Wine, cheese and the Sarasota News Leader
Put this on your calendar: The Democratic Club of Sarasota is holding another Wine, Cheese & Politics gathering this Wednesday, and the event will feature
New column: Why Dent’s ‘experience’ isn’t the right kind
I’m wading into the supervisor of elections primary this week in my first guest column for The Sarasota News Leader, a new online outfit I
Crime, faith and e-books
Are you an e-book reader? You may want to check out three books by an old friend of the family. I remember long, hot summer
Book lover paradise in Sarasota
Regular visitors here know I love books (did you notice the Hamlet quotation on my homepage?), but I don’t just love reading them — I also love
Joseph Monninger’s Finding Somewhere
A horse about to be put down. Two girls decide to take him on a road trip to freedom. Finding Somewhere — a new book
Sideways in Sarasota
Thanks so much to everyone who’s posted comments on my blog, FB, sent emails and snail mail wishing me well in future writing. Some of
Sense and the City: Signing off
Today’s column will be my last for Ticket. I’ve enjoyed writing in this space — sharing stories about everything from dads teaching their children how
Correcting our correctional system: The Dhamma Brothers
It sounds like a fictional scenario: Take a handful of prisoners locked away for life in a violent, maximum-security Alabama prison and guide them through
Sense and the City: Diane McFarlin will be missed
Having met Sarasota Herald-Tribune Publisher Diane McFarlin only once and then briefly — when we bumped into each other one night at a Ringling Town Hall
Blinded by Sarasota’s LED Signs
I’m fed up with the ridiculous LED signs that are trivializing our environment, degrading the sensibility of our palm-tree-sunshine-lined streets, and obliterating our good sense
Sarasota Blues Festival VIP Offering Doesn’t Fit
The Sarasota Blues and Music Festival is irking me with its $75 VIP tickets. VIP? In a parking lot across from Ed Smith Stadium? Whatever!
Observer, Herald-Tribune alumnus releases debut novel
Surely you remember the name Roger Drouin. During his stint as the Sarasota Herald-Tribune‘s city hall reporter between 2007 and 2009, Drouin landed countless local
Sense and the City: At SMH, kindness is the cure
My mom recently underwent surgery at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, and the experience has made me reflect on the importance of kindness and care in helping
Pelican Press alumnus launches new online Sarasota news outlet
It’s rare to report about a new publication opening up shop, but I’m happy to pass along the news: Former Pelican Press Editor Rachel Brown
UFood Grill gets a Forbes shout-out
Earlier this year, I told you about a rare stock market hunch I was acting on, investing in the healthy fast food chain UFood Grill,