Category: FLORIDA TRAVEL
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEYOND THE BEACH
Southwest Florida makes a classic beach vacation, but it also entices you to reach out and explore in new ways.
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A CANADIAN FINDS HER SPORT: DRAGON BOATING
When I arrived as an immigrant to Canada, I was determined to throw myself into my new community. I wanted to meet new people, try new hobbies and activities, and make this new place feel more like home. Especially as truth be told, I was missing my native London, so very much. I tried winter…
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PSYCHIC’ED OUT
One little girl in the town of Cassadaga, Fla., loves shiny pennies so much, she’s continually leaving them around on the floor. Another inhabitant named Arthur, a former opera singer from New York, has a penchant for cigars and booze. On a visit to the town, you might also run into a woman with a…
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REVIEWING INNISBROOK
I’ve played all four of the Innisbrook golf courses over the past few months. The resort, a Salamander property (owned by hotel and media maven Sheila Johnson) sits in the shady wooded suburbs of Palm Harbor, Florida, about 40 minutes north of Tampa’s airport. It has the four courses, three different practice areas, tennis, fitness…
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FLORIDA’S HISTORIC FISHING VILLAGE
The beach is the first thing most folks notice about Destin. The sparkling white sand is so soft and fluffy that it squeaks when you walk on it. The fine quartz crystals were once the rocky mountaintops of the Appalachians, washed away by eons of rain and rivers, and settled along this shore by clear…