Barrys Buzz Sept. 27, 2012

You can be part of Solavei, new social commerce network with over a million members expected by the end of the year. Take a look at www.solintro.com for a brief overview and contact barry@barryepstein.com with any questions. Then:1. https://support.solavei.com/servlet/JiveServlet/previewBody/1400-102-6-2256/Solavei%20Enrollment%20Process%20Revised.pdf. Be sure to choose Barry Epstein or 88888888 as the sponsor. Very important! Florida Atlantic University is scheduled to test all components of the FAU Alert system on Thursday. Dennis Max is opening “The Mexican” restaurant in Royal Palm Place. A Shayna Maidel plays through Sept. 30 at the Stage Door Theatre on Sample Road in Coral Springs. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information or visit www.stagedoorfl.org. Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl and Barry Epstein airs tonight at 6 p.m. on www.wrpbitv.com. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 9:45 a.m. direct from Lynn University on www.wrpbitv.com featuring Palm Beach County Republican Party Chair Sid Dinerstein, Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson, Boca Raton Senior editor Marie Speed and Sun-Sentinel columnists Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson and Kingsley Guy. The second part airs Oct. 5. You can also win free tickets to the Cinemark, Gateway and Last Picture Show Theaters just for watching. Movies opening Friday at the Cinemark Theatre are Looper, Won’t Back Down (and at Movies of Lake Worth), Hotel Transylvania, Pitch Perfect and Perks of Being A Wallflower. Obama’s America 2016 is still showing. Don’t miss it. Compliance opens at Movies of Delray and Lake Worth. It’s election time, and an educated voter is the best voter. In addition to the candidates running for political office, several state constitutional amendments will be voted on during the upcoming general election. Todd Bonlarron, director Palm Beach County Legislative Affairs, will offer a clear explanation of what each of these initiatives means to you, the taxpayer. Approximately 60 minutes, space is limited. Call 561.482.4554 to preregister early for the Boca Raton Glade branch library Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m. event. Others are at http://www.pbcgov.com/newsroom/0912/09-07-12_library_election.htm . Save the date; ItsOwlTime.com has partnered with Matteo's Ristorante Italiano of Boca Raton to create a night to benefit the FAU Men's Basketball Program on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7 pm with the goal to raise funds to benefit one of the most exciting sports programs in South Florida. Head Coach Mike Jarvis, staff, and team members will be discussing the upcoming College Basketball season and give the inside scoop on the Owls. Marketing and reservations will start about Sept. 22. The Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, A.R. Gurneys Sylvia from September 28- October 14 and end in March with a classic, Kander & Ebbs Chicago, at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, 300 South Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are on sale at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. The sixth annual Theatre Arts Guild Ice Cream Social is being held on Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Broken Sound Country Club with a Jersey Boys tribute by the Atlantic City Boys, including some of the former members of the Jersey Boys. Go to http://give.lynn.edu/TheatreArts for details. Scenes from Marvel Studios' superhero movie 'Iron Man 3' are set to begin filming in Dania Beach and around South Florida in October bringing millions of dollars into the South Florida economy. The movie's cast and production crew will start arriving Oct. 1, and includes actors Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle. Soroptimists of Boca sponsors the 39th annual “Women of Distinction” awards breakfast on Oct. 3 at Boca West Country Club. Tickets are $48 each. Contact kim@championhome.com or call 561.347.0440. Here are the October debates: http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule. The first is Oct. 3, the VP debate is Oct. 11, the second is Oct. 16 and the final is Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, all at 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. With the upcoming Presidential debate, Lynn University will have a free evening of patriotic music performed by the Conservatory of Music, short