Tag: Florida
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Mise en Place
Can I just tell you how much I loved Mise en Place? Located by Tampa’s downtown college campus, it’s sleek and modern, sophisticated and quiet. The tables are far enough apart that you don’t feel like the next table is taking notes on your conversation and, if that’s not enough, they have a more private
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May-Stringer House
This beautiful, 4-story, 7-gable, 14-room “Painted Lady” Victorian home (called the Heritage Museum online), began as a 4-room home in 1855. The Armed Occupation Act of 1842 stated that “any settler who came to Florida, lived on the land for five years, cultivated five acres, and built a dwelling” would be granted 160 acres. The
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Parkshore Grill
Parkshore Grill is a lovely spot for lunch or dinner. It’s located directly across the street from a park that’s sandwiched between the restaurant and the water. If you opt for the outdoor dining, you get gorgeous views of green and blue. As you might expect, reservations are recommended but I got there early and
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Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park & Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, one of Florida’s 1,000 springs, is a gem. The entire trail is only about 1.1 miles and an easy walk. I highly recommend it. It’s well kept, has wide sidewalks and boardwalks, great signage, lots of comfy benches if you need to rest, and a couple of places to grab
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Chihuly Collection
Dale Chihuly was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1941. He learned glass art while studying interior design and architecture at the University of Washington. After graduation in 1964, he went on to study glassblowing at the University of Wisconsin and then at Rhode Island School of Design. Offhand, I’d say he did all right. As
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Florida Holocaust Museum
The Florida Holocaust Museum is well worth your time. It painstakingly chronicles the plight of Jewish people beginning in 922 BCE until today. And it breaks your heart. The more photos and memorabilia you see, the heavier the history becomes – required identity cards, discarded shoes, bricks from the crematorium chimney. It is overwhelming but
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Seabreeze Island Grill
After a morning spent at the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Shores, I drove down Gulf Boulevard in search of lunch. I settled on the Seabreeze Island Grill, mainly because it seemed bigger than some of the other little places and I thought that might mean more choices. But there are lots of options within
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Hurricanes
I apologize that this post is a few days late. There’s a reason. Hurricane Ian. Now there was a stressor. So much so that I was unable to accomplish any of my calendared projects for the vacation time I had scheduled. Instead, I was obsessed with television’s dire reports of Ian’s impending landfall in Tampa.
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Seaside Seabird Sanctuary
The Seaside Seabird Sanctuary is an unassuming property scrunched between high-rise apartment buildings and is a bit hard to see at first glance. Look for the giant pelican statue out front. It has a hook in its mouth and a line wrapped around an injured wing. The sanctuary gets about 10,800 calls every year, rescues
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