December 14th, 2009
I lived in Miami Beach for more than half of my life and – with the exception of my college years spent in Gainesville (oh, go Gators!) and a three-month stint in New York City – I haven’t had much experience living elsewhere in the good ol’ U.S. of A. This is probably why I [...]
Tags: beach, Frommers, sweet tea
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November 13th, 2009
The sun has set on another Taste of THE Beach – Wine.Dine.Donate extravaganza. Hopefully you were able to go to at least one of the nearly dozen events across the region last weekend. Restaurants from Destin to Panama City were cooking up their specialties and serving them with outstanding wines poured by Southern Wine and [...]
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October 17th, 2009
The air has finally turned cool, and just in time for all of the great fall events happening all along THE Beach. This weekend it’s Autumn Tides at the Beaches of South Walton. Lots of fun family outdoor events and ecotourism experiences are taking place all along Scenic Highway 30A such as canoeing and Yolo Boarding on [...]
Tags: destin, eco-tourism, things to do
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September 18th, 2009
Autumn is my favorite season – it always has been. When I lived up “Nawth” I loved the change of colors (although not the grey skies and chilling cold that followed them). Fall gets me in the baking mood, so I know that when September arrives, pumpkin bread will soon be coming out of my [...]
Tags: events, food festivals, wine
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September 10th, 2009
The blogger has been MIA – where did the summer go? Wish I could say I was just kicking back, beachcombing and reading books, but I’ve actually been busy finding more fun things to do at THE Beach. I also spent two weeks in jolly olde England, visiting family and seeing the sights of London [...]
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June 26th, 2009
Congratulations to Destin. The ‘World’s Luckiest Fishing Village’ has been named to Priceline.com’s 6th annual list of the “Top 50 4th of July Weekend Travel Destinations.” The little village is in big company along with the likes of Las Vegas, New York, and New Orleans, but small but mighty would be the idea here. Ranked 38 [...]
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