Entries by LifeInNaples

Politics and Potpourri

by Councilman Bill Barnett Today is April 5th, and when I write my next article it will be for August. I am still trying to catch my breath from this past season and can’t seem to grasp that summer is just around the corner. I’m sure I’ll have some road trip stories to share as […]

Mindfulness – Paying attention to what is important

That’s a concept developed by Ellen Langer, Harvard’s first tenured woman professor of psychology. She writes extensively about the concept of “mindfulness”—a concept all of us can use as we struggle with constantly changing priorities. Mindfulness, technically, is the concept of focusing attention on the present, and not being distracted by the chaotic environment around […]

Opportunity Naples

by John S. Cox, CCE, CEcD, IOM President & CEO Hopefully you are hearing and reading about a community wide initiative called Opportunity Naples. The Board of Collier County Commissioners and The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce have launched a community conversation regarding our workforce, sustainable jobs and robust future. The actual and anecdotal data […]

Interview with Patricia Schultz

by Sandy Linneman Chosen by FORBES as one of the twenty five most influential women in travel, Patricia Schultz continues to write about her passion for and curiosity about the world. Beginning in 2003 with the publication of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die (over three million copies in print and translated into 25 […]

The Waters for Fisher and Fishing

by Lois Bolin, Old Naples Historian Once upon a time, Naples was called a ‘nothing to do in’ little town. This, of course, was said by people who did not live here, and as such could not appreciate all there was to do in this ‘little bend in the road’ paradise. They never experienced the […]