Bay Magazine November 2021

A MAGAZINE OF THE TAMPA BAY TIMES

NOVEMBER 2021

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NOVEMB ER ISSU E

GREETINGS Tampa had Maas Brothers department stores, where shoppers could enjoy a sit-down lunch in the Suncoast Restaurant, but other dining options were limited. WestShore Plaza was in business but it wouldn’t be until 1972 that an ad in the Evening Independent (then one of several bay area newspapers) heralded the opening of Tyrone Square Mall, “the largest and finest enclosed mall in Florida.’’

FROM BAY EDITOR SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN

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n 1971, shortly before the holidays, my parents retired and we moved from New York City to the Tampa Bay area. Along with the switch from an apartment to the first house we had ever owned came other unfamiliar experiences: • Shopping for the turkey at a grocery store with a strange-to-us name. “I wonder why they called it Publix,” my mother kept remarking.

• Eating Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner on the porch. In shorts. And sandals.

• Adding a tropical salad to our traditional holiday fare — ambrosia, made with oranges from a tree in our very own backyard.

Exactly 50 years later, this wonderful part of Florida is still my home. I’ve spent most of those years at the Tampa Bay Times, where I’ve been a reporter, editor and foreign correspondent.

(I still have a burqua from when I covered the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan). Now, starting with this issue, I am the editor of Bay. It is hard to overstate how much the area has changed since I first set foot here. Back in 1971, Tampa International Airport’s revolutionary new terminal was just a few months old, but the rickety bridge linking St. Petersburg to Manatee County wouldn’t be replaced for another 16 years.

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In the early ’70s, there were no Rays, no Bucs, no Lightning. There was no Dalí Museum, no Tampa Museum of Art, no Florida Aquarium.

American Stage and the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts were years away: A night of live theater in 1971 likely meant a buffet and a performance of Once Upon a Mattress or The Sound of Music at the Showboat Dinner Theater on two-lane Ulmerton Road.

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Welcome to the Belleview, where high-fashion looks and local history intersect.

14 SHOPPING

Searching for something unique and special?

Look no further than the local museum gift store.

Today, the Tampa Bay area can more than hold its own among major metro areas when it comes to sports, the arts, shopping and dining.

As we enter another holiday season in the shadow of a pandemic, it’s a time to give thanks for all we have. But we should also remember the many people we have lost as well as the many still struggling.

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If you can, please donate to organizations that help with food, housing and other necessities, or lend your time to a charity or other nonprofit.

I volunteer at the Suncoast Hospice Resale Store in St. Petersburg. Running the cash register and bagging items has given me great appreciation for those who make their living in the retail industry.

40 TREATS

Whether your favorite pastime is browsing a resale shop or an upscale boutique, exploring one of our great museums, cheering for your favorite team, trying out a fabulous new restaurant or just enjoying our fine fall weather, here’s hoping for a happy, healthy holiday season in our beautiful bay area!

50 PROFILE

Contact Susan Taylor Martin at smartin@ tampabay.com.

Treasured menorahs help bring a St. Petersburg family together for Hanukkah.

24 FOOD

Enjoy a spot of afternoon tea, a 20-year tradition at the Chattaway in St. Petersburg.

From British bacon to Cadbury Crunchies, satisfy a taste for Merry Old England at London Pride.

44 TRAVEL

A visit to the island of Nantucket, known as “The Faraway Land,” is the perfect getaway.

Party pros Frank Clemente and Lynn McGhee haven’t let the pandemic sideline them or clients.

54 FESTIVAL

The Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading kicks off virtually Nov. 8 with a stellar author lineup.

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CREATIVE DIRECTOR Nikki Life nlife@tampabay.com

COPY EDITOR Dawn Cate FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER Brian James, brian@brianjamesgallery.com

Bay is published eight times a year by Times Publishing Co. and delivered to Tampa Bay Times subscribers in select neighborhoods in Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties.

Copyright 2021. Vol. 14, No. 6.

THE TAMPA BAY TIMES CHAIRMAN AND CEO Paul C. Tash PRESIDENT Conan Gallaty EDITOR AND VICE PRESIDENT Mark Katches BAY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Ellen E. Clarke VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND MARKETING Bruce Faulmann RETAIL SENIOR ADVERTISING MANAGER Mark Shurman National/Major Senior Advertising Manager Kelly Spamer Pinellas Advertising Manager Jennifer Bonin Automotive & Real Estate Advertising Manager Larry West North Suncoast Sales Manager Jessica Petroski FULFILLMENT MANAGER Gerald Gifford IMAGING AND PRODUCTION Brian Baracani, Greg Kennicut, Gary Zolg REGIONAL HOME DELIVERY MANAGERS Diann Bates, Rob Jennings

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FROM THE COVER Photo by Tim Creagan

A WARM WELCOME With its brick stairs leading to the front door, this townhome in South Tampa’s Ballast Point area was the perfect place for our stylist Tim Creagan to stage inviting fall decor. The centerpiece is a custom wreath from the Potting Shed.

We added some tropical plants for color and a nod to Tampa Bay’s balmy fall weather. Lining the steps with reusable pumpkins is a classic way to honor the season at this traditional-style home.

