Ad_Page.indd 1 101317 640 PM In full holiday splendor, Russian dancers deliver a unique version of the traditional ballet, The Nutcracker, delighting audiences all ages at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall this December. 24 MOSCOW BALLETS GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER 28 SUPER VOLUNTEERS 32 HOLIDAY MEMORIES From training dogs that will assist veterans to reading books blind, Southwest Floridas volunteers have stepped up plate and given endless hours their time help people in community live life fullest. Floridians recall family traditions, celebrations memorable moments from past Thanksgiving Days, Christmas mornings Hanukkah candle lightings. 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Wearing 1920s-style garb, well-dressed staff provides attentive service throughout large space feels both casual someplace same time. restaurant offers entertainment includes crooning classic songs favorites. business nature Lopez. grew working cooks summer breaks, he says. me, them. been ever since years. his own, chose locate city Doral Miami explaining, financial port United States constantly growing. multicultural life. success east fueled Lopezs across Alligator Alley, where fell Mall. standpoint, growing fast, saw opportunities around. company thrives innovation, according Lopez, though adds, respect elements cuisine. This mixture between results. menu specialties touch local fare Among Divetios highlights left wine list pairs ultimate tableside experience, Ruota di Parmigiano, presented manager Alfredo Cedeo right, evening featuring TOP PHOTOS DANIELA JAEGER OTHER ON THIS AND OPPOSITE PAGE DIVIETO RISTORANTE measure. Take, example, tropical tuna tartar refreshing jicama taco. taco, root vegetable thinly shaved, filled mix surimi, mayo serrano pepper. 70-plus items, including dozen pastas prepared wheat gluten-free noodles. guest experience big equation, explains, era depersonalized, try serve food, visit guests pleasant experience. He cites preparation signature Parmigiano example. giant wheel aged Reggiano rolled tableside, fettucine alfredo pasta ceremoniously poured hollowed center. hot melts outer layer cheese, seductively pulling sauce extradecadent treat. Whatever do, dont leave extra bits cheese scraped top side bowl. pizza served thin crust, several combinations pear, Gorgonzola, balsamic onions, candied walnuts arugula mozzarella, mascarpone Parmesan sauted mushrooms, ham drizzle white truffle oil. slow-braised pork shank ossobuco towering hearty, rich, risotto. carpaccio perfectly shaved enough share, arugula, drizzle. Open lunch dinner, accommodate preferences, private VIP room larger parties celebrations. main spacious still cozy seats clear view kitchen. indoor terrace quieter intimate atmosphere, outdoor perfect people-watching courses. bar expansive place friends. Here youll well-prepared cocktails covers Italy. restaurant, class cuisine, Point. Birch regular contributor, fine fun times. Shes well-known media personality Florida. IF YOU GO 23161 Village Way, Suite 101, 239-390-2977 divietoristorante.com Hours 11-10 Sunday Thursday 11-11 Friday Saturday 15 THE RADAR MANDY CARTER Wonderful getaway choices S ometimes awaybut realize cant. Luckily tourist making vacation three-day itinerary being hometown. p.m. FRIDAY Begin morning Popsicle Mimosa delicious breakfast sandwich Eatery Ryan. caf serves hearty start day would like. Gators, flamingos plants, oh see Everglades Wonder Gardens. historical roadside attraction acres botanical jungle explore. Check calendar events animal encounter Time lunch. choose from, hang beach, seafood Jacks. sure wildlife if dine patio maybe dolphin. As leave, take blue chair. Beach Park fantastic beach 2.5-acre beachfront park boardwalk, swimming gazebo number picnic shelters. letting someone around looking playful SATURDAY TRIANON BONITA BAY HOTEL BOTTOM SECOND FROM JANINA BIRTOLO Trianon Bay Hotel. boutique hotel away weeks hustle. Once settled room, head pool happy hour enjoying views lake. End night getting dressed splurging fine-dining Angelinas Ristorante. inspired dining. It begins antipasti, followed first course consists small portions. onto entres ending decadent desserts. Reservations highly recommended. dolphins, mysterious manatees array birds. Set sail Water Excursion weekend Sunset Dolphin Cruise. SUNDAY checking hotel, short Hyatt Regency Hotel end staycation elaborate buffet Tanglewood. mom travel, travel blogger her own blog Acupful. com Digital Content Engagement Editor Media. 