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…

THE GREAT ST. PETE CUPCAKE CONTEST

Any person who has crossed paths with a mini Cupcake knows the inevitable smile effect. Cute, small pastries are destined to cause happiness. I entered the 6TH  Annual Cupcake Competition smiling. Unfortunately that smile melted into frustration as a Root Beer Float Cupcake blocked my path. I turned… into an oncoming Creamsicle Cupcake. My only…

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…

ATLANTA: TOO MANY

Which Atlanta attraction gets mentioned more than any else? The World of Coca-Cola! (although others tend to mutter stuff about Pandas, Mountains of Stone, some Olympics Park, Pandas drinking Coca-Cola and occasionally Andre 3000). The king of sodas was our next conquest. Driving into Downtown Atlanta was smooth sailing that quickly descended into madness. Besides…