readings of excerpts great American political speeches by Lynn students, and other civic and political activities on October 5 at 7:00 p.m. Boca-based Bluegreen Corp. is putting on "Two to Tango," the gala to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation that will move to the Boca Raton Marriott on Oct. 5. The grand opening date for the new DeHoernle Park on Spanish River Blvd. has been moved to 10 a.m. on Oct. 13. The only state-wide debate between U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack will be 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Nova Southeastern University. You can watch it on WPTV Channel 5 NBC West Palm Beach or WTVJ Channel 6, NBC Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. The Junior League of Boca Raton presents the 25th Annual Woman Volunteer of the Year Luncheon, Silent Auction and Fashion Show by Neiman Marcus is Oct. 18 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club Tickets are $125 and up. Visit www.wvoy.org or call 561.620.2553. The Compassionate Friends, Inc., is a non-profit 501 c 3 self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to all bereaved parents. Annually, a car show-fund raiser is held to raise monies in order to continue offering services to the community of parents who have experienced the death of a child. Under the Lights" will be held Friday, October 19 at 7 pm at St. Paul's Church, 701 West Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton. Car trophies will be awarded as well as cash raffle drawings, basket auctions and gourmet food trucks. Music provided by Rockin Rich. Proceeds will benefit The Compassionate Friends, who are about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. For more info to attend or to pre register a car, contact at TCFofBoca@mail.com. JARC (Jewish Association for Residential Care) will host its 4th annual bowling fundraiser in loving member of JARC client, Leslie Goldberg, on Sunday, October 21 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Strikes@Boca located at 21046 Commercial Trail and Military Trail in Boca Raton. For more information, call 561-558-2550. Sponsorship opportunities are available at www.jarcfl.org. . E’s Giuliana Rancic will host cocktails, hors d’oevres and desserts to honor Sun-Sentinel’s Life’s Victories survivors and help fight breast cancer, 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the 110 Tower in Ft. Lauderdale. Giuliana and her husband Bill will then be the keynote speakers at Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s 9th Annual Go Pink Luncheon Friday, October 26, 2012 from 11am to 1:30 pm at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The second Meet Me on the Promenade downtown street festival is Oct. 26 and 27 with a Halloween theme. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts' new Club Level, an exclusive, 70-seat section in the Fort Lauderdale hall's mezzanine, with special access to a nearby lounge with all the top-shelf amenities. will open on Oct. 26. An Evening with FAU Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Jarves to benefit the basketball program will be held 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at Matteo’s in Boca Raton. Cost is $100 and includes family style dinner, silent and live auctions and door prizes. Advance Reservations and payment required, limited to 150 guests only. Last year’s event sold out in advance. Contact mark@itsowltime.com. The Women’s Theatre Project presents Delval Divas will be at the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, November 2-18 Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sat-Sun 2 p.m. $25 tickets. Call 561.347.3948 or visit www.womenstheatreproject.com. If you have computer issues, or just want to learn more, contact PC professor in Boca Raton or West Palm Beach, the preeminent computer repair and learning environment. Call 561.750.7879 or visit www.pcprofessor for more information and class schedules. www.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively or sponsor mine. Contact wrpbitv@yahoo.com. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html I hope my Members of the Tribe had an easy Fast and best wishes for a Happy, Healthy and prosperous New Year. Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com. Website; www.publicrelations.nu; email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000. His blog is on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com/.

