MC Coolidge snags second place in Florida Press Awards
A while back I reported that I’d won a Florida Press Award for a humor column (Ben & Jerry Take a Hike) I’d written back in my Pelican Press/Reality Chick days. Well, I just found out what place I took (there are four places — 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention. I have to give […]
Cash cows … free milk … and where’s the beef? The written word woes of Sarasota media.
Sarasota’s print pubs are no longer the cash cows they were in the halcyon boom days … and everybody from writers to readers are paying the price … That’s my story — my new story in Creative Loafing newspaper — out on newstands next week (July 15), but already live and rantin’ on the paper’s […]
Dogs and their peeps … in MC’s ‘hood
I have a love/hate relationship with most of my neighbors. Nearly all of them have dogs. I love dogs. It’s their owners I sometimes hate.
Sarasotans show their love of American soil on Independence Day
Siesta Beach 7:30 a.m., the day after. Makes you proud to be an American, especially an American living in Sarasota, Florida.
Act today to get a free feline! Feline Independence Day!
Hey, I just heard on Channel 7 news that today and Monday are Feline Independence Days at the Humane Society of Sarasota County. Basically, if you ADOPT A KITTY OR CAT TODAY OR MONDAY — YOU GET ALL THE FEES WAIVED COMPLETELY (at least that’s what I think I heard! — visit www.hssc.org to learn […]
One of the coolest places in Sarasota … for kids and adults
Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” and that down-to-earth concept is the driving philosophy behind one of the best-kept secrets for cultivating young minds and bodies in all of Sarasota: The Children’s Garden.
Critters of a different kind
Last weekend, before I came down with some kind of wild and wooly bug, I spent some time out at my Mom’s house out in the country. My brother was in town and we hung out for a while and saw a gator over at the Myakka State Park. There was more critter action right […]
Sarasota firemen rescue MC and her cats!!!
Two kind of drop-dead, gorgeous, sexy, and sweet firemen just left my house. Okay, they left my driveway, but still … it was very close.
Live … from SRQ … it’s County Town Hall live!
Hey — this is really cool. Sarasota County is having a public discussion tonight (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. — it’s going to be a community conversation about county budget issues that affect all of us. It’s like a virtual Town Hall meeting and the folks at the county ratcheted things up several notches by implementing […]
MC Coolidge — Best Blogger … I could get used to the sound of that!
But in the meantime, I’ll have to settle for Best Blogger “Finalist” … and I’ll have to settle for seeing it … not hearing it. Look what Sarasota Magazine just SUPER sweetly delivered to me today! And, yup, it’s going up proudly on my office wall. (Now, if only I could glow as radiantly as […]