These are a few of my favorite things about the New Summer Menu at Lee Roy Selmon’s:

Rock Shrimp! I love the texture of these plump, bite-sized shrimp and the fact that at Selmon’s I can have a pile of them lightly fried and served with an honest-to-goodness homemade spicy cocktail sauce.

Strawberry Mojito!!…

For the second time since first losing my hair over a decade ago, I have hair.  Not a lot of hair, not long hair, not normally textured hair, but hair.  What I mean is that the total area of my head with hair growth is greater than the total area without hair.  I’m still losing hair, not all over all-at-once, but in roving bald spots.  So I have to be creative, moving…

How To Save Your Lashes From Summertime Slip-Ups

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Light The Night Walk recently named Miranda Cosgrove as the National Ambassador for the Light The Night Walks that will take place across North America this fall.  View a video featuring Miranda Cosgrove here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBxJE7Ule4A 

Cosgrove, known for her singing and acting in roles in television and movies such as iCarly, Drake & Josh…

In Honor of Mother's day I've compiled a list of ideas for things to do, places to go, and gifts to buy for Mom...

Mother's Day Gift:

The best Mother’s Day gift this year is a membership to the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. There are many different tiers of membership depending on how much you wish to spend and it truly is one of the most beautiful and peaceful spaces in Sarasota…

Not so fast Myriad Genetics.  Back to court with you so the judicial system can reconsider the decision to uphold your patents on OUR BRCA genes.  Good news for we BRCA mutation carriers, bad news for you.  Or is it?

Myriad’s stock rose 56 cents on Monday, following the Supreme Court ruling that their right to patent our genes needs to be…

Tino Wallenda and the Flying Wallenda family will attend the World Premiere screening of THE SHOW MUST GO ON

on Friday, April 20th at 5:30 PM, Sarasota Opera House.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON explores the unique familial bond that exists within the high flying Wallenda clan who,…

The first round of announcements have been made about the Sarasota Film Festival (SFF), and, no, the rumors that John Hamm will be in attendance were not confirmed. However, the implication at the SFF kick-off party was that more big announcements are yet to be made, contingent on confirmation from the stars. Hope is not lost; handsome Hamm could still make the list! But no matter who comes to town, the SFF, scheduled for April 13-22, is sure to be a good time!…

We’re gearing up for Selection Sunday March 11^th, 2012 and, if you are involved in an office bracket like I am, you know that Sunday signifies the official start of March Madness!! I’m the organizer of the brackets in my office pool – The ‘Bracket Mistress’ –  and this year I am bound and determined to come out on top. I am offically declaring that I want UNC-Asheville to live up to the hype and win it all because I am NOT a Syracuse fan. A group of us diehard March Madness fans…

The Sarasota Film Festival has announced NYU@SFF, our inaugural program presented in association with NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Working with student filmmakers, producers, curators, professors and alumni to create a program of films and events at this year’s festival, The SFF will provide a showcase for NYU Tisch filmmakers to share their work, ideas and vision in our community. The 14^th Annual Sarasota Film…

A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar will be exhibiting at the 31st Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend.  It's a great Fair, with many notable book dealers from across the…

The Sarasota Film Festival is proud to announce that Jake Schreier's ROBOT & FRANK will open the 2012 Festival with a screening at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Friday, April 13^th. Frank Langella and Mr. Schreieattend the festival’s Opening Night festivities.

Set in the near future, ROBOT & FRANK is the story of Frank (Frank Langella), a retired thief living alone and resigned to longing for the local librarian (Susan Sarandon).…

The dust has settled ever so slightly on the Komen-Planned Parenthood eruption.  It seems everyone and their cousin has weighed in on the issue.  Meanwhile, I’ve listened.  My overall perception and opinion of Komen hasn’t changed at all, but I think the depth of my understanding of has.

According to Karen Handel, the emails that Komen was getting in…

Historically men have dominated green jobs, yet a new report is trying to shift the tides. The report recently released by the Department of Labor, “Why Green Is Your Color: A Woman's Guide to a Sustainable Career,” highlights the fact that green jobs tend to be dominated by men, yet opportunities abound for women as well. It has been noticed as well by Ecotech Institute, the first and only college entirely focused on preparing America’s…

Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American sex educator, nurse, and birth control activist. Sanger coined the term birth control, opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established Planned Parenthood. Sanger's efforts contributed to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case which legalized contraception in the United States. Her famous article, The Case for Birth Control, was first published in the WOMAN CITIZEN, Volume 8, February…

 Inspirations Day Spa is now open in downtown Sarasota. The day spa extends the quality personal-care services clients have been enjoying for years at Inspirations Salon.  As a special introduction to the spa, massages and facials may be enjoyed for only $49.  A wide range of services are offered by the spa’s highly trained staff:  Massage (Swedish,…

On February 21, 1828, the first printing press designed to use Sequoyah's newly invented Cherokee alphabet (a system representing each syllable in the Cherokee language with a separate written character) arrives at New Echota, Georgia. Within months, the first Indian language newspaper, called the Cherokee Phoenix, appeared in print.



To celebrate this phenomenal achievement and to remind us how poorly we have treated our Native…

(The following is a 4women guest blog from Liz Belilovskaya, of I Had Cancer.)

When you or someone you love is diagnosed with cancer, your natural reaction may be to want to find out as much as possible about the disease, from available treatment options, to likely side effects, to the day-to-day…

Could hair tests someday provide a viable alternative to mammograms?  An Australian research consortium is exploring the possibility after discovering that hair from women with breast cancer had a different cell structure to hair from women without the disease.

The technology being tested is a…

A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar is having a 20% Off Sale on all books, both in-store and online.  Please join us at 1488 Main Street, downtown Sarasota from December 10th through the 24th, or visit online.  Happy Holidays!…