Publisher’s Note
We encourage you to “shop local” this holiday season: to support Jacksonville and the Beaches’ terrific locally owned businesses that make up the identity of our communities. Spend $100 in a chain store and only $14 goes back into the local economy. But spend $100 at a locally owned business and $45 goes back – so shopping at local businesses is a bonus for your community. In this issue, we bring you twenty pages filled with gifting ideas from some of our area’s best locally-owned businesses.
The Story of Simi Winery
In 1849 the world, all in a rush, discovered California. Among the fortune seekers were two brothers —Giuseppe and Pietro Simi. They didn’t find gold in the New World, but they did find the Alexander Valley where they established a winery and planted vineyards. When the Simi brothers both died unexpectedly during the flu epidemic of 1904, Giuseppe’s 18-year-old beauty queen daughter, Isabelle, took over. She proved more than capable...
Making the Symphony the Place to Be for Young People
One of the biggest challenges facing every orchestra, including the Jacksonville Symphony, is how to attract more young people to our concerts? Although studies have shown that people tend to move towards classical music later in life, I’m always surprised that many people my age who wouldn’t dream of missing the latest exhibition at a major gallery never even consider coming to a concert.
A Love Song for My Mother.
My mom will tell you I never write about her. I’ve got poems, plays and stories about other family members, but nothing like that about her.
Riverside Liquors
Wine ~ Spirits ~ Food “Matching Wine with People for Over 40 Years” If you’ve been to Royal Palm Village Wine & Tapas in Atlantic Beach, and wished there was something like it in Riverside, you’re in luck! The force behind Royal Palm and Riverside Liquors, David Joudi recently relocated his Riverside operation from its Five Points location to 6,700 square feet of space at 1251 King Street. The new location is significantly larger,...
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