Dating do’s and don’ts

I could write a book on bad dates, dud dates, and my own many faux pas made on dates … there’s just a sampling of the many do’s and don’ts that can make or break a first date .. in my Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Happy Bastille Day — something for Sarasota Francophiles!

In honor of Bastille Day, I wrote about petanque in today’s Sense and the City column — out today in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune TICKET (next to last page!). Or you can read it online at Playing Petanque a Simple Pleasure for Sarasota Francophiles.

Thems fightin’ words! …. MC’s counterpoint to Grimes Chutney review

David Grimes is a funny guy — I read him in the Sarasota Herald Tribune every week, but when he recently gave a less than glowing review of my favorite restaurant haunt — Chutney’s on Hillview … my inner grrrrrrlllllll game out. You can read my counterpoint to the Grimes review in today’s Sarasota Herald […]

Sarasota libraries hold keys to independence

I’ve been going to the library since I was ankle-high to a grasshopper … here’s my take on the connection between libraries and a democratic, independent America in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Page 11A if you’re a print reader … or you can read it online by clicking here: Libraries and Independence. And if you’re close […]

Day with Dad Fuels Lifetime of Security and Love

Father’s Day is Sunday June 19th … hope you enjoy my “Sense and the City” column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune — page 37E for you print readers out there and if you’re an online reader — just click here: Day with Dad Fuels Lifetime of Security and Love Here’s a snippet to get you started […]

Reasons to avoid downtown Sarasota!

So, I was asked to go out the other night for dinner — to celebrate some good news I received earlier this week and my date asked me where I wanted to go. It was a toss-up for both of us between Caraguilo’s Restaurant on Palm Avenue (a favorite of mine for years) or another […]

Ferocious and sweet … Saturday’s Music Festival Concert is NOT to be missed!

I give you at least a gazillion reasons as to why you CAN. NOT. miss Saturday night’s Sarasota Orchestra Music Festival concert at the Sarasota Opera House — they’re all in my Sarasota Herald Tribune Sense and the City column (page 37E if you’re reading the print paper — or click on the hyperlink below). […]

Jeremy Wallace Looks into the Political Crystal Ball … this Saturday

Saturday — June 11 — local political insight provider/writer Jeremy Wallace (of the Sarasota Herald Tribune) will be speaking at the Laurel Oak Country Club talking about “What lies Ahead for 2012.” I like Wallace’s demeanor: serious but not too serious. And seriously informed about the rumblings and machinations of Florida politics. If you haven’t […]

Summer’s the Season on Siesta

We should all be thanking our lucky stars for Siesta Beach … and my Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET tells why. Summer’s the Season on Siesta.

Sarasota Sky Pilots Do It In the Air!

Love to golf? How about taking your game to a whole new level … ? Read my story in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET — which is FREE in newstands across the city (just look for the row of newspaper boxes and find the one that says TICKET on it — it’s that simple!). I […]