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32 FA S H I O N For forward fashions in 2024, think back to maxi skirts, cargo pants, loose-fitting clothes and lots of jewelry.

16 DATING GAMES Former Bay Editor Katherine Snow Smith shares an excerpt from her new book on navigating topics like dating after divorce.

24 HAWAIIAN MEMOR IES While the wildfires of Lahaina won’t be forgotten, the Hawaiian Islands, particularly Kauai, have plenty to offer visitors.

50 PAR FOR T HE COUR SE Tracy West, who became the first female PGA tournament director in 2015, will direct the Valspar tournament at Innisbrook in March.

12 SW EE T SPOTS Local chocolatiers are sugarcoating their menus this month to offer special treats from chocolate gems to cherry macarons for Valentine’s Day.

54 ON TOP OF T HE WOR LD Sure, members of the Krewe of Europa like beads and beers, but their mission is to travel and celebrate multiculturalism.

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nretire” might not be a word, but it’s a thing at Bay. When I first became editor in 2019, veteran journalist Susan Taylor Martin was retiring after 40 years at the Tampa Bay Times. Her long career included being a foreign correspondent in places like London, Paris and Afghanistan and guiding reporters as the city editor in charge of local news coverage. After producing Bay, mostly from my kitchen counter, during the shutdowns and pandemic, I was ready for a break in 2021. Susan, who had been home working on her painting, was recharged and ready to write and edit again. Now, she’s giving retirement a real try and looking forward to continuing her artwork and traveling. I also have a long tenure at the Times, though my experience is quite different than Susan’s. I started in 1986 as a news reporter in the Clearwater bureau, using what I learned in the University of South Florida’s journalism program to cover everything from city government to breaking news. In 1993, I gave up newspapering on a full-time basis but continued to work part time at the Times in various roles, including as the Pinellas beaches reporter and as a regular

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contributor to the food section, for which I organized the Taster’s Choice panel and produced the column for 16 years. And even when I stepped down as editor of Bay, I kept writing for the magazine. So, really, I never left and I certainly never stopped reading. In my brief spate of “free time,” I have pursued my passions of volunteering at Southeastern Guide Dogs, studying family history, cooking and reuniting with friends through travel. I also watched as my children completely launched for exciting careers in Washington, D.C., and with Major League Baseball. My son gets married later this year and I know that joyous event will give me plenty of ideas for stories about wedding trends. Now, to find the perfect mother-of-the-groom dress. Speaking of fashion, I am eager to

work again with our talented team to showcase beautiful apparel and to feature interesting locations around Tampa Bay for the backdrops. As I do for fun anyway, I will scour websites and magazines for the latest trends in interior home design and accessories, plus talk with local contractors about the backsplashes and appliances in demand. We’ll go shopping for unique gifts and feature travel destinations, near and far. Mostly, though, I hope to highlight the accomplished and generous people who make Tampa Bay such a great place to live. These are the people who make a difference, working or retired. I look forward to hearing from you about what and who you want to read about in Bay magazine. Bay is on my agenda for 2024 and beyond.

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hef Olivier Rodriguez of CocoAddiction in St. Pete Beach has been creating chocolates to look like gemstones for special Valentine’s Day gifts. A box of nine heart-shaped chocolate candy gems sells for $25.75. He also designs chocolate high-heeled shoes ($32.65) and chocolate handbags ($39.95). On Feb. 14, he is hosting a special dessert event with two plated options, one chocolate and one fruit-inspired, with Champagne. For reservations for the event, call the café at 727-390-2626. For chocolates, order online at cocoaddiction-mia.com or visit the shop at 344 Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach. Karamvir Singh of Le Macaron in downtown St. Petersburg will be selling his cherry, chocolate-filled macarons with heart sprinkles in boxes of six ($17) or 24 ($64). The bakery is located at 657 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Jennifer Hill of Peterbrooke Chocolatier in downtown Tampa (777 N. Ashley Drive, Unit D2, Tampa) has custom heart-shaped boxes filled with hand-dipped chocolate strawberries ($25 for a small box and $45 for a large box). To pre-order, call the shop at 813-585-1703 or email tampadowntown@peterbrooke.com. Chef Brenda Villacorta at Tampa’s Sucré Table is offering her strawberry macarons along with a host of Valentine’s-

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Bay checked in with some of our favorite chocolatiers , pastry chef s and caterers to share a few treats to sweeten Valentine’s D ay.