As Thanksgiving draws closer, even passersby will appreciate the warmth and love projected by this attractive display. Styling tip: Focus on just a small area so a project won’t seem daunting to assemble. Have fun setting your “stage” for you and others to enjoy. — Susan Taylor Martin Custom wreaths, $168 and up. Forever pumpkins, $48 and up. Bromeliads in Italian clay pots, $200 and up. The Potting Shed can also make wreaths for any season, and premade wreaths are available for immediate purchase. The Potting Shed is at 4127 S MacDill Ave., Tampa. 813-831-1969. the-pottingshed. com.

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GET CREATIVE WITH MUSEUM GIFTS

BY TIM CREAGAN • PHOTOS BY BRIAN JAMES Tampa Bay has perhaps the greatest variety of museums of any part of Florida. And for shoppers, its many museum gift shops offer an array of both decorative and practical items sure to please even the most discriminating of recipients. Admission to the museums is not required, but while you’re there, check out their fabulous collections.

D’Argenta miniature chairs, $384 each. Red lips ornament, $11. Watch ornament, $13. Dalí Museum, 1 Dalí Blvd., St. Petersburg. 727-823-3767. thedali.org.

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Opal Art glass mood sphere in purple, $260. Ron Hinkle time warp tumblers, $40 each. Opal Art glass hanging jellyfish, $65. Via Graceffo Murano Christmas tree in violet, $65. Imagine Museum, 1901 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-300-1700. imaginemuseum.com. bay / 15

Headphone ornament, $15. Glass ball ornaments, $15 each. Laurie Freivogel fused glass cheese tray, $85. Trivet, $42. Coaster, $18. Catch-all dish, $28.

Matte gold-tone cheese knife set, $38. Tampa Museum of Art, 120 Gasparilla Plaza. 813-421-8386. tampamuseum.org.

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Glass bowl by Benjamin Ugol (above), $225. Available in custom colors. Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.

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The Morean Arts Center also offers a personal glass experience, guiding you as you make a vase, hanging ornament or paperweight, for $90. In addition, Benjamin Ugol, who made the bowl for our photo shoot, will create a handmade work of art in your choice of colors for a customized gift. You may want to watch your gift come to life and take pictures for the recipient.

Price varies depending on the project.

Wine stopper by Chuck Boux, $28. Ornament by Anjali Singh and Rich Fizer, $20. Glass flowers by Edelweis Walker, $25 and up.

Phone holder by Edelweis Walker, $75. Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-822-7872. moreanartscenter.org. bay / 17

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TRADITION BURNS BRIGHTLY

BY SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN • PHOTOS BY BOYZELL HOSEY

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very year Erin Eichenbaum’s family gathers at her Snell Isle home for the start of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. They eat potato latkes and other traditional foods, then as darkness falls they light the menorahs. And what a collection of menorahs it is. There’s a menorah dating back generations. There’s the menorah designed by the famed Judaic artist David Klass. And there is the menorah that Eichenbaum, a St. Petersburg native, made when she was in kindergarten at the now-closed Pinellas County Jewish Day School.

This year the first candles will be lit Nov. 28, marking the start of the eightday celebration that runs to Dec. 6. “It’s very festive,” Eichenbaum says.

Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, a Jewish group, over their oppressors and the rededication of their temple in Jerusalem.

They had only enough oil to light the temple for one day, but miraculously it lasted eight days — hence the menorah with holders for eight candles, one to be lit each day of Hanukkah.

The oldest, largest and most ornate menorah in the Eichenbaum family collection, pictured with Eichenbaum at left, was found 20 years ago in an antique store in Italy by a grandparent living there at the time. Made of sterling silver in the late 1800s, it is the only menorah that uses oil instead of candles. “We’ve never actually lit it but it’s a lovely piece,” Eichenbaum says.

She and husband David, a physician, received one of the menorahs as a wedding gift in 2001. (They now have two children, Mari, 9, and Max, 4.)

The menorah was made by Jay Strongwater, a designer acclaimed for his lavishly bejeweled gift items.

Other menorahs in the family collection include one from Denmark and another that an aunt prizes because she found it in an upscale women’s accessories store “not known for having Jewish items,” as Eichenbaum puts it.

Hanukkah is considered a relatively minor religious holiday but has gained popularity in the United States and elsewhere because it occurs around the same time as Christmas. And like Christmas, “it’s just a lovely time for everyone to get together,” Eichenbaum says.

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ovember and December are perhaps the most hectic months of the year, what with all the cooking, cleaning, shopping and decorating to prepare for the holidays. Settling back with a hot cup of tea can provide a welcome break during busy days.

Or you could go full pomp with a traditional English afternoon tea. For that we turned to Gillian Frers, who with her two daughters has been hosting teas at the Chattaway in St. Petersburg for the past 20 years. Although better known for its burgers and outdoor seating, the beloved restaurant has a cozy dining room-tea room painted in Wedgwood blue and white with royal memorabilia lining the walls. It is here that you can enjoy an “afternoon tea,” which, as Frers quickly points out, is not what many people mistakenly call a “high tea.”

“High tea is a heavy meal. It’s meant to be the last meal of the day,” says Frers, who was born in London. “It’s very confusing to Americans. High tea sounds like a very special, glamorous affair when in fact it was what the lower classes ate as the last meal of the day.”

