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By Veronica Pastore We were a little late, as is my custom, so I grabbed Alexis’ hand and told her to stay close. With a stream of exceedingly polite “excuse me”s, we two slight girls slunk through a deep crowd in the VIP “floor” section, ultimately nestling into the pit about six feet from the [...]
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By Veronica Pastore I wouldn’t know it was there if no one told me. And when I walked into Divino to find an empty bar around 9:30 pm last Wednesday, I was worried—where was “La Veranda,” the fabulous late-night happy hour I’d been hearing about? The party, the bartender motioned, was outside in the courtyard [...]
Read More >>“Where are we?” That’s Erin, my companion for the night, making her concern known as I park in a dark, vacant lot at the corner of Lemon Avenue and Fourth Street, just north of Fruitville Road. “Don’t worry,” I say, and lead her down the short walk past Station 400 to The Blue Rooster, Sarasota’s [...]
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