Orlando Life July 2013

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DEPARTMENTS 8 JAY BOYAR’S LIMELIGHT

Jay goes behind the scenes at Mad Cow; Cedric entertains and Kathy Griffin disses at the Bob Carr; Duo Sole pair up at the Shakes; and the Garden Theatre hosts a series of vintage summer flicks.

18 D esign/STYLE Get through the summer in style with an array of hats, sunglasses, totes and lotions galore. by Marianne Ilunga • photographs by Ken Lopez

30 FLAVOR

A quintessential neighborhood restaurant, Maxine’s on Shine, sparkles as much for the characters as the cuisine. by Rona Gindin • photographs by Rafael Tongol

38 PEOPLE & PLACES

Paula is out and about at Wine, Women & Shoes, Orlando’s Health’s One Night and the Orlando Science Center’s Science of Wine. by Paula Wyatt

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24 WOMEN OF INFLUENCE Orlando Life selects 25 of Central Florida’s most influential women; people who make things happen in business, politics, education, medicine, philanthropy and the arts. by Michael McLeod and Harry Wessel • photographs by Rafael Tongol

59 REMODEL ORLANDO The latest trends in beautiful and luxurious outdoor living areas. Plus, a look inside an award-winning kitchen renovation and a list of remodeling pros you can trust. by Denise Bates Enos

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SPECIAL SECTION 42 ORLANDO’S TOP LAWYERS In partnership with LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, Orlando Life lists the region’s top-rated lawyers.

ABOUT THE COVER: Anne Deli, president of American Road Group in full Harley regalia, is queen of all she surveys. Photograph by Rafael Tongol; hair and makeup by Elsie Knab.

Photos: (top left, bottom left and right) RAFAEL TONGOl; (top right) ken lopez

FEATUREs

Rumors of the Koch brothers buying Orlando’s daily newspaper are stirring up all sorts of fears. But would it really be so bad? by Mike Thomas

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have friends who say they love the heat. They are either lying or crazy. What

do critters do when it’s hot? They lay up in the shady woods. Who are we to critique their grammar or question their good sense? I’ll be emulating them as much as I can over the next few weeks.

First, a look back at a few highlights of this past year’s social season in Orlando, when the weather was kinder and I was a good deal more sociable.

■ Best Gala: The Neanderthal Ball at the Orlando Science Center. Worthy philanthropical causes abound in this town, but too many of the galas that help to support them are stuffier than need be. For sheer fun and a great change of pace, you can’t beat the chance to let your hair down at this hirsute soirée.

■ Best Celebrity Appearance: The stellar and basically impromptu visit of Sir Patrick Stewart to the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. Stewart, or Captain Jean-Luc Picard to the nerds among us, stopped in just long enough while in town on other business to regale an audience of Shakes loyalists with tales of stage, screen and scifi. He was both classy and irreverent, which makes sense when you consider the fact that he earned that “Sir” with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was still game enough to take a role as a cartoon character in an adult animated sitcom (American Dad) who occasionally walks around in a borrowed pink nightie.

■ Second Best Celebrity Appearance: Aviator/Song and Dance Man/Cultural Icon John Travolta popping in at The Mall at Milennia to celebrate the opening of a Breitling Boutique. Actually, he didn’t pop in, but flew in on his personal jet from his Florida home, then flew out, with his family in tow, to California.

■ Most Influential Woman We Left Off Our List: In our main feature story this month, we compiled a list of Orlando’s most influential women. It’s a fascinating cross-section, but inevitably subjective. Who did we leave off? You tell me. Email me with candidates we overlooked.

Here. I’ll start. I’m not sure we shouldn’t have put Jackie Siegel on our list. If you define an influential woman as someone who takes a risk and puts herself out there — maybe puts herself out there a bit too candidly, even recklessly — then, arguably, she leads the pack. By virtue of being the title character in The Queen of Versailles, the controversial documentary about overweening wealth, hubris and a $100 million mansion, she made Orlando the epicenter of a global debate. That’s influential, no?

Now you’ll have to excuse me. I have some laying up to do.

Michael McLeod Editor in Chief mmcleod@orlando-life.com 4

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We’re on Google+ and Pinterest too: pinterest.com/orlandolife/.

What’s ONLINE Check out our expanded listing of arts organizations and their schedules of events for the upcoming season.

What you CAN DO Visit the Cornell Art Museum on the campus of Rollins College for a fascinating look at the photography of Malick Sidibé, whose portraits of West African urban youth captured a moment of cultural transition in the 1960s as new music, dancing and fashion began to suffuse their lives.

What’s ON DECK In our August issue, we’ll explore the lively downtown and communities that surround Orlando and take a look at some of the limitations, and new directions, that are figuring in how the arts are covered in Orlando.

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In the Mooood

Mad Cow keeps theater alive DURING the dog days.

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or theater lovers like me, July and August in Or-

lando can seem like one long, dry spell. Except, that is, for the shows at Mad Cow Theatre, our theatrical oasis during the dog days of summer.

The Cow’s summer schedule includes two major plays, Collected Stories (through July 14) and Death of a Salesman (Aug. 2-25). The former, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies, explores the warmth, humor and, well, cattiness of a mentor-protégé relationship. The latter, arguably this country’s most famous play, is Arthur Miller’s monumental meditation on the American Dream.

Partly out of appreciation, partly out of sheer curiosity, I decided to visit Mad Cow and take stock of the theater’s summer offerings.

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I drop by Mad Cow’s new, sophisticated-looking home, one flight up from Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Church Street Station, during a rehearsal period for Collected Stories known as “table work.”

Denise Gillman, a drama professor who directed Eurydice at the theater’s old, funkier space, is with her two lead actresses (both local performers) in the center of Mad Cow’s intimate — and, this evening, very chilly — Black Box theater, reading and parsing each line of dialogue.

These women — all intense, all reading from heavily highlighted scripts — are huddled around a cluttered table that gives the appearance of being a garage-sale purchase. They are exploring a scene in which a nervous young writer named Lisa, played by Piper Rae Patterson, reacts to a life-changing review of her first collection of short stories. With Lisa is Ruth, her brainy, somewhat touchy teacher, played by Karel K. Wright.

As the actresses tackle each section of the play, director Gillman is scribbling notes, stopping the others now and then to venture a comment or pose a question — always referring to her performers by their characters’ names.

“You’re vulnerable, Lisa. You’re scared,” offers Gillman, turning to Patterson. “Does that make sense?”

“This is hard,” the actress mock-whines, smiling as she pulls a thin, white blanket around her for warmth (and maybe security).

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Rollins Professor Thomas Ouellette listens as Oliver Stone expounds.

COLLECTED STORIES Karel Wright, director Denise Gillman, Piper Patterson “We don’t do easy stuff,” Gillman confirms, also smiling. Again, they take on the scene and this time the table, the director and even the actresses seem to disappear as the characters begin to emerge as real, flesh-and-blood people, quite distinct from the women playing them.

The protégé, a lithe, essentially vertical presence with a rapid, high voice, and her mentor, a solid study in horizontals who speaks in gravel-infused tones, verbally poke and prod each other, sparring for supremacy. They feint. They parry.

They lunge. Whatever magic the theater can conjure is happening right here and now.

The highly charged scene takes a toll. When it’s finished, Patterson seems to collapse into herself while an emotionally spent Wright puts her head down on the table and sighs.

“You guys were so connected!” the director exclaims, her eyes tearing with joy. “And that’s where we’ve gotta go.”

Death of a Salesman

At about this time, Mad Cow’s production of Death of a Salesman is in the early planning stages. So I call up the play’s director, Timothy Williams, to see how it’s coming along.

“The theme of the show is something that resonates, even today, with people who are upset that the American Dream might just be that: a dream,” says Williams, who also directed the Cow’s season opener in its new space, Sunday in the Park with George.

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“I think it’s that disillusionment with the American Dream that resonates with people,” he adds. “It makes some of us feel guilty. It makes some of us feel angry. It makes some of us want to do something about it.”

Arthur Miller’s 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning classic chronicles the last days of Willy Loman, an aging salesman from Brooklyn, as he looks back on the highs and lows of his life — especially the lows. Past and present merge as phantoms of Willy’s former life come alive onstage, like regrets assuming physical form.

“In 1949, nobody was talking about that,” offers Williams, referring to disillusionment. “Everybody was so inundated with nationalism and propaganda. We had just won the war and we were heading into the ’50s with economic prosperity.

But it was Arthur Miller who stood up and said no. Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark.”

Denmark? I think that’s some other play. But I’m still looking forward to seeing this one.

Visit madcowtheatre.com for further information. n Jay Boyar, arts editor of Orlando Life, has written about film and travel for the Orlando Sentinel and numerous other newspapers.

He’s the author of Films to Go: 100 Memorable Movies for Travelers & Others and a contributor to ReelRomance: The Lovers’ Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies.

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comedy

Who knew insurance claims could be a

source of hilarity? They are, at least, in the case of one claims adjuster turned internationally known comedian who’s on his way to Orlando.

That would be Cedric the Entertainer — actor, writer and stand-up comedian best known for his roles in movies Barbershop, Madagascar and the television sitcom The Steve Harvey Show.

The Original Kings of Comedy star will be at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre on July 20 at 8 p.m.

More recently, the multifaceted performer starred in the films A Haunted House and Larry Crowne, began a new season of his cable television series The Soul Man, and signed a three-year contract to become the

host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

His full name is Cedric Kyles, and he didn’t always have showbiz on his radar. He graduated in 1987 from Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication before beginning in the decidedly dour insurance business.

But after winning a St. Louis standup competition he began pursuing comedy as a career.

The stage name? A host once introduced him as an entertainer, not a comedian. “There it is, right there. I’ll take that one,” he said.

And he did.

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music

Duo Will Salute Musical Masters They’re impressive enough as solitary artists. Better still when

they play together. Violist Mauricio Cespedes Rivero and violinist Alexander Stevens are known as “Duo Sole” when they collaborate musically, as they will at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park.

The program will pay tribute to the Great American Songbook, with special attention to giants such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter.

Cespedes, principal violist of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, has performed all over the world with various symphonies in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. In 2011 he won the YouTube Symphony Orchestra competition and the opportu-

nity to play in Australia’s Sydney Opera House with Grammy-winning maestro Michael Tilson Thomas.

Stevens has been playing violin since he was 9. Since 2008, he has been the Phil’s principal second violinist.

The July 8 concert is one of the orchestra’s five-part 2013 Sounds of Summer Series.

“Duo Sole” performed for the Summer Series previously in 2011.

They also performed at Lynx’s “Tunes in the Terminal” in 2012, a summer concert series that features entertainers from all around Central Florida, playing for people in Lynx’s downtown bus terminal.

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At the Garden: Classic Flicks, Classic Venue There’s a theater in downtown Winter Garden that belongs to

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an exclusive club. Old as it is, it’s still doing what it was built to do: show movies. At least in the summertime.

Built in 1935, the Garden Theatre fell into disrepair in the ’60s. After a long stretch as a warehouse, it was restored in 2008 as a multipurpose venue accommodating concerts and

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live theatrical performances as well as films.

Beginning this month it’s hosting a summer series of classic and cult films amid Mediterranean-style architecture, dramatic balconies and twinkling stars on the ceiling.

Thursday nights are reserved for the classics. The lineup this month: Citizen Kane (1941) on the 11th, Chinatown (1974) on the 18th and The Apartment (1960) on the 25th.

Cult favorites are scheduled for Friday nights. This month: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) on the 5th, Spaceballs (1987) on the 12th and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) on the 26th. All movies begin at 7 p.m. and admission is $5.

In addition, there’ll be a Trekkie trivia contest prior to Star Trek II, and patrons are invited to come in costume for Holy Grail.

The cult series’ last movie, Ghostbusters (1984) will be on Aug. 23. Following the flick, you’re invited to join real-life ghostbusters from Orlando’s American Ghost Adventures, who’ll search for paranormal activity in the 299-seat venue.

Visit gardentheatre.org for more information.

— Rachel Williams

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Griffin Raises Her Grade From D to A Nobody’s ever worked the underdog an-

gle better than Kathy Griffin, who used her “D-List” status to work her way up to being an A-list comedian known for her blistering mockery of celebrities in particular and pop culture in general.

Griffin will be making an Orlando stop on July 12 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre.

An Illinois native who rose to fame as the original gossip girl with no filter, she began performing in the early ’80s with The Groundlings, a popular Los Angeles improv troupe.

Although Griffin isn’t gay, her ac-

tivism on behalf of LGBT rights and her skewering of right-wing political figures have earned her almost iconic status in the gay community. She was the recipient of GLADD’s 2009 Vanguard Award.

Her “no-apology” style of humor has helped her win two Emmys and

become a bestselling author with her 2009 memoir, Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin. She has hosted and produced her own television show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2007 and 2008.

Griffin says Rhoda Morgenstern, the character played by Valerie Harper on the ’70s sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show, was a major influence. “That’s when I fell in love with wanting to be the sidekick,” Griffin says. “Everything out of her mouth was hysterical. That’s who I wanted to be. The one with all the jokes.”

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Sun, Sand, Summer You can stay stylish and safe for the season.

by Marianne Ilunga photographs by Ken Lopez Top, left to right: white canvas sneakers by Superga, $65; available at Neiman Marcus, The Mall at Millenia; body splash by Tom Ford, $125; available at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall; reparative body sun lotion, $85, and reparative face sun lotion, $120; both by La Mer. Bottom, left to right: Aqua Universalis Forte by Maison Francis Kurkdjian Paris, $275; color control cushion compact by Amore Pacific, $60; and Pure Mariposa perfume by Ramon Monegal, $200; all from Neiman Marcus, The Mall at Millenia.

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Top, left to right: gold low-wedge thong sandals with changeable decorations by Lindsay Phillips, $39, available at Chloe Lane, Winter Park; and multicolor jeweled straw clutch by Jan, $595; available at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall. Bottom, left to right: Chanel moisturizing bronzing powder, $50; available at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall. Volume effect faux cils mascara by YSL, $30; available at Neiman Marcus, The Mall at Millenia. Chanel levres scintillantes lip gloss in eden (hot pink), zephyr (light orange) and envolee (coral) $29.50 each; and Chanel nail color in lilis (orange), azure (green-blue), bel-argus (dark blue), $27 each; all from Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall. Square shape clear sunglasses by Tory Burch, $149, available at Neiman Marcus, The Mall at Millenia.

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Left to right: Canvas peep-toe starfish wedges, $148; lime-green eyelet tunic, $98; nappa leather nautical chain sandal, $138; all from C Wonder, The Mall at Millenia. Brown and orange vintage-inspired sunglasses by Tory Burch, $150, available at Neiman Marcus, The Mall at Millenia. Black floppy hat by Eric Javits, $198, available at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall. Leather crystal gladiator sandals, $138; logo jelly tote, $88; both from C Wonder, The Mall at Millenia. Inside the pouch: Chanel levres scintillantes lip gloss, eden (hot pink), zephyr (light orange) and envolee (coral), $29.50 each; all from Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall. Inside the tote: Creme de La Mer by La Mer, $425, available at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall; activated sun protector lotion spray, $25 each; activated sun protector lotion for face, $29, both by Kiehlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; and white patent leather thong sandals by Tory Burch, $150; all available at Neiman Marcus, The Mall at Millenia.

