Each year, Coconut Creek hosts the Citizens Academy, inviting residents to learn more about the city through a nine-week course that educates them on the city’s mission, introduces them to city departments and gives them a behind-the-scenes look at how the city is run. Coconut Creek Lifestyle asked a few residents from Class XIII a
After retiring, most employees feel the urge to get as far away from their former workplace as possible. But not Ann Humphreys. Six years after officially calling it a career, Humphreys is still teaching (only now as a substitute) at Coconut Creek High School, where she worked full time from 1973 to 2011. “It’s in
These fresh salads promise to bowl you over When many of us think of a salad, we think of lettuce and random vegetables tossed with whatever dressing we can find in the fridge. Not much excitement, and not much flavor. But new approaches—and interesting ingredients—have reinvented this classic dish, meaning we never have to settle
Atlantic Technical College fills voids in the Florida job market On a busy weekday at Atlantic Technical College, dental assistant students train hands-on in a classroom that isn’t much different from a patient-care room at a dentist’s office. In a nearby repair shop, a group of students huddle over a disassembled air conditioning unit, trying
Go behind the scenes with the Lifestyle team on its recent fashion shoot with Claudia Sampedro [tw-social icon=”instagram” url=”https://www.instagram.com/claudiasampedro/” title=””][/tw-social] at Jungle Island [tw-social icon=”instagram” url=”https://www.instagram.com/jungleisland/?hl=en” title=””][/tw-social] . Photography: ? James Woodley [tw-social icon=”instagram” url=”https://www.instagram.com/jameswoodleyphoto/” title=””][/tw-social] Behind the Scenes photo credit: ? Evelyn Robles [tw-social icon=”instagram” url=”https://www.instagram.com/btrudesignstudio/” title=””][/tw-social] Creative director: Melanie Geronemus Smit Art director: Evelyn Robles
Before launching the first Sicilian Oven in Lighthouse Point with partner Ralph DiSalvo back in 2008, Andrew Garavuso took himself to the woodshed—and that’s when it hit him. All he needed to do, to give his pizzas an edge, was throw another log on the fire. Garavuso already understood the effect that burning charcoal had
Naked Crab Seafood Kitchen, the new beachside restaurant inside the recently renovated B Ocean Resort (the former Yankee Clipper), is already drawing raves. Created by Miami chef and restaurateur Ralph Pagano, the coastal-chic spot adds a modern spin to a traditional seafood house. Pagano’s third Naked concept—following Naked Taco in Miami Beach and Naked Lunch
There are two things to know up front about Sheri Daye, whose full-time role as an IBM engineer would be impressive enough on its own were it not for her weekend exploits in the ocean. For starters, the former host of “Speargun Hunter,” a show on Outdoor Channel that followed her free-dive spearfishing exploits from
Theresa Caputo is accustomed to the questions, but the answers never change. No, she can’t see into the future. No, she can’t predict which Powerball numbers will hit. And no, she doesn’t have a crystal ball. The Long Island Medium says that’s the world of psychics. “I’m Theresa Caputo, and I talk to the dead,”
Though Alyson Moriarty had performed at community events in Coral Springs, Parkland, Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, and the Starz of the Future Talent Competition in West Palm Beach, she hadn’t sung in her hometown of Coconut Creek until this year. Moriarty, 18, performed at Coconut Creek’s Butterfly Festival after winning the city’s first “Creek Idol”
