Order Up
Editor’s Letter: June 2021 You can’t change where you’ve been, but you can change where you’re going. It’s one of those old truisms that’s a bit of a cliché, but…
From the Editor
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Erik Petersen, Editor
Erik Petersen was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, he began his journalism career at The Kansas City Star. He then spent 11 years in Britain at the Nottingham Post before returning to his hometown in 2014. He tries never to miss an ArtWalk, and you might also find him watching Panthers hockey or cricket in Lauderhill. His wife, Joanna, teaches high school English and his daughter, Anya, attends elementary school. Their pet pig, Penelope, gets into trouble in the backyard.
On the Road Again
Editor’s Letter: May 2021 Many of my best childhood memories came courtesy of RVs and campgrounds. My dad was a high school teacher, so family vacations were of the two-month…
In the House
Editor’s Letter: April 2021 I have no idea where any of this money is going. By the time you read this, I will have completed buying a new house, a…
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…
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…
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…
What Feels Good
Editor’s Letter: September 2020 With so many people working from home and figuring out different routines, concepts like “work casual” can seem a bit different right now. Any work-from-home ensemble…