Education

Bridging the Gap

The Equity Project Alliance's Mission of Transformation Article by Elizabeth McKinley | Photography by Provided In conversations about progress, there are moments when words transcend dialogue and become a call to action. For Dr. Lusharon Wiley, then Vice President of Corporate Culture for Innisfree Hotels, that moment came in the wake of Julian MacQueen’s public letter following the murder of George Floyd, a heartfelt appeal urging Pensacola to pause, reflect, and reimagine its response to...

Life + Culture

Satori Foundation

Enlightenment on the Bay Article by Bianca Bain Villegas | Photography by Provided The Satori Foundation is accelerating a clear mission: expand access to sailing and open the water to youth across Northwest Florida and nearby Alabama. Its current focus is acquiring two environmentally responsible C22 sailboats with electric motors, practical training platforms that lower barriers and put more hands on the helm. Sailing is notoriously difficult to access. It requires proximity to water...

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Together

Article by Alex Boykin of Gulfcoast Wine | Photography by Provided I recently went to a wine event that was very well attended. A few days prior to the event I was describing it to a few really nice folks who really like wine and I was asked; “Why are you going to that, there aren’t going to be Wine People there?” I know what they were trying to ask me, and they weren’t trying to be rude, but I felt that they had missed the mark. To them, in their mind, the majority of people who were going to...

Life + Culture

Savor The Lifestyle: Tradition

Circles of Connection Article by Stephania Streit | Photography by Provided As we move into the holiday season, most of us begin to think warmly in anticipation of the traditions that we bring to life this time of the year.  Cookbooks and decorations galore will come flooding out of our attics and storage rooms to once again become a part of our daily lives at home, school, and work.  Our senses and memories are roused from their annual slumber and engaged in a delightful dance with the past...

Education

Valerie’s House

A Place Where Grieving Children Find Hope Article by Suzanne Pope | Photography by Provided   On a quiet evening in Pensacola, laughter echoes from the Chadbourne Foundation Home. Children run through the halls, settle into art tables, and gather in circles where stories are shared and tears are met with understanding. At first glance, it could be mistaken for an after-school program or a youth club. But this is  Valerie’s House,  a sanctuary where children and teens who have lost a parent or...

Wellness

A Calling to Care: The Story of Tena Wright

A Woman with A Calling, Willing to Sacrifice Everything Article by Suzanne Pope | Photography by Addie J Photography   For Tena Wright, caring for others has always come naturally. Raised between Arkansas and Memphis in a large, close-knit family, she was surrounded by aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. “We were always together,” she recalls. “That’s where I learned to care — not just for people, but about them.” Her greatest influence was her grandmother, a petite powerhouse who...

Life + Culture

Why Wine?

Article by Alex Boykin of Gulfcoast Wine | Photography by Provided Do you enjoy wine? Well, this article is actually for the folks who DO NOT enjoy wine, but don’t worry wine lovers, I will need your participation! I know people who do not enjoy wine. I have asked many of them why and their reasons vary from “I can’t taste the difference from one wine to the next,” to “wine is just for snobs.” I have found that a major reason people are not into wine is from a bad experience. Maybe a bad...

Life + Culture

Chef Laura Bernardi Piovesana

From Prosecco Hills to Pensacola Article by Suzanne Pope | Photography by Addie J Photography In the rolling hills north of Venice, in the small town of Conegliano,  “the Land of Prosecco,”  the world’s most celebrated sparkling wine flows as abundantly as the stories that come from it. This is where Laura Bernardi Piovesana’s story begins, long before Pensacola came to know her as the Italian chef who brings people together around a table, whether that table is in a Gulf Coast kitchen or a...

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Savor The Lifestyle: Leisure

Article by Stephania Streit | Photography by Provided Ainsley Durose, a young pastry chef from the US living in Paris, France, beautifully depicts the classical concept of leisure in her short online travel videos filmed just outside of Paris. In one video, she begins her journey with her beautiful, flowing summer dress, swaying softly back and forth in a rhythmic rock while comfortably draping her slight frame, as she boards the train on this day’s outing in the French countryside. As you...

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Liquid Gold

Spain's Enduring Olive Oil Legacy Article by Bianca Bain Villegas | Photography by B.Media For centuries, Spain has held the undisputed crown as the world’s foremost producer of olive oil, supplying approximately 45% of the global market and, in some years, more than half. This extraordinary dominance is not a recent achievement but the result of a cultural legacy rooted in the land itself. Across millions of hectares and over 300 million olive trees, Spain cultivates a product that is at once...