Afternoon tea, by contrast, probably started during Queen Victoria’s reign as a light meal to sustain the aristocracy between lunch and dinner. But “light” in this context doesn’t mean skimpy: Guests often carry home leftovers. At Chattaway’s, the table is set with fresh flowers, a pretty teapot, matching teacups and saucers, small plates and a two-tier server. Guests eat from the bottom up, starting with dainty sandwiches that typically include cucumber and butter; chicken or egg salad; and roast beef with cheese. Next come scones with coddled cream or double cream, topped with lemon curd, marmalade or strawberry jam. And there’s more: petits fours, macarons and a chocolate and vanilla mousselike confection. “Technically it’s only two little desserts but because we are Americans we serve more,” says Amanda Kitto, Frers’ younger daughter.

Now 88, Frers left England decades ago after marrying an American serviceman stationed there. They divorced, and she later wed a man whose family owned the Chattaway, which is about to celebrate its 100th year in business. For much of that time, the room was a bar with a pool table. Frers hit on the idea of serving afternoon tea but started “slowly and cautiously.”

It’s only in recent years that she brought pieces of her prized Wedgwood china collection from home to the restaurant, fearing that someone would swipe them. No one ever has.

The Chattaway is at 358 22nd Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-823-1594. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Mondays through Thursdays and Sundays, until 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Reservations for afternoon tea must be made at least 48 hours in advance. The cost is $35 per person.

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EMERGING FROM THE PAST

BY SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN • PHOTOS BY BRIAN JAMES

Transformed over the years, the historic Belleview in Belleair is a grand backdrop for modern looks.

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ABOVE: Visitors relax on the south lawn of the Hotel Belleview in about 1930 in Belleair. The original main facade of the building is shown on the left. Photo courtesy of Mike Sanders

RIGHT: The grounds of the Belleview once contained a bicycle track with grandstand that was also used for horse racing. Rotate Katian shorts, $200. Rotate Irina cropped blouse, $240. Marc Jacobs mini traveler leather tote, $375. Open Edit adjustable floppy wool hat, $39. Schutz Maryana pointed-toe boot, $238.

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ate in the year, when the trees were bare and the air turned cold, the wealthy of the Gilded Age would pack their trunks, board lavishly appointed trains and head south. Many would disembark near land’s end, at the grand Hotel Belleview overlooking Clearwater Bay. Here, they could fish for tarpon, waltz under Tiffany glass in the ballroom or simply relax on the broad front porch of what was said to be the world’s largest occupied wooden structure.

ABOVE: Until 1986, the Belleview was open only during the social season from late fall to late winter. Mac Duggal one-shoulder chiffon gown, $398. Nordstrom cubic zirconia tennis bracelet, $99. Nordstrom. nordstrom.com. Kate Landry diamond-pearl clutch, $65. Cezanne silver ring, $16. Cezanne stretch crystal bracelet, $45. Cezanne rectangle crystal hoops, $20. Gianni Bini Vivyee rhinestone clear-toe pumps, $110. Dillard’s. dillards.com.

LEFT: The lobby of the Belleview Inn is the largest surviving part of the original hotel. Alice + Olivia ruffle-sleeve top, $275. Alice + Olivia high-waist faux leather pant, $295. Neiman Marcus. neimanmarcus.com. Mignonne Gavigan silver fringe earrings, $225. Nordstrom cubic zirconia tennis bracelet, $99. Nordstrom. nordstrom.com. Cezanne silver ring, $16.

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The hotel and the railroad that brought them were the creation of Henry Plant, a Connecticut entrepreneur who envisioned Florida’s west coast not only as a winter retreat but as a place to live year-round. As the area grew beyond even his expectations, the 145-room Queen Anne-style hotel drew presidents, royalty and celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Babe Ruth and Bob Dylan. It changed owners many times — one leased it as a barracks for the Army Air Corps during World War II — until loss of the waterfront property, huge maintenance costs and competition from newer hotels drove its decline. The Belleview closed in 2009, seemingly destined for the wrecking ball.

Developer J. Michael Cheezem came to the rescue.

He, like Plant, had a vision, but this time as an upscale community of condos and townhomes with a boutique hotel as its centerpiece. At a cost of $13 million, he had the core of the old hotel moved 230 feet from its original site and restored to its former glory.

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Photo by Douglas R. Clifford

Today it is known as the Belleview Inn, with 35 bedrooms, a pool and a Donald Ross-designed golf course.

The inn, the setting for our striking array of fall fashions, is the only surviving hotel of the eight that Plant built, including one in Tampa that is now part of the University of Tampa. Opened in 1897 on a bluff 45 feet above sea level, among the highest points in coastal Florida, the Belleview doubled in size after Plant died and son Morton took over at the turn of the century.

Morton added the golf course and an Olympicsize pool lined with 1 million Italian tiles. He had the roof painted green and the exterior a bright white, prompting admirers to dub the hotel the “White Queen of the Gulf.” Much talk was made of the fact that Morton had traded a mansion on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue to Cartier, the Paris jeweler that wanted a New York site, in exchange for an exquisite strand of pearls for his third wife, Maisie. Today a portrait of Maisie and her pearls hangs in the inn’s small market, where guests can buy wine, beer and snacks.