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Left to right: Patent leather raspberry wedges by Jimmy Choo, $495, from Saks Fifth Avenue, The Florida Mall; orange star fishembellished woven shoulder bag with gold chain, $370; and orange stripe straw hat, $198; both by Eric Javits, available at Neiman Marcus, The Mall at Millenia. Navy eyelet shorts $78, from C Wonder, The Mall at Millenia. White-frame sunglasses by Prada, $290; Coach canvas tote, $248; and navy blue-frame sunglasses by Chanel, $340; all from Saks Fifth Ave., The Florida Mall.

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Most Influential

Women Mini-profiles of major players who have helped to reshape Orlando.

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By Michael McLeod and Harry Wessel • photographs by Rafael Tongol

he first thing we had to do when we decided to pull together a list of Orlando’s most influential women was to come up with a working definition of “influential woman.”

Appropriately enough, it was someone on this list who gave us a pragmatic thumbnail description.

“It’s somebody who can pick up a telephone and make something happen.”

Works for us.

One note. This is a cross-section, not a competition. The women are listed in no particular order, apart from the very last one. She’s there, in our minds at least, as a rock-solid foundation, having served as a role model, and in some case a mentor, to all the rest.

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Diana Bolivar: President, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando.

Bolivar, who also serves as a board member of Workforce Central Florida and Leadership Seminole, has a broadranging skill set. A former small-business owner, she has overseen the inspection of hundreds of hurricanedamaged properties and engineered mercy missions to impoverished South American communities.

Pat Engfer: General Manager, Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport. A Hyatt employee for more than 35 years, Engfer has also served on community organizations such as the Economic Development Commission of Metro Orlando, Visit Orlando and the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Anne Deli President, American Road Group

BUSINESS

Deli is a world traveler — and not the package-tour type. She has scrambled up Ugandan mountainsides to glimpse cloud-forest gorillas. She retraced the route of the Silk Road in China. She sought Zen in Bhutan.

Given all that wanderlust, there’s irony in how she found success: via a purely coincidental reconnection to her Midwest hometown roots.

Deli — pronounced DEE-lee — grew up in a middle-class Milwaukee neighborhood. Here’s one of her family stories: “My grandmother told me: ‘I remember when those Davidson boys had that shack in their backyard. And they made a motorcycle in that shack.’’’

Not much of a tale, apart from “those Davidson boys” being Walter and Arthur Davidson, who partnered with William S. Harley to found Harley-Davidson.

Deli left Milwaukee for a Madison Avenue advertising career. Family stories about industrious neighbors held no particular significance to her until she was recruited, in that odd twist of fate, to join the marketing department of … wait for it … Harley-Davidson.

There she met and married investment banker Steve Deli, who saved H-D from bankruptcy in the 1980s and helped transform it into a successful, publicly owned company.

They moved to Orlando in 2000 after purchasing a dingy Harley-Davidson dealership on Orange Blossom Trail.

“But we wanted out of Madison Avenue,” she remembers. “And Orlando was the dream.”

It certainly was. Today, Deli is the queen of the biker chicks, co-owner of 17 thriving Harley retail outlets and dealerships. The Orlando store is the flagship, a mecca of black leather and burnished chrome now located alongside 1-4 just southwest of downtown.

You’ll find a sentimental touch in its parking lot, in the form of a certain humble, historic, faithfully recreated Milwaukee shack.

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Sara Brady: Owner, Sara Brady Public Relations. Before opening her own highly regarded shop in 2010, Brady served stints as managing director for the Orlando office of Miami-based Wragg & Casas, a public relations firm, and as vice president and spokesperson for Bright House Networks. A former Orlando Sentinel beat reporter, she was the Florida Public Relations Association’s 2012 P.R. Professional of the Year.

Kelly Price: Owner, Kelly Price & Company. Now into her third decade as a Realtor, Price — whose initial business career was as a toy company regional sales rep — opened her realestate company in 2002 with one other sales agent. Now Price’s powerhouse firm is one of the region’s biggest, with a team of more than 30 and total property sales approaching the $1 billion mark.

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Flora Maria Garcia: President/ CEO, United Arts of Central Florida. Born in Cuba and raised in New Jersey, Garcia led the Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition before taking over as United Arts’ CEO last year. Her reputation as a conciliator will be tested as head of what is the prime funding group for more than 50 local arts organizations.

Jennifer Quigley: Chairwoman, Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory Council. An executive with the Orlando firm WBQ Design & Engineering, Quigley has served on numerous arts boards over the years, often handling more than one at a time. In addition to her duties with the Advisory Council, she chairs See Art Orlando, a privately funded project that aims to beautify downtown Orlando with public art.

Kathy Ramsberger: President, Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center. Although Orlando’s downtown performing-arts center doesn’t open until next year, Ramsberger has been involved with it for a decade.

She’s the project’s reigning cheerleader and has helped to raise more than $100 million so far — including $10 million in 2008, during the depths of the recession.

Donna Dowless: Chairwoman, Orlando Arts District. Orlando’s official “Ambassador of Love,” with a 2007 proclamation from the city to prove it, Dowless is a former entertainmentindustry executive who has fashioned a second successful career as an artist. The district she chairs runs the CityArts Factory and promotes galleries and theaters downtown.

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Sara Van Arsdel Executive Director, Orange County Regional History Center

CULTURE

The good thing about being a historian is that time is on your side. It’s out there making history for you, 24-7. Time never takes a coffee break. Neither, apparently, does Sara Van Arsdel.

Throughout her 27 years of running the history center, her enthusiasm has been both consistent and contagious. You always get the feeling that she’s jabbing you in the ribs, barely able to contain herself.

It doesn’t matter whether she’s talking about the shooting death in the late 1800s of David Mizell, Orange County’s first sheriff (“It was like the wild west around here!”) or the center’s current, ongoing exhibit, which traces the development and artistry involved in Universal Orlando’s holiday extravaganzas.

There’s a bit of irony in the success of that particular exhibit: After all, there was a time when the friendly-Visigoth theme-park invasion fueled the perception that any local history that came before it was forgettable. Van Arsdel’s enthusiasm was a big factor in overcoming that notion.

She oversaw the 2000 completion of the center’s $35 million home in the old Orange County Courthouse on Central Boulevard. Six years later she did the legwork required to earn the center accreditation from the American Association of Museums.

A good historian looks to the future. Van Arsdel is already at work on an exhibit, planned for spring 2015, that will link the history of plastic with the evolution of Tupperware, whose corporate headquarters is in Kissimmee.

She’s excited about it. She gets a charge out of linking local history to a bigger picture. Did you know, for example, that Richard Nixon’s “I am not a crook” speech was made at Disney’s Contemporary Resort?

Well, you would if you spent any time at all with Sara Van Arsdel.

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Marla Silliman: Administrator, Florida Hospital for Children.

Silliman, who also serves as Florida Hospital’s senior vice president for women’s services, was a key player in the pediatric hospital’s 2011 expansion following a $10 million gift from Walt Disney World. More recently she oversaw the opening of a pediatric heart surgery program in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Hospital.

EDUCATION/HEALTH Dr. Deborah German Dean, University of Central Florida College of Medicine

As a young resident at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., Deb German sought highly competitive fellowships around the country.

When she interviewed, she was characteristically forthright about a personal detail that others might have kept to themselves: She planned to have her first child by the time the fellowship began. That would mean delaying her start date by six months to give her time to settle in and find suitable childcare.

At a time when there was no maternity leave and very few women in medicine, that revelation might have given an interviewer an excuse to move on to the next applicant. But German was open about her intentions: She wanted to become the best doctor and the best mother possible. “I just said, ‘I think you should know this about me so you can make your best decision.’”

German was offered a fellowship at every stop. “I think it was so rare in those days for a woman to even talk about having kids, that they knew they could trust me,” she says.

Her UCF tenure has been marked by the same boldness, starting with her first innovation: She vowed to offer every member of the inaugural class a four-year scholarship. Then she led the successful fundraising effort to pay for those scholarships, which brought national attention to UCF’s med school and made it the most selective in the country when it opened in 2009.

With that inaugural class recently graduated, German says her overarching goal is to make UCF’s med school the anchor of a world-class medical city, including a new teaching hospital.

“There’s way more to do,” says the former marathon runner who stays in shape with a daily predawn power walk. “We’ve just taken a baby step.”

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Ann McGee: President, Seminole State College.

Seminole State’s president since 1996, the former community college English teacher has presided over the school’s dramatic growth, with student enrollment now more than 32,000. Earlier this year McGee was elected to the governing board of the American Association of Community Colleges.

Sherrie Sitarik: President/ CEO, Orlando Health. Hers is a textbook tale of climbing the corporate ladder from the trenches to the top. Thirtyfive years ago Sitarik’s career began as a neonatal intensive care nurse with Orlando Health. Three years ago she became the first female leader of the huge regional not-forprofit health care system.

Helen Donegan: Vice President, Community Relations, University of Central Florida.

They call her “the great connector.” Donegan, who once owned and operated a Pappagallo franchise on Park Avenue in Winter Park, is creative, resourceful and as effective at forging liaisons as anyone in Orlando. There’s a reason she and husband Bill Donegan, Orange County Property Appraiser, are always a shoe-in on those “power couples” lists.

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Teresa Jacobs: Orange County Mayor. The one-time bank executive got into politics after failing to block a proposed road through her neighborhood. A tough, budget-minded populist, she won two terms on the Orange County Commission before winning the 2010 county mayor race in a landslide.

Dierdre Macnab: President, Florida League of Women Voters. She likes to give talks dressed as suffragette Susan B. Anthony, but Macnab is no play actor. The former Nashville school board member and mother of two has effectively battled for voter rights and helped build the state League into the second largest in the country.

Martha Haynie: Orange County Comptroller. Now in her fourth decade as an elected independent watchdog, Haynie belies the image of a dry, paper-pushing auditor.

An active arts supporter, the former Florida Symphony Orchestra finance director has been saving Orange County taxpayers money since taking office in 1989.

Patty Sheehan: Orlando City Commissioner. Central Florida’s first openly gay elected official, who squeaked into office in 2000, easily won her fourth term last year. A close ally of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, she’s best known these days for her advocacy of additional city sidewalks.

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Val Demings Retired Orlando Police Chief

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Growing up poor in Jacksonville as the youngest of seven children, Valdez Butler dreamed of becoming a lawyer. She graduated from Florida State with a criminology degree and in 1984 started work as a patrol officer for the Orlando Police Department, still hoping to attend law school.

She figured it would take five years to save enough money. “But after six months on the street, I realized I was exactly where I was supposed to be,” she recalls.

“When people were in trouble, we could make things better for them. I just loved that feeling.”

The feeling sustained her for 27 years as she rose through the ranks, from beat officer to OPD’s first-ever female chief of police. Early in her career she met and married fellow Orlando police officer Jerry Demings, now Orange County’s sheriff, and the couple raised three sons. (“None of our children wanted to be police officers,” she notes, adding, in mock puzzlement, “I just don’t understand it.”)

Soon after retiring as chief in 2011, Demings announced a run for U.S. Congress. A Democrat, she wasn’t given much of a chance against Dan Webster, a popular Republican in a majority Republican district.

She lost, but the race was close enough that she’s being lobbied to run for Congress again. Orange County Mayor is another intriguing possibility.

Staying busy with speaking engagements locally and around the country, as well as various duties with her beloved St. Mark AME Church, Demings doesn’t know what’s next for her. She’d love more time to ride her motorcycle — a 2004 HarleyDavidson Road King Classic — but has more serious ambitions.

“What I do know is that whatever my next title is, it will be in the public-service arena,” Demings says. “Because that’s what I do.”

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Tricia Earl: Vice-President, Orlando Ballet Board of Directors. Earl is petite, charming, and just as generous in spirit as her husband, British restaurateur Robert.

She’s played a huge role in keeping the ballet fiscally viable, her clout in that regard most apparent two years ago when she coaxed celebrities such as Simon Cowell, Ringo Starr, Britney Spears, Christie Brinkley and Paula Abdul to donate their shoes for a fundraising auction.

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Josie NeJame Co-founder and President, Runway to Hope

People who raise funds for Orlando charities spend a lot of time worrying about where and when a new generation of local philanthropists will emerge. They can find comfort in the rapid rise of Runway to Hope, founded by a prominent Orlando defense attorney and CNN/News 13 legal analyst, Mark NeJame, and his wife, Josie.

The family-based operation, devoted to battling childhood cancer by raising funds for research, treatment and family assistance, has generated considerable clout in just three years.

The charity’s 2013 Spring Fashion Soirée, which, as always, culminates in a heartwarming runway walk by children it benefits, brought in more than $710,000. The NeJames have been able to land celebrity support: One of the better auction items at this year’s event was a chance to have lunch and shoot hoops with Shaquille O’Neal.

They also have identified and addressed specific, visible community needs. Most recently, they helped to bring Dr. Amy Smith, a pediatric brain-cancer specialist, to Orlando to practice. And they’ve earned respect by not playing favorites, supporting all three of Orlando’s children’s hospitals.

Josie, a soft-spoken, intuitive beauty who grew up as part of a globe-trotting Air Force family, works year-round on the charity. She stays in touch with the families who participate, welcoming back children who return, grieving with the parents of those who do not.

“Just to see the faces of those children light up on the runway each year — that makes all the work worthwhile,” she says. “We have celebrities at the event. But the children are the real celebrities.”

That includes her own two children, Valentina, 7, and Allesandra, 5, who took part in the soirée this year, setting up a lemonade stand and taking in often sizeable donations.

Sounds like another generation in the making.

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Annette Ford: Co-Owner, Panera Bread Central Florida.

Ford and her husband, Gavin, were recognized last year by the Florida Department of Children and Families for creating jobs in their 30-plus stores for teens in foster care.

They also donate generously to the Second Harvest Food Bank and to those who need help in getting breast cancer followup treatments.

Rita Bornstein: Executive Committee Member, Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center.

Bornstein is razor-sharp, pointedly determined and just as effective as a fundraiser for the new arts center as she was as President of Rollins College, a post she held for 14 years.

Her tenure there included overseeing the college’s most ambitious capital campaign, which garnered more than $160 million for academic programs, scholarships, faculty chairs and facilities.

Harriett Lake, Poster Girl, the Greatest Generation. A former Marine — she enlisted during World War II and, ever the fashionista, had her uniforms custom-made — Lake has donated millions to the hospitals, the arts, the hungry, the poor, and countless other worthy causes. n ORLANDO LIFE

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Maxine’s Shines

The food is good, but the quirky cast is better.

