01/27/2022 ISSUE 04

BREATHE EASY

‘EVER-CHANGING’ TECHNOLOGY
CAN HELP BEAT SLEEP APNEA

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Breathe easy: ‘Ever-changing’ technology can help beat sleep apnea

BY KERRY FIRTH Dr. Andres Santiago Endara-Bravo. reflexes wake you, your heart rate ac-
Correspondent celerates, and your blood pressure
PHOTOS: KAILA JONE rises. If your body experiences chron-
The clock says you slept for eight ic effects of sleep apnea, your heart
hours, so why are you so tired dur- (high blood pressure), stroke and that reduce the diameter of the upper walls thicken and become stiffer and
ing the day? It could be that you have heart attacks, and the possibility of airway – such as nasal obstruction, a less flexible. These changes increase
sleep apnea, a sleep disorder where being disabled. Excess weight is one low hanging soft palate, enlarged ton- the risk that you can develop atrial or
you stop breathing periodically at of the primary causes of sleep apnea, sils or a small jaw with an overbite – ventricular arrhythmias and reduce
night, which affects 17 percent of the but it can occur in people of ages and also are contributing factors. the efficiency of the heart to pump
United States population. body types. blood.
When you stop breathing, your
“People with sleep apnea stop Certain physical traits like a large heart rate drops, and your body is de- “Men are more at risk of develop-
breathing repeatedly during their neck and structural abnormalities prived of oxygen. As your involuntary ing sleep apnea than women but the
sleep because the tissue around the risk for women increases after the age
neck relaxes and falls back, blocking of 50 when they stop producing hor-
the airways,” said Dr. Andres San- mones,” Dr. Endara-Bravo said. “My
tiago Endara-Bravo, director of the patients will come in because they
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospi- feel tired and sleepy during the day-
tal Sleep Center. time even after a good night’s sleep,
or in many cases the apnea has been
“When people snore it’s a sign that witnessed by their partner.”
the airways are blocked and prevent-
ing enough air to flow in and out. It The most common form of sleep
only happens at night because during apnea is obstructive sleep apnea
the day we keep the muscles tight and which occurs as repetitive episodes
the airway open. When we sleep we of airway blockage during sleep. Dur-
are relaxed, and all of the tissue falls ing an apneic episode, the diaphragm
behind, causing people to snore and and chest muscles work harder as the
to have the airway be obstructed.” pressure increases to open the air-
way. Breathing resumes with a loud
If it’s not treated, sleep apnea cre- gasp or body jerk.
ates a higher risk for hypertension

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The second form of sleep apnea is fortable nighttime breathing. and advances the lower jaw forward Endara-Bravo said. “The technology
central sleep apnea, which is related Positive Airway Pressure therapy keeping the airway open. is ever-changing, and we can discuss
to the function of the central ner- the right device or surgery for you,
vous system. It occurs when the air- is the preferred initial treatment for There is also a simulator that can based on your level of sleep apnea.”
way is not blocked but the brain fails most people with obstructive sleep be implanted under the skin with
to signal the muscles to breathe due apnea. With this therapy, patients electrodes tunneled under the skin to Dr. Andres Santiago Endara-Bravo
to instability in the respiratory con- wear a mask over their nose and the hypoglossal nerve in the neck and earned his medical degree from the
trol center. Oftentimes, prescription mouth and the air pressure is adjust- to intercostal muscles (between two Pontifical Catholic University of Ecua-
medications cause the disconnect ed to prevent the upper airway tissues ribs) in the chest. The device is turned dor and completed additional training
between the brain and the lungs, from collapsing during sleep. There on at bedtime with a remote control, in pulmonary and critical care medi-
blocking the signal to breath. are several styles of the devices spe- and with each breath the hypoglos- cine at Tulane University Hospital in
cialized for the specific needs of the sal nerve is stimulated, moving the New Orleans and sleep medicine at
Dr. Endara-Bravo shared a simple patient. tongue forward out of the airway to the University of Miami. He is accept-
screening acronym used in his office. keep it open. ing new patients at Cleveland Clinic
It is called STOP-BANG: S- snoring, Mandibular advancement devices Indian River Hospital’s Health and
T-tiredness, O-observed apnea, P- are dental appliances for patients “The FDA has just approved a new Wellness Center, 3450 11th Court, Vero
pressure (history of high blood pres- with mild to moderate obstructive device that you can use for 20 minutes Beach. To schedule an appointment
sure), B-body mass index (BMI above sleep apnea. These devices prevent during the daytime that trains the call 772-794-5800. 
30), A–age (greater than 50), N-neck the tongue from blocking the throat muscle to keep the tissue away,” Dr.
(greater than 17 inches in diameter),
G-gender (men are at a greater risk).

Patients who score 3 points out of
the 8 are at high risk of having sleep
apnea. The higher the score the more
severe the condition. Someone who
scores 8 out of 8 has severe apnea.

“Family doctors are generally
the ones who hear the initial com-
plaint from a partner who says they
can’t sleep because their partner is
snoring or gasping for breath,” Dr.
Endara-Bravo explained. “That will
trigger an evaluation. The first thing
we do is a sleep study and there are
two types of studies that we can do.
The majority of my patients prefer
a home base evaluation where we
provide the patient with a small ma-
chine they sleep with for one night.
They return the next day and that
gives me all the information I need
to determine if the patient has or
doesn’t have sleep apnea.”

The Home Sleep Test records air-
flow, breathing effort, blood oxygen
levels and snoring.

“The second method is conducting
the study at the sleep lab,” he contin-
ued. “Usually those are reserved for
patients with pre-existing conditions
who feel they can’t do these tests
themselves. We have four private
rooms with private baths, so it’s like
checking into a hotel but you’ll have
a trained technologist watching you
when you sleep.”

The overnight sleep study is more
extensive than the home test. It mea-
sures electrical activity of the brain,
eye movements, muscle activity,
heart rate, breathing patterns, air
flow and blood oxygen levels.

Conservative treatments are the
first line of treatment for mild cases
of sleep apnea. If the patient is over-
weight, losing weight will decrease
the symptoms. Some patients can
get relief from changing their sleep-
ing position – from sleeping on
their back to their side. People with
sinus or nasal congestion should
use nasal sprays or breathing strips
to increase airflow for more com-

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For teens, sleep deprivation related to poor food choices

