Barrys Buzz Nov. 27, 2013

     Yay! Boca getting a dog beach, starting Dec. 13, 300 yards south of Spanish River Blvd. Friday Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7 to 9 a.m. and afternoons 3 p.m. to dusk. $30 permit for residents, $60 permit for non-residents.
   Star sighting: Jerry Seinfeld was seen having a drink alone last week at Jazziz Nightlife, which celebrated its grand opening in Mizner Park, but chatted briefly with an employee.
   Despite rescinding his resignation as FAU Head Football Coach Carl Pelini was fired by FAU interim president Dennis Crudele for not reporting improper staff behavior, so that Pelini did not have to repay $500,000 to the school and was lauded for his work as Head Coach.
   Hope Bruens, previous co-owner of The Buzz Agency, is fighting class 2 Ocular Melanoma. In a terrible turn of events, Hope was stunned by her partners Julie Mullen and Elizabeth Kelley Grace decision to dissolve The Buzz Agency amid her request for a buyout of her 1/3 ownership of the firm. Hope's partners then formed The Buzz Agency of Florida in an attempt to remain open for business and skirt the buyout.
  The former 50,00 sq. ft. corporate headquarters for ADT Corp and W.R. Grace & Co. at 1750 Clint Moore Road has been sold for $12.7 million.
  The 71.820 sq. ft. "Class B" office building in Boca Raton received $5.25 million for the 99% leased facility now owned by HC Real Estate Capital.
  The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club, a new non-partisan political club, will have monthly 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. luncheon meetings. Dec. 3 will feature former Nixon political consultant Roger Stone discussing his new book, The Man Who Killed Kennedy - The Case Against LBJ. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door for members and $35 in advance, $45 at the door for members. See www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com  or call 561.852.000.
   Fork & Knife has opened at 99 SE Mizner Blvd. Boca Raton. See www.ForkAndKnifeRestaurant.com for menu and details or call 561.405.6542.
    Fit 2Run, offering gear for runners, celebrated its grand opening an Saks Fifth Avenue unveiled its renovated mens' store at Town Center in Boca Raton.
    South Florida is on track to hit over 30 million visitors this year and account for creating 21,000 new jobs in Palm Beach County alone. Tourism accounts for nearly $6 billion in economic impact annually.
    There is good news and bad news in South Florida's reverse mortgage market, which tops the nation. Good news that seniors over 62 struggling with reverse mortgage payments and facing foreclosure can apply for $25,000 in assistance from the state. Bad news is that the Feds who guarantee them are making it more difficult for seniors to apply for loans because of soaring default rates.
     Four security experts testified before congress that the Obamacare website, www.healthcare.gov was rampant with security flaws and easily available to I.D. hackers to steal sensitive personal information. It was also revealed that Obamacare officials knew months in advance that the website was not ready for prime time and the launch should have been delayed to avoid the current disaster.
    United Health Care continues to come under heavy fire over its revised Medicare Advantage coverage that starts Jan. 1. United plans to dump thousands of doctors including hundreds in South Florida from its network and the cutbacks have sparked outrage among South Florida seniors enrolled in the plan. Congressional lawmakers and several Attorney Generals across the nation are investigating United's tactics.
    State owned Citizens Property Insurance, the insurer of last resort and the company policy holders love to hate, is starting to crack down on fraudulent claims with 15 insurance adjusters and insurers already arrested or targeted so far this year. Citizens has 125,000 customers in Palm Beach County. In a related matter, Heritage Property and Casualty of St. Petersburg, one of the start-up insurers slated to take over thousands of state owned citizens policies Jan. 1, shelled out $110,000 to Gov. Scott's re-election campaign and went to 92,000 Citizens policy holders from zero in one year after receiving up to $52 million bucks in state money to take over the policies. No other insurer received that sweetheart deal.   
   Blackstone Group owns 875 South Florida residential rental properties and Starwood Realty owns 375 South Florida residential rental properties.  
   The Faulk Center provides individual, family, and group counseling to children, teens, adults, and seniors through a variety of free and low cost mental health programs.  For more information and to schedule an initial evaluation session, please contact the Faulk Center at (561) 483-5300.
   Gas prices jumped across the country in the week leading up to Thanksgiving. But nowhere did they soar as much as they did in Florida. Although Florida is usually well below the national average, it�s now one of the highest.
    The Boca Raton Tree Lighting ceremony has been moved up two days to Nov. 27, before Thanksgiving, instead of Nov. 29 in Mizner Park and will include a live stage show in the amphitheatre, rides, children's activities and snow along with a kosher-style food truck for the first night of Chanukah.
   Black Nativity, Frozen in 3D, and OldBoy opens at the Boca Cinemark Palace & Premiere theatres.  Black Nativity, Frozen in 3D, Homefront and Nebraska opens at the Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres. Great Beauty opens Friday at the FAU Living Room Theatres. The Book Thief and Philomena opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth. All is Lost opens at Movies of Lake Worth.
    Watch Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl on www.wrpbitv.com Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 6 a.m.
     Barry Epstein live features Govtecnics LLC president and founder and Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club chair James S. Titcomb, www.studybuddytoday.com  president Matthew Vinas and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy on www.wrpbitv.com at 10 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres.  
  The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Starring the Rockettes is at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, Nov. 29-Dec. 8. Go to www.kravis.org or call 561.832.7469 for more information and ticket reservations. Don't miss this spectacular show! Upcoming shows at the Kravis Center include: Steve Solomon: My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm Still in Therapy Dec. 18-22; The Midtown Men, featuring four stars from the original cast of Jersey Boys Dec. 31; Jackie Mason Jan. 29; Mandy Patinkin, Feb. 5; Jay Leno, Feb. 8, and Joan Rivers March 13.
   The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 17th year has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton, featuring live music on the Piazza stage by "It Takes Two," a singer (Zella) and keyboard player (Phil),  performing a mix of old standards, holiday and patriotic music, with a little bit of country, too!  Call 561.299.8684 or email elilly707@aol.com for further information or if interested in participating.
   The next free Sunday Matinee Music Series Concert sponsored by the Friends of the Boca Raton Library is Dec. 1, 3-4pm, at the Spanish River Library (1501 NW Spanish River Blvd, Boca Raton) featuring "Women of Note," a 20-voice barbershop choir. Go to www.bocalibrary.org to register.
     The Last Night of Ballyhoo is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Spring, just east of Riverside Drive, to Dec. 31. Call 954-344-7765 or visit www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets and more information.
      Upcoming shows at the Delray Beach Playhouse at 950 NW 9th St. in Lake Ida Park, off Swinton Ave. Delray Beach include: Driving Miss Daisy, Nov. 30-Dec. 15; You Can't Take it with You, Feb. 1-Feb. 16; The Pajama Game, March 29-April 13; Doubt, May 24-June 8, and musical memories shows include; Come Fly With Me, Harlem On My Mind, Call Me Madam, Good News and Make Someone Happy. Visit www.delraybeachplayhouse.com or call 561.272.1281 x 4 for more information. Tickets are $30. Call 561.272.1281 x 4 for reservations.
  Veterans are needed to speak at the public County Commission meeting 1:30, Dec 3^rd, 301 Olive Street West Palm Beach, favoring the support of the only and first war veterans memorabilia museum and education center in Palm Beach for honoring those who served and school students to see hands on memorabilia treasures from war veterans and learn what veterans did to keep them safe and free. Contact PR.Group@Juno.com  or call 561-734-4527. 
    Chabad of West Boca presents hilarious comedy hypnosis featuring Glenn Miller, 7 P.m. Dec. 3, Embassy Suites, 661. N.W. 53^rd St. Email office@chabadofbocaraton.com or call 561.994.6257 for further information.
   The 43^rd annual Holiday Parade along Federal Highway downtown Boca will be Dec. 4.  Tickets are $35.
  David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN will keynote following a cocktail reception and dinner for the Jewish Federation's Ketuba Society, 6 p.m., Dec. 5, at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton. Call 561.852.3342 or email idan@bocafed.org for further information.
 RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women is Dec. 5 - Jan. 5 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center's Studio Theatre, with two special New Year's Eve champagne performances at 4 and 9 p.m. Tickets at www.brtg.org call 866.811.411. For more information, call 561.445.9244, email kassie@gmail.com.
   The Plaza Theatre, 262 South Ocean Blvd., Manalapan has I Love you, You're Perfect Now Change, Dec. 5-22; Renee Taylor, My Life on a Diet, Jan. 16-Feb. 9 and Dirty Blonde, March 27-April 13. See www.theplazatheatre.net  or call 561.588.1820. 
   The Women's Theatre Project presents the Southeastern premiere of "The Lyons", Dec. 6-Dec. 22 in the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are $26. Call 561.347-3948 or 561.445.9244 for more information.
   Palm Beach Dramaworks presents The Lion in Winter, Dec. 6-Jan. 5, at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Call 561.514.4042 or visit www.palmbeachtramaworks.org for ticket information and reservations.
   The Boca Raton Children's Museum hosts its 20th annual Breakfast with Santa from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 7. Admission is $10 per person and infants are free. For more information, call 561.368.6875.
    The Shoppes at Loggers Run, 11379 West Palmetto Park Road, will host the free 3^rd annual holiday adventure 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 7, with tenants showcasing great offerings and featuring holiday train rides for children, Santa Claus, treasure hunt, magic show, face painting, live demonstrations, games and prizes.
   The 37^th annual Holiday Boat Parade on the Intracoastal Waterway is set for Dec. 7.
   U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch and his wife Jill will be honored with the JTS Shin Award by the Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen and B'Nai Torah Congregation, 6261 SW 18^th St., Boca Raton, at a 6 p.m. Dec. 9 dinner co-chaired by Alisa and Dr Richard Cohen and Dr Tobi and Rabbi David Steinhardt. Tickets are $100 and RSVP by Dec. 1 to 561.852.3453 or cakantor@jtsa.edu.
   The Friends of the Boca Raton Library Foreign Film series screens Certified Copy followed by discussion 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 400 NW 2 Ave. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Go to www.bocalibrary.org to register on the Events Calendar for December.
   The Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) Annual Gala and Auction is 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton, honoring Michele & Larry Blair and Craig Donoff, P.A., chaired by Roxane Lipton, Wendy Legum and Jill Viner. Cost is $500. For more information, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org/gala2013, call 561.852.5013 or email jillw@rrjfs.org. To learn more about JFS, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org.
     The Sheffield Brothers will be at the free Sunday Matinee Music Series Concert Dec. 15, 3-4 p.m. at the Downtown Library, 400 NW. 2 Ave. Reservations are required at www.bocalibrary.org to register on the events calendar for December.
   The Boca Raton theatre Guild presents Marilyn: Forever Blonde, Jan. 9-11, 2013 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center's Studio Theatre. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.brtg.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Visit www.marilynforeverblonde.com,  call 561.445.9244 or email ckassie@gmail.com.
   Save the Date: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum South Florida Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, featuring International jurist and survivor of the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, Judge Thomas Buergenthal. Call 561.995.6773 or visit www.southeast@ushmm.org for more information.
   Weight Watchers Group CEO Florine Mark speaks at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County's Business & Professional Division (B&P), 8 to 10 am. Jan. 29 in Zinman Hall on the Federation campus. Registration at $36 is available at www.jewishboca.org/icon or sonnies@bocafed.org, 561.852.3128. Future guests include Saks Fifth Avenue CEO Stephen Sadove on March 26.
   Inside the mind of John Lithgow; actor, musician, author, arts advocate 11:30 a.m. luncheon Jan. 30 Kravis Center Cohen Pavilion. For sponsorship opportunities and to register to attend the event, visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/Foundation/STEAM.
   Save the Date: Phyllis & Harvey Sandler, Jan Savarick, Shirley & Allan B. Solomon and Jaime & Zachary Keyes will be honored at the Levis JCC Casino Royale Feb. 8, 2014. Email cindyb@levisjcc.org or call 561.852.3253 for more information. Committee in formation: www.levisjcc.org/casino.
    Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein will speak at FAU 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Go to www.https://www.fauevents.com/online to purchase tickets.
   Save the Date: The Caribbean Cowboy Ball is 6 pm. Feb. 22, 2014 at Red Reef Park. Tickets are $175. Call 561.347.6799 or www.scholarship.org for info.
      42 St. is at Boca Raton High School, Feb. 27- March 2. Visit www.bocatrama.com or call 561.338.15333 for more information and reservations.
      The West Boca High School Drama Dept. presents Young Frankenstein Feb. 28-March 8. Tickets are $15. Call 561.672.2066. Upcoming shows include Death by Dessert, April 25 & 26.
    The Harlem Globetrotters will play at the FAU arena on March 3 and 8. Go to www.harlemglobetrotters.com or call 1.800.745.3000 for ticket information.
   Save the Date: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to JARC's 29^th Annual Gala Dinner Dance March 9, 2014 at West Boca Country Club.
    Palm Beach Dramaworks presents "Some Enchanted Evening", 14^th annual Spring Gala, 6:30 p.m. March 14 at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, 2800 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. Tax deductible tickets are $500 and tables of ten are $5,000. Call 561.4042 ext. 106 for reservations and information.
   Florida's Annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will take place on March 22, 2014, between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM at Spanish River Park and A1A in Boca Raton. The Bash is the nation's largest, free, fun-day for people with special needs, their care givers and family members.  The 6th Annual Bash is expected to draw 6,000 attendees from South Florida and beyond. Tax deductible contributions should be directed to The Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities, PO Box 99, Boca Raton, FL  33429.  For further information call: 561-715-2622.
    Save the Date: Former Miami Dolphin and now owner of Offerdahl's Cafe Grill John Offerdahl will be the keynote speaker for the YMCA of South Palm Beach County's 12^th annual Inspiration breakfast fundraiser, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. April 8 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.
        www.westbocaleaders.com  is the best networking group in the area and meets at Hurricane Grill & Wings in the Mission Bay Shopping Center, next to Office Max, 10125 Glades Road, 33498 on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Cost is $60 per quarter. Check out the website for openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.
      Thanks to David Weir and the South Florida Business report for contributing to this column.
        Happy Thanksgiving and Chanukah to all. Enjoy the holiday weekend with your friends, family and loved ones.
     Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com, the www.luxurychamber.com, the www.westbocaleaders.com and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is: Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is on www.bocatribune.com, www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - www.http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.                

