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For the Love of Chocolate Scholarship Foundation

2007 Participants - Cocoa Couture

Participating Chefs : Wedding Cake Competition : Cocoa Couture : Cocoa Sutra : Cocoa Cabana : Entertainment : Photography : Event Sponsors : Special Thanks : Volunteers

PRODUCTION

Zzazz Productions
Zzazz Productions approaches presenting fashion as an opportunity to promote style as well as entertaining their audiences. For many years they have been a driving force in the Chicagoland fashion production circuit. Movement is their forte and fashion is their passion. Zzazz Productions has enjoyed many years of collaborating with numerous designers and stores to create the ultimate fashion profiles for their audiences. Zzazz Productions was selected to produce World Fashion Chicago for Mayor Daley's Fashion Week in September 2006. Today they continue to produce several exciting new productions for Chicago's top designers, leading retailers and magazines.
www.zzazzproductions.com • 630.455.6335

 

CHEFS

Michelle Garcia • Bleeding Heart Bakery
I suppose you could say I have a "checkered" past. I prefer to say I have lived a colorful life. My childhood was filled with trouble and mayhem, but crazy as it sounds, it made me who I am today. After many lost years of traveling, rehabilitation programs and more traveling I realized that I was searching for something I had already found: the kitchen. My education began at Kendall College back when it was still in Evanston. Once I realized pastry was really my passion I transferred to The French Pastry School. I was in heaven, never before was I so inspired to be great. Upon my return to America and a bit more traveling.and working at some of the nation's finest pastry establishments, I became pregnant. It was during this time that Bleeding Heart really came to be. I became determined to open an establishment that served the finest in organic pastries and savories (with the help of my husband) while also dishing up a heaping plate of social honesty and integrity.

