Sea Change
Editor’s Letter: August 2018 The Fort Lauderdale neighborhood I grew up in, and where my parents still live, is called Knoll Ridge. It’s not a name anyone ever really used…
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.
The Inevitable
Editor’s Letter: July 2018 I remember not feeling particularly lucky, but knowing that I was. Hurricane Andrew coincided with the start of my high school football career. It made landfall…
A Rolling Scone Gathers No Moss
Editor’s Letter: May 2018 Scones can’t be that hard. I mean, they can’t be that hard to make. Screw them up and they can most certainly be that hard. Hockey-puck…
Following Flagler
Editor’s Letter: April 2018 Henry Flagler thought the land my house sits on would make excellent farmland. Yours too, if you live within whistling distance of the New River. If…
By Design
Editor’s Letter: March 2018 I feel like I can trust you, so I’m going to admit something. I have no idea what shiplap is. Literally none. What is it made…
Springing Back
Editor’s Letter: February 2018 Most Fort Lauderdale people, I reckon, have had this experience at least once. You’re somewhere far from Fort Lauderdale, and you mention to someone – we’ll…
The Floating Economy
Editor’s Letter: November 2017 Let me give you two words and, without thinking about it, note the first images you picture. Ready? Okay, here goes: yacht jobs. You can see…
Playing Favorites
Editor’s Letter: October 2017 If you watched the Dolphins in the ’80s you can skip the next several paragraphs, since you don’t need me to tell you who Jim Jensen…
Fashion Plate
Editor’s Letter: September 2017 In 1967, the Beatles released the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. (For good measure that year, they also released Magical Mystery Tour.) In that…
Community Wickets
Editor’s Letter: August 2017 I was in that bar down at the proletariat end of Las Olas, and I was in the mood to watch sports. So I ordered a…