Restaurant Review: SALT 7 – PRIME STEAKS AND SUSHI! By Mark Kent

Located at 32 SE 2^nd Avenue in Delray Beach (274-7258), this two year old modern bistro is open all 7 days. Hours are 3PM to 11PM from Sunday through Tuesday and until 2AM from Wednesday through Saturday. Seating 117 inside and 45 on patio, they have an eclectic dining menu.

Some 10 appetizers are listed and we tasted the fine Chef’s daily Ceviche, a cool treat! Chef’s version of Oysters Rockefeller is smoked bacon cubes, string spinach with roasted garlic, pernod and hollandaise overwhelming a cool oyster. His Calamari rings were tender and tasty with a sweet but very spicy chili sauce for too much bite. A spicy Lobster was tempura battered and, as before, tossed with a tasty, yet spicy, spicy sriracha mayo dressing! None were memorable.

Turning to soups, the crab bisque was a bit sweet, the French Onion had a rich, yet thin salty broth and a crown of gruyere and Swiss. Unfortunately, the miso soup with its seaweed, tofu and green onion was quite thin and dull.

The Salt 7 house salad, sans lettuce, had very tasty mélange of tomato, feta, red onion, green peppers, cucumber and Kalamata olives – a good choice. The Caesar, however, had a too thin a dressing to be called a true Caesar.