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ART Golf lifestyle hold Art arts crafts annually Renaissance Take Everblades games below Germain Arena. annual Miromar Outlets gifts everyone list. LEFT EVERGLADES MIDDLE RIGHT NAPLES DAILY NEWS MIRAMAR OUTLETS C Arena cheer ice hockey 2172018 season. schedule comprised nine Wednesday games, games. more, floridaeverblades.com. HEER EVERBLADES SHOP TIL shopping finished 140 designer brand-name outlet shops mall Estero. Savings high 70 retail prices. listed website miromaroutlets.com. PETS difference ANN MARIE OPHEL AN PAWS PRINTS PET PHOTOGRAPHY. s gift list, remember pet donate dollars volunteer talents. People support Humane Society Naples ways, Rachael Johnston, marketing coordinator. Cash mailed via online, vehicles, blankets, toys needed, volunteers. Other creating fundraiser Facebook benefit HSN, purchasing custom brick-paver honor special, o r selling neighborhood, office school, donating sales percentage, Johnston. Also consider showing fashion luncheon, 12th Run Paws Jan. 27. OPhelan contributor Naples, 239-643-1555 naples.org location 2038 Tamiami Trail North, 239-434-7297 EXPLORER DAYNA HARPSTER Frankenmuth, Michigan, shines brightest December, celebrates Silent Night Chapel Frankenmuth sits adjacent Bronners. BRONNERS CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND sunny, 70-ish degrees precipitation arrived Bronners Wonderland mid-August. Yet, Snow Rosemary Clooney wafted parked cars speakers mounted building. football fields long absolutely Christmas. Looking ornament shaped tooth smiley braces color Need stable nativity Choose among 26 models. An artificial tree complete lights 72 speaks stocks 50,000 trims showroom. ornaments table runners trees, miniature villages stockings steins, inside, January June. beginning applies year-round More million annually. Nearly every evening, 100,000 adorn halfmile Lane. Animated decorations, lampposts canopy thats hug car, you. towns anchors Bavarian Inn, mile 230-ton, 239-foot-long narrow wooden covered bridge, representing vision titans Little Bavaria--Frankenmuths modern-day fathers Eddie Tiny Zehnder. owned Zehnders establishments street another centerpiece town Cass River. warning must lederhosen--at least people. Still presiding Frankenmuth-- holiday, really--are matriarchs Dorothy Zehnder, widow Tiny, Irene Bronner, founder, Wally, 95 90, respectively. stocked items. Below, families. Bottom, horse buggy typical transportation town. Zehnder sister began waitressing Inn teens, Fischer family. werent liquor yet, buddy system, said workday summer. She runs August day, petite woman wore dirndl necklace representative Hofbruhaus brewery, vendor. Her hair freshly beauty-shop coiffed. Im sharp used be, she me longer things, eight doesnt bother me. gets sunrise. drink coffee sit sofa watch birds squirrels rabbits, driving 4-yearold Buick half inn, Both inn known familystyle chicken dinners, Mothers 1929. tastes eats form another. If shop, easy all-you-can-eat feast Frankenmuth. northern Ohio made trips 70s, hadnt since. ensuing nothing explosion. shopping. obvious change Bronners, sign-painter Wally Bronner encompass three along Main Street downtown, numbered 1, 3. 1976, combined one-building behemoth southern Irenes daughter, Carla Spletzer, vice president. remembers attending kid. Dad painted names liked Nobody really doing then, 21 Top Musicians play German tunes Inn. left, bottom, Harpster writer living 22 Personalized decorations hallmark today. About Splash Waterpark, opened 2005. 50,000-square-foot swim palace multilevel, multi-attraction retractable roof. While Christmastime, sight Brightly colored flowers line streets carriages amble microbreweries dedicated fudge, oldtime photos, woolens, kaffee, clocks, kites, gems botanicals, beads, barbecue, books, citys museum Visitors ages, tiny couples young old, women girls weekend. founding honored Inns 360 rooms. Each donated marriage licenses, birth certificates, photos memorabilia. My named Johann Kraenzlein Aha, Germany, near 1847. Like settlers Lutherans. son, Herman, blacksmith later worked brewery. Frankenmuths embrace history quirky. Expect polka dancing sing-alongs. Tours taken old-timey PedAle trolley, 16-person drinkand-ride vehicle parks oldest craft original neon sign dates 1936 beckons diners front, weather, topiary plumed 5,600 stands sentinel. Towns thrive Christmas, coattails dot Michigan--between Saginaw Flint south central state--places catch spirit towns. suggestions Country Living magazine. Branson, Missouri, holds Ozark Mountain Festival displays, shows parades, and, course, music. See explorebranson.com. Leavenworth, Washington, Bavarianthemed, offering festivals, carolers, miles rooftops fences, hand-bell concerts. lots snow. Leavenworth.org. Helen, Georgia, fashioned itself Alpine village. former logging north Georgia auction festival helenga.org. Since temperature plunge zero North Pole, Alaska, Santa House, want limit correspondence. personalized letters 9.95. santaclaushouse.com northpolealaska.com. addition, 3.4-square-mile, unincorporated census-designated Orlando 1,000 live. post swarmed seeking postmark cards. booth Cracker celebration nbbd.comgodoFortChristmas. Frankenmuth.org, bavarianinn.com, bronners.com. 23 Mayor Stahlbauns Party stylized stagecraft acclaimed performance troupe. Ballets artists Waltz Flowers pair performances. BALLET R Powerful poetic dance, rare feat performances ussias finest ballet glide alongside talent don pointe shoes slippers. become