Orange You Glad
Editor’s Letter: March 2021 Like any journalist, I appreciate a good gotcha question. You know the kind. The TV reporter walks up to the dodgy muffler repair shop or the…
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Erik Petersen
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In 11 years working in US and UK print media, Erik has sparked debate, built relationships and delivered quality journalism. His work was shortlisted several times in Britain's primary newspaper awards. In 2009, Erik was named columnist of the year.
Galey’s Home
She has millions of social media followers and a thriving home design business that’s not even her primary job. But for Galey Alix, giving people the homes they dream of…
Long Live Jezebel
Editor’s Letter: February 2021 Next month, we’ll see all the anniversary stories. The remembrances. The thinkpieces on what we’ve learned. It will have been one year of pandemic, and so…
City As Gym
Editor’s Letter: February 2021 The last time I left the gym, I was thinking that as weird as it might look, maybe I should buy some surgical gloves to wear…
The Best of Us
Editor’s Letter: December 2020 It’s good to be local. I mean, don’t get me wrong, we here in Fort Lauderdale love our tourist friends. They’re one of the main ways…
Selling Boats
Editor’s Letter: November 2020 I’d be terrible at selling boats. I mean, I’d be terrible at selling most anything, but I feel like I’d find a way to somehow be…
Water Boom
The industry that provides so many jobs for Fort Lauderdale has, in recent months, been on a record‑breaking pace. Now boating and yachting industry leaders want to keep the momentum…
Spooky but Safe
Ideas for a fun Halloween during COVID-19. 1. Reverse Trick-or-Treat Kids dress up and stand in their front yards. Then get a few grown-ups together to drive by and chuck…
Over the Rainbow
Magic Playhouse owner Alexandra Ventura has come up with a number of fun, sensory‑based projects for young children. Here’s one that you can do with not too many supplies –…
Pretty Good
Editor’s Letter: October 2020 Many seasons ago, when today’s mango trees were mango saplings and the Panthers were an expansion team, I studied journalism at a state university in the…