themed pastries and desserts. Visit the bakery at 4048 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa or call 813-374-5643. Margaret Ann Burtchaell of Margaret Ann’s Catering in St. Petersburg is preparing a special Valentine’s meal for delivery or pickup at her shop at 5625 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg. The dinners include shrimp cocktail, a salad of field greens with blue cheese and walnuts, a filet of beef medallions in red wine sauce, potatoes au gratin, roasted asparagus and chocolate cake with berries and cream. The cost is $65 per person. A minimum of two meals is required per order. Margaret Ann’s also offers cookies by the pound in 2-pound and 3-pound boxes decorated with ribbons and Valentine’s hearts. The cookie packages range in price from $24 to $47. The caterer’s new sweet-and-spicy pecans will be available for Valentine’s Day as well. The pecans are packaged in gold bags with heart ribbons for $16. Red tins of cookies can be picked up, delivered or shipped for $36-$70. To order food, cookies or pecans, call 727-525-3983. Christine Herrmann of Sweet Divas Chocolates in St. Petersburg will have plenty of her popular chocolate-covered bacon on sale for Valentine’s Day, along with festive boxes filled with chocolate candies or chocolate-covered strawberries. Last-minute shoppers can also pick up cards and fresh flowers at Sweet Divas, 400 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg.

Pastry chef and co-owner Olivier Rodriguez at CocoAddiction in St. Pete Beach is designing chocolate designer handbags and chocolates to resemble gems for special Valentine's treats. Photo courtesy of CocoAddiction.

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Katherine Snow Smith, former Bay editor and Tampa Bay Times reporter and columnist, recently published a book of essays about her new, unexpected path of dating, aging, loss and beginning a new life divided between St. Petersburg and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day and new relationships, here’s an excerpt from “Stepping on the Blender & Other Times Life Gets Messy” (available for $16.95 at local bookstores and online).

D TING GAMES t’s tough out there. At least the insurance guy from Burlington seemed funny. He responded to my comment about only posting two photos with, “I’m bald and depressed in all my other pictures.” We texted a bit and made plans to meet in Chapel Hill for a drink. The day before our rendezvous he messaged me, “What are you looking for?” Uggggh. I barely knew this guy. I’m a pretty open person, but I cringed at this invasive question. I was talking to my friend Molly in St. Petersburg when I got the text. “Tell him you’re looking for someone who doesn’t ask a stupid question like that,” she said. We deduced he was trying to find out if I was interested in a one-night stand or a walk down the aisle. I wanted neither. “I’m new to online dating. Not used to this question,” I messaged. “What are you looking for?”

“Good company. Someone to go to concerts with. Someone to travel with,” he replied. It wasn’t a lot to ask in theory. But how could he even consider a second date, much less a vacation, without meeting me in person? By no means did I think he was so taken with my photos and profile that he was ready to head to Paris. His question was probably typical of strangers navigating dating in the later phases of life. But I was more used to these topics coming up organically over time. I opted for a meaningless response: “I’ll bring my passport.”

He asked if I loved North Carolina so much, why wouldn’t I choose to support a local brewery instead of a huge conglomerate? Points for challenging me. “You’re right. I need to find a North Carolina beer I like,” I said. “I do love wine from Shelton Vineyards out of Surry County. My dad is from there, and we go to the vineyard about every year.”

“Pack lightly,” he responded. I smiled.

“If you’re going to support a North Carolina wine, that’s about the worst one in the state,” he huffed.

We met at 411 West, an Italian restaurant on Chapel Hill’s main drag, and sat at the bar. He quickly disparaged the selection of North Carolina craft beers. I admitted I wasn’t adventurous or sophisticated enough to embrace the craft beer movement and still preferred a Miller Light.

It’s one thing to be challenging, but another to be downright rude. Then I had the worst insecure dating thought. Was this guy sabotaging himself because he didn’t like me and wanted to end the date ASAP? Was he chewing off his leg to free himself from the trap of sitting at a bar with me?

“That’s like still watching cable when you can stream a thousand shows,” my date said.

He ordered another Olde Hickory Piedmont Pilsner and told me he’d been married twice, each time for less than three years, “because she was bats--t crazy.” I guessed he was keeping all

“Well, full disclosure, I do stream new

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limbs intact. “I got divorced after 24 years. I was perfect. It was all his fault,” I offered up with a sly smile. “That’s what all women think,” he replied, clueless to my sarcasm. We talked about our work. Our favorite movies. He had no kids and didn’t really like kids. I told him I had three but didn’t like kids either. He smiled slightly. I was wondering if two drinks constituted a date and was weighing my exit

strategies when the man to my right asked if he could glance at my menu. He was wearing a red leather jacket with the words “Liquid Pleasure” on the back. Those two words unearthed momentous nights in college, as well as a few friends’ weddings. I also remembered my former husband asking me the day after Barack Obama was first elected: “Have you ever heard of Liquid Pleasure from Chapel Hill? They are playing with James Taylor for the inauguration.” Well, of course I’d heard of Liquid Pleasure. The Chapel Hill-born band was legendary and known for fabulous dance music and a great rapport with its

