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    A Day Spent Exploring - Amelia Island’s Great Outdoors

    It’s time to get up real early on a Saturday morning and take a drive across to Amelia Island where you can spend a full day and night exploring this great island.

    During your fabulous day of adventure, you will quickly discover that Amelia Island is just right if you really want to get outside and enjoy the natural beauty and sunny weather that our gorgeous state of Florida gives us. Your adventure can be as short or as long as you want it to be and can include everything from kayaking and sunset sails or horseback riding on the beach, Amelia has it all to offer. Read More…

    Things to Do in Florida

    Bay Walk in Downtown St. Petersburg Friday Night Wine & Music

    Bay Walk is continuing its popular Friday Night Wine & Music Series in 2010 starting Friday, February 19 from 6-9 p.m.

    This free event is open to the public and will continue through November on every third Friday of every month. The event always features live jazz music in the courtyard. Wine is sold for $3 per glass with 100% of the proceeds going to a different charity each month. This month’s charity is the Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross for the earthquake victims of Haiti.

    Although Bay Walk has seen it’s struggles with the difficult economy, it is still one of our favorite places to go. Tokyo Sushi Café has some of the best sushi in town and the prices are quite reasonable. White House Black Market is an addiction for my girlfriend, there’s Game Stop for the gamers, and of course, you always have the latest movies at Muvico.

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    Florida Beaches

    Daytona Beach - A Day of Water Views

    As a local you will appreciate how much you get out of visiting all the famous and most popular places around Daytona. You will also know that the fantastic enjoyment that you get from this experience is something you appreciate so much but did you know that there are some Florida locals that haven’t a clue what they are missing…

    This is for the locals that didn’t know that in Daytona the famous 23 miles of white sandy beaches with huge waves of the Atlantic crashing along the shoreline is THE place to surf boogie board. Or you can spend the day relaxing in the glorious Florida sun with a cool drink or two and watch the excitement as surfer after surfer rides on in; and to think it’s also a very relaxing way to spend the day.

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    Florida Hotels

    Soak up the culture

    morikami-museum-11New Palm Beach County Resort Debuts in November with Special Passport to Art & Culture

    Delray Beach – Combining sand and surf with art and culture will be the unique lure of a new luxury boutique beach resort in Palm Beach County, opening in November.

    The Seagate Hotel & Spa, 1000 East Atlantic Avenue, opening on November 6, 2009, is the first new beachside property in Delray Beach since 1982. The 162-room hotel features an 8,000 sq. ft. Seagate spa/fitness center, restaurants and elite privileges for guests at the private Seagate Beach Club.

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    Florida Restaurants

    L’Escalier Palm Beach

    By Gary J. Arzt

    If you’re in Palm Beach, and looking for classic French food and service, L’Escalier is the right choice. A very attractive room, classically baroque with plenty of space between the white cloths draped tables.

    Located in The Breakers, Palm Beach’s historical, landmark hotel, you have to know that the restaurant will be, as the British say, ‘up market.’ And so it is. It also delivers the best meal in south Florida, and is easily accessible to those living in the four east coast counties (Palm Beach, Broward, Miami Dade, and Monroe).

    It provides the kind of dinning, and service, that is not readily available in Florida, or, for that matter, elsewhere. The operative word is elegant! Dishes brought to the table under silver plate domes; soup poured from individual small tureens. Read More…

    Florida State Parks

    Florida’s State Parks Commemorate Hispanic Heritage

    hispanic-heritage-1~Special events and cultural resources at state parks celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month~

    TALLAHASSEE – This week marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 – October 15, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Florida Park Service is celebrating by recognizing the many Hispanic historical and cultural resources preserved at Florida’s 160 state parks.

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