Inspired and excited about the upcoming Sarasota Chalk Festival, I searched everywhere for my chalks—but I couldn’t find them. Still inspired, with pencil I scribbled together this video about the Chalk Festival and the weekend’s Halloween festivities. Two of my favorite things!! Something catch your fancy? Here are links to Kirsten’s mentionables.  – Sarasota Chalk Festivalchalkfestival.org- Halloween Bash at Evie’s Tavernfacebook.com/eviestavernfacebook.com/events/295846343854139/- Masquerade Halloween Party at Ivory Loungefacebook.com/ivorysarasotafacebook.com/events/421013447957279/?ref=ts&fref=ts – Wet Noses’ 1st Annual Cat and Dog Costume Paradefacebook.com/SarasotaPetGrooming?ref=ts&fref=tsfacebook.com/events/505794202765229/- Halloween Party at the St. Armands Daiquiri Deckfacebook.com/DaiquiriDeckStArmandsfacebook.com/events/478001572221358/- Punk Rock Betty’s Bloodbath Halloween Party [...]

  Don Spera loves Halloween and all things horror-related. Don Spera also has diabetes. Combine these elements and you get Cemeterror – “A Haunt to Die For,” the annual non-profit Halloween “yard-haunt” that began as an extravagant lawn display in 2009. Spera, who has worked on large commercial haunted houses in the past, sees Cemeterror as a chance to do something a little different within the haunted house genre. “Our focus is more on a ghostly encounter rather than violence and a lot of gore. We think that the world has [...]

- For more photos, visit and “Like” Instudio E on Facebook. What a busy Friday night and fabulous weather. We headed out to Culinary Rhythms benefiting the Center for Building Hope, hosted by Bill Garst at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota. We found a plethora of happy people and wonderful sponsors. Then we checked out the Bearded Clam Waterfront Restaurant & Tiki Bar‘s new toys and great renovation. They’re totally ready for the three-hour long dueling pianos next Friday! We followed up the Clam with some truly “Lumpytunes! Live,” the WSLR benefit at Growlers Pub. [...]

In our relentless pursuit of building a place for the creative class, we looked for ways you can build your skills, meet the players, have a little fun and then advocate like crazy for that place. Here’s the thing in Sarasota and the new economy: You can’t just go to the networking events sponsored by your own (fill-in-the-blank profession) monthly meetings. Here are five events to start; in talking with several of the sponsors, they would be thrilled to have you attend. Thrilled. These five events (many free, some with [...]

I’m feeling under the weather, but that’s not gonna stop me from enjoying this beautiful October weather and the passionate events this weekend in Sarasota.  Something catch your fancy? Here are links to Kirsten’s mentionables.  – Pasta Potluck Dinner at Mr. Beery’sfacebook.com/pages/Mr-Beerys/420325870533facebook.com/events/106134602877283/- Night of the Axes at Pastimes Pubhttps://www.facebook.com/redsevenshttps://www.facebook.com/events/338004919614827/?ref=ts&fref=ts- GWiz Bar Camp 2012 Fall Conferencefacebook.com/gwizsarasota?ref=ts&fref=tsfacebook.com/events/419403091440459/- Show at Jake’s Tavern, feat. Supervillains, Crazy Carls, Matt G. & Undertowfacebook.com/JakesTavern?ref=ts&fref=tsfacebook.com/events/123651044448823/It Takes a Village: Round 2 at Blasé Cafefacebook.com/pages/The-Blasé-Café-Martini-Bar/136533766420776?fref=tsfacebook.com/events/289229637860072/?ref=ts&fref=tsThe Closet Presents: Chrch!!! at ArtCenter Sarasotafacebook.com/ArtCenterSarasotafacebook.com/events/109762082511531/?ref=ts&fref=ts

“Grassroots marketing is what we believe in,” says Reagan Jones, Registered Dietician and food and nutrition consultant to Cabot Creamery. As often as I see Cabot out in the community, it appears to me that this large company keeps it personal. With over 1,200 farm families contributing in the Northeast (including upstate New York), they can say with pride they are a true cooperative; no marketing turns of phrase will be found here. In fact, 100 percent of the profit goes back to the families. Cabot cheese has won every [...]