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What To Do in Sarasota This Weekend, 2/14/2013
Your Weekend Top 5 1. Rain or shine, get ready to chill tonight at the Hangar at Flight Source with pop star Jon Secada. (It’s moved indoors from the bayfront Powel Crosley Mansion due to inclement weather.) The Chillounge Night folks bring their chic outdoor lounge furniture to Flight Source for a “Return to Romance”: [...]
Read More >>Win a Copy of “Hazan Family Favorites”
Still looking for the perfect gift for the foodie in your life? Enter to win one of three (3) signed copies of famed chef Giuliano Hazan’s new cookbook, Hazan Family Favorites, featured in our December issue. Entries must be received by midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012; winner will be selected and notified on Wednesday, Dec. 19, [...]
Read More >>Holiday Gift Guide: Spirits of the Season
Create good cheer with these holiday cocktails. A holiday cocktail can add festive spirit to any event. Nobody knows that better than Maeve Persquera, the national food and beverage director of Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, whose enviable job includes testing and selecting signature cocktails for the restaurants every Christmas season. We persuaded Persquera [...]
Read More >>What To Do in Sarasota This Weekend: 12/6/2012
Your Weekend Top 5 1. The Van Wezel opens its Broadway season tonight and tomorrow with the national touring production of Catch Me If You Can. The Tony Award-nominated musical relates the wild adventures of con man Frank Abagnale, who, in pursuit of the good life, poses as an airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer. [...]
Read More >>Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Foodies
By Heather Dunhill Make-it-yourself gift ideas from chef Christian Hershman. Chef Christian Hershman’s State Street Eating House feels like an alchemist’s lab as well as a chic neighborhood bistro. The bar shelves are lined with Mason jars of Hershman’s edible infusions, which he uses in many of the menu items, including specialty cocktails. We asked [...]
Read More >>What To Do in Sarasota This Weekend: 11/29/2012
Your Weekend Top 5 1. Kitty, the Patagonian sea lion,above, is all smiles because she and her BFFs, Rose and Stella, will be wintering at Mote Aquarium. The special exhibit, “Sea Lions: On the Water’s Edge,” opens Saturday, after a rollicking Sea Lion Soiree Friday night in the Mote courtyard. (Get your tickets for the cocktail [...]
Read More >>Holiday Gift Guide: The Perfect Present
Gifts both gorgeous and practical for the loved ones in your life. 1. Uniquely individual jewelry pieces are designed by Orlando Orlandini and entirely handmade in his old-world atelier in the Chianti hills of Tuscany. This one, with 18K gold and brilliant diamonds, is from the Fuego Collection and numbered five of 100. $4,640 at Diamond [...]
Read More >>Seven Questions with Clay Aiken
By Megan McDonald The former American Idol star brings his Joyful Noise 2012 tour to the Van Wezel on Nov. 24.
Read More >>What To Do in Sarasota This Weekend
Your Weekend Top 5 1. The Asolo Rep opens its much-anticipated “All-American Character” season Friday night with the Tony Award-winning musical 1776. Directed by Tony winner Frank Galati (who directed the Asolo’s triumphant My Fair Lady last season), it’s a lively look at the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence—a fitting balm after our [...]
Read More >>Holiday Gift Wrap Gets a Makeover
Emily Brown The holidays are fast approaching, and if you’re like us, you’re already getting in the spirit. It’s never too early to buy presents, and with Black Friday coming up soon, it’s time to get in some holiday gift wrapping. We’ve just brought you this year’s Holiday Gift Guide, showcasing local art and presents [...]
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