College Town?
by sarahjayn
Sarasota is home to three colleges: Manatee Community College, Ringling School of Art and Design, and my alma mater New College of Florida. However, it really doens't feel like a college town. Part of the reason is that even though it's chock full of them, each of these colleges is pretty small. New College is the smallest - but most notorious - with only about six hundred students registered at any given time.
Personally, I think its the best of both worlds: you've got the young people opening up interesting places and supporting some counter-culture, but its not crowded and there's no frats. New College, though I am amazingly biased, is the most amazing place on Earth. Visit and talk to the kids - you'll see.
Old Florida Beach - Great for Fishing!
by radiominor
South Lido is a place usually only visited by natives. It is a quieter beach and not really set up for tourists. There are BBQ pits, and a number of trails through the bush. One can discover some beautiful moments in FL nature.
My favorite restaurant is...
by Tulin
My favorite restaurant is always RED LOBSTER! It is a good thing that you can find them whereever you go:-)
My friend Mitch told me ( Hi Mitch!!!)that JOTO's japanese restaurant is one of the best in Sarasota..I have to try that:-)
The Ringling Museum of Art
by sarahjayn
The Ringling is one of Florida's best museums. John and Mabel Ringling were avid art collectors, and they left their collection, as well as their seaside mansion, to the state. The Ringling is probably most famous for housing an impressive collection of Peter Paul Rubens' tapestries and large, wall-size paintings (which were actually sketches for his tapestries, though they're incredibly impressive in their own right), but the entire collection of mostly religious art is breath-taking.
Besides just the main museum itself, the grounds also contain a circus museum, sculpture garden (which contains an exact replica of Michealangelo's David), and giant gardens of tropical trees and roses.
John & Mable Ringlings Museum of Art
by eugini2001
Combining their affection for Sarasota with their love of baroque art, the Ringlings decided to build a museum on the estate grounds & fill it with finest paintings & other objects of art they could buy.When JR died,he left to the State of Florida over 600 paintings including the World's largest private collection of works by Peter Paul Rubens & thousands of other objects-prints,drawings,sculptures,tapestries,antiquities,pottery,jewelry & furniture. As for Rubens paintings,the size of each is the size of the wall in the room -it's something more than impressive! I liked a little cabinet each draw of it has a picture from the Bible stories!
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