Archive for the ‘Local People’ Category
Mark Your October Calendar for Carmel’s Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon
Carmel’s Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon will be held on Thursday, October 28 at the Ritz Charles, 12156 North Meridian Street in Carmel. This event is the signature fundraising event for the Carmel Clay Public Library hosted by the Foundation Guild. Individual tickets are $60 and corporate tables for ten are $1,000. Moderator for [...]
Annual Festival Serves Up Authentic Greek Delights
In the mood for something Greek, without the headache of traveling? How do fresh gyros, sizzling roasted lamb and a little baklava on the side sound, accompanied by live music and dancing? Mark your calendars for a real international adventure and head over to the 37th Annual Indianapolis Greek Festival, held at the Holy Trinity [...]
The Beginning and the End
I know the old saying is “Time flies when you’re having fun,” but believe me, time creeps along at a painfully slow pace when you are having chemo, which may be defined as many things, but never, ever as fun. But finally, after six months, I have come to the end of my chemotherapy treatments. [...]
Hoosier Half-Dozen
Ah, summer… picnics, pools, parades – and generally time to get in a few family outings. Check out our first 2010 list of a half dozen “hidden” Hoosier hot spots right here at home. They’re out there in the open, but too often, we just drive on by. So take a closer look at each [...]
Bangs Cause Pangs For Local Wimp
I am terrified of fireworks. Not the kind that you sit and watch at night, lit by well-trained professionals. I’m talking about the kind you buy and light yourself, especially the ones that look like tiny dynamite sticks and come all linked together in one package. Here’s why: When I was a little whippersnapper growing [...]
Palladium Announces Grand Opening Week Celebrations
The Center for the Performing Arts today announced festivities to celebrate the Palladium’s grand opening week January 22-30, 2011. The public celebration will begin with a ceremonial ribbon cutting scheduled for January 22 at 10 a.m. The celebration week includes a gala and concert featuring artistic director Michael Feinstein with jazz instrumental artist Chris Botti. [...]
Bucket Full of Wishes on My List
I’ve never made a bucket list. I guess I have always been so busy trying to get the things I need to get done completed that I haven’t had any time to think about doing the things that I wanted to get done. But when I was diagnosed with cancer, I naturally started thinking about [...]
Carmel Resident to Pilot Sailboat in Famous Yacht Race
What’s a nice guy from landlocked Carmel, Indiana, doing in a yacht race like this? For Chris Palabrica the answer is simple – it’s the chance to fulfill a lifelong sportsman’s dream, and to share it with a sister who is now in remission following several bouts with cancer. The competition in question is the [...]
Smart Phones Bring User Intelligence Into Question
I was in a meeting last week with a client, and we were talking about new “apps.” Since I’ve never downloaded an app, and barely know what one is, I did what any professional would do. I nodded and pretended like I knew what he was talking about. But my confidence was short-lived, as he [...]
Chemo Brain is a Terrible Thing to Waste
I have to be honest. Until I started taking chemotherapy, I didn’t really understand chemotherapy. I knew a little about how the treatments were given, and had a vague understanding that the chemo drugs somehow killed cancer. I also had a vision in my head based on what I had seen in movies and read [...]
Attention Shoppers! Get Out of the Way!
During the last seven days, I’ve come dangerously close to taking out a child’s kneecaps, causing mayhem in the middle of Target, and offending dozens of senior citizens. I think that’s a personal record. Here’s what happened: I recently had surgery on my foot. It was to save a ruptured ligament or tendon or something [...]
Getting Into the Running Spirit
I don’t always have a plan. Even as I type this, there probably should be an outline, or some notes next to me. There SHOULD be. I have discovered some of the fun of life is not knowing what’s next. Believe me, a couple of weeks in the weather forecasting business will remind you that [...]
Group Helping Make Carmel Greener, One Teen at a Time
So often, big ideas are born from small places, and sometimes a fresh set of minds can create new ideas to old dilemmas. Such is the case of Carmel Green Teen, an organization dedicated to “Making Carmel greener, one youth project at a time.” When Lauren Gibson was in the fifth grade, she wrote a [...]
Surgery Surprises
I have always been pretty healthy, and my hospital experience has been limited to the labor and delivery of my three kids. I’ve never even had a cavity, let alone major surgery, so when I entered the hospital early on the morning of December 7 to undergo bilateral mastectomies, there were some surprises. My six-hour [...]
Valentine’s Day: Love It or Leave It?
Whenever Valentine’s Day rolls around, I can’t help but have a moment of silence for all of the Charlie Brown’s in the world. You know … unrequited love and all that. The Little Red Hair Girl was oblivious to poor Charlie’s desires. And oh, the pain and heart ache. Indeed, Valentine’s Day is a tricky [...]
Regional Performing Arts Center Adds New Staff
Steven Libman, Executive Director of The Regional Performing Arts Center (RPAC) in Carmel, officially announced today the appointment of Jeremy M. Hatch as the Center’s Director of Development along with John R. Hughey who will serve as the Center’s Public Relations Manager. Hatch, of Indianapolis, and Hughey, of Fishers, will assume their duties next month. [...]
My Life Saving
Would you like to save $14,450? You can, claims the Entertainment book, chock-full of good deals, brimming with coupons, awash in discounts. For a cheap person like me, it’s my savior. My wife advised me not to pay $25.00 for the annual publication. She claimed we’d never use the coupons—and if we did, we’d either [...]
Top Ten Movies of 2009
Over the past few months I have been watching more movies than any human being ever should. I’m a movie critic so it comes with the job; however, I’m also a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. I feel a responsibility to screen as many of the “For Your Consideration” films that are [...]
Happy New Year! Bah Humbug!
Okay, so it’s a new year, and a new decade, all in one shot. Are you excited? Are you filled with hope and renewal? Personally, I can’t stand it. While I love New Year’s Eve in theory, and I’m certainly appreciative of the fact that I’m living to see it, I don’t care that much [...]
Holiday Madness Requires Therapy – Quick!
It occurred to me this year, as I frantically searched for shopping bargains while untangling non-functioning Christmas lights, that there’s a greatly needed (and currently unavailable) service during the holidays. It’s a wonder no one has thought about it before: Minute Therapy Clinics. Seriously, does it not make sense? During the craziest time of the [...]