BY ERIN BLAKEMORE 20 minutes more sleep than their ex- eat more junk,” Kara Duraccio, a psy- vegetables and fruits
The Washington Post hausted counterparts. chology professor at Brigham Young and drank more
University who was the study’s lead au- s u g a r- s w e e t e n e d
Between tests, extracurricular activ- Both sets of teens ate approximately thor, said in a release. “We suspect that beverages than their
ities and all that texting, it’s no wonder the same number of calories per day. tired teens are looking for quick bursts counterparts.
only a quarter of U.S. teens get the rec- But the kind of food they chose var- of energy to keep them going until they
ommended eight to 10 hours of sleep ied, and the teens with less sleep ate 72 can go to bed, so they’re seeking out Since the study
each night. percent more calories, and 32 percent foods that are high in carbs and added lasted only three
more carbohydrates, between 9 p.m. sugars.” weeks, the research-
That’s a lot of exhausted, cranky and 1 a.m. ers write, it’s unclear
teenagers – and new research in the Teens who got less sleep also ate fewer whether the tired
journal Sleep adds another reason for “Getting less sleep caused teens to teens might have
parents to let their adolescents sleep in normalized their
as long as possible. Teens who don’t get food intake over a
enough sleep, the study suggests, con- longer period. And
sume more sugar and carbohydrates, since the partici-
increasing their risk of metabolic dis- pants were mostly
orders, obesity and mental health middle-to-upper
challenges. in socioeconomic
class, it’s unclear if
Researchers analyzed the sleep and the effects would carry over to teens
eating patterns of 93 adolescents over from lower-income brackets.
the course of three weeks. During the The researchers say the extra 12
study period, the 14-to-17-year-olds grams of sugar consumed by the sleep-
woke at the same time every day. The deprived participants would add up to
researchers, however, changed their 4.5 pounds of sugar in a school year –
bedtimes throughout the study; one all the more reason to attempt to help
group was given 6.5 hours to sleep a teens get a reasonable amount of sleep
night, while the other group got 9.5. regardless of what’s going on in their
overscheduled lives. 
Predictably, the teens given more
time to sleep got about 2 hours and

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Parkinson’s progression may slow with weekly exercise

BY ERIN BLAKEMORE surgery or electrical stimulation tracked for about six years while
The Washington Post – can sometimes help ease some participating in a large, long-term
symptoms for a while. The research- international study investigating
For people with early-stage Par- ers wrote, however, that “there is how the disease progresses. As one
kinson’s disease, four hours a week still no disease-modifying treat- of the researchers said, the findings
of moderate exercise may help slow ment to slow the disease’s progres- “suggest it may never be too late for
the progression of the disease. sion.” someone with Parkinson’s to start
Symptoms of Parkinson’s, which is a an exercise program to improve the
movement disorder, start gradually Data for their study came from 237 course of their disease.” 
but worsen over time. people with Parkinson’s who were

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Hospice can help alleviate uncertainty around end-of-life care

BY LISA KANAREK legs, I avoided researching end-of- Hospice services were introduced son has a prognosis of six months or
The Washington Post life care. It turns out I’m not alone. in the United States in 1974. The less to live, should the illness run its
goal of hospice is to keep someone natural course without intervention.
In fall 2020, my 94-year-old father “People stay away from discuss- as comfortable as possible when That does not mean the person must
was discharged from a hospital with ing hospice because they feel like it they’ve decided to stop seeking die within those six months.”
orders for hospice. I didn’t know means they’re giving up and can’t further medical treatment. With
what to expect. Although over three do anything further,” says Diana R. hospice, a team of health-care pro- In 2018, 1.55 million Medicare
months, his appetite had dimin- Kerwin, chief of geriatrics at Texas fessionals – including a physician, beneficiaries in the United States
ished along with the strength in his Health Dallas Presbyterian and a nurse, a social worker and a spiri- used hospice. But according to a
president of Kerwin Medical Center. tual care provider – work together to study in the Journal of the American
minimize patients’ pain and focus Geriatrics Society, each year, nearly
HARBOR PRIMARY CARE on their needs. 1 million individuals who may be
eligible for hospice die without us-
THET L. TUN M.D. Unfortunately, the confusion and ing it.
misconceptions surrounding hos-
Board Certified Internal Medicine pice can keep a family from seeking According to a 2018 study in the
the service for a loved one and cause Journal of Pain and Symptom Man-
• Accepts Medicare and them to suffer needlessly. Knowing agement, “a significant cause of
Most Major Insurance Plans what to expect and when to begin low overall hospice utilization and
• Dr. Tun is an Active Member of hospice can help alleviate the anxi- intractably low median lengths of
the Medical Staff at Cleveland Clinic ety and uncertainty surrounding stay, reflective of late admissions,
Indian River Hospital since 2011 end-of-life care, experts say. can be attributed to” difficult and
variable prognoses “for most of
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“To be eligible,” she says, “two “You should think about hospice
physicians must agree that the per- when your daily quality of life is
significantly impaired and when

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the treatments are not going to pice-related expenses, while others ACCEPTING
change the outcome,” Kerwin says. may cover much less.” NEW PATIENTS!
“That includes a person’s ability to
stand up and walk around, eat, feed Tucci says that for those without We provide all Primary Care Medical Services
themselves, get up and go to the insurance, hospice providers will
bathroom, communicate, and rec- often work with families and may BRUCE MURRAY, MD SANDY POTTER, RN
ognize others.” charge on a sliding scale accord- Board Certified BA Health Care Administration
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of palliative care, but some people available to reduce out-of-pocket
confuse the two. Gross says hos- expenses. Home Visits when
pice focuses on maximizing the Medically Appropriate
patient’s quality of life using all While 71 percent of patients pre-
treatments necessary to relieve the fer to be at home receiving hospice For more information, go to our website at:
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ing cure-focused/disease-modify- provide, is not covered by the hos-
ing treatments. pice benefit.

Gross emphasizes that hospice- “Before deciding on a particu-
care professionals do not move into lar agency, shop around,” says BJ
a person’s home. If someone has Miller, a physician, co-founder of
worsening symptoms that are out Mettle Health and co-author of “A
of control, a licensed vocational Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practi-
nurse, a registered nurse or a home cal Advice for Living Life and Facing
health aide could stay for eight- Death.” “Hospice is a service like any
hour shifts until the patient is once business; there are different quali-
again comfortable. ties. So if you live in a place where
there are multiple hospice agencies
“The hospice benefit covers all available to you, interview them.”
care provided by hospice,” she says.
“This includes medications that Hospice is a two-way street; peo-
are treating symptoms as well as ple can come and go as needed.
equipment intended to improve Miller explains that sometimes
quality of life, such as an adjust- people sign onto the service, feel
able hospital bed, bedside table, an better and are discharged from hos-
oxygen compressor, and all hospice pice. If patients do not like it and
team member visits.” decide to try a new treatment that’s
coming online, with the stroke of
During my father’s time in hos- a pen, they can sign off legally, he
pice care, nurses stopped by my says. This process is called revok-
parents’ home twice a day and ing hospice care.
were available by phone to answer
questions. But I was responsible for “It’s an administrative burden,
administering medication – mor- but it’s no big deal,” he says. “Then
phine and a small amount of Ativan your old insurance will kick in.”
to relieve anxiety – and ensuring
that my father was comfortable in Predicting the exact day of death
between visits. can be challenging, but there are a
few indications of when the end is
Payment options for hospice care near.
include Medicare and Medicare
Advantage, Medicaid (benefits vary “We’ll see people have very dis-
by state), Tricare (which provides tinct changes in the pattern of
health benefits for active military breathing,” Gross says. “They take
personnel and retirees and their pauses, or what is medically re-
dependents), and CHAMPVA (Civil- ferred to as apnea, in their breath-
ian Health and Medical Program ing. They seem to be holding their
of the Department of Veterans Af- breath, leaving those at the bedside
fairs). Most private insurance ob- wondering whether they are going
tained through employers or state to take another breath.”
exchanges also pays for hospice
care. As the 2019 study in the Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society
“It’s important to know what your found, hospice services are under-
private insurance covers related used, especially among those with
to hospice costs,” says Amy Tucci, non-cancer illnesses. As more peo-
president and chief executive of ple learn about the benefits of hos-
Hospice Foundation of America. pice, they may be less hesitant to
“Some policies will cover all hos- request the service.

