Women’s Executive Club

Lenore Alpert and her hubby Steve Leghart spent a week in NYC before Christmas visiting family and friends, seeing Broadway shows, and enjoying the holiday spirit of the city..

Thank you for including the girls at PACE in your holiday gift shopping.  Your selections were gorgeous, generous and hip.  There were so many gifts the staff decided to set up a Holiday Store where all 75 girls could pick out two gifts for family members.  As 70% of the girls come from families who live at or below the poverty level, the girls were grateful for the opportunity to give presents to those special people in their lives.

The girls had fun choosing among the  jewelry, notebooks, UNO and other games, watches, make-up, perfumed  lotions, candles, art supplies, and other treasures.  By request of the girls, all the remaining items will be displayed as incentive prizes for the bi-weekly raffles.  Girls earn raffle tickets based on good effort, behavior and attendance.  Your gifts included $800 in donations and  gift cards with a total value of $200. The gift cards are the prizes for the girls with the highest points in the raffles.

Your gifts brightened the holidays for the girls at PACE and will motivate them to do their best in 2012.  Thank you!

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A Message from Rosana & Mano Calambichis, Managing Partners – BigChef

We are delighted to bring to you The ULTIMATE Holiday Feast, our second in a series. Thank you to everyone who participated in ULTIMATE Holiday Feast. This cookbook is the culmination of the recipes we have compiled, created and received from a variety of resources such as our customers, family and friends.

We know how important the holidays are to everyone and wanted to capture not only the traditions celebrated in our own home, we decided to also share several feasts and traditions from around the globe. The countries represented in this new edition include: America, Brazil, China, Columbia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. We put the word out to our community and these are the resulting countries we received. 10 countries in total!

At Big Chef Our concept is simple: We have passion for food creation and we strive to delight the palate of your customers and guests while saving you time and labor. To keep up with food trends and per requests of our clients and chefs, we are constantly creating innovative products in authentic styles and out-of-the-ordinary flavors. Our multi-cultural staff with a variety of talents and backgrounds, is a key ingredient and differentiating factor to our competitive advantage. Our eclectic classic and ethnic gourmet products satisfy the most distinguished palates.

Please enjoy the recipes in The ULTIMATE Holiday Feast! Be sure to look for upcoming recipes from our forthcoming series in The Ultimate Soups, The Ultimate Desserts, The Ultimate Salads… and more! And if you would like to submit a recipe for review and possible inclusion in one of our upcoming books, send to recipes @ bigchefonline.com.

Here is the direct link to the turning page version of The Ultimate Holiday Feast: http://bit.ly/rB0tKC

Remember: Food should be an experience to remember and not added to an event as an afterthought or because of budget constraints. Quality should never be undermined because of quantity.

Enjoy!

Rosana&Mano

Students from design schools all over South Florida gathered at DCOTA- Design Center of the America’s, for the annual Student Career Day. Going into its second decade, the gathering is the culmination of the ASID national Real World Design Week, where ASID students nationwide are paired with Allied, Professional, and Industry Partner Members to spend a day with a mentor in the Interior Design Profession to view first-hand what a typical day is like.

The guest panelist included, 4 Past Presidents of the Florida South chapter.

L. Maxine Corbett, ASID addressed the crowd about Historic Restoration, for which she recently won a 2011 Design Excellence Award.

Susan Morgan, ASID, CAPS, LEED AD spoke about her expertise in Aging in Place, for which she also won a 2011 Design Excellence Award.

Douglas Feldman, ASID spoke about his Interior Design Career and how Product Design has become a great tool for his clients both residential and commercial who have desired unique custom designed products.

ASID Industry Partner, Martin Hershbein of Duralee Fabrics and Fine Furniture and recent winner of the 2011 Industry Partner Merit Award addressed the up and coming designers on how to work with a showroom. Martin explained the importance of developing relationships, opening accounts, and all that is needed to create an ongoing relationship with those who cater to the Design Trade.

A warm Thank You to 2011 Student Career Day Sponsors:

Royal Partners in Design, www.RoyalPartnersInDesign.com and Mpengo, www.mpengo.com

Both Industry Partners were on hand to speak to each student directly about how to use technology to assist with each graduate who enters the design business. Ross Elwell and Rick Harz of Royal Partners In Design wanted to stress the importance to emerging professionals on to begin a business relationship. Not only were Royal Partners in Design the grand sponsor of this event, but they also donated an $850 iPad to be awarded at the next Design Contest. Keep watching for details in early 2012 for this next Contest. Many Thanks to the good folks at Royal Partners in Design for their ongoing dedication to the Interior Design trade!

A well, 2011 Student Career Day Sponsors: Mpengo: Mary Lawrence & Stewart Murphy handed out over 20 of heir new Mpengo Project & Mpengo Glove box Business Apps for the iPad and iPhone for students and Designer on the go to assist in keeping their business quotes, appointments, measurements, & more all on their mobile devise. They also are dedicated to the emerging professionals and have donated some of their top-of-the line Design Applications to accompany the winner of the iPad for the next Design Contest!

A Special Thanks to Peggy Oberlin, ASID who took part in the roundtable discussion group and reiterated the importance of LEED and Green technology, along with Douglas Feldman, Ross Elwell, & Rick Harz, Mary Lawrence & Stewart Murphy.

A special note of thanks to DCOTA for their constant dedication to the profession and helping to make this day a success. To Florida South Chapter Professional Development Director, Angela Colley, ASID, thank you for all the time and attention to details in organizing the 2011 Student Career Day.