Reds, whites and rosés will pop and flow during the Seeing Red Wine Festival in the iconic town of Seaside. Now in its 28th year and recognized by Fodor’s Travel as a Top-10 Can’t-Miss Fall Wine Festival, the four-day event draws food and wine lovers from around the world to the resort community on the […]
Some of the most influential moments in Kelly Joy Ladd’s life happened in high school, when she worked as a performer at Disney World. She recalls how enthralled she was backstage with the intricacies and designs of the costumes. “It really helped me create and build my imagination,” she says. “I saw these world-class designs […]
Finding a cure to the concrete in the mythical, restorative nature found in the works of three Florida artists
Dependence on foreign resources seems like a modern-day problem. But in the 1920s, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were obsessed with it. Among their worries was rubber, produced only in foreign countries. In 1927, they decided to build a laboratory to determine whether rubber plants could grow in American soil. Searching for a semitropical setting, […]
Beyond Florida’s sandy shores, sunny skies and iconic palm-tree-lined boulevards, the Sunshine State is home to some of the nation’s most sophisticated cultural centers. In Flamingo‘s FALL FÊTE: A Guide to Florida’s Museums, Culture and Entertainment we turn the spotlight on a diverse selection of the state’s must-see venues celebrating visual arts, performing arts, science, […]
When Thom Ziegenhardt began dreaming up a new ice cream parlor concept four years ago, he pictured his parlor as something more refined, an antidote to the frozen yogurt shops and kid-focused sprinkle palaces on every corner. He started with Google. His search turned up something surprising: ice cream got its start in America thanks, […]
The menu at Bar Crème offers guests different ways to create a Jeffersonian dish. There’s a made-to-order option, where you pick a pastry, a sauce and toppings. The menu is also full of composed dishes designed and executed by pastry chefs. They’re assembled when you order them, the bananas flambeed on the spot. The toppings […]
A family tradition haunting a younger generation
While visiting a friend who owns a tannery and leather goods factory in Florence, Italy, Ximena Kavalekas had an idea she couldn’t ignore. She would design handbags using the skin of pythons, the beautiful yet invasive reptiles overwhelming the Everglades back in her home state. Creating the designs came naturally to Kavalekas, who has a […]
