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Recently Rejuvenated Florida Boutique Hotels to Book Now!

Marybeth June 28, 2018

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...

Beach Bungalow Just Us

Updates on Our Beach Bungalow: Paint Choices, Building Stuff, and Rodents

Marybeth May 20, 2018

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...

All around Florida

Florida Makes Top 10 in Southern Living Magazine ‘The South’s Best’ – in Multiple Categories!

Marybeth April 16, 2018

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...

South Gulf Coast Walkable Vacation Experiences

Lesser-Lauded Captiva Island is Equally as Enchanting as Her Big Sister

Marybeth March 22, 2018

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...

All around Florida Walkable Vacation Experiences

Little Pink Houses: 21 Instagram-Worthy Places to Stay in Coastal Florida

Marybeth January 12, 2018

Is it because pink flatters every complexion? Because Millennial Pink is a thing? Or just because when we vacation in Florida we want to stay somewhere bright and cute – and yes, snap a pic of ourselves in a pretty summer dress, standing in front of our little pink house for our Instagram feed. The color pink speaks to our...

Central Atlantic Coast

Surfing Santas Cocoa Beach Draws Record Crowd and Over 800 Santas Riding the Waves

Marybeth December 25, 2017

Surfing Santas in Cocoa Beach has become so huge it’s drawn international media coverage. Wow. An event that started out tiny – just one guy, George Trosset, and his family dressing up to surf – this year drew over 10,000 spectators and 837 Santas riding the waves (how DID they get that exact figure?) With temperatures in the upper 70’s...

All around Florida

23 Under-The-Tourist-Radar Florida Dive Bars You Need to Experience

Marybeth November 27, 2017

Total transparency here: You may be afraid to enter just about every single dive bar on this list. We were. Whether it’s a dank, seedy exterior, or even the name (The Wet Spot!) dive bars are a world wholly unto themselves. With beach bars – our specialty – you know what to expect. The big parking lots and the colorful...

South Atlantic Coast Walkable Vacation Experiences

Find The Perfect Blend of Upscale and Laid Back in Delray Beach, Florida

Marybeth October 29, 2017

Often “upscale” means we need to scrutinize our wardrobes before packing for a trip, making sure we up our game from merely “Make sure your t-shirts don’t have stains” to “I’m bringing my Old Navy sandals, not my Old Navy flip flops.” You know the feeling: walking down a sparklingly well kept, tree-lined main street filled with boutiques and hip...

South Gulf Coast Walkable Vacation Experiences

This Small Island is Florida’s Cottage Motel Capital!

Marybeth October 2, 2017

“Heaven’s a little closer in a cottage by the sea.” Everybody knows that. But most of us can’t go out and buy one for a million dollars. Even better is vacationing in one that someone else swept the sand from and hung clean towels in your bathroom. On this small island (12-ish miles long and 3 miles wide) with many...

All around Florida

Here in Florida We’re Attempting Not to Insert a Swear Word Before “Hurricane”

Marybeth September 18, 2017

Because my mother was an old-fashioned, gentle lady, the “f” word was forbidden at our house. And even though Mom has been gone for four years now, Dad still creatively uses “fracking” and “forking.” To be completely transparent, not so I. While we feel extremely grateful that Hurricane Irma wasn’t any worse for us in Brevard County, and our hearts...

This Small Florida Beach Town is the Ideal Blend of Low-Key and Upscale

See the Sea Change for the Shipwrecked Bunk Bedroom at Our Beach Bungalow

Scuba Dive & Snorkel Coral Reefs Directly from the Beach in this Colorful Old-Florida Town

Recently Rejuvenated Florida Boutique Hotels to Book Now!

Updates on Our Beach Bungalow: Paint Choices, Building Stuff, and Rodents

Florida Makes Top 10 in Southern Living Magazine ‘The South’s Best’ – in Multiple Categories!

Lesser-Lauded Captiva Island is Equally as Enchanting as Her Big Sister

Little Pink Houses: 21 Instagram-Worthy Places to Stay in Coastal Florida

Surfing Santas Cocoa Beach Draws Record Crowd and Over 800 Santas Riding the Waves

23 Under-The-Tourist-Radar Florida Dive Bars You Need to Experience

Find The Perfect Blend of Upscale and Laid Back in Delray Beach, Florida

This Small Island is Florida’s Cottage Motel Capital!

Here in Florida We’re Attempting Not to Insert a Swear Word Before “Hurricane”

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This Small Florida Beach Town is the Ideal Blend of Low-Key and Upscale

See the Sea Change for the Shipwrecked Bunk Bedroom at Our Beach Bungalow

Scuba Dive & Snorkel Coral Reefs Directly from the Beach in this Colorful Old-Florida Town

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