Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
Volusia County is located in the North Eastern part of Central Florida. The most notable town in the county is of course, Daytona Beach, the self-proclaimed “world’s most famous beach.” Daytona Beach is great, but Volusia County is also home to some of the most charming small towns you’ll find anywhere. Some you may have…
Florida has become notorious for theme parks and thrills. We all know the biggies; Disney, Universal, Sea World, Busch Gardens, etc. But long before Walt Disney invented Orlando in 1971, there were a few other delightfully retro attractions that are still standing! I had visited Weeki Wachee once before about two years ago, but somehow…
One of my favorite things about living in Orlando is that no one is actually from here. It’s such a diverse community of retirees and hospitality workers from all over the world and when you couple that with fact that it’s one of the top tourist destinations in the world that makes it a perfect…
Speakeasies have become a relatively recent trend in cities all over the country. Well, I guess you could call it an old trend. Necessity turned trend maybe? While I tend to avoid the overly trendy, my love of fringe, feathers, and fine cocktails wins out over my distaste with the tragically hip every time. As…
Lakeridge Winery is one of my favorite places to go when I need to escape the tourist nonsense that always takes over Orlando around the holidays. It’s about a 45 minute drive from the tourist attractions and I don’t think many out-of-towners know about it, which is great! I got off to a rocky start…
Okay, so I know it’s not technically travel since I live here (and hopefully no one is traveling to Orlando for Margaritafest), but this is the post I wish someone had written about Margaritafest 4 (or 3,2,1) before I spent $35+ tax on my “VIP” experience. I’ll start by saying that the margarita is…
Yet again this year over Memorial Day weekend Disney World’s Magic Kingdom as well as DIsneyland Resort hosted the “Rock Your Disney Side” 24 hour event and really tried to make #disneyside happen. Of course, they made it happen, it just didn’t make a lot of sense to me, but if they can make Frozen…
Wanderlust sets in pretty quickly after I return home from a trip. Unfortunately, Africa cleaned me out financially for a bit, not to mention the fact that it’s recital season and my directors would be none too happy about me leaving until after the mid-June show. Knowing I’m stuck here, even if it is just…
It’s pie time! Today and tomorrow Celebration, FL hosts the annual Great American Pie Festival, so now seemed like a great time to take a break from the re-cap of my amazing African adventures and focus temporarily on things back home. What’s the exact opposite of Africa and about the most American thing in the…
Unfortunately, being tied town with several jobs means that most of the time I can’t go too far from home (at least for now). The bright side of this is that I live in Florida and there are plenty of weird and wonderful locations only a day trip away. Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is…