When his son was seriously injured in a car accident, Morton was shocked to discover there was no hospital nearby. He brought in a surgical train car and donated money for what is still known as Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. Morton died in 1918 and subsequent owners further enlarged the hotel to 820,000 square feet with 455 rooms. It was so big

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ABOVE: As shown in the painting by artist Christopher Still, the Belleview originally had an unobstructed view of Clearwater Bay. Badgley Mischka navy pearl blazer dress, $495. Neiman Marcus. neimanmarcus.com. Anne Klein pearl earrings, $18. Anne Klein layered pearl necklace, $75. Anne Klein pearl bracelet set, $40. Steve Madden feather tie-up sandals, $110. Cezanne silver ring, $16 Dillard’s. dillards.com.

RIGHT: Air conditioning was not installed in the hotel until 1972 — 75 years after it opened. Cult Gaia balloon-sleeve crop top, $298. Cult Gaia ankle crinkle trousers, $318. Neiman Marcus. neimanmarcus.com. Aldo snake print handbag, $55. Aldo. aldoshoes.com. Jessica Simpson Westah clear studded pumps, $89. Ana & Ava bird earrings, $30. Dillard’s. dillards.com.

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that carpet was purchased by the mile instead of the yard.

Renamed the Belleview Biltmore (after the Biltmore House in Asheville, N.C. ) and then the Belleview Mido under Japanese ownership, the hotel finally was sold to Cheezem in 2015.

Within a year, most of the building had been deconstructed except for salvageable parts like windows, doors and wood that could be reused.

Workers began excavating under the oldest part of the hotel to lay steel beams for support. It took two days to lift the structure up so it could be moved by 46 computerized hydraulic dollies.

ABOVE: The Belleview once had more than 1,700 windows. Oscar de la Renta violet dress, $2,390. Oscar de la Renta drop flower earrings, $350. Neiman Marcus. neimanmarcus. com. Steve Madden feather tie-up sandals, $110. Dillard’s silver blue stone ring, $25.

Dillard’s. dillards.com. Nordstrom cubic zirconia tennis bracelet, $99. Kendra Scott silver bracelet, $30. House of Want lavender handbag, $88. Quay white sunglasses, $55.

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LEFT: Maisie’s market is named for Morton Plant’s third wife, Maisie. He traded a Fifth Avenue mansion for pearls she coveted. Veronica Beard Miki button-down blouse with bustier, $475. Veronica Beard Lebone high-rise pants, $425. Saint Laurent cat-eye sunglasses, $380. Neiman Marcus. neimanmarcus.com. Mignonne Garigan mini Madeline earrings, $125. Nordstrom cubic zirconia tennis bracelet, $99. Marc Jacobs mini traveler leather tote, $375. Nordstrom. nordstrom.com.

The 36,000-square-foot surviving section of hotel, rotated 90 degrees to align with the foundation on its new site, began its journey. The move of less than a tenth of a mile took four hours as hundreds of spectators watched. Workers then refinished the original heart pine floors and reinstalled Tiffany-era glass ceilings as part of the restoration.

Now, 124 years after the Hotel Belleview opened, its namesake inn is part of a chain that includes the Sandpearl and Opal Sands resorts on Clearwater Beach. The inn hosts weddings and other functions, as well as guests content to just sit on the broad porches, enjoying the balmy breezes the way visitors did back in 1897.

The Belleview Inn is at 25 Belleview Blvd., Belleair. 727441-1774. thebelleviewInn.com. Information from the film “Belleview Waltz” was included in this report.

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FAR LEFT: At the Belleview’s peak size, our model’s boots could have walked on two miles of interior hallways. Cinq A Sept Khloe Boucle blazer, $395. Alice + Olivia Western postcard blouse, $295. Alice + Olivia olive shorts, $265. Neiman Marcus. neimanmarcus.com. Open Edit green-gold hoops, $19. BP multi gold rings, $10. Steve Madden cognac patent-over-the-knee boots, $119. Kurt Geiger party envelope clutch, $120.

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ucked into a small shopping plaza on Walsingham Road is a store that wouldn’t look out of place in London’s Piccadilly Circus. Just to the left of the door is a full-size replica of a red London phone booth. Shelves are lined with Cadbury chocolates, Manchester United shirts, dozens of varieties of tea and cups with Queen Elizabeth’s portrait. Here, too, are candles scented with English lavender, Harry Potter water bottles and even Fairy dish soap, a beloved staple of English kitchens.

The store is London Pride, and it caters to local Anglophiles as well as the thousands of Brits who visit or live part time in the Tampa Bay area.

“It’s a little taste of home,” London Pride owner Carole Clephane says.

“It’s a little taste of home,” says owner Carole Clephane.

Even during the pandemic, business has been so good — more than 10,000 sales so far in 2021 — that she’s opening a second store on Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa this month just in time for the Christmas rush.

A London-born accountant by profession, Clephane first toyed with the idea of owning a British-themed store in 1994 when she moved from England to Germany. Her daughter, then 4, refused to eat the unfamiliar German food.

Clephane scouted around and found a place that sold British teas, biscuits and other foodstuffs. As the family continued to move — to California, South Florida and finally the Tampa Bay area — she always made a point to look for stores stocked with products she had loved back home in England.

Popular items at the Largo store include candles and soaps.

In 2017 came the opportunity to buy a British store in Largo. Less than a week after it opened under Clephane’s ownership, Hurricane

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Irma hit and knocked out the power for three days.

