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Florida Springs Guide: Silver Springs Nature Park
5656 E. Silver Springs Blvd. Silver Springs, FL 34488 Telephone: 352-236-2121
Throughout history, Silver Springs has been a timeless oasis and a place of unparalleled beauty, offering respite to early settlers who drew sustenance from its 99.8 percent...Tags: Tampa, Tourism and Leisure
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Sunsets and more await on Anna Maria Island
The joy of visiting Anna Maria Island is that a milestone is celebrated every day: the sunsets that are gorgeous enough to inspire spontaneous applause.
In May, the city of Anna Maria — one of three tiny towns on the seven-mile strip of barrier...Tags: Kellie Pickler, Culture, Ceremonies, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Florida highways gain federal scenic status
Sentinel Staff WriterOne of the most pleasing drives in Florida for Jim Thorsen is a nearly 60-mile stretch of State Road 40 between Ormond Beach and Silver Springs. The mostly two-lane road winds through the heart of the Ocala National Forest and offers motorists a view...Tags: Bear (animal), Ocala National Forest, Ormond Beach, Conservation, Endangered Species
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Spring into these Gulf Coast fests at Anna Maria Island, Bradenton
Anna Maria Island, the famously quiet and beautiful beach on Florida's Gulf Coast, is made for the stress-free getaway.
Depending on your outlook, the quiet might be too much. My colleague Linda reports that judging from her family vacations there, the...Tags: Greeting Cards, Family Vacations, Festive Events, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Music
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Which explorer named the Pacific Ocean? a) Juan Ponce de Leon b) Hernando de Soto c) Ferdinand Magellan
Staff reporterANSWER: c) Ferdinand MagellanTags: Pacific Ocean
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Need a reason to go to Bradenton? Here’s a bunch!
Postcards from Florida» Orlando Sentinel – Postcards from FloridaThanks to the good folks at Anna Maria Island, Bradenton and Longboat Key for sending along a terrific list of monthly activities and festivals in that area that look like the fodder for plenty of getaway ideas. The options range from monthly art w... -
Global Meltdown Rule No. 1: Do the math
As a Peruvian educated by British and American teachers, I learned never to embark on a major task without first "doing the math." No more of that Latino "happy go lucky, trust your gut and say three Hail Marys" approach to life. Without measurement, my...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Globalization, Timothy Geithner, Government, Defense Equipment
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A triumph after a mistaken identity
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen European explorers made their way to the New World, they were delighted to find, amid the unknown foods, forbidding forests and sometimes hostile native people, a familiar food growing seemingly everywhere: Melons. But they weren't melons. They were...Tags: Pumpkin, Family, Chicago Tribune, Europe, Summer Squash
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Shadowy path may lead to treasure
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDeep in the woods near Brushy Creek stands an old beech tree, its smooth bark etched with dozens of carvings, including biblical references, a heart and a legless horse. Bob Brewer was 10 when his great-uncle, W.D. "Grandpa" Ashcraft, pointed it out on a...Tags: Princeton University, Abraham Lincoln, Stranger Than Fiction, Finance, Wells Fargo & Co.
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"A Voyage Long and Strange," by Tony Horwitz
In "Pathfinders," his encompassing history of the exploration of the globe, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto notes that the "Atlantic breakthrough" made by Europe at the end of the 15th Century took place in less than a decade. From Christopher Columbus' landfall...Tags: Pocahontas, Mayflower Voyage (1620), The Pilgrims, Freedom of Religion, University of Georgia
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Safety Harbor: A Tampa Bay spa that is all about you
Orlando Sentinel Travel EditorAt the award-winning Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, the message is: relax, feel good. We'll show you how. Give yourself over to a place like this -- even if just for a morning, as I did -- and you can emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon. If this...Tags: Personal Service, Hospitals and Clinics, Metal and Mineral, Caesar Salads, Golf
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