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father was the chef at the Rathskeller and invented that lasagna with the cheese stretching table-tomouth. Even with their motto, “the more you drink, the better we sound,” nobody in the band drinks or smokes. And guess how Liquid Pleasure got on Barack Obama’s radar when he made a campaign stop at the Dean Dome?

audiences. I asked the man in the leather jacket if he was with the band and learned he was the founder and front man, Kenny Mann. I cited my gig as a freelance reporter for Business North Carolina magazine and started asking how they kept the band going for so long. Early on, Kenny had realized the perfect business plan. The college parties Liquid Pleasure played for in the ’80s and ’90s were loss leaders. A few years after they graduated, the band played at their weddings and business events for five times what they charged for a college function. Now they play 150 shows a year, mostly weddings. They are booked across the country and do nuptials in Mexico and Italy too. I introduced myself and my date to Kenny, then kept asking questions and typing notes on my phone. Liquid Pleasure started out as four cousins in middle school. Dean Smith’s oldest daughter played the clarinet with them briefly. Kenny’s

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“When we used to play at Princeton, I met a girl named Michelle Robinson from Chicago. She was running around with Brooke Shields,” Kenny told us. Well, it was more like Kenny told only me. By this time my date was staring forward, not engaging in the conversation. I guess I was rude. If he had started leaning hard to the other side of his bar stool to talk to someone else, maybe I’d be annoyed. But not if she or he was a really interesting person. Clearly, neither of us was overly interested in the other. I suggested we get the check, and he asked if it was OK to split it down the middle. I quickly agreed, even though my frugal mind was calculating how much more his craft beer cost than my lowbrow domestic. We walked outside 411 West and started to bid our goodbyes.

won’t let me leave until it’s deemed fabulous with all eyes open and smiles perfect. I remember a simpler time. When someone asked you to take a picture of their family in front of Cinderella Castle at Disney World, you pointed, clicked and moved on to Fantasyland without having to wait for a critique. So there my match.com date and I stood on Franklin Street, with him waiting on a live review. I panicked for a minute, then thought about how my humor fell flat. He was disappointed in my choice in beer and conversation with bar mates. He didn’t seem taken with me, so why should I feel badly about not being taken with him? Still, it was awkward to call a spade a spade. “I enjoyed meeting you, and this was fun. If you want to catch a daytime art festival or have lunch sometime, that would be nice.” “Have a nice life,” he countered and walked away. Uggh. I can tell myself I was nice and diplomatic, but I wasn’t. Nobody is on match.com to find a lunch date. It would have been better to just say I didn’t think we were a good match. I doubt he was really crushed. He probably had three other dates that week.

“How do you think this went?” he asked, catching me way off guard. I was new to this immediate feedback portion of a first date, which is apparently status quo with online dating.

Still, I decided that was my last attempt at online dating. Thousands of very nice, wonderful people meet online every day without being unkind or fake. I just can’t take the rejection and rejecting others long enough to get the hang of it.

The antiquated old-school side of me was annoyed with how much things have changed. I feel the same way when a stranger asks me to take a photo with their phone and then

I’ll stick to Fantasyland and leave a shoe behind next time I go to 411 West, or perhaps just write my phone number on the bathroom wall.

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his time last year I was writing a story for Bay about the wonderful week I spent in Maui, one of the gems of Hawaii, the state where I grew up. I shared my love for the island’s fresh pineapple, the brilliance of breaching whales, and the onion and sesame seed-crusted ahi tuna and vanilla bean jasmine rice with apple cider butter vinaigrette at the Lahaina Grill. • Sadly, the Lahaina Grill and the Maui Pineapple Store on Front Street were destroyed in August 2023’s devastating fires, along with rest of the historic town. The Pacific Whale Foundation lost one of its touring ships but I still have my memories of seeing pods of humpback whales up close. Many of the foundation guides lost their homes and belongings. Servers and other employees at the Lahaina Grill also suffered catastrophic losses of not only their jobs but their homes and family members. Within days, the Lahaina Grill, with its worldwide following, had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the restaurant’s workers.

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From left, Remy Williams, Kathy Lomont, Elaine Meguro, Kathy Saunders, Nadine Nakamura, Yoly Guss and Maria Swedeen at Kauai’s Daniel K. Inouye Kilauea Point Lighthouse. Photos from Kathy Saunders.

