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Meet the Vendors: The Heavy Metal Florist of Coyoacán Market Tells All - Culinary Backstreets

The list goes on and spans two traditional puestos (stalls). In perpetual motion, making funeral arrangements and putting together romantic bouquets for impulsive suitors, is Jonathan Renata Belmont, a bearded man of tall stature with a penchant for heavy metal.He rents the spaces from his aunts who inherited them from his grandmother, another florist who dedicated her life to the craft. For the past 14 years, he and his brother Marcos have run the show.“It’s a tough job like any job,” Jonathan says. “It has its stressful side, its exhaustive side. It requires a lot of dedication.”As a market vendor in Mexico City, a day off is a rarity. “There is no designated vacation here,” he says. “Days off, practically we don’t have them. Being in a touristic center that receives Mexican and foreign tourism means that when others have vacation, we work. There’s always movement here, so we have to be working.”When they started, the two brothers were each at the market about 362 days per year. Nowadays, either Jonathan or Marcos can be found selling flowers and arrangements every day aside from Good Friday, Christmas and New Year’s Day. The rest of the year, each manages to take a total of around 15 days off. Holidays and weekends are mandatory work days, being times when there is the most foot traffic, even if, as Jonathan says, the flocks of tourists are not often looking to purchase flowers.Prices for produce at the market are inflated in comparison with the weekly, roving tianguis markets and neighborhood grocers. But the displays of fruits and vegetables are nevertheless enticing. As central Mexico’s dry season comes to an end, the variety of local goods will soar dramatically.Mangoes, avocados, guava, strawberries, blackberries, mamey and figs are among Jonathan’s favorite fruits that come into season between May and August. Into the summer, he says,... https://culinarybackstreets.com/cities-category/mexico-city/2019/meet-the-vendors-2/

Spa City flower shop plays big role in Belmont Stakes - WNYT

We have the opportunity to put it possibly on a Triple Crown winner and it's the 150th anniversary of the Belmont Stakes so what could be better," said Susan Garrett of Dehn's Flowers. The Belmont is the run for the white carnations.Meantime, at the Oklahoma Track at Saratoga Race Course, one of the owners of a horse that had a chance for the Triple Crown, Funny Cide in 2003, made a stop before heading down for the Belmont. Fifteen years ago, Jack Knowlton and his "Sackatoga Stables" were the talk of the racing world until a sloppy track gave Empire Maker the title. "Every year that you've got a horse coming into Belmont with a chance to win the Triple Crown, that's a big deal," said Knowlton.Also at the Oklahoma track was Eric Guillot, a trainer who has been texting "Justify's" trainer, Bob Baffert. Baffert won the Triple Crown with American Pharoah in 2015. Guillot says Belmont with its sandy surface can be a taxing race -- a mile and a half."It's whether or not the sixth race in four months gets to him ... https://wnyt.com/news/belmont-stakes-saratoga-flower-shop-blankets-dehns-flowers/4942269/

Detroit's top 3 florists, ranked - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

Photo: Blumz...by JRDesigns/Yelp (Photo: Blumz...by JRDesigns/Yelp)Looking to check out the best florists around?Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top florists in Detroit, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture next time you're in the market for florists.Winter is the top season of the year for consumer spending at retail and wholesale businesses across the Detroit area, according to data on local business transactions from Womply, a provider of reputation management and marketing automation for small businesses. The average amount spent per customer transaction at Detroit-area retail and wholesale businesses grew to $64 for the metro area in the winter of last year, 2% higher than the average for the rest of the year.Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions.1. Blumz...by JrdesignsPhoto: BLUMZ...BY JR DESSIGNS/YelpFirst on the list is downtown's Blumz...by JRDesigns. Located at 1... https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2020/01/09/detroits-top-3-florists-ranked/

Dear Abby: Boyfriend kindly ordered flowers, but they arrived looking tattered - Chicago Sun-Times

It was one of those box-of-flowers deliveries. I doubt my boyfriend realized they would not arrive in a vase and arranged by a florist. Instead, they had been packed in a box, without water, with the vase packed alongside, delivered by a regular package courier. I usually send him a photo of my bouquet along with my heartfelt thanks, and while I thanked him as usual, I did not send a picture of the bouquet because I knew he would feel bad — both about the lackluster arrangement, and the money he had spent on them.I found what I believe was the intended arrangement on the website, and it was lovely — a far cry from what was delivered to me. I love my twice-a-year flowers (birthday and Christmas), and I don’t want to come across as critical or ungrateful. I am blessed to have such a thoughtful partner. If flowers were just a one-time gift, I would not even consider mentioning it. However, with Valentine’s Day (and another flower delivery) approaching, I wonder if I should let my boyfriend know that it might be better to use a local florist to ensure he is getting his money’s worth. Or should I just cross my fingers that it was a one-off? — UNGRATEFUL GIRLFRIENDDEAR “UNGRATEFUL”: Tell your boyfriend why you didn’t send him a photo of the flowers he sent as you usually do... https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/18/21071522/dear-abby-boyfriend-kindly-ordered-flowers-but-they-arrived-looking-tattered

