Tag: Florida
Apalachicola, FL
Dawn came so softly that I could hear a dolphin breathing, exhaling through its blowhole while swimming slowly up the Apalachicola River only a few feet away. I had...
Deal signs law requiring mass drug tests
On Monday, Gov. Nathan Deal signed a law that will arbitrarily require all Georgia welfare recipients to submit to drug tests.
Key West, FL
Like the best Key West stories, this one begins at a bar. I'm at the Porch, which specializes in craft beer and catchy wines and occupies a corner of a Victorian mansion with, indeed, ...
I think Newt lost Florida last night
I think Newt Gingrich lost Florida during last night's debate and, therefore, his best chance to win the GOP Presidential nomination.
Newt leaves South Carolina for younger, hotter state
As anyone who is acquainted with Newt Gingrich's personal life knows, loving him can be dangerous.
Amelia Island, FL
Rob Hicks is sweating, his breath at a light pant, as he points out the Fairbanks House. The four-story, twenty-room residence, built in 1885 in Amelia Island’s Fernandina Beach...
Miami Beach, FL
Plotting our next meal in Miami Beach, my friend looked baffled when I suggested we stay on the hotel property. “We’ve already eaten here once,” he said. True, but we were staying...
St. Augustine, FL
More than 100 years after Florida’s railroad boom brought the posh set to St. Augustine, this former Spanish colony just south of Jacksonville still holds Old World allure. In the...
Nearby Casinos
This is as close to Atlantic City as you’ll get in the Southeast. Three hours north of Atlanta, Harrah’s Cherokee is in the process of a $633 million expansion and renovation...
More Under $750
The next time you find yourself wistful for the days when kids just ran outside and played, book a room at the High Hampton Inn. The resort is like summer camp for adults and...
