Wine with an Exotic Personality
While Generation X watched the movie “A Walk in the Clouds” back in the 90s, no one could’ve measured its influence in today’s wine scene. Florida’s vineyards combine that teenage dream of a movie-like winery and that inner-child desire to visit Disneyworld. What could be better? Theme parks and a way to reminisce about that […]
The Bright Line Across Florida
It’s going to happen any day now. Soon we’ll be watching the news, and the first train tourists will arrive at Orlando International Airport’s train station. Brightline, the company responsible for MCO terminal C’s 37,350 square feet station, already ran their first trails. The 556 feet long train is operational and will be open to […]
What do Mahsa Amini and Latin American Women have in Common?
She was down on her knees, asking me to serve my husband better. “You have to try harder”, she said, insistently, giving me examples of how she achieved becoming a better wife. Her toddler boy was playing around, touching my electronics, and listening to her mom chastising an adult woman. It went on for days until she […]
What do teens, workers, and investors have in common?
Teenagers and Mental Health If anyone is old enough to remember the times before social media, it is easy to remember when we used to grow up anonymously. The time when we fail in life and the only ones there to judge our actions were our family and friends, maybe some neighbors. Idiocy was perceived […]
Making Converts out of Sea Skeptics in Saint Pete, Florida
“Mellow, The palm tree trail, The concrete pier on Second Avenue, The ocean breeze in between music, All together a perfect rendezvous. Mellow, As the shadow during summer’s heat, As a drink after a thirsty race, An opera at Mahaffey Theater, After the evening pace. Sweet the stroll of art galore, The best of the […]
Remember the Why at Mead Botanical Gardens
In a hidden corner of a suburban block in Winter Park, Florida, one can say that the perfect postcard photo can be taken within five minutes of arrival. Mead Botanical Gardens on South Denning Drive is by far the best hidden gem of Orlando’s suburbs. The unpretentious iron gates are open until dusk for visitors […]
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Once, there was an eleven-year-old girl in Costa Rica. Thin as a feather, short-haired, in dire need of braces, and far sided. Not long ago, that little girl dreamed of becoming an astronaut; not because she wanted to be a scientist, but because she wanted to go places. At night, she’ll dream that she could […]