc.com Orlando City has finally given its devotees and supporters something to believe in, justifying our love at the best possible moment during the MLS Is Back tournament at the MLS bubble in Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex. New coach Oscar Pareja and captain Nani led the team through their best performance in years, and they came thisclose to winning the whole damn thing in a final nail-biting match against the Portland Timbers.

BEST MUST-HAVE SPORTS GEAR:

JOEL EMBIID ARRIVING AT MCO IN A HAZMAT SUIT

nba.com/sixers Philadelphia 76ers power forward Joel Embiid arriving at the Orlando Airport in July wearing a full hazmat suit on his way to enter the NBA bubble was simultaneously funny as hell, a heartbreaking commentary on how capitalism won’t stop for health, and a perfect performance-art reminder of how surreal the current moment is that no one even blinked. (Real talk, though, Embiid walks the walk: He worked with Sixers front office to fund COVID-19 antibody testing for front-line health care workers. Trust the process, indeed.) orlandoweekly.com

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1st: Orlando Power Yoga orlandopoweryoga.com (tie) 2nd: The Peaceful Peacock peacefulpeacockorlando.com (tie) 2nd: Warrior One wearewarriorone.com 3rd: Project 7 Yoga project7yoga.com

Best Zipline or Ropes Course 1st: Screamin’ Gator Zip Line, Gatorland gatorland.com 2nd: Seminole Aerial Adventures, Central Florida Zoo centralfloridazoo.org 3rd: Orlando Tree Trek Adventure Park orlandotreetrek.com

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BEST NEW THEME PARK ATTRACTION:

SOCIAL DISTANCING SKUNK APE

gatorland.com The most timely addition to local theme parks’ array of attractions was not Universal Orlando’s Bourne Stuntacular show; paws down, it was Gatorland’s zeitgeisty new mascot, the Social Distancing Skunk Ape. Straight from the pages of a cryptozoologist’s guidebook, the native Floridian Skunk Ape emerged just in time for Gatorland’s reopening in May. And wouldn’t you know it, the Skunk Ape’s armspan is just over 6 feet wide, matching the recommended CDC guidelines for physical distancing.

BEST SILVER LINING TO SOCIAL DISTANCING:

HISTORICALLY SHORT THEME PARK WAIT TIMES

For years, we kvetched about the overcrowded conditions and confusing queue-cutting schemes at Orlando’s attractions. It turns out that social distancing was the solution all along: Since the parks reopened with restricted capacity, guests have been walking onto popular E-Tickets like Flight of Passage at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Islands of Adventure, with wait times measured in minutes or seconds instead of hours. It might not be economically sustainable for the parks, but it’s great for guests while it lasts.

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INNER READERS POLL W ACH! NEW SMYRNA BE

BEST ESCAPE ROOM YOU WON’T WANT TO ESCAPE

THE BUREAU

thebureauorlando.com Creativity and high production values trump bad timing at the Bureau, the escape room that opened on I-Drive just in time for the entire world to go inside and get glued to the couch. Sure, it may seem counterintuitive to leave your house only to get locked in again, but the Bureau, which says it’s more an “adventure game” than a typical “escape room,” might be just the sanitary entertainment you’re seeking. Its cleverness, craftsmanship and mostly seamless technology will allow you to escape into an alternate reality for an hour or so. And if you still can’t bear to leave your bedroom, look for the Bureau’s live remote games, launching this month on their website.

BEST ZOO COMES TO YOU:

WILD FLORIDA SAFARI PARK DRIVETHROUGH

wildfloridairboats.com/drive-thru-safari-park Another way to enjoy the outdoors at just a small remove is Wild Florida’s 85-acre wildlife park, where you can see giraffes, zebras, American bison, and all the elands and oryxes you can shake a selfie stick at. Smile and wave from the safety of your own car as you s-l-o-w-l-y traverse the two-mile path.

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Best Antique Store 1st: Adjectives Market adjstyle.com 2nd: Renninger’s renningers.net 3rd: The Lovely Boutique Market thelovelyboutiquemarket.com

Best Apartment Building or Complex 1st: Maitland City Centre maitlandcitycentre.com 2nd: Camden Thornton Park camdenliving.com 3rd: CitiTower cititowerapartments.com

Best Bicycle Shop 1st: Orange Cycle orangecycleorlando.com 2nd: Kyle’s Bike Shop kylesbikeshop.net 3rd: David’s World Cycle davidsworld.com

Best Cannabis Dispensary 1st: Trulieve trulieve.com 2nd: MÜV muvfl.com 3rd: Curaleaf curaleaf.com

Best Comic Book Shop 1st: Gods & Monsters godmonsters.com 2nd: Coliseum of Comics coliseumofcomics.com 3rd: A Comic Shop acomicshop.com

Best Doggy Daycare 1st: Miss Emily’s Bed and Biscuit missemilysbedandbiscuit.com 2nd: Happy Paws Pet Resort happypawsorlando.com 3rd: Ranger’s Pet Outpost and Retreat rangerspetoutpost.com

READERS POLL WINNER PARK AVE CDS!

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Best Farmers Market 1st: Winter Park Farmers Market cityofwinterpark.org 2nd: Winter Garden Farmers Market wintergardenfarmersmarket.com 3rd: Orlando Farmers Market orlandofarmersmarket.com

Best Furniture Store 1st: Washburn Imports washburnimports.com 2nd: Adjectives Market adjstyle.com 3rd: HomeGoods homegoods.com

Best Hair Salon 1st: Alchemy alchemyorlando.com 2nd: Leal Marston lealmarston.com 3rd: Floyd’s 99 Barbershop floydsbarbershop.com

Best Bookstore 1st: Park Ave CDs parkavecds.com 2nd: Writer’s Block Bookstore writersblockbookstore.com 3rd: Friends of the Orange County Library System Bookstore oclsfriends.info

Best Liquor Store 1st: Total Wine & More totalwine.com 2nd: ABC Fine Wine & Spirits abcfws.com 3rd: Total Will’s facebook.com/willspub

BEST STIMULUS SHOPPING:

USPS POSTAL STORE CATALOG

store.usps.com Last week found us smashing the Add to Cart button on the commemorative Ruth Asawa stamps. But our real love is the Gifts section. If you dig, you’ll find puzzle postcards that become 3D dinosaurs, miniature mail trucks, even mail carrier costumes for kids (and dogs!). While the USPS store isn’t strictly local shopping, Florida is one of 34 states that offers noexcuse mail-in voting and Floridians have grown accustomed to it – and USPS is hurting for money these days. Take away the postal service, and you’re kneecapping what’s become an integral part of the process of democracy here.

