Home sweet Sarasota
This week’s Sense and City deals with some of the things I miss about Boston … and some of the things I love about Sarasota … like the beautiful “Butterfly Lady.” Read the full story in tomorrow’s TICKET — waaayyyyyyy in the back and no, sorry, they won’t give me props on the Table of […]
Two Sarasota Bartenders Make MC’s Saturday Night
Interested in knowing what I was doing last Saturday night? Read today’s Sense and the City column (Sarasota Herald-Tribune TICKET section, always way in the back pages!) or click here to read it online.
No books for you! MC’s booksigning canceled!
Remember that Seinfeld episode with the Soup Nazi! Well, anyway, no books for you! My book signing for tonight at Bookstore1 Main (in Sarasota) was canceled by the shop. They accidentally overbooked authors for tomorrow night’s signing event … so MC is out! But they were super apologetic about and have invited me back for […]
Dusk on a Sunday Evening
Sunday night. Sitting outside in the heat — beginning to abate somewhat. The heat that is. Me? I’m not abating at all. Waiting? Maybe. For something I’m not sure. In the meantime, I have squirrels squirreling around. Coming closer for nuts. Closer, then rushing away. Closer, then running. Isn’t that the way life is. The […]
Signing Sideways
I’ll be signing copies of my book of collected newspaper columns — Sideways in Sarasota, on Tuesday night (August 16) from 6 to 8 pm at Bookstore 1, 1359 Main Street, Sarasota. If you don’t have a copy of my book and want one — swing on by! If you have one but want to […]
Is Gulf Coast Community Foundation forgetting where it came from?
Wherever you fall on the issue of the Gulf Coast Foundation dropping Venice from its name — Eric Ernst’s colum in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune is superbly written. You can read it here: Charity, remember: Venice is in your blood.
Bitten by the blues
Monday night I dragged myself out of the house at 9 p.m., and went to the opening of Ocean Blues (well, it was a soft opening for media-types and friends I think; the actual opening was on Tuesday night if I’ve got my facts straight). Ocean Blues is a restaurant/bar/music venue on Hillview; I think […]
Where you won’t see me tomorrow night!
I’m doing a book-signing on August 16th at Bookstore 1 on Main Street in Sarasota, 6-8 pm I think. But the bookstore inadvertently listed me in the paper and on their website as doing the signing on August 2nd! So, just in CASE you were planning to swing by the bookstore to meet me or […]
Betting on firefighters the safest bet you’ll make tomorrow night in Osprey!
Want to know what your local firefighters are up to tomorrow night? Think Rat Pack, Vegas, and rolling the dice … it’s Casino Night for the Benevolent Fund! Read my piece in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune TICKET (page 30, I think) or click here to read it online: Gambling on firefighters a very safe bet.
Tribute to Pelican Press, Readers and a few words from Matt Walsh
For 40 years, the weekly Pelican Press newspaper has been a must-read for year-round key residents, tourists, and snowbirds alike. At its core, it was a Siesta Key paper, but with its robust reporting on city and county goings-on, it certainly enjoyed a sizable following off the island as well. Week in, week out, with […]