“I lost every bit of food in the freezer,” she says, “and I had to close two weeks for inspections and insurance claims.”

The unexpected shutdown proved to be a blessing. It gave Clephane time to completely redo the rather drab interior with a better layout, new carpeting, fresh paint and a color scheme paying homage to the British Union Jack.

“Everything is red, white and blue, like the inside of the flag,” she says.

“People come in here and it’s like a trip down memory lane.”

Clephane lowered prices, based on the premise — correct as it turned out — that business would improve. The store also benefited from excitement over the 2018 marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. A local TV reporter came out, Clephane was repeatedly on the air and “by the time he left, I had people lined up to buy Harry and Meghan souvenirs,” she says. “That really helped us take off.”

When the pandemic hit, the store closed for several weeks. Clephane took orders online and for curbside pickup. She and her husband, a personal trainer who was temporarily out of work, also began delivering to all parts of the bay area. They have continued both services ever since.

Clephane, who buys from importers, had relatively few problems with supplies during the earliest days of the pandemic because orders already were in the pipeline. “The biggest issue now is getting (shipping) containers,” she says.

The store’s most popular item is British bacon, which is leaner and rounder than its American counterpart. On a recent Sunday, Brits visiting from Tennessee and Kentucky cleaned out the entire case.

Also in high demand are Cadbury Flakes and Cadbury Crunchies, both chocolate bars; Rowntree Wine Gums and Fruit Pastilles (a guilty pleasure of this writer); Barratt Shrimps and Bananas, a foam-textured sweet; and Walker’s Crisps, aka potato chips.

A refrigerated case in the back of the store holds dozens of other British favorites, including Cornwall pasties, crumpets and cod fillets. Except for the bacon, which is cured, products containing meat like pork rolls and shepherd’s pie cannot be imported, so Clephane gets those from a British company in Cape Coral.

More recently, Clephane added gift items including the lavender-

A variety of popular grocery items from across the pond is available at London Pride. A second location will open this month in Tampa.

scented soaps and candles. A supplier suggested Harry Potter-themed items. She was initially skeptical “but it’s been a hit.’’

The store contains personal touches as well. Clephane makes her own coverings, called cozies, for the many types of teapots she sells, including the Brown Betty found in millions of British homes. She collects royal memorabilia; one cup dates back to the 1930s. A huge, limitededition book that contains stunning photo portraits of “The Queen’s People” — guards, aides in waiting, etc. — is kept in a specially made locked case. Clephane wears white gloves when turning the pages.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year, marking her 70th year on the throne, promises to be another huge royal event for which Clephane will stock extra souvenirs and trinkets. Enduring interest in the royals is one reason she decided to open a second store; the spread of Brits throughout the west coast of Florida is another.

“I’ve put a lot of my heart and soul into this store and it is really well established,” Clephane says. “But I’ve grown here as much as I can.”

London Pride is at 14100 Walsingham Road, Largo. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. 727-5173550. The new store is set to open this month at 4036 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. londonpride.com.

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hether navigating the cobblestone streets of downtown, pacing the widow’s walks atop the weather-shingled houses or hiking the narrow

footpath of the Sconset bluff, it’s easy to appreciate the allure of Nantucket.

Named “The Faraway Land” by its first occupants, the Wampanoag tribe, the island 30 miles off the southern coast of Cape Cod, Mass., is a summer haven but now draws visitors year-round. Among them: President Joe Biden and his family, who have been spending Thanksgiving here since 1975.

Enjoy a little shopping at Old South Wharf.

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Plenty of tourists were milling about during our recent getaway to the island. The neighborhoods of gray Cape Cod cottages and businesses were waist-high in beds of flowering blue, violet, white and pink hydrangeas. And the breeze from the ocean was crisp, requiring sweaters in the evenings or for outdoor dining.

Masks were required indoors during our visit and the policy was strictly upheld.

Comfortable shoes are a must on Nantucket’s stone streets. According to the island’s historical association, Main Street was first paved with the stones in the 1830s and local

Sankaty Head Lighthouse is a must-see on a visit to Nantucket, Mass. Photo by Nikki Life

legends have them coming from the ballasts once used to level ships. The town itself was developed around 1659 by nine English settlers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

They brought farming and the Quaker faith to the island and took up fishing and whaling from the natives.

During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Nantucket dominated the whaling trade.

Residents first harvested beached whales and later went offshore to spear the massive mammals to process for oil and food. The downtown Whaling Museum features the skeleton of a 46-foot sperm whale hovering over a small, wooden boat with the harpoons used to capture the creatures.

When whales became a protected species in the 20th century, whale watching became the bigger business on Nantucket. Fishing boats regularly spot breaching humpback whales or the endangered North American right whales within miles of the coastline. We hired a guide

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Explore the island’s history at the Whaling Museum. Photo by William DeSousa-Mauk

A sunset meal at the Galley Beach restaurant is memorable. Photo by Kathy Saunders

for a day of deep-sea fishing, leaving from the docks adjacent to downtown. While we didn’t spot any whales, our captain, Pete Kaizar of Althea K Sport Fishing Charters, said he had seen a number of them the day before. He and his first mate, Scott Riddle, helped us reel in six 70- to 80-pound bluefin tuna. We kept our legal limit of two, which the captain filleted and shipped home for us.

