The Longboat Key Fire-Rescue Department is hosting an open house from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., March 31 at the Longboat Key Fire Department, 5490 Gulf of Mexico Drive. See what’s new and exciting at the department, including a vehicle extrication demo with Jaws of Life at 11:30 a.m., followed by a tour of the [...]
Cloudy mornings on LBK beaches have a pleasing two-fold effect. They allow me to see birds without the glare of water and sand that is found on bright sunny days. They also turn the landscape into a theatrical stage setting, thereby creating mood.
The Longboat Key Garden Club hosted its 36th Annual Home Tour last weekend. The tour featured six homes and an assortment of local boutiques, and guests were entertained by the musical stylings of Mary and Dan Miller.
Sandy Endres is ready to greet Seaplace residences at the Black and White Dinner event held Feb. 15. Endres heads up the committee of seven members who donate their time and are very creative in their planning of social events for Seaplace. More than 80 residents attended, all dressed in the color theme. Endres is [...]
It’s New Year’s Day morning as my wife and I walk on Whitney Beach toward Beer Can Island. The blue sky looks vast and enormous, as there are a few long lines of clouds that stretch for miles. They accentuate the horizon’s curve as if they were deliberately drawn by an artist’s hand. I feel like a mere speck on a globe, which is slowly spinning in space. It’s a perspective I get only on the beach.
Longtime and beloved Seaplace resident Blanche Miller celebrated her 96th birthday at a luncheon hosted by Seaplace residents Michael Renick and Eric Teoh at The Lazy Lobster. Blanche has lived at Seaplace for 21 years and is actively involved in her community’s events. She is loved by all, and her New Year’s Day BYOB (Bring [...]
As my wife and I start the walk to Beer Can Island, my heart is noticeably beating and memories come flooding back. There’s the spot where I unearthed a large, almost undamaged lightning whelk that now sits on a bookshelf in our home in New York. There’s a partial makeshift path behind the mangroves where we sometimes walked when the tide was high. There are large mangroves jutting out near it, which we don’t remember, that make this spot look like a foreign country…
Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson captures romance. Join her as she teaches an “Introduction to Adobe Lightroom” program at the Ringling Longboat Key Center for the Arts on Thursday, Feb. 23-24, from 9 – 12 each day. Learn how to digitally manage and edit all your photos in one program. Call the LBK Center [...]
Trees, toasts and treasured stories were the order of the day Jan. 19, as the ladies of the Longboat Keys Garden Club planted a new Geiger tree at Bicentennial Park at Town Hall.
The Longboat Key Garden Club is celebrating Arbor Day at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 19 at Bicentennial Park on Longboat Key. A butterfly friendly tree will be planted. Please bring favorite tree story or joke and be part of the celebration. Chairpersons for the event are Virginia Sanders and Jean White.
