It was, it has to be said, the perfect day for it. I knew because Jeff Archer, the man partly responsible for Florida’s stand up boarding craze, said it was. He calls it YOLO (You Only Live Once) and I was about to be a YOLOist.
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22/07/2014 .Anna Maria Island. It’s like the Caribbean without the cost.
13/06/2014 .8pm and the Sandbar Restaurant on Anna Maria Island is in full swing. Of course the full on wedding party helps the mood somewhat, but with nothing but miles of sand, sea and pelicans in front of you, you don’t need much persuading that life could be a lot worse. It’s a little bit special eating good food with Florida soft sand between your toes, the soft swishing sound of surf reminding you the warm Gulf of Mexico is a close neighbour.
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29/04/2014 .I’m sitting at a grand old Steinway in RCA’s Studio B on Music Row in Nashville. As it happens, it’s the very piano Elvis tinkered on when he was working out arrangements for his band. Debbie, something of a Nashville treasure in her own right, is telling me a true story about one of his sessions.
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03/02/2014 .Have you wondered just how much you could really save finding the best outlet shopping in Orlando? How much further could your dollars take you if you shopped in the right places? Let me show you just where to get the very best value retail therapy.
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30/10/2013 .To all intents and purposes, it was a hotel and restaurant; a nice one it has to be said, but a hotel and restaurant nevertheless. But the minute it was pointed out to me that The Carlisle was where Don Johnson stepped out of his red Ferrari in the opening shot of the very first episode of Miami Vice, it took on a whole new meaning for me.
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23/10/2013 .With a neighbour like Orlando sitting on the doorstep, you might think Kissimmee is just the doorway to where the real Florida fun is.
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12/10/2013This entry was posted in Arizona, Hotel Reviews, North America, Sedona, USA and tagged Insider guide to Sedona, What to see in Sedona on .Andy Mossack discovers the extraordinary beauty of Arizona’s Sedona.
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10/10/2013This entry was posted in Florida, North America, USA and tagged New Kennedy Space Centre attraction, Space Shuttle Atlantis on .The Kennedy Space Centre is an exciting place to be anytime, any day, but with the opening of its new Atlantis Space Shuttle attraction, the bar has just been raised to the stratosphere
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27/09/2013This entry was posted in North America, San Antonio, Texas, USA and tagged best attraction in san antonio, Guide to San Antonio, san antonio ghost tours on .Considering San Antonio’s past, when it comes to ghosts and such like, you are pretty much spoilt for choice.
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26/09/2013This entry was posted in Houston, North America, Texas, USA and tagged best places to eat in Houston, Best Tex-Mex in Houston, Houron restaurants, Ninfas tex mex restaurant on .Considering the size of Houston, this traditional nondescript Mexican restaurant tucked away on a nondescript road just off interstate 59 has a reputation so good people come from miles away to eat here.This is Original Ninfa’s on Navigation.
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