Christmas shopping for Nancy Thomsen included a trip to the liquor store Tuesday to purchase a bottle of scotch whiskey liqueur for her son-in-law who lives in Bonita Springs. ...more

December 9, 2009

Bonnie Rabin is fond of saying that divorce lawyers are a bit like liquor stores. They're busiest in the really good times, and the really bad. ...more

November 29, 2008

IN CHOCOLATE WE TRUST If there is one culinary truism that is irrefutable it may be this: Everything tastes better with bacon or chocolate. And sometimes both. The folks at Samuel Adams appear to be heeding this wisdom with Chocolate Bock, a seasonal lager featuring Cru Sauvage chocolate from Swiss chocolatier Felchlin. Embossed with a pewter label, the 750-ml bottle is aimed at consumers pouring at holiday parties. Cost: $14.99. Available at most liquor stores. ...more

October 26, 2008

BOWLING In three years of ownership of Mariner Lanes, Rafael Hernandez has learned the game and business of bowling – and has numerous plans for the future. ...more

August 22, 2008

ESPRESSO YOURSELF Giving up caffeine is tough for pregnant women and breast-feeding moms. Red Espresso offers a Rooibos (red) tea refined into a caffeine-free espresso grind similar to coffee and produced for use in espresso machines and coffee makers. And it has lots of antioxidants and other medicinal benefits that can help with mothers who are nursing colicky babies. Cost: $12.99 for an 8.8-ounce-package. Available at Whole Foods markets. More info is available at www.redespresso.com. ...more

July 30, 2008

Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday." ...more

July 4, 2008

The date was Aug. 6, 1944, and the news release was chilling. "Racial disorders, now in progress in Tampa, Florida, between members of the Caucasian and Negro races, with attendant riots and bloodshed, have progressed beyond the control of civil authorities." ...more

February 17, 2008

SEBRING — Liquor store shelves are well stocked to meet the added demand as Highlands County residents continue spreading holiday cheer. Cheawanda K. Harris, liquor store manager at Winn-Dixie in Avon Park, said on Thursday that business jumps during the holidays and New Year's Eve is the business' biggest shopping day of the year. Liquor-purchasing habits change during the holidays. Prior to Christmas, Winn-Dixie stocks miniature 1.5 ounce bottles of alcohol which fly off the shelves as stocking stuffers, said Harris. ...more

December 30, 2007

A suicide bomber edged his way into a crowd of Iraqi officials and U.S. forces gathered for a meeting north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing as many as 12 people, including an American soldier. ...more

December 21, 2007