 
George Jack • CHIC
The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago was founded in May of 1983 by Linda Calafiore, a passionate cook who wanted to share her love of great food. As soon as the first students graduated, they were employed at major hotels and restaurants. To date, The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago has graduated thousands of professional cooks, bakers, and aspiring chefs who are now staffing some of the most prestigious restaurants in Chicago and the nation. In June 2000, The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago was invited to become affiliated with Le Cordon Bleu of Paris, one of the world's best known culinary education programs. Le Cordon Bleu continues to monitor and train the faculty to ensure that the curriculum is being delivered, and the spirit of Le Cordon Bleu is being communicated.
www.chic.edu • 888.295.7222
Chris Thielman • College of DuPage
Chef Christopher Thielman is a Certified Executive Chef, a Certified Culinary Educator and has been a member of the American Culinary Federation since 1987. Throughout the year, he teaches Culinary and Pastry Arts classes at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, where he is fondly known as "Chef T." He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1980 and finished his Master's Degree at Roosevelt University in 2001. Chris is also well known in DuPage County for his televised demonstrations of assorted culinary delights on the College of DuPage television show "Images". Chris enjoys travel, which led him to develop a French Country Cooking course for College of DuPage students and community members. Each summer they travel to a chateau in central France for a week of culinary classes and excursions to local attractions.
Thielman@cod.edu • 630.942.2720
Annie Beck • Four Seasons
At Seasons Restaurant, enjoy extraordinarily creative cuisine combining a taste of France with North American flavours. The dining room is as opulent as any you will find in the city. Through the foyer, with its grand marble fountain, is a comfortable lounge that is popular for afternoon tea or evening cocktails accompanied by the relaxing sounds of the piano. The seventh-floor location affords a grand view of Chicago’s sweeping avenues. www.fourseasons.com • 312.280.8800
Bob Hartwig • The French Pastry School
Chef Bob Hartwig is a Pastry chef/Instructor at The French Pastry School at the City Colleges of Chicago, a culinary institute dedicated solely to the art of pastry. The school was co-founded in 1995 by internationally acclaimed Master Chefs Jacquy Pfeiffer and Sebastien Canonne M.O.F., who teach the school’s six-month L’Art de la Pâtisserie program along with a roster of award-winning Chef Instructors. Offering the finest pastry training in the United States, the school produces the best-prepared chefs entering the profession. The foundation of instruction is the European artist-apprentice teaching model, which employs constant exposure to master chefs, hands-on training and the use of the finest tools and ingredients.
www.frenchpastryschool.com • 312.726.2419
Sebastien Thieffine • The French Pastry School
Chef Sebastien Thieffine is a Pastry chef/Instructor at The French Pastry School at the City Colleges of Chicago, a culinary institute dedicated solely to the art of pastry. The school was co-founded in 1995 by internationally acclaimed Master Chefs Jacquy Pfeiffer and Sebastien Canonne M.O.F., who teach the school's six-month L'Art de la Pÿtisserie program along with a roster of award-winning Chef Instructors. Offering the finest pastry training in the United States, the school produces the best-prepared chefs entering the profession. The foundation of instruction is the European artist-apprentice teaching model, which employs constant exposure to master chefs, hands-on training and the use of the finest tools and ingredients.
www.frenchpastryschool.com • 312.726.2419
Michelle Tampakis • Institute of Culinary Education
Chef Michelle Tampakis has been an Instructor at ICE since 1986, and is the school's resident expert on chocolate. She's been instrumental in working with Director of Pastry Arts Nick Malgieri to increase the chocolate curriculum in ICE's professional pastry and baking program. Students now spend two entire weeks learning the intricacies of chocolate. She's used her expertise to head up ICE's participation in the Annual Chocolate Show, the country's largest consumer chocolate show, and produced showpieces for that and numerous other chocolate events. Michelle was recently Gale Gand's guest for an episode of the Food Network's Sweet Dreams scheduled to air this July. Michelle has used her artistic talents behind-the-scenes doing food styling for Lidia Bastianich's TV show Lidia's Italian Table and recipe styling for Nick Malgieri's award-winning book Chocolate.
www.iceculinary.com • 888.354.2433
Andy Chlebana • Joliet Junior College
A native of the Southside, Andy Chlebana is a Pastry Chef/Instructor at Joliet Junior College. Chef Chlebana is an alumni of the Joliet Junior College Culinary Arts Program, and furthered his education. at the Culinary Institute of America. Upon graduating he worked at the Four Seasons Chicago, creating desserts for Seasons fine dining restaurant. Prior to coming to Joliet Junior College he traveled the country working for Ritz- Carlton and Albert Uster Imports.
www.jjc.cc.il.us • 815.729.9020
Scott Jambrosek • La Sardine
La Sardine is Chicago's favorite Parisian Cafÿ! Since opening in September of 1998, La Sardine has been delighting both Chicagoans and visitors alike with our truly delicious and authentic French Cuisine. Owned by veteran Jean Claude Poilevey, La Sardine's friendly and bustling setting is the perfect place to enjoy lunch or dinner.
www.frenchrestaurantschicago.com • 312.421.2800
Norm Miller • Normy’s Confection Connection
As the youngest child of a career military man, Norm was exposed to and experienced the delightful offerings of food from around the world. Combining two loves of his life, science and food. Norm developed a deep interest in pastries and the science of baking. Starting as a bus boy at a local restaurant in high school and eventually working full time in the kitchen to pay for college, the passion of the culinary field was planted. That passion was fueled even more in 2003 while attending The World Pastry Forum in Las Vegas, NV. After watching a demo on Plated Desserts taught by Sebastien Canonne, MOF, Norm knew he wanted to specialize in pastries and hungered for more knowledge. In 2007, Norm is in the planning stages to launch a new business, Normy's Confection Connection. His hope is to bring the flavors of his Asian heritage and fuse those flavors with the classic pastries.
