Monday morning bragging rights
Some good news appeared about me in the media over the last couple of weeks — and I’m in the mood for a little Monday morning bragging (as opposed to quarterbacking!)
Dog Days turn to Deal Days in August Heat
Yesterday, the Sarasota Herald Tribune ran an article I wrote about all the fun, completely FREE, things to do during the dog days of summer. It’s got everything from free “street” music to where to find a summer-ending splash bash for your kids, complete with a free dinner from Lee Roy Selmon’s, free movies, free […]
Best blogger and braggin’ ’bout it!
What a great way to start a long weekend. Sarasota Magazine editor Pam Daniel let me know the wall plaque recognizing me as “Best Blogger 2010” — according to the magazine’s Readers Poll earlier this year — was ready and waiting for me to pick it up at her office. So I swung by, said […]
Local boys, hot babes, and fast boats — it’s Super Boat Grand Prix Time on the Suncoast!
The Sarasota Herald Tribune is running a piece I wrote on three father and son teams who are battling it out in the wave breaks off the beaches of Lido Key this weekend. You can read it in today’s paper — in the TICKET, page 4E — or online at Boys and Their Boats. I […]
“Stand-In” Dads helped me make my life
The Sarasota Herald Tribune published one of my columns today — “Stand-In Fathers Show What Makes a “Real” Dad” It’s on Page A18 of today’s paper, or you can read it online by clicking the hyperlinked text above. Happy Father’s Day to all fathers — the biological ones as well as the ones who nurture […]
MC’s Guide to Showing Your Dad Some Love
Hey, I’m happy to report that the Sarasota Herald Tribune is running a piece I wrote on things to do for this coming Father’s Day. The story appeared in today’s paper in the TICKET section; page 6E if you’re an old-fashioned get-the-ink-on-your-hands kind of person. Click here Celebrating Dear Old Dad to read the story […]
Girls’ Night Out — Coolidge talks Camaraderie in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune
When the working day is done, oh, girls, they wanna have fun … girls just wanna have fun.” — Cyndi Lauper I couldn’t agree more. Hell, I want to have fun even before the working day begins … . The Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET is running a piece I wrote about how girls can have […]
Sarasota Sky Pilots Do It in the Air
When someone says they’re going to play golf, it conjures up images of lugging expensive clubs around, riding in a cart, and hitting a little white ball toward a hole in the ground on a neatly manicured green, doesn’t it? But for many Sarasotans – men and women of all ages – “playing golf” means […]
MC Coolidge Best Blogger 2010 — Sarasota Magazine Readers’ Poll
Holy Cow! Back in early January I posted a short blog inviting readers to vote for me — if they felt like it — in Sarasota Magazine’s Annual “Best of” issue for 2010. Well, apparently, at least a few of you did just that because guess what? I won!
Frailty, thy name is Economic Development?
Does it seem like everything being done under the Sarasota sun lately is being done in the name of worshiping at the altar of “economic development”? The ubiquitous use of the phrase bugs me nearly as much as phrases like “Vote for the children,” or “Vote for family values.” I’ve got nothing against looking after […]