St. Patrick’s party … salvage of the sea!

My Sense and the City column this week is about this wicked cool party that’s happening next week at Sarasota Architectural Salvage (one of my favorite places in this city) — and the party is all for a good, make that a GREAT, cause — to help Mote Marine (sea) animal hospital! Read the complete […]

Hard words … easy listening: poetry abounds in Sarasota

My Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune is all about poetry, local poetry readings, and what’s going on at Booker High School Performing Arts … . Read it online at http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-03-02/section/nightlife/hard-words-easy-listening-poetry-abounds

Sarasota farmers markets mean fun

My Sense and the City column this week is all the local farmers market in Sarasota. You can read it online at: Farmers markets mean fun or or pick up a free copy of TICKET at news boxes all around the city and find it on page 10E.

Chickens … or dogs … fur or feathers in the backyard?

My Sense and the City column this week is all about dogs — why I love ’em, why their owners sometimes bug me, and why I’ll take fur over feathers! You can read it online at: Which do you prefer in your backyard — chicken or dogs? or pick up a free copy of TICKET […]

Come as you are …

As you know, I adore Beethoven’s music (and have a serious crush on the man as well). I was flattered to learn that the Sarasota Orchestra wanted to quote one of my blogs about Beethoven in their advertising for the Masterworks Hero — all Beethoven — concert March 10-12.

Up Close and Personal with Poverty

In my Sense and the City column today in the Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET, I wrote about Greg Mortenson, Pulitzer Prize for Peace nominee and author of Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson’s simple presentation of himself, his extraordinary dedication to helping others, really impacted me … and I wrote about it. You can read the […]

Beyond gun control

My column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune talks about the recent spate of gun violence in Sarasota and Manatee counties and discusses MLK’s idea of the “violence of spirit” that is really behind physical violence. You can read it in today’s TICKET — in today’s newspaper or tomorrow for FREE in the old Creative Loafing […]

Making Paid Parking Palatable … if that’s even possible!

My Sense and the City column this week is all about the paid parking — using meters downtown — situation in Sarasota. “I get that the city needs money and is hurting financially. But here’s a news flash: so are the rest of us.” You can read the column on page 7 of today’s TICKET […]

She’s baaaack! Reality Chick is back — in the Sarasota Herald Tribune

What a way to end a year … and start a new one!! When the announcement came earlier this month that the Creative Loafing newspaper publication was closing up shop and the Sarasota Herald Tribune was taking over its branding rights, I smelled opportunity … opportunity to return to my roots and get back to […]