Skilled Labor for March, 2010: Monique Richter

Editor's Note

By: Tobin Bennison

So I’m thinking about inviting “The People” over for a dinner party, but I’m running into some terrible logistical problems. It’s not the difficulty of getting my hands on all the extra chairs so much as the astronomical cost of putting on the shindig. I’m trying to cut corners wherever I can, but I stand firmly in my belief that paper plates are definitely the way to go, and the planet be damned. And then there’s the bathroom situation. But where I’m... [Read more...]

Features This Month

L. Paul Mann

Mammoth Mountain, California: Four Seasons of Outdoor Fun About 110, 000 years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions created a massive lava dome known today as Mammoth Mountain. Towering above the Central California landscape, the mountain continues to be an active geological site. Best known as the... [Read more...]

Tobin Bennison

Many local artists look to the water for inspiration, but few have gone to the lengths — or indeed, depths — Monique Richter has in search of creative guidance. Born and raised on the beaches of Ft. Lauderdale, Monique moved to Melbourne five years ago, and now, at the young age of 26, she’s... [Read more...]

By: Tobin Bennison

TWENTY QUESTIONS with Lamothe Lormier, President of The Global Family, Inc. Any current discussion of Haiti is bound to include mention of the recent earthquake and its impact on the nation’s long-beleaguered history. But in interviewing Haitian-born Satellite Beach resident Lamothe Lormier, president... [Read more...]

By: Tobin Bennison

THE 1st ANNUAL COCOA BEACH WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL On March 13, Lori Wilson Park will be transformed into an international tasting village as part of the inaugural Cocoa Beach Wine & Food Festival. Conceived by Cocoa Beach attorney Tony Hernandez III, the Festival has been three years in the making,... [Read more...]

Word On The Street

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Local Scribes

Rick LaClaire

This Happened To Us! Part II It is January as I write this. Presently, Florida is suffering the longest cold snap ever. Usually, a cold snap is just that: a quick chill. Not so, this winter of 2010. I have counted six mornings now with readings in the 20s and 30s, with more on the way. We’re actually... [Read more...]

Dan Reiter

Letter to the President of the United States February 20, 2010 The Honorable Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: My name is Dan Reiter and I live in Cocoa Beach, Florida. We have a charming little town here, rich in history, culture, and... [Read more...]

David Sherman

Channel of Darkness Many years ago I read the great biographical work “Murrow: His Life and Times,” by A. M. Sperber. Since that time I have owned six copies — each had to be replaced because I kept giving them to journalism majors. Most of these students were specifically hoping for... [Read more...]

Previous Restaurant Reviews

By: Tobin Bennison

My problem with reality shows isn’t so much that they elevate mundane events to the level of high Greek tragedy, the fact that they choose to uglify subjects that are often far better left alone, nor the way they’ve changed the very nature of editing for continuity’s sake into an insidious... [Read more...]

Tobin Bennison

I think I’m part Lebanese. There’s no earthly accounting for this feeling, of course. On paper, my father’s family came from Ireland in the 1800s and my mother’s family sailed from southern Italy around the same time. I have no real genetic link to Lebanon, yet I experience a... [Read more...]

By: Tobin Bennison

In one of the most referenced, praised, and unread books in the world of literature, Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” it’s the chance bite of a madeleine, a small, scallop-shaped cake, that spurs the author on a 7-volume rediscovery of his youth. The episode proved... [Read more...]

By: T. Bennison

Love. Surf. Eat. You’d be hard pressed to find a motto that captures the spirit of beachside living better than that. Those three simple directives form Da Kine Diego’s guiding credo, which, while certainly catchy and pithily evocative of this area’s ingrained principles, also hides... [Read more...]

By: Tobin Bennison

If any nation lives up to its hospitable reputation, it’s Jamaica, and Montego Bay native Trevor Dixon is the perfect ambassador for the friendliest tropical isle in the world. To be fair, Jamaica isn’t without its share of problems, but he’s the right man to remind you of the good things;... [Read more...]