The Accidental Florist: Rooted in Guam, Murphy's floral business in Hawaii blossoms - The Guam Daily Post

By accident, of course.“I discovered my love for florals by accident,” said Drew Murphy, the Accidental Florist. “But what I’ve learned is nothing beautiful ever happens by accident.”For decades, Murphy was a mainstay in living rooms across the island sharing news stories. Now, living in Hawaii, he’s found a different way to do what he loves.“I was born to tell stories. I just tell stories now through a different medium, now I tell them through flowers.”Murphy moved to Oahu, Hawaii, over 10 years ago. He originally hoped to continue his career in broadcast journalism, but as fate would have it, he was asked to help as an events coordinator/florist for a friend’s corporate events team.“I didn’t know anything about being a florist,” said Murphy. “I had no floral experience.”The little experience he’d had with flowers was as a teenager on Guam watering his mother’s roses, which he hated. Murphy remembered being stuck with the responsibility while his siblings tended to his mother’s other plants.“Half the time we’d move the plants and kill them,” Murphy said while recalling the memory.So the idea of doing anything remotely creative with flowers was hard to imagine.Parental advice Remembering his parent’s advi... https://www.postguam.com/entertainment/lifestyle/the-accidental-florist-rooted-in-guam-murphy-s-floral-business/article_c1a031ae-31d7-11ea-b0f6-17e84f7ffe4d.html

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips: Florist Barronelle Stutzman deserves another chance at justice - Fox News

The two continued to talk, and she asked about his engagement story. Before he left, Barronelle referred Rob to three nearby florists she knew would do a good job for him. They hugged, and Barronelle hoped they would stay friends. Arlene's Flowers, Richland, Wash. Because of this decision guided by her religious convictions, Barronelle became the target of the Washington attorney general’s highly publicized lawsuit — initiated without a complaint from Rob. That lawsuit and another one later brought by the ACLU have taken away her wedding business and now threaten to destroy her financially.The state of Washington has turned Barronelle’s life upside-down just because it disagrees with her beliefs about marriage. She deserves better. She deserves the freedom to celebrate marriages that are consistent with her faith — without the government harassing her.When news of Barronelle’s decision hit the media, Rob was inundated with enough offers for free floral designs that he could have decorated 20 weddings. But because of the attorney general’s lawsuit, Barronelle was inundated with hate-filled phone calls, e-mails, and Facebook messages that contained profanity, attacks on her faith, and threats against her safety, including a threat to burn down her shop.More than six years later, Barronelle remains in litigation. Losing these cases could cost her nearly everything she owns. I know some of what she’s going through. I’ve lived it. And she sat in the U.S. Supreme Court near me watching my attorney argue my case in front of the justices.After hearing my case, the Supreme Court said that my relig­ious beliefs about marriage “are protected views,” and that the gov­ernment must treat those beliefs with tolerance and respect. Because my state’s hostility toward my beliefs was so blatant, the Supreme Court didn’t fully address all the questions about my rights as an artist and creator.In 2018, the Supreme Court looked at Barronelle’s case in light of mine and decided to send it back to the Washington Supreme Court for reconsideration.In June of last year, I was disappointed when the Washington court punished Barronelle again and reissued most of its previous decision word for word. The court concluded that, even though government commissions like the one in my case can’t act with hostility toward religion, government officials like the Washington attorney general are free to do just that. That makes no sense.But now my friend Barronelle has another chance at justice. The Supreme Court has already said that “reasonable and sincere people” of faith hold the “decent and honorable” beliefs we share. If you knew Barronelle like I do, you would know that she’s not only reasonable and sincere but also remarkably kind.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe state of Washington has turned Barronelle’s life upside-down just because it disagrees with her beliefs about marriage. She deserves better. She deserves the freedom to celebrate marriages that are consistent with her faith — without the government harassing her.The Supreme Court established important principles in my case, but there’s more to be said. That cour... https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/masterpiece-cakeshop-jack-phillips-florist-barronelle-stutzman

A Family Tradition: Berkeley Floral Shop Celebrates 45 Years - Berkeley, NJ Patch

BERKELEY, NJ — Stacey Cofka's parents opened three flower shops on the Jersey Shore. Since they sold two shops and retired in 2004, A Blossom Shop Florist on Route 9 has remained a family operation. A Blossom Shop Florist opened in 1975 and has been celebrating its 45th anniversary throughout 2020. Cofka credits the local customers for sustaining the business. "It's a central location for covering a lot of the shore area, and the people are great," she told Patch. "Everyone's pretty much down to earth in this area. A lot of our customers, they're just fabulous. They come in, they're like family." Cofka worked in marketing for 12 years with Atlantic City casinos. Sixteen years ago, her parents — Paul and Cathy Mulhern — retired. They had sold their other shops in Sea Girt and Howell. Their daughter took the opportunity to buy the Bayville shop from her parents. "It just got overwhelming with the politics," she said of working for casinos. "I just said, 'Why am I doing this for everybody else when I can do it myself and apply a lot of the marketing that I learned through the casinos into my own business?'" Since then, A Blossom Sho... https://patch.com/new-jersey/berkeley-nj/family-tradition-berkeley-floral-shop-celebrates-45-years

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