Reading and Roaming
PORTLAND INTERLUDE As is our wont, our annual trip to Maine included about 36 hours in Portland. Portland is red brick and squawking gulls (Florida seagulls don’t seem to squawk, at least I haven’t heard them). It’s also home to a branch of the ubiquitous Sherman’s (books lowercase, gifty items uppercase), the seriously good Longfellow …
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DELVING INTO ONE’S PAST In my experience, individuals start getting seriously interested in genealogy, their family’s past, when they hit their 50’s. Middle age has settled in, the kids are grown or on their way out the door, and curiosity about one’s forebears rises to the fore. In my extended family, my Uncle John, my …
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ON STAGE—Always…Patsy Cline Florida Studio Theatre’s production of Always…Patsy Cline was a wonderful immersion in Cline’s most famous hits. This is a play, rather than a cabaret performance, although Patsy is mostly just singing. The context and glue are provided by the connection and friendship that developed between Houston fan Louise Seger and Cline. …
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DINING FIND Thanks to our friend Sue, we finally tried Bridge Street Bistro in Bradenton Beach. If you just walk by, you’ll see and probably hear a noisy set of diners on the ground floor. But, if like us, you prefer quiet and a more elegant dining room, then head up to the 3rd floor. …
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