the way we live. .. JUNE '19 WINTER GARDEN TRAVEL HEY LOOK, KIDS... BIG BEN! PARLIAMENT LOCAL LEISURECITY VIEWS FLORIDA STAYCATION IDEAS WHERE DOES OUR DRINKING WATER COME FROM? WINTER GARDEN magazine2 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | JUNE 2019JUNE 2019 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | 3 Cee Castillo EDITOR Brett Dault bdault@thewgmagazine.com CONTRIBUTORS Brett Dault Kevin Mims Allison Couture Otero URJIT PATEL Gabriella West Marion E. Wildey LAYOUT & GRAPHIC DESIGN taylor mobley ILLUSTRATION Taylor Mobley PHOTOGRAPHY Samantha Rhodes ADVERTISING Advertising@thewgmagazine.com CONTACT US 16 E. Joiner Street Winter Garden, FL 34787 407.966.3446 mscee@thewgmagazine.com PUBLISHER / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The WG Magazine is a monthly publication distributed through media outlets, various vendors, digitally, and mailed directly to subscribed homes and businesses throughout Winter Garden and the surrounding areas. Readership per edition 15,000. Castle Cross Media Group, Inc., 16 East Joiner St., Winter Garden, FL 34787, is the parent company of the The WG Magazine and The Winter Garden Magazine, www.thewgmagazine. com. The previous names and the wax seal logo are federally registered trademarks. Reproduction or use in whole or in part of the contents of this magazine or of the trademarks of Castle Cross Media Group, Inc., without written permission of the Publisher, is prohibited. The WG Magazine’s due diligence process ensures the accuracy of content published. Neither the publisher nor advertisers will be held responsible for any errors and or omissions found herein. The publisher accepts no liability for the accuracy of statements made by advertisers in their ads and/or any open forum letter to the editor or in paid promotional features. Hello Summer Fun and Children on the Run! June is here! It is no coincidence that this glorious month brings in the start of Summer and Hurricane Season. Of course! Can you have a more tumultuous time of year? Hmmm, yeah, maybe Christmas. With schools out, graduations everywhere, vacations and vacationers, Father’s Day, flag day and Summer Camps, weddings and much, much, more, there is very little time to think about the heat, or preparing for Hurricanes A-Z… We have been experiencing more active weather in the past few years with some storms making it into the WG. Please visit WWW. TheWGmagazine.com to grab some tips on getting your family, home and your pets ready for this sweltering summer and, even though we are hoping for the best, it is better to prepare for storms ahead of the season! There are some amazing Staycations covered in this issue for those of you who can’t take the time to travel the world. But if you can, China! Yes! Bucket listed… My son Ben just returned from a cultural tour of Japan, I’m a little jealous! Taking the time to travel and see the world will be a way of experiencing all the greatness the world has to offer! I want to send a quick Thank You to our contributing writers, all very talented and worth a read! This month, I want to highlight Ms Marion Wildey. Her insightful and thought provoking articles on healthy living have been a must read for me and I encourage you to peruse them in this issue and on our website! Thanks Marion! You are very much appreciated! Please take a moment to remember the victims of the Pulse Tragedy. This June 12, will mark the 3rd anniversary. So long as we do not forget, they will not have gone in vain! Cee Editor's Note www.thewgmagazine.com On the Cover “Six year old Scarlett Kay Bolduc jumping into the pool at The Grove Resort, May 2019” Pictured here: Mitchell (5), Patrick Bolduc (Dad), Stella (3), Savannah Bolduc (mom), and Scarlett (6) on their first family trip to Florida from Portland, Maine. 4 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | JUNE 2019 How small businesses are mastering the art of selling online Consumer buying habits have changed dramatically over the years. With the rise of online shopping, many small and medium-sized businesses find it difficult to reach customers in the vast ocean of the internet. To succeed online, businesses need a partner to help them reach a national - or even global - customer base, and to support them throughout the process of building their business and fulfilling increasing demand for their products or services. An amazing variety of small and medium-sized businesses now boost online sales by selling in Amazon’s stores, reaching more customers and bringing their business to a whole new level. More than half of the items sold in Amazon’s stores worldwide are from small and medium- sized businesses. And the number of small and medium- sized businesses exceeding $1 million in sales in Amazon’s stores worldwide grew by 20 percent last year, to more than 25,000. When Tara Darnley, co-founder of lifestyle baby brand Darlyng & Co., started selling online in 2015, she initially hesitated to sell in Amazon’s stores, despite being an Amazon customer. However, she changed her mind when she noticed a reseller offering one of their popular products for three times the retail value on Amazon - and selling out. “We knew then that we were leaving money behind by not establishing our brand ourselves on Amazon,” Darnley says. Once Darlyng & Co. moved their business to Amazon, their sales increased instantly. Darnley explains that their products appeal to “parents who are up late in the night with a cranky teething baby and the only time they get a chance to browse the internet is late at night. We actually could not keep up with the demand from Amazon in the beginning. We were getting 100 orders a day.” BPTJUNE 2019 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | 5 feel whole feel healthy. 