The bone-in 17oz ribeye, cooked medium rare as ordered, was the finest…excellent, tender and flavorful- a best bet! The feature 8oz or 12oz filet mignons, 14oz or 20oz New York strips and pork chops as well as porterhouse at 27oz or…for two diners, 47oz.could not be sampled.

Chilean sea bass was tasty with its mango papaya pineapple chutney. The soft shell crab had vinegar slaw and their signature remoulade. Blackened grouper, skillet shrimp, seared tuna, salmon and a lobster and crab cake round out the ocean menu.

Try the chicken Lia- marinated. For 24 hours in a citrus/herb mixture, served with an artichoke, mushroom, caper mélange and mashed potatoes. The Soda-pop skirt steak was only average. We asked for the beef ribs but they were not forthcoming.

We sampled several Sashimi pieces – they were fresh and cold. There are 13 specialty rolls listed as well.

Salt 7 has an extensive wine, beer and cocktail list- pricing seems reasonable.

There is excellent service…from Restaurant Manager Donnie Petullo to Marketing Coordinator Kyle Gonzales to server Jeff! 

Page Two; Barrys Buzz Nov. 20, 2013

     Heizer Corporation, a Boca Raton Venture company completed a joint venture with Terra Viva Propantes, a gas and oil company, to open a plant in South Florida next year, which in the first phase will create 20 direct jobs and will build a 40,000 sq.ft. plant to produce propane for the oil and gas industries. The new joint venture will work closely with local university's for research and development of new products. The Brazilians partners, Monia and Roberto Sampaio are in Florida this week for meetings with the various business development agencies in the Tri-County area. Palm Beach and Boca have a good chance to win this race but also in the running are Dade and Broward Counties.

   Downtown Boca’s future just got brighter with receipt of a development application for a Hyatt Place Hotel at the southeast corner of Federal Highway and Palmetto Park Road. The Hyatt Place will bring a new 146,250-square-foot hotel with 200 guest rooms, an integrated parking structure, and a full-service 8,000-square-foot restaurant. It will be the first hotel constructed within Downtown Boca.

   Hope Bruens, former partner in local PR firm the buzz agency, has resigned to focus on her fine art career and her health.

   Kevin Gale, 15 year Editor of the South Florida Business Journal, has joined former Journal publisher Gary Press, now publisher of Lifestyle Media Group, as editor in chief of the luxury magazine monthly publications, including Boca/Delray Life, and others.

    The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club, a new non-partisan political club, will have monthly 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. luncheon meetings at City Fish Market, 7940 Glades Road and the Turnpike in Boca. Dec. 3 will feature former Nixon political consultant Roger Stone discussing his new book, The Man Who Killed Kennedy – The Case Against LBJ. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door for members and $35 in advance, $45 at the door for members. See www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com or call 561.852.000.

   Butterscotch Blankees, specializing in personalized linens opened at the Boca Raton Town Center and Winn-Dixie expanded and remodeled the store at 7024 Beracasa Way, including a new kosher deli, kosher bakery and kosher seafood selections, along with a new in-line chicken wing bar.

  The Faulk Center for Counseling offers a weekly Young Adults Group for individuals, ages 18 to 30 to share the experiences and challenges associated with this time of life. Group participants will learn tools to help make changes, overcome obstacles, and cope with typical stressors such as partner relationships, family dynamics, career choices, financial pressures, and academic issues.  Group is $5 per session. Call the Faulk Center (561) 483-5300 for more information.

    Philomena, Delivery Man, The Book Thief and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens Friday at the Boca Cinemark Palace & Premiere theatres and the Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres. The Armstrong Lie opens at Regal Shadowwood. Spinning Plates and American Beauty opens Friday at the FAU Living Room Theatres. Delivery Man opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth. The Book Thief and Philomena opens next Wednesday, and All is Lost at Movies of Lake Worth.

    Watch Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl and Barry Epstein on www.wrpbitv.com Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 6 a.m.

 Barry Epstein live features business facilitator George Bosselman, translator and interpretor Icela Vazquez-Perez, FloodSax distributor Amalia Kissel, Chabad Lubavitch of Boca Raton Rabbi Zalman Bukiet, Center for Family Services Clinical Supervisor Andres Torrens and Village Director Daniel Ramos and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy on www.wrpbitv.com at 10 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres. 

     The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 17th year has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton, featuring live music on the Piazza stage by singer, keyboard player DyMIN,  playing music of the islands with a little bit of country, too! Call 561.299.8684 or email elilly707@aol.com for further information or if interested in participating.

    The Plaza Theatre, 262 South Ocean Blvd., Manalapan has Fingers & Toes, to Nov. 24; I Love you, You’re Perfect Now Change, Dec. 5-22; Renee Taylor, My Life on a Diet, Jan. 16-Feb. 9 and Dirty Blonde, March 27-April 13. See www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820.

   The D Word a Musical is at the Kravis Center Rinker Playhouse to Nov. 24. Call 561.832.7469 or visit www.thedwordmusical.com for tickets or info.

   The Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Springs, presents Sophisticated Ladies, to Nov. 24. Call 954-344-7765 or visit  http://www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets and more information.

    The Theatre at Arts Garage in Delray Beach, Florida opens their season with The Longing and the Short of It, written and composed by acclaimed composer/lyricist Daniel Maté, who won the 2013 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Musical Theatre Lyricist, to Nov. 24. Tickets are $30-$45, and can be purchased at www.artsgarage.org  or by calling 561-450-6357.

    The Boca Raton Theatre Guild presents They’re Playing Our Song, to Nov. 24 at the Willow Theatre, in Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail. Tickets are $35. Call 561.347.3948 or visit www.brtg.org, www.carolkassie.com, or contact ckassie@gmail.com 561.445.9244 for further information.

  The Last Night of Ballyhoo is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Spring, just east of Riverside Drive,  to Dec. 31. Call 954-344-7765 or visit www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets and more information.

      Former CEO of Harley Davidson speaks at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Business & Professional Division (B&P), 8 to 10 am. Nov. 21 in Zinman Hall on the Federation campus. Registration at $36 is available at www.jewishboca.org/icon or sonnies@bocafed.org, 561.852.3128. Future guests include, Weight Watchers Group CEO Florine Mark on Jan. 29 and Saks Fifth Avenue CEO Stephen Sadove on March 26.

    The West Boca High School Drama Dept. presents “Is There Life After High School” Nov. 21-23. Tickets are $15. Call 561.672.2066. Upcoming shows include Young Frankenstein, Feb. 28- March 8; Death by Dessert, April 25 & 26.

   The Boca Raton Tree Lighting ceremony has been moved up two days to Nov. 27, before Thanksgiving, instead of Nov. 29 in Mizner Park and will include a live stage show in the amphitheatre, rides, children’s activities and snow along with a kosher-style food truck for the first night of Chanukah.

 The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Starring the Rockettes is at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, Nov. 29-Dec. 8. Go to www.kravis.org or call 561.832.7469 for more information and ticket reservations. Don’t miss this spectacular show!

  Chabad of West Boca presents hilarious comedy hypnosis featuring Glenn Miller, 7 P.m. Dec. 3, Embassy Suites, 661. N.W. 53^rd St. Email office@chabadofbocaraton.com or call 561.994.6257 for further information.

   The 43^rd annual Holiday Parade along Federal Highway downtown Boca will be Dec. 4.  Tickets are $35.

  David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN will keynote following a cocktail reception and dinner for the Jewish Federation’s Ketuba Society, 6 p.m., Dec. 5, at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton. Call 561.852.3342 or email idan@bocafed.org for further information.

 RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women is Dec. 5 – Jan. 5 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre, with two special New Year’s Eve champagne performances at 4 and 9 p.m. Tickets at www.brtg.org or call 866.811.411. For more information, call 561.445.9244, email kassie@gmail.com.

   The Women’s Theatre Project presents the Southeastern premiere of “The Lyons”, Dec. 6-Dec. 22 in the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are $26. Call 561.347-3948 or 561.445.9244 for more information.

