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Join Julie & Gordon exploring Florida’s hidden gems

Join Julie & Gordon as we explore Florida’s hidden gems — quiet springs, breezy beaches, and colorful back-roads towns. From simple home projects to coastal recipes inspired by Gordon’s culinary flair, this site is our scrapbook of easy adventures and classic Sunshine State flavors.

Silver Springs Triview

Julie Beach Blogging

I am always on the lookout for my vintage treasures, especially when they are beach related to happy memories of childhood summers spent in Florida. Memories of the ocean, the white sandy beaches, palm trees, flamingos, sea gulls, and the...

Mermaids and Manatees

Florida is famous for it’s live Mermaids and has been since 1947. In it’s heyday people used to come from all over the world to try out to be a Mermaid. In order to qualify they had to actually be...

Canoeing Florida

We were not disappointed. We must have seen around 35 alligators. We would have seen more had it been a sunny day. But we had rain off and on and that does play a factor in whether or not they...

Our Betta Fish

Betta Fish are from Asia. They live in the rice fields. The males are more beautiful than the females. The males also build the bubble nests for the babies. They make beautiful bubble nests. It also means they are happy....

Old Florida Food & Drink

Welcome to Old Florida Food So, Why Old Florida Food? Wouldn’t Vintage Florida Food sound better? Probably, but whenever I talk about the Florida that I grew up knowing, and the stories that I would hear from my Mother and...