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here’s a “Hey, come on over” warmth at Maxine’s

on Shine, an eclectic restaurant and bar set smack in the middle of three trendy downtown neighborhoods: Thornton Park, Mills 50 and the Milk District.

While you’re seated for dinner, namesake Maxine Earhart might well stop by your table, prop up an elbow and gab.

“She has a magnetism,” notes Kirt, her husband and the restaurant’s proprietor. “She’s disarming. We can have no better ambassador.”

Kirt is no stiff himself. He’s usually perched behind the bar, greeting guests and responding to comments, ’70s-style, with a breezy “right on.”

The couple’s goal is to make the restaurant feel as comfortable as a friend’s house, and to fill its tables with an intriguing mix of visitors — starting with themselves.

“We are characters,” Maxine says. She and Kirt regularly sport hipster eyeglasses and fedora hats, although Maxine often switches to a more gender-appropriate pillbox.

“We wanted folks from the Philharmonic sitting at the bar next to artists and politicians,” adds Kirt, who notes that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is among the local luminaries who have stopped by.

Seasoned travelers who Google “neighborhood restaurant” often find Maxine’s, as well, bringing an international element to the already eclectic roster.

Maxine’s is the sole commercial establishment on a quiet residential street. The outdoor tables seem thrown together as if borrowed from neighbors’ garages. Within, distinctive drapes of red velvet and animal prints — made by Maxine, who has a business supplying such items to developers for show homes — are integral to the purposely mismatched décor.

Rustic red terra cotta floor tiles; New Age, for-sale paintings

Kirt and Maxine Earhart (facing page) are both owners and “characters” at Maxine’s, which often features live music along with an entertaining chalkboard describing the daily wine specials.

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by a local artist; thin contemporary hanging lights and fake silk flowers in bud vases also contribute to the catch-as-catch-can ambience. Though they shouldn’t, somehow, they jibe.

Round, vaguely bawdy chandeliers with a papier mâché look feature images of a topless woman. A chalkboard lists beverage specials and reads: Juice Pimp’s Secret Stash from the Tasty Beverage Emporium. All selections are Jedi Master Approved.

The “Juice Pimp” is Kirt, who was a wine educator with distributor Premier Beverage for five years. Classic rock, often performed live, is played in the background. Maxine is good about keeping the music dialed back to “conversational” level.

A neon sign leading to a private dining room in back reads, “Rosa Regale’s Stiletto Lounge.” (The name refers to a rare sparkling wine.)

Several older guests say the space was a wedding chapel in the ’60s and ’70s. Its clientele consisted of couples who couldn’t get married in some mainstream churches: divorcées, pregnant women and duos of mixed races or faiths.

Afterward, they’d move to what’s now the dining room to follow the ceremony with a spaghetti dinner.

The Earharts plan to open up the space by demolishing an interior wall that hides the chapel. But they still like the idea of reviving the tradition of using it as an alternative wedding venue for non-traditional couples. Kirt plans to get ordained and notarized so he can officiate.

Although the menu these days encompasses more than spaghetti dinners, it isn’t exactly for gourmets. It’s a mix of simple foods, prepared nicely. “American Neighborhood Cuisine, featuring Italian origins and New World explorations,” is Kirt’s description.

Well, sort of. Maxine comes closer, with a nod to the idea that a meal at Maxine’s should be akin to dining at a friend’s: “You never know,” she says, “what’s going to be in a friend’s refrigerator.”

So you could wind up having a dinner of breaded and fried calamari and zucchini strips with a lemon-garlic aioli for dipping, or a striped ravioli filled with lobster and shrimp and smothered in a sherry cream sauce.

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There’s nothing fancy about the food at Maxine’s, which is Italian inspired but eclectic. The simple offerings go with the friendly atmosphere, and the menu is ever-changing. As co-owner Maxine says, “You never know what’s going to be in a friend’s refrigerator.”

Beef lasagna and a pan-seared chicken breast with roasted shallots, crimini mushrooms and Marsala cream sauce are mainstay entrées on the small menu. So are a brisket burger and a chicken salad sandwich.

Weekly specials might include steak with red wine demiglace and roasted garlic-mashed potatoes, pasta with a flavorful broth and vegetables, or broiled grouper with a citrus rub.

Desserts change regularly; recent choices were chocolate peanut butter pie and chocolate banana bacon cheesecake.

Of the six items we tasted, all were good, but not the kind of I-must-eat-this-again-tomorrow specialties that merit a long write-up. While food is an integral part of Maxine’s, it’s not at the heart of what makes the restaurant special. A welcoming vibe, an interesting clientele and an appreciation for the offbeat are its raison d’être.

There is a certain symmetry, or karma, or something, to the whole enterprise. Years ago, Maxine worked briefly as a hostess at Bravissimo, a restaurant in this same Shine Avenue location. Kirt spent a spell at Bravissimo, too.

By the time the chance came to take over the space, Kirt had moved on to become managing partner of Graffiti Junktion’s Thornton Park unit, and he and Maxine had an annual gig running the food and beverage portion of Park Avenue Fashion Week.

After they stepped out of their comfort zone and signed a lease, it was the loquacious Kirt who came up with a mantra: “To elevate the experience of engaging others in a highly entertaining and energetic epicurean environment.” He might have said, more directly if less eloquently, that the crux is to serve interesting food in a homey space where folks of all types can find good conversation. That’s Maxine’s on Shine. ■ Rona Gindin, dining editor of Orlando Life, has written about Orlando’s restaurants for Fodor’s and Zagat, among many other publications. She’s the author of The Little Black Book of Walt Disney World.

WHERE: 337 N. Shine Ave., Orlando HOW MUCH: Entrées $12 to $24 The popular slow-braised oxtail at WHERE TO CALL: (407) 674-6841, Mi Tomatina is far more complex, and maxinesonshine.com

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AFRICAN

Nile Ethiopian 7048 International Dr., Orlando, 407-354-0026 / nile07.com. Locals willingly navigate International Drive to dine at Nile, a family-owned restaurant specializing in the exotic cuisine of Ethiopia. Order a few dishes to share and scoop up the intriguing concoctions with the eatery’s signature spongy bread. End with a strong cup of aromatic, brewed-to-order coffee. $$

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Sanaa 3701 Osceola Pkwy., Lake Buena Vista, 407-9393463 / disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/sanaa. Sanaa, one of Disney’s most interesting restaurants, offers dishes based on cuisine from the Spice Islands, a coastal African area rich with Indian influences. Flavors are intense, but spicy only upon request. (Curry, the chefs insist, is a melding of flavors, not one particular spice.) The marketplace-style dining room boasts picture windows overlooking the Animal Kingdom Lodge’s savannah, so you might spot zebra or wildebeest while lunching on tandoori chicken or a vegetarian platter with stewed lentils and a vegetable sambar (stew). $$

AMERICAN Bananas

great burgers, wings and zucchini fries. Live entertainment ranges from performance art to trivia contests. Watch for daily happy-hour specials. $

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Hillstone 215 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-7404005 / hillstone.com/hillstone. Formerly known as Houston’s, this Winter Park mainstay is part of a high-end chain. Still, it grows its own herbs, bakes its own bread, grinds its own meat, cuts its own fish and whips its own cream. In nice weather, guests relax with a cocktail in Adirondack chairs overlooking Lake Killarney. Many proposals have been popped during dinners for two on the boat dock. $$$ Jernigan’s 400 W. Church St., Orlando, 407-440-7000 /

www.amwaycenter.com. Watch a Magic game in style at Jernigan’s, a well-appointed buffet restaurant located on the Amway Center’s exclusive club level. The reservationsonly eatery, open to ticket holders, serves wholesome meals for about $40. The menu of the day might offer slow-smoked barbecue ribs, grilled rib-eye steak, pasta pomodoro and Chinese chicken salad. Jernigan’s is run by Chicago’s Levy Restaurants, the team behind Downtown Disney’s Portobello Yacht Club, Fulton’s Crab House and Wolfgang Puck Grand Café. $$$

942 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 407-480-2200 / bananasdiner.com. Bananas has a split personality. It’s a wholesome, family place to grab higher-quality versions of such classics as burgers, shakes and pancakes (the Buffalo Benedict is a surprise pleaser). Other times, it’s a delightfully outrageous experience for more adventurous diners who enjoy the antics of cross-dressing servers. The Sunday drag gospel brunch (“Sinners welcome!”) is like no church service you’ve ever attended. $$

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pasta will be hand-rolled and your meat will be robustly seasoned. $$-$$$

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Seasons 52 7700 Sand Lake Rd., Orlando, 407-3545212; 463 E. Altamonte Dr., Altamonte Springs, 407-767-1252 / seasons52.com. A Darden concept founded in Orlando, the two local locations turn out creative and tasty meals in grand, bustling spaces. The food happens to be low in fat and calories; that’s just a bonus. The wine selection is impressive and the itty-bitty desserts encourage sampling without guilt. $$$ Shipyard Brew Pub 200 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 321-274-4045 / shipyardwinterpark.com. This ultra-casual brewpub has been packed night and day since it opened in 2011, and not just because it pours a great lager. To complement suds brewed both in-house and elsewhere, a from-scratch menu offers Buffalo chicken dip, amazing white-bean hummus, sandwiches, flatbreads and entrées, including étouffée and pot roast. Stop in any time to pick up a loaf of some of Orlando’s best bread. $-$$

Tap Room at Dubsdread 549 W. Par St., Orlando, 407-650-0100 / taproomatdubsdread.com. One needn’t play golf to dine at this historic course-side tavern, a College Park icon offering a varied menu – and a reputation for fine burgers. Options other than the famous half-pound patties include steaks, salmon, tequila-citrus chicken and a dandy Reuben sandwich. $$

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The Table Orlando 8060 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407-900-3463 / thetableorlando.com. For special occasions, book a place at The Table, a tiny restaurant that serves a five-course gourmet meal with wine pairings. Up to 22 guests at a time share the repast around an oversized table. The New American menu changes regularly and is comprised in large part of locally sourced foods. The price is a set $100 including tax and tip. Groups can host private events here. $$$$

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Cask & Larder 565 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 321-280-4200 / caskandlarder.com. Billing itself as a “Southern Public House,” this casual Winter Park eatery serves up modern twists on traditional favorites.

Look for a three-ham platter with pepper jelly; pimento cheese; and seasonal favorites such as grilled pork belly and chicken-and-biscuits. Many beers are made on the premises. $$

TooJay’s Various locations / toojays.com. When it’s

time for a taste of Jewish Brooklyn – pastrami on rye, latkes, blintzes, knishes – the six local outlets of this South Florida-based chain have it all. You’ll also find diner foods such as omelets, sandwiches and pot-roast dinners. Take home some black-and-white cookies. $

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Chatham’s Place 7575 Dr. Phillips Blvd., Orlando, 407- 345-2992 / chathamsplace.com. For an oldfashioned dining experience – a subdued dining room and doting personalized service by a longtime staff – dine at this hidden Restaurant Row establishment.

Locals return regularly for Chef Tony Lopez’s classic dishes such as black grouper with pecan butter, rack of lamb and filet mignon. $$$

Yellow Dog Eats 1236 Hempel Ave., Windermere, 407-296-0609 / yellowdogeats.com. It’s the lunch locale for the Windermere-Gotha crowd, who come for scratch-made sandwiches, hearty barbecue and wholesome baked goods. The menu also has a significant vegan-friendly section. The dining rooms are scattered throughout a funky, historic building that was once a country store. $

Citrus 821 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, 407-373-0622 /

citrusorlando.com. A clubby yet stylish restaurant in a convenient downtown Orlando location, Citrus features modern American cuisine with a nod toward regionally grown and produced ingredients. International influences also highlight the menu, from smoked chili aioli complementing herb-marinated chicken to balsamic rum glaze topping juicy pork chops. $$$

Dexter’s 808 E. Washington St., Orlando, 407648-2777; 558 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 407-629-1150; 950 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary, 407-805-3090 / dexwine.com. Central Florida has three Dexter’s locations, and each has become a neighborhood magnet, drawing diners of all ages for hearty portions of creative American fare (at fair prices), good wine and, in some cases, live music. Casual dress is the rule. The brunches, and the pressed duck sandwiches, are especially popular. $$-$$$

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Emeril’s Orlando 6000 Universal Blvd. Orlando,

407-224-2424 / emerils.com. Get a taste of New Orleans at Emeril’s, a fine-dining restaurant at always-bustling Universal CityWalk. You’ll find classics from celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, including the signature barbecue shrimp, andouille-stuffed redfish, double-cut pork chops and banana cream pie. The service, of course, is superb. Consider sharing appetizers at the bar area. $$$$

Graffiti Junktion 900 E. Washington St., Orlando, 407-

426-9503; 2401 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, 407-377-1961 / graffitijunktion.com. The Graffiti Junktions in Thornton Park and College Park are loud and purposely grungy looking, hence “graffiti” in the name. But this ultra-casual chain dishes up

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ASIAN Anh Hong

1124 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando, 407-999-2656 / anhhongorlando.com. You’ll receive a bundle of fresh herbs to tear into your soup at this Mills 50 Vietnamese eatery, and another bunch for a roll-your-own entrée that’s like a DIY summer roll. Asian classics, such as grilled meats and scallion pancakes, are done exceptionally well here, which makes Anh Hong a top choice for local Vietnamese-Americans longing for a taste of home. $

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Rusty Spoon 55 W. Church St., Orlando, 407-4018811 / therustyspoon.com. Foodies flock to this Church Street gastropub, a warm and welcoming space at which meals are described as “American food. European roots. Locally sourced.” Your salad will consist of über-fresh greens, your sandwich will be filled with slow-braised lamb, your

THE KEY

$ Inexpensive, most entrées under $10 $$ Moderate, most entrées $10-20 $$$ Pricey, most entrées over $20 $$$$ Very expensive, most entrées over $30 indicates the restaurant is a Silver Spoon winner (Judges’ Choice).

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Dragonfly 7972 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407-390-3359

/ dragonflyorlando.com. Stylishly attired 30-somethings regularly pack this oh-so-hip restaurant, where groups share sushi, grilled “robata” items, and tapas-style Asian foods such as soft-shell crab tempura, crispy black pork belly and shiso-wrapped spicy tuna. $$

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Hawkers 1103 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 407-237-0606 / facebook.com/hawkersstreetfare. This Mills 50 mainstay, named for street vendors of Asian fare, serves up generous tapas-size portions of curry laksa (an aromatic Singaporean soup), roti canai (Malaysian flatbread with a hearty curry sauce), five-spice tofu, chilled sesame noodles, smoky mussels and sensational beef skewers with peanuty satay dip. $$ Ming Bistro 1212 Woodward St., Orlando, 407-898-9672.

