Amy Drew Thompson | Freelance Journalist and Editor

Beaches smeaches. How about a side of this glittering city you never knew existed?

Built by pirates, enjoyed by presidents, few places wear fame and infamy as comfortably as legendary Key West.

The slow, steady and not-so-hostile takeover has begun.

No holosuites. No replicators. (Not yet, anyway.) But this visionary developer’s project is a nanobot shy of shovel-readiness.

The vision for young gay people has widened to include children, marriage, military service. And now —football.

It’s Friday night in St. Petersburg, and in a parking lot off 49th Street folks are drinking beer and talking cars.

Longing for splendid sunsets, sublime diving and a taste of the Jimmy Buffet lifestyle? Sail away to Key Largo.

As consumer devices evolve, what can we expect from the technology, the regulators and the gadgetry itself?

Oh, but for the days when losing a few pounds was the most challenging of our new-year objectives.