As many of you loyal Florida Blogger readers, I love to travel to Key West. And I also love going to the Front Porch, a quaint microbrew bar in Key West. However, the Front Porch to which I refer to in this post is located in the Seminole Heights area of Tampa. I’ve been meaning [...]
Last year around July when the bay scalloping season opened in Florida, my wife and I took our yaks up to Steinhatchee to find those suckers. We knew where to go because of a tip from PaddlingFan, who lives in Miami. So, we went out there, found them, and saw that scalloping was actually able [...]
Up until a few months ago, I was on the water in my yak just about every other weekend. I’d get up at my regular time, say about 7am, load the yak up, and hit the water about 8am. That was when the night temperatures were low; and the fish would put on a regular [...]
Just like football and tailgating, there are few constant things that happen in Florida. This time of year means its hurricane season. Although we haven’t had any hurricanes hit Florida yet in this year, we’ve already had two tropical storms give us some much needed rain. I was recently watching a video about the 20 year [...]
We just were handed down property that has been in our family since the 1980s. It is located just outside of the town of Suwannee in a little subdivision (lofty name for a trailer park) called Munden Creek, named after the creek which empties into the Suwannee River. I have been coming to this property [...]
I began looking back at some of last posts before the “silent period.” It has been a little over two months since I wrote a blog, so I thought I’d catch ya’ll up on some of the happenings in the life of Suwannee Refugee (me) and SR’s wife. March 14–My last post was about dining [...]
Hey all you Floridians and wanna be Floridians, The Florida Blogger is up and running again. The problem began about the first of the year when I was working long hours. Add to that, I was on the computer all day long and the last thing I wanted to do was play on the computer [...]
I’ve always been a lover of Cajun food. Etouffee. Jambalya. Crawfish. Mmmmmm. There are few chain restaurants around that tempt me, but I could never go in one of those stores, especially since something like Cajun Cafe on the Bayou exists. I would have gotten over to this gem sooner, but its in Pinellas Park, [...]
I was listening to a podcast recently, Planet Money, and they were talking about how certain situations dictate the cost of an item. In particular, they were talking about wedding dresses. Wedding dresses range from $500 to $100,000 depending on where you go and how much you want to spend. But in reality, the cost [...]
I realize that I’ve been a little slack with my posts recently. Its not been intentional. 50 hour work weeks blow. But on the bright side, I’m hoping to have the shanty paid off in two years!! For you reading enjoyment, here’s a Q & A with James Vrabel, part owner of the Pour House [...]
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