Category: Not Your Usual Destination
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Horse Country
I’m one of those people who loves exploring. That doesn’t mean it has to be someplace well-known, either. I love to jump in the car, choose a road that looks like it might lead to tucked away locations, and head in that direction. You just never know what you’ll find, and that’s the fun of
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Frank Lloyd Wright – Southern Florida College
I have no idea how or when I was first introduced to Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. I’m sure the first thing I ever saw was Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Coming from a small town where houses were a series of right angles perched on a spit of grass, with a tree here and there,
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Southern Hill Farms
As a child, I picked wild blackberries from the fields around my relatives’ properties in Texas. I found great joy in picking those juicy morsels. So when I ran across Southern Hill Farms online, a place where I could pick my own vegetables, fruits and flowers, I had to go. And what a fun day.
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3 in 1 Disaster: Devil’s Den Spring, Devil’s Millhopper & the Butterfly Rainforest
This was not my most successful day trip. I chose three different sites that were relatively close together. I figured I’d have three separate blog posts and several fun adventures. That was not to be. Let’s start with Devil’s Den. Online, it’s described as an underground spring inside a dry cave. They’ve found fossils dating
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Adventures Archery
I tell seniors to get out and do something . . . anything. I tell them how silly it is to stay at home just because it’s hard to think about doing something new, to face an unknown. There are dozens of reasons to stay put. Indeed, I encountered one of the stupidest but, oddly,
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Howey Mansion
In 1920, William Howey bought 60,000 acres in Lake County, Florida and set about establishing a citrus empire. A forward-thinking man for his time (hell, still forward thinking today), he hired a female architect, Katherine Cotheal Budd, to build his dream home. The 24-room house was begun in 1925 and completed in 1927. Over time,
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Duncan McClellan Gallery
If you’re in the mood to see something delicious, delectable and colorful, check out the Duncan McClellan Gallery. Not only do they have gorgeous glass pieces from artists all over the world, they also have a workshop where you can watch the creation process. If you’re in the market to buy something, bring your platinum
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Tampa Bay Automobile Museum
The cars at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum are all owned by Alain Cerf. Born in France, he bought his first classic car in the 1950s. Rather than trade them in for new ones, he stored them away. Lucky for us, they’re now on display and even though I know pretty much zero about cars,
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Hyde Park Village Experience
This little excursion was meant to get me three different blog posts, publishing one and saving the other two for future weeks when I’m too lazy to go anywhere. It didn’t quite work out that way. Hyde Park Village is a lovely shopping area with tons of restaurants and retail stores surrounding a lovely center
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Bury the Hatchet
Of all the harebrained ideas I’ve had, axe throwing might be quite near the top of the list. I have to tell you though, it was a blast. I worried that my 70-year-old shoulders wouldn’t be able to heft an axe over my head and hurl it at a target, but that didn’t cause me
Lisa Browder 