Stop the Payola to Lure and Keep Businesses in Sarasota
“No one likes them. Every one hates them. Yet states and municipalities continue to offer monetary incentives to seduce companies to choose their communities over others. And, of course, we, the taxpayers, pick up the tab.” — That’s an excerpt from a great article in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune BIZ Weekly section by Jerry Chautin, a […]
I AM … Who You Are
John Donne wrote, “every man is a piece of the continent”; Thoreau asked, “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Gandhi said, “Live simply so that others may simply live.” Tom Shadyac, in his new film, I AM, gives us reason to hope that […]
To boldly go … to the Longboat Key Education Center!
Yesterday, I had an absolute BLAST at the Longboat Key Education Center. I was there to give a talk and had a wonderful time speaking to and talking with the audience. The Center’s director Susan Goldfarb was super charming and the audience asked such great questions and added many great comments during the 30-minute Q&A […]
Nourish Your Noggin in Sarasota
Is it possible to nourish your noggin in Sarasota without breaking the bank? The answer is yes. And this week’s Sense and the City column tells you how! Click here to read my column online — or check it out in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune.
Connecting Selby Scholars and Sarasota Movers and Shakers
Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation’s 11th annual Selby Scholar Symposium, which pairs mentors from the community with scholars who are currently attending college in Florida and beyond. To read the rest of this Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune, click here: […]
Tell me, what is it you plan to do?
Tell me, after you read The Summer Day, what you plan to do with your one, wild, precious life, on this winter January day? The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung […]
Top Ten Things to Do in 2012
I’ve got my opinion on what everybody should be doing in 2012 — and it runs the gamut from seeing great Sarasota theatre to getting a massage to registering to vote. Read it online here: MC’s Sense and the City column. /
Sarasota Student Pays It Forward
You’ve heard of the butterfly effect — the concept that a butterfly fluttering its wings a half a world away can set into motion a series of events that results weeks later in a hurricane off the coast of Florida. But the butterfly effect can also describe happier circumstances of cause and effect. I heard […]
Merry Holidays? Happy Spending! What do you think we should say?
Last Thursday I was reading, as I do each day, the letters to the editor section of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and came across a Letter to the Editor about whether or not people should say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. Should we be saying Happy Chanukah too? Maybe Season’s Greetings instead? Maybe we should go […]
A Girl’s Guide to Getting the Most of the Holidays
My Sense and the City column in yesterday’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune is all about how girls get ready for — and enjoy — the holidays. If you missed it in the paper yesterday, you can pick up a copy of TICKET for free in newsstands around the city or just click on the link below! http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-12-14/section/nightlife/sense-and-the-city-a-sucker-for-the-holidays/