“Hospice is not something to be
afraid of,” Kerwin says. 

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Aaron’s Hearing Care Center ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
ABOUT E.D. AND OTHER
As you reconnect with others, trust your hearing MEDICAL CONDITIONS
to an audiologist with 30+ years of experience

Hopefully, all of you are doing well as we BY FRED CICETTI sweet, sour, bitter, salty and savory.
take the necessary precautions to reduce Columnist The most common complaint is
the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus). We
are committed to keeping our patients, any Q: What percentage of older men “phantom taste perception,” which
visitors to our offices and our staff healthy is tasting something that isn’t there.
and safe. have erectile dysfunction?
At all times we’re careful to maintain clean- If you think you have a taste disor-
Aaron Liebman, Au. D. liness in our offices in Vero Beach. We take The incidence of ED increases with der, see your doctor. Diagnosis of a
Doctor of Audiology extra steps and follow guidelines to further taste disorder is important because
protect everyone. age. Between 15 percent and 25 per- once the cause is found, your doctor
Why wouldn’t you want to be fit
with your hearing aid from the We have instituted a deep cleaning policy cent of 65-year-old men experience may be able to treat your taste
only audiologist-owned hearing and our staff disinfects all surfaces that are disorder. Many types of
aid office in Indian River touched throughout the day. We’re read- this problem. In older taste disorders are re-
County? According to Aaron ing up to date recommendations as they versible, but, if not,
Liebman, Au.D., Doctor of become available while discussing and im- men, ED usually has counseling and
Audiology, “both Audiologists plementing best hygiene practices to ensure self-help tech-
and hearing aid salesmen your safety. a physical cause, niques may
are licensed by the state. But, help you cope.
typically, the salesman has no than I thought possible.” such as a drug If you can-
formal education in hearing, “Aaron is a very caring man, not regain
while the audiologist has gone patient and works very hard to side effect, your sense of
to college and obtained a degree do the best for your problems. taste, there are
in the field”. I would highly recommend disease or things you can
him.” These are just three do to ensure your
What this means to you – of the glowing testimonials injury. Any- Taste Disorder safety. Take extra
as a patient – is that Liebman delivered by local people who thing that care to avoid food
will not only fit you with are “graduates” of Liebman at that may have spoiled.
a hearing aid, he’ll use Aaron’s Hearing Aid Center. damages
alternative methods of testing If you live with other people,
for accuracy, so you receive Dr. Liebman moved to Florida the nerves ask them to smell and taste food
the proper instrument. He’ll in 2001. He is originally from to see if it is fresh. People who live
provide all-around service and Albany, N.Y. area where both he or impairs alone should discard food if there is
counseling so its full potential and his father were audiologists. a chance it is spoiled.
will be clear. And, perhaps most He has found the residents blood flow in
importantly, he’ll consider you of Vero Beach and the rest Q. What causes Parkinson’s dis-
as an individual…including of Indian River County to be the penis can ease?
the affordability of the product receptive and loyal once they
he’ll be recommending. are exposed to his caring and cause ED. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a com-
This type of kid glove treatment concern for them. plex disorder of the central nervous
may have contributed to a So, if the concept of having your The follow- system. It is the second most com-
finding quoted on the AARP hearing aid fitted by someone mon neurodegenerative disease in
website that states ‘people fitted who offers more than 30+ ing are some lead- the United States, after Alzheimer’s.
for hearing aids by audiologists years of experience, who offers
are 13 times more likely to no-fee consultations, who will ing causes of erectile The defining symptoms of PD in-
be satisfied than people who return your phone calls, who clude tremor, slowness of movement,
made their purchase through a will supply free batteries for the dysfunction: diabetes, rigidity, and impaired balance and
hearing aid salesman’. life of your hearing instrument, coordination. As these symptoms
and who will provide quarterly high blood pressure, atherosclerosis become more pronounced, patients
Dr. Liebman’s satisfied clients clean up and adjustments may have difficulty walking, talking,
have willingly put their praises attractive to you, there’s only (hardening of the arteries), prostate or completing simple tasks. They
into print. one local audiologist to seek also may experience depression, dif-
“Everything I needed to know out: Dr. Aaron Liebman, surgery, hormone imbalance, alco- ficulty sleeping and other problems.
was talked about up front in a owner of Aarons Hearing Care,
very professional way.” “Aaron OIthnWediaNOnENRDiLvYhereaCAroiUnugnDtaIyiO.dLoOffiGceISiTn hol and drug abuse. In the early 1960s, scientists deter-
has done more for my hearing mined that the loss of brain cells was
For more information call And, of course, there are your emo- causing PD. The cells that were de-
(772) 562-5100 in Vero Beach. pleted produced dopamine, a chem-
tions. It should be no surprise that, if ical that helps control muscle activ-
ity. Today, PD is treated with drugs
you’re having a relationship problem and surgery.

with your sex partner, you can suffer There are two commonly used sur-
gical treatments for PD: pallidotomy
from ED. Here are some other psy- and deep brain stimulation. Because
these procedures are invasive, they
chological influences: anxiety over a are usually reserved for severely af-
flicted Parkinson’s patients who do
previous failure, everyday stress, de- not get adequate relief from medica-
tions. 
pression, and feeling unattractive to

your partner. If you’re suffering from

ED, you should see your doctor for a

discussion and physical exam.

Monitoring erections that occur

during sleep can help the diagnosis.

Healthy men have involuntary erec-

tions during sleep. If nocturnal erec-

tions do not occur, then ED is likely

to have a physical rather than psy-

chological cause. Tests of nocturnal

erections are not completely reli-

able, however.

Q. What is a taste disorder?

There are several types of taste

disorders. You can have a persis-

tent bad taste in the mouth. This

is called a dysgeusia. Some people

have hypogeusia, or the reduced

ability to taste. Others can’t detect

taste at all, which is called ageusia.

People with taste disorders expe-

rience a specific ageusia of one or

more of the five taste categories:

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Bonzo says Wig scores big on the cuteness charts