Bogna Solak • Oak Mill Bakery
Chef David Rodriguez discovered his passion for cooking as a young boy back in Puerto Rico, inspired by his aunt and grandmother. At the age where many chefs are still trying to see what are they going to achieve Chef David is running and sharing his visions and concepts at Oak Mill Bakery, one of the largest retail stores in Chicagoland "working with the finest pastry crew in Chicago". Chef Rodriguez has been in Vermont with New England Culinary Institute as well as in Boston, Delaware, Washington DC. He has worked with Catering by Windows, one of the largest catering companies in the US. He has worked with The Ritz Carlton around the world and was part of the opening team of "Maestro" with Chef Fabio Trabocchi and Chef Laurent Lhuillier. According to Chef Rodriguez, "Every single move has been a growth to refine my love and passion for this great world of confectionary that I live in".
www.oakmillbakery.com • 847.318.6400
Rebecca Carol • Parrot Cage
The Parrot Cage is a creation and operation of the highly acclaimed Washburne Culinary Institute. Both operations are located in the South Shore Cultural Center; a Chicago Landmark and architectural treasure restored to preserve the original details of many areas, such as its lavishly ornamented and finely detailed first floor interior.
773.602.5333
Jimmy MacMillan • Peninsula Hotel
Jimmy MacMillan joined The Peninsula Chicago as Executive Pastry Chef in October 2006. In his role, MacMillan is responsible for all of the dessert, pastry and bakery operations for each of the hotel's four restaurants, room service and banquet programs. MacMillan has held positions at The Four Seasons Hotels in Seattle and Austin, Texas as well as the Driskill Hotel in Austin and the Houstonian Hotel. MacMillan comes to The Peninsula Chicago most recently from opening the Conrad Hotel in Indianapolis.
www.chicago.peninsula.com • 312.337.2888
Charlie Castillo • Pierre's Bakery
Every day at Pierre's Bakery we are ready to satisfy your sweet tooth and good taste. What flavor would you like today: a delicious chocolate cake, cheesecake with strawberries, creamy tres leches cake, lady fingers, Tirami-su, Tropical Charlotte, or any of our vast selections.
www.pierres-bakery.com • 773.252.8888
Jose Zaragoza • Pierre’s Bakery
Every day at Pierre's Bakery we are ready to satisfy your sweet tooth and good taste. What flavor would you like today: a delicious chocolate cake, cheesecake with strawberries, creamy tres leches cake, lady fingers, Tirami-su, Tropical Charlotte, or any of our vast selections. Let Jose Zaragoza, wedding consultant event planner, help you with your decisions.
www.pierres-bakery.com • 773.252.8888
Dereme Church • Poppies Dough, Inc.
Dereme is a pastry chef and artist who resides in Chicago. She studied painting and drawing at the Heatherly School of Fine Art and regularly hosted dinner parties and other events for British royalty. In the United States, she enrolled at the San Diego Culinary Institute where she studied under the tutelage of certified master pastry chef Bo Friberg. Dereme has also received advanced instruction internationally known sugar artist Chef Nicolas Lodge, Collette Peters, and Chef Daniel Chaboissier. Upon graduation, she moved to Chicago and took a position at Charlie Trotter's Restaurant. She has also held positions at Ambrosia Patisserie in Barrington, Deerfield's Bakery in Buffalo Grove, and is currently the Executive Pastry Chef at Poppie's Dough, Incorporated. Dereme draws creative inspiration from her artistic background and her world travels, which she applies to her edible art.
www.poppiesdough.com • 312.949.0404
Bernardo Silva • Renaissance Hotel
Bernardo began his culinary career as the opening Assistant Chef at the Stouffer Hamilton Itasca Hotel in June of 1981, where he found is calling for Pastry. During his long tenure with the company, he has been part of the various opening teams including The Detroit Renaissance Center and The Renaissance Chicago Hotel. Bernardo is an accomplished Cocoa Painter, where he takes sugar dough and spreads it like a canvas and paints portraits or masterpieces with cocoa. Bernardo not only excels as a Pastry Chef, but he also strives to accomplish anything that he puts his mind to. The only way Bernardo knows how to tackle a task is with the goal in mind. Bernardo puts his all into everything he enjoys. To him, it's what makes the things he enjoys truly worthwhile. This passion for achievement and the dedication to do so deserves to be acknowledged.
www.marriott.com/renaissance • 312.372.7200
Omar Martinez • Sheraton Hotel
Award-winning executive pastry chef Omar Martinez has been in the pastry field since childhood, growing up in his family's Los Angeles bakery boutique. As a young adult, he honed his culinary skills at the famed Johnson & Wales University, and upon graduation interned at some of the best bakeries and country clubs in the Chicagoland area. He was appointed Executive Pastry Chef at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in 2004. Chef Omar has outfitted a variety of fashion shows with edible costumes; and in honor of The Field Museum's Tutankhamun Exhibit in 2006, he created a 400- lb chocolate statue of King Tut. He has worked with renowned master pastry chefs and created impressive displays of original casting techniques with Pastry Impressions and The Chicago School of Mold Making.
www.sheratonchicago.com • 312.464.1000
Don Zajac • Harborside International
A passion for food influenced Executive Chef Don Zajac to pursue a career as a professional Chef that has lasted over 25 years. Chef Don was born into a family with an enthusiasm for family and food. Chef Don is a graduate of the Joliet Junior College School of Culinary Arts and a member of the ACF Windy City Chicago Chapter. This odyssey has taken a cooks dream and turned it into a reality working with some of the best in the business such as Michael Foley and Jean Pierre Henry, as well as work accomplished as himself an Executive Chef and a Corporate Chef.
www.stefanirestaurants.com/harborside.htm • 312.782.7837

