Shame, shame on Sarasota City Commissioners
Read my column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune Op/Ed Section (page 9A) or read it online by clicking this link: Shame, shame on Sarasota City Commissioners Here’s an excerpt: Even if our commissioners didn’t have the intellectual breadth to deal with this problem in a less knee-jerk fashion, I’m surprised they didn’t have the necessary […]
It’s the economy, smartypants — can’t miss Economic Forum on Monday night
Monday night (May 23), there’s going to be a great forum on the economy … right here in Sarasota! With folks from the Poynter Institute, Rob Lorei of Florida This Week, and and our own backyard … including Kelly Kirschner and Raul Elizalde. Read my column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET (next to last […]
Eye-candy for the sophisticated voyeur
A few weeks back, I wrote a column about how “sex sells” and questioned whether women as a group are empowered or disempowered by our culture’s commercialization of female sex appeal. I mentioned, among other examples, pole-dancing at Sarasota fundraisers and the Black Diamond Burlesque troupe that has been sizzling up Sarasota’s sexy factor.
Listen Up … for the best Mom’s Day present
My “Sense and the City” column this week is about … what else? Mother’s Day! I give my best advice on what to give to really make your Mom happy all year-round. You can read it in today’s TICKET in the Sarasota Herald Tribune — or find it for free at TICKET boxes around the […]
The Season of Zen
The Sarasota Film Festival is over. Easter has come and gone. “Season” is slowing waa-aay down. As much as I love the hubbub between November and April, I’m ready to breathe deep and exhale. In other words, time to get back to yoga… To read more, check out my Sense and the City column in […]
Truth Goes Missing in Sarasota
In the category of I-can’t-believe-this-is-happening … Read my Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune
The gravy train of selling sex
(This essay ran in my Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET, but for some reason they didn’t post it online — so I’m posting the piece below. All rights reserved by the Sarasota Herald Tribune.) I just can’t get into the whole pole-dancing and burlesque scene that, by all accounts, […]
“Uncivil liberties” — my op/ed in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune
If you have the time, I hope you’ll take a moment to click on the link for this opinion piece that I wrote that appears in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune. Main Street youths take uncivil liberties. It’s about what happened to me and a date recently when we went out for dinner on Main Street […]
Book Junkie’s Paradise
Hi. My name is MC, and I’m an addict. But before you go thinking I’m mainlining vodka, let me clarify:
It’s fashionista to be a feminista
My Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune (all photos courtesy of Cliff Roles Photography: The Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota recently held its 4th Annual Frances Kraaymes Lecture. This year, the event was a panel discussion on “Men, Women & Relationships,” moderated by Dr. Willa Bernhard, who posed questions such as, “How […]