Barrys Buzz Sept. 20, 2012

You can be part of Solavei, new social commerce network starting Sept. 21 with over a million members expected by the end of the year. Take a look at www.solintro.com for a brief overview and contact barry@barryepstein.com with any questions.Then:1. go to thelane.Solavei.com 2. Login: team@revo12.com 3. Password: revo12 4. Click: Enroll Everyone Else- then enroll 5. Be sure to choose Barry Epstein or 88888888 as the sponsor. Very important! Palm Beach County Republican Party Vice Chair Margi Helschien was elected to the board of directors of the West Boca Community Council. A Shayna Maidel plays through Sept. 30 at the Stage Door Theatre on Sample Road in Coral Springs. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information or visit www.stagedoorfl.org. Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl airs tonight at 6 p.m. on www.wrpbitv.com. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com featuring Clarion Fund Managing Director Matt Weisbaum discussing the Iranian nuclear program and the threat it posses to the entire world and Sun-Sentinel columnists Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson and Kingsley Guy discussing the latest Romney gaffe in Boca Raton. Both segments are not to be missed. You can also win free tickets to the Cinemark, Gateway and Last Picture Show Theaters just for watching, but this episode is important for all to see. Also, go to www.radicalislam.org/enriched now to watch the 6 minute video. Movies opening Friday at the Cinemark Theatre are The Master, (also at Movies of Delray and Lake Worth), Trouble With the Curve (also at Movies of Delray and Lake Worth), End of Watch, House at the End of the Street and Dredd. Obama’s America 2016 is still showing. Don’t miss it. It’s election time, and an educated voter is the best voter. In addition to the candidates running for political office, several state constitutional amendments will be voted on during the upcoming general election. Todd Bonlarron, director Palm Beach County Legislative Affairs, will offer a clear explanation of what each of these initiatives means to you, the taxpayer. Approximately 60 minutes, space is limited. Call 561.482.4554 to preregister early for the Boca Raton Glade branch library Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m. event. Others are at http://www.pbcgov.com/newsroom/0912/09-07-12_library_election.htm . The Chevy Pizza Crawl is Saturday, Sept. 22 from Lou Bachrodt Chevrolet visiting four pizza locations. Details at www.worstpizza.com. Soroptimists of Boca is seeking sponsors for the 39th annual “Women of Distinction” awards breakfast on Oct. 3 at Boca West Country Club. Tickets are $48 each. Contact kim@championhome.com or call 561.347.0440. Deadline is tomorrow for all ads. Save the date; ItsOwlTime.com has partnered with Matteo's Ristorante Italiano of Boca Raton to create a night to benefit the FAU Men's Basketball Program on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7 pm with the goal to raise funds to benefit one of the most exciting sports programs in South Florida. Head Coach Mike Jarvis, staff, and team members will be discussing the upcoming College Basketball season and give the inside scoop on the Owls. Marketing and reservations will start about Sept. 22. "Henrietta, Countess de Hoernle 100th Birthday Gala: Our Legend, Her Legacy" will be honored on her birthday, Sept. 24, at Boca West Country Club. The event presenter is The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller. Honorary chairpersons are Christine Lynn and Barbara and Dick Schmidt. Gala chairwoman and vice chairwoman are Commander Isabel K. Paul and Dame Alyce E. Erickson. The Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, A.R. Gurneys Sylvia from September 28- October 14 and end in March with a classic, Kander & Ebbs Chicago, at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, 300 South Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are on sale at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. The sixth annual Theatre Arts Guild Ice Cream Social is being held on Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Broken Sound Country Club with a Jersey Boys tribute by the Atlantic City Boys, including some of the former members of the Jersey Boys. Go to http://give.lynn.edu/TheatreArts for details. Scenes from Marvel Studios' superhero movie 'Iron Man 3' are set to begin filming in Dania Beach and around South Florida in October bringing millions of dollars into the South Florida economy.. The movie's cast and production crew will start arriving Oct. 1, and includes actors Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle, Here are the October debates: http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule. The first is Oct. 3, the VP debate is Oct. 11, the second is Oct. 16 and the final is Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, all at 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. With the upcoming Presidential debate, Lynn University will have a free evening of patriotic music performed by the Conservatory of Music, short readings of excerpts great American political speeches by Lynn students, and other civic and political activities on October 5 at 7:00 p.m. Boca-based Bluegreen Corp. is putting on "Two to Tango," the gala to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation that will move to the Boca Raton Marriott on Oct. 5. The grand opening date for the new DeHoernle Park on Spanish River Blvd. has been moved to 10 a.m. on Oct. 13. The only state-wide debate between U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack will be 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Nova Southeastern University. You can watch it on WPTV Channel 5 NBC West Palm Beach or WTVJ Channel 