Hi Dog Buddies! write your story whenever you’re ready can ackshully jump Wig.
to tell it.” from the floor to the
I don’t think that Majorly Cool Kibbles countertop to the him I said so. My other pooch pal is my
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category. HowEVER, if they ever DID, jumpin’ down an curling up beside me. the toppa the cabi- of Poo. We stop an talk when we meet
Wig Corbiciero would totally be right nets. It makes me on leash walks.”
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human, black-an-white Boston Terrier, grand-pooch, Rocky, who had gone to “I just hafta keep liddle Wig, and wonderin’ what it’d be
checks all the boxes: Big Boogly Eyes. Dog Heaven, an they wanted another remindin’ myself like to alluva sudden have a new, boun-
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is an energetic, eager-for-what’s-next Perfick Puppy (ME). So I went to live Blacky doesn’t like my Gramma n Grampa! An my very
pupper in every way. with Gramma an Poppy. However, they me. At All. So far.” own swimmin’ pool. An my lovely eve-
were use to Rocky, who was Cahm and ning dish of yoghurt. An all you paw-
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After a flurry of wag-an-sniffs – Wig Gramma an Poppy needed a gentle berin’ my own, of-
bouncin’ around like a liddle tornado breeze of liddle kisses.” ten huh-LARRY-us The Bonz
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FISH-ull name.) But you can call me “But it was Meant To Be, cuz Mom an “I’m doin’ pretty
Wig. Or Wiggles. Or Deuce. This is my Dad ’dopted me, an Gramma an Poppy good in Outside, Posi- We are always looking for pets
Mom, Lisa, an my dad, Mario, an my big could visit me, then go home when I got tive Reinforcement Potty Training: 1 with interesting stories.
brother, Bugsy. He says you knew each too rm-BUNK-shus, like Granparents re treat for Pee. 2 treats for Poo (after Dad
other Back When.” ’spose to do.” picks it up). I’m havin’ a liddle trouble To set up an interview, email
“Perfect!” with the Stair Thing.” [email protected].
“Wig works for me, Liddle Dude. It’s a Bugsy, who’d been reclining next to
pleasure meeting you all! his Dad, spoke up. “Gotta admit, at first, “The Stair Thing?”
with this liddle whirlwind flyin’ all over “Yep. I go up ’em. But NOT down ’em.
“Hey there, Bugsy! Longtime, no the place, I was like, ‘WHY, Mom an Dad? So Mom hasta carry me down. Bugsy
sniff!” I exclaimed, as we trooped into WHY? Aren’t I enuff?’” keeps demonstratin’ by runnin’ up an
the living room and got SIT-chew-ated. “Me an Bugsy got along great, soon as I down a whole buncha times. But I re-
“You’re lookin’ GOOD, Dog!” (Bugsy ree-lized he’s In Charge,” explained Wig. main convinced I will tumble into oh-
was also a Boston Terrier, but with a “I’d just roll over on my back when he BLIVVY-en if I try to go down.
gold an white coat.) “I can’t wait to hear was around. Didn’t take long. We chased “I’m also a finn-ickky eater. Only plain
how you two got together. Are you still each other all over the place at first. Still ol kibbles for me. Never had people food.
scarfin’ down pizza at the slightest op- do. Then there was Blacky an Fluffy ...” Never want to. I mean, what’s the big
portunity?” “Who?” deal with pizza?”
“They’re CATS. Lots more boring than Bugsy rolled his eyes.
“Better buh-leeve it, Bonz! Nothin’ Dogs, in my opinion. At first they’d go “Where do you sleep?” I asked.
better!” all ‘Get Outta Our Space. This is OUR “In my cozy upstairs crate. I nap in my
house.’ Fluffy’s pretty Cool Catnip now, downstairs one. Bugsy says when I’m
By then Wig had jumped onto my as- tho. We wrestle around an chase each old enough, I can upgrade to Mom and
sistant’s lap and was bestowing a flurry other. An, Woof! can she climb! One time Dad’s bed like he did.”
of slurpy puppy kisses, which is one of I was lookin’ around for her, an Bugsy “Crispy Biscuits! Any favorite toys?
my assistant’s favrite things about pup- said, ‘Look up!’ There she was on the very Pooch pals?”
pies. Along with big puppy eyes, wet top of the highest cabinet in the kitchen. “My fvrite toy is whatever Bugsy has.
puppy noses an puppy breath. Her back was touchin’ the CEILING. She Same with him. Bugsy’s probly my BFF.
He’s a great big brother, but don’t tell
“Well, Wig,” I said. “I’m ready to

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Twee is back – here’s how to wear the trend the grown-up way

BY TAMARA ABRAHAM
The Telegraph

For as long as the word has been in about as British as they come, we owe Revolution in Music, Books, Televi- in popular culture. References include
existence, decades, twee was the an- the current incarnation of the word sion, Fashion, and Film.” Published in the adorably dorky Zooey Deschanel
tithesis of cool. to the late American journalist Marc 2014, it detailed a rising appreciation in hit sitcom “New Girl,” which ran
Spitz, author of “Twee: The Gentle of the whimsical, nostalgic and quirky from 2011 to 2018, or any film by Wes
Many of us have long steered clear
of anything too quaint or saccharine
for fear of straying into twee territory.
Maybe we’ve rolled our eyes at a rela-
tive’s penchant for doilies or bought
and returned a frilly shirt or dress.
I’ve written numerous articles over
the years about how to tackle pie crust
collars or oversized bows without
looking twee.

Now I find myself doing the oppo-
site, because fashion loves nothing
more than a sartorial about-turn. The
new year has brought with it a whole
new definition of twee.

Type ‘twee’ into Google today, and
you’d have a hard time finding any-
thing related to its original meaning.
Twee, in January 2022, is a Trend with
a capital T, and refers to a cooler take
on the aesthetic.

Although the origins of twee are

Virtual sneakers from the company RTFKT.

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Anderson. Spitz hailed it “the most But can the twee aesthetic look chic Do’s and don’ts
powerful youth movement since punk on an actual grown-up? As with many
and hip-hop.” trends, what suits Alexa Chung (whose DO continue to wear your favorite ‘cottagecore’ floral
most distinctive professional trait is dresses and statement collars. Make them work for winter
And it was. In the 2010s, fashion girls looking good in everything) isn’t nec- by teaming them with chunky boots and layering polo-neck
like me aspired to that aesthetic. I had essarily easy to wear for the rest of us.
the requisite eyelash-skimming fringe knits underneath.
and dark-framed specs. My clothes This is an easy look to adopt though,
looked like gems from a flea market, whatever your age or body type. It ticks DON’T be too heavy-handed. The look you’re going for is
even though I’d actually found them the sustainability box too, because front row at fashion week, not front row of the classroom.
at the mall. My footwear included you can probably make use of clothes
Mary-Janes and ballet flats – essential you already own. For inspiration, DO button your shirts to the top for an entry-level short-
elements of the twee uniform. avoid fashion blogs that deify teenage cut to that pulled-together, twee-inflected look.
‘It’ girls and look instead to the likes of
But what does this have to do with Paula Sutton of the Instagram handle DON’T wear anything you don’t feel comfortable in.
fashion in 2022, I hear you ask? It’s a @HillHouseVintage, who has gone The secret to carrying off any trend is confidence, so if you
good question. It usually takes a cou- from being 2020’s ‘cottagecore’ muse
ple of decades for a trend to return to 2022’s Queen of Twee. feel good, you’ll look good.
to the fashion fore, yet here we are, a
mere seven years on. Fashion influencer Louise Roe, who DO mix the twee look with other trends, like 1990s-style
has just launched her own twee-chic high-waisted jeans or a slightly oversized blazer.
As with everything in this industry, interiors brand, Sharland England,
it begins on the catwalk. The over- considers it a natural evolution of the
riding message was that we would cottagecore trend that dominated
want our clothes to bring us joy. This our Instagram feeds during the lock-
was realized in nods to twee across downs of the past two years.
the spring/summer 2022 collections,
from Molly Goddard’s tiered dresses “Twee is big Peter Pan collars, ruf-
and skirts, to buttoned-up floral shirts fles and ditsy floral print maxi dress-
at Erdem to silky bows and candy-col- es,” she says. “It’s an aesthetic I love
ored mini skirt suits at Chanel (those both in fashion and interiors.”
twee heart-shaped quilted bags will
be catnip for collectors, too). Emily in Worn all at once, twee can look a
Paris literal-dressing her way around bit “Little House on the Prairie” fan-
the French capital in Chanel tweed cy dress or Bunny MacDougal-like,
and berets certainly didn’t hurt, Charlotte’s twinset-and-pearls-loving
and nor did Alexa Chung sporting a mother-in-law in “Sex and the City,”
Shrimps knitted balaclava on Insta- though. The key to carrying it all off
gram (said balaclava has since sold in the real world, as opposed to Insta-
out online). gram, is moderation.