Best Local Barbershop

BEST NON-ESSENTIAL AND YET ESSENTIAL CURBSIDE:

PARK AVE CDS

parkavecds.com Curbside delivery was a necessary innovation during the coronavirus pandemic for people needing groceries but not able to go into the store, or wishing to patronize their favorite restaurant when dining rooms were closed. On the rare occasion that we had disposable cash, we happily availed ourselves of curbside record pick-up at Park Ave CDs. With Instagram drops of records posted daily and online transactions, you could pull right up to the shop and a masked and gloved musicologist would drop your brown paper-bagged treasure right to you. And these days, a tiny joy like new music is worth the world.

1st: Floyd’s 99 Barbershop floydsbarbershop.com 2nd: Townies Barbershop towniesbarbershop.com 3rd: Liberty Barbershop libertybarbershop.com

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BEST WAY TO WEAR YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE:

ORLANDO MERCH STORE

orlandomerchstore.com It started as a way to help out Orlando’s bars, restaurants and a certain free weekly newspaper (ahem) hit hard by the pandemic. But over the months, this bare-bones virtual storefront has swelled to showcase more than 150 designs supporting scores of small businesses and nonprofits – $10 of each sale goes right to the business, plus a $2 contribution to Second Harvest Food Bank – and the designs are mostly dope. Share the love, wear the love.

BEST BOTTLED COCKTAILS:

SUNROOM

sunroomcocktails.com Times really are tougher-than-tough for our bars right now. Mandated shutdowns plus lack of governmental support – in the form of livable unemployment aid for employees and real help for small businesses, not this farce of untraceable PPP dollars – means people are circling the drain financially, not to mention emotionally. We’re awarding the Best of Orlando crown to the Sunroom’s bottled cocktails because they really are the best of all the ones we’ve tried (toodle-oo, Spicy Boys, and you too, frozen hurricanes!) and not only are the drinks tasty, the bottles are pretty to look at and maybe pop a plant cutting into after you’ve drained them. But no matter where you shop, folks, please help out these the bars that work so hard to create and support Orlando’s many social scenes.

BEST TRULY SAFE CINEMA:

DRIVE-IN MOVIES

If you hesitate to step back into a movie theater, even if they are mostly reopening – maybe you’re immuno-compromised or live with someone who is – but you’re sick of staring at movies on a laptop or worse, a phone, a good compromise exists. Drive-in movies are back, baby! They never really left, but the few admirably stubborn holdouts are having a “who’s laughing now” moment, and pop-up drive-in screenings are multiplying to boot. In addition to the Ocala Drive-In and Lakeland’s Silver Moon Drive-In, keep your eyes peeled for future collabs between Bungalower and Enzian Theater or other DIY pop-ups.

BEST SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS SWAG:

BLM EARRINGS BY JESSICA BECKER

instagram.com/gorjessart Jessica Becker’s handmade earrings supporting anti-racist initiatives were THE protest accessory this summer. Gloriously huge, painted with portraits of Breonna Taylor, They Live OBEY skulls, and various slogans like “Say Her Name” and “Revolution in Progress,” and made of lightweight foam, they swung from the earlobes and gauges of many a woke marcher. And the only payment Becker asked for was a receipt for a donation of $10 or more to a local Black Lives Matter organization. orlandoweekly.com

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2nd: HD Roofing & Construction hdroofers.com 3rd: Gold Key Roofing goldkeyroofing.com

Best Smoke Shop 1st: Climax Smoke Shop climaxshops.com 2nd: Kathmandu facebook.com/kathmanduorlando 3rd: SoCal Smoke Shop socalsmokeshops.com

Best Local CBD Products

Best Spa Services

1st: The Hemp Depot the-hemp-depot-orlando.business.site 2nd: Dr. Duffy’s CBD for People & Pets duffycbd.com 3rd: Driftwood CBD driftwoodcbd.com

1st: VitaLounge vitalounge.com 2nd: Flex-I Spa & Wellness flexispaandwellness.com 3rd: Winter Park Laser & Anti-Aging Center winterparklaser.com

Best Pet Groomer 1st: Woof Gang Bakery Winter Park woofgangbakery.com 2nd: All Creatures Pet Grooming allcreaturespetgrooming.com 3rd: Plush Paws plushpawsinc.com

Best Place to Adopt a Pet

Best Tattoo Studio 1st: Built 4 Speed Tattoo instagram.com/built4speedtattoo 2nd: Rise Above Tattoo riseabovetattoo.com 3rd: Ascension Tattoo ascensiontattoo.com

BEST LOCAL PALATE EXPANDER:

BANDCAMP NO-FEE FRIDAYS

1st: Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando petallianceorlando.org 2nd: Pet Rescue by Judy petrescuebyjudy.com 3rd: Orange County Animal Services ocnetpets.com

bandcamp.com In March, Bandcamp presented the first no-fee Friday, a day when the service waived its revenue share on all purchases in order to support musicians struggling to get by during the pandemic. It was such a success that they made it a monthly tradition, and more than $75 million has since gone directly to bands. We like to look at no-fee Friday as a chance to spread the wealth locally by trying out releases from local bands like Sean Mingo, Witchbender, Ray Brazen, Bacon Grease, E-Turn, Red Rodeo and more. The next one is Sept. 4 (hint hint).

