Visiting the Nation’s Oldest City
March 12, 2011, by Karen in UncategorizedWhile many think that the oldest city in the U.S. is Jamestown, it’s actually St. Augustine, Florida. In fact, one of the guides I came across put it this way: “While Jamestown was being discovered, St. Augustine was already going through urban renewal.” St. Augustine is located about an hour south of Jacksonville, so we’re …
Continue reading →Land of the Mouse
February 20, 2011, by Karen in Uncategorized“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” -Walt Disney I hadn’t been to Disney World in ages, so in spending the greater part of the winter in Florida, I just had to go at some point. I could remember how I felt about it …
Continue reading →Photography events to kick off 2011
January 22, 2011, by Karen in UncategorizedBen and I at one of the evening receptions at FotoFusion. The photo is courtesy of Jack Davis (who has more photography iPhone apps than anyone I’ve ever seen – and does awesome things with them!) FotoFusion After bringing in the new year in Arcadia, FL, we moved on to Stuart for some down time, …
Continue reading →Odd America: Airstream Ranch
January 6, 2011, by Karen in UncategorizedHere we are with another installment of Odd America. This time our “O.A. Travels” take us to Dover, Florida, home of Airstream Ranch. Now many folks have heard of the famous “Cadillac Ranch,” found off Rt. 66 in Amarillo, TX. Airstream Ranch is a very similar phenomenon, except of course, with Airstreams instead of Cadillacs. …
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