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Equality Florida Gala Raises LGBT Visibility

This hot group was snapped at the Equality Florida gala ... they're all associated with the film, The Perfect Wedding.

Hope you’ll get a chance to read today’s Sense and the City column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. In it, former Sarasota Vice-Mayor Ken Shelin talks candidly and there are several good photos from last week’s Equality Florida gala in Sarasota.

Click here to read the story. Or check it out in today’s TICKET.

Posted on October 6th, 2011 Comments Off on Equality Florida Gala Raises LGBT VisibilityComments RSS Feed

Welcome USF Sarasota Manatee “Creative Process” Folks!

I just had the most fun — spent an hour and a half talking with attendees of June LeBell’s Creative Process class at USF Sarasota-Manatee. The audience of about 40 or 50 asked the BEST questions and really made it a very fun and lively interaction … thank you so much!

And welcome to MC’s Reality Online!

In case you’re looking for those columns I mentioned in today’s conversation, here are a few links to get you started … just double-click on the title that interests you.


Swan Song

Burlesque in Sarasota

Spike Lee in Sarasota

Posted on October 3rd, 2011 Comments Off on Welcome USF Sarasota Manatee “Creative Process” Folks!Comments RSS Feed

Lecture at USF/Sarasota

Guest lecture to Creative Process class offered by June LeBell at USF Sarasota-Manatee.
Monday, October 3, 2011

Posted on October 3rd, 2011 Comments Off on Lecture at USF/SarasotaComments RSS Feed

Twinkle’s Star Lights Up the Night at Van Wezel

If you missed last Saturday night’s concert at the Van Wezel … you missed a fantastic event! You can read about it in today’s Sense and the City column inside the TICKET section of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Schascle “Twinkle” Yochim with Jerry Jordan at Mattison’s after-party.

If you’d like to read it online, just click here: Twinkle’s Star Lights Up the Night at Van Wezel

Posted on September 29th, 2011 Comments (2)Comments RSS Feed

Local Sarasota NY Times Bestselling Author Films Movie in Sarasota

Behind-the-camera scene from "The Perfect Wedding."

My Sense and the City column this week is about NY Times bestselling book author Suz Brockmann who, over the summer, shot a film in Sarasota called, “The Perfect Wedding.”

The column appeared in print in yesterday’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune … or you can read it online here! Sarasota’s “Perfect Wedding” depicts a “new normal.”

Posted on September 23rd, 2011 Comments Off on Local Sarasota NY Times Bestselling Author Films Movie in SarasotaComments RSS Feed

MC signing Sideways tonight

I’ll be signing copies of my book of collected newspaper columns — Sideways in Sarasota, TONIGHT (Sept. 20) from 6 to 8 pm at Bookstore 1, 1359 Main Street, Sarasota.

If you don’t have a copy of my book and want one — swing on by! If you have one but want to just drop by and say hello and browse this great new Sarasota bookstore — that’s just as cool.

There will be other authors as well — including Jill Hine’s aka “Costa Jill” — who will be signing copies of her new book, Free to Bloom. Learn more about her and her Costa Rican adventures at www.costajill.com.

Posted on September 20th, 2011 Comments (3)Comments RSS Feed

Community Radio is Alive and Kickin’ in Sarasota with WSLR 96.5 LPFM

Who says radio is dead!?

Read my Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune to learn more about Sarasota’s local community radio station — WSLR — the cool music, the cool talk shows and a couple of cool events to sink your ears into.

Sarasota Community Radio is Alive and Kickin’ Here’s a shot of me a couple years back at a WSLR fundraising event.

Posted on September 15th, 2011 Comments (2)Comments RSS Feed

Another 9/11 come and gone.

The Bell Tower at the Church of the Redeemer

Can’t believe I forgot to post my Sense and the City column from last week. It was all about 9/11 … click here to read online.

Posted on September 12th, 2011 Comments (4)Comments RSS Feed

Speaking: Encore of Sarasota

Private talk at University Park Country Club.
I’m speaking at the monthly luncheon meeting for Encore of Sarasota — a women’s club that is an outgrowth of the Sarasota Newcomer’s Club. This is my second year speaking for this group and I couldn’t be more delighted to return. Topics will cover local “hot button” issues — politics, social mores, and more!

Posted on September 8th, 2011 Comments Off on Speaking: Encore of SarasotaComments RSS Feed

Home sweet Sarasota

This week’s Sense and City deals with some of the things I miss about Boston … and some of the things I love about Sarasota … like the beautiful “Butterfly Lady.”

Read the full story in tomorrow’s TICKET — waaayyyyyyy in the back and no, sorry, they won’t give me props on the Table of Contents so you’ll just have to dig around ’til you find it (usually next to last page or so, next to the Advice Goddess for which I receive no end of ribbing).

Or read it online by clicking here: Home Sweet Sarasota

Posted on August 31st, 2011 Comments (3)Comments RSS Feed