February 7th, 2010
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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February 3rd, 2010
Florida Keys – February is a big month for art in the Florida Keys. There are four large art festivals planned as artist and art lovers converge in the Keys. Festivals include the Purple Isles Art Guild, Old Island Days Art Festival, Pigeon Key Art Festival and just in time for Valentine’s Day the Sweetheart Arts & Crafts Fair.
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January 4th, 2010
Key West, Florida Keys – Bowling with coconuts isn’t often associated with gourmet cuisine and fine wines, but it will be during the Key West Food and Wine Festival scheduled Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 28-31. The festival celebrates the lively culinary scene in Key West, indigenous ingredients and multifaceted flavors through gourmet galas and tastings, educational food and wine seminars and offbeat food-focused experiences.
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January 2nd, 2010
Key West, Florida Keys – Since the Florida Keys were first settled in the 1820s, the island chain’s cuisine has been based around the bounty of the sea. Clawless Florida lobster, yellowtail snapper, sweet pink shrimp, grouper, stone crab claws and more — all harvested by Keys commercial fishermen — have become prized signature items on the region’s menus.
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December 8th, 2009
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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December 4th, 2009
Florida Keys – New Year’s Eve partiers unwilling to endure cold-weather festivities, such as the traditional “ball drop” in New York’s Times Square, can find exuberant celebrations and far warmer temperatures in the Florida Keys. In Key West, revelers can choose from three very different — though equally lighthearted — takeoffs on the Times Square gala as midnight approaches Thursday, Dec. 31.
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November 23rd, 2009
Florida Keys – Perhaps because the southernmost islands in the continental United States have never experienced a snowy white Christmas, businesses and organizations in the subtropical Florida Keys are extraordinarily enthusiastic about showing their holiday spirit. From Key Largo to Key West, the calendar is packed with events designed to spread holiday cheer — including a trio of festive lighted boat parades featuring vessels whose decorations range from traditional greenery to offbeat salutes to the season. Listed are some holiday highlights, all spiced with an individualistic Florida Keys flair.
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November 20th, 2009
City sidewalks, sandy sidewalks, dressed in palm leaves and shells. In the air there’s a feeling of salt spray….silver shells, silver shells, its Christmas time on the beaches…. Yes, that’s the way we sing it in Florida, well some of us anyway.
Down here Santa shows up in his boat and leaves our presents on our screened in back porches since most of us don’t have chimneys. When we deck our halls for Christmas, we include our boats as well with twinkling lights far up the masts and from bow to stern. After they are all decorated we show them in parades which are a great way to get the whole family in the holiday spirit. Here is a list of upcoming boat parades, look for one near you.
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November 18th, 2009
Key West, Florida Keys – The historic seafaring town of Key West is to become a pirate stronghold Saturday, Nov. 28, through Sunday, Dec. 6, when “brethren of the coast” and lively wenches invade the island for the 10th annual Pirates in Paradise festival.
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November 5th, 2009
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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