THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM Explore the wonders of the water at The Florida Aquarium. Experience sharks, alligators, penguins and more. Plus, immerse yourself in interactive programs like Dive with the Sharks, Shark Swim and Swim with the Fishes, or take a Wild Dolphin Tour on board the Bay Spirit II, a 72-foot powered catamaran. Then, be […]
When I told Slade Sykes I’d just finished The Ninth Pup, he said, “Oh, yeah, Tommy Word. I’ve read all his books.” Well, sure: Word’s stories are fictionalized accounts of the dog trainer, dog handler and land manager’s own North Florida experiences. Sykes told me, half joking, that he’d been hired by the Bakers to […]
I’m driving but starting to squint skeptically at my GPS lady. This can’t be right. I’m about an hour southeast of my home in Tampa and about ninety minutes southwest of Orlando International Airport. I pass Fort Lonesome, a Florida ghost town that had a brief heyday in the 1930s when a sawmill and two […]
It was the moment Justin Norwood met Tammy, one day in church, that he knew he wanted to marry her. He was 14. But it was two years later, when she sat in the driver’s seat of his Mazda RX-7, that he was sure it was true love. “I knew it was serious from day […]
A spirit of freedom envelops you, no matter how many times you make the journey South to the Florida Keys and Key West. Something special happens while spending time with loved ones under those bright winter stars. Known not only for world-class sailing, snorkeling, diving, fishing and outdoor pursuits, but also for fine art galleries, museums […]
Since Central Florida’s Streamsong Resort opened its Black course in September 2017, almost 50,000 players, according to Matt Jordan, PGA head golf professional for Streamsong Black, have journeyed from around the world to see it. They wanted to know if Gil Hanse, the recently hyped Rio Olympic golf course designer and a rising star in […]
Cravings are at the root of why people travel. Booking a trip stems from a strong desire to experience something new. While in Greater Fort Lauderdale, you can lounge on the beach and soak in the sun all you want, but the true way to satisfy your craving for discovery is to dive deep into […]
UNDERWOODS JEWELERS As one of the best jewelers in the South, Underwood’s remains Jacksonville’s exclusive representative of many of the finest jewelry and watch brands in the world, including Rolex, David Yurman, Forevermark Diamonds, Lagos, Roberto Coin, Mikimoto, John Hardy, Ippolita, Erica Courtney, Dao Fournier and more. With locations throughout Greater Jacksonville and Ponte Vedra. […]
The namesake of Fort Lauderdale, Maj. William Lauderdale, may have been largely lost to time, but his legacy lives on in Osceola, the famed leader of the Seminole tribe that the American soldier from Tennessee fought to destroy.
