Lagers and liberty: Have Kelly Kirschner pour you a drink — and get involved with your community
Interesting event coming up to kick off your Independence Day weekend:
Former Sarasota Mayor Kelly Kirschner is bellying up to the bartending side of the bar on Friday, July 1st at the Shamrock Pub, 2257 Ringling Boulevard.
photo from unidosnow.org
There will be music, a band, and a foosball competition with a cash prize.
Organizers describe UnidosNow as local non-profit organization seeking to stimulate conversation and movement for greater levels of civic participation by Florida residents, in particular focusing on the Latino community of SW Florida.
The Buck starts here
If you haven’t seen the new documentary, Buck — I highly recommend it. It sounds like it’s about the horse whisperer and the equine world, but it’s really about life and how our life circumstances do not have to dictate who and what we become. Well, that and also how to treat a horse … which is an awful like how you should treat a human.
Check it out — www.buckthefilm.com.
Meditate your workplace stress away
Anyone who reads my blogs and columns knows I’m a big fan of Gary Halperin’s yoga classes, and now I hear he’s got a very unique service for businesses and organizations.
This could be a very cool “benefit” for employees and business colleagues — can see a forward-thinking HR offering this to staff during a lunch hour or at the end of a day.
Workplace Meditation Workshop Offers Lower Stress and Improved Decision-Making
Studies show that even a few minutes of daily meditation have been proven to have long-term benefits for workers at every level – benefits such as stress reduction, better sleep, lower blood pressure and improved decision-making. Award-winning yoga and meditation teacher Gary Halperin is offering a one-hour Introduction to Meditation Workshop for businesses and workplace organizations in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Halperin believes meditation may help co-workers and colleagues deal more effectively with workplace stress and feel better equipped to cope with increased work loads common in today’s challenging economic environment.
This unique workshop gives workplace managers the opportunity to provide colleagues and employees with a relaxing, educational, and beneficial experience – in the comfort of their own office or business setting. Halperin teaches with a straight-forward, practical approach and provides easy-to-understand instruction and basic meditation techniques that individuals can easily and discreetly use every day in any workplace environment.
The cost for an in-office workshop is $100; groups of varying sizes can be accommodated. As part of the workshop, all attendees who have not already taken yoga classes with Halperin will be offered a free, one-hour class at the Radiance Center studio, located at 2868 Ringling Boulevard, in the Gold Tree Plaza. Call 941.952.0960 or visit www.feelbetternowyoga.com for more information.
Halperin has been voted “Favorite Yoga Teacher” for the past three years by readers of Natural Awakenings Magazine. He is a professional-level certified Kripalu yoga and holistic lifestyle teacher, and has taught meditation technique to thousands of people including Sarasota County Government employees, Ringling School of Arts and Design students, staff, and faculty, the Sarasota Orchestra, the Sarasota Music Festival, top real estate agents, religious leaders, medical doctors, and the Mayor of Washington, DC. Prior to settling in Sarasota, Halperin was Spa Director at the four-star Grandover Resort in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Spa Programs Director at the Coolfont Resort in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. He is a graduate of Amherst College and the author of “Feel Better Now … Meditation for Stress Reduction & Relaxation,” available as an e-book on amazon.com.
Drill off our #1 beach? Heck no! Help draw a line in the sand!
Hands Across the Sand … Siesta Key, FL on Sat. June 25th 11:45-ish between the Pavilion and the Tennis Courts
Local “Hands Across the Sand” gathering in solidarity with events around the country to raise awareness about the dangers of offshore drilling and call on leaders to end our oil dependence and move America into a clean energy future.
At noon, participants will join hands for 15 minutes to form a line along the beach. A pot luck picnic will follow the Hands Across the Sand gathering. This year the Sarasota County Parks Department is not supporting the gathering as they have in the past. There will be no signs, posters, fliers or speakers allowed. Instead there will be a simple, silent remembrance of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Several hundred citizens and visitors from the Sarasota area will be joined by volunteers from the local Sierra Club and Transition Sarasota.
