By Haley M. Walker
With a name like Cash, you would think he was a moneyman.
Instead, local resident Cash McVay is involved in directing one of the newest local non-profit agencies, City Sprout. The new organization’s purpose is to grow a network of community gardens throughout St. Augustine’s neighborhoods.
While McVay noted that this idea has been […]

By Travis Hill
Learn to Read of St. Johns County
Janet Hutson, the executive director of Learn to Read of St. Johns County, sums it up very nicely.
“I’m helping people themselves. I couldn’t ask for a better job.”
Hutson is the only full-time employee of this local bright spot that tutors between 300-400 adults, high school […]

OLD GROWTH
UNDER THE SUN
Bakery Outlet Records, 2008
By Nick McGregor
Bakery Outlet Records calls St. Augustine home, but luckily for Oldest City music fans, the label (dubbed “Bako” to in-the-know locals) hasn’t limited the geographic scope of its signees. Point in case is Portland, Ore.’s Old Growth, whose 2008 sophomore album Under The Sun was […]

By Ant Perrucci
The Wobbly Toms are performing at the British Pub on Anastasia Island.
If you’ve never been under this local group’s spell, you might think that an octet performing Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” augmented with flute, banjo and mandolin would be out of the ordinary.
But the crowd knows what they’re in for.
“This next […]

By Jamey Leonard
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a novel that feels truly original. Author Junot Diaz somehow sneaks us inside the inner workings of a Domincan family and like the best of novels, by the end of the story, we feel as if we’ve been included.
A major backdrop of the story […]

Watch out if you pick up Drift this month: You could shoot your eye out — with awesomeness.
Our Holiday issue is dedicated to Bad-A** Do-Gooders, people around St. A who are doing their part to make things a little better. We highlighted some pretty cool people, and hopefully they inspire you to get involved.
To check […]