We have social media to thank for “The way that I would make it wear-
this seemingly sudden demand for able as an adult is to team it with much
all things twee though. The hashtag more structured pieces,” Roe says. “So
#twee has 77.2K posts on Instagram if I want to wear a ditsy print dress, I’ll
– not too shabby – but the platform cinch it at the waist with a black leath-
on which it is really gathering steam er belt with a simple gold buckle in the
is Tiktok, where it has 68.7 million style of Princess Diana in the 1990s.
views. Never mind the fact that some
of us never stopped wearing the same “If I’m wearing a Peter Pan col-
‘twee’ clothes we wore in 2014, this is lar blouse, I’ll probably team it with
dopamine dressing for 2022. a skinny leather trouser or a skinny
high-waisted jean. Equally, you could
“We want to feel free again after the throw a tailored blazer over the top a
last two years, and to go out into the twee piece. I also love wearing flats
world again. There is an optimism with something very girly and twee
and a joy to these clothes,” says celeb- – perhaps a black patent loafer. I re-
rity stylist Leith Clark, who works with cently got a pair of white and brown
Keira Knightly, Claire Foy, and Gugu loafers that feel a little bit 1940s, but
Mbatha-Raw. in a unisex way. The idea is to just bal-
ance the twee with more streamlined,
Clothes that define the twee look in classic pieces in the rest of the outfit.”
2022 include oversized or frilly collars,
bows, colorful tights, fit-and-flare Of course twee won’t be for every-
dresses and cardigans. It’s uncompli- one. I know many people who will be
cated and comforting in its familiarity unable to separate nouveau twee from
and easy polish, which is appealing at the overly saccharine, sentimental
a time when we need a dopamine hit and quaint associations with the word
more than ever. that they’ve known all their lives. And
I can understand that. They certainly
There have been some updates to won’t be out of style for rejecting it in
the look though, which makes it feel favor of other prevailing trends like
fresh for the new season: chunky loaf- “Succession” chic or utilitarian-luxe.
ers and Mary-Janes have replaced the
more delicate iterations we wore in But for those who have a soft spot
2014; we’re trading trilbys for berets for all things pretty, feminine and vin-
and we’ll be wearing it all with high- tage-inspired, twee gives you license
waisted straight-leg jeans instead of to indulge – and it shows no sign of
high-stretch skinny jeans. going anywhere soon. It’s time to let
your flounce flag fly. 

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Flamboyant André Leon Talley leaves
an indelible mark in the fashion world

BY LAURA CRAIK cording To André” (2018), a documen-
tary about his life.
The Telegraph
Talley could as easily have been
I can’t remember the party, but I talking about himself. Born in Wash-
can remember the scream. Piercing ington, D.C., he was brought up by
and dramatic, those less familiar with his grandmother in Durham, North
André Leon Talley might have as- Carolina, revealing in his 2020 mem-
sumed it was a portent of disaster or oir, “The Chiffon Trenches,” that he
discontent. To those who knew him, had been sexually abused as a child.
however, it was just André being An- Often struggling to fit in, he said he
dré: deliciously dramatic. found his calling upon discovering an
issue of Vogue aged 9, during a trip to
Possibly, he was exclaiming about a church library.
the canapés. Or maybe the cut of a
model’s Alaia dress. Alarming as they It was the beginning of a journey that
may have sounded to the uninitiated, would see him move to New York and
his screams were inevitably followed embark on a stellar five-decade career
by a peal of laughter. His sense of in fashion. His first job in 1974 was as
humor ran the gamut from bitchy to an intern at the Metropolitan Museum
waggish to droll. During his five de- of Art, working for the legendary Di-
cades in the fashion industry, it was ana Vreeland. From there he moved to
this humor that made him such com- work under Andy Warhol at the artist’s
pelling company, as in-demand as a Interview magazine, an experience he
party guest as he was as a guest on the described as “like being in high school.
front row.
“We worked hard, it was a profes-
Many people are described as “larg- sional office, but it was also a social
er than life,”,and Talley’s death, at 73, club. Everyone in the Warhol universe
has prompted a slew of tributes chron- was equal, and it was all just a blast.”
icling him as such. “You championed
me and you have been my friend since Having studied French literature
the beginning,” wrote the designer at Carolina Central University and
Marc Jacobs. “You and your passions later gaining a Master of Arts degree
were larger than life.” in French literature at Brown, it had
been a longstanding dream of his to
Certainly, Talley had a more ebul- live and work in Paris. Aged 28, he
lient personality than the average made the move, working for the trade
fashion editor. But if he was larger publication Womenswear Daily. Here,
than life, he was also larger than them, he cemented lifelong friendships with
a 6-foot-6 colossus of height and intel- Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano and
lect swathed in a billowing Chanel / Karl Lagerfeld. In 2021, he was hon-
Valentino / Yamamoto cape or kaftan. ored with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des
Just as Karl Lagerfeld had his fan, Tal- Arts et des Lettres, in recognition of
ley’s capes and kaftans were his trade- his contribution to French culture.
mark, and while it’s impossible to pick
a favorite, honorable mention must His longest tenure was at Vogue,
surely go to the red and gold kaftan where he worked as fashion news di-
he wore in 2018, hand embroidered by rector from 1983 to 1987 before be-
the designer Daniel Day. coming the magazine’s creative di-
rector in 1988. In 1995, he was made
This kaftan is particularly signifi- editor at large, where he spent the next
cant because it is an example of Tal- 18 years as Anna Wintour’s right hand
ley’s tireless championing of over- man, sitting at her side at every fash-
looked talent, particularly overlooked ion show throughout New York, Lon-
Black talent. The designer Daniel Day don, Milan and Paris fashion week,
is better known as Dapper Dan, a mav- always traveling with his custom-
erick genius who arguably invented made Louis Vuitton luggage, a collec-
the concept of luxury streetwear and tion which is said to have numbered
was plagued with lawsuits throughout around 50 pieces.
the 1990’s, before eventually being in-
vited into the fold via a collaboration He left in 2013, contributing to pod-
with Gucci. casts and conducting red carpet in-
terviews, most notably at the Met Ball,
“I wanted people to know how until he was controversially replaced
proud I was of a Black man who finally by YouTuber Liza Koshy. “Like an ex-
got his proper due and respect from tinct dodo bird, my brain, rich and
the vicious, cruel beast of fashion,” replete with knowledge, has been rel-
Talley explained in “The Gospel Ac- egated to the history books,” he wrote
in his 2020 memoir, in which he also

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revealed his sorrow and anger over pithy observations made him a natu- (2008) and “Empire” (2015). his position as the highest ranking
his perceived treatment by Wintour, ral on TV, and his fame grew when He was vocal about Black models’ African-American man in fashion to
whom he said thought he had become he appeared as a judge on “America’s pay it forward, helping other BAME
“old, overweight and uncool.” Next Top Model” (2010-2011). He also lack of representation on the cat- people in an industry which has al-
had cameo roles in “Sex And The City” walk and in magazines years before ways overlooked them. It was Talley
His flamboyant personality and other voices joined the cry, and used who introduced designer Jason Wu
to former First Lady Michelle Obama,
who eventually went on to design her
inauguration gown. He also served as
a stylist to the Obamas during Barack
Obama’s presidency.

