Who goes to South Beach for peace and quiet? You’re looking for serenity in the land of flash and flesh? Even the hardest core partying/parade-loving/sun-baking reveler has her limits. And those of us who normally run like the wind in the opposite direction of Touristville but suddenly decide to dip a toe into the fast flowing ice cold in-your-face stream...
High rises, wax museums, chain motels not your thing? Visit Mexico Beach, Florida – a success story of preservation, with its 1,000 permanent residents and loyal, happy travelers who come back year after year. No traffic lights or chain hotels, but there are mom-and-pop locally owned businesses overlooking white powdery sand, and an epic mission to construct artificial reef habitats...
Once again we’re here to help solve your “But what about Bruiser?” and “We can’t leave Precious at home!” angst. Luckily for all of us dog lovers there are locally owned, family/dog friendly beaches, bars and bungalows (or mom-and-pops, and B & B’s.) Read on for all these lovely places that welcome your fur babies on Florida’s Atlantic coast, from...
Today I’m happy to bring you a guest post by my long-time friend, Katy Piotrowski, written after a blast of a weekend together just recently. Enjoy! This site’s author and I first crossed paths in seventh grade language class in Salisbury, Maryland. True to teenage girl form, we stifled giggles at some of the foreign word pronunciations, especially the region...
The World’s Most Famous Beach? Did Daytona name itself that? Is that kind of like Joshua Norton proclaiming himself The Emperor of the U.S. back in 1849? We often poke gentle fun at Daytona Beach, mostly because any town that is anything “world’s most famous” makes us run like the wind in the opposite direction. Because our mission statement includes...
Whether you call them “madding” like Thomas Hardy did back in 1874 or “maddening” as we modern day people do, most crowds are those words and other terms I usually only use around my husband, my friends, and my kids. (My kids are in their 20’s; it’s okay. One of the best things about having grown children is no longer...
Where else but in Sebastian, on the Indian River, on Florida’s east coast. If there is another such paradise – in small town, lesser known, coastal Florida – please tell us. Sebastian, an historic fishing village, is filled with “Friendly People and 6 Old Grouches” (their slogan: we never found out who those 6 are…) and retains an appealing fishing/boating/watersports...
We’re making our way down Florida’s east coast (and eventually back up the gulf coast) to share with you our picks of the best places to swim, play and stay with your dog. Because we all know that had you decided to leave Buster or Coco at home – for some trips – you would never be forgiven. Truly...
The only warm mineral spring in Florida is found on an obscure back road (our favorite kind) near North Port, Florida. This place is of major historical and archeological note and I’m surprised we’d never heard of it! You may not step out of the water with a younger face, but perhaps you’ll feel you have more verve and zing....
Most of us remember 1989’s “Love Shack” by the B52’s. Even if you weren’t born yet, I bet you jump in with “love shack bayee-bee” and also the whispered “funky little shack…” We stayed in The Funky Little Shack, which sits beneath tall trees beside The Love Shack; both steps from the water (and many, many bars!) in Jupiter Florida...
