V.3 Fall 2016 Arts & Culture Issue
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JJ Grey Performs on a Swing in his Yard: Behind the Scenes
During our photo shoot with JJ Grey at his home on Amelia Island, the poetic rocker treated us to an impromptu performance of The Hurricane, a song off his latest album. Chickens ran under foot, peacocks called and the wind (literally and lyrically) blew Spanish moss in the oak trees above as this Florida son crooned acoustic. Wait for […]
Orange Crush: a Story From the Citrus Groves
Many beverages conjure the upcoming winter holidays: mulled wine, hot cocoa, peppermint-flavored tea and lattes. But for my family, nothing more aptly toasts the season than an icy, pulpy glass of orange juice, just-squeezed from Hamlins grown on my grandfather’s grove in Zolfo Springs. (It’s great with a splash of champagne, too.) My family relishes […]
Thanks a Lot-tery
I walked into my neighborhood Publix one night in 2012 and immediately spotted a man in line for Powerball tickets who was far better dressed than the usual gamblers. The lottery line offers a cross section of the Sunshine State’s poor to middle-class residents: young and old, fat and skinny, gay and straight, white, black, […]
The Roost: Signature Florida Architecture
SIESTA KEY The modern main home was built in 2007. Its 4,755 square feet of living space includes three bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths. The adjacent 935-square-foot guest home is the restored 1948 Revere Quality House, built in the Sarasota School of Architecture style. The guest house has two bedrooms and one bathroom, and was originally […]
Made In FLA: Crackercaster Guitar, Tree-mendous Tunes
Sure they debate about strings and superstars, but Tampa-based guitar makers Ben Chafin and Mick Donner also banter a lot about wood—What’s a protected species? What can’t you import? With forest-friendly thinking, they challenged themselves to design a line of instruments constructed entirely of timber from their home state. Dubbed “Crackercasters” (an homage to Florida […]
The Spread: Old-Florida Seafood Soiree
In the pages of their book, Saints of Old Florida, coauthors Melissa Farrell, Christina McDermott and Emily Raffield pay homage to small towns with saintly prefixes along the Gulf Coast by recounting stories and sharing recipes for the food that flavors the seaside way of life, from Port St. Joe to St. Marks. Here we […]
The Tide: Fall 2016
North BULLS ON THE BEACH Perdido KeySeptember 9–10 This adrenaline-filled rock-and-roll rodeo features professional bull riders from across the Southeast, roping and wrangling live cattle on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. Should the pros’ athleticism inspire you (or Flora-Bama’s signature beverage, the Bushwhacker, provide some liquid bravado), show off your own riding skills […]
Floridiana: Air Supply
When acclaimed Sarasota architect Tim Seibert remodeled a then-unremarkable house on Siesta Key in 1971, he dressed up the home with a lacelike curtain of mid-century modern breeze blocks along its western wall. The breeze blocks—concrete structures crafted in geometrically appealing shapes and patterns that facilitate the flow of air and outside views from inside […]
