http://naplesnews.com/news/neapolitan/?partner=RSSnaplesnews.com Stories: Neapolitanen-usneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/06/artful-investments/?partner=RSSFirst, it was the $71 million Warhol. Then, the $80 million Monet. And at the early summer art auctions in London, a Degas pastel sold for $26.5 million, a Jeff Koons sculpture for $25.7 million, and Francis Bacon paintings were selling in the $30 million range. Sometimes it seems as if the breathtaking, record-breaking art sales figures wash in like the waves on Gulf beaches. Fortunate collectors elsewhere are making millions on their prize works. Why not the rest of us? Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:46:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/06/artful-investments/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/05/people-places-and-things-september-6-2008/?partner=RSS  snmesulam@naplesnews.com (SHEILA MESULAM)Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:18:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/05/people-places-and-things-september-6-2008/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/05/entertainment-travel-world-80-minutes-arthur-fiedl/?partner=RSS  Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:10:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/05/entertainment-travel-world-80-minutes-arthur-fiedl/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/critics-picks-september-5-2008/?partner=RSS  Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:28:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/critics-picks-september-5-2008/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/right-style-wrong-time-chris-isaak-renaissance-man/?partner=RSSChris Isaak, 52, was probably just born at the wrong time. Nearly 25 years after he got his start with “Silvertone,” he descends on the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall Tuesday night with a show that’s likely to be more of a singing time capsule than the set of a viable recording artist. jfoerster@naplesnews.com (JONATHAN FOERSTER)Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:25:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/right-style-wrong-time-chris-isaak-renaissance-man/?partner=RSSentertainment/happeningshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/my-morning-jacket-dazzles-miami/?partner=RSSThe first time I saw My Morning Jacket they were headlining at the Langerado Music Festival in 2007. It turned out to be one of the best performances of the three-day outdoor festival. cassi@naplesnews.com (CHIARA ASSI)Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:11:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/my-morning-jacket-dazzles-miami/?partner=RSSentertainment/happeningshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/willie-just-mini-horse-some-residents-local-assist/?partner=RSSThis is a place where memories are scarce. Precious. And often hovering just out of reach. Some people who live with Alzheimer’s or dementia know that they’ve misplaced parts of the past. Others lose their memories so completely that even the loss is forgotten. kmbishop@naplesnews.com (KATY BISHOP)Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:06:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/willie-just-mini-horse-some-residents-local-assist/?partner=RSSlocalhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/sheilas-out-shopping-after-school-special/?partner=RSSI admit that I don’t have kids at home anymore, but the beginning of the school year always brings back memories — including the ones about trying to make sure my daughters were well-occupied after school. snmesulam@naplesnews.com (SHEILA MESULAM)Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:55:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/04/sheilas-out-shopping-after-school-special/?partner=RSSdestinationnaples/shoppinghttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/artist-celebrates-second-exhibition-naples/?partner=RSSDuring her first visit to Naples in 2002, painter Trinh Mai fell in love with the tranquility of the area and six years later returned to live here. An artist from San Jose, Calif., Mai now celebrates her second exhibition in Naples, “A Second Chance.” tlaten@naplesnews.com (Naples Daily News staff report)Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:07:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/artist-celebrates-second-exhibition-naples/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/movies-september-4-2008/?partner=RSS  tlaten@naplesnews.com (Naples Daily News staff report)Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/movies-september-4-2008/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/jonathan-foerster-meditations-music/?partner=RSSShe’s not a Dylan or a Lennon, but Inara George has a familial shadow hanging over her. Still, her father, Little Feat frontman Lowell George, was to thank for the introduction of her most recent recording partner, Van Dyke Parks. jfoerster@naplesnews.com (JONATHAN FOERSTER)Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:55:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/jonathan-foerster-meditations-music/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/getting-celebrity-event-planner-your-wedding/?partner=RSS  Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:44:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/03/getting-celebrity-event-planner-your-wedding/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/02/lets-talk-food-september-comes-figs/?partner=RSSEach September my thoughts turn to Tuscany and the Villa Il Poggia, where I spent an unforgettable month. Surrounding the villa are four acres of olive trees, wild mint, a family of partridges, several hungry rabbits, a lush vegetable garden and my favorite, a towering fig tree. Much to my consternation, my August arrival was too early for me to indulge in my passion for figs. Still, each day I would stand under that tree and gaze upward at the tiny, immature figs. In spite of my entreaties to hurry and ripen, I left Italy with nary a fig in my stomach. foodlvr25@aol.com (DORIS REYNOLDS)Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:07:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/02/lets-talk-food-september-comes-figs/?partner=RSSentertainment/restaurantshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/02/dish-conversation-tony-biagetti/?partner=RSSWhat is your inspiration for cooking? “My great-grandmother, Nonny. She was from Italy, and I loved watching her cook.” snmesulam@naplesnews.com (SHEILA MESULAM)Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:41:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/02/dish-conversation-tony-biagetti/?partner=RSSdestinationnaples/dininghttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/02/review-bumpy-ride-21a-rewards-viewers-end/?partner=RSSIt was a dark and sweltering night. Two shots ring out. A man falls. The fate of passengers of a Minneapolis bus hang in the balance. There were multiple gunshots, multiple characters and not a lot of space in Theatre Conspiracy’s matchbox-sized performance space Saturday night as Jesse St. Louis worked the one-man show “21A.” St. Louis was in fifth gear all night, but the writing seemed stubbornly stuck in neutral and the playACTION?, like the bus it’s set in, never left the station. cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK)Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/02/review-bumpy-ride-21a-rewards-viewers-end/?partner=RSSentertainment/happeningshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/01/self-help-groups-september-2-2008/?partner=RSS  Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:35:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/01/self-help-groups-september-2-2008/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/01/health-briefs-september-2-2008/?partner=RSS  Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:28:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/01/health-briefs-september-2-2008/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/31/our-world-making-ends-meet/?partner=RSSOn Aug. 8, Veronica Luna and her children walked in the midday heat in search of food. Luna is a single mother of Fatima Santiago, 14, Mariah Santiago, 6, and Diego Santiago, 1. When she came to Naples from Mexico eight years ago, she quickly found a job cleaning houses eight hours a day, six days a week. It was a decent living, she says. jwhitney@naplesnews.com (JENNIFER WHITNEY)Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:44:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/31/our-world-making-ends-meet/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/31/fyi-september-1-2008/?partner=RSS  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:40:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/31/fyi-september-1-2008/?partner=RSSneapolitanhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/spiritual-briefs-august-30-2008/?partner=RSS  tlaten@naplesnews.com (Naples Daily News staff report)Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:28:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/spiritual-briefs-august-30-2008/?partner=RSSneapolitan