Enjoy perhaps Orlando’s best dim sum for dinner or, on a weekend morning or afternoon, select shrimp dumplings, ORLANDO LIFE

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beef balls, turnip cakes, sticky rice, barbecue pork buns and egg tarts one small dish at a time from carts that roll between tables. The a la carte menu features Hong Kong-style staples from stir-fry beef to chicken feet. $

Sea Thai 3812 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando, 407-895-0985 / seaorlando.com. Start with a green papaya salad and beef yum, then feast on steamed whole fish with garlic chili sauce, pad Thai and green curry chicken. But you can’t go wrong with any of the Thai classics offered at this welcoming East Orlando eatery. $$

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Seoul Garden 511 E. Horatio Ave., Maitland, 407599-5199 / orlandokorearestaurant.com. Seoul Garden is so Asian-focused that the “about us” section of its website is written in Korean. That authenticity extends to the food.

Barbecued meats are grilled to order in the dining room.

Be sure to try the marinated beef short ribs and the soft tofu stew. $

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Sushi Pop 310 W. Mitchell Hammock Rd., Oviedo, 407-542-5975 / sushipoprestaurant.com. Oviedo is an unlikely location for this cutting-edge restaurant, a popular spot for sushi. The food is serious and often experimental, as chef-owner Chau uses molecular gastronomy to create some of the fusion fare. The aura is fun: Asian anime on the walls, playful colors, and servers who dress in outrageous themed outfits. $$ Tasty Wok 1246 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando, 407-896-8988 / yelp.com/biz/tasty-wok-orlando. True, it’s a humble spot, but Tasty Wok offers an array of satisfying dishes, among them roast duck and steaming soups. Try the beef chow fun, eggplant with minced pork, and salt and pepper ribs. A smaller menu of American-style Chinese dishes is also available. $

BARBECUE 4 Rivers Smokehouse

1600 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; 1869 W. S.R. 434, Longwood; 1047 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden / 407-474-8377, 4rsmokehouse.com. A diverse array of barbecue specialties – from Texas-style brisket to pulled pork, smoked turkey and bacon-wrapped jalapeños – has gained this rapidly growing homegrown concept a large following.

The Longwood outpost even includes a bakery and an oldfashioned malt shop featuring homemade ice cream. $

BURGERS Hamburger Mary’s Bar & Grille

110 W. Church St., Orlando, 321-219-0600 / hamburgermarys-orlando.com.

A colorful crowd is part of the fun at this Church Street hotspot, where bingo games, trivia contests and cabaret shows are among the events that vie for guests’ attention beside the enormous and creatively topped burgers. $

Johnny’s Fillin’ Station 2631 S. Fern Creek Ave.,

Orlando, 407-894-6900 / johnnysfillinstation.com. Neighbors gather for hearty burgers, along with wings, subs and wraps, at this homey spot in a residential downtown neighborhood. Beer flows, TVs broadcast big games, and families love the pool tables and dart boards. $

Pine 22 22 E. Pine St., Orlando, 407-574-2160 / pine22.

com. Burgers go chic at this fast-casual downtowner, where every ingredient is special. The burgers are from happy cows, the eggs from free-roaming chickens, the pork from lovingly raised pigs. Mix and match your toppings over a patty of beef, turkey or black beans (or pulled pork), with options ranging from mango salsa to sautéed mushrooms. $$

CONTINENTAL Venetian Room

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8101 World Center Dr., Orlando, 407-238-8060 / thevenetianroom.com. Walk though a run-of-the-mill convention hotel to reach the AAA FourDiamond Venetian Room, an elegant, domed-service, continental restaurant that hearkens to the heyday of unapologetic, butter-and-cream-enhanced fine dining. The lobster bisque is an absolute must. After that, try the filet mignon, duck a l’orange or Dover sole. $$$$

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CREATIVE/ PROGRESSIVE Chef’s Table at the Edgewater Hotel

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99 W. Plant St., Winter Garden, 407-230-4837 / chefstableattheedgewater.com. Husband-and-wife team Kevin and Laurie Tarter are your personal servers at this intimate Winter Garden hideaway, where Kevin prepares the evening’s three-course, prix-fixe meal and Laurie helps choose the wine. Both stop by every table to chat with guests.

Adjacent, the Tasting Room offers tapas-size portions of international dishes and a full bar. $$$

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Funk Monkey 912 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 407-427-

1447; 9101 International Dr., Orlando (Pointe Orlando), 407-418-9463 / funkymonkeywine.com. Every meal begins with complimentary lime-garlic edamame at these eclectic eateries, known as much for sushi and intriguing wine lists as for creative American cuisine and an ever-changing menu. FMI Restaurant Group also owns Bananas, Nick’s Italian Kitchen and Prickly Pear as well as a catering arm and the Funky Monkey Vault, a wine shop that also sells gifts, apparel and furniture. $$

Hue 629 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, 407-849-1800 / huerestaurant.com. Hue is a progressive American restaurant on a busy corner in trendy Thornton Park. Well-dressed 30-somethings sip colorful martinis at the bar and dine, indoors and out, on of-the-now items such as tuna tartare, duck breast with cranberry reduction and amaretto risotto, and grouper with smoked paprika olive oil. $$$

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Ravenous Pig 1234 N. Orange Ave., Winter Park, 407-628-2333 / theravenouspig.com. After leaving their hometown for serious culinary training, Winter Park natives James and Julie Petrakis returned to open the region’s first genuine gastropub. Dinner reservations have been tough to snag ever since. The ambitious menu changes daily based on the fish, meat and produce that’s available, and it’s executed by a dedicated team that abhors shortcuts.

Besides daily specials, The Pig always serves up an excellent burger, soft pretzels, shrimp and grits and a donut dessert called Pig Tails. $$$

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Victoria & Albert’s 4401 Floridian Way, Lake Buena Vista, 407-939-3463 / victoria-alberts.com. Indulgent, sevencourse prix-fixe feasts are served in the serenely elegant main dining room, accompanied by live harp music, while 10 courses are offered in the more intimate Queen Victoria’s Room. But what the heck? Why not go for 13 courses at the Chef’s Table?

Chef Scott Hunnel, Maitre d’ Israel Pérez and Master Pastry Chef Erich Herbitschek travel the world to seek out impressive food and service trends, then adapt the golden ones locally.

That’s why V&A, at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, is Orlando’s only AAA Five Diamond restaurant. $$$$

EASTERN EUROPEAN Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Café

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205 E. 1st St., Sanford, 407-321-2204 / willowtreecafe.com. If you like to indulge in a good schnitzel with a liter of hearty beer, head to Sanford. There you’ll find Theo Hollerbach overseeing the gemütlichkeit while serving up authentic German foods from sauerbraten to a wurst sausage platter. Live music on select evenings gets the whole dining room swaying together in a spirit of schunkel abend. $$

Le Rouge 7730 W. Sand Lake Rd., Orlando, 407-370-0909 /

Yalaha Bakery 1213 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, 321800-5212; 8210 County Road 48, Yalaha, 352-324-3366 / yalahabakery.com. Fans of hearty German breads and scratchmade German pastries can drive to this homey outpost in rural Lake County, or they can pick up their loaves and sweets at an Ivanhoe District storefront. The Yalaha unit also sells sandwiches and hot lunches. $

K Restaurant 2401 Edgewater Dr. Orlando, 407-8722332 / kwinebar.com. Kevin Fonzo, the go-to chef in College Park since 2001, owns this homey eatery, which is, in fact, located in an erstwhile residence. The menu is mostly creative-American, along with Italian favorites celebrating Fonzo’s heritage. Casual wine tastings and themed special dinners, along with a constantly changing menu, bring back regulars for singular experiences. $$-$$$ lerougewinebar.com. This Restaurant Row hot spot is a sexy lounge with backlit lighting, a long bar and comfy sofas.

It also features fine food. Guests can choose from among three-dozen tapas, including garlic shrimp and sautéed wild mushrooms, or enjoy traditional entrées such as seared salmon with wine-lemon-dill sauce. $$$

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Luma on Park 290 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-599-4111 / lumaonpark.com. If there’s pancetta in your salad, the salumi was made in the kitchen, by hand, starting with a whole pig. Most herbs are from local farms, fish from sustainable sources, pickled vegetables jarred in house and desserts built around seasonal ingredients.

Luma’s progressive menu, which changes daily, is served in a sleek and stylish dining room in the heart of Winter Park, under the passionate direction of Executive Chef Brandon McGlamery, Chef de Cuisine Derek Perez and Pastry Chef Brian Cernell. $$$

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Norman’s 4012 Central Florida Pkwy., Orlando, 407-

278-8459 / normans.com. Celebrity Chef Norman Van Aken’s restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes, turns out artistic New World cuisine combining the flavors of Latin America, the Caribbean, the Far East and the United States.

The dining room is dramatic, the food astounding and the service polished. Be sure to begin with a Norman’s classic: foie gras “French toast.” And you’ll be delighted with the Mongolian veal chop. $$$$

Park Plaza Gardens 319 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407645-2475 / parkplazagardens.com. After 30-plus years, Park Plaza Gardens is practically an institution on Winter Park’s tony Park Avenue. People-watchers gather at the small bar and sidewalk tables to linger over casual meals and cold beers, while those looking for an indulgent experience dine in the garden-like back dining room, which boasts atrium windows and plush décor. The menu features a melding of American, European and Asian flavors and cooking techniques. $$$-$$$$

HAWAIIAN/ POLYNESIAN Emeril’s Tchoup Chop

6300 Hollywood Way, Orlando, 407-503-2467 / emerils.com. Emeril Lagasse’s Polynesian-fusion fare is executed by locally renowned chef, Greg Richie.

Within a dramatically decorated space, diners enjoy tropical cocktails, steamed dumplings and creative entrées such as pan-roasted duck breast with gingered pear chutney and umeboshi (pickled) plum glaze. $$$$

Roy’s 7760 W. Sand Lake Rd., Orlando, 407-352-4844 / roysrestaurant.com. Hawaiian-fusion flavors enhance familiar and exotic fish dishes at this Restaurant Row pioneer, a link in a Honolulu-based chain owned by namesake chef, Roy Yamaguchi. $$

INDIAN Aashirwad

5748 International Dr., Orlando, 407-370-9830 / aashirwadrestaurant.com. Begin with kashmiri naan, a slightly sweet bread stuffed with nuts, coconut and raisins, and continue with chicken biryani, cauliflower in exotic Manchurian gravy and a mixed tandoori grill. Whole spices are roasted and ground daily on site, further enhancing the cuisine’s authenticity. $$

Memories of India 7625 Turkey Lake Rd., Orlando, 407-

370-3277; 3895 Lake Emma Rd., Lake Mary, 407-804-0920 / memoriesofindiacuisine.com. Exceptionally good Indian fare draws diners in Dr. Phillips and Lake Mary to these twin restaurants, where dishes such as palek paneer (creamed spinach) and lamb masala in rich ginger-garlic gravy always satisfy. $$

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ITALIAN Antonio’s

611 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-645-5523 / antoniosonline.com. Fine Italian fare comes at reasonable prices at Antonio’s, proprietor Greg Gentile’s culinary homage to his ancestors. The upstairs restaurant, recently remodeled and expanded with a balcony overlooking Lake Lily, is somewhat formal, although the open kitchen provides peeks of the chefs in action. Its downstairs counterpart, Antonio’s Café, is a more casual spot that doubles as a market and wine shop. $$$

Bice 5601 Universal Blvd., Orlando, 407-503-1415 / orlando. bicegroup.com. Bice, with 50 locations around the world, has a local outpost of ambitious Italian cuisine at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal. Homemade egg pasta is used for several dishes, such as spaghetti Bolognese; other choices include veal piccata and steak with a Gorgonzolademi sauce. $$$$

Enzo’s on the Lake 1130 U.S. 17-92, Longwood, 407834-9872 / enzos.com. Long before Orlando became a serious foodie town, Enzo’s was serving up lovingly prepared Italian specialties inside a converted Longwood home. Little has changed. Split a bunch of antipasto to begin your meal.

After that, you pretty much can’t go wrong, but standout dishes include homemade ravioli stuffed with chicken and spinach, veal with artichoke-caper-white wine sauce and possibly the best spaghetti carbonara in town. $$$ O’Stromboli 1803 E. Winter Park Rd., Orlando, 407-6473872. This innocuous neighborhood eatery isn’t fancy, but the food is filling and fresh. That’s why it has become a favorite of residents of Merritt Park, Rose Isle and Baldwin Park.

The carbonara is particularly hearty and the fettuccini Alfredo is rich, buttery and more than you should eat in one sitting.

The homemade soups are always a dependable starter. $$

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Peperoncino 7988 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando,

407-440-2856 / peperoncinocucina.com. The menu changes every night at this cozy Dr. Phillips Italian, where chef-owner Barbara Alfano puts out plates of fried pecorino drizzled with honey, pear- and four-cheese pasta, and fish steamed in parchment paper. $$$

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Prato 124 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-262-0050

/ prato-wp.com. This is one of Orlando’s very best Italian restaurants, but don’t expect a classic lasagna or chicken parmigiana. Executive Chef Brandon McGlamery and Chef di Cucina Matthew Cargo oversee an open kitchen in which pastas are made from scratch, pizzas are rolled to order, sausages are stuffed by hand and the olive oil is a luscious organic pour from Italy. Try the chicken liver Toscana, a satisfying salad Campagna with cubes of sizzling pancetta tesa, shrimp tortellini and citrusy rabbit cacciatore. Begin with a Negroni cocktail; it’s possibly the best around. $$-$$$

Rocco’s 400 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-644-7770 /

roccositaliangrille.com. Calabria native Rocco Potami oversees this romantic Italian eatery, where fine authentic fare is presented in an intimate dining room and on a secluded brick patio. Classics include carpaccio (raw, thinly sliced beef with white truffle oil and arugula), ricotta gnocchi and a breaded veal chop topped with a lightly dressed salad. It’s easy to miss, tucked away in a Winter Park strip center, but once you find it, you’ll be back. $$$

LATIN Mi Tomatina

of the signature Spanish rice dish. Yet others come for a mellow meal over tapas (garlic shrimp, potato omelet, croquettes) and sangria, enjoyed while seated within a small contemporary dining room or outdoors overlooking Hannibal Square. $$-$$$

Pio Pio 2500 S. Semoran Blvd., Orlando, 407-207-2262;

5752 International Dr., Orlando, 407-248-6424; 11236 S. Orange Blossom Tr., Orlando, 407-438-5677 / piopiointernational.com. Latin American-style marinated roast chicken is a mainstay at the three Orlando locations, each a dark, mid-scale den where families fuel up on heaping platters of pollo along with garlicky salad, fried plantains (sweet and green) and rice and beans. $$

MEDITERRANEAN Anatolia

7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd., Orlando, 407-352-6766 / anatoliaorlando.com. Sensational Turkish food in an upscale-casual setting makes Anatolia a popular choice in the Dr. Phillips area. Start with any of the “cold salads” and a piping hot puffy lavash bread, then try chargrilled whole fish, tavuk doner (Turkish gyro), lamb chops or spinach-feta pide, sort of like a boat-shaped flatbread. $$

