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VALETINE’S DAY – BCS CHAMPIONS – FREEDOM CLIMB

February is for lovers, and the one day to celebrate with your signifi cant other is going to be February 14 – Valentine’s Day! Flowers, jewelry, chocolates or dinner are some of the usual ways to show how much you care. This year, maybe we can look for some unusual ways to celebrate our feelings? One way may be to look up the variety of ways the day is commemorated around the world. In doing my own research, I found this website - www.stvalentinesday.org. I was intrigued to fi nd how many different ways there are to reaffi rm ones love. Additionally, the progression of the festival through time was also enlightening. So, however or wherever you choose to observe the occasion, I wish you and yours a memorable time.

Speaking of memories, our cover story is about some local residents who will share their revelations on how they met and fell in love. One couple met on a blind date, another on the job, and one even found each other on J-Date, a Jewish dating website. Their stories are interesting and heartwarming. I trust you will reminisce back on how the one you are with fi rst touched your heart. As for Candy and I, it was a long, long time ago, and she played hard to get. In the end, well, I got my girl.

The BCS Championship game was in South Florida and brought in a large economic boost to the area. Unfortunately, this may be the last time we see the event here in our backyard, unless we’re selected

again by some stroke of luck. With other cities building new mega-stadiums, the competition is pretty tough for the highly coveted title game.

Still, the Crimson Tide rolled to its third championship in four years. The Alabama team is showing they are a dynasty to be reckoned with for some time. As for the Fighting Irish, they can be proud of their accomplishment of making it the championship game for the fi rst time in twenty years. Not one preseason poll had Notre Dame fi nishing anywhere close to a BCS title. Congratulations to both programs. Maybe a team from the State of Florida will be there next year?

I’d like to give a shout-out to two ordinary women who accomplish some extraordinary feats as well. Tina Yeager and Jen Klaassens will climb one of the highest mountains in the world to promote a project which brings freedom to women. The Freedom Climb is a symbolic gesture of the struggle for freedom they face every day. From April 9 to 25, 44 women from all over the world will meet in Nepal and trek to the base camp of Mt. Everest and then

summit the neighbouring peak of Kala Phattar. When the climbers stand at the top of Kala Phattar, they will be declaring life and freedom for those who cannot speak for themselves. w w w. T h e F r e e d o m C l i m b . n e t . Godspeed to Jen & Tina. You are both remarkable!

Lastly, Lifestyle Publications knows how seriously our readers value their health. Healthcare has never played a more prevalent role in today’s society. We have formed an exclusive partnership with Holy Cross Hospital, to bring you face to face with some of the leading specialists who can inform, educate, and shine a light on the best preventative measures and latest treatments available. The fi rst seminar will be taking place this February and you can read about it in this issue.

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COVER STORY 32 Love is in the Air: Vince & Terry Boccard 34 Vicki & Jason Strochak 36 Neil & Jacque Scherfer

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Does anything sound more unromantic – and more dangerous to your health – than telling your signifi cant other: “Honey, I bought you a vacuum cleaner as a Valentine’s Day gift”?

Except if it’s this vaccuum cleaner.The Special Edition Swarovski HYLA GST was recently declared

the World’s Most Expensive Vacuum Cleaner by the Guinness World Records. It features 32,000 black, gray, and white Swarovski crystals that took 100 hours of labor to hand-place. Retail price: $21,900.

While three have been sold so far – one in Russia and two in Dubai – only one remains. And it’s in Hartmut Gassmann’s offi ces in Deerfi eld Beach. That’s where the Parkland resident operates the national headquarters for HYLA U.S. Gassmann.

“It’s not so much for selling,” Gassman concedes. “People don’t spend $21,900 for a cleaning system.”

But they do spend 10 percent of that. Gassman is the national distributor for a high-end machine that traps dirt and allergens with water instead of fi lters. It even comes with a TV-like remote control.

“We did this for marketing,” Gassman says. “It’s a conversation piece.”

It’s also a conversation piece for Gassman’s 11-year-old daughter Yasmine – that’s her posing with the world record-holder.

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KIM L. CAVENDISH, the president and CEO of downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Museum of Discovery and Science, is now chairwoman of something called the Giant Screen Cinema Association – whose mission is “advance the business of producing and presenting educational giant screen and immersive cinema experiences globally.” Since MODS has a popular IMAX theater, Cavendish seems quite qualifi ed. Even more impressive: She’s the fi rst woman to chair GSCA.

Students aren’t the only ones who receive grades. So do their schools. Last month, the Florida Department of Education released its 2011-2012 high school grade results – and 82 of BROWARD’S HIGH SCHOOLS earned an ‘A’ or ‘B’ – compared to 76.3 the year before. All the county’s charter high schools earned a C or higher. Best of all, no Broward high schools received a ‘D’ or ‘F’. Grades were based on,among other things, graduation rates, participation and success in accelerated courses, and postsecondary prep.

Facebook is often criticized for ruining your productivity. But one company has made it profi tbale for local charities. SETNOR BYER INSURANCE & RISK, based in Plantation, decided to donate $5,000 to the charity that garnered the most votes on their Facebook page. Response was so overwhelming, the fi rm doubled down – donating $10,000. Half went to Voices for Children (more than 150 votes), while Hispanic Unity got $2,000 (more than 120 votes) and $3,000 was split among other charities.

MARK ADLER is the new executive director at Broward Meals on Wheels, succeeding Peggy Miller, who held the post since 2006. The private not-for-profit organization has, since 1985, provided millions of meals and many thousands of hours of nutrition education and in-home assessments in Broward County.

