The return of the Sunshine State's hot muggy days of summer topped off by daily early evening showers means that it's time for a mid-summer break. (83 degrees does sound ideal right about now. Just saying!)
Time to head to Florida's plentiful and gorgeous sandy beaches and scenic waterways. Time to pour a favorite iced drink (make ours an Arnold Palmer, please!). Time to put our feet up as we escape into the latest, hottest paperback. Time to renew family ties and celebrate friendships. Time to sleep in and take naps.
83 Degrees will return on July 12 with more fresh content and a renewed determination to continue to reflect Florida's growing new economy in ways that will make you appreciate even more why we choose this place to love, live, work and play.
Happy July 4th!
Diane Egner is publisher and managing editor of 83 Degrees. Comments? Contact 83 Degrees.
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Diane Egner is a community leader and award-winning journalist with more than four decades of experience reporting and writing about the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. She serves on the boards of the University of South Florida Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications Advisory Council, The Institute for Research in Art (Graphicstudio, the Contemporary Art Museum, and USF’s Public Art Program) Community Advisory Council, Sing Out and Read, and StageWorks Theatre Advisory Council. She also is a member of Leadership Florida and the Athena Society. A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a BA in journalism, she won the top statewide award for editorial writing from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors while at The Tampa Tribune and received special recognition by the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists for creative work as Content Director at WUSF Public Media. Past accomplishments and community service include leadership positions with Tampa Tiger Bay Club, USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP), Alpha House of Tampa Bay, Awesome Tampa Bay, Florida Kinship Center, AIA Tampa Bay, Powerstories, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, and the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. Diane and her husband, Sandy Rief, live in Tampa.