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    Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  1. Florida Springs Guide: Silver Springs Nature Park

    5656 E. Silver Springs Blvd.
    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: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Tampa, Human Interest, Florida

    2. Apr 9, 2011 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. 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.
    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: Lifestyle and Leisure, Festive Events, Restaurants, Arts and Culture, Kellie Pickler

    3. Nov 15, 2009 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  3. Florida highways gain federal scenic status

    One 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.
    Sentinel Staff Writer
    One 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: Tourism and Leisure, Indian River Lagoon, Human Interest, Conservation, Natural Resources

    4. Apr 4, 2010 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  4. 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.
    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, Arts and Culture, Candy, Flowers and Gifts

    5. Jun 29, 2009 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  5. Which explorer named the Pacific Ocean? a) Juan Ponce de Leon b) Hernando de Soto c) Ferdinand Magellan

    Staff reporter
    ANSWER: c) Ferdinand Magellan

    Tags: Pacific Ocean

    6. Mar 30, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. Need a reason to go to Bradenton? Here’s a bunch!

    Postcards from Florida» Orlando Sentinel – Postcards from Florida
    Thanks 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...
    7. Apr 12, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 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: Health, Military Equipment, Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice, Business Institutions

    8. Oct 8, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. A triumph after a mistaken identity

    Chicago Tribune reporter
    When 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: Family, Summer Squash, Chicago Tribune, Pumpkin, Europe

    9. Dec 5, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Shadowy path may lead to treasure

    Deep 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.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Deep 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: Arizona, Stranger Than Fiction, Defense, Abraham Lincoln, Wells Fargo & Co.

    10. Jul 26, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. "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: University of Florida, Radio Industry, John Cabot, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), University of Georgia

    11. Jan 19, 2003 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Safety Harbor: A Tampa Bay spa that is all about you

    Orlando Sentinel Travel Editor
    At 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: Aerobics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Health, Caesar Salads, Tennis

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