With a culinary bounty as rich as its cultural history and natural habitats, Amelia Island teems with epicurean treasures throughout its historic downtown and its breathtaking resorts tucked among the oak trees and nestled along its pristine beaches. Florida’s northernmost barrier island has become a must-eat destination for the discerning foodie, offering fresh-off-the-boat seafood, farm-to-table […]
In the last three years, at least a dozen new Kombucha brewers have popped up around the state. “It’s just starting to become popular in Florida, and I think there’s a lot more that can happen,” says Nella Fusco, who, with her partner Noah Hebbe, launched Awaken Kombucha three years ago in Vero Beach. “That’s […]
On a back road in Wewahitchka, we pulled over and reached the short, frustrating conclusion we could no longer avoid. We didn’t know exactly where we were, and we certainly didn’t know where we were going. The neighborhood was pitch black, silent and strange. It felt like defeat. Late on the day that Hurricane Michael […]
In 2008, Special Forces veteran Jason McCarthy had left the Army, split with his wife and found himself living on a couch in New York City with his chocolate lab Java. Though he felt like he had hit rock bottom, two things helped prop him back up again: his bond with Java and his idea […]
SEASIDE The breezy neoclassical home nestled in the dunes and peering over the Gulf of Mexico is one of Seaside’s original planned new urbanist beach cottages. The traditional architecture creates an old-world aesthetic although the house, built in 1990, is of relatively recent construction. It was fully renovated in the spring of 2018 and went […]
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 […]