Talley touched the lives of everyone
who was fortunate enough to know
him, but while his friendship was loy-
al, his advocacy for Black models and
designers was more loyal still, nor can
his importance as an advocate and
role model be overestimated.

BAME people are still under-rep-
resented in the fashion industry, but
when Talley was attending the fashion
shows on behalf of American Vogue in
the mid-nineties, it wasn’t unusual for
him to be the only African-American
person in the entire audience.

“His existence, endurance and tal-
ent gave so many hope and they will
to keep pushing,” Vanessa Kingori,
chief business officer of British Vogue
and British GQ, posted on Instagram.
“Without you, there would be no me,”
wrote Vogue’s editorial director, Ed-
ward Enninful. “Thank you for paving
the way.” 

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WINE COLUMN

DRINKING WINE IN BED AND WITH ICE? THAT’S FINE

BY DAVE MCINTYRE
The Washington Post

For the 13-plus years I’ve been writ- One British website was shocked – (pardon me, the ice box), when they wine with an arbitrary list of foods – in-
ing this weekly wine column, I’ve shocked! – to learn that “as many as 43 are too cold. Room temperature whites cluding ice cream, PB&J and pancakes
imagined myself Don Quixote tilting percent of [Americans] claimed to put may be the leftovers on the counter we (breakfast again!). Apparently, more
at the windmills of wine snobbery, ice cubes in their glass of wine.” (North- drink for breakfast the next morning, women responded positively to wings,
piercing the intimidating veil of ritual erners are more likely to do this. South- another barbarian habit we apparent- while men favored mac and cheese, even
to make wine approachable and en- erners apparently prefer their 15 percent ly indulge. over burgers and fries. I’ll confess to hav-
joyable. Fun, even. cabernets neat.) ing enjoyed wine with mac and cheese
Few of us say “wine etiquette” en- on occasion, but as a side dish to pulled
My wine writer colleagues, whether There’s definitely a British conde- hances our drinking experience, pork and brisket. Mac as the main pair-
newspaper columnists (too few these scension toward us backward Yanks something ingrained in the British ing? Hmm. Annie’s or Kraft? Gruyere or
days), bloggers (once the rage, now here. This was the only article I found psyche. And we often fill our glasses mozzarella? This could perhaps be an
dwindling in number), podcasters ballyhooing that nearly half of us to the top and hold them by the bowls insight into the collective genius of the
(many) or social media influencers drink white wine at room tempera- rather than the stems, according to American palate.
(multitudes), would almost certainly ture. Actually, that wouldn’t be at all the British site.
agree: Our goal is to help you enjoy bad – we tend to drink our whites soon There’s a positive slant here, a mes-
wine without worrying about violat- after taking them from the refrigerator Okay, I might side with our British sage the wine company commission-
ing some esoteric rule handed down cousins on that one. But if you do fill the ing the survey no doubt wanted to
through the centuries. glass to the top, grasping it by the bowl – convey: Americans enjoy wine with
and not swirling and sniffing – actually unsophisticated foods and in casual
There’s still a lot of work to do. A recent makes sense. And, of course, stemless settings, unconcerned by stuffy rules
flurry of news articles bewailed our great glasses are the great equalizer when it dictating how, when or why. Wine is a
American backwardness in wine drink- comes to wine snobbery. beverage, not an event. But this gets
ing, quoting one of those dodgy market drowned in the trope of Americans do-
research surveys that seemed to be all The Brits may have missed the most ing it the wrong way, unable to grasp
over the map. We are told there were sensational part of the survey. Appar- the worldly virtues of proper wine ap-
2,000 respondents, including apparently ently, we like to imbibe in the bath, preciation.
those who said they do not drink wine, which may explain the ice cubes, and
but our only clues to the questions are many of us enjoy wine in bed. Really, Wine etiquette – swirling, sniffing,
the outlandish drinking habits we ap- people? Do you realize how badly touri- holding the glass by the stem – should be
parently confessed to. ga can stain a bedsheet? understood, not feared. It has its reasons,
but these are more important with high-
“Only 17 percent of wine drinkers Is your skepticism meter twitching er-end wines and should not intimidate
consume their vino the right way,” a bit at all this? Mine, too. The same us from enjoying the everyday beverage
one headline screamed. Those were survey company discovered last year in our glass.
the respondents who said they swirl that people paired wine selections to
and sniff before sipping. The rest of us the shows they were streaming on tele- The etiquette has also evolved over
apparently just glug it down. We are vision – a reflection of the pandemic centuries, while wine has been with us
either intimidated by or blithely igno- but also a convenient message that we for millennia. Our collective disregard
rant of the “rules of wine.” Or maybe should feel free to binge while we binge. for these “rules” shouldn’t be seen as
we just don’t care about decorum and Sales data from early in the pandemic another sign of the end of modern civi-
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Through Feb. 25: After This! Before, During College, she went to work at Union National Bank in 1941 and became the
Ocean Drive Gallery and Beyond: Mixed media works by Angela first female bookkeeper of any bank in Charlotte at the age of 21.
3349 Ocean Drive, Suite 8, 2nd Floor. Corbett to benefit Gifford Cultural Center She and Bill Correll met in February of 1948 and were married in August of
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For an appt. call Andrea Lazar, 772-915-9962 2 p.m. Sat. out on a journey of following Bill’s aviation career, moving many times as
he held various positions, first as a corporate pilot in Mobile, AL and finally
Steve Diossy Marine Art Gallery Artists Guild Gallery as Chief Pilot and Director of Aviation for International Paper in White
3247 Ocean Drive. 772-205 2973 1974 14th Avenue. 772-299-1234 Plains, NY. Three children were born. First Nancy in 1951, then Charles
Website: stevediossy.com Website: artistsguildgalleryofverobeach.com in 1954, and finally Amy in 1960. Nancy passed away in 1971. During the
Hours: Open 7 days per week; check website Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tues. to Fri., and 11 twenty one years that Bill, Millie, and family lived in Weston, CT, Millie was
for hours a.m. to 3 p.m. monthly on first Sat. a volunteer in Weston Town Government. During that time, she founded
and served as Chair of the Weston Warm Up Fund, a 501(3)c fuel assis-
tance fund for the people of Weston. She enjoyed singing in the choir at the
Norfield Congregational church in Weston, where she and Bill were active
members and had many friends.
After Bill retired in 1990, they started spending winters in Vero Beach, FL
moved to Vero full time in 1996. Bill loved playing golf and Millie enjoyed
volunteering At the Vero Beach Museum of Art. They both loved gazing at
the ocean. They enjoyed traveling during their retirement years, especially
to Paris. They were married for 61 wonderful years until Bill passed away
in 2010. Millie continued to live in and maintain their beautiful home until
just a few days before her death. She passed away peacefully and surround-
ed by love on January 8, 2022, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach.
Millie is survived by her son, Chuck Correll, daughter, Amy Correll, son-
in-law Jamie Smith, and grand-daughters Allison Correll-Buss and Kather-
ine Correll Buss. She also will be greatly missed by nieces Anne Torrence,
Genie Munn, Susan Hickerson, and Gail Pope.

