Parents rarely feel more helpless than when we have a child in the hospital. Luckily for bay area locals, we have Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, formerly called All Children’s Hospital, where the staff is great both with kids and their worried parents. The giant medical compound’s cleanliness and child-friendly aesthetic, combined with the professionalism and caring bedside manner of the doctors and nurses, make a scary and stressful experience more tolerable, because we know our children are in the best possible hands. —Amy Beeman
Goods & Services: Tampa Bay businesses that did it right.
Tampa Bay businesses that did it right.
RUNNERS-UP: AER Apartments, Post SoHo Square Apartments
Wood wizard Jon Stine is known for crafting beautiful longboards, beer taps and very-high-end custom furniture, but countertops — who knew? When my boyfriend and I went searching for wood countertops that didn’t look like 1985-married ScanDesign, we ran into Stine working in the back room of Anderson Lumber and learned, shockingly, that we could afford him. He added artistic touches — tying together the tones of wood between the high-top and the work surface, carving out space for a mermaid compass rose, and using his power tools to add creative weathering to the cypress — all without calling attention to itself as “art.” Facebook: Stine Custom Woodworks, LLC. —Cathy Salustri
RUNNERS-UP: Autoworks of Tampa, Big John’s Brake & Alignment Service
RUNNERS-UP: Grow Financial Federal Credit Union, Suncoast Federal Credit Union
