August 15, 2006
Jaller Raad
Rehab Center
 Jaller Raad Rehab Center is dedicated to improving the quality of life of all its patients. Their state of the art facilities and treatment programs are designed to help the patient with decreased functions to overcome the complication of various ailments. Their professional staff treats a wide variety of conditions: Arthritis (Osteo and Rheumatoid); Back, Muscle & Neck Pain; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Bursitis; Plantar Fascitis; Fibromyalgia; TMJ / Jaw Problems; Tennis Elbow; Tendinitis; Sprains & Strains; and Wound Healing

Jaller Raad Rehab Center offers such services as: Physical Therapy Evaluation, Occupational Therapy Evaluation, Modality Treatments, Laser Treatment, Accupress Electrical Trigger Point Stimulation (ETPS), Back Program Rehabilitation and Fall Risk Assessment and Conditioning Program.

For more information, please contact:
Jaller Raad Rehab Center
Alfredo Zayas
943 Crandon Blvd.
Key Biscayne, FL
(305) 365-6776
shardiaz@aol.com
Israel Landscaping & Tree Service
 Israel Landscaping & Tree Service, Inc. offers tree trimming and tree maintenance services. Founded in 1978, this business has been serving Key Biscayne residents for the last 14 years.

For more information, please contact
Israel Landscaping & Tree Service, Inc.
Israel A. Bungos
1495 E. 3 Ave.
Hialeah, FL 33010
Tel: (305) 883-4815 / Fax: (305) 805-9818
Saturday, August 19 from 12 noon to 3pm: The train is coming to Historic Virginia Key Beach Park!

The Virginia Beach Park Trust has successfully located a replica of the historic mini-train, which was the Park’s most popular ride. Come celebrate the train’s return with a day filled with activities, a domino tournament, free food, free prizes, and a children’s play area! Try your luck and enter to win a trip for two to Jamaica!

The mission of the Virginia Beach Park Trust is to create a vision for development of the Park, to create a passive open green-space, and to honor the rich historical legacy of the social and civil rights history of South Florida.

The Virginia Beach Park Trust
4020 Virginia Key Beach Drive
(305) 960-4600
www.virginiakeybeachpark.net
Tell The Islander News your memories of the Sonesta before Thursday, August 24!

On Thursday, August 31, The Islander News will publish a Commemorative Edition on the Sonesta Beach Resort, Key Biscayne. The hotel is scheduled to close at the end of the month and will be demolished. For more than 30 years, the Sonesta has been an integral part of the Key Biscayne community, hosting civic and social meetings, parties and fundraisers, religious events and weddings.

"We want our readers to share their memories of the Sonesta with us so we can include them in this special section," said Islander News editor and publisher Nancye Ray. "These don't have to be long stories, just a sentence or two about something that happened to you at the Sonesta, something that you will always remember."

Memories can be sent to:
The Islander News
editor@islandernews.com
104 Crandon Boulevard, Suite 301
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
faxed to 305-361-5051.
Saturday, August 26:  Please join the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce for Sonesta’s “Last Hurrah.”  Let’s celebrate the 37 years that Sonesta has been an integral part of our island community. Let’s dine in their restaurants, dance in Desires and have a last Pina Colada with Geno!

Bring your friends and family to say goodbye in style as the Sonesta will be closing their doors on Thursday, August 31. Make a reservation at Two Dragons: (305) 361-0550 or the Purple Dolphin: (305) 361-2021.

We look forward to having that last dinner and dance with you on Saturday night!
From August 1 - Sept 30: Come Enjoy Cioppino Restaurant during Miami Spice Month!
It's here...the wonderful time each year that we can sample the best of Miami Dining at very special prices.

Each of the Miami Spice member restaurants have a unique menu of their best items for you to sample...all for only $20 (lunch) or $30 (dinner). Take advantage of this special deal and visit Cioppino restaurant Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne for a fabulous lunch or dinner.  Good eating!!!

To see a complete listing of resturants, visit www.miamirestaurantmonth.com
Hold the date! September 5 until November 17 : Florida Residents can enjoy a 30 percent discount on Miami Seaquarium's Swim with Our Dolphins program.   The two-hour program, led by Seaquarium's Marine Mammal Training Staff, offers guests an insightful glance at dolphin behavior. Proof of residency is required to take advantage of the discount. The complete experience includes:
  • an interactive educational segment in a classroom environment
  • a familiarization tour of Miami Seaquarium
  • a one-on-one swim with a dolphin. 