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Former Miami Dolphin Jason Taylor is now an NFL analyst on ESPN, but he still enjoys smashing his opponents – except now he does it with a ping pong paddle. For the ninth year, Taylor’s foundation hosted JT’S PING-PONG SMASH. In December, his celebrity doubles table-tennis tournament was held at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood and attracted a slew of current Dolphins players (Brian Hartline, Karlos Dansby, Brandon Fields, and Anthony Fasano, among others) as well as other sports stars. They raised a total of $40,000 for Taylor’s foundation. Pictured above: Taylor with John Duffy, CEO of 3Cinternative, the title sponsor of this year’s Smash. www.jasontaylorfoundation.com

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If you’ve always imagined classical music as staid, tuxedo-clad violinists playing music by long-dead coposer, The Symphony of the Americas is determined to change your mind. To celebrate its 25th concert season this year, SOTA LAUNCHED 25 DAYS OF MUSIC. Throughout January, it presented a variety of musical and social events, but our favorites were the “fl ash mobs.” A fl ash mob is defi end by Wikipedia as “a group of people who assemble suddenly in

a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse.” But SOTA made th econcept both classy and clasical – by assembling its musicians in streetclothes to perfrm unannounced on the streets of Broward County. Pictured above: a fl ash mob at the Las Olas Art Fair last month. Check back here in the upcoming months for other intriguing events from SOTA. www.sota.org

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Being a personal fi tness trainer for 15 years has taught me one thing about people: They really don’t want to work out. So whenever someone wants to exercise, regardless of he time of day, I encourage it. But in my experience, there are better times of the day to lace up those cross-trainers than others.

I fi rmly believe that that body is trainable and will adapt if you give six weeks in a new regime. The same also applies for the way that we eat.

If you intend to completely change the way you look and feel, it comes at the price of a commitment! That may mean getting up an hour earlier each morning or sacrifi cing something else that you would have rather done for working out. It means ordering the fruit for dessert over the chocolate decadence. Remember nothing tastes as good as being in shape feels!

MORNINGLet’s assume the morning workout is a possibility for

you. I’ve had many clients who trained before sunrise…just saying. The fi rst feeling we want to start our day? Gpod energy and circulation. How many times have you woken up feeling like you were in a car accident? That lack of circulation causes infl ammation. The cure is increasing blood fl ow through exercise. So now we have worked out,

we feel better physically and mentally – and next we are hungry from the workout.

What does hunger mean? It means our metabolism is jump-started and the fat-burning is underway. We have a clear head and we feel great about ourselves. Time to eat. We’re more likely to make a good choice because we feel good and don’t want to ruin that feeling. Then one good choice turns into another – and then we end up having a good day.

NIGHTSNighttime is crucial to keeping the eating habits under

control. A lot of us are night owls and go to bed too late after sitting around the house picking on the wrong food for a variety of reasons. Well, because we got up an hour earlier and exercised, we’re now going to crash earlier and avoid that extra hour of possible nighttime emotional eating.

Working out at night isn’t bad but just keep in mind that we usually get really hungry after workouts and now you are getting into those later hours where we want to cut down on our calories. Also, a good workout will sometimes give you a blast of energy that could keep you up later than you want. I have been known to clean my whole house after a good workout.

Tomorrow we start it all over again. Remember it takes 4- 6 weeks to change and develop a new and positive habit, give yourself that time. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] at 954-649-3283.

When to Work OutGetting in shape is easier when you do it on a scheduleBY DAVID SHERMAN


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Alas Alas A Grand Journey through Amazing AlaskaA Grand Journey through Amazing Alaska


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Vince Boccard remembers the fi rst time he met his wife Terry like it was yesterday – although he didn’t ask her out for 10 months.

He was working for the family business, Boccard Homes and Kessler Construction, at a condo complex called Bayside Towers in Miami. Across the street was a bagel shop called Bagels and Co.

“I would go to work at 7:30 every morning, but we couldn’t start till 9, so I’d go there and have a cup of coffee and a bagel,” Boccard says. He went there regularly, so he recognized all the staff.

“I said to my business partner, ‘Hey, they’ve got a new girl working here, she’s pretty hot-looking. I’m going to get to know her,’” he remembers. “We sat at her station, and I asked if she could help us.’”

He saw her several times after that and, while interested, never asked her out. He says everybody was hitting on her and he “waited to see what happens.” Terry says – after knowing him now for 20 years – how unusual that was for him.

“I knew he liked me, but he didn’t ask. He was kind of shy,” Terry says. “He’s such a people person, and now that I know him I think, ‘Why did it take you so long!’”

She had just moved to Florida from Erie, Pennsylvania, and she hadn’t dated anyone down here. Finally, months later, a friend of hers approached Vince in the bagel shop.

“One afternoon for lunch, her girlfriend comes up and says ‘Why don’t you go out with her? She’d really like to go out with you,’” Vince recalls. “So I walked right up and asked.” Their fi rst date was on Terry’s birthday, Nov. 13, in 1993.

“We went to Mango’s [in Fort Lauderdale] and we really enjoyed each other,” Terry says. “Right from the beginning, he was a good role

model and father to my two boys.” (They also now have a young daughter together.)

“She was a country bumpkin and at the time, I was driving a Porsche – and she didn’t know what a Porsche was,” Vince says. “I said. ‘This is my kind of girl.’”

Shortly after that date, Vince moved to Deerfi eld from Miami. She lived in North Miami, so they mostly spent time together on weekends. Sometimes they’d go down to the Keys together.

“My sister was a breast cancer survivor and would use Key West as a retreat,” says Vince. It became a family thing, and then the couple’s go-to spot. “Once or twice a month, we would go down for a long weekend.”

“We took our time and had so much fun, we didn’t rush into a marriage,” Terry says. But that’s where Vince eventually proposed.

“We used to go down to Key West for the St. Patty’s Day bar stroll, and my cousin had just got married and we just kind of all went as a group,” she says.

Vince was leading them down Duval Street, pretending they were just sightseeing. They went down to the southernmost point in the continental U.S., marked by a buoy a block west of where Duval Street ends.

“We were hanging out by the buoy, and I turned to her and got down on my knee and opened up the ring box,” he says. Terry wasn’t expecting it at all. “She didn’t answer, she looked in a daze, like, ‘Really?’”

“The other people are going, ‘Oh my God, say yes! Yes! Yes!’ She fi nally said yes and we celebrated the whole night,” Vince says.

“I knew I wanted to be married one day, but it wasn’t an issue that I wanted to be married right then,” Terry says. “But I felt I already was married after six years.”

She says they still try to get away to go boating in the Keys on their anniversary. Feb. 20 will mark their 13th year of marriage.

