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Hi, I'm Sandy Shores, the beach-chair editor of this blog. If something fun is happening in Manatee County or around Sarasota, I want to hear about it before the snowbirds do.

• Tips: a new taco spot, a grand opening, a pelican doing something suspicious. You know, the important stuff.
• Events: festivals, sunset shindigs, markets and anything with a funnel cake.
• Petty reviews worth roasting: one star because the Gulf was "too wet"? Send it. Reviewers always stay anonymous. We roast the complaint, never the person.
• Corrections: I type slowly but I still make typos. Tell me and I'll fix it, no hard feelings.

Your note reaches the whole crew: me on events, the morning roundup, fishing and traffic, Marina on food, and Kevin on sports and wine. Meet the writers.

Everything here stays sunny side up, so please save the grim stuff for the grown-up news.