FESTIVE FIESTA… AND FLAN

There’s nothing better than my nose getting slapped by the delicious smells of food. Except eating it perhaps.   After fighting the cobblestone corners of the tiny Ybor City in search of a parking space for less than $5… I stumbled onto 7th Avenue victoriously- “I made it!”… and was promptly rewarded when my nose…

DISNEY TRIP REPORT- THE MAGIC KINGDOM

To be sad in a Disney park is impossible– everyone is smiling. Even the children who don’t know what’s going on are smiling. After a ten-year disappearance, my family (The V’s) was ready to embrace the God-Mouse again—along with thousands of other people at Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom. We were probably the only group of…

MANATEES LOVE TAMPA ELECTRIC

In my attempt to escape the northern air that was trying to take control of Florida, I came face-to-face with dozens of sumos playing in the water. I wasn’t in a Las Vegas buffet… or waiting in line for the monorail at Disney. I was watching the equivalent of me jumping into jacuzzi– except in the form…

STONE MOUNTAIN EQUALS A POWER PYRA

I walked a tightrope four floors in the air. I boarded a craft that carried me atop a mountain. Finally, I watched lasers light the sky.  Tear your minds away from a smoky, cluttered Atlanta and enter Stone Mountain, a park where you can let loose your inner outdoorsman. First of all, after paying the…