Each year my friends travel from Oahu, the Big Island and Kauai for a weekend get-together. ... The time spent with my friends was invaluable and helped to soothe the sorrow of Maui’s losses and create new memories.

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Kathy Saunders, Yoly Guss and Maria Swedeen biking along “The Path that Goes by the Coast."

Nadine Nakamura with fixings for a grilled batayaki dinner.

I donated to the Pacific Whale Foundation to help employees and also to support the foundation’s efforts in providing fuel and supplies to the island with the whale-watching vessels that survived the fires. The Maui Gold Pineapple fields located away from Lahaina were spared but the company’s employees lost homes and belongings. I have been sending Maui Gold pineapples to many friends and family members to support the business (mauipineapplestore.com). To me, the Maui pineapples are sweeter than any others I have eaten. They are shipped ripe and ready to devour. Just a few months after the fire, I returned to Hawaii, though that trip was to Kauai. The lush “Garden Island” was a beautiful spot for an impromptu getaway, but Maui was heavy on my heart.

The fern grotto along Kauai’s Wailua River.

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Even though Maui has welcomed tourists back to everywhere but Lahaina, I am not ready to see Maui just yet. I want to remember Lahaina as I last saw it: a historic and vibrant harbor town with great shops, food

and local flavor. Of course, I know I have that privilege because I live thousands of miles away. Each year my friends travel from Oahu, the Big Island and Kauai for a weekend get-together. Our class of ’79 buddy Nadine Nakamura hosted this year on Kauai. I went for a bit longer than a weekend, given the time it takes to get to Hawaii from Tampa, but the time spent with my friends was invaluable and helped to soothe the sorrow of Maui’s losses and create new memories. Kauai, the fourth largest island in the Hawaiian chain, has about 75,000 permanent residents, and on any given day, 26,000-33,000 tourists visit the island. The numbers were higher immediately after the fires, although they are tapering off now that Maui is reopening, according to Sue Kanoho, executive director of the Kauai Visitors Bureau. Our host, Nadine Nakamura, is one of three Hawaii state representatives serving Kauai, and she made sure we got the full island experience in our short trip. As my co-editor at our

high school newspaper and the only one in our group who knew what a land-use planner was at the age of 17, she emailed the eight of us a detailed itinerary before we headed to Lihue, the island’s primary airport. I got there a day early, so we picked up the other girls on a Friday morning and headed to brunch at the nearby Tip Top Motel, Café & Bakery. Most of us ordered the oxtail soup, a local favorite for the 100 years the restaurant has been operating. The dish was inspired by transplants from Okinawa and modified with local spices and citrus. After checking in to the “Hotel Nakamura,” we drove to the docks for a 2-mile ride along the Wailua River, the only navigable river in Hawaii. The open-air river boat stops at a lush fern grotto where riders can hike through a short garden of native plants. Afterwards, we stopped at Wailua Shave Ice for a treat from our high school days. “Shave” ice is Hawaii’s version of a snow cone, where the ice is shaved off an ice block rather than crushed and then flavored with syrups. We shared a couple of Lava Flows, made with pineapple juice, strawberry puree and coconut foam and topped with pineapple and strawberries. Before dinner, Rep. Nakamura rented beach-cruising bicycles for each of us to ride along the 8-mile, multi-use trail on the east side of Kauai. Ke Ala Hele Makalae — “The Path that Goes by the Coast” — eventually will extend to nearly 20 miles along the island’s eastern coast, offering a path along coastal cliffs, sandy beaches and vegetation-filled bluffs, as well as magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean. We returned to Rep. Nakamura’s home to enjoy a feast of Hawaiian-style batayaki, a communal

Wailua River, the only navigable river in Hawaii. Shutterstock photo.

grilled dinner with thinly sliced beef, pork, chicken, shrimp and grilled vegetables. We had two large, round grills for the table and Rep. Nakamura’s Auntie Toshiko’s secret, peppery daikon radish sauce for dipping.

(Non-residents are charged a $5 fee to enter the park.) After hiking to the lookouts in the park, we stopped for a local-style lunch of Portuguese bean soup, cornbread and a slab of lilikoi chiffon pie at the Koke’e Lodge on the way out of the park.

The next day, we were up early thanks to the crowing from wild roosters that have roamed the island since Hurricane Iwa in 1982 blew away all the chicken coops. We headed to the Daniel K. Inouye Kilauea Point Lighthouse and Wildlife Refuge on the north shore of Kauai. Reservations are required and available at recreation.gov. The picturesque landmark was built in 1913 to guide mariners off the rugged coastline. The refuge is a wildlife sanctuary for native birds, and the trails and viewing platforms offer spectacular views of whales during the winter months.

