Upon walking through the door of Animal Aid at 571 NE 44th Street (Prospect Road), the first thing you notice is a large cage full of kittens: gray ones, striped ones, calico ones, tuxedo ones. There are kittens sleeping, kittens playing, kittens staring at you, kittens approaching you with a friendly or plaintive “meow.” Animal…
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Christmas Lights Tour In and Around Oakland Park
By Marc Gave | content@livinginoaklandpark.com Last week we featured the JP Lights Christmas show that has been a year in the making. There are many other Christmas displays in and around Oakland Park for you to enjoy. Living In Oakland Park has made a list for you of both public and private light shows for…
Let There Be Light – and Sound!
By Marc Gave | content@livinginoaklandpark.com This holiday season, you don’t have to go far from home to see – and hear – a spectacular light show. Right here in Oakland Park, Seth Jones and Alex Plaza stage a nightly extravaganza known as the JP Christmas Lights at their home on the corner of 42nd Street…
Stephen Neil: Violinist with a Cause
By Marc Gave | content@livinginoaklandpark.com On Election Night, Stephen Neil became an accidental media star by doing what comes naturally—playing the violin. Dinner with a Twist Stephen, who divides his time between Wilton Manors and Greenville, South Carolina, was having dinner on November 3rd with his partner, Luke. Through the balcony door that opened onto…
Jim Senior: More than a Financial Planner
By Marc Gave | content@livinginoaklandpark.com On the top floor of the Roselli Building, a can’t-miss six-story turquoise midcentury structure on Federal Highway, is the Edward Jones office where Oakland Park resident James “Jim” Senior is the financial advisor. With the help of senior branch office administrator Colleen Gratz, Jim welcomes clients and prospective clients and…