Because the island is only 14 miles long, it’s easy to drive from downtown to the eastern shore to hike along the Sconset Bluff Walk, a public path from Siasconset to the Sankaty Head Lighthouse. The shoreline is lined with manicured summer homes that rent for upwards of $25,000 a week during peak season. Most have private, gated walkways

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The Main Street Fountain is a local landmark. Photo courtesy of the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce

to the uninhabited coastline below, where the views are breathtaking.

Before our hike we stopped at Bartlett’s Farm on Nantucket’s south shore to browse the fresh vegetables and flowers grown on the 100-acre, family-owned property. We visited the Farm Kitchen to order sandwiches for a picnic lunch on a picture-perfect day.

Bartlett’s is also among the many wedding venues on Nantucket. Our hotel, the White Elephant, located in the downtown historic district, hosted an outdoor wedding the evening we arrived. And Topper’s Restaurant at the Wauwinet, where we ate dinner the next night, was the site of another intimate sunset wedding during our visit.

At Topper’s we sat outside amid flower beds and tomato plants and ate fresh seafood, including an appetizer of local Retsyo oysters on the half shell, harvested 300 yards away in Nantucket Bay. One of our favorite meals was at the Galley Beach, where we sat at a table in the sand along Nantucket Sound. The pan-roasted halibut and the miso butter-poached local lobster were delicious, but the sunset view was, as the French say, the real lagniappe. For dessert, we visited the Juice Bar in downtown Nantucket a few times for homemade ice cream. The smell of the shop’s warm waffle cones wafts through the village throughout the day.

And twice for breakfast, we headed to the Island Kitchen, a favorite of locals. We became addicted to the homemade, flower-shaped Fleur de Lys Belgian Waffles with pure maple syrup.

While shopping at the boutiques and antique stores in town, we bought my husband, Joe, a pair of traditional red canvas shorts, known as Nantucket Reds, from Murray’s Toggery Shop.

The trousers have been famous since the 1960s for their unique color inspired by the red canvas sails of boats off the coast of Brittany.

Temperatures during our visit were in the low 70s, ideal for any activity, including an evening walk on the beach or building a fire pit in the sand. All of Nantucket’s beaches are public and fires are permitted as long as they are used for cooking. Roasting marshmallows counts!

GETTING THERE A few major airlines fly directly to Nantucket Memorial Airport, as well as a number of smaller airlines, although most visitors arrive by ferries operated by the Steamship Authority.

A traditional ferry from Hyannis to Nantucket takes two hours and 15 minutes, and the highspeed, passenger-only ferry can get you there in an hour. The ferries book up quickly during tourist season so it’s a good idea to check those schedules before booking hotel rooms. Also, gusty weather can delay or cancel flights and ferries to and from the island on short notice.

For information, visit steamshipauthority.com.

Each Nantucket Basket purse takes roughly six to eight months to make. Photo by Kathy Saunders

IT’S AN ISLAND THING

BY KATHY SAUNDERS

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orget Chanel, Gucci and Louis Vuitton: The “it” handbag on the island of Nantucket is the Nantucket Basket purse. The way to spot society regulars at area restaurants is by the decorative baskets strategically positioned on tabletops.

While Nantucket Lightship Baskets were originally made in the 1800s on whaling vessels, the first purses were created on Nantucket in the 1950s by a Filipino named Jose Reyes who came to appreciate the baskets after marrying a woman from the island.

“He decided to try something new and make them into purses,” said John Sylvia of the Four Winds Craft Guild and Sylvia Antiques on Nantucket’s Main Street. “He created a cottage industry.”

Reyes came from a family of basket weavers in the Philippines and knew how time-consuming it was to make the rattan and cane baskets with the signature wooden bottoms. Sylvia added handles, lids and ivory carvings of a whale by local fisherman and craftsman Charlie Sayle.

Today, Sayle’s son, Bill, and his wife Judy make most of the Nantucket Lightship Baskets, Sylvia said. Each purse is custom made and can be embellished with carvings made from the tusks of extinct woolly mammoths found in Siberia, where climate change is causing the frozen tundra to melt after thousands of years. The baskets, which darken with age, take roughly six to eight months to complete and start at about $2,000.

Until recently, Nantucket had an entire museum dedicated to the basket. That museum partnered with the Nantucket Historical Association in March and is now part of the Whaling Museum on Broad Street.

Sylvia’s shop of handmade island crafts and folk art has several of the vintage baskets for sale. The Reyes creations range from $3,000 to $8,000 depending on the size and age. Many of the basket purses are handed down through generations, Sylvia said, adding, “Frank Sinatra once came and bought three of them.”

To get information on the Reyes baskets or to order custom baskets, visit fourwindscraftguild.com.

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irst the alpha strain, and then the delta variant, the coronavirus sent event professionals scrambling to add public health protocols to their creative, technical and logistical planning.

“COVID-19 impacted everything we know and love,” said Frank Clemente, co-principal with Lynn McGhee of FrankLynn Visual Marketing.

Between them, they share a collective 40 years of pleasing teary brides and stressed-out gala chairmen. Previously doing business as ConceptBait Global Events from 1998 to 2018, their glitzy gala decors helped raise millions of dollars at fundraisers including Pavilion at the Tampa Museum of Art, Broadway Ball at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and Moffitt Cancer Center’s Magnolia Ball. The party pros are especially known for McGhee’s colorful, patented spandex table and chair covers.