Before leaving Kauai, we shopped for take-home gifts, or “omiyage,” the Japanese term for souvenir. Our shopping included a stop at the Princeville Market, where I purchased some local, handmade, pakalana-scented soaps. Pakalana, a yellow-green, sweet-smelling flower, was the name of the street I grew up on in Honolulu.

The weekend also included a visit to Koke’e State Park and the breathtaking Waimea Canyon, commonly called the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. The 14-mile-long canyon is 3,000 feet deep and a mile wide.

But my favorite purchase was from a little vintage shop in Hanalei Center. There I found an old postcard featuring the fishing village in Lahaina, just as I will always remember it.

We visited the Kauai Chocolate Company for local coffee, cookies and boxes of their famous opihi chocolates made of layers of shortbread cookies, caramel and a macadamia nut dipped in chocolate.

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Tracy West is director of “The Most Colorful PGA Tournament in the World,” to be held at Innisbrook Resort in March. Photo courtesy of Tracy West.

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n 2013, when Valspar took over the sponsorship of the PGA Tour in Tampa Bay, tournament director Tracy West’s first job was to create the company’s vision for the championship golf event. Color was an obvious component and Valspar, a paint brand under Sherwin-Williams, was on board. But instead of plastering companycolored logos everywhere, West wanted Valspar to take broader strokes. Today, she proudly directs what is called “The Most Colorful PGA Tournament in the World.” West, 58, who became the first female PGA tournament director in 2015, will be overseeing the entire event at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course March 19-24. She shared some of the details she has been driving on and off the course. This interview was edited for length and clarity. — Kathy Saunders

How are you promoting the color theme for the tournament? The Valspar Block Party and Tampa General Hospital Courtyard will be inspired by Valspar’s 2024 Color of the Year – Renew Blue. A Valspar tiny home and a Color Cabana will showcase the color trends. One of the other big things that differentiates us, and something other tournaments don’t do, is we encourage all the fans to dress colorfully. We have Valspar Color Scouts who have backpacks, and they walk around the golf course all day long. If they see that you have dressed colorfully, they give you a prize. What is your background and how did you become the first female PGA Tour tournament director? I grew up in a golfing family – my grandfather and my dad and my brother golfed – but I never golfed. I earned my undergraduate degree in finance from Lake Superior State University and an MBA from Michigan State. In 1989, I volunteered at a Senior PGA event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and when the senior tour was going to start a new program, the director, Hollis Cavner, invited me to leave my corporate job and work with him. Then we built Pro Links Sports in 1992 and started to manage multiple senior tours. As CEO, Cavner has been a true visionary, and at one point, over half the

company was made up of females. The company is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida, and I am based in Tampa. What are some of the challenges you have faced with the tournaments? We always appealed to the avid golf fan, but the somewhat casual golfer or the non-golfer really didn’t come to the tournament. So, it’s all about the food and beverage experience. Now we have expanded all the types of food we have to offer. We also have free Popsicles all day for kids and for adults. We created all these different areas where people can feel like a VIP, yet they don’t have to buy a larger corporate ticket to enjoy them. I think that our fans appreciate that it’s not just bleachers out there, although we do have bleachers and an area with Adirondack chairs. The biggest thing we did was create a concert. We were one of the first to do that. At Innisbrook, we took a whole driving range, partnered with Ruth Eckerd Hall and developed the concerts. We focus on country music, and we have had tremendous artists over the years, including Darius Rucker in 2023. This year’s featured performer will be Cole Swindell, performing on Saturday night on the Osprey Driving Range shortly after the end of tournament play. Concert access is included with the Saturday tournament ticket. What is the charity component of the tour? The championship tour has now generated more than $50 million for Tampa Bay charities since 1977. One of the wonderful things about the PGA tours is that each one is run by a charitable organization and in this case, it’s Copperhead Charities. The charity members include 215 business and civic leaders who call themselves the Copperheads; they serve as ambassadors throughout the tournament and in the community. The Copperhead board is co-chaired by NFL Hall of Famer and former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Rondé Barber and John Astrab of BMO Harris Bank. With proceeds from the tournament, Copperhead Charities contributes to more than 60 area charities. How does the Tampa Bay community as a whole benefit from the tour? The tournament alone attracts more than 130,000 visitors. We know that we are having an impact on tourism the other 51 weeks of the year too. We have studies that show we have an economic impact of over $75 million in the community. We are a destination event, and we work with the Golf Channel and NBC broadcasters to showcase the area, talk about Tampa Bay and show the beaches. The broadcasts also are distributed in more than 220 countries by the PGA Tour. How can volunteers get involved in the tournament? It takes more than 2,000 people in the community to put this on and we always need help. Information is available at valsparchampionship.com.