The discounted cost is $124 plus taxes and includes parking, a souvenir towel, refreshments and admission into the park. Swim with Our Dolphins participants must be at least 52 inches tall.  This program is not allowed for expectant mothers.  An adult must accompany those under 18 years of age.  Observer rates are $40 plus tax for adults and $35 plus tax for children under twelve.  Proof of residency is required

For more information or to register for the Swim with Our Dolphins program, please call (305) 365-2501.
Keep your eye out for the July/August Home Edition of Key Biscayne Magazine

Most people tell me I am a different person when I am at home. You probably are too. What is it about our home environment that makes our true personalities come through? I think it's got something to do with being at ease.

Everyone teases me because they know as soon as they walk into my home I will place a cup of tea in front of them. I have my own tea ceremony, which includes an intricate preparation of Earl Grey, Darjeeling and Sadaf tea, poured into one of my favorite teapots. I place the teapot on a china stand, heated with a scented votive candle. Tiny sugar cubes are a necessary complement and, of course, I serve it in delicate teacups placed on a shiny red tray.

My theory is that tea should not be served until it turns a toasted caramel color. If the color is too light on the first pouring, I pour it back into the teapot because, as the saying goes, "the first cup of tea is for the teapot."

This ritual has sustained hours of conversation. It's my way of showing that I care; it's my way of saying welcome to my abode. Our homes have objects and values that reflect our lives. Our space is a fingerprint of who we are. Your house is your castle and there is nothing more beautiful that welcoming someone into it.

For this, our home edition, we have had the pleasure of being welcomed into several Key Biscayne homes. This issue also features interior designers who are in the business of creating unique spaces. They will surely agree with me that, no matter how outstanding a home is, it's the people who live there that create the ambience. An open heart and an open door are qualities to be admired.

Look out for our September fashion issue and November entertainment issue. If you have any ideas or comments please send an email to Sabrina Azadi: editor@keybiscaynemag.com or call 305-903-6445.
The Rotary Club of Key Biscayne, after 20+ wonderful years at the Sonesta Hotel, will move its Friday morning meetings to the Grand Bay Club effective September 1, 2006.  The weekly meetings will be held at 7:30AM at the Club at 425 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne (305)-361-2900 .

For more information please call Bob Brookes at Eagle National Bank (305)-418-6000, extension 332, or by email: rbrookes@enbmiami.com.
Pass by The Islander News or the K-8 Key Biscayne Community School for your copy of the 2006-2007 Key Biscayne Community Calendar. The calendar, which runs from August 2006 to August 2007, is filled with information about dates fo special events, club and Village meetings and school activities. Each month has a full-color photograph taken on Key Biscayne.

Copies are $5 each. Profits after expenses and printing go to the K-8 Center PTA.

"We are looking for other locations on the Key that would be willing to sell the calendar," said Nancye Ray, director of development and marketing for Key Publishing which designed and printed the calendar.

For more information on the calendar or to request copies, call 305-361-3333.
Job Opening! The Islander News is looking for a part-time assistant to the advertising director. Twenty hours a week. Must be able to type, have good English skills. Position includes making phone calls, typing, sending proofs to clients, mailing media kits and general office duties.

Send resume stating job qualifications to jeowens@islandernews.com
Enjoy Authentic Fine Dining with Italian Passion at Bertolini's Restaurant. For a limited time, come taste a Special Three Course Dinner, which includes:
  • Appetizer or Soup of the Day or Salad
  • Choice of Fish/ Meat/ Pasta
  • Selection of Dessert
  • $18.00 pp

Bertolini's Restaurant provides Indoor & Outdoor Seating, Wine Selection with Full Bar, Full Service Event Planning with a Private Dining Room and Gift Certificates. Open at 6pm daily for dinner.

Call for Reservations
Bertolini's Restaurant
1111 Crandon Blvd
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
305-365-8580
A&A Space Creators is proud to announce its new web page www.aaspacecreators.com is almost complete; you can visit it and send your comments to our email address info@aaspacecreators.com. Also, for a few days we are operating from San Francisco, California; due to Katiuska's participation in the 2006 XI FINA World Master Swimming Championships, where more than seven thousand swimmers from 75 countries came to contend. She already had won two medals for being top ten in the world in her specialty (breast stroke) and soon she will start her preparation for the XII FINA World Master Swimming Championships that will take place in Perth, Australia in 2008.

For more information, please contact,
A & A Space Creators
Lisseth Katiuska Aguilera
260 Crandon Blvd, Ste. 32-399
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Tel: (305) 361-7100 / Fax: (305) 365-6655
yourspacecreator@bellsouth.net
Le Croisic French Bistro will be offering cooking classes during the fall and winter season for adults and children 12+. For more information, please call Le Croisic French Bistro at: 305-3615888
The Key Commerce is published by the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Key Commerce click here or send an e-mail to eGrapevine@keybiscaynechamber.org. Subscriptions are open to the public. To have your event published you must be a member of the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce.
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce
88 West McIntyre Street, Suite 100
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Phone. 305.361.5207
Fax. 305.361.9411
info@keybiscaynechamber.org

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