![Boat parking at The Crow’s Nest in Venice [Photo: Lauren Jackson]](/sites/default/files/styles/popular_stories_teaser/public/2023-import/The-Crow%2527s-Nest-cropped__OPT.jpg.webp?itok=ycs37M-O)
Search
Editorial
Sarasota County is a place for the muses. There's plenty of places to capture an iconic moment with a brush in a canvas in the area. To the modern-day Monet, Sarasota is a heavenly muse. "When you paint the landscape, you're painting more than just a memory: you're painting a...
Editorial
Have fun with food at these local classes and demonstrations. A great way to get to know a place is through its food. And Sarasota has all kinds of delicious delicacies to explore, from fresh seafood straight out of the Gulf of Mexico to Amish-made peanut butter pies. To take...
Editorial
There are several ways to top off a juicy, fresh fish filet. Check out some of our favorite ones. Florida’s Gulf coast offers many varieties of tasty fish and, as a fishing gal myself, I’ve caught my share. But even if you don’t catch them yourself, they can easily be...
Editorial
When you're hungry for high quality but not excessive quantity, savor a variety of morsels at Sarasota's award-winning restaurants. Sampling hors d'oeuvres, antipasti or tapas is a playground for the palate and helps you keep some change in your pocket. Classic or trendy, indoors or out, here, good things really...
Editorial
From slow moving gopher tortoises to friendly scrub jays, Shamrock Park and Nature Centerin Venice is a nature lover's delight. Walkers and bikers alike will appreciate paved and grassy trails through coastal scrub and scrubby flatwoods. Connecting to Veneitian Waterway Park, which in turn continues to Legacy Trail and downtown...
Editorial
Enjoy intimate encounters with animals of all types at Jungle Gardens, an animal menagerie and show extravaganza Pop quiz – who's nearly 80 years old, has been to Folsom Prison, and performed on the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s? Johnny Cash? Nope. It's Frosty, the 79-year-old unicycle-riding cockatoo at...
Editorial
Being one of the most frequently played sports in Sarasota County, our tennis facilities are some of the best in the state. The Resort at Longboat Key Club is one of the nation's top ten tennis resorts offering 20 Har-Tru courts and stadium seating for up to 3,500 at its...
Editorial
After surviving a rowdy freshman year in college, I knew it was time I come home, dip my toes in the sandy shores of the Gulf Beaches and take a diminutive break from this thing we call reality. I did the side duties of calling my former employers, got an...
Editorial
Sometimes called trash fish, several Gulf Coast species are readily available and priced more reasonably to buyers. They are delicious if cooked properly! Porgy may not offer the glamour or pedigree of American Red Snapper, Red Grouper or Tuna, but in my fishing circle, we know a quality fish when...
Editorial
Englewood, Florida offers wine lovers lots to drink in and enjoy In Englewood, Florida, you can bank on finding beaches, boats, and plenty of seafood restaurants. But this coastal community is also home to something much less expected: a modern little winery. Catania's Winery Tucked amid tile, plumbing, and other...