From Bagels to a BuoyBy Brandon Ballenger

Here to helpPublic service has always been part of Vince Boccard’s life. His father was commissioner, then mayor, in his hometown of El Portal in Miami-Dade.

“I learned it from my parents. I ran for city commission in 1983, and I was re-elected four times serving eight years,” Boccard says.

When Vince and his wife moved to Coral Springs for the kids in 1997, he jumped right back in, volunteering for city boards and committees. In 2006, he won a city commission seat, and after seven years of serving there, decided to run for mayor last year.

“I felt I had the experience for that now, and I won,” he says. “I’m looking at possibly running for Broward County commissioner in 2016.”

“When we fi rst me he always told me he’s going to be on my driver’s license one day as governor,” says his wife, Terry, who works on several programs and committees, including the Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Fund the couple started in 2003. “He’s always had big dreams of being involved.”


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Vicki and Jason Strochak met on JDate.com, a Jewish dating service, back in April 2003. “I had been on the site for a while, with no luck at all,” Vicki recalls.

Jason? He met Vicki on his very fi rst attempt: “This was the fi rst time I got on the Internet, and she was the one and only date I had.”

After a few messages back and forth, the two agreed to a dinner date at Mark’s on Las Olas. (That high-end restaurant closed in 2010 and was replaced by SoLita.)

“My fi rst impression of her was that she easy-going and beautiful – and she had the perfect temperament to put up with me,” Jason says. As for Vicki’s fi rst impression, she says jason was “very nice, polite, put-together and funny.” And the date went great…

“Until the end.”After a nice meal and some wine, the pair

decided to take a stroll down Las Olas. It was early evening on a Sunday night. They walked and chatted, checked out a water taxi, and lost track of time. And when they came back to the restaurant, the lights were off and everybody was gone.

“When we got back, it turned out that the valet and restaurant were closed – and all the keys were locked up inside,” Vicki says. “And Jason had valeted his car.”

So she gave him a ride home. But of course, his house keys were with his car keys.

“I had to keep my cool and make it seem like it didn’t bother me,” Jason says. Vicki recalls him walking around his house, trying every door. He knocked on a neighbor’s door, but no one answered. Then, she says, “He proceeded to throw rocks at his neighbor’s window.”

“My buddy Charlie came down and let me in his house,” he remembers. He went to work the next morning in the same rumpled clothes, but since he was the owner, it was no big deal. “People thought the date went real well,” he says.

Later, he walked over to Mark’s to get his keys back. “I tried to get a free dessert out of it, but they said no. Probably why they’re out of business,” he jokes.

Jason called Vicki and set up a second date the next day. He was late.

“I thought he stood me up, but he was at a business dinner that ran very late,” Vicki says. The third date was a concert – which was cancelled.

“We went to see Matchbox 20, and the drummer comes out and says [singer Rob Thomas] got laryngitis,” Jason says. “We just went out to a bar somewhere. We had these obstacles, but it worked out, and there wasn’t any drama.”

Jasn proposed to Vicki in Aruba, and it went off without a hitch. In his toast speech at the wedding, the best man revealed why Jason had never gotten any other dates through JDate: he’d sabotaged Jason’s profi le a few weeks into their relationship while Jason slept over one night.

Recalls Jason: “Where it says, ‘What’s your ideal fi rst date?’ he changed it to ‘Hooters and then a strip club.’ And for profession, he wrote like something like circus clown. And he put profi le pictures of weird-looking guys with their shirts off. So I never got any other responses.”

But instead of hurting their budding relationship, like every other little misfortune along the way, the prank helped cement it. Their seventh anniversary will be this June.

Love & Luck in Online DatingBy Brandon Ballenger

Tag, Title, and CharityThe Strochak family owns and operates Florida Auto Tag Management Group, which provides tag and title services (including personalized plates) at several locations across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Volusia counties. They also run a Groupon-like daily deals website, GottaHalfIt.com.

The couple is also very active with charity work. “It became a bigger part when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997, and after she beat it she devoted her time to help fi nd how to prevent it and get early detection,” Jason Strochak says. They rounded up 15,000 signatures and raised $60,000 in partnership with Susan G. Komen and the Florida Breast Cancer Coalition to create a custom license plate to support the cause. Both Jason and his wife are involved with the Boys & Girls Club, and Vicki has a few other endeavors.

“She has been working for the Reach for the Stars Foundation which helps people with cystic fi brosis, and she’s also president of the PTA organization of the [Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El] school,” Strochak says.


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Jacque and Neil Scherfer met on a double date – but not with each other. And it wasn’t love at fi rst sight.

Neil remembers, “A good friend of mine was going out with her, and he needed

someone to help him out” – because Jacque wanted to set up one of her friends. So they all saw a movie together.

Jacque says “the relationship didn’t go anywhere after a few dates,” but the four stayed friends over the next few years.

Neil and Jacque became gradually closer even as they were attending college 1,400 miles apart. Neil was working on a degree in media management at Arizona State, while Jacque was at Tennessee State for nursing.

“We stayed in touch through college and hung out during spring break, summer break, stuff like that,” Neil says. About a year before Jacque graduated, they started dating.

Neil says the long-distance relationship was “tough, but we saw each other enough to deal with it.” They racked up a huge phone bill for Jacque’s parents.

Fast forward another six months. Neil had graduated, returned to South Florida for work, and was moving out of his apartment. Jacque was on spring break and helped him pack.

“He had me going through all these boxes trying to fi nd things,” Jacque says. “I thought I was going to open a box and fi nd the ring.” Nope.

“I don’t know why I thought that – way too many movies I guess,” she says. Although she was aggravated, she brushed it off when Neil asked her was wrong.

A few days later, just before she had to go back to school, Neil said he had to meet some clients and wanted her to come.

“We had tickets to the Heat game and were going out to dinner, and we were supposed meet clients of his,” Jacque says. He showed up a little late, acting obnoxious and short-tempered. He didn’t say two words to her parents. They took off in a rush, and as fate would have it, got pulled over by police just a couple minutes later.