   Palm Beach Dramaworks presents The Lion in Winter, Dec. 6-Jan. 5, at the Don 7 Ann Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Call 561.514.4042 or visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org for ticket information and reservations.

   The Shoppes at Loggers Run, 11379 West Palmetto Park Road, will host the free 3^rd annual holiday adventure 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 7, with tenants showcasing great offerings and featuring holiday train rides for children, Santa Claus, treasure hunt, magic show, face painting, live demonstrations, games and prizes.

   The 37^th annual Holiday Boat Parade on the Intracoastal Waterway is set for Dec. 7.

   The Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) Annual Gala and Auction is 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton, honoring Michele & Larry Blair and Craig Donoff, P.A., chaired by Roxane Lipton, Wendy Legum and Jill Viner. Cost is $500. For more information, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org/gala2013, call 561.852.5013 or email jillw@rrjfs.org. To learn more about JFS, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org.

   The Boca Raton theatre Guild presents Marilyn: Forever Blonde, Jan. 9-11, 2013 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.brtg.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Visit www.marilynforeverblonde.com,  call 561.445.9244 or email ckassie@gmail.com.

   Save the Date: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum South Florida Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, featuring International jurist and survivor of the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, Judge Thomas Buergenthal. Call 561.995.6773 or visit www.southeast@ushmm.org for more information.

    Save the Date: Phyllis & Harvey Sandler, Jan Savarick, Shirley & Allan B. Solomon and Jaime & Zachary Keyes will be honored at the Levis JCC Casino Royale Feb. 8, 2014., email cindyb@levisjcc.org or call 561.852.3253 for more information. Committee in formation: www.levisjcc.org/casino.

   Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein will speak at FAU 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Go to https://www.fauevents.com/online/ to purchase tickets.

   Save the Date: The Caribbean Cowboy Ball is 6 pm. Feb. 22, 2014 at Red Reef Park. Tickets are $175. Call 561.347.6799 or www.scholarship.org for info.

   055642 St. is at Boca Raton High School, Feb. 27- March 2. Visit www.bocadrama.com or call 561.338.15333 for more information and reservations.

   The Harlem Globetrotters will play at the FAU arena on March 3 and 8. Go to www.harlemglobetrotters.com or call 1.800.745.3000 for ticket information.

   Save the Date: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to JARC’s 29^th Annual Gala Dinner Dance March 9, 2014 at West Boca Country Club.

    Palm Beach Dramaworks presents “Some Enchanted Evening”, 14^th annual Spring Gala, 6:30 p.m. March 14 at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, 2800 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. Tax deductible tickets are $500 and tables of ten $5,000. Call 561.4042 ext. 106 for reservations and information.

   Florida’s Annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will take place on March 22, 2014, between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM at Spanish River Park and A1A in Boca Raton. The Bash is the nation’s largest, free, fun-day for people with special needs, their caregivers and family members.  The 6th Annual Bash is expected to draw 6,000 attendees from South Florida and beyond. Tax deductible contributions should be directed to The Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities, PO Box 99, Boca Raton, FL  33429.  For further information call: 561-715-2622.

        www.WestBocaLeaders.com is the best networking group in the area and meets at Hurricane Grill & Wings in the Mission Bay Shopping Center, next to Office Max, 10125 Glades Road, 33498 on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Cost is $60 per quarter. Check out the website for openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.

       Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the www.luxurychamber.com, the www.westbocaleaders.com networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is: Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is on www.bocatribune.com, www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as well as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.              

Barry's Buzz - Nov. 13, 2014

The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club, a new non-partisan political club, will have monthly 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. luncheon meetings at City Fish Market, 7940 Glades Road and the Turnpike in Boca. Dec. 3 will feature former Nixon political consultant Roger Stone discussing his new book, The Man Who Killed Kennedy – The Case Against LBJ. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door for members and $35 in advance, $45 at the door for members. See www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com or call 561.852.000.

    A few residents of Woodfield Hunt Club and some Regency Court shops are objecting to a proposed Bank of America location next to the fire station on Yamato Road, just west of Powerline Road, although residents of Woodfield Country Club are in favor and it passed the Planning & Zoning board.

    Office Depot Inc. has named Roland Smith, a former supermarket executive, as the chairman and CEO of its newly merged company, effective immediately and both former CEO’s Neil Austrian from Office Depot and Ravi Saligram from Office Max, have resigned as CEO’s and from the board.

    Boca resident David Silvers will run against State Rep. Bill Hager for a Florida House seat.

    The race for Boca City Council is getting crowded with Eric Gooden and Mohamed Abdalla both filing for Seat B, against incumbent Mike Mullaugh.

   The Rotary Club of Boca Raton’s 2014 OPAL Awards honorees are Gary Peters, Irving Gutin, Karen and Howard Weiss, Anthony Comparato and Cecil Roseke. They will be honored Jan. 18 at the Club at Boca Pointe, chaired by Doug Mummaw, Neil Saffer and Peter Baronoff. Call 561.477.7180 or email Claudia@rotaryclubbocaraton.com for tickets and sponsorship opportunities.

     The new 55,000 sq. ft. Wick Costume Museum, attached to the Wick Theatre is now open for tours of the $21 million Broadway show collection.

    The Meatball Room has opened in the Regency Shops on Yamato Road, just west of Powerline, with awesome desserts for late nite snack.

    SBA Communications purchased new Beacon Square office space in Boca for $22.65 million and expects to create 85 new jobs.

    Fiduciary Trust Company International has opened a Boca office at 2255 Glades Road, and plans to hire more people.

    Florida Atlantic University has been named to Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges 2014 rankings for the third year in a row.   

    Dish Network, new owner of Blockbuster is closing all the remaining 300 stores, including 7 in South Florida. About 2,500 will lose jobs nationwide.

  In the aftermath of a devastating 400,000 cancelations of Florida residents’ individual health care policies, President Obama is being blasted for his numerous promises that people could keep their health care plan and doctors under the Affordable Health Care Act, which critics are finally calling blatant lies. The President is also being taken to task for promising families could save $2500 a year under the new law, which is also not true.

    Come Jan. 1, South Florida homeowners will get shafted once again by state-owned Citizens Property Insurance in an effort to slash its numbers of customers, giving many policy holders no choice, forcing them into private insurers that are new, untried and untested. Consumers are screaming foul as they would rather do business with the devil they know than with the devil they don’t know.

     In a related matter, South Florida homeowners forced to buy coverage from private insurance could be facing a hike in premiums, reduced coverage and high deductibles. Most of the companies taking over Citizens’ policies have never weathered a hurricane and 6 of the 29 private companies at one time endorsed by the state have gone belly up. Citizens currently serves 133,000 policy holders in Palm Beach County.

    While the Palm Beach Post was shedding its newsroom, it was also shedding circulation. In the 6 months ending Sept. 30, the Post has printed just over 110,000 Sunday copies, off a withering 23% and weekday circulation was off slightly to a little over 87,000. By comparison the Sun-Sentinel Sunday circulation was over 228,000, while the Miami Herald racked up 191,000 Sunday readers. All 3 papers have suffered a major drop-off in circulation over the past 3 years.

        ICE Jewelry opens Friday at the Town Center in Boca and Fly Dry Blowdry Bar opened in the Mission Bay Plaza in west Boca.

     Dallas Buyers Club, The Best Man Holiday and Kill Your Darlings opens Friday at the Boca Cinemark Palace & Premiere theatres and the Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres. Let the Fire Burn, Sunlight Jr. and Pulp Fiction opens Friday at the FAU Living Room Theatres. All is Lost opens at the Movies of Delray.

    Watch Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl and Barry Epstein on www.wrpbitv.com Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 6 a.m.

  Barry Epstein live features South Tech Academy Fall Fling chair Linda Berkheimer, Author Marylou P. Kay, National Payment Solutions President Stephen R. Goodman, Tattooist Isaac Davis, Movie Maven Morrie Zryl and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy on www.wrpbitv.com at 10 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres.  