Best Realtor

BEST UNDERGROUND COUTURE:

1st: Beth Hobart bethhobart.com 2nd: MaryStuart Day fanniehillman.com 3rd: Eve Metlis evemetlis.com

Best Record Store 1st: Park Ave CDs parkavecds.com 2nd: Rock & Roll Heaven rock-n-rollheaven.com 3rd: East West Music & More facebook.com/eastwestrecordsusa

Best Roofer 1st: Carroll Bradford Roofing cbroofing.com

UNCLE LOU’S T-SHIRT

Destined to become every bit as iconic and ubiquitous here in Orlando as CBGB shirts are to musicians in New York, the Uncle Lou’s T-shirts are a must-buy item for local music heads wanting to show some monetary support for the much-loved Mills 50 dive bar and underground destination. Available only from Lou in-person, seeing people sport theirs online with pride warmed our cold hearts. Go for the glo-in-the-dark one.

BEST PLANT DAD:

CECIL AT PLANTED PERFECTLY

instagram.com/planted_perfectly The proprietor of Planted Perfectly doesn’t just have plants and plant accessories to sell you – he’s got opinions about growing where you’re planted and for him, that’s Pine Hills. “Too often when I’m asked where I live it’s always followed by a chuckle and ‘you live in Crime Hills,’” says Cec, decrying the stigma “on what I consider to be the most amazing community in Orlando. Plus the best food!” He was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, but moved here 12 years ago. “I chose to purchase a house in this community because I believe in my own people, and I believe in order to combat prejudices and stereotypes you cannot run away, you have to stand and be a part of the change.” Amen to that. orlandoweekly.com

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Best Veterinarian/Veterinary Clinic 1st: Winter Park Veterinary Hospital wpvet.com 2nd: Animal Medical Clinic of Orlando amcoforlando.com 3rd: Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando petallianceorlando.org

Best Vintage or Used Clothing Store 1st: Plato’s Closet platoscloset.com 2nd: Avalon Exchange avalonexchange.com 3rd: The Lovely Boutique Market thelovelyboutiquemarket.com

Best Wine Shop 1st: Total Wine & More totalwine.com 2nd: The Wine Room on Park Avenue thewineroomonline.com 3rd: Tim’s Wine Market timswine.com

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“TALL ORDER” I’m a cis man in my late 20s. I’ve recently this actually exist? Is there a name for the become consumed by a specific fantasy I fetish I’m describing? Does it have a comfear is unattainable, a fear that has been munity? Is it similar to any more accessible made worse by several failed attempts to fetishes out there? Does my loss of libido research it. A little background: Except for and this specific fantasy say something a couple of dates and make-out sessions about me that I’m too close to see? with other men, my Can Anyone Tell Me Anything Now sex life has always been exclusively with Kinks aren’t something women. I’ve had male First and most that you ‘take out’ on crushes and often importantly, CATMAN, thought I might be kinks aren’t things you someone. They’re bi or pan, despite “take out” on other things you share never masturbating people. They’re things to thoughts of men you share and enjoy and enjoy with or gay porn. (Don’t with other people. other people. worry, Dan: I’m not Perhaps that “take going to ask if I’m gay. out on” was a slip of I promise.) In general, the tongue or a little I’ve led a privileged premature dirty talk; sex life. I’ve never been broken up with lots of people into D/s get off on talking and it’s rare for me to experience any form about their kinks – BB or TT or CBT – as if of rejection. But in early 2020, my libido they’re things a sadistic Dom gets off on vanished. I stopped masturbating and only doing to a helpless sub. That’s the fantasy, orgasmed once or twice a month when my CATMAN, but in reality, the Dom and sub now ex-girlfriend would insist that we have discuss their desires in advance, identify sex. areas of overlap and set limits. (Not just But then a couple of weeks ago I began bottoms; tops have limits too.) However imagining being one half of a loving gay brutal things may look to someone who couple that replaced all MM penetrative wasn’t a part of those negotiations, however sex with MMF sex. My sex life with my degrading things might sound, kink play is male partner would revolve around the two consensual and mutually pleasurable – and if of us going out and finding submissive it’s not consensual and mutually pleasurable, women for kinky threesomes. Since then, CATMAN, then it’s not kink play. It’s sexual I’ve been masturbating to this fantasy daily assault. and I’m excited at the possibility of finding Again, maybe it was a slip of the tongue a new lifestyle that brings me a lot of joy. and I’m being a dick; you did mention a However, I’ve grown concerned that nothing desire to find submissive women, CATMAN, else seems to turn me on at all. Equally as which most likely means you were planning concerning, even minor adjustments to this to seek out women who want to be “used fantasy ruin the whole thing. And to fulfill and abused” by two hot bi guys in love. it I’d need a man who’s at least all of the And you’re in luck: There are definitely following: women out there who would be into this 1. Sensitive, giving, easy-going and an allscenario – some readers probably went all around good guy. WAP reading your question – but you’re 2. Very physically attractive. unlikely to meet those women on a night 3. Into cuddling and general affection, out. Meaning, you shouldn’t be thinking some make-out sessions, and occasional about casually picking women up, CATMAN, hand jobs and blow jobs – but absolutely no but rather cultivating connections online or penetrative sex or anal play. at kink events with submissive women who 4. Into picking up submissive women for would get into subbing for you and your MMF threesomes. imaginary boyfriend. 5. Into penetrative sex with said women. Finding a guy who meets your long list of 6. Into using roleplay and D/s to take out particulars is a taller order. It frankly doesn’t our kinks on said women. sound like you’re looking for a partner, i.e. 7. Into giving me the more dominant role. someone whose needs you want to meet, Now for my questions: Does anyone like but rather a guy you can plug into your 98