6, NBC Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. The Junior League of Boca Raton presents the 25th Annual Woman Volunteer of the Year Luncheon, Silent Auction and Fashion Show by Neiman Marcus is Oct. 18 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club Tickets are $125 and up. Visit www.wvoy.org or call 561.620.2553. The Compassionate Friends, Inc., is a non-profit 501 c 3 self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to all bereaved parents. Annually, a car show-fund raiser is held to raise monies in order to continue offering services to the community of parents who have experienced the death of a child. Under the Lights" will be held Friday, October 19 at 7 pm at St. Paul's Church, 701 West Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton. Car trophies will be awarded as well as cash raffle drawings, basket auctions and gourmet food trucks. Music provided by Rockin Rich. Proceeds will benefit The Compassionate Friends, who are about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. For more info to attend or to pre register a car, contact at TCFofBoca@mail.com. E’s Giuliana Rancic will host cocktails, hors d’oevres and desserts to honor Sun-Sentinel’s Life’s Victories survivors and help fight breast cancer, 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the 110 Tower in Ft. Lauderdale. Giuliana and her husband Bill will then be the keynote speakers at Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s 9th Annual Go Pink Luncheon Friday, October 26, 2012 from 11am to 1:30 pm at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The second Meet Me on the Promenade downtown street festival is Oct. 26 and 27 with a Halloween theme. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts' new Club Level, an exclusive, 70-seat section in the Fort Lauderdale hall's mezzanine, with special access to a nearby lounge with all the top-shelf amenities. will open on Oct. 26. The Women’s Theatre Project presents Delval Divas will be at the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, November 2-18 Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sat-Sun 2 p.m. $25 tickets. Call 561.347.3948 or visit www.womenstheatreproject.com. www.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively or sponsor mine. Contact wrpbitv@yahoo.com. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html A very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Yom Kippur next Tuesday evening and Wednesday to all my Members of the Tribe! Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder a

Barrys Buzz Sept. 13, 2012

ADT shareholders are expected to approve a spinoff from Tyco International tomorrow to create a $3.1 billion company which will be headquartered in Boca Raton, with a new separate board of directors, some of whom could come from the area. The fifth version of the iconic Baja Beach Club is moving north from Fort Lauderdale to Boca in the former Club Boca location on the southwest corner of Palmetto Park and Powerline Roads on Oct. 5. Look for more bikini contests, etc. There is a job fair scheduled for bartenders, light techs, cocktail servers, shot girls and others from 4 to 8 p.m on Sept. 12 and 19. Go to facebook.com/BajaBoca or call 561.362.7000 for more information. Boca Raton Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie was appointed to the board of directors of the Florida League of Cities. Boca Raton residents Bobra Bush,Jordan Serlin, and 20 others, have formed the Democrats for Hasner Coalition Leadership team. Palm Beach County Democrat Party chair Mark Allen Siegel resigned last week, in the wake of an anti-Christian tirade. Drop In Action Sports Complex is the new name for the proposed 1.75 acre skateboarding and BMK center at the Logger’ Run Park, with Chris Evert’s son, Alex Mill on board. Go to www.dropinactionsportscomplex.org for info and sponsorship opportunities. There's no timetable for construction, but an environmental review describes plans for a 20-story, 1,000-room hotel, with an expanded casino, more shops and a 2,500-seat theater at the Seminole Tribe of Florida's existing site in Coconut Creek. Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise is being renamed the BB&T Center in a 10 year deal, with a darker shade of red colors and logos. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will begin shifting as many as 300,000 policies to private insurance companies in December. A Shayna Maidel plays through Sept. 30 at the Stage Door Theatre on Sample Road in Coral Springs. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information or visit www.stagedoorfl.org. Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl and Barry Epstein airs tonight at 6 p.m. on www.wrpbitv.com. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com featuring the First Lady of Florida Theatre Jan McArt, new social membership company Solavei founder Danielle Giancola, movie maven Morrie Zryl and Sun-Sentinel columnist Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson. Watch to win tickets to the Cinemark, Gateway and Last Picture Show Theatres. Movies opening Friday at the Cinemark Theatre are Finding Nemo in 3D, Last Ounce of Courage and Resident Evil: Retribution, Obama’s America 2016 is still showing. Don’t miss it. Arbitrage with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth. Boca’s Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jane Saunders, Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation President Jan Savarick, Phyllis Green, Chairman of Green Advertising and Hospice by the Sea’s Paula J. Alderson will be honored today as among South Florida Business Journal’s Influential Business Women of 2012 at the Hyatt Pier 66 Awards Luncheon in Ft. Lauderdale. Register at rruiz@bizjournals.com or call 954.949.7522. It’s election time, and an educated voter is the best