POMPANO WITH CHARRED TOMATOES AND SCALLIONS AND ARTICHOKE-OLIVE RELISH Serves 4 SEARED POMPANO 4 6 ounce fillets, with skin Extra virgin olive oil for searing PREPARATION: Drizzle a non-stick pan with olive oil and sear the pompano skinside down for 3 to 5 minutes on medium heat, then flip and finish cooking for 2 minutes. […]
CHARLES HOSMER MORSE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Houses the most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany art, including stained glass windows, lamps and jewels. 445 N. Park Ave. BRIARPATCH Turns out American classics like burgers and buttermilk pancakes, earning its rep for “the best brunch” on Park Ave. 252 N. Park Ave. PRATO Chef-driven Italian […]
Picture a five-level pyramid of peppy, smiling men and women, stacked foot-to-shoulder. No, it’s not an SEC cheerleading stunt; it’s a moving wall of colorfully clad waterskiers, traveling 24 miles per hour around a lake at the Cypress Gardens Water Ski Review in Winter Haven. This marvelous mobile formation was just one of the daredevil […]
In 2010, Jacksonville native Justin Quintal burst onto the global surfing scene by winning the Vans Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational. He’s since racked up the accolades, including four longboard championships at the U.S. Open of Surfing; starred in a documentary in Iceland; and, in early 2016, ventured into the business side of the sport, […]
Laney Jones, a fresh-faced singer-songwriter from Orlando, discovered music as a creative outlet while studying business at Rollins College in 2009. Soon after, a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and an apprenticeship with record producer Kara DioGuardi catapulted her talent to the next level. Since then, the banjo-player shared the stage with Alison Krauss […]
The servers wear lumber-sexual shirts and speak at length about the basil gnocchetti with surf clams and Calabrian chilies while artfully uncorking a Sicilian Nero d’Avola or a Negroamaro from Apulia. On a nice day, with the wide front windows thrown open to the busy street, the only tipoff that this is Central Florida is […]
One Saturday afternoon last January, a 10-year-old girl with blonde hair, a blue dress and a very determined manner marched to the front of an Orlando hotel ballroom carrying a pink stool. She plopped it down in front of a wooden lectern, stepped up and leaned toward a microphone. Her name is Megan Sorbo, and […]
For many years, Florida lacked a mainstream clothing company that celebrated its unique lifestyle—flip flops in winter, year-round outdoor pursuits, and more beach to stroll than any other state. Big brands like PacSun and Hollister had extolled the virtues of California surf culture with great success, but when was it Florida’s turn to have its […]
The nerves kick in as my 45-minute flight from Jamaica descends toward the airport in Holguin, Cuba—and not because of the bumps in the clouds or the fact that I’m nearly eight months pregnant. I’m about to finally meet my boyfriend Javier’s mom and brother, whom I’ve greeted just a few times via shoddy video […]
