Adios, Sarasota small businesses

Despite all the hoopla about the improving economy, Sarasota is in the midst of yet another round of small business closures, and we’re losing several spots that have defined this city for years, if not decades: Sarasota Hardware: This local hardware shop has been a fixture on Main Street since 1934, but it’s closing its […]

Love Books? Buy ‘Em Local at Circle Books

Watch this great “City Business” (from Sarasota government) clip about Circle Books on St. Armands Circle. I was there just a few weeks ago, looking for a specific book but couldn’t remember the author’s name and of course, with just a couple of words from me about what the book was about … the booksellers […]

Book Junkie’s Paradise

Hi. My name is MC, and I’m an addict. But before you go thinking I’m mainlining vodka, let me clarify:

Fun on St. Armands

Thanks to everyone who came out to St. Armands Circle on Sunday to say hello, meet me for the first time, or buy a copy of my book (in some cases all three!) at Circle Books. It was so fun — I LOVE being in locally-owned, old-fashioned bookstores where the guys and gals behind the […]

Signing Sideways in Sarasota

Well, actually, I’ll sign straight-ways … copies of my book, Sideways in Sarasota, that is. I’m doing a book signing event at Circle Books Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm. Swing by if you’d like to buy a copy of my book — which is a collection of newspaper columns about everything from dating, […]