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Javier Huanay took this sunset photo at Jiggs Landing.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Javier Huanay took this sunset photo at Jiggs Landing.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Jean and Ron Schwied stand in their kitchen in front of a map of the route they will be taking. Their home is rented out, and they are ready to take off.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
Longboat Key couple sets sail around the eastern U.S.

It will take approximately 10 months for the Schwieds to sail The Great Loop around the eastern U.S.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 23 at 7155 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for for $275,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 22, 2012
Key Towers South condo sells for $340,000

Genevieve Simpson, of Albuquerque, N.M., sold her Unit 8-G condominium at Key Towers South, 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Richard and Kathryn Poulsen, of Watertown, N.Y., for $340,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Basic training on the Gyrotonic pulley tower: This "arch and curl" move is based on the modern dance contraction. It stretches and strengthens the torso.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • February 22, 2012
Aerobic Grandma: The circular route to flexibility

A couple of decades ago, something fell to the floor in a professional colleague's office, and when I reached down to retrieve it, she said, "Well, at least one of us can still pick up something from the floor."

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  • News
If you know someone who should be featured as an Athlete of the Week, please call or send the suggestion to Mallory Gnaegy at 366-3468, Ext. 360 or mgnaegy@yourobserver.com.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Sherry Fideler

Sherry Fideler has always been active. When she took an aerobics class with her sister, she realized it combined two of her favorite things - dance and aerobics.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
JUST THE STATS

148 - Score of overall champions Evan and Jaclyn Fletcher and Marion and Irene Pye at the Couples Member/Guest 2012 Golf Tournament Friday, Feb. 17, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Visit www.acbl.org for more about the game of bridge or email marketing@acbl.org.
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • February 22, 2012
Bridge Bites: A practice finesse

The humble finesse is the first thing we learn, and we also learn that some finesses win, some lose. Later, we learn that some finesses are purely for practice and serve no useful purpose.

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  • News
Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dick Hyman scored many of Director Woody Allen’s films. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 22, 2012
Scene & Heard

Jazz Fest still grooving after 32 years; Jack Dowd kicks off Sarasota art tour; Choreographer showers praise on ballet

  • Arts + Culture
Kathleen Kim
    By
  • June LeBell
  • February 22, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Lucia di Lammermoor'

From the ominous opening of the overture, we knew many things about Sarasota Opera's "Lucia di Lammermoor." We knew the orchestra, under Anthony Barrese, was in good form.

  • Arts + Culture
Calla lily. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara
  • By Bobby Hill
  • February 22, 2012
Home & Garden: Truly Spectacular

The next time you travel toward the south end of Siesta Key on Midnight Pass Road, you will not be able to miss the new real-estate office, Key Solutions Real Estate Group.

  • Arts + Culture
Jenna DiLorenzo and David Curran
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 22, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

'We're newlyweds' ... just kidding!; Get-Buy-Give-Give; Parting is such sweet sorrow; Yet another man in a fancy jacket

  • Arts + Culture
Jason Champion
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 22, 2012
Decor: Mid-century chic

Ask Jason Champion about the latest trends in interior design, and he'll tell you that gray is the new neutral.

  • Arts + Culture
“You never stop learning to dance,” says José Carreño, pictured here leading an audition at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 22, 2012
Highlights: Locals audition for Dance Fest

Former American Ballet Theatre principal Jose Carreño leads another round of auditions for his Carreño Dance Festival's summer program.

  • Arts + Culture
"Rubens' expressive brushwork is at once a high degree of control and complete freedom," says Virginia Brilliant, associate curator of European Art at the Ringling Museum.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 22, 2012
Backstage Pass: Artistic Brilliance

The Ringling Museum's associate curator of European art teamed up with the Belgian city of Antwerp to pull together a fresh new exhibit on a revered old master.

  • Arts + Culture
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