A trip to Orlando requires a stop at Beefy King. Since 1968 their roast beef sandwiches are voted best in Central Florida. Add spuds, coke slaw and an orange shake and it’s a lunch hard to beat.
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…just after the annual Christmas meeting of Orlando Remembered. Swampy is with members Shirley Cannon and Ann Bennett. Orlando Remembered puts up extensive displays in buildings all around Downtown of the history of each area around the buildings.
Here’s Swampy, Rob and Marcia Gaedcke, President of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce with a page of art for the upcoming ‘Swampy’s Florida: Titusville’.
James W. Rossetter, was a native of Hamilton County, Florida, and came south to be involved with the prosperous fishing industry in the Cape Canaveral area. Rossetter moved the pre-Civil War house above to it’s present location in Eau Gallie[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the lack of Christmas at the International Mall in Tampa, Swampy went looking for Christmas at Melbourne Square Mall. What a big difference! More than half the store and kiosks are decorated. Though many are not. Unlike Santa sitting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The chairs marking seating for the Ocala Christmas Parade start coming out along Silver Springs Boulevard and 25th Street a week before the parade. Amazing that chairs aren’t stolen each year!
Swampy Live: Sulpher Springs
on December 5, 2012
at 10:22 am
At one time Sulphur Springs, now engulfed by the City of Tampa, was an individual community in the early years of the 20th century. Now the community is mostly residential. Though, there are still remnants of, what was a bustling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Live: at The Press Box in Tampa.
on December 4, 2012
at 7:42 pm
This sports bar on south Dale Mabry has been a favorite in Tampa Bay since 1978. Known for their wings and burgers, they have a full menu and bar. The decor is pure sports, including this Press Box seating in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Live: A stop in Tampa requires a stop at the Housewife Bake Shop. Besides great breads and pastries, did you know they make very tasty sandwiches, too? They have Cuban, ham & cheese, egg salad, etc. Swampy has a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Toys ‘R Us in Ocala at 7:30 pm Thanksgiving night. The parking lot full and people parking everywhere else. The building itself is set back almost a block back from the sidewalk full of people. Closer examination found that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy in Orlando Sunday morning as the Downtown Orlando Christmas star goes up. Swampy’s dear friend Jack Kazanzas got the City of Orlando to renovate and to continue to put the star up above Orange Avenue each year. Friends of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy has been on the road for the past week and couldn’t post on Twitter. I’ll make up for it here by reposting posts from Facebook. You’ve been posted. 🙂 By the way, you can follow Swampy on Facebook by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…