WELCOME TO TALLAHASSEE

Does Tallahassee exist? Darn it- I’m a proud and happy Floridian (an obvious conclusion when your home stays in sunshine and Harry Potter lives around the corner), but I noticed my local friends tend to leave this little city out of their travels. I didn’t need to see more food from Miami, Mickey ears from…

STUCK IN A GIANT BALL PIT aka THE BEACH TAMPA

Ah—Tampa Bay-nians (or whatever we’re called) receive plenty of sunshine, warm weather, and easy access to some of the best beaches in America. Yet on opening night for The Beach Tampa, we easily traded all that outdoor goodness to jump… not into powdery white sand but into a pit of white balls. The Beach Tampa…

ST. PETE BIKING AND EATING

The St. Pete Bike ‘N’ Eat. 12 miles of biking. Five local restaurants. Free samples… will we survive? Finally—after always missing the annual St. Pete Bike ‘N’ Eat, Fiance Shoes and I rode into the event last Saturday armed with our roadies and willing stomachs. The parking lot in front of Trek Bicycle was organized…

NOSHING AROUND HISTORICAL ST. AUGUSTINE

Merely walking down St. Augustine’s pedestrian-only St. George Street can result in an overload of food choices. We passed at least four ice cream shops, pubs, and cafes. There’s nothing wrong with that. Although historic St. Augustine has been overrun with shops catering to tourists (a formula which often results in shallow, decent-at-best cuisine) at…