First date, last date? Follow my dating do’s and don’ts to make it to round two
Is anybody else out there wondering at what point it’s easier to just stay home rather than keep putting yourself “out there” first date after first date? It’s a crazy world here in Sarasota for singles. I’m not sure what they put in the water down here, but Sarasota men, I’m sorry, have got the […]
The cowardly nation
Oh, I’ve thought a lot about what Eric Holder had to say about these United States as a sort of Cowards R Us. If I had to take one side or the other (which is such a silly way to think …, but if I did …), I’d say that yes, Americans have a strong […]
Magical music in the March nights
The past couple of weeks, at night, just around this time, 10:15 p.m., my home is quiet, I’ve hopefully turned the computer off, and I’m sitting, perhaps reading, or paying a bill or two, maybe just petting a cat. Winding down from the day and sometimes, and I’m not proud of this, thinking about tomorrow […]
Buying … drinking … thinking … local
Ah, the words on everyone’s lips these days are “Buy Local!” I agree with the sentiment, for the most part, and if you haven’t been to Local Coffee & Tea out on Siesta Key … well, it’s a great place to buy, sit, sip, and enjoy all things local.
Sarasota voters — bah, bah, bad sheep
Good grief. I think I heard on the news today that less than 7% of registered voters in the City of Sarasota bothered to vote in yesterday’s election. On the ballot were the issues of whether to have a strong mayor and which people the citizens of Sarasota want governing them and making laws and […]
Creative Loafing writers deliver on the mayor debate and give a shout out to my book signing tonight (thanks guys!)
If you haven’t read Creative Loafing’s very-un-loafing writers Cooper Levey-Baker and Tim Sukits recent Truth Commission report on the mayoral debate in SRQ … here’s a snippet from that piece: “The Elected Mayor Now proposal has effectively divided Sarasota. Whether you have given much thought about it or not, you should. When city voters head […]
Weighing in on Sarasota’s political dog and pony show
Folks I run into on the street and readers of this blog keep asking me why I haven’t weighed in on the raucous ranting and raving going on all over town about the question of having a so-called Boss Mayor. I haven’t weighed in because, frankly, I’m a bit under-whelmed with the brouhaha.
Sideways in Sarasota … and in Bradenton this Friday night
In 2007, I wrote a column — see below — that later launched my book — Sideways in Sarasota — a compilation of newspaper columns from my Reality Chick days at the Pelican Press. The Village Bookshop in Bradenton’s Village of the Arts is kindly hosting a book signing event for me this coming Friday […]
MC published in Bradenton Herald
My Manicures & Money story was printed in the op/ed section of the Bradenton Herald on March 1, 2009.
Sarasota County buses — a good deal for most; a GREAT deal for some …
At 75 cents a ride — almost a third of what folks pay in many other parts of the country — Sarasota County Transit Authority (SCAT) offers local folks one of the few good deals they get in this ever-more-expensive town. And the fare used to be even lower. Up until fall of 2007, the […]