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This is my first column for this magazine. I’m excited about the opportunity to talk with you every month about health issues, what we know about disease and what’s going on here at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. I hope you’ll let me know what subjects interest you and what you would like to see in this column. |READ|

Come July, Winter Park might have its own Bastille Day. Central Florida’s all-American city is home to at least nine French eateries, from simple cafés to fine dining establishments – four of them new. Quelle merveilleuse! |READ|

You can buy locally and give globally through fair trade merchants. |READ|

When you think about the Fringe Festival, you don’t automatically think “kid-friendly.” Sure, the festival features shows and activities for children. But with its famous “100 percent uncensored” spirit, the local theater event is far better known for its adult-oriented and oft-outrageous offerings. |READ|

You know that friend of yours who fancies himself a wine expert? The guy who’s always driving everyone nuts with his talk of “varietals” and “mouthfeel” and “nose”? Well, here’s your chance to give him a taste of his own pinot noir. |READ|

The buzz k.d. lang generated in the early ’90s had a funky feel, heightened by her androgynous haircut, boxy dress suits and eclectic repertoire that encompassed both Patsy Cline and Cole Porter. Even her insistence on lowercasing her stage name – she was born Kathryn Dawn Lang – bespoke an unmistakable quirkiness. |READ|

From an overachieving Pomeranian to a game-changing CEO, from Cinderella’s Castle to Tiffany’s mansion, we’ve got it all in our annual salute to the coolest people and places in Orlando. |READ|

Ken Downing, fashion director for Neiman Marcus and known for his roles on TV’s The Rachel Zoe Project and Project Runway All Stars, recently hosted an invitation-only, spring-trend runway show at Neiman Marcus. He spoke with Orlando Home & Leisure’s Sophia Graniela. |READ|

Sometimes all you need is a favorite dish and a familiar face. Here are a few of the local hangouts where you can find sustenance for both body and soul. |READ|

Jeff Zaslow, co-author of The Last Lecture, began his career as a writer in Orlando and left in favor of a much larger stage. He disappeared from both places far too soon. |READ|

Key West hasn’t moved an inch since Ernest Hemingway set up shop on Whitehead Street 80 years ago to write some of his greatest fiction. You can still find the city holding down the southernmost point in the United States from the exact same latitude and longitude.  |READ|

Therman Statom knows how to manipulate glass. He can cut it, paint it, carve it into huge sculptures. But the Winter Haven native, who now lives in Omaha, wondered if he could also imprint photographs on his medium of choice. |READ|