WELCOME BACK! While many of us call Naples our home year round, several of our closest friends have made this beautiful city their 2nd or even 3rd home. We love them all and this is the season when these exotic creatures called snowbirds flock back to our idyllic shores. Absence does make the heart grow fonder […]
NCH Healthcare System Once Again Named One of America’s 100 Best for Cardiac Care and Six Other Specialties by Healthgrades NCH is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care for the eighth year in a row, as well as being recognized in six other specialties, according to new research released by Healthgrades. Healthgrades […]
Functional fitness is training your body to perform to the best of its ability for each day. This includes normal activities of daily living inclusive of the most basic activity to sporting activities and even to breathing itself. This functional training is vital and should be incorporated into an exercise regime. Many times, one does […]
The Judith and Marvin Herb Family Simulation Center (Sim Center) is revolutionizing medical training and practice for NCH Healthcare System staff members, with state-of-the-art educational equipment that is highly realistic to the work environment; ultimately improving patient outcomes and experiences. I am excited to announce that The Judith and Marvin Herb Family Simulation Center has […]
by Dawn Montecalvo Hollywood celebrates rags to riches stories in which the lead character defies the odds to achieve his or her dreams. In every script, there is that one individual — often a family member, teacher, neighbor or coach — who offers inspiration, guidance and motivation. For Miguel Lopez, an 18-year-old, that individual was […]
Like so many other non-profits that citizens depend on, food provider Empty Bowls hit a wall when the pandemic hit. People working shoulder-to-shoulder is the hallmark of the crusade, launched locally in 2007 and now extending around the world — but COVID stopped that Empty Bowls was forced to pivot — and did so in […]
Extraordinary Wine and Travel Experiences Revealed for 2023 Naples Winter Wine Festival Live Auction; 23rd Annual Festival set for February 3-5, 2023 v Among the incredible auction lot offerings are a rare 2023 Bentley Bentayga EWB Mulliner with an extraordinary trip to the United Kingdom; a private Italian journey of Lake Como, Baroloand Milan with vintners Shari […]
Bill Meek, A Naples Institution Dear Artsperts, Bill Meek has been an art dealer in Naples for as long as I can remember. When I think of Naples and art, Bill Meek always comes to mind first! How long has he been an art dealer? Signed, Golden Dear Golden, November 2022 marks 50 years that […]
I’m always ambivalent about the time change that happens in the fall. I love the extra hour of sleep, especially that first week. I swear my coffee tastes better with an extra hour of sleep! But the tradeoff of the early darkness in the evening takes some getting used to. Although I know it’s coming, […]
” Nature was lavish in supplying Collier County with many unusual physical characteristics and natural resources, but so much of the county was remote and inaccessible… nature made Collier County a part of America’s last frontier.” — DR. CHARLES TEBEAU, author of Florida’s Last Frontier: The History of Collier County OH, WHAT A HISTORY IT […]