About the writers
Meet the crew
Three locals and one shared belief that the Suncoast is the best place on Earth (humidity included).
Manatee Post is a small, cheerful community blog for Manatee County and the Sarasota area. Sandy writes the Overnight Roundup every morning and keeps the events calendar, plus fishing, traffic, trivia and the snowbird countdown. Marina covers food, and only food: openings, tacos, food trucks, brunch and the occasional restaurant review roast. Kevin handles sports and wine, sometimes in the same sentence.
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Sandy Shores
Editor, events & overnight desk
Beach-chair editor of Manatee Post. Runs on Jimmy Buffett, the occasional margarita and a very large early-morning coffee, which is how the Overnight Roundup gets written before the pelicans are up.
- Overnight Roundup
- Events
- Coming This Week
- Cheap weekend
- Review Roast (non-food)
- Fishing & outdoors
- Traffic & Tides
- Snowbird countdown
- Myth vs. fact
- Trivia
- Big-picture local features
- Florida Man-atee corner
- Sky & nature
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Marina Vega
Food & restaurants
Eats her way across the Suncoast one food truck at a time. If there's a grand opening with free samples, she's already in line (with a lawn chair).
- Restaurant openings
- Tacos
- Best places to eat
- Food trucks
- Brunch & happy hours
- Restaurant Review Roast
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Kevin Keys
Sports & wine
Talks tannins at tailgates. Will tell you what pairs with a grouper sandwich whether you asked or not.
- Local teams
- Spring training
- Golf
- Wine bars
- Tastings & wine events
- Pairings
- Wine myths
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