Our Editor Takes a Trip to Palmetto Bluff: South Carolina’s Jewel on the River
It was a scene straight out of a nature documentary: a bald eagle came screaming out of the sky, talons extended, right toward the boat carrying about a dozen sightseers. For a second, it seemed like the bird might slam into the windshield. But at the last moment, it shot up into the sky, locking […]
Editor’s Note: FSU Alumna, Mom, Floridian
My editor’s notes generally recount fun little stories, usually about something that happened along the route of making the magazine you are holding, something to entice you to keep reading. This time, I’m struggling to find the lighthearted words I need to paint a bright and sunny picture of our state. In the final days […]
Editor’s Note: How a Rain Check Turned Into a Worthwhile Reroute
The mood was giddy inside the coffee shop, where a crowd was forming on a rainy, cold February morning in Mexico City. This wasn’t just any morning. It was the day of our much-anticipated walking tour ending at the home of famed artist Frida Kahlo, an experience at the top of the bucket list for […]
Editor’s Note: You’re Invited
Years ago, when my husband and I lived in Northern Virginia, we started a tradition of hosting a New Year’s Eve lobster boil with our extended families. We’d fly in crustaceans from Maine and heat a gigantic pot of water over a burner out in the driveway. In went artichokes, potatoes, corn on the cob, […]
Editor’s Note: Set Off for Adventure
In a sleepy Central Florida town, about 45 miles outside of Tampa, lies a 400-foot-deep freshwater cave system—the deepest known in the nation. Every day, 117 million gallons of 74-degree water bubble up from the subterranean aquifer into a limestone basin. This natural spring is also the only place on Earth where certified, real-life mermaids […]
Editor’s Note: Great Expectations
It was June 2005 when I stepped on to a sailboat for the first time. My husband Brian and I were in the British Virgin Islands on our honeymoon, and the 36-foot monohull, Great Expectations, would be our home for the next two weeks. No captain, no crew, just the two of us. It might […]
Editor’s Note: Play It Again
Editor in Chief Jamie Rich reminisces on fall in North Florida and takes us through the new Fall/Winter issue. Plus, a tribute to the late Jimmy Buffett
Editor’s Note: Meet Me at the Colony
Editor in Chief Jamie Rich waxes nostalgic about a girls’ trip to Palm Beach. Plus, everything you’ll find inside our brand-new Spring/Summer Icons issue
Editor’s Note: On the Run with Jamie Rich
Editor in Chief Jamie Rich challenges readers to look past the state’s big five to find symbols that truly represent the Sunshine State.
