Things to do in Orlando Besides Theme Parks

April 14, 2015

We all know the Orlando that the glossy brochures present to us – expansive hotels with spacious suites and pristine pools, shopping outlets that create a giant hissing sound from our wallets, and amusement parks loaded with themed rides and happy-go-lucky music that makes you want to punch a mascot. There has to be something more to Orlando than the likes of Universal Studios, Sea World, and Disney. There has to be things…

Travel, United States

Your Guide to Hotels with the Best Spas in Orlando

March 13, 2015

From waiting in hour-long lines for five-minute rides to eating in yet another obnoxiously themed restaurant to navigating the millions of square feet of convention space, a trip to Orlando can feel not so magical. Your muscles are starting to spasm just thinking about it. Take a deep breath and remember that Orlando hotels are home to some great spas! Here are our picks for hotels with the best spas in Orlando. …

Craft Beer West Palm Beach, Florida – Yes, There is Beer in Paradise

March 2, 2015

UPDATED FOR 2017!!! You’ve shopped until you dropped, sunned until your skin reached just the right shade of crisp, and wined and dined enough to become one the West Palm Beach elite. Now you just want a damn craft beer so you could do what you really flew to West Palm Beach for – relax. Don’t worry, The Wandering Gourmand has you covered with some of the best craft beer West Palm Beach, Florida. …

Food, Travel, United States

An Insiders Miami Food Guide – Top Restaurants that you HAVE to Eat at in Miami

February 15, 2015

What doesn’t Miami have? There’s chic shopping on Lincoln Drive, secluded beaches on Key Biscayne, and a dance clubs that stays open all night. Miami even has a vibrant food scene! With so much variety from American to international fare, Pitbull had to change his nickname from Mr. 305 to Mr. Worldwide (true story). Next time you’re in town taking up residence at one of South Beach’s Art Deco hotels, be sure…

Cooking Miami’s Infamous Chop-Chop and My First Published Article

July 28, 2014

Last month I published my first article in a real magazine – Run South Florida. Someone actually liked my words enough to print them! I’m not sure why it has taken me almost a month to mention it here on my blog. You’d think I’d make a grand announcement with animated balloons and Nickelback music (I think Rockstar would be appropriate). Alas, my big splash into the world of adding “published” to…

Eating, Food

Georgia Ice Cream and Texas Fried Steak at the Cotillion Southern Cafe

April 23, 2014

Pardon the interruption, but some meals are just so awesome that I have to blog about them. Cotillion Southern Cafe is located in Wildwood, Florida just outside of Florida’s Friendliest Hometown (The Villages). My parents took me there on my last visit. They said the restaurant was a place that I would want to blog about it. At first the rebellious inner child that exists in all of us no matter what…

Brewery Snapshot: Cigar City Brewery in Tampa, Florida

June 12, 2013

I love to travel, and I love good beer. On occasion Often, these two passions collide. On a recent work trip to Tampa that appeared to be completely drab with Tropical Storm Andrea quickly approaching (read no chance for toes in the sand), I by happenstance stumbled upon Cigar City Brewing. How I stumbled upon Cigar City Brewing After a day of flying and client meetings I popped off at a…

Travel, United States

The Call of the Beach

July 18, 2012

I am drawn to the ocean. Whenever I am in a city near the water, it calls me hither. It’s a call I cannot ignore. I have no will power to stay away. Whether it’s a rocky bluff or pristine sands, I have to go. I have to stand and watch the waves crash. I have to feel my toesin the sand. I have to touch the water, feel it on my…

Travel, United States

I’m Stuck Somewhere between Hillbilly and High Class

November 27, 2011

On the socioeconomic status ladder of life I think I have one foot nestled on the hillbilly rung and another stretched up to high-class. Both feet are wearing Birkenstocks and are badly in need of a toenail trimming. At least this is the self-image I came away with after spending a Labor Day weekend at The W on South Beach. I like the idea of being pampered and enjoying the finer things…

Florida

Things to do in Orlando Besides Theme Parks

Your Guide to Hotels with the Best Spas in Orlando

Craft Beer West Palm Beach, Florida – Yes, There is Beer in Paradise

An Insiders Miami Food Guide – Top Restaurants that you HAVE to Eat at in Miami

Cooking Miami’s Infamous Chop-Chop and My First Published Article

Georgia Ice Cream and Texas Fried Steak at the Cotillion Southern Cafe

Brewery Snapshot: Cigar City Brewery in Tampa, Florida

The Call of the Beach

I’m Stuck Somewhere between Hillbilly and High Class

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