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Monday, March 28, 2022

Monday, July 13, 2020

Florida the Beautiful: Casey Key, Sarasota

Nokomis Public Beach, Sarasota

Florida the Beautiful: Siesta Key, Sarasota

Siesta Key Beach

Crescent Beach

Turtle Beach

Florida the Beautiful: Anna Maria Island, Manatee County

Anna Maria City Pier

Bradenton Beach

Coquina Beach

Monday, June 1, 2020

Florida the Beautiful - South Beach Park, Boca Raton

South Beach Park

400 N State Road A-1-A, Boca Raton, FL 33432, USA

$20 per car (all day parking) or permit

There is free and metered parking outside the park premises - spots are hard to find!

The parking lot is large but fills up especially during weekends.

There are three beach access along the parking lot, as well as restrooms, showers, etc.

The beach is sandy and very nice, good for kids.

South Beach Park Livecam

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Florida the beautiful - Bonita Springs

Little Hickory Beach

Medium-size parking lot, $2/hr, shower, restrooms and 2 picnic gazebos.

Some pictures of the houses along Hickory Boulevard

Some pictures of the houses along Barefoot Beach Boulevard

The beach off Barefoot Beach County Preserve

$8 per car, all day parking. There are 3 parking lots. The first one is the one with access to restrooms and showers. The last parking lot is the biggest but no showers or restrooms.

Lovers Key State Park
Website

1- Barefoot Beach - Left at the light once you cross the bridge. Pass the first guard house - you'll pay at the next one.

2- Bonita Beach Park (Beach Access #1). Large parking lot, showers, restrooms. Bar and grill. It can get very crowded.

3- Bonita Bay Beach Park (Beach Access #4). Small parking lot, no showers, restrooms or facilities.

4- Little Hickory Beach (Beach Access #10). Restrooms and showers available.

There are 10 beach accesses in total. Except #2, #3 and #4 above, they only have 3-4 parking spaces, no more.

5- Lovers Key State Park.

All beaches are very shallow and sandy with some shells - no water shoes necessary .

Whatever you do, get there EARLY. Parking is SCARCE

Monday, February 11, 2019

Florida the Beautiful: Mai Kai Restaurant, Ft. Lauderdale

Mai Kai Polinesian Restaurant and Show, Ft. Lauderdale

3599 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Website

This restaurant was founded in 1956 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Entrance

Interior

Gardens

Some clips of the show

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Discover Miami: Miami River Walk

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The Miami Riverwalk is a pedestrian walkway located in Downtown Miami, Florida. It extends along the north side of the Miami River and the Biscayne Bay. It begins at Bayfront Park and ends one block west of the South West 2nd Street bridge.

The MRW is part of the Miami River Greenwalk project.

There are several restaurants and fish markets located on MRW, like

Garcia's, Casablanca, Seaspice and Kiki on the River

Discover Miami: Scottish Rite Masonic Temple

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Scottish Rite Masonic Temple

(471 NW 3rd St, Miami, FL 33128,

https://www.srmiami.org)

Impressive Masonic building with a lot of history located right across Lummus Park in Miami.

More information here and here.

Discover Miami: Lummus Park & Fort Dallas

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Lummus Park
(404 NW 3rd St, Miami, FL 33128)
was one of Miami's first green spaces. It opened in 1909
and was added to the US National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

In 1925, the only remaining structure of Fort Dallas (considered the birth place of the City of Miami) and the Wagner Homestead (the oldest standing house in Miami) were relocated to Lummus Park in an effort to preserve them.

More information here: Fort Dallas