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Bosphorous 108 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-6448609 / bosphorousrestaurant.com. This is the place for flavorful Turkish fare in either a white-tablecloth setting or alfresco along Park Avenue. Many couples fill up on the appetizer sampler with oversized lavash bread. For a heartier meal, try the ground lamb “Turkish pastry,” a shish kebab or a tender lamb shank. Outdoor diners can end their meals by smoking from a hookah. Or not. $$

433 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 321-972-4317 / mitomatina.com. This eatery bills itself as a paella bar, and indeed guests share a half-dozen varieties

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Taverna Opa 9101 International Dr., Orlando, 407-351-

8660 / opaorlando.com. The food is excellent, but that’s only half the reason to visit Taverna Opa. On busy nights, the place is festive indeed: Some guests join a Zorba dance around the dining room while others toss white napkins into the air, joyously shouting “Opa!” Then there’s the belly dancer. $$

MEXICAN/ SOUTHWESTERN Cantina Laredo

8000 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407345-0186 / cantinalaredo.com. Modern Mexican cuisine in a spiffy setting draws lovers of cilantro, jalapeño and pico de gallo to this Restaurant Row eatery, where the margaritas flow, the guacamole is made tableside and the portions are generous. The spinach enchilada is a vegetarian-friendly treat. $$

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Cocina 214 151 E. Welbourne Ave., Winter Park, 407-790-7997 / cocina214.com. Tex-Mex food is top quality here (214 is the Dallas area code), with salsa, savories and even margarita flavorings made from scratch. The spinachmushroom quesadilla and braised pork tacos with “orange dust” are especially noteworthy. $$

El Tenampa 11242 S. Orange Blossom Tr., Orlando, 407850-9499 / eltenampaorlando.com. Many Orlandoans make El Tenampa part of their Costco shopping ritual, since the restaurant is located only a block from the OBT warehouse store. This authentic eatery features fresh fruit juices, spicy chicken chilaquiles (a Mexican breakfast, available all day long, made with fried tortilla pieces and a green sauce) as well as a satisfying shrimp quesadilla in addition to the standard enchiladas and fajitas. $

SEAFOOD Cityfish

617 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, 407-849-9779 / cityfishorlando.com. Feast on slabs of grilled, blackened or fried fresh fish at this hip Ts-and-flip-flops Thornton Park hangout. The atmosphere is ultra-casual and the sidewalk seating is great for people-watching. $$

Ocean Prime 7339 W. Sand Lake Rd., Orlando, 407-7814880 / ocean-prime.com. Designed to evoke the ambience of an old-time supper club, Ocean Prime’s white-jacketed servers offer sensational steaks and fish dishes along with creative options such as sautéed shrimp in a spectacular Tabasco-cream sauce, crab cakes with sweet corn cream and ginger salmon. End with the chocolate peanut butter pie. $$$$ Todd English’s Bluezoo 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd.,

Lake Buena Vista, 407-934-1111 / thebluezoo.com.

Creatively prepared seafood is served in an over-the-top undersea setting at this fine-dining restaurant, located in Disney’s Swan and Dolphin hotel. The fashion-forward choices might be a miso-glazed Hawaiian sea bass or fried lobster in a soy glaze. The desserts are among the best in town. $$$$

Winter Park Fish Co. 761 Orange Ave. Winter Park, 407-622-6112 / thewinterparkfishco.com. Fish and seafood dishes are fresh and well-prepared at this humble Winter Park spot, where a counter service format helps keep the prices reasonable. Crab cakes, lobster rolls, mahi-mahi sandwiches and more ambitious dishes such as grouper cheeks in parchment and stuffed grouper are among a day’s assortment. $$

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14200 Bonnet Creek Resort Lane, Orlando, 407-597-5410 / bullandbearorlando.com. Orlando’s Bull & Bear looks similar to New York’s legendary steakhouse (except for the pool and golf course views), but ours has its own ambitious menu. Guests of the Waldorf Astoria’s finedining spot can feast on traditional items such as veal Oscar and prime steak that’s dry aged for 21 days, and intriguing ones like appetizers of gnocchi and escargot with crescents of black garlic, and shrimp and grits presented under a dome that, when removed, introduces a waft of aromatic smoke. The chocolate and lemon desserts are superb. $$$$

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Capital Grille 4600 N. World Dr., Lake Buena Vista, 407-939-3463 / thecapitalgrille.com. Capital Grille tries to one-up its upscale steakhouse competitors by dry-aging its beef, an expensive process that results in especially flavorful meat. Try a beautifully unadorned chop or a more creative dish, such as citrus-glazed salmon or Kona-crusted sirloin.

The setting is clubby; the wine selection is generous. $$$$ Christner’s Del Frisco’s 729 Lee Rd., Orlando, 407645-4443 / christnersprimesteakandlobster.com. Locals have been choosing this prototypically masculine, dark-woodand-red-leather enclave for business dinners and family celebrations for more than a decade. Family-owned since 1993, Christner’s features USDA Prime, corn-fed Midwestern beef or Australian cold-water lobster tails with a slice of the restaurant’s legendary mandarin orange cake. And there’s a loooong wine list (6,500 bottles). On select nights, Kostya Kimlat hosts magic shows along with a prix-fixe menu in a private dining room. $$$$

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Fleming’s 8030 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407-352-5706;

933 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-699-9463 / flemingssteakhouse.com. Fleming’s puts a younger spin on the stately steakhouse concept, featuring sleek décor and 100 wines by the glass along with its prime steaks and chops.

The tempura lobster “small plate” with soy-ginger dipping sauce is a worthy pre-entrée splurge. For a taste of the oldfashioned, visit on Sunday, when prime rib is served. $$$$

Nelore Churrascaria 115 E. Lyman Ave., Winter Park, 407-645-1112 / neloresteakhouse.com. This is one of two Nelore Brazilian all-you-can-eat steakhouses — the other one is in Houston — where the servers, or “gauchos,” come to your table as often as you’d like bearing skewers of premier beef, chicken or pork. There’s a world-class salad bar and Brazilian cheese bread to keep you happy between meat courses. $$$$ Ruth’s Chris 7501 W. Sand Lake Rd., Orlando, 407-226-

3900; 610 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-622-2444; 80 Colonial Center Pkwy, Lake Mary, 407-804-8220 / ruthschris. com. With three stately steakhouses and corporate headquarters by Winter Park Village, Ruth’s Chris, a native of New Orleans, has become an Orlando special-occasion mainstay. Its service-oriented restaurants specialize in massive corn-fed Midwestern steaks served sizzling and topped with butter. $$$$

Shula’s 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd., Orlando, 407-934-1362 / donshula.com. Coach Don Shula, who led the Miami Dolphins through a perfect season in 1972, is now in the restaurant business. His Orlando outpost, located in Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin resort, is a dark, tastefully sportsthemed steakhouse where the menu is painted on a football. Offerings include Premium Black Angus beef as well as barbecue shrimp, wedge salad and crab cakes. $$$$

VEGETARIAN Dandelion CommuniTea Café

618 N. Thornton Ave., Orlando, 407-362-1864 / dandelioncommunitea.com.

Proprietor Julie Norris meant to open a crunchy teahouse, but her organic, locally sourced foods were such a hit that the Dandelion is now a hot spot for lunch and a mecca for the “OurLando” movement. Even carnivores can’t resist Henry’s Hearty Chili, Happy Hempy Hummus, and wraps and sandwiches. As for dessert, Razzy Parfait’s vanilla soygurt is delicious, filling and healthful enough to be a meal. $

Experience the modern side of Mexican cuisine Taste guacamole made fresh at your table Savor fresh seafood and steaks with authentic sauces

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Café 118 153 E. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, 407-389-2233 /

cafe118.com. Raw foods – none cooked past 118 degrees – are the focus of this crisp Winter Park café, attracting raw foodists, vegans and vegetarians. The spinach and beet ravioli stuffed with cashew ricotta is an impressive imitation of the Italian staple. Thirsty Park Avenue shoppers might stop by for a healthful smoothie. $$

Ethos Vegan Kitchen 601 S. New York Ave., Orlando,

407-228-3899 / ethosvegankitchen.com. Orlando’s Ivanhoe District is home to Ethos, a vegan restaurant with a menu that also satisfies open-minded carnivores. Fuel up on pecan-crusted eggplant with red wine sauce and mashed potatoes or a meat-free shepherd’s pie, if salads, sandwiches and coconut-curry tofu wraps won’t do the trick. $-$$

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WINE, WOMEN & SHOES PACKS SECOND HARVEST’S PANTRY. ogle. Some were worn by the guests themselves, and there was a “best in shoe” competition that was won by Wendy Wallenberg.

She was awarded a bottle of wine and called on stage to take a star turn in her absolutely stunning peep-toe, oversized-bow, mirrored-gunmetal and sequin-heeled Miu Miu Mary Jane platforms by Prada.

The ladies bid on silent auction packages, such as a VIP tour of Universal Orlando, a Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort stay or a Marriott Grande Pines Golf Club golf outing.

To top off the night, models strutted the runway in a Saks Fifth Avenue fashion show — orchestrated by Orlando Life’s very own Marianne Ilunga — showing off 25 different ensembles ranging from all-white to beach wear to evening wear.

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Women & Shoes drew hundreds of winesipping, hors d’oeuvre-munching, shoe-loving women to SeaWorld’s Ports of Call.

The door prize was a closet filled with $6,600 worth of merchandise. More than 100 keys were sold — one of which opened the closet door.

Lucky Hollie Rose drew the winning key. Her loot included purses and handbags from Saks, Bella, Vera Bradley, Dede’s Shoe Salon, Sophie & Trey; cosmetics from Paula Lopez, Thirty-One and Essence Salon; sandals and accessories from Brighton; a DeVane hand-painted vase; a Coralia Leets Moonstone Drusy necklace; and a bright green “Cruiser” bike from Regions Bank, among other goodies.

Good thing she didn’t turn up in a Smart Car. The third annual version of the always-lively charity event raised more than $85,000 — which translates into 340,000 meals for hungry families assisted by Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.

Guests shopped at nine vendor stations outlining the room while enjoying delicious food and such wine options as Biagio Prosecco, Roth Chardonnay and Hahn Pinot Noir.

Vendors included Bibby’s Jewelry & Accessories, Merle Norman Boutique and Wearable Art by Scott Laurent.

There were, as always, plenty of shoes, glorious shoes.

Some were carried about on silver platters for everyone to

The third annual Wine, Women & Shoes raised more than $85,000 for Central Florida’s Second Harvest Food Bank.

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It was a routine traffic stop for 38-year-old Florida Highway patrol officer David Rodriguez. But a distracted driver spun out on the morning of Jan. 26, 2012, and crashed into Rodriguez as he was sitting on his motorcycle on a highway shoulder near Orlando International Airport.

More than 700 guests gathered in early May at The Mall at Millenia to celebrate the fact that Rodriguez got the care he needed to save his life — and mend his shattered shoulder, arm and pelvis — thanks to Orlando Regional Medical Center’s Level One Trauma Center.

The event was the 8th annual One Night gala benefiting the center. As is the tradition, we were treated not only to a lovely dinner — from the seared salmon medallions to the orange saffron tarts — but to an inspirational tale of survival, in this case that of Officer Rodriguez.

Twenty-nine tables were bought by Central Florida businesses and organizations. Among them: the Orlando Utilities Commission, UCF Alumni Association and WFTV Channel 9. Donors included the Demetree Family Foundation, the Emergency Physicians of Central Florida and ever-loyal Harriett Lake.

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5. the silent auction, which featured a private jet ride to Palm Beach, a U Autologous Skincare Treatment and a stay at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire.

Fundraisers such as One Night help support the trauma center, which is estimated to cost more than $18 million a year to operate.

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There were no school bells ringing, no diplomas being handed out. But those of us who attended the 2013 Science of Wine fundraiser at the Orlando Science Center came away with quite an education.

The sold-out event drew 700 oenophiles and science lovers to roam through the beautiful facility, sample wines, cheeses and other delights, and learn a thing or two in the process.

“Education Partners” from Tim’s Wine Market were stationed throughout to deliver impromptu lectures — and delightful samples — about wine, fabulous wine.

We were all great students, nary a dropout in the bunch, as we grazed and sipped and learned about the building blocks that create a wine (acids and tannins) and the differences between light- and full-bodied wines.

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of Wine, for a great talk on how to pair wines with cheeses.

In between all that learning we feasted on samples from such local eateries as Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Hawker’s Asian Street Fare, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Taverna Opa, SoNapa Grille and The Palm. n

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Harvey M. Alper GrayRobinson Trevor B. Arnold GrayRobinson William H. Beaver II GrayRobinson Joseph C. Brock Igou & Smith Douglas B. Brown Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell William Davis Cole, Scott & Kissane R. Lee Dorough Dorough Calzada & Soto Brian C. Dowling Mayanne Downs GrayRobinson James O. Driscoll Susan W. Fox Fox & Loquasto Robert D. Gatton Broad and Cassel

John R. Hamilton Foley & Lardner Kevin P. Kelly GrayRobinson Victor S. Kline Greenspoon Marder Herbert A. Langston Jr. Langston, Hess, Augustine, Sojourner & Moyles Marcia K. Lippincott Adam C. Losey Foley & Lardner Greg McNeill Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Larry E. Metz Metz Law Firm Richard E. Mitchell GrayRobinson Kenneth D. Morse Jamie Billotte Moses Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap John C. Notari Sigman, Sigman, Notari & Sigman Kenneth S. Nunnelley Judy Taylor Rush Nicholas A. Shannin Page, Eichenblatt, Bernbaum & Bennett Jack William Shaw Jr. David B. Shelton Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Drew Sorrell Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed James M. Spoonhour Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Mathew D. Staver Liberty Counsel Sharon Lee Stedman Robert W. Thielhelm Jr. Baker & Hostetler

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Daniel E. Traver GrayRobinson Michael C. Tyson Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford Dennis J. Wall Elizabeth C. Wheeler David C. Willis Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Thomas Wade Young

ASSET-BASED LENDING & SECURITIZATION

David D. Guiley Wooten, Kimbrough & Normand James P. Kelaher Kelaher Law Offices David C. Knapp McDonald Toole Wiggins Chadwick J. Lawrence Lawrence Law Firm Charles H. Leo David A. May Kenneth J. McKenna Dellecker, Wilson, King, McKenna, Ruffier & Sos Mary Ann Morgan Billings, Morgan, & Boatwright Ricardo R. Pesquera Gregory J. Prusak Kubicki Draper Thomas A. Vaughan II Vaughan & Maxwell Gary A. Whitlock Akerman Senterfitt

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS & DEALERS

Casey M. Cavanaugh Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed James G. Kattelmann Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Daniel F. McIntosh Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Scott C. Thompson Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed

R. David Ayers Jr. Joseph E. Boatwright Jr. Billings, Morgan, & Boatwright Robert E. Bonner Meier, Bonner, Muszynski, O’Dell & Harvey Carey Nicolas Bos Kubicki Draper Rutledge M. Bradford Bradford Cederberg Brett M. Bressler Jack Brown Woodard Woodard & North James G. Brown Ford & Harrison Charles T. Brumback Jr. Akerman Senterfitt James A. Coleman

Mark L. Ornstein Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires Jeffery G. Roberts Underwood & Roberts

AVIATION & AEROSPACE

Russell K. Dickson Jr. Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap Guy S. Haggard GrayRobinson Robert D. Henry Ringer, Henry, Buckley & Seacord Bud Kirk Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Alexander Muszynski III Meier, Bonner, Muszynski, O’Dell & Harvey JULY 2013

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BAD FAITH LITIGATION

Robert P. Major Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman John J. Upchurch Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group

BANKING & FINANCE

John M. Brennan GrayRobinson W. Scott Callahan Roetzel & Andress Robert L. Case Stovash, Case & Tingley Donald Paul Dietrich II Swann Hadley Stump Dietrich & Spears Phillip R. Finch GrayRobinson John P. Greeley Smith Mackinnon Ralph V. Hadley III Swann Hadley Stump Dietrich & Spears Byrd F. Marshall Jr. GrayRobinson Thomas P. Moran Moran Kidd Lyons Johnson & Berkson Borron J. Owen Jr. GrayRobinson Robert W. Peacock Jr. Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe Paul S. Quinn Jr. GrayRobinson R. Mack Rudisill Jr. Kirchman Corp.

