by Pamela Childs | Sep 26, 2022 | Shopping, Top Picks
Who knew that someone would finally figure out how to capture the true essence of the Florida Keys and put it in a bottle? Enter Key Wester’s, Dominik, Ron, Maurizio, and Todd. After futilely searching for affordable gifts symbolic of Key West, the four long-time...
by Pamela Childs | Aug 31, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Shopping, Top Picks
From the end of the nineteenth century through the late 1950s, Havana was one of the world’s most glamorous destinations for intellectuals, artists, and the elite. The allure of this exquisite and exclusive island was not lost on literary giant Ernest Hemingway....
by Pamela Childs | Aug 31, 2022 | Explore, Shopping, Top Picks, What's Up
Hollywood never came calling for James Coleman. But it didn’t have to. James had his foot in the door of America’s “Movie Capital” when he was born there in 1949. As a kid, James’ imagination and creativity ruled his world. While other...
by Pamela Childs | Aug 9, 2022 | Explore, Shopping, Top Picks
Former chicken farmer turned treasure hunter Mel Fisher hunted doggedly for years in search of the treasure-packed Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622 en route back to Spain from Cuba. Finally, on July 22,...
by Pamela Childs | Aug 1, 2022 | Shopping, Top Picks
It was 1959 when a young veteran named Ron DiMenna, began selling surfboards out of his parent’s attic on the Jersey Shore. Surfing was just starting to boom in the U.S, and it was catching on fast. Glamorized in movies like “The Endless Summer,”...
by Pamela Childs | May 2, 2022 | Explore, Shopping, Top Picks
It’s 1955, and nineteen-year-old Manuel Marcial de Gomar slowly reins his horse along a rugged trail in the rainforest mountains of Colombia. Exploring emerald-bearing areas high in the notoriously dangerous Eastern Andes is intoxicating. It’s not long before Marcial...
