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 […]
Another 9/11 come and gone.
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.
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 […]
Two Sarasota Bartenders Make MC’s Saturday Night
Interested in knowing what I was doing last Saturday night? Read today’s Sense and the City column (Sarasota Herald-Tribune TICKET section, always way in the back pages!) or click here to read it online.
Equality Among the Sexes?
No, I’m not channeling that long-ago tennis match between Billy Jean King and Bobby Riggs … just announcing today’s Sense and the City topic: Women’s Equity Day, which is next Thursday. You can read it in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune TICKET or just click here: Do Women Really Need an Equity Day?. Feel free to come […]
No books for you! MC’s booksigning canceled!
Remember that Seinfeld episode with the Soup Nazi! Well, anyway, no books for you! My book signing for tonight at Bookstore1 Main (in Sarasota) was canceled by the shop. They accidentally overbooked authors for tomorrow night’s signing event … so MC is out! But they were super apologetic about and have invited me back for […]
Dusk on a Sunday Evening
Sunday night. Sitting outside in the heat — beginning to abate somewhat. The heat that is. Me? I’m not abating at all. Waiting? Maybe. For something I’m not sure. In the meantime, I have squirrels squirreling around. Coming closer for nuts. Closer, then rushing away. Closer, then running. Isn’t that the way life is. The […]
Signing Sideways
I’ll be signing copies of my book of collected newspaper columns — Sideways in Sarasota, on Tuesday night (August 16) 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 […]
Coffee with a conscience
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you might recall me writing about my new coffee-maker last year … . I wrote a different version for this week’s Sense and the City column. If you’re still buying coffee … maybe this will inspire you! Coffee with a conscience in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune […]
Is Gulf Coast Community Foundation forgetting where it came from?
Wherever you fall on the issue of the Gulf Coast Foundation dropping Venice from its name — Eric Ernst’s colum in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune is superbly written. You can read it here: Charity, remember: Venice is in your blood.