DESIGNERS

Anna Glowacki
For a little over two years now, the world of theater and independent film has been enjoying the work of Costume Designer Anna Glowacki. She loves being unconventional, original and provocative in her style. Designing costumes has been a dream of hers since the age of seven. Since receiving her BFA in Fashion Design as a Magna Cum Laude from the International Academy of Design and Technology, her work experience has spanned both small and large productions. She has worked with GroundUp Theatre, Brown Couch Theater, Backstage Theater Company, Moraine Valley Community College, and Redmoon Theater - which she considers her theater home. Her latest film credits are in Alpha Studio's "LockOut" and "El Dia De Los Muertos." Anna draws inspiration from different periods, nature, cultures, and her hometown, Chicago.

Kate Poroszok & Adrien Hamilton • Keen Designs
Keen Designs is the collaboration of Adrien Hamilton and Kate Poroszok, best friends who have been making jewelry together for years. They began collaborating to create handmade gifts for family and friends, who clamored for more. After much prodding, Adrien and Kate caved, and by 2005, Keen Designs jewelry was featured in many local boutiques and galleries. Keen Designs jewelry is both delicate and modern, echoing organic shapes and featuring clean, architectural elements. Semi-precious stones and sterling silver are their prime mediums, but Adrien and Kate are awfully fond of including tiny skulls, coral branches, charms, and other little bits that strike their fancy.
Abby Koch • Antsypants Jewelry
With an MA in Sociology, Abby Koch worked as a survey researcher, test prep instructor and data analyst, but a sense of vocation still eluded her. Over the years she developed an interest in color and design and discovered that she enjoyed working with her hands. Antsypants Jewelry was launched in August 2004 featuring semi-precious stone jewelry that goes from every day to special occasion without missing a beat. Abby strives to create designs that will appeal to classic sensibilities without boring the rest of us. Antsypants Jewelry is available at Chicago area boutiques and fine art and craft shows in the Chicago area. Abby also teaches knitting at The Needle Shop in Bucktown.
Erin Lindsay Janish
I have always fancied myself an artist; even when my canvas was a modest notebook of lined paper, my medium a 96 count box of crayons, and my workshop the front porch of my house in Royal Oak, Michigan. The uninhibited freedom of expression that came through in those small masterpieces is something I still strive to maintain. It is reflected in my artwork, whether it is handmade gifts for friends and family, the stories I tell through my clothing designs, or the whimsical hats I love to create.
Amanda Lonis
I have been interested in design since I was little. My grandmother taught me how to crochet and knit, and I got my basic sewing instruction from her as well. Designing and sewing, creating any type of clothing interests me. I don't believe that I could get along without clothes or the creation of them. That's why I hope to one day create my own line of clothing after I complete my Bachelors in Fashion Design.
alonis52@gmail.com • 312.315.6647
Jason Loper • Zola Jones Designs
Bags by Zola Jones Designs began as a home business for Chicago designer Jason Loper in 2003. Today Mr. Loper operates a studio and workshop in the historic Fine Arts Building and Zola Jones bags can be purchased in stores throughout the Midwest. Using upholstery fabrics in combination with recycled elements helps define Zola Jones bags as practical and stylish while also remaining earth-conscious.
Lori Mueller • Fashionatrix llc & Anna Webster Designs
Lori Mueller is the president of Fashionatrix llc and Anna Webster Designs. She creates custom clothing and accessory designs for clients as well as is an accomplished costume designer. For the past three years, she has taught fashion design at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Schaumburg.
312.933.2918
Andrea Pakieser
Andrea Pakieser is a Chicago-based creative with a flair for dramatic dresses. She is currently the costume designer at Evanston Children's Theatre and enjoys the challenge of transforming munchkins into fairytale characters. She began sewing as a child and has since used her sewing and designing skills at several other theatrical costume shops, custom design firms, and small cottage industries. When not working with fabric, Andrea enjoys playing gypsy violin and singing. She currently performs several in local musical ensembles.
Sanda Taranu
With an ongoing passion for design since her early teens, Sanda came to graduate from IADT Chicago - Fashion Design in 2004, at the age of 28. "Being able to see your own design come alive, from a paper sketch to a wearable piece on an actual body..is just amazing, more so knowing you executed the entire process yourself!" Coming to love and adopt Chicago as home (originally from Romania), Sanda is currently a real estate consultant, tending to her passion for fashion on a lighter scale; everything is part of a limited run or one-of-a-kind line. Clean yet complex, dramatic yet simple, comfortable and unique, our pieces are designed with the contemporary woman`s attitude in mind; she is conservative, while at the same time strong, independent and seductive; she appreciates a new look, however adopts only styles which suit her personality. Whether sexy and daring, classic and timeless or just every day`s fun, Sanda`s designs are intended to set our customer apart from the crowd by reflecting her outer, as well as her inner self.
Jerry Lee Thomas
Being a male in a female-dominated career take guts, determination and will power. Jerry Lee Thomas was born with all three. Challenging himself each and every day, through hard work and determination, he has made a name for himself in the fashion industry. He began by taking his mothers old sheets and cutting them into clothes. Jerry is a fashion major at IADT who also works full time for Fabric Image in Elgin. Outside of school and work, Jerry has his own small business making clothes. Later this summer and fall, he will be doing two fashion shows at the Level's Lake Park in Rockford.
815.621.8253
Saeyoung Vu
A leading designer in the fashion community, Saeyoung Vu has has truly modernized the look of the wedding party by incorporating color, class and sexiness to her expansive line of cocktail dresses and gowns. After a successful 2006 fall collection show, Saeyoung Vu was named "the designer to watch in 2006" by TheKnot.com. Since opening her first boutique in Los Angeles in 2002, Vu has experienced tremendous growth and has garnered excellent coverage and reviews in fashion magazines, top market newspapers, fashion features and television shows. Saeyoung's collection can currently be found at her eponymous boutiques in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. and is carried in sophisticated boutiques through out US, Canada and U.K.
www.saeyoungvu.com

