I’m so excited to take in all the awesome happenings for Super Boat weekend … but if I can, I’ll be saving an hour here or there to check out some artisan chocolate and bubbly, local art, some sizzlin’ burlesque and flash mobs on the beach! Think you can keep up with me? At least give it a shot … you’re guaranteed to enjoy it.  Plus, I’ll have my foxy new photographer Zoe Rayor along with me this weekend. Hope you spot us … unless we spot you first! Check back [...]

The name is bold and exudes a New York sense of confidence. Does the quality of the new fella’s food support the brashy moniker? Without a doubt! Part Main Street deli, part grocer, part caterer,  part restaurant and completely Italian, the new Mozzarella Fella is creating New York-styled Italian specialties using locally-sourced ingredients; the best of two locales! Born into a New York Italian family, Michael Calore was introduced to homemade Italian cooking at a young age. Large family dinners every Sunday at his grandmother’s home sowed the seeds for [...]

Home Resource, the contemporary furniture showroom, sent a team of employees to Germany last week for product training and immersion into the German culture. Home Resource Co-owner Kathy Bush, General Manager Eric Cross and Retail Manager Rich Gaydosh trained at three different furniture manufacturing companies: Draenert, COR and Interlübke. “It’s an outstanding opportunity for our team to meet the owners of these companies, their staff, and to receive extensive training including factory visits,” said Michael Bush, Co-owner of Home Resource. “They also get to see the construction of product, absorb [...]

We here at SRiQ just can’t get enough of Walmart. Sure, they’re an easy target, but it’s one with hard lessons for Sarasota and how we think about development. There are too many conversations that take place in hushed tones: “Ssshhhh — traffic.” ”What … ssshhh, how many stories?” “Don’t say the ‘D’ word or people will get upset … sshhhhh.” Well, we are gonna take these on, because we can either talk about hard planning issues or get rolled by ‘em. And Walmart just rolled into town. So, let’s start [...]

The wet weather of the past few days has been making me even more excited to get out of the house and to the Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix events held throughout the weekend. Today on Wednesday, July 27 there are two events where you can see the boats and meet the teams racing this weekend. Our local team, Team REDS, will be at Morton’s Market in Osprey Village from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. In the evening Team REDS will join other race teams at Fleming’s Steakhouse (1001 Siesta Dr., [...]

June 27 of each year is recognized in the United States as National HIV Testing Day. Since 1995, communities around the country have sponsored testing events and education campaigns to coincide with the national observance, and Sarasota has been participating for many years. With support from the local and state health departments and the member organizations of the HIV/AIDS Network of Southwest Florida (HANS), our community has benefited greatly from an informed group of organizations, professionals, and agencies reaching out to the community in an effort to prevent the spread [...]