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masturbatory fantasies. He’s gotta be bi but obsession-worthy – and I did love him. But not into butt stuff, a good guy, a hot guy, I know now that I threw myself into my a sub where you’re concerned and a Dom obsession with Tommy to protect myself where women are concerned … and any from a terrifying epidemic. deviation from that long list disqualifies him Maybe you’re doing something similar, from consideration for your life partner-in- CATMAN. But if I’m wrong – if this is really crime, making each and every item on that what you want – there are cities out there long list a deal-breaker. with kink communities large enough for two Relationships require compromise, partnered bi guys to find a steady stream CATMAN. No one gets everything they want, of submissive women who want to sub and a long list of deal-breakers makes for for them. But your list of deal-breakers is even longer odds. If you can’t budge on any going to have to shrink if you ever hope to of the items on your list … well, then you find a guy who’s close to what you want. might want to think about getting yourself a And that’s all any of us ever gets, CATMAN. sex doll or two. You also might want to give Something close. some thought not just to your long and rigid list of deal-breakers, but to why that list is so I’m a 39-year-old gay man living in long and rigid that you’re unlikely – as you Chicago. Recently a good friend of mine got suspect – to ever find someone. engaged to a wonderful man from Gambia Zooming out … in West Africa. She’s planning a ceremony You say your libido tanked in early 2020, there next summer and has invited me to CATMAN, and studies show you’re not alone. attend. After doing a little research I found The twin American pandemics – the COVID- out that being LGBT is a crime in that 19 pandemic and the stupidity pandemic country and the punishment is execution. – have tanked a lot of people’s libidos. So, Should I go to the wedding and stay in the if this fantasy is working for you right now, closet the whole time? In general, what do I think you should lean into it. It may be you think about gays traveling to countries a tall order, it may be so unrealistic as to that murder our LGBT brothers and sisters? be unachievable, but indulging in this very specific fantasy has cracked your libido Intensely Nervous Venturing Into open and continuing to beat off about this This Event fantasy might blow your libido wide open. I don’t like to pathologize people’s kinks or I wouldn’t go, INVITE, and if I were a attach meaning to what are usually arbitrary, straight girl, I wouldn’t expect my gay friends random and inexplicable sexual interests. to risk their lives in order to attend my But the taller the order, the less likely it wedding. While a quick search didn’t bring can be filled, CATMAN, and it’s possible up news about any gay Westerners being you may not want executed in Gambia it filled at all – at in recent history, gay least subconsciously, tourists have been at least right now. arrested, imprisoned Your friend shouldn’t Sometimes when sex and fined. So instead is scary we obsess of attending your expect you to risk your about fantasies that friend’s wedding next life to attend her are impossible to summer – which may realize or partners not even happen, wedding. who are impossible due to the pandemic to find because it – make a donation in allows us to avoid her name to Initiative partnered sex. I know Sankofa D’Afrique de at the height of the l’Ouest (isdao.org), an HIV/AIDS epidemic I was obsessed with a organization working to improve the lives guy I couldn’t have because it got me off and legal position of LGBT people in Gambia the hook. My list of deal-breakers at that and other West African nations. time was ironically pretty short: He had to be Tommy. If he wasn’t Tommy, I wasn’t On this week’s “Lovecast,” learn all about interested. Tommy was amazing – totally cuckolding: savagelovecast.com

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Legal, Public Notices AUCTION Extra Space Storage – Store 8841 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 Extra Space Storage will hold a Public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location Indicated: 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 495-9612, August 25, 2020 @ 12:15PM: Monique Lundy- Furniture- boxes- Larcenuia Hills Household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. AUCTION Extra Space Storage- Store 8840 11261 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, FL 32832. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, Fl 32832 407-280-7355, September 15, 2020 @ 12:00PM. Jennifer Holland- Rugs, artwork, records. Jeremiah Benson- Household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. AUCTION Extra Space Storage – Store 1631 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822 (407) 212-5890, September 15th, 2020 @ 11:15 AM: Sheri Phillips- Household goods, Baraba Motango- Refrigerator, A/C, Tv, fan. Darran Bolden- Household goods. Timoteo Martinez-Household goods. JeMeemah Jones-Household goods. Gilberto RodriguezChristmas decorations, luggage. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 342 Woodland Lake Drive, Orlando, FL 32828, 321-800-4793, on 9/10/20 at 2:00pm. Danny Ghiden: household items, furniture, boxes, shelving, grill, Orlando Rodriguez: furniture, sofa, boxes, artwork, dresser, ottoman, radio, dining room table, grill, bike The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 11971 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 516-7913, September 10th 2020 @ 4:00 PM: Leidy Soranlly Garcia- Household, Sunny Peggy Ripley- Household, Pressure king- Harold King- Household, Steve Waschka- Household. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: September 17th, 2020 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 - Jeannie Hart- Household items Matthew Hicks- Household items Jeremy Denhard- Household items Michael Hood- Household items Julius Busky- Household items, Black Kwasaki 650 motorcycle NO VIN- Sold as PARTS ONLY. Janice Barnes- Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3820 S Orange

Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321-2703440 on 09/10/2020 @ 11:30 am. Tasha Chang House hold items, Jennifer Spell Bins, and bag of clothes, Shamika Thomas boxes, David Mull Household Goods, Christina Santiago few boxes book shelf dresser tv desk bike, Karma Butler King bed and dresser, Patricia Boss household items, Charlie William household good. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1305 Crawford Ave St. Cloud, FL 34769, 407-5040833 on 09/15/2020 @ 1:45pm Jared Kuchinskas household items, Mike Dominguez Furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: September 17, 2020 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:00 am Extra Space Storage 831 N. Park Avenue Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 450-0345. Mary Ligon Ezellhousehold goods. Duane Melvin Keister- household goods. Michael Stewart-household goods. Cory Madsen- art work. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6174 S Goldenrod Road, Orlando, Florida 32822, 407-9554137 on 9/15/2020 @ 11:45am Adena Rankin- Davy Boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above refer-