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thwarted the krewe’s international debut in Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day 2020 Parade, where they planned to hand out thousands of green carnations.

Those paraders will gladly swap a pirate's chest of gold doubloons for a cache of frequent flyer miles. “Sure, we drink and have a good time,” said Craig Bachler, a founder and past president of the traveling social club. “But we formed Europa to take the Tampa krewe experience around the globe. Our mission is celebrating multicultural Europe.”

COVID disrupted most of their plans in 2021 as well, canceling Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla’s Parade of Pirates and the Krewe of Sant’ Yago’s Illuminated Knight Parade. Travel precautions also prevented the Krewe of Europa from accepting invitations from the Federation of European Carnival Cities (FECC), a group of 500 organizations united to promote national identities and parade traditions.

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reflected Bachler. “But it gave us time to make a business model and write bylaws.” Happily, the Gasparilla and Sant’ Yago parades were back on track in 2022. Stateside, the Krewe of Europa also paraded in Boston and Salem, Massachusetts; Juneau, Alaska; and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It took another year to go global, flying to Ireland for two St. Patrick’s Day 2023 parades, in Galway City and Craughwell, on the same day. They stayed a week to tour the country. Next up: Finland in June for the Helsinki Samba Carnaval and Belgium in October for the Halloween Parade.

The Krewe of Europa. Photo courtesy of the Krewe of Europa.

. . . we formed Europa to take the Tampa krewe experience around the globe. Our mission is celebrating multicultural Europe.

The Krewe of Europa’s costumes copy European fashions of the era, are custom made and cost $400 and up. Women wear rich aristocratic gowns or peasant dresses; men don satin and velvet frock coats, lederhosen and even kilts. “A certain Celtic queen named Karen wears a $6,000 gold-and-emerald tiara,” quipped her husband.

Bachler, an aerospace defense manufacturing executive, and his wife Karen, an accountant, previously belonged to two other krewes before starting the Krewe of Europa. Brainstorming themes with their two adult children and friend Valerie Casey Olivero, a Delta international flight attendant, they landed on Old World Europe, specifically the 14th-to-18th-century era marked by transoceanic trade to the New World Americas, the beginning of globalization. “The initial settlers were Spanish discovering St. Augustine, then the English, then the Irish,” Bachler said. “We celebrate our multicultural European roots over 400 years when the bulk of immigration came to this country.”

About half of the Krewe of Europa’s 75 members live locally and half reside out of state, in locales from New England to California as well as internationally in regions like Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece and Germany, where the krewe’s vice president recently moved. The krewe welcomes the membership of business owners, professionals and others interested in making friends all over Europe, said Bachler, who owned a wholesale travel business in New Hampshire for a decade prior to moving to Bradenton in 2002. Annual dues, ranging from $350 for limited associates to $650 for full global membership, fund the krewe’s endeavors. Nope, travel expenses are not included.

The krewe owns two floats, a 28-footer designed to look like a Bulgarian castle and the 45-foot double-decker Spirit of Travel, still under construction for $150,000. Bylaws stipulate an annual formal ball in Europe. The krewe’s first dinner was held in Tralee, Ireland in March 2023. This fall they celebrate in Belgium following the Halloween Parade. Passport in hand, members are already planning 2025: New Year’s Eve in Rome, the Rijeka Carnival in Croatia, summer in Zeist, Holland and Oktoberfest in Munich. “We’re America’s ambassadors, bringing the spirit of krewe life everywhere we go,” said Bachler.

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Bowties & Clutches Joshua House The glamorous “Great Gatsby” parties of the classic Jazz Age novel set the glitzy theme for Bowties & Clutches. The night of dancing and dazzling was hosted by The Fashion Movement to benefit Joshua House, a group home for foster children ages 6 to 17. A silent auction, indie vendors and a mini art gallery displayed during the Dec. 1, 2023 party at the Tampa Garden Club boosted efforts to improve the lives of abused, abandoned or neglected kids placed at the therapeutic residence, a cause that touched every guest’s heart. Text and photos by Amy Scherzer.

From left, Rose Jolicoeur, Maggie Duvert and Margarett Deetjen.

