Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Deadline Photo

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine,  Sept. 30, 2014
Construction happening inside the Cathedral, only the right wing of the church is accessible. This DANGER sign is a part of a wall separating the people from the construction. The beautiful gold structure is a part of the alter. 
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine,  Sept. 30, 2014
This is the part of the church open to the public.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

New Events in St. Augustine



The Corazon Cinema & Cafe is having its Grand Opening on Friday September  25, 2014 

They are however already open to the public!

The Corazon Cinema & Cafe had a silent opening, Monday September 22, 2014

Emily Grubb, Sophomore at Flagler College (left), and Kelvin Young are both Food Runners at the Corazon. They were the first smiling faces to greet me at the door. 


The menu is filled with original recipes, either named after movie stars or people who helped create the item!

This was a sample of what they are going to be sampling for their big opening. It is toasted peanut butter and honey! 

They opened up to the public silently without publicity to get the place running comfortably before their Grand Opening with the Mayor.

They do not have servers, but they have food runners who will take tickets and bring the food to the tables with the matching ticket. 

The Corazon's whole restaurant, movie theater and bar is cinematically themed. 

Karla Wagner- Owner (far left), Emily Grubb- Food Runner (second from left), Kelvin Young- Food Runner (middle), Joe Abel- Manager (second from right), and Tammy Abel- Chef (far right) are some of the staff that puts together the Corazon. The Abel's helped to design and create some of the furniture in the establishment.

Front to back view of the larger movie theater room

Back to front view of the larger movie theater room. They will be able to dine-in as well as enjoy a film. On Saturday's the stage will have live entertainment!

"I felt like Madonna the material girl"- Chef Tammy Abel told me as she was describing how she and her husband Joe put together all of the curtains in every room.

A view of the smaller movie and dining theater, as well as more drapery.  Joe Abel told me that they will be streaming live football games in here!

Another view from the smaller movie and dining theater.

This is the refurbished original movie theater room.

Floor view of original movie theater room

Original Movie Theater Room

The logo on the back of employees shirts.

They made the giant chalkboard themselves!

All of the chairs, as well as the bar itself were handcrafted!

Overhead lighting at the bar.

Lion carved candy bar station. Snacks for the movies!

Up close carved lion.

Specials with a zap of color!

They are very proud of the chandelier that hangs in the nook by the door!

The chandelier is crystal, and the color reflecting off of it is from the natural light coming from the window that hangs below it.

If you do not want to sit at the bar or in a theater, they offer limited window seating with a view.  Above this hangs the crystal chandelier. 

Thursday, September 11, 2014

People at Work Photos- AnnaRuth Bernhardt

AnnaRuth Bernhardt, 20, cutting her shirts for her business "Style with Sassafras" 

Bernhardt designs her own shirts out of old T-shirts.

All of Bernhardt's shirts are cut freehanded.

Bernhardt styles, and pulls the incisions to create a design on the shirt.

Each shirt is unique, some are primarily focused on the cut designs, others have more emphasis on the printed design displayed on the fronts of the shirts.  

All of Bernhardt's designs are done free hand with a bleach pen.

Bernhardt loves "Do it Yourself" projects, especially when it entails making something she already owns more unique. 

"Style with Sassafras" is sold through her blog, and at the local shop "The Closet"


She can make these shirts in the comfort of her own home, at her leisure.  
She comes up with the designs from her imagination, and also from finding different shirt ideas online. Then she makes them freehanded. 

Bernhardt takes something mundane and ordinary and transforms it to something unique and interesting

Her designs are original, she wants to have her own "style"

She takes at least a half hour per shirt, depending on the designs they can go for hours.

She usually charges around $15 per shirt


Each finished product is put on her blog www.stylewithsassafras.blogspot.com 

She makes all different sizes to fit everyone differently

Every shirt is done by hand and with thought. No two shirts are the same. There are different colors, sizes, designs and cuts. She weaves the cuts differently every time.