CONTRIBUTORS

Gary Mitidiero • Photographer
Gary Mitidiero is a gifted web designer and digital photographer specializing in all forms of digital photography. While product photography plays a part in that endeavor, he also enjoys opportunities to do portraiture, location and event work - in other words, the "fun" side of photography. For our show, he is taking images of our fashion show - both behind the scenes and on the runway.
www.hitechontheweb.com • 708.935.1041

 
Tony Zagone • Zagone Studios
Zagone Studios, LLC designers and producers specializing in quality Halloween Props, Masks, Costumes and Novelties.
www.zagonestudios.com
Mario Tricoci • Hair/Make-up
From contemporary hair designs to classic coiffes, Mario Tricoci salons have long had an eye to cutting-edge beauty. We believe your hair should not only compliment your lifestyle, but actually become the very focal point of your personal style. After all, nothing makes you feel more beautiful than a reliably fashionable and infinitely complimentary hair style. Flawless skin, enchanting eyes and the perfect pout are accessories that never go out of fashion. Our Beauty Consultants believe that makeup is a tool designed to enhance your own inherent beauty and personal sense of style. We'll design a makeup look that will not only make you look beautiful but feel beautiful. For the ultimate in indulgence, step into our spa and submerge yourself in an amazing journey of pleasure and relaxation. Your worries are quickly sloughed aside as you enter a world of luxury and peace. Mario Tricoci spa experiences bring a sense of comfort to the very center of your being, transforming your body, mind and soul into a temple of serenity.
www.tricoci.com • 800.874.2624

