A BIG Thank You to all of you who had attended the 3^rd Annual Holiday Catamaran Cruise.  It was such a huge success!  The Holiday Lights again were spectacular, but could not outshine the beauty of our SisSTARhood as it just radiated through each smile and hug, through friends, family, and loved ones.  And even if you could not be there for the evening festivities, you were there in spirit as we are all ONE, all connected, and all LOVED!!

Thank you again all for your beauty and love in all that you do, all that you are, and for YOU just being YOU!!

Happy Holidays

*After Hours at “Catalinas” – * 6-8 pm….or later  

*Mario’s Catalina Restaurant * 1611 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305,

*Number for the restaurant, 954-563-4141

*Please RSVP to LaurinaA23@aol.com

Hey There Sistahs!  I don’t know about you but I need some sistah time.  I might be a bit selfish here however I can’t go for two months and not see everyone up close and personal, if you know what I mean.

So here’s how to get your sistah fix…Come to Catalina’s Restaurant located at 1611 North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale on July 27^th from 6-8, or longer, for a mix and mingle.  Everyone’s invited, like spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, best buds, lovers, you get what I mean. 

Mark your calendars: Monday, May 9th, 2011 at 6:30pm.

Where: Myriam Cohen’s home.  Address to follow.

Book:  Our next read is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson. Because this book is part of a trilogy we are going to read all three books, every other month.

The objective of our Book Club is our love for reading but as a result of our "common" love to read, we have developed a beautiful bond of friendship among the group. We discuss personal and business concerns without being "judge" and assist each through ups and downs of our daily lives. A few of the ladies were concerned about the fact that if they host they have to cook elaborate meals…this is NOT about cooking, this is about reading and developing lasting and meaning friendships.

If anyone has any questions they can contact me through this email,

Rosewhite@allstate.com

Thank you,

ROSE WHITE

Just to give an idea of the fun this group has, Judith’s note to Jan Bullard has been inserted for your reading pleasure –

I offer my services as Rose’s willing assistant. I love our Bookies group and am honored to work as her “new assistant.”

Onward . . .

Judith

PS: Chef Schwabe (aka “my husband Chuck”) is excited to be our private chef for February. He loves to cook and will treat us well.

Judith Kolva, Ph.D.

WEC BOOK CLUB Founded in November, 2003

2010 Books List

Emily – To Have and Have Not

Jan B – ceded to Edie Hoppe – The Reliable Wife

Joni – Daring Chloe

Rose-The Help

Sharyn-We Need to Talk About Kevin

Jan Bullard- Cutting for Stone

Judith Kolva-The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

Prior Years Books Read

Emily – Baudolino

Joni – The Corrections

Deb – The Lovely Bones

Lisa – Richard III

Joyce Shore – Leap of Faith

Jan – The DaVinci Code

Gloria Williams – Five People You Meet in Heaven

Emily – Weaveworld

Patty Camp – Memoirs of a Geisha

Geri – Seabiscuit

Deb – Secret Life of Bees

Joni – The Kite Runner

Lisa – Girl with the Pearl Earring

Jan – Founding Mothers

Geri – The House of Sand and Fog

Deb – Full Cupboard of Life

Emily – As I Lay Dying

Nancy – I Am Madam X

Joni – Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Jan – The Weight of Water

Deb – The Seashell on Top of the Mountain

Emily – Their Eyes Were Watching God

Nancy – The Painted House

Joni – A Salty Piece of Land

Deb – Anansi Boys

Jan H – The Sparrow

Emily – Children of God

Joni – The Mermaid Chair

Jan M-R – Where the Heart Is

Deb – Wicked

Nancy – Dreams from My Father

Jan Bullard – The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

Emily – Bitter End

Joni – The Road

Jan Herard – A Thousand Splendid Suns

Deb – The Birth of Venus

Jan Mayer-Rodriguez – Into the Wild

Jan Bullard – 90 Minutes in Heaven

Emily – Love in the Time of Cholera

Joni Rosenthal – People of the Book

Jan Herard – The Good Earth

Deb – Light on Snow

Jan M R – Eat, Pray, Love

Jan B – Loving Frank

Emily – Life of Pi

Joni – The Lace Reader

Jan H. – The Madonnas of Leningrad

Liz Mandel – The Last Lecture

Deb – The Shack

Emily – Labyrinth

Jan Bullard – Winter in Madrid

Joni – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Rose – The Book Thief

Diane – The Horse Boy

Deb – Death Comes to the Archbishop

Belly Dancin’ Babes!   Nearly two dozen WEC members gathered in the  beautiful  lobby of  Chadia’s Auto  Tech and Body  on Ap.5^th to leave their cares behind , dress in colorful scarves, belts and  beads,  feast on Middle Eastern delicacies,  and shake, rattle  and roll their way to discover  the  exciting  and sensuous art of belly dance!  Led by Dr.Donna’s  exotic and playful belly dance teacher, Ringah, the group discovered how easy and fun belly dance could be and what fabulous exercise it is for all parts of your body !   We laughed a lot, found our “goddess selves”, drank lots of wine and  enjoyed a great evening  together- many have already asked “when can we do this again?”.

Have you ever wanted to wear a veil

or exotic belly dance costume ?

Become an enchantress with fun and easy belly dance moves ?

Lose inches off your hips and middle ?

Join us for  a fabulous  evening of exotic  Middle  Eastern food, drinks,  music  and

dance, with  Ringah, Dr.Donna’s belly dance teacher (see photo) who has

danced for Donald Trump and dozen’s of other parties and events.  Ringah

has taught hundreds of women to find their inner “goddesses” and can make

belly dancing fun and accessible  for us all!

Event Schedule- Tuesday, April 5th

Class Location – Chadia Meroueh’s Auto Tech and Body

6:30 – 7:00 Networking and Middle Eastern nibbles

7:00 – 8:15 Belly dance class – you can even borrow or purchase a colorful veil

or jingly coin belt!

8:15 – 9:00 More food, music, laughter wine, Middle Eastern food and deserts!

$15 for the whole evening! Join us and jingle away- it’s a blast!

Headcount as of 3/30 = 25. Event is Full.

Class size limit is 25 people. Members Only Event.

RSVP to Susan Kingsley SKingsley@remax.net / 954-661-2305, by March 31st please. Pay online in Special Events Area of Reservations Page or mail a check to Karen Rowe.

Hello from your WEC Events Team Member Susan.

We now have an Events page for all of the WEC Events, (and member outside activities), such as Member Events, Book Club, Cannon Circles, Workshops, After Hours, etc. Rather than you having to scour the entire site for functions, you can check the Events page for ease in time and convenience.

Monthly meetings are found in the calendar as par usual. Meetings have been posted for the entire year, so please add them to your schedule, as there are a lot of great ideas in the works…..

There is a tab at the top of the webpage named Events. When blog postings are added to the Events page, the Event will be in bold text and underlined, so you can click the named event and see the post. WEC members, if you have an event for the ladies to attend, please email me and I can post it. Jenette does post your events you send her in the newsletter, however this is not on an a ‘la minute basis such as the Events page posts created by yours truly. Jenette will pull the events postings and add to the newsletter for you as well, in case you ever send for me and forget to send to her.

Easy as 1… 2… 3….

This will not affect the rest of the webpage or calendar. It is an addition to what is already offered for you. In addition, at the right hand side margin of the page there is a contents area. Items can be searched this way or at the top right of the page, there is a magnifying glass. You can search by word to find postings. Thanks to Chris Guld, our webmaster, www.geeksontour.com, for her assistance in helping us all.

Another step to show your sisterhood in WEC is appreciated. xo$xo$xo$