Many of you "older" Tamaqua folks will remember Miller's Dress Shop in downtown Tamaqua. It was right next to the building where Lutz's news agency is today. In the 50s and 60s - Gary Miller used to live in a second floor apartment above his parents' store there.
After graduating from Tamaqua High School in 1966 - Gary graduated from Penn State and went to New York City to try his hand in the apparel industry. For 30 years - Gary established an importing business of exclusive clothing. Then he retired to Miami at age 50.
Retirement was fine for a few years - but now Gary is back marketing cleaning products to hospitals. He does it all - has the product produced in Minnesota - warehouses it in Florida - offers the product to hospitals - and trains the hospital employees on its proper use.
Gary and I lost touch after graduation. We all heard rumors of him making the big time in New York City - but we weren't sure. About two years ago - Gary and I met over the internet - and we have been calling - writing - and visiting each other ever since. When Gary found out that we were visiting Miami and the Orange Bowl Game - he offered his home to us.
Gary's home is in a walled community in Plantation, Florida. There are 500 homes - each one has lake frontage. The real estate sign out front said that homes were available for $1,125,000 to $5,000,000. Be sure to press the link above to see the rest of the pictures of Gary's home.
Also - while in Fort Lauderdale we visited the King Tut Artifacts Exhibit. On display were hundreds of artifacts found in the tomb in 1922. This exhibit is only going to visit four museums - and we were lucky enough to be in Fort Lauderdale during its visit.
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