“Of course, I was aggravated and thinking he deserved this ticket,” she says.

As the cop was approaching the car, Neil asked, “Should I mention that my father’s with the BSO?” She shook her head. Neil rolled down the window.

License and registration, the cop said. Let me get it, Neil said. “And by the way, do you know my father Rusty?” Jacque pinched his leg.

The cop didn’t care who Neil’s father was and needed to see the registration. Jacque thought the cop was being “kind of a jerk.” Neil handed it over.

He went back to his car and came back after a couple minutes. He said there was something wrong with Neil’s license and the car didn’t belong to him.

“It’s a company car,” Neil said. You can’t drive it, the cop said. “And then he said, ‘Well, I’m going to be nice. Do you live around here? Are you married?,” according to Neil. If he was married, his wife could drive the car home. “I’m practically married,” Neil said.

That’s how he remembers the moment. Jacque’s version is a little different.

“He goes, ‘Well [Neil] can’t drive this car. Are you a family member or a wife? And I said I could be his wife with all the shit I put up with,” Jacque says.

They agree on what happened next: Neil pulled out a little box and asked, “Will you be my wife?”

“She’s like, ‘What the hell?’ – and it didn’t register,” Neil remembers. “I got out and was high-fi ving my buddy and she realized, ‘He’s serious.’”

“I said, ‘Well, you’re an asshole,’” Jacque remembers. And then she said yes.

The cop – he really was one, and he did work with Rusty Scherer – hugged Neil and took off.

He convinced her they were already running too late to meet the clients. “Let’s forget the game and just go to Nick’s on South Beach and have a great dinner,” Neil said.

“We walk into the restaurant, and I end up seeing all my family and his family and friends,” Jacque says, prompting a genuinely confused question. “What are you all doing eating here?”

“She still didn’t click,” Neil says. He had spent three months planning the whole thing with his dad and friends, down to ignoring Jacque’s parents to get her riled up. All except for being late and stressed – that was real. The car got a fl at on the way to get her, and he was panicked that timing wit his cop pal had been ruined.

That’s the TicketBy Brandon Ballenger

Nursing at HomeBest Care was established in 1980 to provide home healthcare and help clients maintain their quality of life. It still does that today, although under different leadership.

“It’s a family-owned company.,” Jacque Scherfer says. “My mother and her business partner [Alan Spector] started it 33 years ago,” Now it’s run by the founders’ kids: Scherfer and Marc Spector.

The business helps match clients with caregivers at home, in hospitals, or in nursing homes. Services range from baby nurses to post-surgical care to live-in nurse aides and companions who can help with tasks like dressing and bathing.

Scherfer’s husband, Neil, is national account manager at CBS Outdoor, where he sells advertising on billboards and transit from the Palm Beaches to the Florida Keys.


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Ten days after slamming into a tree in Tennessee, 47-year-old Jim Clark had lost 25 pounds and showed scars running across his ribs.


Last July, Jim Clark was on vacation in Tennessee. He’d taken his wife and two children to visit his parents about an hour south of Nashville. Just after sunup on the last day of that vacation , he felt the need to unwind. So he went on a 50-mile bike ride through the mountains.

He never fi nished it.Clark was two weeks away from competing in an Ironman triathlon – a 2.4-mile swim,

a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26-mile run that has killed participants in the past. The 46-year-old Fort Lauderdale entrepreneur had fi nished one before, so a 50-mile bike ride was a leisurely stroll.

But only a few miles before he was back at his parents’ home, he saw a large yellow Labrador in his path. Vlark had been chased by dogs before while riding. It can be scary. But this 80-pound beast just followed him with a wagging tail.

“All right, buddy, you have to go home,” Vlark said. The dog refused. That’s when he saw the red pit bull.

“I remember his eyes,” Clark says. “I remember him looking at me.” The pitbull took off toward them. “With a vengeance,” Clark remembers. The yellow lab scurried toward Clark’s bike, turning the handles 90 degrees. He went

fl ying down the embankment at 25 mph, fl ipping twice before slamming into a tree 10 yards away.

“I just heard cracks,” Clark says. “It wasn’t the tree.”

PAIN: THAT FAMILIAR FEELING

Pain was nothing new for Jim Clark. As a 2-year-old, he was diagnosed with asthma. At 5, he was diagnosed with Legg-Calve-Perthes, a degenerative cartilage disease – he spent two years in a wheelchair.

“I don’t remember ever feeling pity,” Clark recalls. “I was just dealing with it. That certainly does something to your character, I think. Building some tolerance for bad times, it helps you want to strive and do things.”

And strive he did. As an adult, he tore up his ankle while water skiing and his ACL while snow boarding. On his 40th birthday, he injured his back jumping on a trampoline

“I just heard cracks. It wasn’t the tree.”A Broward businessman’s super-healthy lifestyle of triathlons and free diving almost killed him. Then it saved him.BY RYAN CORTES


with his kids. But the pain he felt

after this bike crash was something new.

After hitting into the tree, a delusional Clark began patting the ground, looking, hoping, to wake up from a dream.

“It wasn’t a dream,” he said. “Figured that out in about 20 seconds.”

He didn’t yet know that his shoulder had tears in two ligaments, his hip was cracked, and so were eight ribs.

“My entire left side was just broken,” he says. “I could feel my ribs banging up against each other. It was like Jello.”

Crawling along, he made his way up the embankment. Short of breath, Clark collapsed in a heap, his head in the road, his legs resting on the lane markers.

Twenty minutes passed before a car came and found his bloodied body. Clark couldn’t talk, other than to mutter the word, “Ribs.” While paramedics rushed to the scene, Clark recalled that the pit bull has disappeared, but the yellow lab was still there.

THE WORST ISN’T OVER

At the hospital, X-rays showed eight broken ribs and a punctured lung. Clark said his shoulder hurt. “We’re not worried about soft tissue,” a doctor replied. “We’re worried about you living.”

He was loaded into another ambulance and rushed to an emergency care unit at Vanderbilt University.

His 10-year-old son Kelly arrived and had one question: “Is this my dad? It’s kind of really scary to see. It freaked me out.”