Hands Across The Sand was founded by Floridian Dave Rauschkolb in October 2009. Hands Across The Sand is endorsed by national environmental organizations including Transition Sarasota, Sierra Club, Audubon, Surfrider Foundation, Oceana, Defenders of Wildlife, Alaska Wilderness League, Ocean Conservancy, Friends of the Earth, Environment America, 350, MoveOn.org, Center for Biological Diversity and CleanEnergy.org
Holy smokes! They’ve caught Whitey Bulger!!
I used to hang around the North End of Boston before it got all prettied up and gentrified and yuppified and before the Big Dig and all the “walkable” improvements connecting the NO to the rest of Beantown.
I remember walking under I-93 which goes straight through Boston, through little-used (at the time) tunnel reeking of urine and a bit intimidating with homeless people lining the walls — all just to get to the North End.
I’d go there and hang out at the old caffes where men played chess and you could smoke ’til your lungs gave out. I met more than one made man there back in the days. And though I kept my distance, they were often very protective of me. I was always alone at the caffes, sitting in there all day long, reading, writing, smoking (yes, back then I smoked!), and drinking coffee after coffee. Sometimes they’d let me play chess with them. And often, if a man bothered me or was hitting on me (yes, this did happen to me … back in the day!!), they’d intervene.
Often the serious players in the crime world would come in and just go straight back to the doors that led to a basement meeting place. It wasn’t glamorous; they weren’t sexy (well, one was, but that’s another story), and I knew they were ruthless, bad — for the most part — guys. Not goodfellas by a long shot. But they were always decent to me. Go figure.
Of course, the North End wasn’t exactly Whitey’s hangout. He was a South Boston thug of mythic — and monstrous — proportion. I’m so glad they caught him.
Lovin’ summer means getting physical
photo courtesy of Florida EcoSafaris at Forever Florida.
For print readers — just turn to the next to the last page of the TICKET. Online? Just click on the link below to read.
Close enounters of the reptilian kind
An unusual sighting in the Coolidge backyard.
A close encounter between feline and reptilian intruder.
Reptilian retreat.
Under the category of It Just Ain’t Right
Why in the world do we have a pension system for members of Congress whereby if they voluntarily resign they still get their pension? Anthony Weiner is covered under the Federal Employee Retirement System — which is almost entirely funded with taxpayer dollars.
Anthony Weiner can start collecting a $25,000 annual pension as early as age 56, or $35,000 if he sticks it out to the ripe old age of 62. On top of that, the guy will get cost-of-living increases.
Seriously — if a member of Congress resigns his or her post, I don’t think they should get paid this pension.
There oughtta be a law!
(Source: smartmoney.com)
Sweet deal for dads
Just passing along this sweet deal for Dads and the people who love them and want to feed them on Father’s Day!
Dad’s Eat FREE on Father’s Day at Gecko’s Grill & Pubs
Purchase an entrée from our regular menu and your dad
will receive a complimentary meal from our Special Father’s Day Menu
on Sunday, June 19, 2011.
No substitutes
Visit GeckosGrill.com to see menus.
One free meal per dad per day!
5 Convenient Locations:
4870 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL * 941-923-8896
5585 Palmer Crossing Cir., Sarasota, FL * 941-923-6061
1900 Hillview Street, Sarasota, FL * 941-953-2929
4310 SR 64 E., Bradenton, FL * 941-744-2664
7228 55th Ave., E., Bradenton, FL * 941-727-8988
Day with Dad Fuels Lifetime of Security and Love
Father’s Day is Sunday June 19th … hope you enjoy my “Sense and the City” column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune — page 37E for you print readers out there and if you’re an online reader — just click here:
Day with Dad Fuels Lifetime of Security and Love
Here’s a snippet to get you started …with the spectacular, ever-changing view of the water, jumping mullet, and a family of ospreys flying directly overhead, it’s a challenge to look at a computer screen. I just want to watch the world.
