editor’s letter

Holidays & High Hopes

This season, let’s take a break and count our blessings

Between turbulent city politics, hurricane threats and a steamy summer full of seaweed and drought, the world seems to have lurched into the upside-down over the past several months. So this year the holiday season feels especially welcome: Trees will be lit, parades will march, windows will be opened and turkeys will be roasted. I like the order in all of that, even if it’s an illusion, and the idea that we can find a way to embrace the season and rediscover all the good things we have here. Between our Hot List and Holiday Guide to Delray, we’ve got you covered this season, and we hope you dive in to our local events and restaurants with all the joy you can muster.

We also chat with three people administering three hugely popular Delray Facebook groups to see what it’s like at the center of burning local issues—like where to get great Chinese food. But we also get a sense of the kinds of problems you can have monitoring the behavior of a passionate and diverse number of voices, and how keeping it real—and real polite—matters.

There is so much more to explore in this issue—and in this season—as we stare down a brand New Year; I say let’s give ourselves the gift of celebration.

We’ve earned it.

FIVE (MORE) THINGS I LOVE ABOUT DELRAY

[ 1 ] The living wall on Atlantic Crossing [ 2 ] Steak and Stout pies at Trader Joe’s [ 3 ] That Jazz on the Avenue is back [ 4 ] Shutter services [ 5 ] People who dance at the Drum Circle on Wednesday nights