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Mar 3, 2026 – Lance Roy
April 4, 2019
By SUN contributor
Female empowerment takes the runway

Female empowerment takes the runway

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Come out to The Center of Anna Maria Island on Thursday, April 11 to see the hottest new fashions for women, men and kids, and support a good cause. The first-ever Passion for…
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November 1, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Election Day

It is election time on our island. We should be grateful that there are good and honest people running and that our island elections will not be influenced by money and Russians. When I was a kid…
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October 10, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Tequila madness

I was young and foolish. It was an evening of bad decisions. The first bad decision was to drink tequila. Salt-tequila-lemon, salt-tequila-lemon, salt-tequila-lemon. As is often the case…
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August 22, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

The Beach Bistro’s Beard House adventure

August is a good month to stay inside in the AC with memories. Some of the Bistro’s richest are our August memories of preparing for our first Beard House dinner. The most demanding and most ex…
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July 19, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Grumpy Lady and Wasabi Guy

I am in the business of making people happy, of creating memorable evenings for people celebrating special days in their lives. It is the only thing that is going to get me into heaven. Some eveni…
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May 15, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Bar Talk… “Warm Florida Coats”

Bartenders are listeners. You sit at the bar. You drink. The Bartender listens. The topics can be tricky. The patron’s ex-wife. This one is real tricky. The bartender has to try to…
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March 14, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Tales of a craft cocktail bar

People ask me if my mom taught me to cook. Mom was a strict adherent to the Irish cooking maxim, “Take everything that walks, swims or flies across the face of the earth and boil the livin’ bejeez…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting