Roots

My daughter and I came home from Publix the other day with a trunk full of groceries. When we dumped the bags on the kitchen counter we realized we had forgotten the basil and almond paste. Whole Foods is a lot closer to our house than Publix, so we shot over there to...

140 Characters is Way Too Many Letters.

Twitter has forever changed the way people communicate because being limited to 140 characters forces writers to be succinct. Even if you dislike Twitter, you can thank it for forcing people to shorten their prose. As editor Arthur Polotnik wrote, “You write to...

Tourism. The Rodney Dangerfield of Industries.

After almost every punch line, a googly-eyed, sweating Rodney Dangerfield would tug at his tie and utter his famous line, “Awww, I don’t get no respect.” Seems to me the entire travel and tourism industry could do the same thing. Tourism is a trade that encompasses so...

A Victory for Democracy in Florida

Yesterday was an historic day for supporters of fair elections in Florida and our nation.The Florida State Legislature has passed a bill to reform Florida’s faulty voting system. Read the Miami Herald Article here As posted a few days ago here, Turkel partnered...
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