Loyalties may lie with popular table-top brands like Cholulua, Sriracha or Tabasco but this is the sauce that will make taste buds wander. And they won’t have to go far because Wake ‘N’ Bake Chipotle hot sauce isn’t imported. It’s a smoky, tangy and a Sarasota original.   Local flavor maker Robert Boyland, a 32-year-old … MORE>>
Millennials are waiting longer to marry It’s probably no surprise to learn that fewer millennials are marrying early on in life, but here’s a roundup of the numbers according to a recent analysis of census data conducted by Stateline. Nationally, the number of people between the ages of 20 and 34 who have never married … MORE>>
Thanks to gift drives and the donors who make them possible, millions of needy youngsters won’t feel forgotten on Christmas morning. But in the push to make sure no child goes without, too often it is teenagers who wind up without any gifts. By design, most gifting programs target age groups younger than 14. That’s … MORE>>
I miss a decent Shawarma, catching a cab at all hours and the intoxicating smell of curry spice in my apartment hallway on the 14th floor. I miss diversity because I traded it in for sunny Sarasota. As the mother of a mixed-race child in Sarasota’s largely affluent, white landscape, I worry about his lack … MORE>>
Dr. Karl Lewis is dentist and a live music producer who is working to change Sarasota’s arts landscape for a good cause. Sure he wants you to brush, floss and rinse. But Lewis also is the founder of Real People Real Music, an organization devoted to creating a more diverse live local music scene. Lewis once … MORE>>
If the name sounds familiar, it is. This Sarasota resident’s name has never been been far from the media, but it recently blazed through Fox news and the Orlando Sentinel among others, when he provoked some and angered others with his latest exhibit: the burning of the Confederate flag across 13 Southern states. But for many, it … MORE>>