          South Tech Academy has its 2cnd annual Fall Fling, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 16 1300 SW 30^th Ave. Boynton Beach, featuring car, boat, motorcycle show and garage sale/swap shop with fun for the kids and entire family. Admission only $2 for adults/$1 for children and two for one with a non-perishable food item. Go to www.southtechacademy.com or call 561.369.7004.

   The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 17th year has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton, featuring live music on the Piazza stage by singer, keyboard player DyMIN,  playing music of the islands with a little bit of country, too! Call 561.299.8684 or email elilly707@aol.com for further information or if interested in participating.

    Upcoming shows at the Wick Theatre, formerly the Caldwell, include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Nov. 14-Dec. 25; 42^nd St. Jan. 9-Feb. 9; The Full Monty Feb. 20-March 23; Steel Magnolias April 3-May 4 and Ain’t Misbehavin’ May 15-June 15. See www.thewick.org for further information or call 561.995.2333 or 561241.7432 for tickets. Don’t miss it!

       The Plaza Theatre, 262 South Ocean Blvd., Manalapan has Fingers & Toes, to Nov. 24; I Love you, You’re Perfect Now Change, Dec. 5-22; Renee Taylor, My Life on a Diet, Jan. 16-Feb. 9 and Dirty Blonde, March 27-April 13. See www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820.

  Of Mice and Men, a searing work by John Steinbeck about friendship and responsibility set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, is at Palm Beach Dramaworks’ and has been extended through Nov. 17 (8pm) at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201 Clematis Street). Call 561.504.4142 or visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org for tickets.

    The D Word A Musical is at the Kravis Center Rinker Playhouse to Nov. 24. Call 561.832.7469 or visit www.thedwordmusical.com for tickets or info.

   The Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Springs, presents Sophisticated Ladies, to Nov. 24. Call 954-344-7765 or visit  http://www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets and more information.

    The Theatre at Arts Garage in Delray Beach, Florida opens their season with The Longing and the Short of It, written and composed by acclaimed composer/lyricist Daniel Maté, who won the 2013 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Musical Theatre Lyricist, to Nov. 24. Tickets are $30-$45, and can be purchased at www.artsgarage.org  or by calling 561-450-6357.

    Caroline Breder-Watts will host a film series starting Nov. 13 at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach. Call 561.243.7922 for more information or visit www.delraycenterforthearts.org/index.php/about/crest-theater-gallery.

    As it celebrates its 100th birthday, the American Cancer Society is looking to local residents to help finish the fight against cancer by reaching full enrollment in a historic research study. Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) will give scientists a better understanding of cancer causes and prevention. The Society is looking for local men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 from various racial/ethnic backgrounds with no personal history of cancer to help reach full enrollment of at least 300,000 people. November 15, and November 16, 8 am- 12 noon at Boca Raton Regional Hospital Lynn Cancer Institute, 701 NW 13th St. Boca Raton, FL. Participants should schedule an appointment prior to actual enrollment in the study. This can be done online at cancer.org/cps3florida or by calling 1-888-604-5888.

     A Foreign Film Festival Fundraiser for “A Walk on Water” a not for profit that provides water therapy through guided surf instruction to special needs children with autism, cerebral palsy & Muscle diseases (www.awalkonwater.com) will be at the Delray Beach Firehouse, 14276 Hagen Ranch Road, and every Sunday at 2 p.m. through Dec. 8. $5 donation at the door, no reservation necessary. For more information, call 561.483.2054.

     Reserve for the free and open to the public Sunday Matinee Music Series Concert sponsored by the Friends of the Boca Raton Library is Nov. 17, 3-4pm, at the Downtown Library (400 NW 2nd Ave, Boca Raton) featuring “It Takes Two,” an awesome duo----the talents of Zella Lehr and Phil Christian. 

     The Boca Raton Theatre Guild presents They’re Playing Our Song, to Nov. 24 at the Willow Theatre, in Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail. Tickets are $35. Call 561.347.3948 or visit www.brtg.org, www.carolkassie.com, or contact ckassie@gmail.com 561.445.9244 for further information.

  The Boca Ballet Theatre Guild presents the 22^nd Annual “A Princely Affair” luncheon and performance, noon, Nov. 10 at the Great Hall of the Boca Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton. Tickets are $90 per adult and $45 for children. Call 561.995.0709 for reservations and further information.

   The Veterans Coalition of South Florida presents its annual Veterans Day program 9:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at Veteran’s Park, 9400 W. Palmetto Park Road between 441 and Lyons Road. For more information, call 561.963.6755.

  The Friends of the Boca Raton Library Foreign Film Series will be held on Tuesday, November 12th at 6:30 p.m. at the new Downtown Library, 440 NW 2nd Avenue, screening Babette’s Feast, directed by Gabriel Axel, Academy Award winner, Best Foreign Language film. Admission is free, and complimentary refreshments will be served. Go to www.bocalibary.org, click on the Events Calendar in the left-hand column and click on Friends Foreign Series in the November calendar to display the short reservation form to reserve seats.  

  The Chris Evert/Raymond James Tennis Tournament is Nov. 15-17 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center and Boca Raton Resort & Club. Call 561.394.2400 or visit www.chrisevert.org for tickets, sponsorships or group discounts.

  The Last Night of Ballyhoo is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Spring, just east of Riverside Drive, Nov. 15-Dec. 31. Call 954-344-7765 or visit www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets and more information.

     The Friends of the Boca Raton Library presents a free evening with President Thomas Jefferson (as interpreted by Steven Edenbo), preceded by a members reception, at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Library meeting room. Please RSVP using the Library's event calendar at http://evanced.info/bocaraton/evanced/eventcalendar.asp.

     Former CEO of Harley Davidson speaks at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Business & Professional Division (B&P), 8 to 10 am. Nov. 21 in Zinman Hall on the Federation campus. Registration at $36 is available at www.jewishboca.org/icon or sonnies@bocafed.org, 561.852.3128. Future guests include, Weight Watchers Group CEO Florine Mark on Jan. 29 and Saks Fifth Avenue CEO Stephen Sadove on March 26.

    The West Boca High School Drama Dept. presents “Is There Life After High School” Nov. 21-23. Tickets are $15. Call 561.672.2066. Upcoming shows include Young Frankenstein, Feb. 28- March 8; Death by Dessert, April 25 & 26.

   The Boca Raton Tree Lighting ceremony has been moved up two days to Nov. 27, before Thanksgiving, instead of Nov. 29 in Mizner Park.

  Upcoming shows at the Delray Beach Playhouse at 950 NW 9th St. in Lake Ida Park, off Swinton Ave. Delray Beach include: Driving Miss Daisy, Nov. 30-Dec. 15; You Can’t Take it with You, Feb. 1-Feb. 16; The Pajama Game, March 29-April 13; Doubt, May 24-June 8, and musical memories shows include; Come Fly With Me, Harlem On My Mind, Call Me Madam, Good News and Make Someone Happy. Visit www.delraybeachplayhouse.com or call 561.272.1281 x 4 for more information. Tickets are $30. Call 561.272.1281 x 4 for reservations.

   The 43^rd annual Holiday Parade along Federal Highway downtown Boca will be Dec. 4.   

  David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN will keynote following a cocktail reception and dinner for the Jewish Federation’s Ketuba Society, 6 p.m., Dec. 5, at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton. Call 561.852.3342 or email idan@bocafed.org for further information.

 RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women is Dec. 5 – Jan. 5 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre, with two special New Year’s Eve champagne performances at 4 and 9 p.m. Tickets at www.brtg.org or call 866.811.411. For more information, call 561.445.9244, email kassie@gmail.com.

   The Women’s Theatre Project presents the Southeastern premiere of “The Lyons”, Dec. 6-Dec. 22 in the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are $26. Call 561.347-3948 or 561.445.9244 for more information.

