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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 […]
Sarasota Magazine’s smashing soiree at Selby
Last night’s Sarasota Magazine Best of 2011 party on the great lawn of Selby Gardens was a smashing success. I’m not a big one for the social or party circuit, but this was the perfect party for me — en plein air, fun music, and a very relaxed and happy vibe. Even the 550-person crowd […]
Acclaimed Pianist, Dr. Joseph Holt, Performs Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata!
Nationally acclaimed pianist, Dr. Joseph Holt, will be playing Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” on Sunday, May 1, at 4 p.m., in a fundraising concert to benefit the people of Haiti. Of course, I’ve GOT TO GO. Unbelievably, I’ve never heard this sonata performed live. It is one of my favorite pieces of all time — I’ve […]
“Radio-Free Carmela welcomes Noise Ordinance 2” from yesterday’s Sarasota Herald Tribune
If you are interested in the live music scene this weekend, check out the piece that I wrote that appeared in yesterday’s Sarasota Herald Tribune. Radio-Free Carmela welcomes Noise Ordinance 2
Don’t miss “Best of Sarasota” Magazine party — next Tuesday
If you read my blog you know I’m not a big one for the party circuit here in Sarasota. But there’s one party I’m not missing this season and that’s next Tuesday’s (April 26) relaxed, reggae-infused, Sarasota Magazine “Best of Sarasota” blow-out by the bay … at beautiful, lush, Selby Gardens (one of my fave […]
Paige’s insurance page-turner picks up Pulitzer for paper!
Holy moly! Local Sarasota Herald Tribune reporter Paige St. John (sheesh, even her NAME sounds Pulitzer-worthy!) picked up a Pulitzer (well, it goes to the newspaper technically) for her serious series investigating insurance industry ingrates. (Yes, I’m thinking of that scene in Broadcast News where Al Brooks references alliteration.)
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 […]