12 days and counting … time to spell it out for Vday
Here’s my latest TICKET blog about how to stay out of the dog house for Valentine’s Day.
Woo-hoo!! MC’s got a brand new gig!
I love, love, love being a writer. Best decision I ever made was dumping my career in corporate/business/9-5 America, and throwing myself to the mercy of the freelance god as a publicist and all-round writer. I may be usually broke … but I’m also unusually happy. Especially on days like today where I get to […]
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 […]
Sarasota welcomes Harvard!
I just have to pass along this article from the Harvard University’s The Harvard Crimson … it’s just a nice reflection on Sarasota and a testament to the hard work the community is doing to create a world-class rowing environment here. Florida Hospitable to Harvard Rowing By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER Picture this: […]
Legal eagle Adam Tebrugge opens doors at new law office
Local attorney Adam Tebrugge, who ran for the Public Defender’s office in 2008, opened the doors last week to the new offices of Tebrugge Legal. He issued an open invitation for people to come by, see his new digs, and enjoy the artwork of Jodie Yeakel, whose work was showcased on his office walls. I […]
These feet were made for walking …
So, today, after months and months (really nearly a year) of not walking mostly, and then walking in 10 minute increments to build up to thirty minutes, today I walked in the 1 mile “fun run” portion of the New Balance Ringling Bridge Run. I did have to quit just on the final leg of […]
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 […]
Facing foreclosure — Stan Zimmerman’s two-part series
If you haven’t read Stan Zimmerman’s two-part series on foreclosure in the Pelican Press newspaper — you should. I know the second part is out on stands right now … or you can read it online here at Foreclosures: crisis of decades Zimmerman interviewed many people for the story on deep background and wrote, “We […]
I’m a hah-ah-ah-ahnkytonk woman … gimme, gimmee, gimmee a honkeytonk man!
I loved and hated Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction — loved the acting, loved the Dali-esque mania, loved the script and dialogue … the pulpy violence — not so much. But still, I have a soft place in my heart for people and performances that walk the edge of weird wit and wacky whimsy. So, in that […]
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 […]