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enced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 11071 University Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32817, 321-320-4055 on 9/10/2020 @ 3:00pm: Brianna Todd boxes, Jordan Davis household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 5592 L B McLeod Rd, Orlando, FL 32811 on 09/17/2020 @ 10:30 AM. Sujit Shyam- furniture, boxes; Daniel Jacksonclothes, shoes; Christopher Bucklew- household goods, piano, boxes, tools; Paul Smith-tools; Artrina ell-files; Artrina ell- files, business equipment; James Conley- tv, kitchen table, chairs; Robyn Robertson- household goods; Rohan Wallace -cabinets, tools, equipment. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated 5603 Metrowest Blvd, Orlando FL 32811 on 09/17/2020 @9:30AM. Superior Home Energy Construction Materials, Hublal Ramotar FURNITURE, Hublal Ramotar furniture, Deborah Balamage clothes, shoes misc items, Lisa Marie Kane Housegoods, Michelle Meacham luggage, Xavier Graham Clothing and shoes, Sergio Lopez Boxes & Clothes, Devona Timbs household items, Alisha White furniture, boxes soda chair, Demond Jefferson Shoes and clothes, Joe Scott Housegoods, Love Snacks LLC Business equipment. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated 3501 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32839 on 09/17/2020 @3:00PM. Danielle Johnson Boxes, Geraldine Harris dresser, tables, chests, boxes, bags & totes, Shamale Barker mattress, Berline Brooks 1 bedroom, Kirstin Dempsey Household goods, Stephanie Castro bed, dresser, nightstand & boxes, Antoneashia Clemons Couch, love seat, dresser, king bed & nightstand, Kerry Floyd

Queen Size bed, 5-10 boxes & household goods, Marie Celestin Wagnac Housegoods, Kirstin Dempsey House hold goods, Horace Simmons 3 mattresses & boxes, Robert Brown Clothes, Shaquanda Keyes 2 mattrsses one bedroom set king size, 2 dressers nighstands tv stand and tv, William Brown boxes, Zephra Harding Housegoods, CLOTES & TV. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 13597 S Orange Ave Orlando, Fl 32824, 407-9102087 on 09/15/2020 @ 11:30am. Amary Oscar Decastro- Tables, bags of clothes, TV; Demetrius OBrien- Mattress and personal papers; Jesus Campos- boxes & Bicycle; Lourdes Yajaira- household items; Michael Velez- clothes, boxes, bed, dresser, night table; Michele Williams- bed, dresser, bins, electronics; Natasha Jacksonplastic bins. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 540 Cypress Parkway Kissimmee, FL 34759, on 09/15/2020 @ 12:45PM Manuel Figueroa Boxes, personal items, Stephanie Torres Household items,De Ann Charlene Felix Household items, Cecilia Walker Household items, Charmaine Ephriam Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. FILE NO: 2020-CP-001254 PROBATE DIVISION. IN RE: ESTATE OF CHARISSE YVETTE GREENE, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The administration

of the estate of Charisse Yvette Greene, deceased, whose date of death was May 7, 2020 and the last four digits of whose social security number are 6305, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801. The name and address of the personal representative and the personal representati e s attorne are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against de edent s estate on whom a copy of this notice is re ired to be ser ed m st file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against de edent s estate m st file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE T AT AT A The date of first blication of this notice is 8/19/2020. Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Martez Gordon, Attorney for Artena Greene, Florida Bar Number: 96362, 2235 Arrowgrass Dr, Suite 108, Wesley Chapel, Fl 33544, Telephone: 772.444.2514, - ail thegordonfirm gmail om Personal Representative /s/ Artena Greene IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA. PROBATE DIVISION File No. 59-2020-CP-001016000XX IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMES H. GREENE, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS (summary administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereb notified that an rder of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of JAMES H. GREENE, deceased, File Number 59-2020-CP-001016000-XX; by the Circuit Court for Seminole County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of hi h is ost ffi e Box 8099, Sanford, Florida 327720 ; that the de edent s date of death was December 2, 2019; that the total value of the estate is $0.00 and that the names of those to whom it has been assigned by Such order are: Name, Address: reditors one no n, eneficiaries: TRACEY LEE GWINNUP 304, SW Vista Lake Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34953. ALAN JAMES GREENE 3433 Deer Oak Circle, Oviedo, Florida 32766. ALL INTER-

ESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of mmar Administration m st file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR A T T T DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first bli ation of this Notice is 8/19/2020. Attorney for Person Giving Notice: /s/ Steven C. Allender, Attorney for Petitioner, Email: sallender@allenderlaw. com, Secondary Email: dorothy@ allenderlaw.com, Florida Bar No. 0428302 ALLENDER & ALLENDER, 719 Garden Street, Titusville, Florida 32796, Telephone: (321) 269-1511, Fax #: (321) 264-7676. Person Giving Notice: /s/ ALAN JAMES GREENE, 3433 Deer Oak Circle, Oviedo, Florida 32766. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07 / Doherty CASE NO.: DP17-571 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: S. F. DOB: 11/27/2002, A. F. DOB: 10/21/2003, Q. F. DOB: 05/31/2010. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: MONICA OGLE, ADDRESS UNKNOWN. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this o rt regarding the abo e-referen ed hild o are hereb ommanded to a ear before dge atri ia ohert on e tember 1 , 2020 at 0 a m at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and at the time s e ified A T PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AD TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR This court hearing ill be held ia hone conference. All parties joining the hearing, including caregivers, are dire ted to all the belo n mbers to arti i ate hone n mber 21 430-3303 Conference Call Code: 962 037 604# (Please include the # sign) WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 3rd day of August, 2020. This summons has

