Ya say it’s my birthday!
One of the sweetest, most original birthday wishes I received this week!
Truth Goes Missing in Sarasota
In the category of I-can’t-believe-this-is-happening … Read my Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune
The gravy train of selling sex
(This essay ran in my Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET, but for some reason they didn’t post it online — so I’m posting the piece below. All rights reserved by the Sarasota Herald Tribune.) I just can’t get into the whole pole-dancing and burlesque scene that, by all accounts, […]
“Uncivil liberties” — my op/ed in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune
If you have the time, I hope you’ll take a moment to click on the link for this opinion piece that I wrote that appears in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune. Main Street youths take uncivil liberties. It’s about what happened to me and a date recently when we went out for dinner on Main Street […]
Books from old friends …
I received a package in the mail yesterday. A box from a place where I didn’t think I knew anyone, really. Inside was a collection of books taken from a man’s bookshelf and sent along to me … on the off chance that I might welcome them and find a place for them in my […]
Gotta Vote for Geckos!
I love Sarasota’s hometown, locally-owned all-round great meet-up/sports bar Gecko’s Grill and Pub! I love their nachos — veggie style. If you’re a fan like me, you can cast a vote — do it before April 4 — for Gecko’s in the Sarasota Herald Tribune’s “Best Sports Bar Showdown — at www.ticketsarasota.com.
Book Junkie’s Paradise
Hi. My name is MC, and I’m an addict. But before you go thinking I’m mainlining vodka, let me clarify:
Fun on St. Armands
Thanks to everyone who came out to St. Armands Circle on Sunday to say hello, meet me for the first time, or buy a copy of my book (in some cases all three!) at Circle Books. It was so fun — I LOVE being in locally-owned, old-fashioned bookstores where the guys and gals behind the […]
Romance … suspense … and standing up for what’s right
In 2008, when I was under fire at the Pelican Press for my “Reality Chick” columns that dealt with politics and race, a New York Times bestselling author publicly stood up for the issues of free speech, and for my columns that were making some people uncomfortable. That author was Suzanne Brockmann who lives part […]
Super cool super moon … la lune!! la lune!!!
Should be rising around 7 pm in these parts ’round here! Don’t miss it!