Archive for ‘Shopping’

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Catching up on Orlando Events

We’ve been busy lately and getting information posted on some of the events going on around town has been lacking. Here are a few that sound interesting…
Martinifest
Hosted on Church Street in Downtown Orlando, Martinifest is a party celebrating the greatest American cocktail - the martini! You’ll be able to sample martinis of various flavors and […]

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Friday Favorites - Resort Hotels

This week’s topic was to pick our favorite resort hotel in the Orlando area. We weren’t looking so much at the rooms, but instead at the entertainment and dining options that the hotels offered. What is your favorite?
Amanda
I found it very hard to pick my favorite resort. There are pieces and features of lots of […]

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A Taste of Celebration

Celebration, Florida, a planned residential and commercial community located right next to Disney property, aims to replicate the ideal version of small-town America. While the cost of owning a home in Celebration may be out of the question for many families, you can still enjoy this idealistic setting during an afternoon of dining and shopping. […]

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32nd Annual Festival of the Masters

Over 150 national and local artists will put their works on display at this year’s “Festival of the Masters” in the Downtown Disney area of the Walt Disney World Resort. The festival, which requires participating artists to have earned a primary award in a juried art festival in the past three years, will take place […]

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Winter Garden Village

Today I had a chance to visit the new Winter Garden Village shopping area (in the Orlando suburb of Winter Garden). While this shopping complex won’t hold its official “Grand Opening” until November 10, several of the stores and restaurants in this outdoor shopping Mecca are already open for business.
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Bringing food & wine together for over a decade

Driving around Orlando I’ve seen a few Epcot International Food & Wine Festival billboards showing cartoon-looking food and wine items together with the tagline “We met at Epcot.” I thought these billboards were quirky but what really caught my attention was a television commercial showing two “characters” - a talking bottle of wine and a […]

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