Month: November 2011
Catching (Another) Glimpse of Stephen King in Sarasota, Florida
I looked on from a distance as Stephen King signed copy after copy of his latest work, 11/22/63: A Novel, during the book signing event at the Barnes & Noble in Sarasota last night. He popped what looked like a cough drop after about an hour of signing and a little later, it looked as […]
Continue ReadingCharlotte County – It’s High Time for a Tweetup!
Charlotte County residents who use Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets are invited to attend Charlotte County’s first Tweetup on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2011, between 5 and 8 p.m. at Hendrick’s Deli and Chill-Out Lounge in Punta Gorda. (@HendricksPG; 615 Cross Street)
Continue ReadingBlu-ray Review: “The River Why” is a Feast for the Eyes, Heartwarming for the Soul
Living, eating and breathing fishing is a guy’s dream, right? Fed up with eccentric family dynamics, 20-year-old Gus Orviston (Zach Gilford, Friday Night Lights) leaves home and embarks on a quest to spend most of his time fly-fishing. In doing so, he evolves from a socially awkward boy into a self-assured young man. Independent film […]
Continue ReadingFans, Entrepreneurs Travel From Afar for Stephen King’s Nov. 14, 2011, Book Signing in Sarasota
Barnes & Noble in Sarasota will release 800 wristbands at noon on Monday, Nov. 14, for the 7 p.m. Stephen King book signing that day but just after 4 p.m. on Sunday, seven people already claimed their place in line. Mr. King, a seasonal Sarasota resident, is promoting his latest novel, 11/22/63 and as I […]
Continue ReadingMedia Release: Charlotte County Resident is One of 150 Selected to Attend NASA Tweetup for Mars Rover Launch, November 23 and 25, 2011
It’s time for another NASA Tweetup and guess what? I’m over the moon with excitement! Following is the media release I’m distributing about my attendance and above is one of my favorite photos from my first NASA Tweetup, final launch of space shuttle Endeavour on May 16, 2011. Hope you’ll follow along with me on […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a Bird Thing in Charlotte Harbor & the Gulf Islands, Florida
“Be vewy, vewy qwiet. I’m hunting wabbits*,” I thought to myself while walking through Tippecanoe Environmental Park in Port Charlotte, Fla., one Saturday morning last month. Instead of wabbits, err, rabbits, we were on the lookout for Florida Scrub-Jays. Why Are Florida Scrub-Jays Special? Why are these birds special? Well, their habitat is pretty limited […]
Continue ReadingWordless Wednesday: Amazing, Temporary Art at the Chalk Festival in Sarasota, Florida
The Chalk Festival came and went into downtown Sarasota’s Burns Square Nov. 1 – 7, 2011, and in short, it was an amazing feast for the eyes. The week-long event included lectures, gallery shows, performance of “Madame Butterfly,” graffiti and mural art, and demonstrations and classes but I spent my time on Saturday and Sunday, […]
Continue ReadingHanging in Pink Limbo
I burst into tears as the radiologist positioned me atop the foam before squishing me beneath the plexiglass. “It’s okay, it happens all the time,” she soothingly said while comforting me. “Most of the times it’s just routine…I went through this myself recently…it’s okay.” This was my second mammogram in less than three weeks and […]
Continue ReadingHo! Ho! Ho! “Wild Wonderland” Coming to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo during Select December Nights
I traveled to North Pole, Alaska, this summer and saw Santa Claus and reindeer when I could have just waited for December to roll around at Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa. If visions of sugar plums aren’t dancing in your head, be a good girl or boy and visit the zoo during the holiday celebration […]
Continue ReadingWordless Wednesday: Pottery Express and Bamboo Farm in Punta Gorda, Florida
Holy clay coolness! Pottery Express and Bamboo Farm in Punta Gorda, Florida, is pretty amazing. I had heard it had quite a few pieces of decorative and artistic pottery from Mexico and Asia, I just didn’t realize the how much until I visited over the weekend. Wow! Inside, it was row upon row of decorative […]
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