MC Reality & Ticket Readers … Annual All Faiths Food Drive!

My Sense and the City column in today’s TICKET section of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune kicks off my annual November fundraising drive to help feed the hungry in our community through the All Faiths Food Bank. You can read the column online by clicking on this text: The Tradition of Giving Thanks By Giving to Others

Once again, I’m donating my entire earnings during November from my freelance newspaper gig — which this year will be more than prior years I’m happy to say!

If you’d like to join in with MC’s drive for All Faiths Food Bank, there are two easy ways to do so:

Online: Visit www.allfaithsfoodbank.org (just write “MC’s TICKET column drive” in the special instructions box).

Mail: Send a check, with the same notation — MC’s TICKET column drive”, to All Faiths Food Bank, 8171 Blaikie Court, Sarasota, Florida 34240-8321.

I’ll be reporting results in an upcoming TICKET column and on this blog as well.

If you’re able to participate and donate money — that’s wonderful, but, as I point out in my column, there are lots of ways to “give thanks” without specifically giving cash … one of the best ways is just by being kinder. The next time someone pulls a bone-headed move in traffic, the next time you’re waiting in a long line, the next time the older person in front of you is moving slower than a tortoise, the next time some kid is screaming his head off … just take a deep breath and be patient! If you’re in a car, waiting in line to buy something, in a hurry to get somewhere and able to hear … hey, you’ve got a lot to be thankful for!

Breaking the silence on domestic violence … thanks to readers

Thanks — merci mille fois – grazie – danke, to every one who posted such supportive comments and shared their own stories in response to my recent op/ed piece in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune (to read it online just click here). I’ve heard from so many women — and several men, too — either on this blog, in direct emails, phone calls, comments in person, and in letters written to the editor of the newspaper. Thank you all for taking the time to contact me.

To read some of the comments readers have shared, click on this link here .

Le Barge and le bark in the park

This week’s Sense and the City column is about my weekend spent celebrating Mummy’s birthday … you can read it in tomorrow’s TICKET or just click here! Le Barge and Bark in the Park.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune ran an opinion piece I wrote in today’s op/ed section. If you want to read it online, click here: Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence

Season Starts! ArtSlam, Politics … and Gettin’ Gussied Up!

My Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune is about the kick-off to Sarasota’s “season” of seasons. It’s in the back pages of today’s TICKET or can be read online by clicking the link below.

Season Starts! ArtSlam, Politics … and Gettin’ Gussied Up!

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

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.

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

Local Sarasota NY Times Bestselling Author Films Movie in Sarasota

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.”

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.

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