Susan Taylor MartinBay Magazine Editor
I am the editor of Bay Magazine although you might recognize me from my longtime coverage of real estate in the Tampa Bay area. I grew up in New York City, went to college at Duke and wound up in Florida when my parents retired here. After working for more news organizations than I care to count, I was thrilled to join the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) in 1982. where I’ve been an editor, national correspondent and foreign correspondent (I still have a burqua from covering the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.) I retired long enough to take up painting and drawing and realize some people do retirement better than others!
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![Monique McLaughlin styles model Ariana Del Mar.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "Monique McLaughlin styles model Ariana Del Mar.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/ANSUCQ5O3JAM5AZNDFSRD4MENI.jpg "This home on Ranch Road in northern Pinellas County is surrounded by an 8,700-acre nature preserve.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/TMCBYFYDFNB3HF6MZN7EH7INNA.jpg "\"It's a hobby,'' Cathy Martin, shown here with husband Jim and dog Nora, says of the lavish holiday decorating she does every year.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/4X5745B7UJD5LCZB4EX7EMARF4.jpg "The Shops at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel is beautifully decorated for the holidays.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LYQEDMEK4VCWVHQP5DWLF5AYTQ.jpg "This aerial view shows St. Armands Key and the shopping area known as St. Armands Circle. Circus magnate John Ringling bought the key, or island, in 1917 and built a causeway to it.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/SRADR6TDN5AEXNWGPYLMAO3Y4I.JPG "Anna Silvestri selects pastries at La Casa Del Pane, the Italian bakeshop her family opened three decades ago in St. Pete Beach.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/2VSRGPHSEFD45FMUEPJFY5XE7U.JPG "Catherine Woods, who designed and created the colorful murals being installed at the PSTA SunRunner bus stops, poses for a photo at the stop at Fifth Street and First Avenue N in St. Petersburg.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/PQEN744SRNDWFOBPLRSN7EILYQ.jpg "Textile designer Brook Perdigon, shown here in her studio in Los Angeles, grew up in Tampa and recently bought a condo on Bayshore Boulevard.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/QTSJEWQGFRD4DO3WZDEK2U7YIQ.jpeg "Lou Plasencia es fundador y CEO de The Plasencia Group, una firma de consultoría de la industria hotelera con sede en Tampa.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XGN3LTUZJJC77AW3L5YRK3WDQ4.jpg "Kristin Cummings and Erika Johnson, founders of St. Pete Slumber Company, set up this dinosaur-themed \"kids corner'' to keep two boys entertained during a wedding.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/5GMPW4UKSNEZ7BQOZCYEA7VDXI.jpg "This three-story contemporary-style South Tampa home listed at $11.7 million has dock, davits, pool, putting green and attached guesthouse with its own kitchen.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7TK3S6BLKVEOBFGXVFV6Q3UNN4.jpg "Lakeside Inn, Mount Dora")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/5YL4EANCVNA2XNQZSSRVIXRNYY.JPG "Monique McLaughlin styles model Ariana Del Mar.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/ANF6KWNVGNHSHMWMED2D247ZXY.jpg "This is the pool and patio of the house on Sunset Drive in St. Petersburg.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/OPWXIAW4HBARDOAB6RGU2I7UYE.jpeg "Broth Bomb seasonings, made by a Dunedin company, come in various flavors for use as a soup or stew starter.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LO3KCRWUDNBHHOK4ZPFKWCHJQA.JPG "A fountain anchors the courtyard at the Hacienda Hotel, a 1920s-era Spanish-Mediterranean revival-style hotel under renovation near the banks of the Pithlachascotee River in downtown New Port Richey.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/2AZ7K6G5KNB3FKRRKUDFFKPN2M.jpg "The Mast Farm Inn is a 19th century farmhouse turned inn near Boone, N.C.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/BSRHTN6MXJH4XCQUCZRUJKRMEY.jpg "The statue in front of the Equestrian Hotel at Ocala's World Equestrian Center is of Staff Sgt. Reckless, a horse that carried munitions and wounded soldiers during the Korean War.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/IHG5BRMJKZF6JCQ53OLSVNXGOM.jpg "Alsace Walentine is co-owner of Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/DCHFI6V3LNEDND7GL4OAAQGN4Y.jpg "This is the living room of a custom coach made by Liberty Coach.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/54SDGQRXZVGEBO265G65DNAFH4.jpg "The popular Sal Y Mar rooftop bar serves Midtown Tampa's Aloft and Element hotels, which just sold as part of a $110 million deal.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/HF64YCT52JC57CNPKE6YJ7TCKQ.jpg "In retirement, Ronde Barber enjoys the golf course.")