Bust out the Hawaiian shirts, leis and shark fins. Jimmy Buffett is on his way to O-Town. Though it will be midwinter when his “Welcome to Fin Land” tour drifts into Central Florida, it’s always high summer for Buffett, his Coral Reefer Band and the legion of Parrotheads who you can bet sand dollars to donuts will fill every seat in the Amway Center. |READ|

Check out the latest in bridal gown fashions. |READ|

I’ve been worried about my son ever since he started getting bounced out of day-care centers 20-odd years ago. Now he’s a strapping young man with a good heart and an inquisitive soul, and those years of Ritalin prescriptions and parent-teacher conferences are well behind us. |READ|

At Prato, you Won’t demurely nibble at a salad or twirl polite forkfuls of pasta. You’ll eat with gusto at this Winter Park newcomer, eagerly scarfing the last bites of an arugula-radicchio-crispy pancetta toss, sizzling fried clams and hearty crostinis. A simple Italian meal is that satisfying at this rising star, which is run by the same folks who brought us neighboring Luma on Park. |READ|

Orange County’s own Mel Martinez and Florida’s notorious 1950 Pepper-vs.-Smathers U.S. Senate race are the subjects of two lively new books. |READ|

Tall, tan and fit, Linda Dove is a picture of health despite what she’s been through the past couple of years. She smiles and even laughs as she recounts the experience of being diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in her late 40s, enduring a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation treatments and, finally, reconstructive surgery. |READ|

Cheryl Hines may be best known for playing Cheryl, the levelheaded wife to Larry David’s scatterbrained husband in HBO’s long-running Tinseltown spoof, Curb Your Enthusiasm. She’s also attracting attention from her current gig as Dallas, the ditzy, spray-tanned, breast-augmented socialite in the ABC comedy Suburgatory.