Tag: Sarasota
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Lease renewal nonsense
I just got the yearly lease renewal notice in my door. Not only are they going to raise my monthly rent by $39 without any (stated) reason, but there’s also a note, a couple paragraphs later, that says: “the above rates do not include additional fees, such as pet, storage, parking, etc…”. Sorry, what? Parking?…
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Sarasota Film Festival: Fin!
So, the film festival ended yesterday. I think this year I went to more films than I ever have previously. I went to two more over the weekend: The Amateurs and The Hole Story. The Amateurs is a heartwarming story about a do-nothing in small town America who tries to make it good by making…
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Sarasota Film Festival 2006
So, the Sarasota Film Festival kicked off on Saturday. Over 180 films! Thanks to a heads-up from Patrícia, on the opening day of the festival, I caught a talk given by several of the directors/producers exhibiting at the festival. It took place at Metro. That was really cool; we got to hear their experiences doing…