CELEBRITY MODELS

Michelle Gallardo • ABC 7 News Chicago
Michelle Gallardo is a freelance general assignment reporter for ABC 7 News Chicago. She joined the station in May 2004 from WGBO-TV, where she served as weekday general assignment reporter, weekend weathercaster and fill-in anchor. Parallel to her work with WLS, Gallardo most recently produced a documentary on child soldiers in Northern Uganda. She also traveled to Thailand and Sri Lanka to produce two docudramas on the 2004 Tsunami for the Weather Channel and National Geographic. Both shows were later honored with Telly Awards. Before arriving in Chicago, Gallardo spent three years in Mexico City. There she served as entertainment reporter for Television Azteca. As the world's second largest Spanish language network she traveled frequently, most often to New York and Los Angeles, where she interviewed many of today's top celebrities. And during the millennium festivities she was among a handful of anchors and reporters dispatched across the globe to host a 22-hour telethon. While in Mexico Gallardo also worked with CNN's Mexico City bureau, where she produced and reported stories on the 2000 Mexican presidential elections for CNN International and CNN en EspaËol. Gallardo began her career as production assistant for GMTV in London, England. Later, she moved to Washington DC where she worked as associate producer and field producer for Hearst-Argyle TV and Conus Communications respectively. Born in Mexico City, and raised between Mexico and NY, Gallardo received her undergraduate degree in international relations from the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla in Mexico. She also holds a Master's Degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
www.abc7chicago.com

 
Ellee Pai Hong • NBC5 News Today
Ellee Pai Hong joined NBC5 News Today as morning news anchor in October 2003. She came to NBC5 from WFSB-TV in Hartford, where she was anchor of weekday morning newscasts for three years. Prior to that, she worked as a weekday 5 p.m. anchor at WAND-TV, in Decatur, Ill. Hong moved to the United States from Korea as a child and holds a bachelor's degree from EWHA Women's University in Seoul and a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
www.nbc5.com
Mai Martinez • CBS 2 Chicago
Mai Martinez is a general assignment reporter for CBS 2 Chicago. Martinez joined the CBS 2 team in May of 2006. Before that, Martinez served as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for WBRC-TV (FOX) in Birmingham, Alabama. While working for WBRC, Martinez spent eight weeks in Aruba covering the disappearance of Natalee Holloway for both WBRC and Fox News Channel, often landing exclusive interviews. Her reports were picked up worldwide, and upon her return from Aruba, she continued to work as a frequent contributor to Fox News Channel. Before Birmingham, Martinez worked for WDSI-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee as a photographer, general assignment reporter, and fill-in anchor. It was the first on-air job for Martinez who until 2003 worked behind the scenes as a video editor. Prior to deciding television was the path for her, Martinez also worked in radio as co-host of "Chris and Mai in the Mornings," the WOXR K-98 FM morning show in Oxford, Alabama. Martinez, who is fluent in Spanish, graduated Cum Laude from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, with a B.A. in Communication and English and a minor in Spanish. Martinez who is half Cuban and half Vietnamese enjoys volunteering her time to community organizations.
www.cbs2chicago.com
Jackie Tranchida • metromix
As a reporter and associate producer for "metromix," Jackie Tranchida brings you nightly updates on all things Chicago. Armed with her mother's video camera, Jackie began her career at the age of nine, reporting on the daily events of her family vacations. She knew she was destined to become a reporter and pursued her dream by anchoring the morning announcements in high school. At the age of 17, Jackie landed her first real gig as host of the local cable show "In The Works." A native of South Florida, Jackie continued to work towards her goal at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. There she served as anchor, reporter, and entertainment director for Northwestern News Network. During her junior year, she left the Chicago and headed out to Sioux Falls, SD to report for KELO-TV. Jackie graduated from Northwestern with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. Throughout college, Jackie interned for television stations and programs all over the country, including MTV, WBBM-TV in Chicago, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. You can usually find Jackie hanging out at local spots around Wrigleyville or dancing the night away with friends. During the summer, she is always down for a game of beach volleyball, but equally enjoys relaxing in the sand. On colder days you'll find her hidden under a pile of blankets watching every episode of "Family Guy" left on TiVo. Some of her closet hobbies include crocheting, black-and-white photography and interior decorating. She doesn't bite, so if you see her out and about, make sure to say hi.
www.metromix.com