Winter Vacation Trips: Swim with the Manatees

With fall comes thoughts of winter. I’ve found that winter separates the cold-blooded from the warm-blooded.  I vote for Florida, California, or Maui – they’re all preferable to snow!
Thinking warm thoughts, it’s so great to take a weekend trip over the holidays, and not just to visit family. Florida has it all: Orlando’s Disney [...]

Key West Fantasy Fest: Villains, Vixens and Vampires

When your wildest imagination and your most eclectic desires become a reality, and you actually have all your friends partaking in this vision of decadent masked festivity, it can only mean one of two things:
You’ve died and gone to hedonistic heaven, or you’re in Key West, Florida, for Fantasy Fest.
This year’s Fantasy Fest features even [...]

Sandestin: Florida’s Gulf Coast as a BFF Getaways

Time to get away from the SI, the kids, or the hubby?
Whether it’s a gathering of old college friends, catching up over cocktails and spa treatments, or you and your best buds celebrating a milestone birthday, this  great Florida getaway that offers a chance to sneak away for pure R & R…without only your BFFs [...]