Opinion

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal lady.

Five years ago, on Oct. 7, I filed my first Status Report as editor for EC Magazine. On that report I noted the following for the week: Met with the publisher on improvements for EC Magazine Discussed a timeline for a…

It is late August as I write this and I hope that by the time you read this the Walton County Commission will have come to its senses and made the wise decision to remove the Confederate “Stars and Bars”…

One of the absolutely great parts of doing our jobs is the opportunity to collaborate as a team to come up with new ideas and bring them to fruition. Ideas may come in the form of an innovative story concept;…

It’s time to head back to school. But this issue of EC Magazine makes it abundantly clear that we don’t need the formality of a classroom or textbooks to learn the life lesson of giving to others. Throughout the region,…

Before you get to crossing things off the list, make sure you've made a plan first.

I was recently sitting at a meeting with a group of people, many of whom I didn’t personally know, who represented a cross section of our community. When it was brought to their attention that I worked with Tallahassee Magazine,…

It’s summer, and that means it’s time for the highly anticipated ballot issue for the 2015 Best of the Emerald Coast awards. We revisit the list each year, adding and changing categories, so be sure to check it out and…

America eats out to the tune of more than $680 billion a year, and in Florida the restaurant industry is expected to report $34.7 billion in sales for 2014. At the beginning of the year, there were approximately 899,000 Floridians…

Illustration by Rebecca Sumerall Stairway to Heaven” is more than just a Led Zeppelin song, and Seaside’s architecture is more than just traditional. If you’re wondering how this all fits together, allow me to tell you about the live/work unit…