“Mayberry meets Detroit.”

“Seeing the very flat land, without a single mountain…and full of beautiful trees and woods along the seashore, I leave it to you to imagine the happiness we felt,” was the description the French wrote back as they established Fort Caroline upon their 1564 arrival in...

Is This The America Trump Is Talking About?

After spending the night on an Airbnb couch with a Rhaegar the Cocker Spaniel, it was time to head to the town of Palatka, Florida. My Airbnb Couch — $31 For The Night “All we have is a model First Lady who only knows how to ask ‘What do I do now?’ while...

Nonconformity Is Not Tolerated

There was a time where I would have skipped a museum dedicated to an artist like Salvador Dalí. Part Of The Exterior Of The Dalí Museum Elementary school tends to instill structure and organization; a young student is continually shaped into adopting those values....

“No Car, No Room.”

I expected my visit to Sebring to be a challenge, just not the one it became. Writing about a prominent place like Miami Beach is not as demanding as writing about a small city like Sebring. A Google search for “Miami Beach, Florida” yields about 36 million hits,...

Key West and The Conch Republic

The dubious title of “Southernmost Point” of the “Continental U.S.A.” is asserted by the city of Key West, Florida. Has the city forgotten it is an island connected to the continent by the “Overseas Highway,” a network of 42 bridges? Or the fact that there are more...

Not All Snowbirds Are Alike

Most snowbirds journey south during the winter, a privileged escape. Not Ahmet, my friend’s Turkish buddy, whom I had the indulgence of connecting with on my getaway from the icy Poconos. Ahmet and I in his condo Ahmet’s first migration was from Europe to Northeastern...