Like the hordes of folks from the Northeast who make Florida their home, one day Aaron Fredricks had a taste for a new life in a more southern locale. ...more

November 27, 2009

I let Nathan play hooky from day care a couple of weeks ago, and we hung out in town doing fun stuff such as getting cappuccino at Starbucks, shopping for a new fry pan at Williams-Sonoma and lunching on chicken confit at Derek's Culinary Creations in Sarasota. OK, I admit the fun was for me - but, hey, he felt lucky already that I didn't make him do the laundry in exchange for ditching day care. ...more

September 23, 2008

As he stood near the top of the stairs on City Hall's second floor last week, City Council member Richard Lewis recalled the building's birth as a public institution. ...more

June 27, 2008