In Your Mailbox: #LOCALON with SRQ Magazine’s December 2020 Holiday Edition and Giving Back

’Tis the season to take back the fun. Seize the cheer and jollification in this year’s Holiday Gift Guide of good times guaranteed. SRQ editors hit the ground running to pull together a mixed bag of feel-good goodies to hygge out at home if you’ve become accustomed to a socially distanced lifestyle, and if not, flip through to our picks of outdoorsy adventure gear to enjoy a quintessential Gulf Coast outing. Or, dive into some ticketed activities and local excursions we stumbled upon for more experiential gift ideas. And we’d be remiss if we didn’t feature a cellar’s-worth of celebratory bubbles to manifest a holly jolly good time upon the end of an historic year of pandemonium. This holiday season, you deserve more than ever to “treat yourself” and your loved ones. Pop a little champagne and recoup on some missed merrymaking. #LIVELOCAL #LOVELOCAL

SRQIST

• SRQ Magazine’s Good Hero Stories
  • Phyllis Siskel
  • Chef Bryan Jacobs
  • Ann Walborn
  • Sue King
  • Melissa Wandall
• Hometown Spirit: Capturing the transformation in small philanthropic ventures that emerge from hyper-local creativity to give back to the community.

INTERVIEW WITH

• The Eagle Has Landed: Arbornaut Meg Lowman of the TREE Foundation explores the eighth continent. 

CARGO

• Taking Back the Holidays: Holiday gift guide is the gift that keeps giving.
• Jingle Bell Cork: Showcasing Sarasota’s best bubbly.
• Online Shopping. Locally, Of Course: Where to online shop local vendors.
• A Tisket, A Tasket: A little bit of this and that in artisan gift baskets from around town.
• Gift An Experience: At The Flying Goanas or Sip N’ Cycle.

FORAGE

• Big Blase Easy: Blasé Southern Style settles into the Southside neighborhood offering elevated southern cuisine.
• Sauce Is Boss: Local sauce spots bottling up delicious goodness. 
• Masters of Smoke: Pitmasters at Nancy’s, Mouthole and Perry’s BBQ tame the inferno to fashion a perfect smoked brisket. 
• Feeding the Front Lines: Gordon Lippe is feeding the front lines of the pandemic with Your Culinary Place.

SPECIAL FEATURE

• SRQ Magazine presents the winners for 4WALLS 2020 Visionary Design Competition.

LAST FLIGHT

• Spread Love artist Brandon Thrift goes viral with a simple message and splattered paint. 

• SPIRIT OF GIVING CHAMPIONS: Meet the 25 Spirit of Giving Champions who share their stories of philanthropy in the region.

• Rocket Kids holiday gifts for every age. Featuring the annual Guide to Private Schools.

Get in on all the goodness and check out the DECEMBER 2020 issue today!

-The SRQ Team