After a week, doctors were nearly ready to release him. His brother Duane was fl ying up to drive him and his family home. On that very day, Clark recalls: Doctor comes in and goes, ‘There’s something we just can’t fi gure out. You have this mass in your lung sac. This gray thing. We don’t know what it is.’”

But it’s near the hear, and he might not survive the surgery. Before he’s wheeled into operating room, Clark writes a letter to his children and stuffs it inside a spiral notebook.

“My entire left side was just broken. I could feel my ribs banging up

against each other. It was like Jello.”

Everything went dark again.“Soon as I woke up,” Clark says, “I knew

it was the worst-case scenario.”Doctors found a mass staph infection

growing on his chest – MRSA, which becomes more resistant to treatment the longer it’s there. They had to screw titanium plates to three of his ribs so they could get the leverage to scrape off the mass.

“Everyone that came in the room,” his brother Duane recalls, “they said he would have a much, much better recovery than anyone else because he kept himself in such good health.”

Still, it was a close call. Clark’s wife Linda recalls, “I couldn’t get upset or cry in front of him, because he was being really strong and if I did that, then he would know, because there were moments we didn’t think things were going to go very well, so I had to kind of hide everything.”

But doctors had reached the infection in time. On Aug. 10, two-and-a-half weeks

In June of 2007, Clark had a biking ac-cident with friends, crashing into A1A’s

pavement. His friends followed his ambu-lance ride and went to tell his wife, Linda.

She wasn’t surprised.

In June of 2004, Clark went surfi ng in Bali, Indonesia. This was the tail end of a 15 foot wave he surged through.

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after ramming into that tree, Clark was set to go home.When Clark hobbled out of his wife’s car that day,

Kelly remembers, “He looked like he had been in the ocean for a month or so. Just drying out there. It was just scary.”

Or as his brother Duane described it, “He looked like a P.O.W. because he had lost so much weight.”

When Clark got home, he wept. “I try to look for the why, for the reason. I didn’t see

any. There was no white light experience. Heaven’s door didn’t open up and invite me in or shut me out. Nothing like that. I felt like I just needed to calm myself down and get through it.”

Nearly six months after his accident, Clark was back to his day job — “looking for deals” as he calls it. He’s a local entrepreneur who has fl ipped businesses in healthcare for the last 15 years. He was also back to riding his bike.

He wasn’t in perfect health yet, but his wife Linda understood.

“It’s Jimmy, that’s what makes him happy,” she says. “He doesn’t do anything small. And that’s great. But I think he needs to do it in a way that’s safe – especially

when you have a family and you have to be around.”One of his best friends, Mike Bush, the owner of

Pivotal Fitness in Fort Lauderdale says that after doctors told Clark he needed to stay on the couch and gia nweight, Clark snuck into the garage at odd hours to pedal on his stationary bike anyway.

“That’s totally Jimmy’s mentality,” Bush says. “He’s not supposed to run? He’ll run. When he wears out the cartilage, he’ll stop running.”

After a day of fi shing in 2010, Clark settled in with his two sons, Dylan (left) and Kelly (right).


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For the past 15 years, Young At Art Museum has hosted the annual Women of Vision Luncheon to celebrate civic and business leaders who have made a difference in the community. This year, during the 16th annual Women of Vision Luncheon on Wednesday, February 6, Young At Art is honoring community activist Nelly Rice as Young At Art Volunteer of the Year and Chantal Nichtawitz of IKEA Sunrise as Young At Art Corporate Partner of the Year. Broward County Commissioner Lois Wexler will serve as honorary chair.

“Both Nelly and Chantal have gone above and beyond with their support of all of our efforts both here in our fabulous new Museum and in years past,” said Mindy Shrago, CEO of Young At Art Museum. “They were an integral part of the team that created unforgettable grand opening events for us as well as volunteering behind the scenes for various programs, special events and fundraising activities.”

Beginning at 11 a.m., guests will enjoy tours of the Museum followed by a luncheon in the Museum’s picturesque courtyard, featuring elegant courses of epicurean delights, from creative hors d’oeuvres and soups to an enticing main entrée and gourmet desserts.

As in years past, the 16th Annual Women of Vision Luncheon will benefit the Museum’s creative and pioneering programs for underserved and at-risk youth,

16th Annual Women of Vision LuncheonCelebrating visionaries who make a difference in the community

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including ArtREACH, an after school program dedicated to bringing the arts to children living in homeless family shelters in partnership with Broward County public schools, and Girls N’ Power, an innovative partnership with PACE Center for Girls designed to build self esteem and critical thinking skills through art.

As part of the annual tradition, each of the Women of Vision will be presented with a hand-crafted, intricately designed, original piece of sterling silver jewelry created by Young At Art Museum’s Artist in Residence Chisseko Kondowe.

Sponsors for this year’s Women of Vision include Craig Zinn Automotive Group, David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation, FPL, Leo Goodwin Foundation, Inc. and Macy’s Westfi eld Broward Mall.

A model for museums nationwide, the Gold-LEED certifi ed Young At Art Museum is the epicenter of cultural arts education for families and features four permanent galleries: GreenScapes, CultureScapes, WonderScapes and ArtScapes. Shifting the paradigm of arts education from learning about art to using art for learning, Young At Art’s mission is to provide inspiring, interactive experiences in which art is central to shaping young minds and enriching the community.

Young at Art Museum is located at 751 S.W. 121 Ave. in Davie. For reservations, please contact Mary Lynn Perrino at 954-424-5023.

For more information about Young At Art Museum, visit YoungAtArtMuseum.org.

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The Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation (JJCCF) will host its 5th Annual Fancy Jeans Party sponsored by The Wasie Foundation and presented by Premier Beverage on Saturday, February 23, 2013 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Passion Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Proceeds from the event will benefi t children fi ghting cancer in the tri-county area.

Chaired by Jen Klaassens, Vice President of Programs for The Wasie Foundation, and produced by Ana Vento of Events by Vento Designs, the Fancy Jeans Party will feature live interactive entertainment, surprise appearances, a “Best Dressed Fancy Jeans” contest, a raffl e including a 2013 Fiat car plus two more extraordinary prizes, and a fabulous silent auction. Dance the night away while enjoying tasty delights and an open bar, courtesy of Premier Beverage.

