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 […]
Dave Barry made the wise decision to leave the chilly climes of Pennsylvania, where he got his start writing for the afternoon paper the Daily Local News, for sunny South Florida in 1986. His humor pieces had occasionally found a home in small and medium-sized newspapers in the Northeast, but his national readership came after […]
Mayan Oasis Perfectly positioned in the Yucatán Peninsula, and about 70 miles from Key West, Club Med Cancún offers an up-scale all-inclusive experience designed with families in mind. Fresh off a renovation project that reimagined its Sports & Wellness Island and created a dedicated Family Oasis with Kids Club, Baby Club Med and a new […]
The July heat in Tallahassee was relentless, like the sun was waging war. Around 7:30 p.m., my daughter Garrett was in the yard, battling weeds in her flower bed, sweat dripping. Nearby, her frail 15-year-old Havanese, Poochie—deaf, half-blind and barely 4 pounds—sniffed the grass. Moments later, Garrett noticed Poochie pawing at the front door and […]
North Palm Coast Songwriters Festival Palm Coast April 30– May 4 More than 45 acclaimed songwriters come together for five days of coastal concerts and storytelling at scenic Palm Coast venues. Hear the stories behind 175+ hits and see them performed live in an intimate celebration of country music.palmcoastsongwritersfestival.com Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival […]
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 […]
Many of the most famous Florida films are almost a billboard for palm-shaded idylls, even when drug dealers get involved—see such indelible, sun-drunk action flicks as “Scarface” and “Miami Vice”—or aliens come to visit the retirement home, as in “Cocoon.” Likewise, a sense of place permeates such disparate productions as “The Truman Show,” “Edward Scissorhands” […]
For my Path of the Panther project for Wildpath and National Geographic, I relied heavily on camera traps—professional cameras and flashes hidden along game trails and triggered by motion detectors. The scene in this photo, in the upper reaches of the Fakahatchee Strand, is one of my favorite camera trap sites. The strand is filled […]
St. Louis has the Gateway Arch. Seattle has its Space Needle. Los Angeles has the Hollywood sign. Yet, can any of these symbolic civic wonders really compare to the salt-crusted, mullet-tossed, beer-sodden glory that is the Flora-Bama Lounge? The Panhandle’s weathered monument to honky-tonkin’ good times is surely as alluring a roadside attraction as those […]
