Bigfoot sighting

Bigfoot was spotted lurking on the Great Lawn at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens over the weekend.
Attendees at the Garden to Plate: Plant and Garden Festival posed for pictures with the Big Earth Landscape Supply’s statue.  
Afterward, we’re guessing he paid a visit to his Florida cousin — the Skunk Ape.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Downtown!

Former Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade organizer Paul Thorpe blew out the candles on his 90th birthday Feb. 27. 
He celebrated Saturday evening at Mattison’s Forty-One with friends and family.
 “They got me a shirt that says 90 is the new 60,” Thorpe said.