Pictured above: A Little Room for Art, Pass-a-Grille We’re always telling you to stay/eat/drink at independently owned businesses. Those hard working people who are just like us (not that the ritzy hotel chains don’t employ hard working people just like us… but big corporations just aren’t in our wheelhouse.) Today with the holidays approaching faster than the pounds have...
I’ve said it before – choosing our very favorite place to stay would be almost as astonishingly shocking as admitting one of our kids is our favorite. And truly: we love them all for such different and heart-squeezing reasons, there are no favorites. Although not too many years ago one of my kids said “Mommy I know I’m your favorite.”...
If you’ve visited Key West you may not have known that you were driving over an island with its own vacation bragging rights before you got there. We didn’t. You (we) were so excited to be arriving at the actual Key West, plus Stock Island doesn’t exactly look like vacation paradise. You pass strip shopping centers, repair shops, gas stations....
Open Table just released its Top 100 Scenic Restaurants in the US for 2018, and 13 Florida restaurants are on the list! We’re so glad they did the exhausting research – combing through millions of reviews for over 28,000 restaurants. Cuisine, location, and ambiance are key – but not necessarily in that order. For some of us location and ambiance...
Key Largo is known as the Diving Capital of the World, and most of us don’t go to the Keys to spend time on a beach. But when your resort has its own little beach to lounge and watch the sunset, your day of diving, boating, or day drinking at the bar down the street is complete. But before you...
And without actually seeing the man himself, which would, of course, make our lives complete. But the next best thing is spending time being a typical tourist (which, as you know, we usually run away from as quick as the wind.) 100% of the time we encourage you to play and stay at independently owned places. Supporting small business, experiencing...
Fresh starts. Second chances. Face lifts. These stories capture our attention, because everyone deserves those things – though perhaps not everyone needs all three… ‘Approachable’ and ‘experience-driven’ are terms that are appearing more and more as you look around to plan your next trip. Yes, sometimes you just want a quick overnight on your way to someplace better, a clean...
You know we’d rather tell you cool places to go in Florida than talk about ourselves. We’re not even comfortable with humble-bragging. But now and then we like to give you updates on our sometimes-bumbling, often-two-stooges efforts at redecorating, and living the beach life, with our two dogs and a squirrel. And now with my youngest daughter living here temporarily...
Southern Living Magazine has been highlighting the beauty and culture of the South since 1966 and has become one of the largest lifestyle brands in the country. And so when they say something, we pay attention. And when their readers and editors awarded Florida Top Ten in seven categories of their 2018 “The South’s Best” we lovers of The Sunshine...
You hear about Sanibel all the time. Sanibel, Sanibel, Sanibel. (Yes, it does bring to mind poor middle child Jan on The Brady Bunch.) Captiva even has to share the Chamber of Commerce, and in the title they come second. Also, other tourism sites don’t mention Captiva until you click around on their site for a bit. Of course no...
