I Came to Tallahassee a Stranger. I Left Calling It Home.
In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, I bought a townhouse in Tallahassee, sight unseen. At the time, I was teaching at the University of Florida in Gainesville and spotted the house on Zillow: two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fireplace and a courtyard nestled under the shade of oversized crape myrtles. My friends called […]
Tallahassee’s MagLab Did It Again
Floridians have a lot to argue about—the insurance crisis, culture wars, college football rivalries—but there’s one thing almost all of them probably agree on: the mysterious superpowers of the MagLab. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, as it’s officially known, enjoys a popular reputation as the state’s ace hurricane-buster, a perception based solely on an […]
Stefania Martucci Brings a Taste of Italy to Tallahassee’s Kool Beanz Cafe
Consider the bunet. If you grew up in northwestern Italy like Stefania Martucci, a mere mention of the sweet custard dish stirs childhood memories of family meals destined to conclude with the irresistible treat. “It’s the quintessential Piedmont dessert,” Martucci says, “and it’s the perfect blend of chocolate and amaretto crumble. Traditionally, it’s the ideal […]
Meet the Baker Behind Tallahassee’s Piebrary
You know what pairs well with a good book? A good piece of pie. I find the first chapter of “Moby Dick” becomes even more profound accompanied by a slice of apple pie. Plenty of bookstores have coffee counters and cozy chairs, tempting customers to park themselves with a cup of Joe and a bestseller. […]
Inside Tallahassee’s Midcentury Modern Furnishing Store, Rare Bird Interiors
With a slam of her cargo van’s trunk, the turn of the key in the ignition and the burn of tires hitting hot the Florida pavement, Jackie Skelding took off on a 24-hour trek from her home in the Florida Panhandle, cruised along the Gulf of Mexico and ended up just shy of the U.S.-Mexico […]
Meet Us at Mistletoe, A Tranquil Tallahassee Retreat
Once part of the territory of the Apalachee and later the Seminole Native American tribes, this verdant spread located between Tallahassee and Thomasville, Ga., has passed through many hands over the past two centuries. Welcome to Mistletoe, an 85-acre retreat named after the plant that grows in the trees there—a picturesque locale in the Red […]
Tallahassee: Your Arts and Entertainment Getaway, District by District
Looking for a weekend getaway filled with gallery hopping, vintage treasure hunting and top-notch eats? Tallahassee might not be the first spot that pops to mind, but its artsy energy and cultural charisma is undeniable at every corner. From mid-century design shops and live music lounges to pinball parlors and modern murals, the capital city […]
A Toast to Tallahassee’s Tiki Hut Haven
Loss is part of life: we all know this. But when you lose your favorite bar, your clubhouse, your dear old dive, well, that’s a pain that never goes away, a wound a dozen martinis could not heal. After 32 years, Waterworks, the world’s greatest tiki bar, is no more. It survived the 2000 presidential […]
Filmmaker Ian Weir’s “Tigers of the Sky” Documentary Wins Tallahassee Film Festival Flamingo Prize
Big Bend residents know that the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is a magical site: 83,000 acres of unspoiled habitat sprawling across Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties that, among its many wonders, is a critical winter home for migratory birds. Some avian species, though, make a permanent home there, including the stars of “Tigers of […]