been iss ed at the re est of Tara ain enned , s ire; 0067262, Senior Attorney for the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, tara.ocain@ m families om T CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07 / Doherty CASE NO.: DP17-571 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: S. F. DOB: 11/27/2002, A. F. DOB: 10/21/2003, Q. F. DOB: 05/31/2010. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: GARY FORT, Sr., ADDRESS UNKNOWN. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this o rt regarding the abo e-referen ed hild o are hereb ommanded to a ear before dge atri ia ohert on e tember 1 , 2020 at 0 a m at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and at the time s e ified A T PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AD TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR This court hearing will be held ia hone onferen e All parties joining the hearing, including caregivers, are directed to call the belo n mbers to arti i ate hone n mber 21 0- 0 , Conference Call Code: 962 037 604# (Please include the # sign) WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 3rd day of August, 2020 This s mmons has been iss ed at the re est of Tara ain enned , s ire; 00 2 2, Senior Attorney for the State of Florida, Department of Children and amilies, tara o ain m families com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07 / Doherty CASE NO.: DP05-632 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: H.P. DOB: 03/07/2005. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Johnathan Patrick, ADDRESS UNKNOWN. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this o rt regarding the abo e-referen ed hild o

are hereb ommanded to a ear before dge atri ia ohert on e tember 1 , 2020 at 1 0 m at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and at the time s e ified A T PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AD TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. This o rt hearing ill be held ia hone conference. All parties joining the hearing are directed to call the belo n mbers to arti i ate onferen e hone mber 21 03303 Conference Call Code for the onorable dge ohert 20 0 follo ed b the sign MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 10th day of August, 2020 This s mmons has been iss ed at the re est of helsea ogdan, s ire, lorida ar No.: 0123752, Supervising Attorney for the State of Florida, chelsea. bogdan m families om OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA.CASE NO. 2020-DR-7156 IN RE: The Marriage of MICHAEL JAMES PFEIFFER, Petitioner/Husband, and AA A A FFER, Respondent/Wife. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. TO: LORENA AMALIA PFEIFFER; 0 enter Lake Lane Apt 2003 Oviedo FL 32765 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an a tion has been filed against o and that o are re ired to ser e a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Michael T. Mackhanlall, s , n ehalf f A JAMES PFEIFFER, whose address is 37 N. Orange Ave Suite 500, rlando 2 01 on or before 10 1 2020 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 425 N. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32801, before ser i e on TT or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a defa lt ma be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. The Action is asking the o rt to dissol e the bo nds of marriage in this case. There is no real or personal property. Copies of all court documents in this case, inl ding orders, are a ailable at the ler of the ir it o rt s offi e You may review these documents on re est o m st ee the ler of the ir it o rt s offi e notified of o r rrent address o ma file oti e of rrent Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.)

t re a ers in this la s it ill be mailed to the address on record at the ler s offi e A le 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of ro ed re, re ires ertain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. Dated 8/18/2020. CLERK OF THE T Tb s e t Clerk (court seal). IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ CRANER CASE NO.: DP18-335 IN THE INTEREST OF: L.B. DOB: 05/03/2003, J.B. DOB: 10/18/2004, T.B. DOB: 12/25/2005, L.S. DOB: 05/22/2007, X.A. DOB: 04/21/2008, N.A. DOB: 07/18/2009, Z.A. DOB: 09/24/2011, L.A. DOB: 12/27/2012, minor children. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. To: Andrew Cornish, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this o rt regarding the abo e-referen ed hild o are hereb ommanded to a ear before dge A ames raner, at 10:15 a.m., on the 22nd day of e tember, 2020, at the enile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time s e ified A T PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (THESE CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD (OR CHILDREN) NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereb informed of the a ailabilit of ri ate la ement ith an ado tion entit , as defined in e tion 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 3rd day of August, 2020 This s mmons has been iss ed at the re est of an A oba , Attorne for the tate of Florida Department of Children and amilies 00 est obinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 317-7643. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. Case No.: 2020-DR007474-O. Division: 41 - Heather Pinder Rodriguez. CHRISTINE HANN Petitioner/Wife, and YARON

BECHAVOD, Respondent/Husband NOTICE OF ACTION to DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE WITH NO CHILDREN TO: YARON BECHAVOD YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action Dissolution of Marriage with No Children has been filed against o and that o are re ired to ser e a o of your written defenses, if any, to it on b and thro gh ife s attorne , i hele ernard, s hose address is Holistic Legal, P.A., 941 W. Morse Blvd. #100, Winter Park, 2 , on or before e tember 1 , 2020, and file the original ith the clerk of this Court at: ORANGE County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801. A phone call will not protect you. Your written response, including the ase n mber gi en abo e and the names of the arties, m st be filed if you want the Court to hear your side of the case. If you fail to do so, a defa lt ma be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. The action is asking the court to decide how the following real or ersonal ro ert sho ld be divided, which is to each person their personal property and any marital property or items and monies to Petitioner. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are a ailable at the ler of the ir it o rt s offi e o may review these documents upon re est o m st ee the ler of the ir it o rt s offi e notified of o r rrent address o ma file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this la s it ill be mailed or e-mailed to the address(es) on record at the ler s offi e A le 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of ro ed re, re ires ertain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. DATED: 7/31/2020 (SEAL) CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Marc Larusso, Deputy Clerk. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP19-66 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: A.J. DOB: 09/28/2013. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Iesha Jones (Address Unknown) A Petition for Termination of Parental ights nder oath has been filed in this o rt regarding the abo e referen ed hild o are hereb ommanded to a ear before dge A ames raner on onda , tober 19 at 10:45 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time s e ified A T PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS

