Reading and Roaming
CRUISING Some folks choose a cruise for the ports of call, others for just the experience of being at sea. The motivation for our five-day Western Caribbean cruise was a gathering of the Chief Penguin’s cousins. Some of these cousins saw each other weekly as kids, but hadn’t spent any appreciable time together in years …
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RESTAURANTS. I’m passionate about food and love dining at casual places, fancy restaurants, and even at home. Here are my takes on several local restaurants, two new ones, one repeat. DINING FIND Element in downtown Sarasota is part of Duval’s group of restaurants and is their upscale dining spot. We went for dinner on a Saturday …
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BIRDS This week we’ve had several early morning low tides with a wide expanse of mud. Perfect for the birds. One day there was a flotilla of pelicans (white ones in a ring), the usual gulls, several groups of ibis with their heads and beaks mostly in the down position, and far out in the …
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IDYLLIC ST. PETERSBURG With the incentive of an evening event in St. Petersburg, the Chief Penguin and I decided to drive up early and do a bit of exploration. We had whizzed by the city exits in the past, and once, years ago, we stayed at the famous pink palace hotel on St. Pete Beach, …
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