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Bike Week 2010 Pictures

March 7th, 2010

Bike Week Girl

Daytona Beach, FL – Bike Week 2010 is now over and done; despite the unseasonably cold and somewhat rainy weather bikers turned out in droves again this year. The Dog House, always a favorite, once again had girls dancing on their bars warming the chilly crowd and encouraging patrons to drink and enjoy. The Full moon was rocking with live music and Dirty Harry’s had their scantily beer booth girls and traditional wet t-shirt contests. Needless to say Main Street was buzzing all week long with street vendors selling leathers, bike accessories, t-shirts and anything else you can think of. The people watching was fascinating and the bikes, as always, were spectacular.

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2010 Daytona Bike Week Events

February 23rd, 2010
Bike Week 2010 Pictures »

Wild Turkey Girls

Daytona Beach, FL – Bike Week 2010 is here, Main Street bars will feature Live Music, Wet T-shirt Babes and tons of bikes. Outside of Daytona Beach, The Cabbage Patch will feature its World Famous Cole Slaw Wrestling, Live Music and much more. Bike Week runs Feb 26 to Mar 8.

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Best Valentine’s Getaways and Ideas in Florida’s Most Romantic Places

February 7th, 2010

Grab a Chair and Umbrella and Relax

Florida is a great place for a Valentine weekend getaway with your Sweetie. There are many romantic cities that offer carriage rides through them, day or night, many have very romantic Bed and Breakfast Inns or five star resort spas where you can enough a nice couples massage or other pampering treatment. There are also many islands dotted along both of Florida’s coasts, some very secluded and private. No matter what you’re looking for or what you have in mind as quality time you’ll find it here in warm, sunny Florida.

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Daytona Speed Week 2010

January 5th, 2010

Casey Mears Jack Daniels 07 Car

Daytona Beach, FL – Time to rev up those engines as the excitement mounts for Daytona Speed Weeks 2010. Some events race fans can look forward to, as always, are the Rolex 24 and ARCA events then the Budweiser Shootout starts off the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule and then there is the 52nd running of the DAYTONA 500!

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Florida New Year’s Eve Parties 2009-2010

December 8th, 2009

New Year’s Eve

In Florida we do things a little differently for New Years Eve. Instead of a big ball dropping like they do up there in New York City, we drop a big orange in Orlando and a Conch Shell in Key West and we’re just as likely to toast the new year with a Rum Runner as champagne. No matter how you choose to celebrate the arrival of 2010, here are some suggestions of places to go and things to do in Florida for New Year’s Eve.

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Try a Florida Thanksgiving Vacation and Save with Hotel Deals

November 5th, 2009

Hotels along Clearwater Beach

Thanksgiving usually means getting together with family and friends, however last year our families were traveling out of state. So we went to Clearwater and stayed at a swank hotel and celebrated Thanksgiving at a trendy restaurant. It was so much more fun than hanging with the family and watching the Lions loose that we are looking for a way to do it again. Or maybe take the whole family on a Thanksgiving vacation and save money with Thanksgiving week hotel deals available through our exclusive travel partner Hotels.com.

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Biketoberfest 2009 Pictures

October 19th, 2009

Biketoberfest 2009 on Main Street in Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, FL – Biketoberfest 2009 has come and gone and a good time was had by all. The Dog House was rockin with girls dancing on the bar, Full Moon was full of people listening to live music, Dirty Harry’s had girls, girls, girls in booths and on stage in wet t-shirt contests all weekend. Saturday night we went to the Jam For America where the headliner was Charlie Daniels Band, what a show they rocked the place. Chuck Wicks, who was recently on Dancing With the Stars, performed as did a fairly new group, the Lost Trailers. Once again Daytona Beach was a great host and Biketoberfest, was a blast.

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Biketoberfest Events Schedule Oct 15-18

October 10th, 2009

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Main Street Daytona

Its time for Florida’s best Fall celebration, Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach. Take Oktoberfest, Bikes and Beautiful Girls, throw em all together and what you have is Biketoberfest. This years events are better than ever, every year the crowds get bigger and the music is gets better. Charlie Daniels Band is scheduled to perform in Edgewater, just off I-95 south of Daytona.

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Florida Celebrates Oktoberfest

September 21st, 2009

Oktoberfest 2009 in FL

Florida loves to celebrate and what could be better than Oktoberfest, a festival celebrating beer, food and music. The tradition of Oktoberfest began when back in October of 1810 when Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The Oktoberfest was a celebration of this union and in 1835 the first parade took place, Oktoberfest has since grown into the Largest People’s Fair in the World.

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July 4th Fireworks Celebrations in Florida

June 11th, 2009

Independence Day Fireworks

This year the party’s back on for the Fourth of July in Florida. Last summer the country was dealing with $4.00 a gallon gas, this year we’re a little more optimistic and gas prices are lower. So let the fun resume and Celebrate America. Get ready to “pop off” a little Independence, grab your blankets, flags, family and friends and head on out to one of these spots and celebrate the United States of America.

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