While jet-setting to a lush island locale is always a welcome way to spend a weekend, you don’t have to skip town to hit the tropics. Instead, head to Naples Botanical Garden for an idyllic daycation destination—no suitcase or passport required. The 170-acre property is a fete in horticultural design and is one of the […]
North Saint St. Augustine A new endeavor from the folks behind River & Post and River & Fort, Saint brings high-end Italian cuisine to St. Augustine’s historic bayfront, opening after an extensive renovation of one of the city’s oldest buildings, situated between Harry’s Seafood and The Tini Martini Bar. The space makes the place, with […]
Summer bookstore trips are a wonderful idea for far more than just finding a beach read (although that’s a perfectly good reason to stop by). These shops share stories that stretch our imaginations; they make us laugh, they make us cry, and, above all, they bring us together in communities of all kinds. Flamingo writer […]
Spring break had just started, and my son was looking forward to sleeping in until noon and playing video games with his friends. Leo is 17 and will soon be leaving our nest in St. Petersburg, a sobering reality that’s already chipping away at my heart. He surprised me in agreeing to wake up at […]
The Cabot Collection is a developer of luxury golf resorts founded by Ben Cowan-Dewar, a Canadian whom GolfPass calls “arguably the hottest golf developer on the planet.” Cowan-Dewar started work on the collection’s first course, Cabot Links, built on a former mining site in Nova Scotia in 2004 at age 25. Cabot Citrus Farms is […]
The first time I truly knew it was summer, I was about 10 years old, holding a sandwich too big for my hands while at the beach. It was nothing more than wheat bread, crunchy peanut butter and homemade jam. My grandmother made the jam herself—raspberries that’d pucker your entire face, blueberries she collected on hikes and strawberries […]
Since becoming one of America’s most beloved tropical escapes nearly a century ago, The Florida Keys & Key West have encouraged visitors to look beyond the turquoise waters and sun-drenched sands to discover a 125-mile-long island chain teeming with life—and a call to care for it. Home to the third-largest barrier reef on Earth, the […]
North Sunset Bat Paddle PalatkaJune 5–8 Join fellow nature lovers and a naturalist on a kayaking tour to watch a cloud of bats make their summer debut and fill the night sky at this St. Johns Riverkeeper event.stjohnsriverkeeper.org 11th Annual Fish House Craft Beer Fest PensacolaJune 14 Raise a glass for a good cause. Sip […]
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 […]
