All about Nature, about the outdoors<>I love it, photograph it and protect it.
It’s really, really hot out there. Not that I’m telling you anything you didn’t already know. The other day I glanced at the temperature indicator on my dash on the way home. Even though it’s crazy-hot out there, I was a bit surprised to… Continue Reading “Florida is Burning Up in the Summer of 2016”
In a posting back on June 19th, I featured the well-known local spot Yellow Dog Eats in one of my reviews. I like the place. A lot. Unique Eatery in Gotha is how the header begins, if you’d like to check it out. And yes, YDE… Continue Reading “Fave Fotos: Places That Aren’t There Anymore”
Jeff and his top-flight band The Smokin’ Torpedoes are well-known to lovers of live music here in Central Florida. Jeff is very good at his craft. By that, I don’t mean only the musical side; he’s a very capable promoter and has shown over… Continue Reading “Jeff Willey and Those Smokin’ Torps Are Killin’ It in Central Florida”
Bulldog loves to zip. Only done it three times but I’m going again when I get the chance. I’ve done the one at The Central Florida Zoo. It’s good, but too many rope ladders and assorted obstacles between zips. Most of the zippers are… Continue Reading “How Much Fun are Zip Lines, Anyway?”
Bulldog really loves going to the Zoo. Pretty much any zoo. I’ve had annual passes to two zoos around here. That would be the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford and the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne. I love them both, can’t wait for the opening… Continue Reading “Something Tells Me It’s All Happening at the Zoo”
To this beer lover, Orlando Brewing is a truly unique establishment. Central Florida has its share of microbreweries, but none plowing the same ground, so to speak. You’ll find this low-key establishment in the southwestern corner of the downtown area, just west of ORMC… Continue Reading “Orlando Brewing is a Hidden Gem in Orlando’s Sodo District”
I’ve had two great musical partnerships in my life. One of them is on the acoustic or folk side of the musical universe; it’s the work I was privileged to have done with husband and wife duo Bill and Eli Perras. They invited me… Continue Reading “Bill and Eli Perras, Florida Folk Musicians Extraordinaire”
The story of the slaughter of 49 partiers at Pulse has been told many times. By a thousand journos and bloggers. Orlando and her people are still coming to grips with what happened there in the early morning hours of June 12th; all the… Continue Reading “A Dark Tale of 49 Murdered by Hate, revisited”
It was 1999 when I first got into the taxi business. I drove for a mid-sized company here in Central Florida. If you’re from around here, you’d no doubt recognize the name. The training was bad. Well, there was none. It’s not the easiest… Continue Reading “Driving, Recruiting, Training: A Taxi Career in a Changing Industry”
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