The following articles are only excerpts. For the full text, click on an article's title.The Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves recently added two more restaurants to the growing list of options now available to western Orange County residents - Cracker Barrel and Panera Bread. This shopping / dining area is growing rapidly and there’s still plenty of space for more shops and restaurants in the future. I’m hoping […]
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Today, I’m going to dive into the first category of the “America’s Favorite Cities” survey. As I mentioned yesterday, I’m hoping to help pull Orlando out of the bottom ranks in categories other than “family vacation” and “weather”. In that goal, there’s no better place to start than today’s category, “Food / Dining”.
Destination restaurants
Big-name restaurants […]
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Yesterday, I came upon an article on the Small Business section of CNN.com that was titled, “Little Orlando”. Seeing some flaws in this list of entertainment options for the “sophisticated business traveler”, I declared that Living Orlando could do better. So here we go …
Instead of Aquatica, reserve a day at Buena Vista Watersports
Buena Vista […]
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With the title, “Little Orlando”, CNNMoney.com and Forbes Small Business Magazine have listed 9 ways that “sophisticated business travelers can find several independently run options” other than the “corporate theme parks” to stay entertained while in town.
In my opinion, the list is a bit odd for “sophisticated” visitors coming to The City Beautiful. It includes […]
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Raw oysters can be scary. To the uninitiated, the gray slimy creatures left floating in their jagged shell look nothing like food. Even after a quick steam they can still fail to offer even the slightest visual stimulation to those who have never tasted one. They’re simply not on “the list.”
But one should not be […]
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Earlier this week, a staple Orlando dinner show, Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede, shut down. I personally don’t feel that this is a such a tragedy since this particular show wasn’t my favorite. But in case you are mourning the loss of stunts involving humans riding ostriches, let me assure you that you still have plenty […]
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