Established in 1992, Village Architects Inc., is a full service architectural firm, offering Architectural Design, Interior Design and full contracted Engineers. The number of projects the firm accepts is carefully limited to ensure a high degree of personal involvement by its principal. The firm seeks to produce the best possible building for each circumstance. We try to celebrate the unique characteristic of each project. Our staff, led by president Deborah S. De Leon, is a dedicated team committed to the goal of excellence.

Did you ever draw your dream house when you were a child?
We had those same dreams...
Our job is to make those dreams a reality!

Friday March 19 -- Wine & Cheese Networker -- 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Friday March 19 -- Key Biscayne Woman's Club Dinner at Linda B's -- 6:30 to 9:30 pm

March 20 & 21 -- TAM Open 2004 Doubles Championships at The Ocean Club

Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce presents TAM Open 2004 Doubles Championships at the Ocean Club, Key Biscayne.

For sponsorship information or to participate visit www.brazilchamber.org

Saturday March 20 -- SPECTACULAR PLANT/GARAGE SALE -- 9am to 1pm

The Coldwell Banker "Home Team" is sponsoring a SPECTACULAR PLANT/GARAGE SALE at 775 Harbor Drive.

All proceeds go toward the Relay For Life event benefiting the American Cancer Society.

Beautiful plants from Costa Nursery and wonderful treasures to be had at bargain prices. Plan to stop by and buy something from this great big sale for a great big cause!

Saturday March 27 -- Flashback 2000 -- 8pm

Swing into the new millennium and relive the last 100 years of Music, Singing, Dancing and Comedy. With magnificent, multi-talented Scott Evans and Company. Great entertainment for the whole family.

Pesqueira Gallery presents -- Art East * Art West PaperWorks -- FREE illustrated talks on Western artists and Eastern influences by Ruth Rosenwasser

Works on paper from Asia, such as Japanese woodblock prints and Persian miniature paintings became popular during the 19th century in the west. Modernism, with its emphasis on flat fields of color, owns much to the art of the east. Artists such as Whistler, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Matisse, collected prints, scrolls, and paintings and were inspired and influenced by Eastern techniques and motifs.

Ruth Rosenwasser is a writer, photographer, lecturer and specialist on Asian art. She is curatorial consultant for South Asia art at the Lowe Art Museum. She has taught comparative art history as a member of the adult education faculties at FIU and University of Miami. She also leads group tours to India.

Tuesday, March 23. 8 PM -- Eugene Delacroix and his Moroccan notebooks.

Tuesday, March 30. 8 PM -- Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt and Japonisme.

Tuesday March 23 -- Key Biscayne Life Enhancement Forum (KBLEF) -- 7pm to 9pm

The Key Biscayne Life Enhancement Forum (KBLEF) will present an evening with Boris Fernandez, local Key Biscayne resident and member of the US Triathlon Team. The event is FREE, and all Key Biscayne residents and their friends are welcome to attend at the Key Biscayne Community Church. KBLEF encourages adults to bring the young athletes in their households, too.

Boris will explain the history of the triathlon and how it made the fast track as an Olympic event. He will outline his training regimen, how he developed the discipline necessary to maintain it, and how he sees his role in the sport as an opportunity to be an ambassador for the human spirit. He feels that striving for excellence in a triathlon, especially when thinks get tough, is a showcase for the human spirit to show through.

KBLEF encourages you to attend this informative and inspiring forum and to show your support for our local, world-class athlete.

Future KBLEF topics for the 2004 season are being considered now.

The Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce needs volunteers for our Relay for Life team. If you would like to participate please contact Jamie McCaughan at 786.390.2025 or Melissa McCaughan at 305.206.0549.

Toy Town is offering a 20 % discount on select Madame Alexander Dolls

Luxury Blinds USA has moved. Please visit the showroom today at 800 Crandon Blvd., Suite 200 (Next door to Ace Hardware). Contact Luxury Blinds USA at 305.361.1990 or email luxuryblindsusa@bellsouth.net

Hello Tennis Fans! The Tennis Center at Crandon Park is almost ready. Some of the best tennis players in the world are already descending on Miami to prepare for the NASDAQ-100 Open. If you want to follow the players who will be coming to Miami, check out the coverage of the Pacific Life Open, all this week on ESPN and ESPN2.

Qualifying will be held next Monday and Tuesday, and for just $5 you can watch great players try to play their way into the main draw. If you are on site March 22, you'll have a chance to see the 2004 men's and women's draws unveiled at 2 p.m. Call the ticket office at 305-442-3367 to reserve your tickets.

The Sandbar Grill at The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne: Experience relaxed oceanfront dining under moonlight and palm trees in our beautiful, new Chickee Hut, now open for dinner. Savor a Floribbean menu with specialties including Banana Leaf Grilled Mahi Mahi, Fried Snapper Filet, fresh seafood and specialty cuts of meat from the grill, including Churrasco, served with a tantalizing selection of sauces and homemade seasonings. Don't miss the lavish raw bar, every Thursday and Friday night from 6-8 p.m. For more information, please call (305) 365-4286

Did you know... Florida Trivia:

• More hurricanes have made landfall in Florida than anywhere else in the world. .No other state has suffered as many hurricanes as Florida--58 have made landfall since 1900.
• At least 60 species of mosquitoes live in Florida
• No part of the state of Florida is more than 75 miles from Atlantic or Gulf waters.
• Miami Beach passed its first zoning ordinance to regulate new development in 1933 because most of the land had been sold to investors.
• Sawgrass, endless stretches of which fill the Florida Everglades, is not a grass at all but a member of the sedge family.
• The Apalachicola River is the only river in Florida to receive snow melt from the Georgia mountains by way of the Chattahoochee River.
• Florida's Sanibel and Captiva islands are home to more than 400 species of seashells.
• In 1890, Key West was the most populous city in Florida.
• There are more than 800 keys stretching from Biscayne Bay in Miami to the Dry Tortugas. There are 882 islands in the Florida Keys. Florida has 4,510 islands that are 10 acres or larger in size, the second highest total in the U.S. behind Alaska. The Florida reef tract, extending from Key Biscayne to the Dry Tortugas (200 miles), contains approximately 6,000 coral reefs.
• Juan Ponce de Leon was one of Florida's first tourists, arriving near St. Augustine in 1513. He was killed by Indians in 1521 while attempting to establish a colony near Ft. Myers.
• The Gulf Stream varies in width from the narrow 40-mile wrist off Miami to a 160-to 200-mile-wide bicep several hundred miles east of New Jersey.
• Ocean water is bluest where there is the least sea life.
• Jewish women in the 19th century made their dishes kosher by washing them with seawater in Pensacola and Miami Beach
• Coral Gables was one of the first completely planned communities in the United States.
• Florida is the only state to designate two fish as state symbols -- the largemouth bass and the sailfish (1975).
• The town of Davie in Broward County was originally called Zona because many early residents had worked on the Panama Canal. Its name was changed when it was incorporated in 1925 to honor developer R.P. Davie.
• Every person is heavier at low tide. Due to the saltwater content of our bodies, we lose a fraction of a pound with each rise of the tide, and gain it back when the tide recedes.
• Orange juice was made the official state beverage in 1967.