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Legal, Public Notices NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Robert Caso, of 1014 Olive Ave. #K, Burbank, CA 91506, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby ad ertising the follo ing fi titio s name: The Actors Group Orlando It is the intent of the undersigned to register “The Actors Group Orlando” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 8/10/2020 Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units lo ated at - a l om an fa ilities torage lo ations are listed below. All goods are household ontents or mis ellaneo s and re o ered goods All a tions are hold to satisf o ner s lien for rent and fees in a ordan e ith lorida tat tes, elf- torage A t, e tions 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on September 3rd, 2020 and will ontin e ntil all lo ations are done U-Haul Moving and Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7803 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Fl 32810; C73 Keshaun Stewart $1255.76, B42 Juan Rodriguez $464.00, E26 David van Gelder $1903.23, D12 Jason David $1052.28, B30 RaOndria Johnson $744.33, E12 afael lan o 1 2 0, 0 i helle itner 22 0, A1 et aida ernande 1 , Thomas Moran $636.20, D11 Kerri arson 0, 2 Anthon Colelli $583.25, B64 Matthew Davis $1261.93 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Apopka, 1221 E Semoran Blvd, Apopka, Fl 32703; 1321 Portia Allen 1 2 , 11 oren o eathers 22 , 12 0 i hneider 1 2 , 11 1 ora Britten $1304.26, 1161 Syed Shariff $591.10, 1112 Jamie Williams $1097.30, 1330 Alfredo Castaneda $628.30, 1293 Ginni Estrada $958.98 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 W Hwy 436, Altamonte Springs, Fl 32714; A107 Alex Abrahams 1 1 22, 10 Anthone oria $908.25, B103 Rebekah Burgos $1823.80, C126 Carina Patterson $1305.62 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436, Winter Park, Fl 32792; 1 02 i ole ostell 2 0, 1 21 Tami i m in 111 2 , 1 onathan e is 1 0 , 12 Jakerra Bolden $1084.60, 1034 Timothy Jordan $895.15, 1460 Roddrake Rumph $601.50, 2320 ran ois ea ais 11 0, 20 Jayson Cornelius $974.37, 1050 Deborah Dash $1110.00, 1112 Andre ierre ose 0, 2411 Omarie Payno $873.40, 1256 Juliana Sivon $718.70, 1186 a son Torres 1 1 , 1 2

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Selena Perez $825.15, 2657 Craig efferson , 110 eidi iesel $622.90, 1350 Mystery Room $1123.35, 1068 Khari Williams $612.25 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Longwood, 650 N Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750; A094 Troy Beneby $745.21, C007 Don Depaul $1006.22 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Lake Mary Blvd, 3851 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, Fl 32773; 1318 Amy Baldanza $425.85, 1582 atri i ha d 1 2 ,1 2 n e ann r 1 ,1 in ollins 2 00, 12 Tiffany Franklin $776.12, 2360 halonda a nes 10 20, 1 2 odri rr 02, 12 Dusty Caraway $633.49, 1220 it hael atson 21, 2 1 James Elwood $526.95, 1325 Robert Bailey $1088.14, 1505 elissa ar agena 2 2, 1 Vikkie Andrews $482.79, 1625 Christina Veltman $1810.80, 1124 Anthony Serrano $1272.68, 1276 Venessa Wise $425.85, 1561 i ole enna 2 0 , 1 22 Shyanne Benavidez $564.19, 1170 A ian e imbro gh 1 1 , 12 essie obi hea x 1 0 , 1421 Miranda Seeley $1349.43, 20 1 isa ilgram 1 ,1 Robert Smith $425.85, 1565 Steffon Williams $495.02, 2414 Karen Nelson $590.80, 1326 Kerstin Wynn $721.39, 1406 Robert Rosado $1011.49, 1069 Craneshia Simon $1560.38, 1314 atri theridge , 1 00 ear en ediagro 2 1, 1557 Desiree Carpenter $771.96, 210 ose h llo gh 01 0, 1041 Tyre Curry $1272.40, 5018 ason emie x 1 1 , 11 A ian e imbro gh 1022 00, 12 Mystery Room $1678.09, 1162 Robert Rosado $1123.35, 1204 ohn rst 02 , 10 a na ox 1 0, 1 0 eann amilton $564.19, 1213 Jeffery Gregg $785.10, 1584 Brandell Moore $974.30, 2558 Mystery Room 112 , 1 1 Ane a it hell $708.00, 1001 Yolanda Kemmerer $880.00 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Road, 1811 Rinehart Road, Sanford, Fl 32771; 1030 Beryl Thompson 1 , 0 i hael r h $574.70, 1044 Collen Garey 1 , 12 onathan s amilla 2 10, 0 ri a lins $1272.45, 3131 Christina Anderson $1037.97, 4094 Sylvester Wynn $934.18, 2149 Devin Robinson $910.18. NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION T A AT AT A A A T T A AT A T A T A A T T , A V A A T A T ATAND FEES IN ACCORDANCE T A TAT T ,

T A A T, T 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 00am and T U-haul Ctr Orange Avr - 3500 S. Orange Ave, Orlando Fl 32806 on September 1st, 2020:1524 Aidan Amavi, 1910 Kevin Culberhouse, 1204 Cassandra Mustepher, 2202 or erto ernande , 11 alina Johnson 1159, 2143 Toronia Atwell, 1041 Deniseann Williams, 1062 rian argolis, 1 1 abiah e is, 1064 Adrienne Evans, 1532 Mihael a igne, Anthon astorena, 120 i hael a igne, 2 0 Deshawn Moreland, 1937 Mariela Catala, 1065 Oswaldo Ortiz,1433 Alex s mith, 111 te en erafin, 112 ele ia art , 2 0 ali Edwards, 1021 Windsor Barnett, 1256 Shaquevia Shorter, 1930 ameasha ollinger, 2212 heldon Crist, 1007 Brett Barr, 2303 Briana Daniel, 1823 Ivan Bonilla, 1924 Clifford ro n, 1 10 i hard illiams, 2 0 inda hefer, 1 2 esenia oria, 11 arr emb , 2121 hristina t rms, 1 2 erri erron, 1833 Yulia Riedman. Notice of Public Sale oti e is hereb gi en that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the o ner, at bli sale b om etiti e bidding on storagetreas res om ending on September 11, 2020 at 11:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 14120 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32826. Purhases m st be made ith ash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be remo ed at the time of r hase Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is sube t to ad o rnment The ersonal goods stored therein by the following ma in l de, b t are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, lothes and a lian es #1322–Ana Soler, A.K.A. Anaitza Soler Dominguez, #1335 –Ighodaro Walters, A.K.A Ighodaro Mesiah alters, 1 2 hristian alafia, A A hristian illiam alafia NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE of abandoned property per Florida Statute 715.109. Sale to be held at 8:30 a.m. September 3rd, 2020 at 5600 Jaleen Ave. Orlando, FL 32810. Property Description: ro ert es ri tion 1 obile ome, a e , V s 12 100222 A and 1244100222KB, and unknown ontents ormer tenants haron llo gh and loria Allbritian NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY oti e is hereb gi en that Mindful Storage ill sell at bli a tion, to satisfy the lien of the owner, ersonal ro ert des ribed belo belonging to those individuals listed below at the following times and lo ations September 17th, 2020 12:00 pm at the Mindful Storage facility located at: 900 Cypress

