Kisses are free … but the books cost $14.95! :)
If anyone’s interested … I’m doing a book sale/signing of my book, Sideways in Sarasota, at Circle Books on St. Armands Circle tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. It’s always a hoot being at Circle Books because the signing table is set up outside and you get a dog’s eye view of the street. […]
On Siesta, life’s a beach
I’m not a sun worshiper by any stretch of the imagination. I slather on a 45 SPF just for a walk from my front door to the mailbox. When I first moved here a couple of years ago, I think I had an innate suspicion of the nearly-naked, let it all hang out mentality of […]
First date, last date? Follow my dating do’s and don’ts to make it to round two
Is anybody else out there wondering at what point it’s easier to just stay home rather than keep putting yourself “out there” first date after first date? It’s a crazy world here in Sarasota for singles. I’m not sure what they put in the water down here, but Sarasota men, I’m sorry, have got the […]
St. Patrick is smiling on me … MC in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune
If you’re a daily newspaper reader and want to catch me in print … the Sarasota Herald Tribune picked up a piece I wrote about believing you’ve got the luck of the Irish … even if you’re not Irish and even if it’s not St. Patrick’s Day. You can read it at that link just […]
The cowardly nation
Oh, I’ve thought a lot about what Eric Holder had to say about these United States as a sort of Cowards R Us. If I had to take one side or the other (which is such a silly way to think …, but if I did …), I’d say that yes, Americans have a strong […]
Magical music in the March nights
The past couple of weeks, at night, just around this time, 10:15 p.m., my home is quiet, I’ve hopefully turned the computer off, and I’m sitting, perhaps reading, or paying a bill or two, maybe just petting a cat. Winding down from the day and sometimes, and I’m not proud of this, thinking about tomorrow […]
Buying … drinking … thinking … local
Ah, the words on everyone’s lips these days are “Buy Local!” I agree with the sentiment, for the most part, and if you haven’t been to Local Coffee & Tea out on Siesta Key … well, it’s a great place to buy, sit, sip, and enjoy all things local.
Sarasota voters — bah, bah, bad sheep
Good grief. I think I heard on the news today that less than 7% of registered voters in the City of Sarasota bothered to vote in yesterday’s election. On the ballot were the issues of whether to have a strong mayor and which people the citizens of Sarasota want governing them and making laws and […]
Bradenton’s Village Bookshop … I think I’m in love!
Last night the Village Bookshop in Bradenton was kind enough to have me in its bookstore for a signing of my book, Sideways in Sarasota. The signing coincided with the monthly Village of the Arts First Friday walk and the crowds meandering through the bookstore were OUTRAGEOUS!
Creative Loafing writers deliver on the mayor debate and give a shout out to my book signing tonight (thanks guys!)
If you haven’t read Creative Loafing’s very-un-loafing writers Cooper Levey-Baker and Tim Sukits recent Truth Commission report on the mayoral debate in SRQ … here’s a snippet from that piece: “The Elected Mayor Now proposal has effectively divided Sarasota. Whether you have given much thought about it or not, you should. When city voters head […]