voter. In addition to the candidates running for political office, several state constitutional amendments will be voted on during the upcoming general election. Todd Bonlarron, director Palm Beach County Legislative Affairs, will offer a clear explanation of what each of these initiatives means to you, the taxpayer. Approximately 60 minutes, space is limited. Call 561.482.4554 to preregister early for the Boca Raton Glade branch library Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m. event. Others are at http://www.pbcgov.com/newsroom/0912/09-07-12_library_election.htm . Soroptimists of Boca is seeking sponsors for the 39th annual “Women of Distinction” awards breakfast on Oct. 3 at Boca West Country Club. Contact kim@championhome.com or call 561.347.0440. Deadline is Sept. 21 for all ads. The Steve Bagdan Charitable Foundation presents the 24th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the George Snow Scholarship Fund, tomorrow, Sept. 14, 8:30 a.m. at the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club. Sponsorship and Underwriting opportunities are available. Email to defiler@scholarship.org or call 561.347-6799 for more information. Save the date; ItsOwlTime.com has partnered with Matteo's Ristorante Italiano of Boca Raton to create a night to benefit the FAU Men's Basketball Program on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7 pm with the goal to raise funds to benefit one of the most exciting sports programs in South Florida. Head Coach Mike Jarvis, staff, and team members will be discussing the upcoming College Basketball season and give the inside scoop on the Owls. Marketing and reservations will start about Sept. 22. "Henrietta, Countess de Hoernle 100th Birthday Gala: Our Legend, Her Legacy" will be honored on her birthday, Sept. 24, at Boca West Country Club. The event presenter is The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller. Honorary chairpersons are Christine Lynn and Barbara and Dick Schmidt. Gala chairwoman and vice chairwoman are Commander Isabel K. Paul and Dame Alyce E. Erickson. The Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, A.R. Gurneys Sylvia from September 28- October 14 and end in March with a classic, Kander & Ebbs Chicago, at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, 300 South Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are on sale at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. The sixth annual Theatre Arts Guild Ice Cream Social is being held on Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Broken Sound Country Club with a Jersey Boys tribute by the Atlantic City Boys, including some of the former members of the Jersey Boys. Go to http://give.lynn.edu/TheatreArts for details. Scenes from Marvel Studios' superhero movie 'Iron Man 3' are set to begin filming in Dania Beach and around South Florida in October bringing millions of dollars into the South Florida economy.. The movie's cast and production crew will start arriving Oct. 1, and includes actors Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrowand Don Cheadle, Boca-based Bluegreen Corp. is putting on "Two to Tango," the gala to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation that will move to the Boca Raton Marriott on Oct. 5. The grand opening date for the new DeHoernle Park on Spanish River Blvd. has been moved to 10 a.m. on Oct. 13. The Compassionate Friends, Inc., is a non-profit 501 c 3 self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to all bereaved parents. Annually, a car show-fund raiser is held to raise monies in order to continue offering services to the community of parents who have experienced the death of a child. Under the Lights" will be held Friday, October 19 at 7 pm at St. Paul's Church, 701 West Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton. Car trophies will be awarded as well as cash raffle drawings, basket auctions and gourmet food trucks. Music provided by Rockin Rich. Proceeds will benefit The Compassionate Friends, who are about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. For more info to attend or to pre register a car, contact at TCFofBoca@mail.com. E’s Giuliana Rancic will host cocktails, hors d’oevres and desserts to honor Sun-Sentinel’s Life’s Victories survivors and help fight breast cancer, 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the 110 Tower in Ft. Lauderdale. Giuliana and her husband Bill will then be the keynote speakers at Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s 9th Annual Go Pink Luncheon Friday, October 26, 2012 from 11am to 1:30 pm at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. They also welcomed a baby boy named Edward Duke Rancic via surrogate born last week. The second Meet Me on the Promenade downtown street festival is Oct. 26 and 27 with a Halloween theme. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts' new Club Level, an exclusive, 70-seat section in the Fort Lauderdale hall's mezzanine, with special access to a nearby lounge with all the top-shelf amenities. will open on Oct. 26. You can be part of Solavei, new social media company starting Sept. 21. with a million users expected by the end of the year, plus you can make money by referring others. Email barry@barryepstein.com for a personal, no obligation, invite. www.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively or sponsor mine. Contact wrpbitv@yahoo.com. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html A very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to all my Members of the Tribe and happy quarter century to my son Jaret on Sunday! Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com. Website; www.publicrelations.nu; email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000. His blog is on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com.