   Palm Beach Dramaworks presents The Lion in Winter, Dec. 6-Jan. 5, at the Don 7 Ann Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Call 561.514.4042 or visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org for ticket information and reservations.

   The Shoppes at Loggers Run, 11379 West Palmetto Park Road, will host the free 3^rd annual holiday adventure 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 7, with tenants showcasing great offerings and featuring holiday train rides for children, Santa Claus, treasure hunt, magic show, face painting, live demonstrations, games and prizes.

   The 37^th annual Holiday Boat Parade on the Intracoastal Waterway is set for Dec. 7.

   The Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) Annual Gala and Auction is 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton, honoring Michele & Larry Blair and Craid Donoff, P.A., chaired by Roxane Lipton, Wendy Legum and Jill Viner. Cost is $500. For more information, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org/gala2013, call 561.852.5013 or email jillw@rrjfs.org. To learn more about JFS, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org.

   The Boca Raton theatre Guild presents Marilyn: Forever Blonde, Jan. 9-11, 2013 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.brtg.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Visit www.marilynforeverblonde.com,  call 561.445.9244 or email ckassie@gmail.com.

   Save the Date: United States Holcaust Memorial Museum South Florida Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, featuring International jurist and survivor of the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, Judge Thomas Buergenthal. Call 561.995.6773 or visit www.southeast@ushmm.org for more information.

    Save the Date: Phyllis & Harvey Sandler, Jan Savarick, Shirley & Allan B. Solomon and Jaime & Zachary Keyes will be honored at the Levis JCC Casino Royale Feb. 8, 2014., email cindyb@levisjcc.org or call 561.852.3253 for more information. Committee in formation: www.levisjcc.org/casino.

   Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein will speak at FAU 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Go to https://www.fauevents.com/online/ to purchase tickets.

   Save the Date: The Caribbean Cowboy Ball is 6 pm. Feb. 22, 2014 at Red Reef Park. Tickets are $175. Call 561.347.6799 or www.scholarship.org for info.

   055642 St. is at Boca Raton High School, Feb. 27- March 2. Visit www.bocadrama.com or call 561.338.15333 for more information and reservations.

   The Harlem Globetrotters will play at the FAU arena on March 3 and 8. Go to www.harlemglobetrotters.com or call 1.800.745.3000 for ticket information.

   Save the Date: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to JARC’s 29^th Annual Gala Dinner Dance March 9, 2014 at West Boca Country Club.

    Florida’s Annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will take place on March 22, 2014, between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM at Spanish River Park and A1A in Boca Raton. The Bash is the nation’s largest, free, fun-day for people with special needs, their caregivers and family members.  The 6th Annual Bash is expected to draw 6,000 attendees from South Florida and beyond. Tax deductible contributions should be directed to The Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities, PO Box 99, Boca Raton, FL  33429.  For further information call: 561-715-2622.

   If you would like to learn how you can make money and save money by NOT using a 401 k or IRA that will protect your money and generate tax free income, or are unhappy in your job, or want to change jobs, or need extra income, then visit www.freedombuilderinfo.com and call 561.852.0000 for further information. Everyone should see it.

     Banks are now encouraging Short Sales, rather than the lengthy and costly foreclosures. FORECLOSURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Contact Keyes Company/Delray office Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Realtor JOANNE EPSTEIN at 561.945.0000 and visit www.joanneepstein.com  to find out how she can save you from foreclosure, with no cost for attorneys, fees or commissions.

     Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT and T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers or your service, call 561.852.0000.

        www.WestBocaLeaders.com is the best networking group in the area and meets at Hurricane Grill & Wings in the Mission Bay Shopping Center, next to Office Max, 10125 Glades Road, 33498 on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Cost is $60 per quarter. Check out the website for openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.

       Thanks to David Weir’s South Florida Business Report for contributing to the column.

     Readers of this column can receive two free tickets to the Regal Entertainment theatres to see a choice of the following movies Monday-Thursday when they come out: Free Birds, Enders Game, Last Vegas, Dallas Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Best Man Holiday, Delivery Man, The Hunger Games Catching Fire, The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug, Frozen, Homefront, Out of the Furnace, A Madea Christmas, Saving Mr. Banks, American Hustle, The Monuments Men, Anchorman The Legend Continues, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D or the Secret Life of Walter Mitty.  Send an email to pr@publicrelations.nu with your address.

    Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the www.luxurychamber.com, the www.westbocaleaders.com networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is: Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is on www.bocatribune.com, www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as well as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.              

SUPERIOR DINING AT OUT OF DENMARK! by Mark Kent

SUPERIOR DINING AT OUT OF DENMARK!

Originated in 1993, reborn in 2013, the Danish delight is open 6 days (closed Mondays) from 5PM to 10PM and serves outstanding Northern European cuisine. Come to 2275 South Federal Highway in Delray Plaza, Delray Beach (561-276-2242).

Start with a traditional “Koldt Board”- actually a multi-tier selection of typical appetizers as follows:

Fine Grav Lax Salmon with honey mustard on flatbread.

A deviled egg topped with a caviar pearl.

Great pickled sea herring-sweet tasting in tomato/sherry sauce.

A Tasty warm spinach dip with Danish blue cheese.

Chilled marinated petit mushrooms with Dijon mustard+ thyme.

Deep flavor whole petit pickled beets – tangy.

Fresh dill flavored European cucumber salad- cool.

Rich Madras curry sliced boneless chicken-fantastic taste.

Sampling all of the above gave this reviewer and guest a wonderful tour of outstanding North European tastes done to perfection.

We had a thick yellow split pea soup, superior taste with tender bits of carrot- deliciously filling. We sampled their Caesar salad but found it quite dull, even asking for anchovies did not give it life. When informed, we were told that Chef Christian was aware of its shortcoming and plan to revise the dressing. Thank you, Chef!

The roast half duck, crisp and with superior duck meat as fine as we ever had. It was served with an excellent sweet and sour red cabbage, smooth mashed potatoes, haricot vert green beans and carrot spears in a great, light berry sauce! Tournedos Béarnaise- available in one or two 4 oz. center cut

Beef tenderloins-done, as requested medium/well-with asparagus, mushrooms, delicious in the rich sauce. We did have the opportunity to taste an old favorite, beef tongue with spinach and mushrooms. Make no mistake…this is nothing like Deli tongue but it rich and soft to the palate with succulent taste. Do try it!

Others entrees include brisket of beef, Chicken Raspberry, calves sweetbreads, Wienerschnitzel, meat loaf, Veal Cutlet Oscar, baby calves liver and 4 or 8 chops rack of lamb.

All portions of entrees are man-size and most attractively presented by the charming and helpful wait staff.

Two desserts- Belgian chocolate cake, then Danish Layer cake – sweet, sweet endings to our fine dining experience.

We noted an excellent wine list with quite reasonable pricing for a world wide selection.

The Out of Denmark set menu will change seasonally, Chef’s specials above and their every dish is made fresh every day to our delight.

To welcome Out of Denmark back, we suggest you…Go and Enjoy!

Page Two; Barrys Buzz Nov. 6, 2013

     The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club, a new non-partisan political club, will have monthly 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. luncheon meetings at City Fish Market, 7940 Glades Road and the Turnpike in Boca. Nov. 12 will feature Palm Beach County Inspector General Sheryl G. Steckler discussing corruption and Dec. 3 will feature former Nixon political consultant Roger Stone discussing his new book, The Man Who Killed Kennedy – The Case Against LBJ. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door for members and $35 in advance, $45 at the door for members. See www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com or call 561.852.000.

    Yvonne Boice, Chair of the Palm Beach International Film Festival announced the appointment of film, theatre historian and former midday host on WLRN radio, Caroline Breder-Watts as the new executive director of the Festival replacing Randi Emerman, at a reception for founders, board members and supporters at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The 2014 19^thannual PBIFF is April 3-10 and movie venues will include Cinemark Palace 20 in Boca Raton.

