Write-ups in travel magazines or newspaper sections usually means good news – Some reviews...
Sometimes, you just can’t catch a break.
The Fabulous Florida Keys were featured in a couple of big travel-oriented publications recently. When a destination gets written up in...
Not just for breakfast anymore – Slogans and mealtime meet in a harmonic convergence...
“It’s not just for breakfast any more!” The Florida Orange Juice Growers (or more likely, its ad agency) created this slogan to try and expand the orange...
A PRIMARY ON KEYS CRITTERS
Visitors to our islands often notice that the various types of wildlife that inhabit these coral rocks are different than the species they have at home. No...
Seafood and Eat It! And Listen to the Music! – Florida’s Original Seafood Festival...
It’s time for our town’s biggest event, and it’s the Florida Keys second largest event behind only Fantasy Fest. That’s right – it’s Seafood Festival Weekend! While...
(Not So) Sterling Behavior corrected by Commissioner Silver
The 1919 World Series is remembered for the Chicago Black Sox scandal, where eight players of the White Sox were indicted and tried for “fixing” the Series...
When the Media Gets it Wrong… …and why it matters.
I used to have a great deal of respect for Jim DeFede.
For those who missed the “investigative” report he filed on Miami CBS affiliate WFOR, a story...
TSA! TSA! (Or, how’s the view, officer?)
After last week’s column dealing with Hell, I decided to revisit another of those true tales from my life that no one could make up.
One of the...
No Revival Necessary
Last week I had the good fortune to see John Fogerty live in concert at the Hard Rock Live. As many of you know, Fogerty was the...
Nelson Mandela is finally free – The story of this revolutionary leader and reconciler...
It was past deadline last week when I learned of the death of one of the last century’s most significant people: Nelson Mandela. Along with people like...
Playing the Name Game – Chuck, Chuck, bo-buck, banana-fanna fo… never mind.
So there I was, browsing casually throughout the Internet, looking for a topic for this week’s column, when all of a sudden, there it was! On the...