Millie requested a Service of Remembrance of her life to be held at the Com-
munity Church of Vero Beach. The date is yet to be determined. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests donations to Community Church of Vero Beach
or VNA Hospice House of Vero Beach.

Arrangements are by Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero
Beach. An online guestbook is available at www.lowtherfamily.com

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CALENDAR

ONGOING JANUARY 28|29 Vero Beach Quilt Show, works from local collectors paired with select
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at IRC works from the permanent collection at the
Vero Beach Theatre Guild: Studio Theatre per- 27 Live From Vero Beach presents Gary Fairgrounds, hosted by Vero Beach Quilt Guild, Vero Beach Museum of Art. Vbmuseum.org
formances of “Buyer & Cellar,” 7:30 p.m. Sun- Puckett and the Union Gap, 7 p.m. at with vendors, exhibits and appraisals, to benefit
days through March 27. 772-562-8300 the Emerson Center. $40 to $95. Musicworks- Vero Beach Lifeguard Association. $10. 30 Space Coast Orchestra presents Hoo-
concerts.com ray for Hollywood: Part II, 3 p.m.
King of the Hill Tennis Tournaments to benefit 29 Jetson Highwaymen Show, 11 a.m. to 3 at Vero Beach High School PAC. $35 at door.
Youth Guidance Mentoring Academy, 6 p.m. 28 Vero Beach Museum of Art Gala 2020: p.m. at Jetson store in Fort Pierce, with SpaceCoastSymphony.org
Thursdays at the Boulevard Tennis Club through Masterworks in Art and Music, cel- surviving Highwaymen artists, demos by Roy
March 3. 772-979-5582 ebrating jazz, swig and boogie-woogie, 6 p.m. at McLendon and RL Lewis, vintage collection ex- FEBRUARY
the VBMA, with the Mickey Freeman Trio during hibit and dealer booths. Free. 772-464-7050
Riverside Theatre: Weekly Friday and Saturday Come- cocktails, followed by dinner and the music of leg- 3 A Caring Center for Women hosts Cel-
dy Zone and Live on the Loop concerts. 772-231-6990 endary master musicians. $550. Vbmuseum.org 29 to May 15 – Vero Collects: Hidden ebrate Life, with guest speaker Abby John-
Treasures Revealed, an exhibition of son, 5:00 p.m. at the Holy Cross Parish Center.
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3916 Indian River Dr. E. in Riverside Park: 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, 2,841-square-foot pool home

offered for $2,895,000 by Lucy Hendricks and Jane Schwiering, Realtors,

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty: 772-559-8812

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Island home surrounded by nature but close to town

BY STEPHANIE LABAFF Betty Rhodes were looking for some-
Staff Writer place to “take root,” they traveled
from Fort Lauderdale north looking
If you’ve been around for a while, you for the perfect spot.
may remember the empty lot at 3916 In-
dian River Dr. E. in Riverside Park. It’s The couple had previously owned
where then 17-year-old island resident a “beach place” in Jensen Beach. Af-
Will Tremml planted a garden a while ter selling that property, they tried
back to grow food for the homeless out Jackson, Wyoming, for a while,
said John Rhodes. “We went from the

Years later, the garden lot – as most beach to the Rocky Mountains.” the Atlantic Coast, they came to Vero were attracted to progressive builder
locals still refer to it – has borne a dif- After experiencing the mountain Beach – and the search was over. Lifestyle Homes.
ferent kind of fruit, a beautiful 3-bed-
room, 3.5-bath, 2,841-square-foot side of the spectrum, the couple de- “We stayed at Costa d’Este, went to “We really liked their solar con-
house built by Lifestyle Homes. cided it wasn’t for them and began local stores and enjoyed the town. We cept, a high-efficiency home with
their search in Florida once again. Af- thought it was such a great place. The solar panels [for low utility bills],”
When Atlanta residents John and ter visiting beach towns up and down weather was great, the people were said John. He drives a Tesla and has
nice. We said, ‘OK, this is it.’” a charger in the garage. “When I’m
down there, I’m basically charging on
After spending their first several sunshine. It’s pretty sweet.”
years in Vero in a home they renovat-
ed on the island, the couple discov- Lucy Hendricks, co-listing agent
ered the “garden lot” was for sale and with Jane Schwiering, Berkshire Ha-
decided to build a house here. Drawn thaway HomeServices Florida Realty,
to the spirit of nurturing the environ- explained the technology used to in-
ment imbued in the lot, the couple stall the solar panels. “The panels are

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attached to the standing seams of the pool bath and a wet bar with a wine re-
metal roof, so the fasteners don’t go frigerator are conveniently located near
through the roof.” the great room. The northern wing of
the house includes the kitchen, dining
The couple made a few modifica- room, laundry room and garage.
tions to the Lifestyle floorplan, add-
ing square footage to the garage so The view from the dining room is
John would have room for a work- spectacular, notes Hendricks. Large
bench and storage space for fishing windows overlook the backyard and
rods and beach paraphernalia. make the most of the eastern expo-
sure. The open floor plan with such
Inside, they enlarged the center
of the home to make the living area
bigger, because that’s where they
spend the bulk of their time. Betty
used seaside hues and custom wall-
paper to create a cozy cottage-like
atmosphere in the handsome house,
which is a stone’s throw from the
Indian River Lagoon and just a few
minutes from shopping and dining
on Ocean Drive.

The house is set back from the road
with a gravel, circle driveway peak-
ing at the portico near the front en-
try. Stepping through the solid, dark
wood door you enter a welcoming
foyer with light, wood-look ceramic
tile.

An office is adjacent to the foyer, large windows makes you feel like
with the owner’s suite occupying the you’re living side by side with nature
southern wing of the house. Reached amid the lush, tropical landscaping.
through a set of doors, the suite’s
vestibule allows the owners to enjoy Leather-finish quartz countertops,
complete privacy. The spacious room Thermador appliances, a built-in
features a walk-in closet, French desk, a pantry, an island countertop
doors to the patio, and an elegant with storage and a brushed steel farm
bathroom with dual sinks, a water sink are all elegant and functional as-
closet and a walk-in shower. sets in the kitchen.

A powder room that serves as the “You could live entirely on one lev-
el,” said Hendricks, noting that on the

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upper level, a living room, two guest cably kept, features impact windows,
bedrooms, a bath and a sunset bal- and that “everything can be con-
cony with a peek of the river provide trolled remotely from an app on your
visitors or children with their own phone.”
space.
Outside, the gas-heated saltwater
The home was built in 2019, said pool and spa beckon. “We love that
Hendricks, noting it has been impec- pool and the hot tub. We get in that

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hot tub almost every day when we’re all the way to the beach. It is a very
down there. It’s like we have our own convenient spot,” said John noting
little oasis,” said John. how close they are to the Vero Beach
City Marina. “I used to have a boat, so
The screened enclosure, summer it was really nice having the marina
kitchen and covered seating area al- nearby.”
low for outdoor use no matter the
weather. “It’s really another room,” “We have really enjoyed the house,”
said Hendricks. And the half-acre lot said John.
is a rare find, especially with such a
big, beautiful backyard. The couple aren’t leaving the area,
just moving closer to the beach as their
The couple enjoy living so close family grows, planning to spend lots of
to town. “We jump on our bikes and time on the sandy shore with their cur-
ride, or we’ll walk straight up Conn rent and future grandchildren. 