Grey Squires-Binford Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires Robert J. Stovash Stovash, Case & Tingley Wendy S. Toscano

BANKRUPTCY

A. Clifton Black Dennis A. Chen Chen Law Firm Jules S. Cohen Akerman Senterfitt Ryan E. Davis Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman Denise D. Dell-Powell Burr & Forman Elizabeth A. Green Baker & Hostetler Richard W. Hennings Kenneth D. Herron Wolff, Hill, McFarlin & Herron Peter N. Hill Wolff, Hill, McFarlin & Herron Robert S. Hoofman Rush, Marshall, Jones and Kelly Jason W. Johnson Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Roy S. Kobert Broad and Cassel Lawrence M. Kosto Kosto & Rotella David M. Landis Mateer & Harbert

Brian A. McDowell Holland & Knight David R. McFarlin Wolff, Hill, McFarlin & Herron Bernard C. O’Neill Jr. O’Neill, Liebman & Cooper Robert Hunter Pflueger L. William Porter Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Raymond J. Rotella Kosto & Rotella Bradley M. Saxton Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman R. Scott Shuker Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine Gary Soles Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Laurie K. Weatherford Aubrey Harry Ducker Jr. PLC Frank M. Wolff Wolff, Hill, McFarlin & Herron Samuel J. Zusmann Jr. Holland & Knight

BROADCAST LICENSING

Terence F. Brennan Hutchison Law Group

BUSINESS

P. Raul Alvarez Jr. Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop Michael J. Appleton Appleton Law Offices James Vernon Baird Robert N. Blackford Philip F. Bonus Bonus McCabe John A. Boudet Roetzel & Andress Trevor K. Brewer BrewerLong Ted R. Brown Baker & Hostetler Philip K. Calandrino Calandrino Law Firm David E. Cannella Carlton Fields Joseph Penn Carolan III Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman Bruce E. Chapin Donald E. Christopher Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Jane H. Clark Vivian P. Cocotas Brown, Garganese, Weiss & D’Agresta Mark O. Cooper O’Neill, Liebman & Cooper Daniel McGinnis Daniel Bradley J. Davis Davis & Kennedy John G. DeLancett Bernard H. Dempsey Jr. Dempsey & Associates Charles Chobee Ebbets Ebbets & Traster Theodore D. Estes Divine & Estes James E. Foster Akerman Senterfitt Kevin D. Fowler Foley & Lardner

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Michael J. Gasdick Stanton & Gasdick Michael Gay Foley & Lardner Penelope M.A. Gianelli Gianelli & Gianelli Laurence Clifford Hames Denise Morris Hammond Wright, Fulford, Moorhead and Brown Roger B. Handberg III Thomas S. Hart Cobb Cole Keith J. Hesse Carlton Fields Carey L. Hill Giles & Robinson Kathryn Bessmer Hoeck Akerman Senterfitt Kristen M. Jackson Jackson Law Daniel C. Johnson Carlton Fields Lawrence D. Johnson Thomas H. Justice III R. Michael Kennedy Frank H. Killgore Jr. Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires Karl O. Koepke Steven M. La Bret Steven C. Lee Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Michael E. Long BrewerLong Suzanne D. Meehle Meehle Law Firm Mary B. Meeks Paul J. Mokris Christopher R. Murvin Michael A. O’Brien David S. Oliver Morgan & Morgan Marc P. Ossinsky Ossinsky & Cathcart Christopher A. Pace McClane Partners Joseph R. Panzl Panzl & Company H. Clay Parker IV Parker & Associates Ross E. Payne Karl E. Pearson Powell & Pearson James R. Provencher Provencher & Simmons James L. Rose Rice & Rose Dominick J. Salfi Salfi & Sprysenski Stephen C. Sawicki Jonathan W. Shirley Barry J. Sobering Robert A. Soriano Greenberg Traurig Douglas C. Spears Swann Hadley Stump Dietrich & Spears Alan B. Taylor Taylor & Associates Michael A. Tessitore Tessitore Law Firm Amy S. Tingley Stovash, Case & Tingley Peter C. Vilmos Burr & Forman

William J. Voges William C. Voight Emeritus Law Robert J. Webb Baker & Hostetler Thomas P. Wert Roetzel & Andress Bradford D. West David Storrs Wood Akerman Senterfitt

BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING

Russell B. Hale Akerman Senterfitt Richard T. Hurt Akerman Senterfitt William R. Lowman Jr. Shuffield, Lowman and Wilson Gregory W. Meier Shuffield, Lowman and Wilson W. Charles Shuffield Shuffield, Lowman and Wilson

CAPITAL MARKETS & TECHNOLOGY

Suzan A. Abramson Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Zachary J. Bancroft Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Richard S. Dellinger Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed James J. Hoctor Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Peter E. Reinert Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed

CASUALTY DEFENSE J. Scott Kirk Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Larry M. Roth Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Wendy Vomacka Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell

CHEMICALS & TOXIC SUBSTANCE

Daniel J. Gerber Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell

CHILD ABDUCTION Kelly B. Sims

CHILD SUPPORT Peter C. Cushing

CIVIL APPEALS Steven J. Guardiano

CIVIL MEDIATION C. Welborn Daniel Lynn E. Wagner

CIVIL GOVERNMENT James A. Fowler Fowler, Barice and Feeney Anthony A. Garganese Brown, Garganese, Weiss & D’Agresta Mark R. Leavitt Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Marcos R. Marchena Marchena and Graham Wayne A. Morris Orlando Utilities Commission

CIVIL LITIGATION

James T. Armstrong Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson Ray A. Barber David Beers Beers and Gordon Thomas E. Caldwell Rue & Ziffra Michael W. Curto deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal Kristen L. Davenport Robert A. DuChemin Sr. DuChemin & Associates Joseph R. Flood Jr. Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton Richards H. Ford Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford W. Scott Gabrielson Mateer & Harbert Maria D. Hale Hale, Hale & Jacobson Edward P. Jordan II Kelly Parsons Kwiatek Cobb Cole William E. Lawton Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton M. Bradley Luczak White & Luczak James R. Lussier Mateer & Harbert John R. McDonough Allen, Kopet & Associates George A. Meier III Meier, Bonner, Muszynski, O’Dell & Harvey Joseph P. Menello Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford John C. Mitchell II Dale O. Morgan Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton Carl D. Motes Arnold, Matheny & Eagan Donald L. O’Dell Meier, Bonner, Muszynski, O’Dell & Harvey Lamar D. Oxford Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton Joseph L. Passiatore Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority F. Scott Pendley Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton Dyana L. Petro Lawrence J. Phalin Mateer & Harbert John D. Robinson Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton Angelia J. Sheridan David H. Simmons deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal Larry D. Smith Southern Trial Counsel Kurt M. Spengler Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford S. Renee Stephens Lundy Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton Lewis W. Stone Stone & Gerken

Scott Allen Tacktill Unger Law Group Kurt E. Thalwitzer Mateer & Harbert Larry J. Townsend Mateer & Harbert Raymond E. Watts Jr. Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford Kathryn D. Weston Cobb Cole Richard S. Womble Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain Lisa Marschall Young

CIVIL PRACTICE

Timothy R. Askew Jr. Michael M. Bell Bell & Roper Bruce B. Blackwell King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth Bruce R. Bogan Hilyard, Bogan & Palmer H. Terrell Griffin Griffin & Linder Sutton G. Hilyard Jr. Hilyard, Bogan & Palmer Norman L. Hull David B. King King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth Paul R. Linder Griffin & Linder Bobby G. Palmer Jr. Hilyard, Bogan & Palmer Fritz Wermuth King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth

CIVIL RIGHTS

Jeanelle G. Bronson Grower, Ketcham, Rutherford, Bronson, Eide & Telan Howard R. Marsee Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group Michael J. Roper Bell & Roper Jeffrey S. Weiss Brown, Garganese, Weiss & D’Agresta

CIVIL TRIAL

Robert E. Austin Jr Jeffrey Scott Badgley Badgley Law Group Dawn Berlanga-Helms Hugo H. de Beaubien deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal David L. Holbrook Holbrook Law Firm Herbert V. McMillan III Donovan A. Roper Roper & Roper Manuel Socias Socias Law Firm Edward G. Stephany Patrick H. Telan Grower, Ketcham, Rutherford, Bronson, Eide & Telan

CLASS ACTION

Lori R. Benton Ford & Harrison John C. Briggs Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group Jerry R. Linscott Baker & Hostetler ORLANDO LIFE

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TOP LAWYERS T. Todd Pittenger Terrence M. White Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group

CLOSELY HELD & EMERGING BUSINESSES Alan H. Daniels Roetzel & Andress Michael W. McNatt Roetzel & Andress

CLOSELY HELD CORPORATE LITIGATION

Richard Lee Barrett Barrett, Chapman & Ruta

COMMERCIAL

William E. Barfield Jacqueline Bozzuto Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Derek Eliot Bruce Russell W. Divine Divine & Estes Richard J. Fildes Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed J. Joaquin Fraxedas Fraxedas Mediation Firm N. Dwayne Gray Jr. Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe David B. Jones Rush, Marshall, Jones and Kelly Todd F. Kobrin Shutts & Bowen Peter L. Lopez Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Patrick M. Magill R. Stephen Miles Jr. Overstreet, Miles, Ritch & Cumbie Rodney Laird Russell Russell Law Offices

R. Steven Ruta Barrett, Chapman & Ruta Charles R. Stepter Jr. Fishback, Dominick, Bennett, Ardaman, Ahlers, Langley and Geller Robert I. Weissmann Robert B. White Jr. White & Luczak

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Lehn E. Abrams Arnold, Matheny & Eagan Robert W. Anthony Fassett, Anthony & Taylor Frederick Leo Bateman Jr. Morgan & Morgan John A. Baldwin Baldwin & Morrison Michael J. Beaudine Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine John Y. Benford Benford Law Firm Brian C. Blair Baker & Hostetler Jerri Ann Blair Darryl M. Bloodworth Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Tucker H. Byrd Morgan & Morgan Marc D. Chapman Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Victor L. Chapman Barrett, Chapman & Ruta Scott W. Cichon Cobb Cole Carolyn S. Crichton Lewis & Crichton Richard D. Connor Jr. Daniel H. Coultoff Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine

John P. Daly Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain Phil A. D’Aniello Fassett, Anthony & Taylor William J. Denius Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires Thomas B. DeWolf Alexander S. Douglas II Shuffield, Lowman and Wilson Denis L. Durkin Baker & Hostetler William L. Eagan Arnold, Matheny & Eagan Jennifer S. Eden Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine Thomas F. Egan James V. Etscorn Baker & Hostetler Ladd H. Fassett Fassett, Anthony & Taylor Mark C. Filburn John Edwin Fisher Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap John W. Foster Baker & Hostetler Richard S. Geller Fishback, Dominick, Bennett, Ardaman, Ahlers, Langley and Geller Suzanne E. Gilbert Holland & Knight Frank Hamner Leon H. Handley Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell W. Marvin Hardy III Karl V. Hart Mateer & Harbert David P. Hathaway Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth

Kenneth P. Hazouri deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal Peter B. Heebner Heebner, Baggett, Upchurch & Garthe Donald R. Henderson Mateer & Harbert Christopher T. Hill Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main Lynn J. Hinson Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Jonathan C. Hollingshead Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap A. Michelle Jernigan Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group Jeffry R. Jontz Swann Hadley Stump Dietrich & Spears Roger A. Kelly Rush, Marshall, Jones and Kelly R. Kimbark Lee Rotech Healthcare Michael R. Levin Baker & Hostetler Steven R. Main Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main Timothy J. Manor Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed J. Stephen McDonald Shuffield, Lowman and Wilson Patrick A. McGee McGee & Powers Nichole M. Mooney Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Brian J. Moran Moran Kidd Lyons Johnson & Berkson

D. John Morgeson Jr. deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal Thomas F. Neal deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal Debra Steinberg Nelson Frederic B. O’Neal William G. Osborne David H. Popper South Milhausen W. Scott Powell Powell & Pearson James K. Powers McGee & Powers Arthur J. Ranson III Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires Scott A. Richman McDonald Toole Wiggins John B. Ritch Overstreet, Miles, Ritch & Cumbie Scott R. Rost South Milhausen Stephen B. Sambol Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop John S. Schoene Schoene & Byrd J. Timothy Schulte Sr. Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe James W. Sears Phillip J. Sheehe Sheehe & Associates Christopher C. Skambis Skambis Law Firm Barbara B. Smithers Michael C. Sasso P.A. Richard A. Solomon Powell & Pearson Michael D. Starks Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Philip D. Storey Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop Roland A. Sutcliffe Jr. Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe Virginia B. Townes Akerman Senterfitt Michael Wilson Broad and Cassel Griffith J. Winthrop III Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop Terry C. Young Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Thomas A. Zehnder King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

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Stephen J. Bozarth Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Dale A. Burket Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Elias N. Chotas Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth Eddie Francis Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Stanley A. Gravenmier Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth

Edward E. Haddock Jr. Stephen B. Hatcher Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe Edgar J. Hedrick III Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe Gary M. Kaleita Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Richard E. Larsen Larsen & Associates Alton L. Lightsey Lightsey & Associates Kenneth F. Oswald Oswald & Oswald Steven A. Rajtar Thomas S. Recicar Thomas D. Scanlon Lightsey & Associates G. Larry Sims Doran Sims Wolfe & Kundid Matthew S. Smith Lightsey & Associates Richard D. Stoner Hendry, Stoner & Brown Larry R. Stout Smith Hood Bigman John A. Taylor Fassett, Anthony & Taylor Thomas H. Warlick Jon C. Yergler Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed

CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Harry W. Carls III Taylor & Carls John A. Leklem Robert L. Taylor Taylor & Carls

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Robert Alan Leventhal Leventhal & Slaughter

CONSTRUCTION & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Robert Alfert Jr. Broad and Cassel Kimberly A. Ashby Akerman Senterfitt Edmund T. Baxa Jr. Foley & Lardner Brent C. Bell Shutts & Bowen Brian W. Bennett Page, Eichenblatt, Bernbaum & Bennett C. Ken Bishop Broad and Cassel Curtis L. Brown Wright, Fulford, Moorhead and Brown Martin T. Buckley Ringer, Henry, Buckley & Seacord Stephen M. Bull Bull and Associates Charles J. Cacciabeve Carlton Fields Michael R. Candes Holland & Knight Bryan L. Capps Kirwin Norris John H. Dannecker Shutts & Bowen David O. Doyle Jr. GrayRobinson John H. Dyer Jr.

