Marla Vignocchi

Tales of Sarasota

• Entertainment Opportunity (IES) March 3, 2010
  The lack of entertainment opportunities has been a complaint often voiced by youthful members of just about every community. Growing up in Sarasota, us young'ns, back in the '30s and '40s, had, oh let's see, Church activities, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, tennis, archery, sailing, swimming, baseball, softball, football. High School football w […]
• It's A Small World February 17, 2010
  We've found out it really is a small world since we've been writing this blog. When we agreed to write a blog about growing up in Sarasota little did we know that tales of our personal experiences would be so far reaching. After I wrote a blog about the Bee Line Ferry across Tampa Bay a friend of ours gave me an aerial photo of the opening day of t […]
• "54/40' or Fight" February 2, 2010
  Back in the late 1960s, I was in our shop (Sarasota Cycle & Key Shop) one day, by myself, when a trucker came in with a shipment for us. After he unloaded his goods he came into the shop to get a check for the shipping charges.I asked him how much the charges were and he said $54.40 to which I replied: "Or Fight." He said, "No lady I don […]
• Summertime In Sarasota January 6, 2010
  Summertime in Sarasota was made even more delightful for us teen-agers with the opening of our gorgeous Lido Beach Municipal Casino. One of its new modern gadgets was a coin operated binocular on the second floor balcony overlooking the snow-white sand being kissed by the Gulf of Mexico. One July 1940 Sunday afternoon's peace and tranquility was suddenl […]
• Name that Christmas Carol December 23, 2009
  Name that Christmas Carol Bleached Yule Castaneous-colored seed vesicated in a conflagration Singular yearning for the twin anterior incisors Righteous Darkness Arrival time 2400 hours […]