Melissa Gomez, an adorable 4 year old fi ghting Leukemia, has been chosen to be the 2013 Fancy Jeans Child Honoree. Due to Melissa’s fragile medical circumstances and frequent hospitalizations, her mother had no choice but to give up working in order to become her fulltime caregiver. Her father works as a self-employed taxi driver which the past year has earned little income in an unstable market. During this dreadful time, JJCCF has provided emergency fi nancial assistance to cover the family’s basic human needs so they can focus on

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Melissa’s survival. JJCCF’s Financial Assistance and Advocacy Programs have been providing funding to cover payments for electricity, water, phone, car, groceries and gas gift cards.

Individual tickets to attend the 5th Annual Fancy Jeans Party are $50 in advance and $65 at the door, and VIP tickets are $100 in advance and $125 at the door. The Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation also invites local businesses and individuals to support the Fancy Jeans Party through sponsorships, in-kind donations or program journal advertising. 100% of the proceeds from Fancy Jeans will fund JJCCF’s Emergency Financial Assistance Program benefi ting families in crisis fi ghting childhood cancer. The signature event has raised over $385,000 to help these families in crisis meet their everyday basic human necessities such as food, shelter and medical treatments.

Fancy Jeans sponsors include The Wasie Foundation, Premier Beverage, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Passion Nightclub, Chris Evert Children’s Hospital, Florida Panthers Foundation, AutoNation & Maroone, SIDES, Miami Children’s Hospital, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Bacardi, Holland America Line, American Airlines, MSC Cruises, Dacha Storani, Broward Bank of Commerce, Alan G. Kipnis from Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Events by Vento Designs, KP Design & Photography. Food Sponsors include Grille 401, Rice & Dough, Hard Rock Café and Chef George.

Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation was created in 2004 shortly after Sandra Muvdi lost her only child to cancer. The Foundation has assisted over 1,800 children and family members impacted by pediatric cancer through the Emergency Financial Assistance program; it also advocates for and raises awareness of childhood cancer. The Foundation serves patients from all seven pediatric oncology hospitals in South Florida and is headquarters at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Mercedes-Benz USA and AutoNation will auction four all-new exotic vehicles valued at more than $1million dollars during the Gala’s live auction on Saturday, Feb. 23. They’ll feature some of the country’s very fi rst all-new exotic vehicles delivered in America…• the 2014 Audi R8 V10 Spyder (courtesy of Audi

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• the 2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spyder (courtesy of The Collection)

…and all of this will benefi t the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, which serves more than 12,000 at-risk youth, ages 6-18 each year. Chosen as the No. 1 youth agency in the country three years in a row by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, BGCBC keeps 98 percent of all raised funds in Broward County.

The Gala is just the highlight to a weekend of exotic car activities at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. This year’s Boca Raton Concours d’ Elegance honors the 50th anniversary of Lamborghini and highlights Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

New this year is a collector car and memorabilia auction, seminar and automobile art show – with a preview on Friday, Feb. 22 and auction on Saturday,

Feb. 23 It’s sponsored by Bonhams, one of the world’s oldest and largest auctioneers of fi ne art, classic and vintage automobiles and collectables.

Other highlights include…• The duPont Registry Live Hangar Party at the

Boca Raton Airport. You’ve nevereaten this well in an airplane hangar,where you’ll sample gourmet tastings from more than 20 South Florida restaurants while strolling around the hangar to get up close and pesonal with exotic cars, custom motorcycles, boats, private jets, vintage aircraft, and luxury motor coaches.

• The aforementioned Gala Dinner Auction & Show is black-tie optional at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Enjoy a cocktail hour and silent auction, followed by a seated dinner and that live auction mentioned earlier. There’s also the presentation of the Automotive Lifetime Achievement Award to JM Family Enterprises, Inc. and Emerson Fittipaldi, and the Lee Iacocca Award to Steve Wolf, along with a performance by legendary comedian Bob Newhart.

• The Automobile & Motorcycle Exhibition that spans all eras on the newly renovated and expanded showfi eld at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Check out

• more than 200 of the fi nest collector cars and motorcycles from around the country. An expert panel of judges including Chief Judge Dr. Paul Sable and Honorary Judges Carl Bomstead, David Schultz and Mark Gessler will select the fi nest vintage, antique, classic and exotic vehicles based on period, presentation and overall style, with an awards presentation to winning entries.

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The evening will include the presentation of the first annual Beacon Award to one the organization’s founders, Bill Mahoney. Event Co-Chairs are Sherry Stein of Ultimate Software and Marty Alexander of Holland & Knight.

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“Literary Feast is so important to the Broward Public Library Foundation’s mission to support Broward County libraries’ programs and services,” said Library Foundation Board of Directors Vice Chair Joseph Goldstein, who is serving as Literary Feast 2013 Co-Chair with his wife Mary.

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For Ed Cannatelli, size doesn’t matter. But time sure does. And time has dictated how the second-generation general contractor built his business.

“I’ve been a general contractor my whole life. My dad was a builder, my uncle was,” says 47-year-old Coral Springs resident. After moving to Florida from Connecticut, he started Pompano Beach-based Cannatelli Builders in 2003.

“What was unique about the Florida market was there wasn’t a lot of integrity with the companies in place,” Cannatelli says bluntly. “People would be surprised when I showed up on time.”

That punctuality and honesty ¬– “quality work at a fair price” – earned his business a lot of referrals. Cannatelli would do “a couple little jobs for people I knew,” and then get calls from their family and friends.

Nine years later, Cannatelli Builders is a fully staffed, full-service contractor. “We don’t work out of a truck,” Cannatelli says. “We have offi ces, a fi eld manager, and superintendent. We have weekly job meetings, because clients fi nd it important to be involved.”

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Getting it Done built the Florida Panthers’ Den of Honor at the BB&T Center, a 5,000-square-foot living history of the team with display cases featuring old jerseys, gear, and memorabilia. (That’s about one-third the size of an NHL rink full of team tributes.)

