New Year, new me, new you … same old (wonderful) Siesta Key Beach
I love me some Siesta Key sand … read my homage to the #1 beach in the country in tomorrow’s Sense and the City column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Siesta Key, Florida beach rules!
Stop the Payola to Lure and Keep Businesses in Sarasota
“No one likes them. Every one hates them. Yet states and municipalities continue to offer monetary incentives to seduce companies to choose their communities over others. And, of course, we, the taxpayers, pick up the tab.” — That’s an excerpt from a great article in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune BIZ Weekly section by Jerry Chautin, a […]
I AM … Who You Are
John Donne wrote, “every man is a piece of the continent”; Thoreau asked, “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Gandhi said, “Live simply so that others may simply live.” Tom Shadyac, in his new film, I AM, gives us reason to hope that […]
Connecting Selby Scholars and Sarasota Movers and Shakers
Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation’s 11th annual Selby Scholar Symposium, which pairs mentors from the community with scholars who are currently attending college in Florida and beyond. To read the rest of this Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune, click here: […]
A Girl’s Guide to Getting the Most of the Holidays
My Sense and the City column in yesterday’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune is all about how girls get ready for — and enjoy — the holidays. If you missed it in the paper yesterday, you can pick up a copy of TICKET for free in newsstands around the city or just click on the link below! http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-12-14/section/nightlife/sense-and-the-city-a-sucker-for-the-holidays/
Twinkle’s Star Lights Up the Night at Van Wezel
If you missed last Saturday night’s concert at the Van Wezel … you missed a fantastic event! You can read about it in today’s Sense and the City column inside the TICKET section of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. If you’d like to read it online, just click here: Twinkle’s Star Lights Up the Night at Van […]
“Uncivil liberties” — my op/ed in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune
If you have the time, I hope you’ll take a moment to click on the link for this opinion piece that I wrote that appears in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune. Main Street youths take uncivil liberties. It’s about what happened to me and a date recently when we went out for dinner on Main Street […]
Healing hunger for the holidays — MC Reality Readers annual fundraising for All Faiths Food Bank
Since 2006, readers of my “reality” columns, op/ed essays in papers, and of this blog, have been kindly and generously donating to my annual fundraising drive to benefit All Faiths Food Bank. Every year, I add to the drive myself, by personally donating any money I receive from print publications during the month of November […]
Heat Bomb to Explode in Sarasota …MC Coolidge launches new print column!
What’s black and white and read all over? I sure HOPE it’s my new column! After something like two and a half years — TWO AND A HALF YEARS, folks! — I’ve finally landed a regular print gig again. I can’t believe it. But here’s the proof: Heat Bomb to Explode in Sarasota