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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

There are more than 150 lawyers in Vero Beach, but few have led a life as enthralling as a tall, blonde attorney named Lynne Larkin.

What Do You Give To The Man (Or Woman) Who Has Everything?

The answer to the tormenting question posed in our headline might be “Something you made all by yourself.”

In Perspective (Revisited)

In the last issue of Vero Beach Magazine, we showed the headstone of a Confederate soldier named Joseph E. Jones on the back page.

The American Red Cross

Nearly everyone is aware of the aid provided by the American Red Cross when catastrophe strikes.

Taking Care of Business

If there’s one room where function threatens form, it’s the home office.

The American Cancer Society

Denny Gordon has lived in Vero Beach for 25 years and for 20 of them she has arranged and organized the annual meeting of the American Cancer Society.

The Night They Shot John Ashley Down

The moon was shining brightly as a refreshing breeze rolled in off the Indian River.

The Stars Above, The Steaks Below

Porch, patio, veranda, terrace, deck, lanai, balcony - if you put a table on it, every meal eaten there becomes a special occasion.

Science-Fiction or Sciecne-Fact?

Early in 1945, with World War II still raging, a young Navy midshipman named Berthold E. Schwarz arrived home on leave.

A Peyton Place Kind Of Town

Here we are on a fine autumn day in New York City, and I’m sitting across from a best-selling novelist in a plush old chair in a plush old club, a venerable place full of venerable literati, and, of course, I’m dying to tell you where we are.

The Old Man and The Sea

The first time Walter Brightwell saw the ocean he was 22 years old and had just arrived in Florida to visit a friend in Palm Beach.

A View From The Bridge

I have a cartoon from The New Yorker pinned to the bulletin board in the kitchen of our Florida condo that shows two birds sitting in a tree and one is saying to the other, “What I don’t get is why once we fly south we don’t just stay there.”

Moonlight & Murder

We are sitting in Martha Powers’ cozy kitchen in Summerplace, basking in the bright sunlight and listening to the soothing rhythm of the ocean.

Black Holes

Over the past 40 years, I have played more than 800 golf courses in 18 different countries and in all 50 states.

The Year Vero Was Discovered

If there’s one thing Vero’s real estate brokers agree on, it’s that 1998 was a year for the history books.

Hail To The Chef

Chances are, you won’t go hungry, but there are days when you lack either the time or the inclination to cook (sometimes both).

Mission To Cuba

No one can be neutral about Cuba.

The Battle For The Jungle Trail

The name Jungle Trail conjures up visions of a narrow footpath through a dense tangle of vegetation dappled with sun and shade.

How To Keep Your Kids Happy (Without Upsetting Uncle Sam)

An estate-planning lawyer friend of mine and I were on the 11:10 p.m. train out of Grand Central in New York.

Learning To Live With The Big C

On the afternoon of her 44th birthday, Mary Beth McDonald waltzed into the radiology department at Indian River Memorial Hospital (IRMH) for a mammogram.

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