VITAL STATISTICS
3916 INDIAN RIVER DR. E.

Neighborhood: Riverside Park • Builder: Lifestyle Homes
Year built: 2019 • Construction: Block, concrete, stucco
Lot size: 107 feet by 185 feet • Home size: 2,841 square feet
View: Garden • Pool: Gas heated, saltwater swimming pool with spa
Bedrooms: 3 • Bathrooms: 2 full baths and 1 half-bath
Additional features: Wood-look ceramic tile; office; wet bar; wine cooler;
kitchen island; Thermador appliances; crown molding; sound and secu-
rity system with cameras; two-car garage; summer kitchen; screen pool
enclosure; 500-gallon propane tank; and grid-tied solar system.
Listing agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty
Listing Agent: Lucy Hendricks and Jane Schwiering, Realtors, 772-559-8812

Listing price: $2,895,000

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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Jan. 14 to Jan. 20

The real estate market on the barrier island picked up steam in mid-January with 15 transactions
closing this past week, including six for more than $1 million.

The top sale of the week was of a condo in Windsor. Unit 303 at 10895 Savannah Drive was listed
on Oct. 6 for $2.975 million. The condo sold on Jan. 20 for $2.875 million.

The seller was represented by Betsy Hanley and Laurin Pohl of Windsor Properties. The purchaser
was represented by Wendy Barin, also of Windsor Properties.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$2,200,000
$1,950,000 $1,725,000
MOORINGS 1916 MOORINGLINE DR 10/14/2021 $1,900,000 $1,950,000 1/14/2022 $1,250,000
AMBERSAND BEACH 12880 HIGHWAY A1A 10/16/2021 $1,399,000 $1,900,000 1/19/2022 $1,149,000
$1,149,000 $1,030,000
OCEAN OAKS WEST 2273 W OCEAN OAKS CIR 9/3/2021 $1,300,000 $1,399,000 1/14/2022 $825,000
$895,000 $805,000
VERO BEACH ESTATES 781 CAMELIA LN 11/15/2021 $775,000 $1,149,000 1/18/2022 $775,000
$895,000
INDIAN RIVER SHORES 852 SEMINOLE LN 9/28/2021 $1,100,000 1/20/2022 $505,000
$475,000
BETHEL BY THE SEA 515 GREYTWIG RD 11/13/2021 $849,900 1/14/2022

SUMMERPLACE 1971 W CAYMAN RD 10/15/2021 $775,000 1/19/2022

SURFSIDE ESTATES 2016 SURFSIDE TER 5/8/2021 $895,000 1/19/2022

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

RACQUET CLUB OF VERO 3939 OCEAN DR, #201-A 11/9/2021 $515,000 $515,000 1/14/2022
SEA OAKS 1220 PALMETTO CT, #102 12/10/2021 $475,000 $475,000 1/20/2022

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Indian River Shores, Address: 852 Seminole Ln

Listing Date: 9/28/2021
Original Price: $1,300,000
Recent Price: $1,100,000
Sold: 1/20/2022
Selling Price: $1,030,000
Listing Agent: Matilde Sorensen

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Mary Frances Driscoll

Berkshire Hathaway Florida

Subdivision: Vero Beach Estates, Address: 781 Camelia Ln

Listing Date: 11/15/2021
Original Price: $1,149,000
Recent Price: $1,149,000
Sold: 1/18/2022
Selling Price: $1,149,000
Listing Agent: Christine McLaughlin

Selling Agent: Shamrock Real Estate Corp

Christine McLaughlin

Shamrock Real Estate Corp

Subdivision: Ocean Oaks West, Address: 2273 W Ocean Oaks Cir

Listing Date: 9/3/2021
Original Price: $1,399,000
Recent Price: $1,399,000
Sold: 1/14/2022
Selling Price: $1,250,000
Listing Agent: Chip Landers

Selling Agent: Berkshire Hathaway Florida

Not Provided

Not Provided

Subdivision: Moorings, Address: 1916 Mooringline Dr

Listing Date: 10/14/2021
Original Price: $1,950,000
Recent Price: $1,950,000
Sold: 1/14/2022
Selling Price: $2,200,000
Listing Agent: Judy Hargarten

Selling Agent: The Moorings Realty Sales Co.

Debbie Noonan

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Ambersand Beach, Address: 12880 Highway A1A Subdivision: Surfside Estates, Address: 2016 Surfside Ter

Listing Date: 10/16/2021 Listing Date: 5/8/2021
Original Price: $1,900,000 Original Price: $895,000
Recent Price: $1,900,000 Recent Price: $895,000
Sold: 1/19/2022 Sold: 1/19/2022
Selling Price: $1,725,000 Selling Price: $775,000
Listing Agent: Susan Rane Listing Agent: Charlotte Terry &
Bethany Burt
Selling Agent: Keller Williams Realty Selling Agent:
Alex MacWilliam, Inc.
Not Provided
Jeff Van Dyke
Not Provided
Billero & Billero Properties

Subdivision: Bethel By the Sea, Address: 515 Greytwig Rd

Listing Date: 11/13/2021
Original Price: $895,000
Recent Price: $849,900
Sold: 1/14/2022
Selling Price: $825,000
Listing Agent: Christopher Young

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Shannon O’Leary

Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

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Last ‘Sea Breeze’ houses at The Strand set to sell out

BY GEORGE ANDREASSI up there and the living conditions,”
Staff Writer Frisell said. “We have people from
down south, and people who are lo-
The five houses remaining for sale cal, who are either looking for new
in the Sea Breeze Cottages at The construction, or to downsize.”
Strand in Indian River Shores are ex-
pected to sell out during the spring in “We have one couple living in Boca
the tight local real estate market. Raton that are moving up here mainly
for the great lifestyle Vero Beach offers
“We’re hoping to be sold out in a and the access to the beach and relief
couple of months,” said Scott Reynolds from the congestion they have down
of the Reynolds Team of Compass. “It’ll there,” Frisell said. 
take a year to finish construction.”

Construction is expected to wrap
up in June on two more Sea Breeze
Cottages, both listed for $1,350,000,
Reynolds said.

The last three Sea Breeze Cottages
are priced at $1,480,000 and are due to
be completed by the end of the year.

So far, 15 of the 21 units in Sea
Breeze Cottages have been sold and
the owners have moved into 12 of the
units, Reynolds said. Buyers in the
community get deeded beach access.

The cottages are 3,078 square feet
with elevators, impact glass, metal
roofs and a private courtyard with

a pool and an outdoor kitchen, said
Sven Frisell of the Reynolds Team.

“What’s great about the develop-
ment is the HOA takes care of com-
mon areas and the deeded beach ac-
cess,” Frisell said. “And that’s all the
HOA does. So, the HOA fees are a re-
ally reasonable $300 a month.

“The beach access is directly across
A1A,” Frisell said. “There’s a gate with
a combination, so there’s only access
for people who live at The Strand. The
beach is pretty much theirs. There’s
nothing really around, so the beach
is very private and not crowded at all.

“You’ll probably see more turtle tracks
on that beach than footprints,” Frisell
said. “It’s beautiful, really serene.”

Frisell described the barrier island
real estate market as “very good, if
not hot.”

“They’re coming from all over,”
Frisell said.

“We have people from up north
trying to escape the crazy weather

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