A Night in Wonderland was the theme for an HSN gala McGhee and Clemente designed. Photo courtesy of Frank Clemente and Lynn McGhee

In March 2020, two months after launching their new firm, two words changed the world: social distance, the very antithesis of the social connections they work so hard to create.

Clemente, 59, and McGhee, 60, spoke about industry changes in the wake of a pandemic, offering a few tips on how they have been working to make guests feel safe as the calendar starts to fill up again.

How has business held up since the coronavirus started trying to sneak onto the guest list?

MCGHEE: We were lucky. No one asked for deposits back, they just postponed, mostly without setting a new date. We did a birthday party one year to the day later, just 50 people and most were vaccinated by then. We turned a Jaguar dealer showroom into an enchanted forest.

Weddings are starting again, but with half the guests. Everything on the books is scaled so far back, from an airplane hangar to a backyard.

Lynn McGhee, left, and Frank Clemente launched their new firm, FrankLynn Visual Marketing, in 2020. Photo by Brian James 50 / bay

The clients are ready to go, but for the hospitality industry, it’s not business as usual. The biggest challenge, for the venues and production companies,

Clemente and McGhee won first place at the Longest Table for client the Mill restaurant in St. Petersburg. Photo courtesy of Frank Clemente and Lynn McGhee

is labor. There’s a big difference between what the venue will allow you to do and what the industry can source.

CLEMENTE: The renovation of the Vinoy Renaissance hotel was our lifesaver. Bryan Glazer bought the property in 2018 and has been very slowly renovating throughout the pandemic, no detail overlooked. They used the Grand Ballroom for meeting space to social distance and every time they took out an 18-foot window, we’d come in and drape it like a window treatment. We put them up and took them down, one section at a time, so they could work on the windows without disrupting the look and feel of the room.

25 to 35 percent markup on what I quoted you a year ago, because of labor shortages and the costs of materials and shipping. But now, what you would have spent on 250 guests is for 150 guests. Because food and beverages are already paid for, you can imagine more perks, more amenities.

Your event may not be what you would have wanted in terms of size and scope, but your guests are having an amazing time and feel special in the grand scheme of things. In that scenario, everyone wins. The venue looks good, the guests experience exceptional service and the organization gets the event of a lifetime because nothing is being cut out of their budget.

Have you seen any positive consequences of the new normal?

MCGHEE: I think people are more aware of their surroundings, of the importance of sanitation. I find that I keep a safer distance in line now. I think all these ideas should stay.

CLEMENTE: The saving grace is that the budget remains the same even as people have to cut back on attendance. You would have seen a

Can you share some ideas to help a bride or nonprofit make guests and supporters feel less anxious about in-person gatherings?

CLEMENTE: The last thing the host wants is a super spreader. So keep things minimal — limited menus, less seating, spaced apart, no clustering at bars or buffets. Pass hors d’oeuvres on disposable plates, finger food or plastic utensils. The staff is always masked and sometimes gloved. bay / 51

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Invitations should say what is expected if you want masks or vaccine cards, so no one feels awkward at the door. Some are saying no children because they can’t get vaccinated yet. Let people know, if they’ve been traveling or around anyone who tested positive, that you will find another way for them to give. There’s no etiquette for something like this, you just have to go on the honor system. The client shouldn’t be nervous. They’re counting on the designer and venue to have the proper plan in place.

MCGHEE: See who on the guest list might feel more comfortable sitting with certain other people. We did a wedding where they sat just three people at each table. Really, just about everybody’s answer, including restaurants, is to move your event outside.

Do you expect most charities will continue to livestream donor appeals and virtual auctions from now on?

MCGHEE: I do not. They are a way to continue to generate much-needed support for these wonderful organizations. It has made us all realize that the world goes on and where there’s a will there’s a way. That being said, I think people need to get out and see each other face-to-face and see all the good that these events do.

CLEMENTE: People are social, they like to dress up and feel like they’ve supported a cause. Humans are meant to be physically around each other, not on a video monitor.

Have you found anything you like about virtual events?

CLEMENTE: Virtuals are not our thing, but when the SPCA Tampa Bay canceled the 2020 and then the 2021 galas, we turned 15- and 30-second snippets of videos into 12 hours of Paw It Forward, basically a telethon. CEOs, sponsors and staff recorded with their pets and it was picked up by every major radio, TV and internet news outlet in the Tampa Bay market. They raised more than they have ever received.

The night before, people gathered with their “bubble” at small dinners, at restaurants and homes, to watch. That made it special. To be together, all dressed up, was almost like visiting a time this dystopian world can’t have right now.

One good thing we noticed is nonprofits who are always asking restaurants to help them returned the support by ordering full-price meals during their virtual events. It was good to see the restaurants get their due for all the years they helped them.

Tell me something new and exciting you’re looking forward to.

CLEMENTE: Have you seen the new JW Marriott Tampa Water Street? It’s the largest hotel venue in Tampa Bay — three floors of event space — small, intermediate and a mega ballroom where the Raptors played some of their home basketball games. It seats 2,000 and around 3,000 for a standup. We’ve never had that before. This is a game changer.

