Reading and Roaming
With the exception of the lecture we heard, these films and books all focus on women—young women, angry women, and one, a queen. BINGEING ON MOVIES AT HOME The Chief Penguin and I are trying to catch up on some of this past year’s best films, or at least ones that got a lot of …
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CRUISING Some folks choose a cruise for the ports of call, others for just the experience of being at sea. The motivation for our five-day Western Caribbean cruise was a gathering of the Chief Penguin’s cousins. Some of these cousins saw each other weekly as kids, but hadn’t spent any appreciable time together in years …
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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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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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