Editor’s Note: First Place Never Felt so Great
Equality—it’s a word that elicits eye rolls or fist pumps, depending on which side of the equation you’re on. For those facing the inequities, the word represents an aspiration, which can become a force like those we have seen on a national level with major social movements over the past couple of years. For those […]
Editor’s Note: It’s Personal
I was a sophomore at Florida State in 1997, the year Rolling Stone magazine arrived to write a story about the No. 1 party school in America. What the writer discovered was the No. 1 party guy, Bert Kreischer, along with a legion of revelers, laughing and chugging behind him, from bar to tailgate to […]
Editor’s Note: Fresh-Squeezed Icons
What is a Florida Icon? Mickey Mouse? Naval oranges? Or our favorite bird—the pink flamingo? You don’t even have to cross the state line to know that these beloved symbols universally represent Florida. But for those of us who grow up here, raise our families here, go to college here, take our first jobs here, […]
Editor’s Note: Road Trippin’ with Audrey
I’m not going in the pool if you don’t get in … and get your hair wet. This was the ultimatum on a sunny fall day from 7-year-old Audrey. My daughter stood, arms crossed and tapping her foot, at the edge of the baroque pool at Hotel Victor, a modern, art deco building overlooking South […]
Editor’s Note: Get Your Groove On!
If you haven’t noticed yet, I’m a music fan—with everyone from Fleetwood Mac to Indigo Girls, JJ Grey, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Zac Brown Band, Taylor Swift and Sugarland populating the soundtrack of my life. And if you’ve been reading Flamingo over the last three years, then you’ve actually gotten to meet some of these artists […]
Editor’s Note: Summer Loving
We’ve hit double digits! I can’t believe this is Flamingo’s tenth edition. Every issue is the result of an intense creative process, each emerging with its own distinct personality. Around the office we unofficially refer to each volume by what’s on the cover. “The Kelsey,” issue No. 2, one of my favorite covers, features an […]
Editor’s Note: A Spring In Our Step
Two years ago, Flamingo’s first issue launched with an ambitious theme, “Iconic Florida,” which captured the spirit of the magazine we wanted to create. Before Flamingo, the only iconic thing Florida lacked was a publication as grand as the state, with an authentic voice and a vision of bringing Floridians together. Since volume No. 1, […]
Editor’s Note: Hit Me Like a Hurricane
When my family and I returned to Florida five years ago, we took comfort in the fact that nearly 50 years had passed since a hurricane directly hit the Jacksonville area. According to local lore, Jacksonville didn’t really have hurricanes. Something to do with the shape of the coast-line up here. Well, we saw how […]
Editor’s Note: The Day the Music Lived
May 27 was a sunny spring day in North Florida. I was excited to see Tedeschi Trucks Band christen Jacksonville’s Daily’s Place amphitheater by performing on its opening night. Local guitar virtuoso Derek Trucks helms the 12-member band with his wife, Susan Tedeschi, and I was lucky enough to interview the couple for Flamingo last […]