JULY 2013

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TOP LAWYERS William Patrick Fulford Wright, Fulford, Moorhead and Brown Keith A. Graham Marchena and Graham William L. Grant Shutts & Bowen David A. Higley Higley & Szabo Gregg A. Johnson Brown, Garganese, Weiss & D’Agresta Jon E. Kane Burr & Forman Donald E. Karraker Robert D. Keough Keough & DuBose Brian P. Kirwin Kirwin Norris Anthony R. Kovalcik Moye, O’Brien, O’Rourke, Pickert & Dillon Sherry A. Lambson-Eisele South Milhausen Harry W. Lawrence W. Gregory Lockeby Fulmer, Leroy, Albee, Baumann & Glass V. Frederic Lyon The Lyon Firm Gregory S. Martin Gregory S. Martin & Associates Jack C. McElroy Shutts & Bowen Terrence J. McGuire Fassett, Anthony & Taylor Timothy R. Moorhead Wright, Fulford, Moorhead and Brown James E. Moye Moye, O’Brien, O’Rourke, Pickert & Dillon John C. O’Rourke Jr. Moye, O’Brien, O’Rourke, Pickert & Dillon Stephen W. Pickert Moye, O’Brien, O’Rourke, Pickert & Dillon Lilburn R. Railey III Railey, Harding & Allen Kenneth R. Richie Holland & Knight Joel E. Roberts GrayRobinson Michael C. Sasso Steven R. Schooley Schooley Law Firm Beth-Ann Schulman Gregory S. Martin & Associates Scott Steven Sheffler Worman & Sheffler Ronald W. Sikes Monte S. Starr Holland & Knight Ben Subin Holland & Knight Erik F. Szabo Higley & Szabo James Michael Talley Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap Christi L. Underwood Charles R. Walker Jr. Morgan & Morgan Charlotte L. Warren Carlton Fields Christopher Weiss

Jeffrey P. Wieland Akerman Senterfitt S. LaRue Williams Kinsey, Vincent, Pyle Kay L. Wolf Ford & Harrison Robert B. Worman Worman & Sheffler

CONSUMER FINANCE

Alana C. Brenner

CONTRACTS

Claramargaret H. Groover Jeremy S. Sloane Vasallo Sloane Robin Uricchio Byrd Byrd Firm

CORPORATE

Kenneth R. Artin Bryant Miller Olive Gary M. Berkson Moran Kidd Lyons Johnson & Berkson James B. Bogner Mateer & Harbert Douglas C. Bowdoin Smith Mackinnon William A. Boyles GrayRobinson Carter A. Bradford Patrick T. Christiansen Akerman Senterfitt Philip A. Diamond Carlton Fields Nancy S. Freeman Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman Lawrence S. Gendzier J. Bennett Grocock Business Law Group Christy F. Harris Kinsey, Vincent, Pyle James F. Heekin Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed J. Gregory Humphries Shutts & Bowen Jeffrey Q. Jonasen Gunster Law Firm Steven D. Katz Akerman Senterfitt Bruce Knapp Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine Andrea Michelle Kurak Cobb Cole Ivan M. Lefkowitz Lefkowitz, Shaw & Sentner Gary D. Lipson Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman Kenneth R. Marchman Hunter & Marchman Michael E. Marder Greenspoon Marder Tom McAleavey Holland & Knight Jack K. McMullen GrayRobinson Robert L. Mellen III Frank M. Mock Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Ultima Morgan Morgan & Morgan Michael E. Neukamm GrayRobinson Thomas P. Page Ellen F. Parker

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William D. Pitts Pitts & Pitts Pamela O. Price GrayRobinson Thomas L. Raleigh III Akerman Senterfitt John J. Reid Giles & Robinson Richard M. Robinson GrayRobinson Richard A. Rodgers GrayRobinson Stefan A. Rubin Shutts & Bowen Mark David Scimeca Paula J. Shives Darden Restaurants John R. Stump Swann Hadley Stump Dietrich & Spears Vernon Swartsel Carlton Fields J. Doyle Tumbleson Kinsey, Vincent, Pyle Franklin C. Whigham Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert & Whigham W. Graham White Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman Clifford L. Whitehill-Yarza Victor E. Woodman Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman Leighton D. Yates Holland & Knight

COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK LITIGATION

Ava K. Doppelt Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist Michael W.O. Holihan Holihan Law

CREDIT CARD & MERCHANT SERVICES Lynn F. Nelson Terry and Frazier

CREDITORS RIGHTS Andrew M. Brumby Shutts & Bowen Michael L. Gore Shutts & Bowen Jason A. Rosenthal Rosenthal Law Firm

CRIMINAL

George J. Adler Bert W. Barclay Barnett & Barclay Eric H. Barker NeJame, LaFay, Jancha, Ahmed, Barker, Joshi & Moreno Mark C. Bender Francis Wesley Blankner Jr. Jaeger & Blankner Richard B. Bogle Robert J. Buonauro Andrew L. Cameron Patricia A. Cashman Corey I. Cohen Bradley A. Conway Kenneth J. Cotter Cotter & Zelman Barbara C. Davis W. Ford Duane Thomas Feiter Fighter Law Firm Darren Finebloom Finebloom & Haenel Robert B. Fisher David Fussell Fussell Law Firm Charles M. Greene Cynthia A. Hawkins H. Manuel Hernandez David P. Hill

Bruce Hinshelwood Stuart I. Hyman Francis V. Iennaco Amanda Regina Jacobson Jacobson, McClean, Chmelir & Ferwerda Joerg F. Jaeger Jaeger & Blankner Richard Nick Kelley Kyle Phillip King King Law Firm Michael H. Lambert Michael LaFay NeJame, LaFay, Jancha, Ahmed, Barker, Joshi & Moreno Warren W. Lindsey Donald A. Lykkebak J. Cheney Mason Steven G. Mason William J. McClellan Neal T. McShane McShane & McShane Leigh R. Meininger Meininger & Meininger Andrew L. Moses Moses and Rooth Chandler R. Muller Muller & Sommerville Mark E. NeJame NeJame, LaFay, Jancha, Ahmed, Barker, Joshi & Moreno Kellie Anne Nielan Mark M. O’Mara O’Mara Law Group Bonnie Jean Parrish

Traffic Violations

Adam B. Reiss Jay Rooth Moses and Rooth James M. Russ Kenton V. Sands Sands White & Sands

Michael Sigman Sigman, Sigman, Notari & Sigman David B. Slaughter Harrison T. Slaughter Jr. Horace Smith Jr. Smith Hood Bigman Michael J. Snure Kirkconnell, Lindsey, Snure & Ponall Thomas Devlin Sommerville Muller & Sommerville Zachary E. Stoumbos John W. Tanner Jr. Charles B.Tiffany Daniel W. Tumarkin Tumarkin Law Office William D. Umansky Umansky Law Firm Rebecca Roark Wall Donald R. West Don West Law Group Charles W. Willits John L. Woodard III Tad A. Yates

DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES Gregory P. McMahon McMahon Law Group

DEVELOPMENTS OF REGIONAL IMPACT William A. Beckett Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Hal H. Kantor Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Nicholas A. Pope Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed

DIVORCE

William B. Barnett Barnett & Barclay Lisa A.G. Smith Smith Family Law Firm

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TOP LAWYERS Richard I. Wallsh Troum & Wallsh Samuel J. Weiss Weiss, Grunor & Weiss

DOMESTIC

James M. Campbell Steven L. Laurence Deen & Laurence Barry J. Walker Walker & Tudhope

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED Terrence E. Kehoe Flem K. Whited III Whited Law Firm

E-DISCOVERY Ralph C. Losey Jackson Lewis

ELDER LAW

Carol E. Donahue Heidi W. Isenhart Shuffield, Lowman and Wilson Sheri Lund Kerney Cary L. Moss Sawyer & Sawyer Daniel S. Wallace Gary Charles Wohlust

EMINENT DOMAIN

A. Kurt Ardaman Fishback, Dominick, Bennett, Ardaman, Ahlers, Langley and Geller Thomas P. Callan Eminent Domain Law Group Edward M. Chew Robert John Eagan Frank A. Ford Jr. Landis Graham French Kurt H. Garber Wilson, Garber & Small Bruce M. Harris Harris Harris Bauerle Sharma Stumpy Harris Harris Harris Bauerle Sharma

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Debra S. Babb-Nutcher Brown, Garganese, Weiss & D’Agresta Arthur Baron Baron & Moore James R. Cunningham Charles Evans Davis Sheila Gupta DeCiccio DeCiccio & Johnson Stephen W. Johnson McLin & Burnsed Stephen P. Kanar Jonathan D. Kaney III Kaney & Olivari Kevin Knight deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal Lester A. Lewis Lewis & Leiser Donna N. Maloney Hansen Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton Sage Morris-Webster Webster Law Group John W. Rodgers Esteban F. Scornik Vasquez & Tosko Mary Doty Solik Thomas A. Speer Charles Tindell

GENERAL LIABILITY

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GENERAL TRIAL LAW Alton G. Pitts

GLOBAL PRACTICE James Bacchus Greenberg Traurig

GOVERNMENTAL

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GUARDIANSHIP Sara Caldwell Kathleen Flammia Ian L. Gilden Robert K. McIntosh Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert & Whigham

HEALTH CARE

Richard L. Allen Jr. Mateer & Harbert G. Thomas Ball Baker & Hostetler Michael J. Bittman GrayRobinson Christopher C. Brockman Holland & Knight Richard J. Brooderson Chaires, Brooderson & Guerrero Gregory A. Chaires Chaires, Brooderson & Guerrero Christopher C. Curry Estes, Ingram, Foels & Gibbs David J. Davidson Halifax Fish Community Health Mary A. Edenfield Mateer & Harbert David L. Evans Mateer & Harbert

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INSURANCE

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Jon Marshall Oden Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap Geoffrey D. Ringer Ringer, Henry, Buckley & Seacord Andrew Peter Rock Rock Law Group Kenneth B. Rugh Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main Juan A. Ruiz Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain Nicole D. Ruocco Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain Lyzette SanGermain Fraxedas Mediation Firm Matthew C. Scarborough Scarborough, Hull & Miller Gregory D. Swartwood Nation Law Firm Wayne J. Tosko Vasquez & Tosko Jason R. Urbanowicz Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain William J. Wieland Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert & Whigham Ned Woolfolk Webster Law Group Art C. Young Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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TOP LAWYERS LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

Stephen Ball Holland & Knight Carlos J. Burruezo Littler Mendelson Richard Celler Morgan & Morgan K. Kaye Collie Charles Robinson Fawsett Shutts & Bowen John M. Finnigan Finnigan Law Firm Alan M. Gerlach Jr. Adventist Health System Dorothy F. Green Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine Wayne L. Helsby Allen Norton & Blue Mary Ruth Houston Shutts & Bowen Jeffrey B. Jones Littler Mendelson David V. Kornreich Fisher & Phillips Joanne Braddock Lambert Jackson Lewis Tobe M. Lev Egan, Lev & Siwica Mark E. Levitt Allen Norton & Blue Peter A. Lichtman Jody Mateer Litchford Jeffrey E. Mandel Fisher & Phillips

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Education: Barry University School of Law, 2005; B.S., Florida State University, 1993 Bar Admissions: Florida Bar, 2006; North Carolina Bar, 2011; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2008 Other Memberships and Appointments: Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, American Lung Association, House of Hope, Scooters for Hooters, ASPCA Honors and Recognitions: Board Certification in Civil Trial Law; Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell; rated 10/10 Superb by Avvo Areas of Practice: Personal injury and wrongful death Why did you become an attorney? I have always been passionate about making sure those who are less fortunate have a voice. After beginning another career, one which I found unfulfilling, I decided to attend law school in my late 20s. I realized that as an attorney I would have a more direct way to help those who would otherwise be unheard.

Initially, it was a difficult transition, as it involved overcoming a crippling fear of public speaking.

Now, the courtroom is where I am most comfortable and there are few places I would rather be.

What do you like best about the practice of law? I like the challenge and the ability to be creative to achieve an excellent result for my clients through honest, ethical, and diligent representation. Nothing feels better than making a real difference in the lives of those in need.

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Personal: I was born and raised in Knoxville, TN, but have been in Florida my entire adult life. My hobbies and interests include spending time with family and friends, teaching and mentoring others, camping, hiking, reading, golfing, playing guitar and volunteering my time to those in need.

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Education: B.A., Florida Southern College, 1977; J.D., University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 1982.

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Honors and Recognitions: AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell; Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer.

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The companies listed below are members of the Remodel/Design Council of the Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando. Their membership is an indicator of their commitment to professionalism, continuing education and customer satisfaction. For more information about the council, call the HBA at 407-629-9242 or visit hbaofmetroorlando.com

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The council is part of the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Metro Orlando. The HBA, one of the area’s largest and oldest trade associations, has been recognized for 60 years as the voice of Central Florida’s housing industry.

Our purpose is to educate the public, promote the industry, take a proactive role in governmental and regulatory issues and provide programs and services that enhance our members’ ability to do business in a professional and competent manner.

Professionalism is why the businesses listed to the right are the ones you want to consult before remodeling your home. By being council members, these builders, designers and suppliers have shown their commitment to making your project — and every project they tackle — the best that it can be.

I hope you enjoy the articles and photographs in Remodel Orlando. I look forward to upcoming issues, where you’ll see more projects highlighted and more information on home improvements and the people who make them happen.

In the meantime, if you’re considering a remodel project, check with the HBA to make sure that the company you plan on using is state-licensed for your safety and protection.

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REMODEL Can you tell the patio from the interior? It isn’t easy in the New American Home by Phil Kean Design, thanks to movable glass panels, continuous wood flooring and beautiful furnishings and fixtures.

OUTSIDE THE BOX Al fresco living space expands your home without building walls.

ometimes a trend stays around so long that it becomes a way of life. In the early 1990s, commentators noted that more

people were retrofitting their homes as relaxing and often elaborate personal retreats. Trendspotter Faith Popcorn called it “cocooning,” which she defined as “creating a safe place around you” and outfitting your home as an escape from real-world stressors.

