The Beat Goes On
By Elana Galerman
Bongo and djembe beats fill the night sky as the warm Sarasota sun sets over the Gulf. Men, women and children bang drums, shake maracas, tap tambourines, dance freely or simply kick back and take it all in. This is the scene every Sunday night at the infamous Siesta Key Drum Circle. While...
Beach Odyssey
By Amy Nance
No one could confuse me with Homer. I could not imitate the ancient Greek poet on Halloween, and my own "legal" blindness was corrected with laser surgery. All we have in common is a penchant for sandals - flip-flops, in my case - and a mean wanderlust. But where Homer had Odysseus and Ithaca, I...
