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“I’m just another Bozo on the bus,” is what James ‘Wyre’ Lee told me when I asked him what his title was at Cortez Bait & Seafood. He actually runs the place. He has since 2007 when, just prior to this August, it was a little wood shack tucked in between Cortez Kitchen and Swordfish Grill.
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There is a hot new band in town and they are certainly a cool bunch of guys! Clay Cropper, Arthur Tanturi, Danny Hoefer and Tony Camerato have been performing around the world for many years!
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We’ve all been there. Driving down the interstate, marveling at the multi-tasking we see going on in other cars. People behind the wheels of massive steel machines, barreling down the road at legal speeds of 70 mph, also applying makeup, eating lunch, talking on the phone, and texting. Some drivers have children in their cars, future drivers who are picking up their queue on the dos and don’ts of driving from their parents or older siblings. Is it okay to text while driving?
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I had the chance to talk to Doug Gray, lead singer for the MSB for over 40 years! Marshall Tucker Band’s first album came out in 1973. A true southern gentleman, whose answers were both heartfelt and funny for this interview.
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The “Greatest Little Show on Earth” returns this weekend as the Sarasota Sailors swing into trapeze action to dazzle their audiences with gravity defying feats of athleticism and bravery. A Sarasota tradition for over 67 years, this is one show under the big top you will not want to miss.
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Along with a major election this year, to many people the big news is that 2016 is also delivering a leap year. That’s right, go ahead and schedule your appointments for that elusive 29th day of February; it’s really happening. Statistically, there are nearly 5 million people on the planet who were born on February 29th, and about 200,000 of those reside in the United States. The odds of being born on Feb. 29 are approximately 1 in 1461 so you may not know anyone born on this day. And if that is the case, allow me to introduce myself as a member of the leap year baby class of 1968, celebrating birthday number 12 on the 29th.
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When I think of ‘The Ringling,’ I think of the spectacular legacy John Ringling and his wife Mable left behind when constructing the Ringling Museum and their home Ca’d’Zan. Since its inception and opening in the 1930’s, then known as The John & Mable Ringling Museum, an extensive amount of work has gone into the surrounding campus.
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Solara Blaze, photo by Vicky Sullivan, Rock the Lens Photography Twinkle originally posted this story on Facebook. I woke up this morning from a dream about a friend of mine. I started crying in the dream when I saw him, and he asked me why I’d come, I said, “I miss you, and I wanted […]
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In a current article from Vox, “The Forgotten Art of Hitchhiking–and why it disappeared”, we learn that hitchhiking has gone the way of the landline phone, the typewriter, and most rules of etiquette. People no longer hitchhike in the same numbers they used to. Interestingly enough, the reason has little to do with safety. The […]
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Phineas Taylor Barnum was known to say “there’s a sucker born every minute.” No one is sure whether he actually coined that phrase, but he did say that “every crowd has a silver lining,” because he knew that the public was wiser and more curious than anyone could imagine. For 80 years he provided the […]
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I am here to set the record straight. You should all be informed from the beginning; Sande Caplin exaggerates…a lot. After yesterday’s article, I feel our readers are receiving only half the story, and incorrectly at that. I feel it is my duty to give you the complete and correct version of “life” at The […]