NEVER TOO PRESBYLASIK EARLY TO Correction for two kinds of vision problems BE IRISH
Even a week early, Hollywood rolls out a St. Patrick’s Day Parade and celebration
Larry Blustein
HOLLYWOOD - I have said it over and over again when it comes to the City of Hollywood. But after last Sunday's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Celebration in downtown, it is worth mentioning again. When it comes to throwing a community party, this is one city that is tough to beat, and if the thousands who poured into the streets on Sunday - in anticipation of this Sunday's St. Patrick's Day holiday was an indication - things couldn't have gone better. –––––––––––––––––––– BLUSTEIN, Page 9A
KODNER GALLERIES
Kodner Galleries has become a 4th generation auction business with over 90 years of experience in buying, selling, appraising and consigning for sale antiques, fine household contents, works of art and diamonds. For more, see Page 2A.
Dr Stanley Braverman with Jose and Alma Berrios. Happy to be able to drive, day and night, and to read, without glasses!
For years, the miracle of Lasik surgery for As a bus driver, Jose Berrios vision correction was needs to be able to see almost always an eiclearly, because the safety of ther-or procedure. Pahis passengers can depend tients who wanted to throw away their on it. When he's not working, glasses or contact he enjoys going to the firing lenses but were old enough to require readrange, a hobby that also ing glasses on top of requires keen distance vision. their distance correction, had to choose one And when he relaxes at the kind of correction or the couple's home in Hialeah, he other for each eye. Now, a remarkable new likes to surf the Internet, for procedure called Preswhich he needs clear close byLasik allows some vision. patients to eliminate both problems. Jose Berrios, 64, and his wife, Alma Mazar-Berrios, 62, both qualified for the PresbyLasik procedure and are thrilled with the results. Jose, a Miami-Dade transit driver, began to require reading glasses years ago. Then over time, he started to have trouble seeing at a distance as well, and needed either bifocals or two different pairs of glasses. "I was going for a vision test every two years, and the prescription would always change," he recalls. "I was really tired of it." One day, a co-worker told Jose about her daughter, who had successful Lasik surgery by Dr. Stanley Braverman. Intrigued, he decided to pay a visit to Dr. Braverman at the Braverman Eye Center in Hallandale Beach. "I hoped I'd be able to quit wearing my glasses," he says. As a bus driver, Jose needs to be able to see clearly, because the safety of his passengers can depend on it. When he's not working, he enjoys going to the firing range, a hobby that also requires keen distance vision. And when he relaxes at the couple's home in Hialeah, he likes to surf the Internet, for which he needs clear close vision. He didn't really expect to be able to have both problems corrected, but he ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– BRAVERMAN, Page 6A
AZALEA GARDENS
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ACQUO 124
When it comes to great food, outstanding atmosphere and prices that everyone can afford, Acquo 124 is the place to check out. In addition to delicious dinner items, there is a Lunch Buffet that is the talk of the city. Page 1B.