The Bike Lane Viking
Editor’s Letter: January 2023 One great thing about our country is the way Americans of varied national and ethnic origins celebrate their heritages. From St. Patrick’s Day to Kwanzaa to…
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.
The Gift Guide
Editor’s Letter: December 2022 Welcome to the holiday season, the part of the year when that one forgotten corner of the Galleria parking lot gets its time to shine. The…
The Boat Showman
November 2022: Editor’s Letter The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Boating’s grandest event, Fort Lauderdale’s Super Bowl. A time for people to come together around a shared love of reasonably…
The Best Buyer
Editor’s Letter: October 2022 I’m never exactly sure what game my daughter is playing when she’s on the Xbox. There’s Fortnite, the game where I paid extra for some Ariana…
The Algorithm Lumberjack
Editor’s Letter: September 2022 If, unlike me, you are not a middle-aged man, you are possibly unaware of the small industry that exists around making men of my demographic into…
The Great Debate
Editor’s Letter: August 2022 Are you sick of arguing? It’s OK, I know I am. And yet every now and then, I let myself forget my rule – never argue…
Community Kitchen
July 2022: Editor’s Letter Not long ago, I went to an event at the Stranahan House. It wasn’t a wedding or a charity event; my buddy The Frenchman just wanted…
No Wake
Editor’s Letter: June 2022 Fort Lauderdale “Life was harder back in my day” stories are, I feel, sometimes a bit underwhelming. Mine are, anyway. I grew up off Commercial and…
Drive Time
Editor’s Letter: May 2022 I looked into the rearview mirror just in time to have a single thought: I’m about to get hit. Impact came a split second later. It…
On the Town
Editor’s Letter: April 2022 My first boyhood visit to Searstown has been lost to the mists of time, but it seems safe to assume it probably involved something like buying…
