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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
After eight month closure from hurricane damage, longtime Holmes Beach shop reopens
HOLMES BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Sun and Surf Beach Shop has been a part of Holmes Beach for more than 40 years. The family-owned business first opened in 1983. Over the years, it's become a staple for visitors on the island to shop or visit with the birds out front. However, for the last eight months, the storefront was quiet, and the birds were not on the island. The beach shop was forced to close after four feet of storm surge from Hurricane Helene destroyed the inside of the business and much of their inventory. The store reopened to the public on May 1. 'I can't even really go back and envision how we managed to do this, but it was just a lot of hard work, sweat, prayers, tears, tears, and a lot of good people to come and help,' said owner Jennifer Moore. Moore said the 4500-square-foot building had to be gutted and rebuilt. During that time, the beloved birds stayed at Birds of Paradise in Manatee County. 'We are still not 100%, but it is getting there more and more each day, but we are just so happy to be back open and having our customers back again and just having our life back to normal,' said Moore. 'It was just so magical to be back open and just to realize that we conquered it and we could do it again and the journey and all the amazing people that helped me get there. I will be forever thankful.' Going into this upcoming hurricane season, the shop owner feels prepared and plans to take it one day at a time. 'We definitely have plenty of bins in storage to store things and put things higher. We have learned a lot from this journey, and we know what we can do in the future. We will just be more prepared and it could happen. You just never know how bad the storm is, you just have to prepare,' said Moore. Several other businesses in the Island Shopping Center plaza were also forced to close down and rebuild over the last several months. Almost all have reopened. On June 6 from 4-8 p.m., there will be a grand reopening at the plaza along Marina Drive to celebrate the businesses being back up and running. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Herald Scotland
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Review: Sunshine Spa, Òran Mór: Like an old-school Play for Today
Òran Mór, Glasgow Neil Cooper Three stars The heat is on when Iain meets Zainab after going in search of a place to cool down. Being downtown Marrakesh, however, things don't quite turn out as planned. Iain is a gay man from Manchester who turns up at Zainab's spa. Given the strict rules in Morocco regarding the rights of women, the two shouldn't even be in the same room, let alone be preparing a very special massage. With Iain wheelchair bound and unable to bear to be touched, even that comes with complications. With protests on the streets outside, Zainab is as alive to the power of dissent as Iain is, and once both let their guard down they find a surprising amount of common ground. Simon Jay's new play - the latest in this season's A Play, a Pie and a Pint series of lunchtime plays - is a warm and human take on everyday solidarity across cultures where differences might normally turn into something toxic. Read more Jay's script may have a polemical heart, but the way his characters make a connection in the oddest of circumstances is a neat sleight of hand that endears you to their respective causes rather than leaving the theatre feeling harangued. Presented in association with the Glasgow based Birds of Paradise company, Jay's play is the result of a callout to develop work with a disabled playwright. The result, directed by BOP's artistic director Robert Softley Gale, sees Stephen Smith Taylor make his professional debut as Iain opposite Fatima Jawara as Zainab. As they spar, the duo show off a text that feels rooted in old school plays for today with potential for a sit-com spin-off. A word as well for designer Heather Grace Currie's convincingly realised spa set, which looks like an oasis of calm in a play that may be set several thousand miles away, but which feels familiarly close to home.