He’s also wrapping up a $3.5 million project in Lake Worth, building 12 townhomes ranging in size from 1,900 to 2,300 square feet as affordable housing for artists. The project is called Urban Arts Lofts and is funded by a federal grant that the city’s community redevelopment agency is using to buy up and renovate or rebuild foreclosures.

But the company still takes on smaller projects, including residential remodels and additions. They also just fi nished an expansion at Tavalino’s Restaurant in Coral Springs. “We did the bar and entertainment area with alcove-refl ected lighting, a lot of LED lighting, and an all-lit onyx bar that’s curved and lit underneath,” Cannatelli says proudly.

One of the company’s draws these days is being what Cannatelli calls “a one-stop shop kind of deal.” And that goes back to Cannatelli’s focus on time.

“Back during the boom, we had a unique experience where the architects would be so busy, and we would wait an extended period of time – and it would kill the job,” Cannatelli explained. “So we brought somebody in-house to do our own revisions and our own drawings.”

That not only sped up the process, it gave clients more control and fl exibility to make changes.

“We just opened [in late November] a new showroom next to our facility and have our corporate headquarters, interior design, architecture, and general contracting services under one roof,” Cannatelli says. “A client doesn’t have to go out to fi nd all these things: renderings, 3D drawings where you walk through the house, everything’s here.”

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David Menten runs Sawgrass Ford, the best-selling Ford dealership in South Florida. That’s no small accomplishment when you consider there 17 Ford dealerships within 50 miles of Weston, where Menten lives.

Sawgrass is one of the bigger Ford dealerships in the country, too – and there are more than 3,300 of those.

“Historically, we’ve been averaging near 800 cars a month, and volume’s kind of settled down to where it’s going to be a while,” Menten says matter-of-factly.

Last year, his dealership sold about 2,600 new cars. (Used sales vary more, he says.) That averages out to somewhere around one car every 95 minutes the doors are open. For comparison, industry analysts at Urban Science predicted the average car dealership would sell 805 vehicles in 2012.

According to Menten, there are at least 300 cars on the lot at any given time, although there can be as many as 1,000 depending on the production cycle. Many of them are trucks.

“Our primary business is trucks, and you’re almost always going to be replacing those if you have a fl eet business or a pickup

Deals on Wheelsor a tow truck you need,” Menten says. “Our best seller has always been the F-series, and we’ve also seen a swing toward smaller fuel-effi cient cars like the C-Max [hybrid] and Focus.”

What makes the business do so well? According to Menten, the location helps – at Sunrise Boulevard and the Sawgrass Expressway, just west of Sawgrass Mills and just east of a bunch of alligators. (Which is featured in the company logo, of course.)

“Part of our success is based on a great location we have out here, and our facility has a full suite of services,” says Menten. The company has 10 separate departments covering consumer and fl eet sales for new and used vehicles, including online, plus fi nancing, parts, accessories, and a body shop.

He also gives credit to the long-time staff. “Our people have been with us for a long time, and being a family-owned dealership is a little different than a corporate dealership,” says Menten. “People appreciate that.”

Menten’s family has been in the car business for a long time, he says. “We had multiple franchises at one point in time, from Vero Beach down to Homestead.” But when they started Sawgrass Ford, they sold all the other dealerships.

“We kind of put all our eggs in one basket. It’s been family operated 1997,” says Menten. Apparently, it’s worked out.

Driving Hard BargainsGiven his experience, we asked David Menten for some expert car-buying advice. He was eager to blow up some of the myths surrounding the process...

Dealers don’t get special deals. “Every dealer pays the exact same amount for the same make and model vehicles by law. If a dealer has a lot of something, they’re going to be more willing to make a deal on it. But there’s no price advantage to shop at a bigger or smaller dealer.”

You don’t have to pay a dealer’s fee. “The difference between manufacturer’s cost and a retailer invoice is three other costs. Dealers fi nance cars like anybody else, so you have that. There’s a [Ford] association fee, and a delivery fee to get the car to the dealership. If anybody’s adding a dealer fee alongside the taxes, that’s just additional dealer profi t.”

You didn’t really save thousands. “The bottom line is the best deal is going to have an average gross within $500 of a car’s price. You’re not really going to be getting a better deal by thousands, and people who think they got a better deal were probably misled. I hear all the time, ‘We’ll pay off your old car no matter how much you owe!’ – but every dealer pays off the car. They just work it in [to the new loan].”

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personal and business principles. Consumers can tell when you are – and are not -- being sincere. Follow the words of that marketing guru Dr. Seuss: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”

Julie Talenfeld is president of Boardroom Communications; a Ft. Lauderdale based integrated marketing and public relations fi rm.

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Cafe de ParisShrimp Maison

Celebrate Romance and the Love of Food

16 U-10 shrimp, about 2 lbs.4 OZ. Shredded Carrots8 OZ. Sliced Mushrooms2 Tsp. Chopped Garlic4 Tsp. Chopped Shallots1 Tsp. Chopped Parsley2 Cups Cooked Rice Pilaf

Sauté shrimp in light butter, remove from the pan. Discard the butter, sauté carrots, mushrooms, garlic and shallots until soft, add salt and pepper to taste.

SAUCE BEURRE BLANC1 Cup White Wine1/2 Cup White Vinegar1 Cup Heavy Cream1/2 LB Soft ButterJuice of 1/2 lemon

Reduce white wine and vinegar by half, add heavy cream, and reduce by half again.

Add soft butter with a whisk, add lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.

Combine vegetable and beurre blanc together.

Place rice pilaf on center of plates, arrange 4 shrimp around, scoop beurre blanc and vegetable onto the shrimp and sprinkle chopped parsley on top.

Dining on French food in a café that offers an intimate ambiance may be the best way to begin– or reawaken–

your love of food. What could be more romantic than a café adorned with sparkling lights, candles, and cabaret piano music playing in the background? The French are in love with history, culture, art, wine – and this is translated into every taste of food that is offered during your dining experience.

