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Archive for May, 2006
Real Estate Go$$ip
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SANDERLING SECLUSION Tucked away on south Siesta Key, the Sanderling Club is a gated, single-family neighborhood on the Gulf of Mexico and Heron Lagoon, with deep-water boat slips, tennis courts and beachfront clubhouse with private cabanas designed by the late, great architect Paul Rudolph. The tropical setting boasts award-winning contemporary residences alongside Old [...]
Read More >>In the Swing
Lake Venice Golf Club, a facility open to the public, is a fantastic place to test your golf skills. Regardless of your handicap, you’ll find all three nine-hole "tracks" challenging. No matter what combination you choose, you’ll be required to play every club in your bag and work the ball around with control to avoid [...]
Read More >>Street Talk
NOISEMAKER STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Young prof Ena Salter shares her passion for math. “Growing up, I was horrible at math,” says 25-year-old mathematics professor Ena Salter, who last fall became Manatee Community College’s youngest professor ever. “I was told in sixth grade that I needed to be in remedial math. My mother said, ‘Absolutely not.’” [...]
Read More >>In The Garden
Ringling Museum’s historic rose garden is a scent to behold. If they don’t bloom in your own garden, one of the best ways to stop and smell the roses is to visit Mable Ringling’s historic rose garden on the grounds of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Mable completed her beloved garden in [...]
Read More >>Notes from the Underground
Like many people, I first encountered Keith Haring in the bowels of the New York City subway system. It must have been around 1978. Graffiti was everywhere, much worse than it is now. It covered the trains, the walls, the pillars. It was as if the anti-graffiti enforcers had given up. Actually, some of it [...]
Read More >>Good to the Bone
The 76 million baby boomers in the United States are wildly different from one another. After all, that group includes Bill Clinton, Cher, Geraldo Rivera, Justice Clarence Thomas and rocker Pat Benatar. But there’s something they all share, and they’re vocal about it: aches and pains. The older this group gets, the more wear and [...]
Read More >>Homefront
GRAND GROUNDBREAKING Having said goodbye to the longtime Longboat Key restaurant the Buccaneer Inn, islanders can now say hello to Grand Mariner, which broke ground in March at the site where the Buccaneer stood for decades. Grand Mariner will offer 14 luxury condominiums at the lowest price for new construction on Longboat: from the $2 [...]
Read More >>Made in Sarasota
Forget the framed photograph or pencil sketch of Fido; after his years of dedication, doesn’t the family pooch deserve something unique? For a one-of-a-kind testimonial-and one that can also hold a remote control, vase of flowers or even the mail-check out Wooden It Be Lovely, the sculptural furniture of Herb Morgan. A former illustrator and [...]
Read More >>Mr. Chatterbox
Pugs, pugs, everywhere! More than 100 in the costume competition alone, plus hundreds more running, playing and keeping a sharp eye out for any treats that might be within sniffing distance. Yes, the Ninth Annual Pug Parade, presented by SARASOTA Magazine and Lakewood Ranch, was bigger and better than ever. Grand Marshal Christina Crane from [...]
Read More >>The New Bully on the Block
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune‘s new headquarters misses the mark. Literally. Confession: I used to pore over books about the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Its soaring Trylon and Perisphere centerpiece and the General Motors Motorama display captivated me with their architectural flair and brash optimism. (This on the eve of the Second World War, mind you!) [...]
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