Living La Vida Online
I wrote about Facebook within a year after Mark Zuckerberg started “The Facebook” and signed up as soon as you didn’t need a dot-edu email to join.
25 Years of Mickee Faust
The self-described “community theater for the weird community” is a rollicking, raucous and occasionally randy cabaret show with a serious message.
Smile, you’re on Live! In Tallahassee
Hosts Ann Howard and Joel Silver are always on the lookout for good times to highlight in their “Live! In Tallahassee” television show.
We’ve Got Art in Public Places
Around town there are more than 140 sculptures, murals and windows, memorials and monuments. And now, for the first time, there is an online guide.
Food Trucks Are the Fastest Growing Business in Florida
Modern food trucks are hardly the little hot dog stands you might see on the beach or on a city street corner. They’re full-scale kitchens on the move.
Andy Reiss: 40 Years With the Tallahassee Restaurateur
After four decades as a restaurateur on the same corner in Tallahassee’s Downtown, Andy Reiss has something to celebrate.
Make an iPhone Fashion Statement
iDope makes its mark as a business for the customization and repair of iPhones and iPads.
The Buzz: Friends of Pam Forrester anxiously await invitations to semi-annual “Girl Party”
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER: who’s where and what they’re doing.
The "TBUF" Year
But for one almost-forgotten postwar academic year 66 years ago, a reluctant University of Florida grudgingly agreed to share a campus in Tallahassee.
Dishing With Marsha Doll
With a spiky golden blonde hairdo, short skirt, sky-high heels, blinged-out jewelry and energy to spare, Marsha Doll is easy to pick out in a crowd.
Fun Factoids about Halloween
The No. 1 costume for kids last year was a princess. For adults it was a ... Enjoy these frightfully good facts and not-so-spooky stats relating to Halloween.
Movin’ and Shakin’ in the Capital City
Updates on J. Kimbrough Davis, Barbara Ray, Althemese Barnes, Randy Esponda, Pat Kitchen, Michael Parker, Jan Gaston, Cynthia Wright and others.
Could Sitting at Work be Killing You?
A new phenomenon in the workplace, the stand-up desk is an easy-to-assemble attachment that makes sitting a bad habit of the past.
Bobby Bowden Knows the End of His Unparalleled Career is Near, But He is Driven to Go Out a Winner
Taking detours is a regular part of life for a big-time college football coach. Sometimes the bypass takes you down a one-lane country road searching for that diamond-in-the-rough recruit in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes it’s exiting through a side…
Economic Development Outlook
By Dr. Bill LawSouthside vibrant with new opportunityIf there’s anyplace in town I’m hesitant to describe, it’s the Southside – because that could change between writing it and getting it into print.Certainly there’s new development. We’ve seen an enormous project…
Challenges To Growth
What the South side community needs and what the challenges are.Resources, retention are issues By Jason Dehart Looking around his neighborhood, Bethel AME Church Pastor John Green said he knows what his community needs and what the challenges are.“I think that the…
Timeline
A Timline of Events on Tallahassee's South Side (since 1990) 1990:Tallahassee/Leon County Comprehensive Plan adopted. Local leaders recognized that while areas to the north and east were rapidly growing, the south side was experiencing population loss, high unemployment and “general…
New and Notable
A look at what's taking shape on Gaines StreetThe Arts and LeisureA new hotel takes shape on Gaines Street, while a grand performing arts center waits in the wingsBy Jason Dehart {mosimage}It’s no longer a dream on a sheet of paper.…
High Voltage Entrepreneur
When he was 8 years old, Dave Hoxeng would drift off to sleep listening to his crystal radio set, his dial already set to a lifetime in the radio business.
Key Players: Gaines Street Makeover
Big names in the Gaines Street renovation project The Short List of Key Players in the Gaines Street Makeover {mosimage}Tallahassee Mayor John MarksMarks was elected in 2003 and actively promotes the revitalization of not only the Gaines Street corridor but…
