Esther Williams has died at the age of 91. She was at one time one of the most popular movie stars and internationally known for her swimming ability. Most of her films involved her swimming to one degree or the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thought I’d share this found out there in internet land! Here’s their site: http://www.perpetualkid.com/manatea-infuser.aspx
Now up there’s a pin even a lousy bowler could hit. Twedt’s opened 53 years ago and you can still hear the strikes coming from the ten lane facility today. Click here to visit the Lanes and see this great[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The newest Swampy book premieres this weekend – ‘Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival’. The book was created for the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce‘s annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival. Swampy’s Rob Smith, Jr., writer and artist of the book, will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The submarine looking boat was actually a glass bottom boat that once roamed the Rainbow River from Rainbow Springs years ago.
The Patrician Hotel sits on Collins Avenue off 36th & 37th in Miami Beach. The address is 3621 Collins Avenue. Well, it was once The Patrician. Now it has the name, ‘All Season Condo/Hotel’ and is for sale. Here’s what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard of Hillsborough River State Park that’s postmarked 1967 and sent to Westlake, Ohio by a Owen Richart. He writes something that’s hard to read about wind in Ocala and a trip to Juniper Springs.
Here’s a great place to visit – The Martin Theatre in Panama City. Opened in 1936 as part of the Ritz chain that were all over Florida and the southeast. In the 1950s the Martin family took over until the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Florida historian, Hampton Dunn, tags a series of Florida historic locations with one page reviews and history. The state is well covered by being broken up in three parts, Central, East and West Coasts. The volume is dated and a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s one of the opening art shows at Harmon Gallery now celebrating fifty seasons of showing artwork. In 1982 the gallery became Harmon Meek Gallery. Click here to learn more about and to visit Harmon Meek – Gallery.
Tales Of Old Brevard by Georgiana Greene Kjerulff My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a terrific history book. full of stories, history, maps and photos. This is what every history book should have. Too many write of locations[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…