As Tallahassee prepares for big birthday, it's time for a new slogan
The Tallahassee Historical Society has already formed a Bicentennial Committee to plan for, well, you know, bicentennial things.
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The Tallahassee Historical Society has already formed a Bicentennial Committee to plan for, well, you know, bicentennial things.
The Back Nine comes at you in a bit of a panic because it is only three weeks until the 26thBob Dooley Invitational and I’m starting to freak out. This is, of course, an annual occurrence. 1. Because we live in football town (and remind me to tell you about the shirt I once bought in Athens), we’ll start with the news that the SEC Network is going to show the two-hour Inside the Gators special Monday at 9 p.m. This is a replacement for having a spring game, which couldn’t be played because the Swamp was being used for vaccinations and golf balls falling from the sky. The truth is that y...
>> it is a big drinking town. >> it is a big drinking town. so we shot in glasgow and tried in the best we could to try to convey what it is about that town that i love and why people should go there. >> what about the food though? i mean scottish food. haggis. what is haggis exactly? >> it is the lungs, throat and other organs of a sheep cooks in its stomach. the glorious gushing sack as robert burns called it. >> glorious gushing sack. i'm not sure we can say that on cable. >> the food is fantastic. great game. extraordinary seafood. the traditional seafood is great. the modern chefs get bet...
What prompted it? ego? >> i think he did have a bit -- we hate to use that word with him because we're so proud of his conservation and trust busting. but he was a big of a moralist, prude. when his brother was caught fathering a child out of wedlock, his only brother, he said, you know, the shame is just unbearable. maybe it would be better if he were dead. >> oh, wow! >> yeah. >> it's something to me it wasn't just casino owners and prostitutes who thought this was a bad idea. most of the people in new york wanted him to lay off. >> not surprising. >> absolutely. and this was a city that had...
We ask. a little "jersey shore" for you. you've been wondering, kids going over for season four. they'll be filming the show in italy. lord help us. these are actual rules laid out by the mayor of florence. he said if you're coming over, here's what's going to go down. the cast, he says, will not be filmed in bars and clubs that serve alcohol. uh-oh. that's sort of the point of the. the cast will not be shown drinking in public. the show will not be filmed to promote florence as a drinking town. thanks to the florence mayor. here are a few thing we will t not -- few things we will not be see...