tradition joins graceful East West, returns cap months studio directors kind idealistic rarified form, Akiva Talmi, producer. important children, believe, highest level fall richer companys opportunity Floridarigorous auditions practices hoping participate performance. involved in, Lara Demetriades, director Angelic Academy Dance, JACOB OGLES Theres Land Sweets, instead Peace Harmony, appropriate feature started shortly after Cold War. incorporates life-sized Matryoshka, nesting dolls, Dove duo, bearing wing melds single 20-foot span. Moving backgrounds, famous school. overseeing chosen roles Nutcracker. Talmi 25 years, productions took 1992. cities because offer Western interpretation Pyotr Tchaikovskys Lev Ivanovs choreography. show, therefore, markedly different viewers definitive versionthe George Balanchine staged artistic 1950s. skyline fastest troika sleigh spectacle, regardless cultural touchstones. company, presents powerful music energize afternoon Demetriades hosted 2008, noting studying anywhere could commit rehearsal schedule. instructors role auditioning, snowflake mouse youngest snow maidens advanced dancers. dancer audition Alisa Bolotnikova, performed major Don Quixote Arabian Nights, stresses muting choreography They hardworking shouldnt fear stage, perform. moving sleigh, helping Jacob Ogles freelance frequent Moor Dolls Petrichenko Chumakov Eve forming lovely element ballet. Young trained learn routines. bonus Bolotnikova show. arrive performances, efforts rewarded lifetime memories, costumes Ballet. producers say involvement adds magic. looked empty wonderful, recalls. dotting makes colorful production. education component believe racked story discovering pursuing careers dance. world-class least, picture autograph. excited, work, worth it. 28, Performances Hall, bbmannpah.com, nutcracker.com Glance snowflakes, studios. Act II humans animals accord 27 849 29 Kindness language deaf hear blind see. --Mark Twain paws pad workload grows. thanks Bates day. outhwest thousand nonprofits, whose missions range life-saving aide hurricanes Irma, organizing perks kids. volunteers, agencies institutions flat. selected handful gentle souls share readers FRIENDS WHO CARE SANIBEL COUPLES GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING ASSISTANCE DOGS COLLIER COUNTY BRIGID OMALLEY golden retriever puppy looks Deb Maguire. eyes focus squarely encourages him trots along. His payoff. you, Maguire 50 Assistance Dogs allow combat-wounded military disabilities independent. average retrievers placed recipients So far, 59 nonprofit 2012. These Collier County tackle house breaking socialization complex process, often lasts Another helps fundraising projects. 2016 35,269 hours. Founder executive Jeannie nearly tears value organization couldnt puppies mid-summer, themselves dog trainer patience tested skills pushed CRAIG GARRETT Theresa Louwers driven idea otherwise, circle back. cofounded husband, Tom, 35 ago lived endured notion. nonprofit, Friends Who Care, sleighs hundreds Captiva islands. return, moms dads give, seniors income issues, happier holiday. sense, somethingmoney, Care succeed, numbers population answering shout help. Things Theresa, Tom wife lifelong companion died February 2015. stories knock socks givers childhood suburban Detroit. advocating Shifting lives couple 1983 formed Care. initial goal crisis. challenge, however. donation sites select locations Service groups Kiwanis, Lions Rotary evolved gear delivering wrapped identified churches, teachers, social others aware holidays. chore moved Community rows laid out, divided age, army. hit 23, vehicles stuffed gifts, returning amazing stories, Although gone, legacy flourishes. provided school supplies, helped fund F.I.S.H. SanibelCaptiva, human services group Easter November Ford wagons, clustered together, built supported centers. remaining bohemian volunteerism mindset blood. Gloria Raso Tate calls Capes innate spirit, 200 settlers. Modern 200,000 residents. need, era, care story. isolation leadership, volunteering, literally building position council, so. vested Countys largest better place, ongoing thinking Coral. Again, imagine Coral, accessed Pine Island Road. percolating 1950s brothers dredging canals. Tates father, Raso, bought property 1960 hearing radio advertisement Pittsburgh. brothers, Jack Leonard Rosen, wife, Grace. Realty legacy. ALTHOUGH THERESA LOUWERS IS GONE, HER LEGACY FLOURISHES. provisions, troubles coping. inspirational islanders. One instance, turn, man struggling Thats keeps going, stories. Garrett contributing CAPES PIONEERS SAFEGUARDED EACH OTHER, NEWBIES STILL DO Stopped traffic youd guess once lonely outpost Florida-- bridges, Starbucks, nothing. Instead Conestoga however, pioneers 60s Dodge GLORIA RASO TATE THERE WAS NEED, WE ALL TOOK IT. WAY GREW UP CAPE CORAL STORY. -- PIONEERING RESIDENT Rasos September welcomed hurricane. shops, marinas diners, money, pride insists continuing depend government, neighbor out. 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