Florida native, real estate professional, digital media publisher and lover of the outdoors.
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As a native Floridian traveling to NY many years ago, I was surprised to find, at 6am, hot coffee and fresh bagels being sold on the street corner right in front of my hotel. I took a chance and indulged in...
With one embarrassing exception in my early 20’s, at a Pleasure Island bar, I have not put on roller skates since disco was the hot new sound and even after my second trip to school skate night, my streak is...
Sometimes good things come in small packages and that is certainly the case with Dew Drop Park in Casselberry. This little park is tucked away deep in a Casselberry neighborhood, practically hidden between...
In 2001, Carl and Bernie Moro, successful entrepreneurs, could have retired and enjoyed the good life. Instead, quite by chance, they fell in love...with worms. Today, their worm farm and business, Our Vital...
I had a meeting scheduled with Mike, our arts editor, last Tuesday and seized the opportunity to eat at one of my favorite restaurants, Royal Thai, by making it a lunch meeting. Schedule changes thwarted my...
For those of you interested in the numbers behind publishing a webzine, I am sharing a look at our stats at Genuine Orlando for week 1, looking for signs of life. I look at unique visitors, total pageviews and...
I’ve known Jim Rhoades for nearly 20 years now, we met while working at GMD Studios and clicked right off. Jim was my roommate for a couple of years and he played a key role in how I met my wife. Today,...
I've been in Orlando for 20 years now, a fugitive of South Florida, and I just recently did something I've been wanting to do since my first apartment scouting trip here, eat at Beefy King. It was...
Not long after moving to Winter Springs in 2010, I found myself out for a drive trying to entertain a very bored and out-of-sorts three year old. Lacking a real plan, I made my way toward the nearby Lake...