The inaugural Growing Great Moms' Christmas home tour raised close to $2,000, brought strangers together and spread yuletide cheer. The open houses at 11 west Pasco County residences featured scenes of Victorian elegance, rustic charm, pop culture casual, shabby chic, plus childhood enchantments and reverent reproductions. The tour covered an 8-mile radius and neighborhoods in Gulf Harbors, River Crossing, the Gardens of Beacon Square, Oak Ridge and the downtown district of New Port Richey. The city kicked in some funding for the tour, which also brought in bucks for the Trinity Relay for Life. Growing Great Moms is a Christian-based support group for stay-at-home mothers. ...more

January 5, 2008

There is a look one's children cultivate that marks the delicate transition from respected parent to aging dolt. ...more

December 25, 2007

Just outside the security gate, Mom locks one arm around Dad and dabs a moist eye with a tissue. With poinsettias blazing along the terminal corridors, this Christmas reunion scene at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport might well be lost to anonymity. ...more

December 24, 2007

As suspects go, this caper was easier to solve than: Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald? ...more

December 20, 2007

Is your house the one neighbors look forward to viewing during the holidays, with endless strings of icicle lights, animated lawn menageries or more elaborate yuletide adornments? Do you have an interesting holiday tradition? Or would you like to send your Christmas list to Santa? ...more

December 15, 2007

Born with a rare kind of cataracts that defied treatment, Kenlyn South spent most of her life legally blind. ...more

December 13, 2007

Is your house the one neighbors look forward to viewing during the holidays, with endless strings of icicle lights, animated lawn menageries or more elaborate yuletide adornments? Do you have an interesting holiday tradition? Or would you like to send your Christmas list to Santa? ...more

December 8, 2007

SHOW US YOUR HOLIDAY SPIRIT ...more

December 8, 2007

Is your house the one neighbors gawk at during the holidays, with endless strings of icicle lights, animated lawn menageries or more elaborate yuletide adornments? Does a friend or neighbor create the Christmas crowd pleaser each year? ...more

November 28, 2007

Is your house the one neighbors gawk at during the holidays, with endless strings of icicle lights, animated lawn menageries or more elaborate yuletide adornments? Does a friend or neighbor create the Christmas crowd pleaser each year? ...more

November 28, 2007