With 110,000 acres of coastal lands and waters, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve has a big responsibility that cannot be accomplished by staff alone. Through the Reserve’s citizen support organization, Friends of Rookery Bay, volunteers and interns are filling many gaps with duties ranging from beautifying the grounds at the Environmental Learning Center to […]
It’s hard to believe that today is July 3rd, and it seems as if our last Season just flew by. In my 40 years of living in Naples I have never seen so much rain so early. I can clearly remember the way the summer weather patterns used to be when I first moved to […]
The Junior Achievement organization was founded nearly 100 years ago (in 1919), and took on its current and longstanding name in 1926. As with many cities across the country, this organization has a home in Naples as well as numerous counterparts across the globe. In the United States, the organization reaches four million students and […]
If you are self-conscious because you have missing teeth, wear dentures that are uncomfortable or don’t want to have good tooth structure removed to make a bridge, talk to your dentist to see if dental implants are an option for you. Dental implants are a popular and effective way to replace missing teeth and are […]
Summer time is ramping up to an especially exciting season for the Naples Art Association. In passionate pursuit of its mission to promote and advance education, interest and participation in the visual arts, it’s offering a vast array of new and returning programs to help artists of all ages and skill levels along their creative […]
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute serves as the Department of Ophthalmology for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The Institute, founded in 1962, was named for Dr. Bascom H. Palmer, who opened one of the first private ophthalmology practices in Miami and became the first surgeon in Florida to perform corneal transplantation. Over […]
Naples is a fantastic place for men’s fashion, and this summer is no exception. Here are some of the latest fashion trends straight from the international runways and leading fashion experts. New summer fashion trends Bright colored pants are in! Think shades like mustard and watermelon. One collection, Paige, has even come out with a […]
I recently reached the milestone of having served in Congress for six months, and looking back, some of the best moments of my life have come from serving as your representative. I am working hard for you by voting to repeal ObamaCare and balance our budget and co-sponsoring legislation that institutes term limits and reforms […]
The blurring of boundaries between work and life is real. It’s not going away. Much has been written over the years about “work-life balance,” but the challenges are even greater now in the digital age where we can be online and accessible 24/7. Prior to the information age with digital-everything, work and home life were […]
Seasoned diamond collectors have long known what some of us are beginning to realize. Diamonds come in colors. Colorless or ‘white’ diamonds are composed of just carbon. Natural color diamonds occur when trace elements are introduced in their formative stage. One of the more exciting ‘color’ diamonds today is black, which technically is not really […]