I have but one regret: that I did not buy the red and white striped replica of the purse seen on one of the Horst Vogue covers exhibited at the Dali this summer. Like the Disney & Dali exhibit before it, the show devoted to this visionary fashion and portrait photographer proved once again how art weaves itself into every corner of our culture. As strange as it sounds to say this about a museum that trucks in the surreal, at the Dali they’re keeping it real. One Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg, thedali.org. —Cathy Salustri
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
