Reading and Roaming
RESTAURANTS. I’m passionate about food and love dining at casual places, fancy restaurants, and even at home. Here are my takes on several local restaurants, two new ones, one repeat. DINING FIND Element in downtown Sarasota is part of Duval’s group of restaurants and is their upscale dining spot. We went for dinner on a Saturday …
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SUNNY ISLES We made a brief trip south this past week to visit some very good friends who spend about two months on Captiva. Captiva and its larger, more commercial neighbor, Sanibel, are lush with greenery, crowded during this season, and strung out between a bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Pretty great venue for …
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BIRDS This week we’ve had several early morning low tides with a wide expanse of mud. Perfect for the birds. One day there was a flotilla of pelicans (white ones in a ring), the usual gulls, several groups of ibis with their heads and beaks mostly in the down position, and far out in the …
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IDYLLIC ST. PETERSBURG With the incentive of an evening event in St. Petersburg, the Chief Penguin and I decided to drive up early and do a bit of exploration. We had whizzed by the city exits in the past, and once, years ago, we stayed at the famous pink palace hotel on St. Pete Beach, …
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