The USA's top vaycay state is best known for its beach resorts and theme parks. But besides the ersatz thrills of Orlando, the nightlife of South Beach, and the well-marketed Victoriana of Key West and Amelia Island, quiet hideaways abound as well.

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The spooky ghost tours of St. Augustine

  Victor Block   At age 458 - founded during the Spanish empire by Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés - St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States. There’s a lot to recommend a city that old, including charming colonial architecture and a lot of history - not just stretching back centuries but also including its beginnings as a tourism mecca during the Victorian era, the early 20th century, and even the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.  And of course…

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12 of Florida's best resorts

  Beachcomber Resort & Club Attracting more than 120 million holidaymakers annually, the Sunshine State is famously home to many beautiful beaches on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and is known for its bright sunshine, tall palm trees, crystal clear turquoise waters, expansive beaches, theme parks; and resorts. And here's our list of picks (obviously by no means exhaustive) of a dozen of the best resorts - from very affordable to very exclusive, and intimate to enormous -…

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Luscious Lee County in the wake of last fall's Hurricane Ian

Visit Florida   Walking along the Fort Myers Yacht Basin in the center of the city, you would never know that three months ago it was littered with boats and destruction, havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ian in late September 2022 - the worst storm to hit Florida since 1935 and the world's third costliest on record. The feeling of calm felt almost eerie as I remembered the horrific TV images of months past. Nonetheless, this Lee County city along with nearby Bonita Springs are beach towns, bastions…

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Miami's Ultra included in "The USA's Top 10 Music Festivals"

  Since debuting here in 1989, one of the world's premier electronic dance music festivals has been held in many cities across the globe, but this March event is still the biggest and most famous, with as many as 155,000 attending over two to three days in the city's Bayfront Park. with acts appearing over the years including Diplo, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Moby, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, and Paul Van Dyk. For more, read post  

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  • Donald Trump wants you to stay for free on Friday nights through March 31st at
    Trump International Beach Resort, with a three-night minimum stay...

    Throughout the month of March, Miami’s oceanfront Trump International Beach Resort is offering free accommodations on Fridays, for all room types, to guests who book between March 6th and March 16th. And the giving doesn’t stop there. Trump International’s “Free Fridays” package also includes a complimentary, Full American Breakfast daily at the Resort’s featured restaurant, Neomi’s Grill.

    Located in the exclusive enclave of Sunny Isles Beach, the contemporary Mobil 4-star resort features all the lavish amenities that one would not normally associate with “free,” including a private stretch of white sand beach, expansive grotto-style pool complex, luxurious air conditioned pool and beachside cabanas, award-winning spa, full-service fitness center, and a number of celebrated dining options.

    Valid on stays through March 31, 2010, the “Free Fridays” package is based on a three-night minimum and must include a Friday overnight stay. The package is based on the best available rate for all room types and cannot be combined with any other offer. For reservations or more information, guests may call 877.405.3112 or visit www.trumpmiami.com.
  • Dave Barry: If you're a Super Bowl tourist, Do NOT go outside

    By Dave Barry

    Dear Super Bowl Visitor:

    Welcome to Miami! Get ready for a fun Super Bowl week, because you're going to see some serious partying ``Miami Style'' -- people eating, drinking, singing, shouting, fighting, discharging firearms, sacrificing animals, sinking motor yachts and dancing naked around burning buses. And those are our police officers.

    Keep reading...
  • iPhoners - get the lowdown on Sanibel-Captiva Islands with my new app. Just search Sanibel.
  • Freezing tonight in South Florida (going down to 32 F or 0 C)! So what's the logical thing to do? Go stand outdoors in line for churros! It's a real local Latin kind of thing, where else would you find a churro cart?

    Hey, it's not quite the same as churros on a cold night in Madrid at Chocolatería San Ginés, but... when the smell of fried dough and chocolate hit my nose as I walked out of BB&B, I couldn't resist!
  • If you are in South Florida, don't miss Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, one of Miami's jewels. Fairchild is the U.S.A.'s pre-eminent tropical botanic garden with the largest collection of palms and cycads in public display in the world. Enjoy 83 acres of tropical plants, flowers, animals and stop at the Garden Cafe for a smoothy, salad or sandwich. Also enjoy the art and sculptures displayes (Dale Chihuly, Botero, Yayoi Kusama, Cameron Gainer, Mark di Suvero, Daisy Youngblood and others. Visit their website www.fairchildgarden.org
  • What parts of Florida get a shout-out in this week's Tripatini blog post on top "it" destinations for 2010? Check it out!
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  • A sample of the late-afternoon Halloween scene on South Beach's famed Lincoln Road pedestrian mall. Lots of cute toddlers, ripped bods, and everyone's favorite, dogs in costume!

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  • Anybody in Miami tonight: great FREE Spanish folk music concert at the Centro Cultural Español in Coral Gables!

    Eliseo Parra and Rosalia Roio in Concert!

    Friday, October 30, 2009
    8:00 p.m.
    FREE!

    CCE Miami
    800 Douglas Rd (SW 37 Avenue)
    Coral Gables, FL

    Eliseo Parra and Rosalia Roio in Concert!
    Música tradicional española/Folk Music
    Info: Tel. 305 448 9677 email: info@ccemiami.org

    Eliseo Parra is one Spain's leading performers and researchers of folk music. He has traveled to small villages to rediscover old songs, musical instruments and learned how to play some instruments in the traditional style. He reconstructs folk music by adding modern elements. His background may seem surprising to some. He began as a rock musician and afterwards became interested in jazz and Caribbean rhythms. Eventually, he ended up rediscovering Spanish folk music.

    Rosalia Roio, Guitar player, songwriter, composer and vocalist, a truly original musician. With a fabulous energy and singular mastery of her instrument, able to un-earth the ancient popular music of her native Spain and embody it in an astonishing performance full of passion and mastery. Rosalia's music is an inspired encounter of beauty, guts and virtuosity. Though educated with some of the bests musicians in the world, Rosalía's songs reveal a truly un-affected, creative and brave artist who has become a cult musician for an international audience. Her music is a fusion of traditional Spanish Folk music that has been largely forgotten. The adaptations combine this folk heritage, which is not derived from Flamenco, with jazz and Latin colors. She has taken many sources and created a new musical vision enriched by her virtuosity guitar technique.
  • Heading to Key West? Don't miss the wackiest week in an already wacky town, the annual Fantasy Fest, through Nov. 1!
  • I've stayed at Tradewinds with my son and his friend when they were about age 14. They loved it (and it's not easy pleasing teens). Lots for them to do.
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