Catch a Ride

Vincent Iafano hails from Detroit, where half his family is retired from Ford Motor Company, the other half from General Motors. It was natural for him to go into business with Warren Henry Automotive, a local group run by a father and son, Warren and Larry Zinn, that sells Audis, Lamborghinis, Jaguars, Infinitis and Land

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At Your Service

When Dr. Michael Sanwald committed to a practice dedicated entirely to at-home care, he knew there would be times, like the night of a recent holiday dinner party in Fort Lauderdale, when duty would call after normal business hours. In this case, a dying patient required end-of-life care. And, so, at 9:30, Sanwald left the

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Eyes Wide Open

On the telephone from her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, Leigh Anne Tuohy says she’s more than ready to come to sunny Fort Lauderdale after a rough winter. She just helped move her youngest son, S.J., to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he’s taken a job as an assistant to football coach Chad Morris at the University of

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Reel Time

Though he’s about to host a tournament that promises the largest guaranteed purse in sportfishing history, Jimmy Johnson admits that his own rod-and-reel pursuits lack the competitive intensity that defined his championship career as a college and professional football coach. That might surprise those who remember his 1987 Miami Hurricanes team outscoring opponents 412-125 en

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Vanishing Regret

A Creek resident uses her nursing experience to help others change their tattoo past Though it might not seem like an obvious leap to take 32 years of nursing experience and turn it into a specialization in laser tattoo removal, registered nurse Jamie Plastina finds that the two correlate. Her business, VanishThatTat.com offers laser tattoo

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Note by Note

When Kyle Woodard started teaching music last year at Dave Thomas Education Center, one of the first things he did was paint the room a bright orange, which he believes enlivens students when they come in for class. And on a recent day at the Coconut Creek school, it was obviously so. On a TV

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A Helping Hand

Their introduction came seven years ago. Michael Hartwell, an auto collision technology instructor at Atlantic Technical College, and his students replaced a set of tires on the van of the school’s information management specialist, Kristy Bak. He noticed the disabled parking permit on the window. Bak’s son, Andrew, was diagnosed with schizencephaly at birth, a

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5 Questions with Robert C. Mattes, Parks and Recreation Director, Village of Pinecrest

Though Robert C. Mattes majored in outdoor recreation and psychology at Plymouth State University, it took becoming the recreation director for the city of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, to see that working in parks and recreation could be, to use his word, “wonderful.” “It really wasn’t until I started that career that I realized this isn’t

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The Lifestyle List

Friday, March 2 Laughs and Memories Sopranos Night with Vincent Pastore and Goumba Johnny Catch a Rising Star presents a night of stand-up with “The Sopranos” actor Vincent Pastore and comedian Goumba Johnny Where: Crest Theatre at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach Tickets: Starting at $47 Info: 561-243-7922; OldSchoolSquare.org The Fab Faux The

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Show of Solidarity

Students throughout the tri-county region refused to wait for the National School Walkout in March to make their voices heard in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In the week following the Feb. 14 attack, high school students from Hialeah Senior High, Western High in Davie, Cypress Bay in

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The Lifestyle List

Thursday, Feb. 22 — Celebrate National Margarita Day and Food Fun Cantina Laredo Try the Great Minds Drink Alike! Perfect Patrón ‘Rita with lunch specials such as Ensalada de Pollo and Sopa y Jicama-Green Apple Slaw Where: The Village at Gulfstream, 901 S. Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach Info: 954.457.7662; https://www.cantinalaredo.com/location/hallandale-florida/ Brimstone Woodfire Grill Half off Kush Margaritas and Don

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T Bone Burnett

Despite a journalist’s best-laid plans, interviews don’t always go as expected. In the case of Lifestyle’s recent conversation with T Bone Burnett, one such detour says as much about the perspective he brings to his artistic endeavors as any of the mile markers along his remarkable musical journey. Though the renowned producer, performer and songwriter

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