A Gastro Safari Exploring the Best Restaurants in Tampa
Early on it was wishful thinking, frankly misguided optimism. And for a while it was a kind of plucky civic boosterism by Tampa Bay restaurant titans like Richard Gonzmart of the Columbia and Maryann Ferenc of Mise en Place. And now it is just stone-cold true. Tampa Bay is a restaurant destination, making dozens of […]
Grove Stand: Chef Lauren Macellaro, Well Read
Lauren Macellaro is tiny and pixieish with a short shock of dark hair, a wide grin and those big-gauge ear plugs. Her right forearm is extravagantly tattooed. She looks like a chef. She’s 36, chef at the celebrated Reading Room in St. Petersburg and a James Beard semifinalist for best chef in the South this […]
For The Love Of Dogs (and Quail Hunting)
You’d think it was electrified, the way the dog exits the box. Launched by a pure essence of bird-lust, distilled through decades of selective breeding, the big-boned, black-spotted English pointer hits the ground at a sprint and tears off down the trail, paws and claws kicking up rooster tails of white Florida sand. There goes […]
Islands in the Stream: Insider’s Guide to the Bahamas
If you’re anything like me, a born-and-bred Floridian who has spent the past 12 years living in sunny South Florida, visiting the Bahamas was an idea that needed to be warmed up to. Getting away didn’t normally include melting under the same tropical sun and humid conditions that I already feel every day. Then, on a […]
Florida State of Mind
SURFING Eleven-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater hails from Cocoa Beach, so it comes as no surprise that his hometown ranks among Florida’s most revered surf spots. To find it, just follow the billboards for Ron Jon Surf Shop that dot I-95 in both directions. Buffered by Cape Canaveral, Cocoa’s waves roll in small and […]
The Tide: Spring 2017
NORTH DAILY’S PLACE JacksonvilleJune 11–July 27 Live music fans don’t need to worry about the infamous hot and stormy Florida summers when coming to Jax for a one-of-a-kind concert experience. Daily’s Place, a new, modern multipurpose space, situated on the breezy banks of the St. Johns river, operates as a 94,000-square-foot practice facility for the […]
Beauty and the Feast
From the moment Caroline Moran took her place at a long, rustic dinner table in Loxahatchee four years ago, she knew she had found culinary nirvana. “The bucolic atmosphere of being on the farm makes it special and different,” says Moran, a Wellington resident who has since become a regular patron of Swank Specialty Produce’s […]
Editor’s Note: Bring on the Sunshine
It started off as just another Wednesday morning. Hurricane Matthew swirled out in the Atlantic, but inside the Flamingo offices, brains were storming, writing headlines and editing copy, paying no mind to the tropical cyclone headed for Florida. We had blown off earlier reports because our area had not been hit by a serious hurricane […]
Cuba Confidential
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 […]