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Farm to Table(aux) MacDonald Training Center Vincent van Gogh and Frida Kahlo look-alikes welcomed MacDonald Training Center supporters to the inaugural Farm to Table(aux) event, celebrating 70 years of the nonprofit’s innovative services for people with all disabilities. “Tableaux vivant” created by MTC artists came to life throughout the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, including caricatures by Daniel Ricci, fashions by autistic designer Aarushi Pratap and a musical concert by Jonathan Davis, who is blind and autistic. CEO Karenne Levy led a Champagne toast to founder J. Clifford MacDonald at the arty party Nov. 15, 2023, honoring his commitment since 1953 to widen his son’s opportunities “by saying yes to possibilities and no to the status quo.” Text and photos by Amy Scherzer.

From left, Sean Daly, Karenne Levy and Barbara and Daniel Ricci.

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Glen Nash with his painting, “Mona Lisa Cat.”

From left, Rita Hattab, Cheryl Worsham and Millie Puente.

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Flanked by “Moulin Rouge!”-inspired models, from left, Tracy Brown, Bob Kelly, Kasey Shimberg Kelly and Greg Holland.

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Broadway Ball: “Moulin Rouge!” Straz Center for the Performing Arts Oh yes, we can, can, reveled Broadway Ball co-chairs Lisa and Larry McHale, dazzling guests with decadent “Moulin Rouge!” decor in anticipation of the Tony Award-winning musical’s 10-day run at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. On Oct. 21, 2023, Morsani Hall's stage became the famed Paris nightclub during dinner as Broadway actors, plus young theater and Next Generation Ballet students, inspired applause and pledges of $150,000 for Patel Conservatory scholarships. The auction spotlight shone on a weeklong getaway to the Four Seasons Resort in Nevis, a hot ticket that sold twice for $15,500. The cabaret beat spilled into the after-party, Broadway Ball After Dark, with late-night arrivals joining for desserts and dancing in the Ruth Silbiger Lobby. Text by Amy Scherzer. Photos by Marc Edwards.

From left, Bill Goede, Justin Gray, Lori Goede and Bill Rolon.

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Darryl Adams and Roxanne Bartley.

From left, Larry and Lisa McHale, Tonya Fines, Dwayne Warren and Elena and Robert Paredes.

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Bowtie Ball The Poynter Institute Hardworking, empathetic and drawn to hurricanes, war zones and global disasters: These traits represent CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who received the 2023 Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism at The Poynter Institute’s annual Bowtie Ball. Cooper gained even more fans as the first donor to pledge $25,000 to the nonprofit media institute (owner of the Tampa Bay Times), a sum he promptly doubled at the Nov. 18, 2023 benefit at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street. Kelly McBride, The Poynter Institute’s senior vice president, led a Q&A, following a toast to “patience, Poynter and peace” and a lively auction. The 700-plus guests gave a standing ovation to journalists from the Las Vegas Review-Journal in tribute to their investigative reporter colleague whose courageous pursuit of truth led to his murder. Text and photos by Amy Scherzer.

Anderson Cooper. Photo courtesy of The Poynter Institute.

From left, Lisa Roberts, Jennifer Nava, Stuart Lipman, Kathy Delaunay and Judy Tilton.

Barbara Cohen and Steve Yerrid.

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From left, Stu Sternberg and Joe and Sharon DeLuca.

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15th Annual Gala Tampa Bay History Center Tampa’s founding families and enthusiastic newcomers alike celebrated a love of local history, heritage and culture at the Tampa Bay History Center’s 15th Annual Gala. The co-chairs of the Nov. 10, 2023 fundraiser, former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio and her husband Mark Woodard, a history center trustee, followed a savory and successful formula: wine, dine, dance. The Columbia Restaurant, which operates the Columbia Café nestled within the history center, enticed the nearly 400 guests with grand buffets of caviar, ceviche, charcuterie, handmade mozzarella, short ribs, cod, pasta and vegetable gateau. All three floors of exhibition galleries were open for exploring the past amid Florida’s ever-evolving future. Text and photos by Amy Scherzer.

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From left, Camille McWhirter, Steve and Liz Reynolds, Nancy and Craig Stevens, Pat Wolfe, John Wolfe and Yvonne Friedman.

From left, Susan and John Mueller and Mary Sue and Fred Rothenberg.

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Smartly Dressed The Stuart Society Co-chairs Mardi Bessolo and Sandra Yang plus 400 stylish guests nearly outshone the models when The Stuart Society hosted its annual Smartly Dressed luncheon in support of St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts, home to masterpieces by Monet, O’Keeffe, de Kooning and Wiley, among others. The sold-out Nov. 2, 2023 event filled the Palm Court Ballroom at the Vinoy Resort & Golf Club and featured a Dillard’s rock-and-roll fashion show with special performances by Michael Jackson, Cher and Prince impersonators dancing down the runway. Text by Amy Scherzer.

