Rebecca Reports
 Published
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Friday, it was back to the Caldwell Theatre for opening night of
“Doubt: A Parable.” There is no doubt in my mind that
director, Michael Hall and leading lady Pat Nesbit will be nominated
for Carbonell Awards! After the play, board member and benefactor
Madelyn Savarick hosted a champagne reception in the glittering foyer.
Savarick’s latest donation named the new theater’s stage,
the Madelyn Savarick stage.
Saturday was beautification day at the newly opened and super cool,
Envy Nail Bar. Owner, Kathleen Elizabeth Wolter is a good friend of
Jamie Monaco who told her the space next to Salon Monaco was vacant
so she made the decision to open a new-style nail bar next door. Now
her clients can get hair done and his clients can get nails done--clever
idea. This little piece of Federal Highway, known as Mizner West,
is fast becoming
Boca’s “Beauty Row”!
Talking of beauty--Forbes Magazine reported Miami tied for the third
"vainest" city in America, with 5.2 plastic surgeons per
100,000 citizens who spent $2,786,883 on cosmetics and $12,241,260
on skin care. They beat us!
But Miami doesn’t have its own fragrance-now we do! “Tropical
Breeze”, the new fragrance for men comes from Betsy Vazquez
de Rincon’s Boca-based Julius Air company. The family owned
business was founded in 2006 and this is its first fragrance. So if
you still need a fun holiday gift idea, you’ll find the fragrance
at www.tropicalbreezefragrance.com.
Saturday evening, was Palm Beach Opera’s spectacular season
premiere of Puccini’s Chinese masterpiece, “Turandot,”
at the Kravis Center. After standing ovations, cast, crew and guests
drove over to City Cellar in CityPlace where Overtures, Young Friends
of Palm Beach Opera, hosted the official cast party. The opera’s
charming artistic director Bruno Aprea and Overtures Co-Chair Victoria
Pollingue and her husband Eugene, welcomed over a 100 people to the
late night eaterie. If you’re young and like opera, joining
Overtures would be well worth the drive north! Call 561-835-7568 for
details.
Looking ahead toTuesday. You can catch up on your holiday shopping
and have fun at Boca Chamber of Commerce’s annual Holiday Auction
at the Boca Marriott. The evening features live and silent auctions
and champion auctioneer, Matthew Green. Hot items include: two nights
at the Boca Raton Resort, Miami Heat Tickets, two nights at the PGA
National Resort Spa, a 1 hour Discovery Flight in a Cessna 172sp and
a Florida Panthers Center Ice Sky Box. Maybe they could add seven
days at Spa Palazzo—I’d definitely bid on that!
Then dash over to FAU for violin virtuoso Gareth Johnson and pianist,
Heather Coltman’s, performance in the University Theater at
8 p.m. The program includes, Tango No. 3 by Astor Piazzolla and John
Williams’ theme from Schindler’s List, and “Devil’s
Dance” from The Witches of Eastwick. Call 1-800-564-9539 for
tickets.
And that is life in Boca…
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