We Floridians are well known for our love of kitsch and color and we make no excuses. Laugh and tease us all you want – we fly our freak flag high and proudly. Our beach bars are some of the best places to find larger than life art. I almost put the word “art” in quotation marks, as if...
WIFE: “Honey, what color do you think we should paint the beach house?” HUSBAND: “Hell I don’t know… How about brown.” How else did this happen? Hmmm, beach house… beach house… BROWN is what I think of, don’t you? Not to knock the previous owners or anything. They’re really cool – a lot like us, just taller. She’s blond...
When you thought ahead to when you would have kids, didn’t you imagine they’d all be alike? Or at least look alike. Mine were all going to be white-blonds, love playing in the ocean, and tan easily. I ended up with one white-blond, one strawberry blond, and one dark blond. Only one loves the ocean and tans easily, and they...
After a sun, surf and sand filled day do you really need to spend Happy Hour looking at the beach? If so you’ll miss out on some of Florida’s best beach bars, a mere block away from the Atlantic, on the iconic A1A. As the Beaches, Bars and Bungalows team travels the A1A to bring you the best tips for...
Oh you don’t have to get fancy for historic downtown Fernandina Beach; you won’t get in trouble with the law or anything. Statement necklaces and slingbacks aren’t absolutely de rigueur. Yes, you might see a fair number of bow ties, rolled up sleeves and handmade belts. Classic seersucker, timeless pieces, handbags that aren’t knock-offs. This is the south, after all....
Being able to walk to everything is key here at Beaches, Bars and Bungalows. One of the first things we look for is how close all the important components of our getaways are: the beach, the beach bar, and the bungalow motel or mom-and-pop. Being able to go back to the bungalow for a little nap after someone (not...
No, we’re not sad to say goodbye to summer. Living up north as kids “summer’s end” used to mean school starting (ugh) stiff new school shoes (dorky) pulling scratchy wool sweaters out of moth balls (ew) and the long lazy days full of warm sun fading fast. But living in Florida we become so weary of the heat and rain...
When the only sounds you want are seagulls calling, distant laughter, and waves crashing. And later maybe some chill acoustic guitar, the clink of glasses, and even later the nostalgic love-calls of the cicadas outside your bedroom window. When you want to stroll down a quiet street past whimsical beach cottages and only see one other couple, smiling around just...
And so, are just a block or less to the beach! Get your sun time in and toddle that short distance, plop down in a booth or barstool for some great food and live music. Oh, and perhaps a drink? (Haha, perhaps.) We started up in Nassau County – read about the one...
My youngest daughter looks around Vero Beach and says “Mom. Where are the hotties?” Okay, yes, Vero Beach has a certain concentration of oldies. (Average age being 50.9: way better than Venice, at 69!) “The hotties are your bartender, your server, and the guy driving the ATV beach thing.” Right in the staid, chronicled downtown of Vero Beach sits a...