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LAMPLighters Metropolitan Ministries and Joshua House The LAMPLighters wrapped up 2023 with fun and flair, hosting two year-end fundraisers to uplift children sheltered at Metropolitan Ministries and Joshua House. The Fall into Fashion luncheon featured casual and party clothes from Dillard’s International Plaza on Oct. 27, 2023 at the Shanna & Bryan Glazer JCC. Next up, the 34th annual Silver Coffee brought nearly 200 women to Monica and Andrew Livingstone’s North Tampa home on Dec. 8, 2023 to enjoy holiday treats, many whipped up by the members themselves. Combined, these LAMPLighters events raised more than $70,000 to help pay for academic coaching, counseling, clothing and healthy snacks for at-risk children. Text by Amy Scherzer.

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SO C I A L CAL ENDAR AMYSCH E R Z E R S D I ARY @ GMAI L .CO M Feb. 15: Be Mine 2024: Don’t Stop Believin’, which benefits the Heart Gallery of Tampa. $175 general admission, $350 VIP. 6 p.m. Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club. 813-930-5345 or heartgallerytampa.org/event/ bemine2024. Feb. 17: 29th annual Magnolia Ball, which benefits Moffitt Cancer Center. Features headliner Flo Rida and entertainment by Billy Dean. $1,500 and up. 6 p.m. JW Marriott Tampa Water Street. moffitt.org/give/ get-involved/magnolia. Feb. 17: 65th annual Queen of Hearts Ball, which benefits Wheelchairs 4 Kids and the Inspire Equine Assisted Center. $200. 6 p.m. Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront. queenofheartsball.org. Feb. 17: Diamond Gala: A Decade of Fostering Hope, which benefits A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay. $350. 4:30 p.m. The Motor Enclave. 813-3813839 or give.akidsplacetb.org/2024gala. Feb. 23: Gala for Our Stars, which benefits American Stage Theatre Company. Features Tymisha Harris as the legendary Josephine Baker. $300. 6 p.m. The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art. americanstage.org. Feb. 23: Imagination Factory, a gala that benefits the Glazer Children’s Museum. $250. 6:30 p.m. Armature Works. glazermuseum.org/ imagination. Feb. 23: Tampa Bay Choice Affair, which benefits Planned Parenthood of Southwest & Central Florida. $250. 6 p.m. Hilton Tampa Downtown. e.givesmart.com/events/y1m. March 1-2: WineFest 2024: "Grapebusters," which benefits the Tampa Theatre. March 1: Premium tasting, $125 ($115 members). 7 p.m. Grand tasting, $80 ($70 members). 8 p.m. March 2: Multi-course wine pairing and auction. $400 or $750/pair. 6 p.m. Tampa Theatre. tampatheatre.org/ winefest.

March 8: Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon, which benefits the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. $150 single tickets. 12 p.m. Armature Works. 813-262-1768 or gswcf.org/wod. March 8: The Chiselers Market Minaret Mixer shopping preview party, which benefits the preservation of historic Plant Hall. $150. 6 p.m. Plant Hall, University of Tampa. thechiselersinc.com. March 9: The 59th annual Chiselers Market, an upscale resale shopping experience. Free admission. 9 a.m. Plant Hall, University of Tampa. thechiselersinc.com. March 9: USF Alumni Association Green & Gold Gala. $125 general admission, $100 alumni 35 and younger. 7 p.m. The Florida Aquarium. eventful.usf.edu/alumni/featured-events/green-gold-gala. March 22: Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce’s 18th annual Women of Influence Luncheon. Featured speaker is documentary filmmaker Sarah Moshman. $125. 11 a.m. JW Marriott Tampa Water Street. tampachamber. com. March 23: MAACM’s Annual Gala, which benefits the Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. $125 MAACM members, $150 non-members. 7 p.m. 727-440-4859 or museumaacm.org.

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March 2: 30th annual Bravura Brunch, which benefits The Florida Orchestra. $95. 11 a.m. Innisbrook Golf Resort. tfonsa.org. March 2: Carnevale: Opera Tampa Grand Gala, which benefits Opera Tampa. $450. 6 p.m. Straz Center for the Performing Arts. 813-222-1275 or operatampa.org. March 6: 9th annual Spring Soiree, which benefits Hospice Women of Philanthropy, with guest speaker Suleika Jaouad. $85. 11:30 a.m. University of Tampa Vaughn Center. chaptershealth.org/foundation/spring-soiree. March 7: Spirit of Achievement Awards Dinner, which benefits Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay. $500. 6 p.m. JW Marriott Tampa Water Street. Honorees include Rondé Barber, Chad Chronister and the late Carol Jenkins Barnett. jatampabay.org.

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