Florida Matchmaker: 10 YEARS LATER, FABRIZZIO SAYS HE'S 'HUNGRIER'
His name is Rocky. Though not known to the masses, Fabrizzio began chasing his dreams years before Balboa defiantly rose out of the streets of Philadelphia to become a celluloid hero.Rocky Fabrizzio is no Hollywood fantasy, although cynics would insist that his goals are strictly make-believe. In brief, a promising young fighter breaks a collarbone against a future world champion, retires, then finds a comfortable niche as a husband, father and successful businessman in Orlando. Then, it...
Florida Matchmaker: Enterprise Florida plans South American mission
Enterprise Florida is seeking applications from businesses interested in showcasing their products or services during a "Team Florida" mission to Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina in July.Gov. Jeb Bush will lead the mission, scheduled for July 14-21, in an effort to strengthen business ties with two of Florida's top trading partners.In 1999, Florida exported $1.9 billion to Argentina and more than $1 billion to Chile, making Argentina and...
Florida Matchmaker: BUSH TO HEAD SOUTH AMERICA TRADE MISSION
Gov. Jeb Bush will lead a "Team Florida" mission to Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July to strengthen business ties with two of Florida's top trading partners.In 1999, Florida exported$1.9 billion in goods to Argentina and more than $1 billion to Chile, making them Florida's fourth- and eighth-largest trading partners, respectively. Enterprise Florida, the state's principal economic development organization,...
Florida Matchmaker: LEPRECHAUN GYM BUILDS A REPUTATION
If there were a made-for-TV movie about Gerrits Leprechaun Boxing Inc., the title would be: How to Succeed in Boxing the Old-Fashioned Way.What started from the ground up in an attempt to rebuild the Wynwood community after the 1989 Miami riots through a neighborhood gym has become one of the hottest places in boxing.Boca Raton millionaire Pat Gerrits started small a few years ago, refurbishing a run-down building across the street from his construction and distribution company....
Florida Matchmaker: Matchmaker takes challenge: Find a mate for Howard Stern
Howard Stern, The King of All Media and voyeur of all he surveys, is looking for love in all the wrong places. And that's his problem, says Marie Massa, a central Florida matchmaker and romantic busybody who has volunteered to find "the perfect woman" for Stern.In case you're not up-to-date, Stern, the syndicated bad-boy radio DJ (6 to 10 a.m. on Rock 105.3/FM), has turned his New York-based radio show into something of a dating game since he...