My Pics for Sarasota’s Sexiest

Today’s Sense and the City column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune rocks my picks for Sarasota’s sexiest six people and six sexy/romantic/love-and-lust-inducing activities. I cover people like David Baas, Kerry Kirschner of the Argus Foundation, the former Scenestress Veronica Pastore, the Sarasota Film Festival, funny-woman Christine Alexander, and more!

Click on the hyperlink above to read Sarasota’s Sexy Six!

I ♥ Hart’s Landing

Honesty and integrity are the only things we leave behind when we die. Work on it today.”

I’d like to have met the man who thought like that. But Hart seems to have left one more thing behind: A much-needed legacy of a simpler time – and a place where the heart of Sarasota lives on.

That’s an excerpt from this week’s Sense and the City column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Hope you’ll take a moment to read it in its entirety either in the paper (Feb. 3 TICKET section) or online by clicking here: I ♥ Hart’s Landing

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!

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 people are still asking relevant questions, and working to find real answers. You’ve GOT to see this film! Read my Sense and the City about the new documentary, “I AM,” in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune (way in the back of TICKET), or online by clicking right here: I AM … Who You Are!

And then, I really would be interested in hearing what you think … if you have time, come back here and post a comment or drop me a note on FB.

Nourish Your Noggin in Sarasota

Is it possible to nourish your noggin in Sarasota without breaking the bank? The answer is yes. And this week’s Sense and the City column tells you how!

Click here to read my column online — or check it out in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune.

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: Connecting Selby Scholars and the Sarasota Movers and Shakers.

Top Ten Things to Do in 2012

I’ve got my opinion on what everybody should be doing in 2012 — and it runs the gamut from seeing great Sarasota theatre to getting a massage to registering to vote. Read it online here: MC’s Sense and the City column.

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Sarasota Student Pays It Forward

You’ve heard of the butterfly effect — the concept that a butterfly fluttering its wings a half a world away can set into motion a series of events that results weeks later in a hurricane off the coast of Florida. But the butterfly effect can also describe happier circumstances of cause and effect. I heard of one such example recently — about a young Sarasota woman, a 2009 graduate of Sarasota High, named Grier Ferguson. Click here to read the full story in my Dec. 20 Sense and the City column

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/

All Faiths Food Bank MC Readers Drive Update — $2,565 Raised!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to donate to the MC/Ticket All Faiths Food fundraising drive in November. At the end of the Thanksgiving drive, All Faiths had received $2,565 from “Sense and the City” readers. That’s the equivalent of 4,071 meals provided to hungry men, women and children in our community. I can’t thank you enough for participating.

Total raised over the past several years by readers of this blog, my former “Reality Chick” column, and my current Sense and the City column? — $13,879! That’s something over 22,000 — TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND! — meals for people in need.

Bravo, brava and merci mille fois!!!