    The new Wick Museum, part of the Wick (formerly Caldwell) Theatre is now open on N. Federal Highway in Boca, just south of the Delray line.

    Boca City Council delayed consideration of a proposed Tesla Car dealership with outdoor car storage at the Town Center Mall until Nov. 12.

    Office Depot and Office Max officially merged Tuesday in a $1.2 billion deal. No word yet where the headquarters will be located, but retiring CEO’s of the merged Office Depot/Office Max will receive $15 to $16 million for Neil Austrian and Ravi Saligram will receive about $13.5 million.

   Boca based structured legal settlement firm Imperial Holdings was bought by giant private equity firm Blackstone group for $12 million to keep it afloat.

   Some 150,000 cubic yards of sand are being poured back onto the beach at Boca’s South Inlet Park with the project scheduled to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week with a skeleton crew overnights. The completion date is on or before Nov. 20.

   South Tech Academy Graphic Arts Academy students Levette Williams, 9th grade and Giselle Martinez, 11th grade, won 1st and 2nd prize (respectively) for the Anti Defamation League's Art Jr. competition - “Imagine a World without Hate”. As part of the contest, their art will be displayed at the Armory Center located at 1700 Parker Avenue in West Palm Beach from Nov. 14-16, 2013.

    TooJays Gourmet deli was purchased by New York private investment company Branford Castle, according to Alexandra Clough, Palm Beach Post.

    193,000 Palm Beach County residents receiving food stamps will be nailed $40 per month in cutbacks to the program, estimated to be $85 million per year. Most of the benefits are redeemed at Publix, Wal-Mart and Winn-Dixie, all of which will see a $60 million megabucks loss in redemption revenue.

   Federal food stamp cuts amount to $420 annually.

   The Obamacare website continues its tangled mess, and cyber thieves are licking their chops to seize vital personal information that’s not secure on the website and government bureaucrats hired the same firm that screwed up the website in the first place to fix the current fiasco.  

   The Palm Beach Post continues to gut its newsroom of veteran newspeople over 55, including high profile editorial page editor Randy Schultz, book editor and best-selling author Scott Eyman and editorial writer Jac Wilder VerSteeg who took voluntary buyouts rather than being fired, with more newsroom employees and support staff over 55 slated for the chopping block, says former Post columnist and now Miami Herald columnist Jose Lambiet.

   The Black Diamond day tripper gambling ship out of the Port of Palm Beach has missed several launch dates and will now start close to the holidays, renamed the Island Breeze and expected to carry 125,000 passengers in its first year of operation, and pay the port $1 million in annual dockage fees.

   South Florida homeowners looking for a deal on short sales could face a hefty tax tab if Congress doesn’t renew the mortgage forgiveness relief act, set to expire Dec. 31. The law allows for reduction in mortgage loans by lenders but not labeled as income on a short sale or foreclosure. Average South Florida short sale on a $250,000 mortgage will nail the seller with an estimated $23,000 tax tab if the law is not extended. 

    Palm Beach County tax bills will cost FP&L $76 million, Town Center Mall will pay $7 million, The Breakers $4.3 million, the Gardens mall $4.7 million and two sugar growers in the Glades area combined will shell out $8.5 million. Palm Beach County property tax revenue is over $3 billion annually.   

   The Boca Palm Beach Business Connection meets every Wednesday 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the Boca Polo Club TooJays, 5030 Champion Blvd. on Military Trail, north of Clint Moore Road. No dues, no fees, no mandatory meetings. Bring business cards. Join free at www.yourlinktolocalbusiness.com.

  The Veterans Speakers Forum will present an educational program honoring those who serve to 20 new English learning students from all over the world at Palm Beach Academic High School Nov. 7. For more information, all 561.734-4527 or email pr.group@juno.com.

   Thor and All is Lost opens Friday at the Boca Cinemark Palace & Premiere theatres, and at the Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres. Capital, How I Live Now and Big Sur opens Friday at the FAU Living Room Theatres.  12 Years a Slave opens at the Movies of Delray and About Time opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth.

    Watch Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl and Barry Epstein on www.wrpbitv.com Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 6 a.m.

 Barry Epstein live features Business consultant Bob Daves, Business Consultant Frank Feiler, Caregiver Jennifer Starke, and Movie Maven Morrie Zryl on www.wrpbitv.com at 10 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres. 

          The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 17th year has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton, featuring live music on the Piazza stage by singer, guitarist Mary Eiland, playing the variety music of rhythm & blues, pop, and a little bit of jazz,  too!. Call 561.299.8684 or email elilly707@aol.com for further information or if interested in participating.

    Jan McArt presents Ring of Fire, A tribute to the “Man in Black”, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 and 4 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Lynn University Wold Performing Arts Center, 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Get tickets at www.events.lynn.edu/liveatlynn or call 561.237.7707 for further information.    

      Upcoming shows at the Wick Theatre, formerly the Caldwell, include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Nov. 14-Dec. 25; 42^nd St. Jan. 9-Feb. 9; The Full Monty Feb. 20-March 23; Steel Magnolias April 3-May 4 and Ain’t Misbehavin’ May 15-June 15. See www.thewick.org for further information or call 561.995.2333 or 561241.7432 for tickets. Don’t miss it!

 World renowned Fine Art photographer Clyde Butcher has an exhibit through Nov. 8 at the Downtown Library, 400 NW 2 Ave., Boca Raton.

    Upcoming shows at the Delray Beach Playhouse at 950 NW 9th St. in Lake Ida Park, off Swinton Ave. Delray Beach include: Driving Miss Daisy, Nov. 30-Dec. 15; You Can’t Take it with You, Feb. 1-Feb. 16; The Pajama Game, March 29-April 13; Doubt, May 24-June 8, and musical memories shows include; Come Fly With Me, Harlem On My Mind, Call Me Madam, Good News and Make Someone Happy. Visit www.delraybeachplayhouse.com or call 561.272.1281 x 4 for more information. Tickets are $30. Call 561.272.1281 x 4 for reservations.

  The Plaza Theatre, 262 South Ocean Blvd., Manalapan has Fingers & Toes, Nov. 7-24; I Love you, You’re Perfect Now Change, Dec. 5-22; Renee Taylor, My Life on a Diet, Jan. 16-Feb. 9 and Dirty Blonde, March 27-April 13. See www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820.

  Of Mice and Men, a searing work by John Steinbeck about friendship and responsibility set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, is at Palm Beach Dramaworks’ and has been extended through Nov. 17 (8pm) at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201 Clematis Street). Call 561.504.4142 or visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org for tickets.

    The D Word A Musical is at the Kravis Center Rinker Playhouse to Nov. 24. Call 561.832.7469 or visit www.thedwordmusical.com for tickets or info.

   The Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Springs, presents Sophisticated Ladies, to Nov. 24. Call 954-344-7765 or visit  http://www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets and more information.

    The Theatre at Arts Garage in Delray Beach, Florida opens their season with The Longing and the Short of It, written and composed by acclaimed composer/lyricist Daniel Maté, who won the 2013 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Musical Theatre Lyricist, Nov. 1-24. Tickets are $30-$45, and can be purchased at www.artsgarage.org  or by calling 561-450-6357.

    Caroline Breder-Watts will host a film series starting Nov. 13 at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach. Call 561.243.7922 for more information or visit www.delraycenterforthearts.org/index.php/about/crest-theater-gallery.

    As it celebrates its 100th birthday, the American Cancer Society is looking to local residents to help finish the fight against cancer by reaching full enrollment in a historic research study. Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) will give scientists a better understanding of cancer causes and prevention. The Society is looking for local men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 from various racial/ethnic backgrounds with no personal history of cancer to help reach full enrollment of at least 300,000 people. November 15, and November 16, 8 am- 12 noon at Boca Raton Regional Hospital Lynn Cancer Institute, 701 NW 13th St. Boca Raton, FL. Participants should schedule an appointment prior to actual enrollment in the study. This can be done online at cancer.org/cps3florida or by calling 1-888-604-5888.

