Author: Laura J. Cole
Escape the Florida Heat at Minus5 Ice Bar in Orlando
At minus 5 degrees Celsius, 23 degrees Fahrenheit, minus5° Ice Bar in Orlando gives you the perfect excuse to cuddle with your sweetie (if you need another one) and to turn up the heat in your relationship. Jesse and I…
Soar Above Old Florida with Canyons Zip Line & Canopy Tours
Florida isn’t the first place that comes to mind when I think of zip lining. That probably has something to do with our lack of mountains—or, well, elevation. We are, afterall, the flattest state in the union, reaching only 345…
Kayaking Among Florida’s Glowing Waterways
As a Florida-born water baby, I grew spending summers at the beach. The ocean was full of crazy critters, some scary like the stingray that stung me when I was young; others majestic, like the small organisms—among them jellyfish—that my…
At Napa Restaurant, a Craft Beer Pairing to End All Craft Beer Pairings
I know there was a time when I didn’t like beer, but that time is long past. I love a good IPA and find a thrill in trying new brews, so when I heard that Napa restaurant at the Hyatt…
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill and Bar Lights Up Mills 50
The Mills 50 District just keeps getting better. On that small strip of space on Mills Avenue between Princeton and Colonial, there are great restaurants like Pho 88, Tako Cheena, and Hawkers, and some of the best local watering holes like…
Brunch at Hamilton’s Kitchen at The Alfond Inn Doesn’t Disappoint
I know they say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I’ve never much cared for breakfast. I usually go for something I can grab and eat on the car ride in to work, something functional…
Tchoup Chop, the Quick Hawaiian Get Away
Emeril’s Tchoup Chop (pronounced “chop chop”) opened in 2003 at Universal’s Royal Pacific Resort. Though I’ve lived in the area—and visited City Walk and even Emeril’s Orlando—many a times since then, I never ventured to Tchoup Chop. It’s located in…
