Red Tide St Petersburg 2021 – TEST OCT

No one likes dead fish on the beach or in the water or foul-smelling algae. But it happens sometimes.  Almost every year in fact, in some part of Florida or the other. Often it stays far offshore and doesn’t impact the beaches. In other years, 2018 being an example, it hangs around for months.  Most […]

Gulfport Comfort Food To-Go – Two Dads

Pork belly could be on the menu If you thought life hadn’t been the same since Wade Parrish left O’Maddy’s, your world is about to be righted on its axis. Chef becomes a dad and decides he can’t have it all. (Who knew running a restaurant and being a parent were both exhausting? Come on!) […]

4 Day Dining Guide to Gulfport Florida

2021 Update Our 4-Day Dining Guide to Gulfport The year that shall not be named caused many upheavals in the restaurant world.  It also changed the average length of stay for most guests staying at our vacation homes.  Quick trips are less common, providing us with an incentive to expand our 3 day dining guide […]

Florida’s Sunken Gardens

Discover exotic blooms and flamboyant flamingos at Florida’s Sunken Gardens Colorful pathways abound It seems impossible a landscape this lush could be hidden amidst St. Pete’s hustle and bustle. You’ll just have to see the Sunken Gardens to believe it. Originally a roadside attraction concocted by an imaginative plumber, these below-sea-level gardens are now 100 […]

Splashy Ventures 2020 Guide to Pinellas Beaches

South Beaches Fort DeSoto (& Egmont Key) Shell Key Pass-A-Grille Beach St. Pete Beach Treasure Island Middle Beaches Madeira Beach The Redingtons Indian Rocks Beach and Indian Shores North Beaches Sand Key Park Clearwater Beach Caladesi Island State Park Honeymoon Island State Park Pass-A-Grille Anyone who has a special place in their heart for lapping […]

What’s Buggin’ You?

If you’re visiting Florida for the first time, or perhaps you live north of the Mason-Dixon line where it freezes regularly, when you visit Florida you may be in for a bit of a surprise at the extensive number of creatures you’ll be sharing your vacation with. Florida has bugs.  Lots of them.  Year-round. There […]

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