Barrys Buzz Sept. 6, 2012

Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council Executive Director Roger Amidon, has resigned to accept the position of General Manager at the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort and Spa. He leaves the TDC Sept. 14 and starts Sept 17. Palm Beach County delegates to the Democrat National Convention closing today included Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson, Congressman Ted Deutch, Property Tax Collector Anne Gannon, Party Chair Mark Alan Siegel, Riviera Beach Mayor Bishop Thomas Masters, and others, some of whom will be traveling by bus. State Rep. Lori Berman is on the Platform Committee. The Boca Raton Bridge Hotel was sold to a New York group for $20.2 million. A new Downtown Boca Rotary Club has started. OMGfast Hi-Speed internet is now available in West Boca, offering MVDDS new technology with extremely fast downloads of 50Mbps and higher on an exclusive secure connection. Contact Josh.beene@omgfast.com or call 954.643.7102. BB&T is closing two branches on Federal Highway and St. Andrews Blvd. in Boca, folding them into nearby Bank Atlantic stores. Hurricane Isaac not only wrecked havoc in Palm Beach County, causing almost $4 million of damages, but with over 200 oil rigs shut down in the gulf, gas prices have risen almost 10 cents and drivers can look to over $4 per gallon in prices soon. South Florida home prices for sales jumped 21% in July over the same period last year. Palm Beach county had over 1247 single family closings with a median price of $217,000 up 15% from 2011. The once plentiful housing inventory is rapidly shrinking with lenders opening the spigot with almost 40% of the deals coming with a mortgage. That was almost unheard of last year. 20% of the Real Estate deals are coming from foreign buyers, pumping $4.2 billion dollars into the South Florida real estate market for the year ending June 30. Buyers from Latin America and the Caribbean made up almost 35% of all foreign purchases, including Brazil at 9%. European investors accounted for 20% of all buyers, while non-resident Canadians totaled 31%. Over 80% of all sales were all cash buys. A Shayna Maidel plays through Sept. 16 at the Stage Door Theatre on Sample Road in Coral Springs. Call 954.344.7765 for ticket information or visit www.stagedoorfl.org. Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl and Barry Epstein airs tonight at 6 p.m. on www.wrpbitv.com. Barry Epstein Live internet television show airs Friday at 10 a.m. on www.wrpbitv.com featuring The Theatre at the Arts Garage Artistic Director Lou Tyrell, movie maven Morrie Zryl, computer, internet and website consultant Leon Merker and Sun-Sentinel columnist Kingsley Guy. Watch to win tickets to the Cinemark, Gateway and Last Picture Show Theatres. Movies opening Friday at the Cinemark Theatre are The Cold Light of Day, For A Good Time, Call, The Words (also at Movies of Delray and Movies of Lake Worth, bringing back Bill W.), Obama’s America 2016 is still playing at the Cinemark Theatres. Don’t miss it. Downtown Boca hosts “Boca and Brazil Meet to Celebrate the Brazilian Beat’, for Brazil’s Independence Day Sept. 7. Boca’s Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jane Saunders, Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation President Jan Savarick, Phyllis Green, Chairman of Green Advertising and Hospice by the Sea’s Paula J. Alderson will be honored on Sept. 13 as among South Florida Business Journal’s Influential Business Women of 2012 at the Hyatt Pier 66 Awards Luncheon in Ft. Lauderdale. Register at rruiz@bizjournals.com or call 954.949.7522. Soroptimists of Boca is seeking sponsors for the 39th annual “Women of Distinction” awards breakfast on Oct. 3 at Boca West Country Club. Contact kim@championhome.com or call 561.347.0440. Deadline is Sept. 21 for all ads. The Steve Bagdan Charitable Foundation presents the 24th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the George Snow