     A Foreign Film Festival Fundraiser for “A Walk on Water” a not for profit that provides water therapy through guided surf instruction to special needs children with autism, cerebral palsy & Muscle diseases (www.awalkonwater.com) will be at the Delray Beach Firehouse, 14276 Hagen Ranch Road, and every Sunday at 2 p.m. through Dec. 8. $5 donation at the door, no reservation necessary. For more information, call 561.483.2054.

   NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba and Dr. Edith Widder discuss how ocean and space exploration produces technology that impacts our daily lives and advances mankind, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7, Palm Beach State College, Public Safety Conference Center, 4200 Congress Ave. Lake Worth. Call 561.868.3450 or visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/foundation/STEAM for further information. Tickets are $65 per person/ $120 for two and includes program and reception.

   The Junior League of Boca Raton presents the 26th Annual Woman Volunteer of the Year Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 8 at Boca West Country Club. Contact 561.620.2553 or visit www.jlbr.org/wvoy or www.wvoy,org for further information.

  Place at Hope at the Haven Campus presents the 2013 Inaugural Hope Bash Boca, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 East Camino Real. Cost is $250. RSVP by Nov. 1 to 561.483.0962 or visit www.hopeatthehaven.org. Sponsorship opportunities and program ads are available too.

   The Boca Raton Theatre Guild presents They’re Playing Our Song, to Nov. 24 at the Willow Theatre, in Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail. Tickets are $35. Call 561.347.3948 or visit www.brtg.org, www.carolkassie.com, or contact ckassie@gmail.com 561.445.9244 for further information.

  The Boca Ballet Theatre Guild presents the 22^nd Annual “A Princely Affair” luncheon and performance, noon, Nov. 10 at the Great Hall of the Boca Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton. Tickets are $90 per adult and $45 for children. Call 561.995.0709 for reservations and further information.

   The Veterans Coalition of South Florida presents its annual Veterans Day program 9:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at Veteran’s Park, 9400 W. Palmetto Park Road between 441 and Lyons Road. For more information, call 561.963.6755.

  The Friends of the Boca Raton Library Foreign Film Series will be held on Tuesday, November 12th at 6:30 p.m. at the new Downtown Library, 440 NW 2nd Avenue, screening Babette’s Feast, directed by Gabriel Axel, Academy Award winner, Best Foreign Language film. Admission is free, and complimentary refreshments will be served. Go to www.bocalibary.org, click on the Events Calendar in the left-hand column and click on Friends Foreign Series in the November calendar to display the short reservation form to reserve seats.  

  The Chris Evert/Raymond James Tennis Tournament is Nov. 15-17 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center and Boca Raton Resort & Club. Call 561.394.2400 or visit www.chrisevert.org for tickets, sponsorships or group discounts.

  The Last Night of Ballyhoo is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Spring, just east of Riverside Drive, Nov. 15-Dec. 31. Call 954-344-7765 or visit www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets and more information.

     Former CEO of Harley Davidson speaks at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Business & Professional Division (B&P), 8 to 10 am. Nov. 21 in Zinman Hall on the Federation campus. Registration at $36 is available at www.jewishboca.org/icon or sonnies@bocafed.org, 561.852.3128. Future guests include, Weight Watchers Group CEO Florine Mark on Jan. 29 and Saks Fifth Avenue CEO Stephen Sadove on March 26.

    The West Boca High School Drama Dept. presents “Is There Life After High School” Nov. 21-23. Tickets are $15. Call 561.672.2066. Upcoming shows include Young Frankenstein, Feb. 28- March 8; Death by Dessert, April 25 & 26.

   The Boca Raton Tree Lighting ceremony has been moved up two days to Nov. 27, before Thanksgiving, instead of Nov. 29 in Mizner Park.

   The 43^rd annual Holiday Parade along Federal Highway downtown Boca will be Dec. 4.   

  David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN will keynote following a cocktail reception and dinner for the Jewish Federation’s Ketuba Society, 6 p.m., Dec. 5, at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton. Call 561.852.3342 or email idan@bocafed.org for further information.

 RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women is Dec. 5 – Jan. 5 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre, with two special New Year’s Eve champagne performances at 4 and 9 p.m. Tickets at www.brtg.org or call 866.811.411. For more information, call 561.445.9244, email kassie@gmail.com.

   The Women’s Theatre Project presents the Southeastern premiere of “The Lyons”, Dec. 6-Dec. 22 in the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are $26. Call 561.347-3948 or 561.445.9244 for more information.

   The 37^th annual Holiday Boat Parade on the Intracoastal Waterway is set for Dec. 7.

   The Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) Annual Gala and Auction is 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton, honoring Michele & Larry Blair and Craid Donoff, P.A., chaired by Roxane Lipton, Wendy Legum and Jill Viner. Cost is $500. For more information, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org/gala2013, call 561.852.5013 or email jillw@rrjfs.org. To learn more about JFS, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org.

   The Boca Raton theatre Guild presents Marilyn: Forever Blonde, Jan. 9-11, 2013 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.brtg.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Visit www.marilynforeverblonde.com,  call 561.445.9244 or email ckassie@gmail.com.

   Save the Date: United States Holcaust Memorial Museum South Florida Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, featuring International jurist and survivor of the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, Judge Thomas Buergenthal. Call 561.995.6773 or visit www.southeast@ushmm.org for more information.

    Save the Date: Phyllis & Harvey Sandler, Jan Savarick, Shirley & Allan B. Solomon and Jaime & Zachary Keyes will be honored at the Levis JCC Casino Royale Feb. 8, 2014., email cindyb@levisjcc.org or call 561.852.3253 for more information. Committee in formation: www.levisjcc.org/casino.

   Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein will speak at FAU 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Go to https://www.fauevents.com/online/ to purchase tickets.

   Save the Date: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to JARC’s 29^th Annual Gala Dinner Dance March 9, 2014 at West Boca Country Club.

    Florida’s Annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will take place on March 22, 2014, between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM at Spanish River Park and A1A in Boca Raton. The Bash is the nation’s largest, free, fun-day for people with special needs, their caregivers and family members.  The 6th Annual Bash is expected to draw 6,000 attendees from South Florida and beyond. Tax deductible contributions should be directed to The Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities, PO Box 99, Boca Raton, FL  33429.  For further information call: 561-715-2622.

   If you would like to learn how you can make money and save money by NOT using a 401 k or IRA that will protect your money and generate tax free income, or are unhappy in your job, or want to change jobs, or need extra income, then visit www.freedombuilderinfo.com and call 561.852.0000 for further information. Everyone should see it.

     Banks are now encouraging Short Sales, rather than the lengthy and costly foreclosures. FORECLOSURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Contact Keyes Company/Delray office Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Realtor JOANNE EPSTEIN at 561.945.0000 and visit www.joanneepstein.com  to find out how she can save you from foreclosure, with no cost for attorneys, fees or commissions.

     Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT and T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers or your service, call 561.852.0000.

        www.WestBocaLeaders.com is the best networking group in the area and meets at Hurricane Grill & Wings in the Mission Bay Shopping Center, next to Office Max, 10125 Glades Road, 33498 on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Cost is $60 per quarter. Check out the website for openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.

       Thanks to David Weir’s South Florida Business Report for contributing to the column.

     Readers of this column can receive two free tickets to the Regal Entertainment theatres to see a choice of the following movies Monday-Thursday when they come out: Free Birds, Enders Game, Last Vegas, Dallas Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Best Man Holiday, Delivery Man, The Hunger Games Catching Fire, The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug, Frozen, Homefront, Out of the Furnace, A Madea Christmas, Saving Mr. Banks, American Hustle, The Monuments Men, Anchorman The Legend Continues, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D or the Secret Life of Walter Mitty.  Send an email to pr@publicrelations.nu with your address.

    Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the www.luxurychamber.com, the www.westbocaleaders.com networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is: Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is on www.bocatribune.com, www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as well as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.