The days are getting longer 

and the summer season is here. 

Pensacola has many fun events 

all year long but the summer 

season is when there seems to 

be daily celebrations, festivals, 

and parties. June is our Armed 

Forces Issue where we honor our 

military with our special City of 

Five Branches tribute. Pensacola 

is so blessed to have such great 

exposure to the US and to the 

world with our variety of military 

services. The polls have closed! 

You have voted for your favorites 

in our BEST IN PENSACOLA 

contest and the winners will be 

announced in our July issue. I 

know you will be excited to see 

just who made the list.                                   

Be sure not to miss our 

Give 

Care Share where we spotlight 

the HER Foundation. The Trader 

Jon’s exhibit at the T. T. Wentworth is highlighted in our 

Adventure Out feature for this month.  If you have not seen 

Trader Jon’s, you will definitely want to go after reading the 

piece.

 Take a special look at our 

I Am Pensacola feature where 

you get to know Rear Admiral White and then in 

Pensacola 

Dwellings we venture into Navarre to explore the exquisite 

Manor on the Sound, the Maloney home.

We attended many events including the Operazzi Ball, 

the Perdido Key Wine & Art Festival, the Pensacola Beach 

Crawfish Festival and the 12th Annual Soundside Splendor 

to name only a few. At these events we met many new friends 

and caught up with some old ones – many of whom you will 

see on the upcoming pages. We love seeing Pensacola support 

the events and causes that make it such a special place. We 

encourage you to get out and enjoy all that this great area has 

to offer. Invite us to cover your special events so that we may 

share them in the pages of an upcoming issue.

 Enjoy your June issue of VIP Pensacola…and remember, 

watch for the winners of BEST IN PENSACOLA readers’ 

choice contest to be announced in the July issue.

letter from the editor

PUBLISHER

GREG ALEXANDER

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

VERLA PRICE

MANAGING EDITOR

STEVE BARBER

PRODUCTION EDITOR

JESSICA GRAÑA

ADVERTISING

STEPHANIE ALVAREZ

BETH MANGUM

TRICIA WIBLE

DESIGN

PRISCILLA ATKINS
DREW CHAPMAN

GINA TEW

CONTRIBUTING

WRITERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS

JULIE B. CONNERLEY

CHRIS COOK

MATT DEAVENPORT

STEVEN GRAY

REBECCA HUTTON

COURTNEY MURRAY

DAWN RICHARDSON

CATHERINE ROWAN

LIESEL SCHMIDT

KRISTINA WRIGHT

VIP FOUNDER

JEFF WATSON

VIP PENSACOLA MAGAZINE

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Steve Barber

photo by Steve Mangum

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