19-DIGES TIV -03946 June is National Hernia Awareness Month. Hernias are common problems that can cause intestinal obstruction, abdominal pain or bulging. If you think you have a hernia, it’s extremely important to have it checked and, if necessary, repaired. Ignoring hernia pain can cause years of discomfort and sometimes lead to life-threatening complications. AdventHealth’s esteemed surgical experts are here to help, blending world-class surgical technology with leading-edge care, so you can feel better, feel healthy, feel whole. Minimally invasive repair techniques make recovery faster and easier. Learn more at AHCentralFloridaSurgery.com. Darlyng & Co. turned to Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to help handle their influx of orders. With FBA, businesses store their products in Amazon’s fulfillment centers, so Amazon can pack, ship, and provide customer service for them. Using FBA also makes products Prime eligible, providing members with free shipping and other benefits. The success of Darlyng & Co. is booming, according to Darnley: “As a result of selling on Amazon we’ve been able to grow our brand globally without the need for a middle person or distributor. We sell on Amazon.com, Amazon. uk and recently Amazon.au, and now our products are more accessible to customers worldwide.” Small businesses are also finding success with Amazon Handmade, where artisans from all 50 states and more than 80 countries offer genuinely handcrafted goods. The owner of John Leslie Studios started selling his handmade jewelry and personalized gifts made from reclaimed wood online in 2014, with moderate success. The Amazon Handmade team approached Leslie in 2015 about being among the first sellers to join the new store. “I hesitated because of the time and effort involved in creating all new listings but, after serious thought, put the work in to create my Amazon Handmade storefront. Best decision I’ve ever made,” says Leslie. His first year in the new store, sales doubled and continue to grow. Leslie describes how quickly things changed: “I saw sales almost immediately since I started at the beginning of the Christmas season. It got so busy that Amazon contacted me because they wanted to make sure I could keep up with the sales volume.” That was the best thing about the online store for him - the personalized support from the Amazon team. Leslie explains, “The greatest thing is that you can request a phone call from the help desk and in minutes you are speaking with a real person who can walk you through your issue.” Leslie recommends Amazon to any small business, saying, “My sales have steadily increased on Amazon year after year. Last year my sales on Amazon alone were over $150,000. Simply being on Amazon is a huge visibility boost because Amazon is often the first place people go when seeking to purchase almost anything.”6 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | JUNE 2019 june 42 WINTER GARDEN PROFILE BARTENDERS OF WINTER GARDEN 10 HEALTHY LIVING TRAVEL TO LIGHT THE SOUL 20 ATTRACTIONS UPDATE STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE SET TO OPEN AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT 14 NANJING CHINA COME FOR THE CULTURE STAY FOR THE FOOD 14 20 46 WOOFS & GROWLS HEARTWORMS...A SLOW AND SILENT DANGER FOR DOGSJUNE 2019 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | 7 contents 40 LOCAL LEISURE FLORIDA STAYCATION IDEAS 26 TREAT YOURSELF TO TRAVEL VACATIONING ON A BUDGET 55 ART ABROAD EXPLORING ART IN TUSCANY 34 26 34 VISIT FLORIDA 5 NATURAL SPRINGS IN CENTRAL & NORTH FLORIDA 32 CITY VIEWS WHERE DOES OUR CITY DRINKING WATER COME FROM?8 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | JUNE 2019 Shopping for a dad or grad and need some cool gift ideas to impress your recipient? Check out these fun options: 1. Gift that keeps on giving. For a gift that keeps on giving, consider a subscription box that will deliver to your gift recipient’s doorstep, items that meet his or her hobbies, interests or taste. Whether it’s craft beers, hot sauce or ties, brand-new items each month will be a continual reminder of your love and admiration. 2. Time flies. Shopping for a frequent flier? For travelers, the gift of a connected timepiece will help them stay oriented as they make their way around the globe. Pair the Edifice ECB900DB with a smartphone by simply pressing a dedicated Bluetooth connection button. This will access the correct time for the current location for over 300 cities worldwide and update with the latest time zone and Daylight Saving Time information. Users also have the capability to swap their specified home time and world time with the press of a button, as well as update alarms and other time settings. By automatically syncing to a time server on the internet four times a day, with this thoughtful gift, your recipient will never miss a beat of their travels. 3. Gamer’s paradise. Gamers will love an upgrade to their set-up. One good choice, particularly for someone moving into a first apartment, is a LampFree projector from Casio’s SLIM series. Weighing in at just five pounds and only 1.7 inches thick, it comes equipped with a variety of innovative features at an affordable price and offers clearer colors and brighter images ideal for the visual world of gaming. An estimated 20,000 hours lifespan with minimal brightness degradation means this is a gift that will last. Each model is also fitted with a fully connectable interface, including three types of video and audio inputs, as well as HDMI, RGB and RS-232C terminals. 4. Take me out to the ballgame. Whether it’s a local team or the major leagues, tickets to a game makes a great gift and a day out rooting for your home team is a fun way to spend time together. Make a day of it by bringing along the whole family. 5. Music inspiration. Musical dads and grads just need the right equipment to get inspired and put together their own jams. For an affordable portable keyboard, consider Casio’s CT-X700, which features upgraded technology to faithfully reproduce the sound of acoustic instruments and appeal to musicians at all levels, while a fingering guide, lesson system and library of 100 built-in songs, makes this an especially good choice for beginners looking to learn at their own pace. cool gift ideas for dads and grads cool gift ideas for dads and grads StatePointJUNE 2019 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE | 9Next >

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