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Festivals, Unique eats

Florida’s fall seafood festivals

by Bob Rountree

Florida’s seafood festival season kicks off in Florida’s Panhandle.

Festivals, Northwest Florida, Unique eats

Florida’s oldest seafood festival in Apalachicola is still on for Nov. 1-3, 2018

by Bob Rountree

Apalachicola was hard hit by Hurricane Michael, but festival organizers have decided to go for it! Grand marshals will be the Duke Energy linesmen, who have worked tirelessly to restore power to the city.

Stone crabs from Triad Seafood, Everglades City

Everglades, Southwest Florida, Unique eats

Stone crab season begins, and Everglades City is ready

by Bonnie Gross

Stone crab season starts Oct. 15 and Everglades City, a small, isolated fishing village south of Naples, is a place to feast on this Florida favorite in an authenic Old Florida atmosphere.

Festivals, Southwest Florida

Naples fest Oct. 26-28 kicks off stone crab season

by Bob Rountree

This Gulf Coast community’s annual Stone Crab Festival marks the beginning of Florida’s stone crab season while showing off the city’s historic center and bayfront attractions. Let’s get crackin’.

Festivals, Northwest Florida

Still on! Cedar Key Seafood Festival, Oct. 20-21, 2018

by Bonnie Gross

Seafood festivals are common in Florida, but Cedar Key Seafood Festival is uncommonly appealing. Not only is Cedar Key historic and charming, it’s also clam capital of America.

Key West Bed and Breakfast, 415 William Street,

Florida Keys, Lodging, Unique eats

On a budget? Key West on the cheap isn’t easy, but here are tips

by Bonnie Gross

It is possible to go to Key West on a budget. Here are some frugal tips on lodging, interesting budget restaurants and free places to go.

Florida's dramatic sky at Tigertail Beach in Marco Island. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)

Beaches, Bike & Hike, Everglades, Funky, Kayak & Canoe, Southwest Florida, Unique eats

Off-the-beaten path in Marco Island: Go beyond your hotel pool

by Bonnie Gross

The beach town of Marco Island is all manicured and modern, but here are four adventures into the wild and authentic Florida that are within a quick drive. You can wade across a lagoon to a wild beach or have lunch in a funky fishing town or stroll on a boardwalk into a beautiful old growth cypress swamp.