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Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032 The personal goods stored therein by the following: 110 - rnit re, 10 - o seholds, 20 - o seholds, 112 oxes, 2 0- o seholds, 222 rnit re, 10 - o seholds, 211 - o seholds, 22 - rnit re, 2 - oxes r hases m st be made ith ash onl and aid at the abo e referen ed fa ilit in order to om lete the transa tion Mindful Storage may refuse any bid and ma res ind an r hase until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

or all bids. SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 1NXBR32E03Z105851 2003 Toyota JT2TE72D2B0135919 1981 Toyota SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 A A0 112 0 1 201 SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 1NXBA02E5TZ427097 1996 Toyota 3C4FY58B05T608634 2005 Chrysler 6D47S7E624224 1 A A A

Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on September 11th, 2020 at 9:00 am, Riker’s Roadside Of Central Florida, INC, 630 E Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824, will sell the follo ing ehi les and or essels. Seller reserves the right to bid. Sold as is, no warranty. Seller g arantees no title, terms ash Seller reserves the right to refuse any or all bids; 1 2V A 0 1997 Ford 1FTNW21F32EC82899 2002 Ford 1G1AK58F887253700 2008 Chevrolet 1GCCS14XX38211460 2003 Chevrolet 1 A A 2 2 2017 Nissan 2 A 11 22 2016 Chevrolet 2T1 2 2016 Toyota 3A4FY58B47T506329 2007 Chrysler A1 12 1 1 2 2002 Dodge

NOTICE OF SALE Vehi les ill be sold as is, no arranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are ash onl er m st ha e f nds on hand at time of sale: 2012 Dodge V 2 0 1 0 201 V A 11 1 2002 Ford VIN# 1FAFP444X2F135907 1991 Suzuki VIN# JA11158819 2010 Jeep VIN# 1J4NF4FB2AD519088 To be sold at a tion at 00 a m on September 16, 2020 at 7301 ardner treet, inter ar , 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC

2008 Saturn A 20 2018 KIA 1 11 00 2009 Nissan T1 12 2007 Toyota A 2 0 201 ndai 5TDYK3DC1FS535489 2015 Toyota 1211 2 2016 Kia JM1BK143141114862 2004 Mazda JTDBR32E060094222 2006 Toyota 2A 00 01 2019 Mitsubishi WBA8E1G52GNT36531 2016 BMW. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC gi es oti e of ore los re of ien and intent to sell these ehi les on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, rs ant to s bse tion 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING A V , reser es the right to a e t or re e t an and

NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to F.S. 713.585 At 9:00AM on September 18, 2020 Billis Auto Center 1710 N. Forsyth Rd. ORL, FL32807, (407) 657-1808. Will sell the follo ing ehi le s to atisf laim of lien eller reser es the right to bid and refuse any or all bids old As- s, o arrant eller g arantees no title Terms ash Satisfying the lien prior to sale may redeem said ehi le s o ha e a right to a hearing at any time rior to sale b filing a demand for hearing in the ir it o rt ner has the right to re o er ossession by posting bond per. F.S. 1 An ro eeds in ex ess of lien ill be de osited ith ler of o rts 2011 V 2 A T1 010 ien Amt $8519.82

Employment COMPUTER/IT: Software Developer for Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL). Srve as respp tech lead for bcknd tech for Omnivise suite of apps w/in Digital Eng org. Req. Bach (or frgn dgree equiv) in Info Tech, Comp Sci or rel + 6 yrs exp in job offrd or an acc alt occu. Mst hve 6 yrs exp in SW dev. Mst hve 5 yrs of exp w/ bcknd sklls, whch can incl: C#, Java. Mst hve 5 yrs exp in frntnd tech, whch can incl: Javascript, Jquery, AngularJS; HTML5. Mst hve 3 yrs exp w/ ORM tools, whch can incl: NHibernate, JPA. Mst

hve 2 yrs exp w/ Microservices, Jira, Agile Mthdlgy, CI/CD w/ Jenknis. Approx 20% trvl req. Mail rsms Michael Kellermann, Siemens Corporation, 3850 Quadrangle Boulevard, MS: HRS-144, Orlando, FL 32817. Ref MK/GB. Must be authrzed to wrk in US prmnntly. INVESTMENT SALES ADVISORCENTRAL/ SOUTH AMERICAAcquire/expand/ maintain client Relationships in South + Central America, through business dev. and client networking; Possess understanding of real estate market dynamics; Provide guidance on leases, purchase/ sale agreements, mortgages, and market prices; Maintain awareness of the on-going changes in the geo-political environments in South + Central America; Marketing functions.F/T- Reports to Realty Capital Advisors, LLC in Maitland, FL. Bachelor’s in International Business and six months of exp.in the job offered req. Must be uent in the Spanish language (written+verbal). Send resume to: rwilliams@ realtycapital .com