by S.K. Nicholls I hate to start off a post talking about the weather, but really I must. The weather for my birthday weekend couldn’t have been better for what we planned to do. November and April are practically perfect in Florida. Saturday, we took our new boat out on the intracoastal waterway at Indian […]
Category Archives: Fascinating Florida
Ten Rationales for Atypical Florida Criminals
Florida is notorious for it’s crazy, whacked-out criminals and bizarre news headlines. Almost everybody has heard about Florida Man… If you haven’t, you can read all about him here: Tremendous Things Florida Men Accomplished this Year. And another run down here catches quite a few more: Year in Florida Man 2015. He’s not one guy. […]
Christmas in the Nation’s Oldest City
I promised a post about our trip to St. Augustine and I really want to share this with you before Christmas. St. Augustine is a city in Northeast Florida and the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement and port in the continental United States. It was established in 1565. I know there is dust on European […]
21 Facinating Facts About Florida
I am constantly looking up Florida facts and details for my regional writing. Sometimes these little tidbits end up in my books. I compiled this list from a variety of resources: Florida was not acquired by the U.S. until 1821 The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe, the only tribe in […]
Old World and New World Florida
Being a bit of a history buff, I miss being in one of the thirteen original colonies. Our fair city of Orlando in Central Florida is not like the ones you see up north, along the Atlantic seaboard or on the coast. Our history beyond the orange groves, old ranches and fruit, flower, and vegetable […]
A Tour Through Our Little Saigon and a Jackfruit
I spent some time gathering up pics to share with you. You have most likely heard me mention Little Saigon. I use it as a setting in my book Naked Alliances. We have a thriving Vietnamese population here in Orlando and their shops are seen all around, but Little Saigon, situated on Colonial Drive (highway […]
Resort Living in Florida
People across the country like the idea of visiting a resort, particularly in Florida where the weather, minus the thunderstorms and hurricanes, is pretty. Many people live in these resorts year around, or for half the year during the worst of winter elsewhere. It is a lifestyle choice for many. There are thousands of resorts […]
Cape Romano – Our Secret Sanctuary
(Edit post- Sad to say that the dome houses are no more. Nature has recalled the beach of Cape Romano.) We have our very own “secret sanctuary” in sunny Florida. A curious and interesting place, Cape Romano is at the southernmost tip of Ten Thousand Island (the uppermost of the mangrove islands). It is located […]