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All festival authors will be interviewed live via Zoom by Times book editor Colette Bancroft, with a Q&A with viewers. Six of the seven events are free, with registration to receive a link. One event is a ticketed fundraiser for the festival. Register for the free talks, buy a ticket or purchase festival authors’ books at festivalofreading.com.

The festival kicks off at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 with Lauren Groff, the author of six books, including the short story collection Florida. Her newest, Matrix, a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award, is a historical novel about Marie de France, who left the 12 century French court to become a nun.

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At 7 p.m. Nov. 10, Honorée Fannone Jeffers will talk about her debut novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois. Published in August, named an Oprah’s Book Club novel and long-listed for the 2021 National Book Award, it tells the story of a Black family across several centuries.

At 7 p.m. Nov. 11, Ace Atkins and Lisa Unger return for their annual Books and Bourbon appearance. Atkins is the author of 11 bestselling crime novels about Mississippi Sheriff Quinn Colson —the latest is The Heathens — and eight about Robert B. Parker’s iconic Spenser character.

Unger is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author. Her new psychological thriller, Last Girl Ghosted, was published in October.

At 2 p.m. Nov. 12, the festival welcomes two of Florida’s most acclaimed environmental journalists. Cynthia Barnett, who teaches at the

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At 2 p.m. Nov. 13, Scott Carson joins the festival, although you might have seen him at previous festivals under his real name, Michael Koryta. His new book, Where They Wait, is a creepy horror novel about a journalist who profiles a man who has developed an app that shapes dreams.

The festival’s grand finale will be Louise Erdrich, this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel The Night Watchman. She’ll be talking about The Sentence, which will be published Nov. 9. Set in Minneapolis in 2020, amid the pandemic and protests, it’s a timely look at a marriage and a wickedly funny ghost story.

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Tampa Museum of Art CITY: Fashion + Art + Culture The Champagne bubbled and the crowd sparkled at CITY: Fashion + Art + Culture, where the guests are always as glamorous as the runway models. Co-chairpersons Enrique Crespo and Allison Beard Luzier hosted the 10th annual Tampa Museum of Art fundraiser Sept. 25 featuring internationally renowned Indian American designer Bibhu Mohapatra, who happens to be married to her uncle.

The stunning ready-to-wear collection, livestreamed on Instagram from the museum terrace, showed off his lifelong love of Indian textiles and vibrant colors. His fashions popped up in the audience, too, on Luzier, Allison Casper Adams, Nina Traviesa, Natalie Annis Godwin, Sarah Brownlee and other fashionistas who purchased gorgeous gowns to wear to the event. If you missed it, be there Jan. 22 for CITY 2022 with designer Silvia Tcherassi. — Amy Scherzer (photos courtesy of Foto Bohemia)

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Guests herded over to the Cattle Baron’s Ball “to give cancer the boot” and return screening rates to prepandemic levels with funds raised Oct. 9 at the annual hoedown for the American Cancer Society. Event chairman Adam Johnson Weintraub and his folks, honorary chairpersons Steve and Julie Johnson-Weintraub, shared their family’s experience. (Steve fought prostate cancer last year.) The Southern Train band lined up a lively gang of boot-scootin’ two-steppers after dinner of steak and shrimp at the Tampa Marriott Water Street. Comedian Tom Cotter and WDUV 105.5 the Dove’s Ann Kelly emceed, lassoing donors that included presenting sponsors Lauren and Chris Schellman. The event raised more than $500,000 for research, education and cancer prevention awareness. — Amy Scherzer (photos courtesy of Rick Tauceda)

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Tampa Hispanic Heritage Man and Woman of the Year Gala Felicitations to Tampa Hispanic Heritage’s 2021 Man and Woman of the Year: Romulo “Remy” Camargo, retired U.S. Army officer and the founder of the Stay In Step Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center, and Monica Rodriguez, a health care plan sales manager whose volunteer work encompasses at least a dozen organizations. Since 1979, the nonprofit foundation has honored outstanding citizens dedicated to preserving the Spanish culture, language and traditions. Gala go-chairpeople president Maribel Garrett and vice president Maria Bermudez-Torres, along with emcee Marco Villarreal, a WFLA-Ch.8 reporter, welcomed 200 guests to the awards party at the Hilton Tampa Downtown on Oct. 16 with entertainment by Il Tempo, the On the Edge dancers from the Frank Rey Studio and the Spanish Lyric Theater. — Amy Scherzer (photos courtesy of Manuel Porteles / MiramArt)

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FARA Energy Ball Eight potential therapies for the neuromuscular disease Friedreich’s Ataxia are in the pipeline, said FARA Energy Ball founders Suzanne and Paul Avery, all treatments advanced by the $15 million the annual gala has raised for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance and the USF Ataxia Research Center. Last year’s benefit was broadcast on YouTube. This year 450 people masked up to celebrate at the Marriott Water Street in Tampa, including two tables of guests living with FA, while a worldwide network of supporters watched online, honorary co-chairpersons Janell and Steve Griggs among them. The Blonde Ambition band rocked the “Peace, Love and the Cure” theme as emcee Wendy Ryan and auctioneer Scott Robertson grooved up $1.6 million for clinical trials and research. — Amy Scherzer (photos courtesy of Joe Photo Tampa)

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