On Saturday night SeaWorld Orlando welcomed their 16th born killer whale calf to the family and the 27th killer whale calf in all. The 7-foot-long, 350-pound baby is the seventh calf for mom Katina, who instinctively assisted the baby whale to the surface for its first breaths moments after birth. “It’s a terrific day for […]
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John Lennon would have been 70 today and appropriately enough, one artist has remembered the ex-Beatle enough to have sculptured a life-size image of him. At 8pm last night international sculptor and painter Lawrence Holofcener opened the sculpture to the public at the Mount Dora “Art Stroll.” The sculpture, entitled “Imagine,” is on loan to […]
Continue reading …A nice way to end the week … Orlando is officially the place for the biggest smiley face. Five hundred smiling people from around the world gathered on 1st October at the opening of the new Amway Center to set the Guinness World Record for the biggest smiley face. Coinciding with the official World Smile […]
Continue reading …At last week’s AARP convention I spent a few minutes with Peter Greenberg. Peter is currently the CBS News Travel Editor and is often seen on “The Early Show” offering some great travel advice. Previously he was known as the Travel Editor for NBC’s Today show, CNBC and MNSBC. He was also the Travel correspondent […]
Continue reading …Europe has regained the Ryder Cup from the United States after a sensational and gripping finale at Celtic Manor in South Wales. At one stage, Europe were ahead in eight of the singles matches and appeared well on their way to wrapping up victory with indecent haste but the United States, as they did in […]
Continue reading …Dining Delights in Orlando – Taverna Opa Greek Restaurant
October 3, 2010 Comments Off on Dining Delights in Orlando – Taverna Opa Greek RestaurantTo kick off the Dining Delights in Orlando series, we are making Taverna Opa Greek restaurant our first port of call. The restaurant is located at Pointe Orlando on International Drive. The official address is 9101 International Dr Ste 2240 Orlando, FL 32819 and the phone number for reservations is 407 -351-8660 In addition to the […]
Continue reading …Orlando Area Restaurants … and a rant!
October 3, 2010 Comments Off on Orlando Area Restaurants … and a rant!The Florida Leisure office often gets asked about restaurants in our area and since creating the “Restaurant Row” video a month ago (you can see it here) over 4,500 people have viewed it wanting to know where they can go to eat. As popular as the video has been, we still get asked for other […]
Continue reading …The 1st October marked the opening day of the new Amway Center area. I went along to check out the new home of the Orlando Magic and of concerts and other spectacular events in Orlando. I’ve previously blogged about the new arena’s facts and figures here so I’ll keep this brief … simply watch this […]
Continue reading …Unfortunately priorities at work took over yesterday morning before I was able to get to Day 2 of the AARP Orlando @50+ and as a result I missed the opening show with Music in Motion. I also missed a few of the sessions but I did get there late afternoon and in time to hear […]
Continue reading …Had a lot of fun last night as I attended the AARP Orlando@50+ event at City Walk, Universal Orlando. No..I’m not quite at that mark yet but I’m not far away and it was good to get out and meet so many folks at the “Meet & Greet” evening. The day began earlier as AARP […]
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