Scholarship Fund, Sept. 14, 8:30 a.m. at the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club. Sponsorship and Underwriting opportunities are available. Email to defiler@scholarship.org or call 561.347-6799 for more information. "Henrietta, Countess de Hoernle 100th Birthday Gala: Our Legend, Her Legacy" will be honored on her birthday, Sept. 24, at Boca West Country Club. The event presenter is The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller. Honorary chairpersons are Christine Lynn and Barbara and Dick Schmidt. Gala chairwoman and vice chairwoman are Commander Isabel K. Paul and Dame Alyce E. Erickson. The Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s 2012-2013 season will begin with a comedy, A.R. Gurneys Sylvia from September 28- October 14 and end in March with a classic, Kander & Ebbs Chicago, at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park, 300 South Military Trail, Boca Raton. Tickets are on sale at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948. The sixth annual Theatre Arts Guild Ice Cream Social is being held on Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Broken Sound Country Club with a Jersey Boys tribute by the Atlantic City Boys, including some of the former members of the Jersey Boys. Go to http://give.lynn.edu/TheatreArts for details. Boca-based Bluegreen Corp. is putting on "Two to Tango," the gala to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation that will move to the Boca Raton Marriott on Oct. 5. The Compassionate Friends, Inc., is a non-profit 501 c 3 self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to all bereaved parents. Annually, a car show-fund raiser is held to raise monies in order to continue offering services to the community of parents who have experienced the death of a child. Under the Lights" will be held Friday, October 19 at 7 pm at St. Paul's Church, 701 West Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton. Car trophies will be awarded as well as cash raffle drawings, basket auctions and gourmet food trucks. Music provided by Rockin Rich. Proceeds will benefit The Compassionate Friends, who are about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. For more info to attend or to pre register a car, contact at TCFofBoca@mail.com. E’s Giuliana Rancic will host cocktails, hors d’oevres and desserts to honor Sun-Sentinel’s Life’s Victories survivors and help fight breast cancer, 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the 110 Tower in Ft. Lauderdale. Giuliana and her husband Bill will then be the keynote speakers at Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s 9th Annual Go Pink Luncheon Friday, October 26, 2012 from 11am to 1:30 pm at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. They also welcomed a baby boy named Edward Duke Rancic via surrogate born last week. The second Meet Me on the Promenade downtown street festival is Oct. 26 and 27 with a Halloween theme. You can be part of Solavei, new cell phone company starting Sept. 21. Unlimited 4G calls, text, messaging and data for a flat rate of $49 per month, plus you can make money by referring others. Email barry@barryepstein.com for a personal, no obligation, invite. www.WestBocaLeaders.com has openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information. You can have your own internet television show very inexpensively or sponsor mine. Contact wrpbitv@yahoo.com. Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT&T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers, call 561.852.0000. For Al-Anon-meetings in South Palm Beach County, go to www.southpalmbeachafg.org/meeting_list.html Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber of Commerce (www.luxurychamber.com), the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.wrpbitv.com. Website; www.publicrelations.nu; email: pr@publicrelations.nu, or fax column items to 561.451.0000. His blog is on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com