Advances in technology, such as the emergence of the Internet and the advent of the smart phone, made it easier to work at home. And play at home, too. During the past decade or so, cocooners — and quasi-cocooners who still like to get out every now and then — have expanded the definition of “home” to include the yard. Outdoor living areas have exploded in popularity and are now almost de rigueur, especially in sunny Florida.

That hot, drab, screened-in concrete slab where friends and family would occasionally gather to enjoy a barbecue has morphed into an extension of the home’s square footage, with full-service cooking, entertaining, dining and recreation areas.

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According to a recent survey by the American Home Furnishings Alliance, 91 percent of Americans have some sort of outdoor living space — whether it’s a porch, patio, deck, garden, balcony, lanai or other open-air areas.

Nearly 80 percent of Americans wish they could spend more time enjoying that space, and nearly everyone would like to enhance it in some way.

“The wonderful thing about the outdoors is that it can be anything you want it to be,” says Northern California landscape designer Michael Glassman, who for two years cohosted the Discovery Home Channel series Garden Police. “There’s a lot of flexibility to either make this space an extension of your indoor style, or to decorate in a completely different way, exercising creativity in a way you never imagined.”

Certainly there are plenty of options. Today’s outdoor furnishings are a seamless blend of design and technology, old and new, with teak, iron, wicker and weather-resistant fabrics as pretty and comfortable as anything you can have indoors.

Overstuffed sectionals, oversized clamshells, creatively shaped chaise lounges and lush throw rugs bring living-room style outdoors, increasing your home’s usable square footage without building any walls.

Although outdoor fabrics now offer the same look and feel as interior fabrics, they’re as tough as they are fashionable.

Particularly popular is a fabric called Ndura Resin, specifically developed for outdoor use and all but impervious to the daily barrage of ultraviolet rays.

Indeed, these days it can be difficult to tell which side of the sliding doors you’re on. And that’s exactly the point.

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“Link materials, colors and textures, and make the spaces flow together.

Create an outdoor living room by using furniture and accessories that look like they can go inside but have the durability to last outside.”

Kean put that philosophy to work in the 2012 New American Home, a Winter Park show home built in conjunction with the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders Show.

The striking contemporary structure features moveable glass panels and retractable screens as well as continuous wood flooring, making the indoor-tooutdoor transition seamless.

Furniture is all well and good, but what about electronics? Who’d be crazy enough to put an elaborate entertainment system outside? Nobody, until fairly recently.

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Today’s entertainment systems can emulate Mother Nature, with weatherproof speakers disguised as rocks, flowerpots and benches.

And home-theater ensembles with giant LCD screens and movie-style projectors are also available for outdoor enjoyment. With WiFi, you can even configure an outdoor office — as if you’d get any work done.

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In fact, there’s very little about your indoor rooms that can’t be replicated outdoors

WHAT’S COOKING

Kitchens are the heart of any home. So it only makes sense that high-end cooking spaces would follow in fashion’s footsteps, heading outdoors to give oldschool grilling a run for its money.

“An outdoor kitchen can be as simple as a grill and prep area,” says Leslie Wheeler, communications director of the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association. “Or you can deck it out with topof-the-line appliances, including sinks and refrigerators.”

To get a few basic pieces, like a grill, a side burner and a small refrigerator, you might spend several thousand

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The rear of this home by Charles Clayton Construction is designed around outdoor living, with comfortable seating areas surrounding the swimming pool and a second-floor balcony overlooking it all.

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Jonathan McGrath Construction: Creating a Masterpiece, One Client at a Time

Are you considering remodeling your home? The discriminating homeowner understands that a remodeling project properly executed requires the skill of a craftsman, the imagination of an artist and the attention to detail of a surgeon.

That’s exactly what Jonathan McGrath Construction has provided its clients throughout Central Florida for more than 25 years.

Jonathan McGrath isn’t an order taker; he’s an artist who works with you to make your vision a reality through innovative and unique remodeling solutions.

JMC is a design-build firm, which means you don’t have to be involved in the minutia of your project. Everything, from conception through completion, is handled by the JMC team.

“Your patience and expertise allowed us to simply verbalize what we thought we wanted, and then you transformed our dreams from thoughts to plans and ultimately to reality.” – Thomas and Lina JMC conducts an extensive consultation to determine your needs and wants, and to set a realistic budget for your project.

The next step involves development of a design-build agreement that ensures your complete satisfaction. You’ll experience nothing less that impeccable professionalism and customer service throughout the entire process.

“With Jack’s assistance, I was able to transform a very ordinary, space-deficient home with no curb appeal into a beautiful, luxurious residence that has appreciated much more significantly than the cost of the renovations.” – Susan Details matter. In fact, little things make big things happen. At JMC, no detail is overlooked.

And that’s crucial, because it can often require the involvement of several dozen trades to complete a remodeling project.

JMC seamlessly orchestrates this ensemble of professionals to make certain your renovation exceeds your expectations.

1681 Powell St. Longwood, Florida 32750 407-260-8077 (office) 407-260-2271 (fax) jonathanmcgrathconstruction.com

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“Quality is what we were looking for, and quality and style is what we got. Each time we pull around our driveway and see the warm beauty of our home welcoming us, we think of you and how honored we would be to recommend Jonathan McGrath Construction.” – Gerald and Sherra If quality, professionalism, extraordinary customer service, attention to detail and true remodeling expertise are important to you, then Jack and Marion McGrath would be honored to meet with you and discuss how they can help you create your own masterpiece.

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REMODEL SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT TIPS 1. Design entertainment areas that allow guests to choose among mingling, sitting and munching.

2. Create ambiance with outdoor party lighting and citronella candles to keep the bugs away.

3. During daytime parties, make sure to provide lots of shade in the form of awnings, umbrellas or canopies — and keep plenty of sunscreen on hand.

4. Choose light and easy dishes that are hydrating (fruits and salads) and won’t spoil in the heat (cream-based dips).

5. Prevent everyone from congregating near one main food area by creating a variety of food stations. You can do this with beverages by strategically placing a few colorful beverage tubs packed with ice.

dollars. For a completely accessorized setup, however, some homeowners are spending at least $30,000 to $40,000.

Today’s more elaborate outdoor kitchens are outfitted with the finest culinary gear, such as commercialquality gas ranges and cook tops, rotisserie systems, extra-deep burner boxes, wood-burning stoves, smokers, stainless-steel sinks and cabinetry and, of course, refrigerators.

Oh, and you wouldn’t be much of a host if you invited your friends over to watch an afternoon football game without also investing in an ice maker and a beer dispenser.

When planning an outdoor kitchen, you can make your life easier by forgoing removable propane tanks and locating the appliances near an easily accessible gas line.

Also, protect the kitchen area under a lanai or in a shady spot so the cook doesn’t swelter under a double whammy of heat from the grill and the sun.

For evening cookouts, make sure the kitchen is well lit.

Kean prefers to locate the grill facing toward the outdoor living area rather than against the wall, so the cook can socialize while preparing the al fresco bill of fare. “I think this type of ‘social grill’ is a new trend,” he says.

Speaking of socializing, nothing brings people together quite like a fire element. “Fire is always beautiful; people get mesmerized,” says Kean. Victor Farina, owner of Orlando-based Farina & Sons, a second-generation remodeler, agrees, noting that his clients almost always ask for gas-powered fire pits.

A half-circle seat wall or outdoor furniture around a fire pit or table creates a cozy nook, and adding a grill, pub set, chaise or settee can transform a patio into a lounge for cozy gatherings even on those rare chilly nights.

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ments. Air, of course, is a natural part of the open space, while fire can have both practical and aesthetic applications.

Water is stirred into the mix with pools, spas, fountains and other water features. And earth is represented through natural stone and stone-look surfaces as well as in plantscapes.

But, ironically, with so many hard surfaces needed to accommodate outdoor kitchens and pool decks, good old earth — the very essence of outdoors — gets short shrift. Plus, some people just don’t want to have to maintain an elaborate garden.

One solution is to use container gardens, which can be placed on wheeled stands so they can be moved easily when more space is needed for entertaining.

Palms, bird of paradise, crotons and other plantings that impart a tropical feel are popular for lanais, says Don Mead of Don Mead Landscape, based in Winter Springs.

Mead also notes that innovative and unusual plantings are trending these days: “Recently, we’ve had more calls for the succulents, even installing ‘living’ walls and grass applied vertically on exterior walls.”

Lighting is also key, and more diverse than ever. Use solar lighting in garden areas on your patio’s perimeter, and install outdoor ceiling fans in sheltered areas to provide both overhead lighting and a steady breeze.

Party lights strung along porches create a festive atmosphere. Outdoor lamps and candles lend intimacy, while candelabras and lanterns help set the mood

after sunset. Lighting along walkways helps you and your guests navigate at night.

Finally, don’t forget to install a hammock under a shady palm just far enough away from the action to provide a quiet nap-time reprieve. After all the work you’ve done to create your amazing outdoor living area, you deserve it. n

DETAILS COUNT

Farina says that creating a beautiful and useable outdoor living area is best approached collaboratively, whether for new construction or a remodeling job.

“Outdoor living areas are becoming as important as the rest of the home’s design,” Farina says. “Landscape and hardscape designs should be an integral part of the overall plan. Landscape architects, pool contractors and interior designers often collaborate early on in our projects.”

Those pros suggest some things you might never have considered. For example, not just fans but misting systems, either portable or permanently attached to structures, will significantly enhance your family’s comfort level on hot and humid summer days.

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FROM DATED TO DR Award-winning kitchen project shows you don’t have to spend a fortune to make a difference.

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o room says “home, sweet home” like the kitchen. So it’s no wonder that kitchens are nearly always front and center in remodeling projects. Of course, you can spend a fortune rehabbing a drab and dated kitchen. But a creative designer and skilled remodeler can make a dramatic difference for a relatively modest investment.

Winter Park-based Lamar Design and Orlando-based Jensen Construction did just that in their transformation of a dark, claustrophobic circa-1960s kitchen in a Maitland home.

The home, on Tuscarora Trail in desirable Dommerich Estates, was among hundreds built decades ago in this pioneering suburb. Over the years new generations of owners have updated, enhanced and renewed many of these solid but sometimes blasé cinderblock homes. That was the case when two dentists, a husband and wife team, hired Jensen and Lamar to give their kitchen a major facelift.

The completed project won Lamar Design a 2013 Chrysalis National Award in the Kitchen Remodel, Under $50,000 category. Out of 79 winners nationwide, Lamar’s company was the only Florida-based design or remodeling firm to be recognized.

Established in 1993 by Qualified Remodeler Magazine, the Chrysalis Awards are judged in 16 general categories encompassing both residential and commercial projects. Each category has one National Award, with runners-up receiving regional awards.

The kitchen transformation, designed by Lamar and built by Jensen, is nothing if not dramatic. The cramped space, with its dark wood veneer paneling and aging appliances, is now a bright, spacious, open kitchen and great room.

A vaulted ceiling with exposed painted beams adds volume and drama, while new white cabinetry, stainless appliances, granite countertops and a backsplash with a hint of metallic shimmer modernize the room. The result is an elegant and comfortable kitchen that combines beauty and function.

“This was a builder-quality house, typical of its era,” says Lamar. “The owners let us in and didn’t really have any preconceptions about what they wanted. But as we started exchanging ideas, it all came together beautifully.”

Ken Kanline, longtime director of the awards program, says he fully expects to see Lamar Design on the winner’s list in future years: “This was the first time they entered the awards, and to take home top honors on the first attempt is impressive.”

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Lamar Design and Jensen Construction managed to turn a dark, claustrophobic 1960s production-home kitchen into a bright and spacious showplace.

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RESTLESS NATIVE

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Better with Koch?

THE far-right duo can’t run the Sentinel any worse.

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atricia is one of about 3,500 people to sign a petition

demanding the Tribune Company not sell the Orlando Sentinel to the Koch brothers.

If you don’t know them by now, the brothers Koch — it’s pronounced just like the soft drink — run the Koch Industries empire and, taken together, are the sixth-richest people in America.

They stand for less government, lower taxes, less collective bargaining, more Scott Walker and reduced liberal whining about every little thing in the world, including, I imagine, who owns newspapers.

They are the bogeymen under progressive beds, the bane of Rachel Maddow’s existence, the deep pockets behind many a libertarian and conservative cause. Greenpeace has dubbed them the “kingpin of climate science denial.”

MSNBC host Chris Matthews called them “pigs’’ and refused to apologize, forcing the network president to do it for him.

The Kochs apparently are interested in the Tribune Company newspapers, which include the Orlando Sentinel and the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.

They can afford it. Six months ago the Kochs were worth $31 billion each. Today they are worth $34 billion each. They have more than enough money to buy the Tribune chain, close the shortfall in its pension debt (note my conflict of interest on this one) and fund Rick Scott’s re-election campaign.

It is feared the Florida papers would give the Kochs access to our very malleable minds because, as everyone knows, Florida is not the brightest bulb in the American chandelier.

And yet we are critical on the electoral map.

And now another word from Patricia: We don’t want to be told how to think or what to believe about what is going on in the world from the one-sided perspective of someone who thinks he knows best.

Actually, we don’t mind if we agree with the perspective.

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Kochs, wanted to buy the Tribune newspapers, the liberals would be as happy as the people in Geico commercials and the right wing would be signing petitions.

But the real issue to be concerned about isn’t ideology.

It’s money. Money determines the quantity and quality of a newspaper’s staff, the size of its news hole, its ability to do investigative journalism, even whether it can continue publishing seven days a week.

A few years ago, before the dark ages, the Sentinel ran an exposé on the quality of new-home construction. This required the fulltime efforts of a reporter for almost a year, as well as lots of involvement from other staff. It required hiring an expert to do evaluations. And when it ran, several home builders pulled their ads.

That story could not be written today. The Sentinel is far too short-staffed.

I don’t care if the newspaper endorses Rick Scott in 2014 and Rand Paul in 2016. I care that it covers the expressway authority, the school district and the planning department.

My brief stint in government taught me that even half a Sentinel deters bad behavior.

Conservatives like to blame the financial woes of newspapers on liberal bias, but that has nothing to do with it. People simply are getting away from using ink as a means of communication.

The Tribune Company hastened the downward spiral by making stupid business decisions, then paying for them by scavenging the product, then selling the bones to investor Sam Zell for $15 down and a zillion in debt.

The corporate suits stood in the newsroom, professed loyalty to the troops and to journalism, then took the buyout and ran. The new rulers of Tribune Company operated the place like John Belushi ran Animal House. Bankruptcy wasn’t long in coming. Hundreds of millions were spent on lawyers to unravel the disaster.

And so, to be honest, I’m thinking the Koch brothers couldn’t do much worse. n Native Floridian and longtime Orlando columnist Mike Thomas is a freelance writer. You can reach him at miket@orlando-life.com.

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“Please keep the Koch brothers from trying to impose their radical views on everyday Americans. Just because they have so much money does not make them suitable newspaper owners.’’ - Patricia

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