An intimate evening is guaranteed when you stroll into Café de Paris. Owner Louis Flematti acquired the café in 1962, and much of his success over the last 50 years is due to a consistent presentation of both food and service. Chef Carlo, Pastry Chef Jean Claude, and Patricia the piano player are part of the long-term familiarity that keeps regulars returning. A beautiful Bougainvillea tree, given as a gift to Louis by a local patron who has since passed away, remains at the entrance of the restaurant.

French food is for sharing. It is sensual. And sharing over candlelight

makes this dining experience very Parisian. Begin with Coquille St. Jacques, which is classically served in a scallop shell. This creamy dish of scallops, shrimps, and mushrooms is baked to crusty perfection.

The Escargot Bourguignon, dripping in butter and garlic, will inspire bread-dipping. And if you love Duck Foiegrass and toasted Brioche, your taste buds will dance with delight over this rich, buttery, and delicate appetizer served with fresh cranberries.

What’s better than appetizers that leave you lusting for more? Entrees that are perfect proportions wrapped with love and accompanied by wine offerings chosen by Louis himself. Consider the Beef Wellington. The fi let mignon is wrapped in a fi rm, fl aky crust accompanied by bordelaise sauce, vegetables, and a potato au gratin. Veal Oscar rivaled the beef. Topped with crabmeat, the plate was delicately complemented with asparagus, mushroom risotto, and a dab of hollandaise sauce.

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A moment is taken between tastings to appreciate the romantic view both inside and outside leading to the street of Las Olas. The café offers several choices for seating to enhance your dining experience. The sidewalk area has cozy bistro style tables that are lit under an expansive awning, and inside, there are several intimate alcoves and four separate dining rooms. A full bar, a spiral staircase, and a grand piano are all part of the main dining rooms character that simply adds to this lovely French bistro.

Dessert is absolutely for lovers at Café de Paris. I devoured the fruit tart fi lled with pastry cream and topped with fresh fruits with little option for sharing. The cheesecake with raspberry sauce was luscious, and the Key Lime pie was scrumptious! There are wonderful desserts offered for two, which include Baked Alaska, Cherries Jubilee, Banana Foster and

Crepes Suzette.Complete your meal with a

cappuccino or one of the many exotic coffees offered. While you may not have had an aperitif such as a Pernod or Campari perhaps a digestif, an after-dinner drink, is your fancy. A taste of Grappa or Drambuie will warm you and prepare you for a lovely after dinner walk on the boulevard.

Café de Paris has live entertainment seven nights a week. Early dinner

specials are served from 5 to 6 p.m., and the café is open for holidays as well. Visit www.cafedeparislasolas.com or for reservations or special events, call (954) 467-2900 or e-mail [email protected].

Café de Paris715 Las Olas Boulevard,Ft LauderdaleFlorida, 33301Tel: 954 467 2900


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WEDDING OF MORY & JAMES SNIDER

Stephen Burd & Kate Jolson, Grand-daughter of Al Jolson were married in November at Weston Hills Country Club. The bride & groom were surrounded by family & friends on this occasion. Kate is an avid tennis player and can be seen at Midtown Athletic playing or coaching.

Frederick and Tracy will tie the knot on January 27th, 2013 at the Sheraton in Fort Lauderdale. Fred proposed to Tracy

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Mory and James were married at Jacaranda Country Club, on 12-12-12, James works for Jonson Control and Mory works for

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BY BRUCE TURKEL

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My father was an innovative and very successful real estate developer. The Miami Herald called him “The Father of Florida Condominiums” because he built the fi rst residential condo in the United States – and the fi rst offi ce condo in the world.

As a kid, I used to walk from my elementary school to his construction projects. Sometimes my dad would walk me through the job site and show me where the elevators were going, how the stairs would be installed, and where the apartments were.

He’d also tell me about the construction business: How you made your money not when you sold your building but when you bought the property.... How the key to building a great building profi tably was compromising on everything except design and architecture.... And why he always wanted to sell his condo apartments as early as possible in the project’s lifespan.

Even as a kid, I thought I understood the reason for selling the project early was to get as much money as you could as quickly as possible. But my dad had a different rationale. Quite simply, he said he always preferred to “sell the dream.”

As my dad explained it, his best opportunity to sell an apartment for the highest price was to walk his potential buyer through a construction site and show them where they’d live, how close they’d be to shopping, the tennis courts, and the beach. Where they’d park and where their grandchildren would sleep when they stayed over.

But once the apartment was complete, the conversations would become more prosaic. One couple wanted harvest gold shag carpeting. The next buyer hated gold. One couple wanted a tile kitchen. The next wanted butcher block. Some people wanted bathtubs. Some people wanted showers because they couldn’t step over the bathtub rim.

So what’s an easier sell? Painting the picture of where they’re going to tuck in their adorable grandchildren? Or debating the value proposition of Corian or Formica countertops? When put in those simple terms, the advantages become clear.

Regardless of who the customer was and what they wanted, it was always easier to “sell the dream.” Because the reality never quite measured up to their fantasies.

Now think about your brand strategy. Are you promoting the intellectual, metrics-based advantages of your brand? Or have you fi gured out how to sell the dream?

Want some examples to fi gure out where you stand? Microsoft sells computing; Apple sells the dream. Checkers sells fast food; McDonald’s sells the dream. Sears sells inexpensive clothing and household items; Target sells the dream.

Selling the dream means you can concentrate your brand messaging on the things that get people excited. It means you can build a resilient message that will survive trends and fads. And it usually means you can charge – and get – a higher price for your products and services. Just like Apple, McDonald’s, Target… and my father.

Thanks, Dad.Bruce is a branding expert who makes his

clients’ brand experiences more valuable.

He’s worked with great organizations

including Discovery Channel, Baptist Health,

MetCare, and Miami. He’s spoken at MIT,

Harvard, and hundreds of conferences. He’s

been on NPR and CNN and featured in The

New York Times and Fast Company Magazine.

He has published three books on advertising

including Building Brand Value.

You can reach Bruce at [email protected]

LEONARD TURKEL | 1930-2011

BEACH RESIDENT: A 1965 story and photo in the Miami Newscrowned Leonard Turkel the father of Florida Condominiums.’

MIAMI NEWS FILE, 1965

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