This Venice home for sale conjures the feeling of classic southern charm. One look at its Old Florida style and you’ll swear you are hearing the sound of a distant banjo, tasting an ice cold lemonade, and feeling a country breeze against your [...]

With a weather outlook of sunny skies and temperatures in the 70’s, we’d take any excuse to be outside this weekend. Lucky for us, there are two exceptional outdoor art and culture to choose from: the Sarasota Chalk Festival and the Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sandsculpting Competition. The Sarasota Chalk Festival is being held November 14 – 17 in [...]

With the beginning of season upon us, Boca Grande residents know how to celebrate their surroundings in style. Here is a list of the upcoming must-do moments: Sunday Shrimp-day: Visit Whidden’s Marina and purchase shrimp right off the boat! You can enjoy a fresh helping of the crustaceans on most Sundays. Annual Blessing of the Animals: On November [...]

A conference promoting People, Ideas, Nature, and Creativity (PINC) is making its American debut in Sarasota on November 6^th. For over fifteen years, PINC has been a stand-out event in the Netherlands, drawing crowds from all over the world. This year, it was Sarasota that drew PINC for its state-side introduction. Similar in format to [...]

Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte Counties are packed with ways to celebrate Halloween over the next couple of weeks– from ghost hunting and haunted forests to petting zoos and pumpkin festivals. So, costumes and candy at the ready – here are 16 ways to have a spook-tacular [...]

One of the most enjoyable things about selling homes in Southwest Florida is that we seldom have to “sell” our market. Once buyers have seen our communities and soaked-up a bit of their lifestyles, the region all but sells itself. All that necessarily remains is finding the right home to match their ideal lifestyle. [...]

Not unlike the Dots Per Inch (DPI) that combine to form a vivid printed photograph, Veronika Bajtala looks at her life as a collection of dots. Now a Realtor with Michael Saunders & Company’s Siesta Key office, her journey to this Sarasota barrier island is as unique as the images she captures though her photography lens. And as part of the [...]

With the Mall at University Town Center opening October 16^th, the excitement for the addition of 100 new stores and restaurants to the Sarasota area is so palpable, it can be cut with a sharp shopping bag. So, we polled part of the management team to find out which new boutiques or restaurants they can’t wait to visit. Check out their [...]

Architecture-lovers rejoice! The month of October will host an unprecedented amount of architecture-related events in the Sarasota area. A Scintillating Week of Sarasota Mod This four-day festival celebrates the area’s iconic design movement from the mid-20^th century – the Sarasota School of Architecture.  If you love modernism, [...]

How do you tell the story of a unique property in a way that is interesting while also defining the essence of the house and the community? Well, if you live in Sarasota, where the sea and sky marries arts and culture, then the canvas for creativity is as endless as the shimmering Gulf horizon. Such was the background for a recent [...]