St Cloud celebrates centennial birthday
December 3, 2008 Comments Off on St Cloud celebrates centennial birthdayHonoring St. Cloud’s centennial birthday in 2009, the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 100 Years of Christmas parade on Dec 6th at 10am. It will be St. Cloud’s 45th holiday parade. So if you’re here and staying in one our Florida Leisure’s Vacation Homes then you’ll want to visit this FREE event […]
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Epcot Candlelight Procession Begins…
December 1, 2008 Comments Off on Epcot Candlelight Procession Begins…Today sees the start of many people’s favorite Walt Disney World event… the Epcot Candlelight Processional at the American gardens Theatre at 5pm, 6.45pm and 8.15pm on select nights. Celebrity narrators appearing are: 1-3 Neil Patrick Harris 4-6 Brian Stokes Mitchell 7-9 Virginia Madsen 10-12 Marlee Matlin 13-15 Monique Coleman 16-18 Chata Rivera 19-21 Abigail […]
Continue reading …Holiday season is upon us again and it’s true…we do get snow in Florida. In Celebration in fact. Starting on 29 November Celebration Town Center will kick off it’s 10th anniversary of the month long “Now Snowing”. A tree lighting ceremony will kick things off from 6pm to 9pm and there will be live music, […]
Continue reading …Shuttle Endeavour roars above Cumbrian Lakes
November 14, 2008 Comments Off on Shuttle Endeavour roars above Cumbrian LakesWow! What a wonderful sight this evening as I watched Space Shuttle Endeavour soar into space above many of the Florida Leisure Vacation Homes on Cumbrian Lakes around 8.00pm. I’ve seen many day time launches but there’s always something special about a night launch and the opportunity to watch the shuttle disappear into the night […]
Continue reading …The overall real estate market in Florida has not fared well since the subprime mortgage crisis reared its ugly head. Miami topped the American Chronicle’s Worst 25 Housing Predictor Forecast in both 2007 and 2008, and was cited as possibly undergoing “the worst housing crash in national history.” But the market outlook in other parts […]
Continue reading …Myrtle Beach… wise words from George Ross…and time to myself
August 3, 2008 Comments Off on Myrtle Beach… wise words from George Ross…and time to myselfTime flies fast… this time last week I’d just arrived home from a business trip to Myrtle Beach. It was one of those trips I took alone and the 8 hr car journey from Orlando to Myrtle Beach soon passed as I caught up with some listening of cd’s I’d bought a few months back. Nigel […]
Continue reading …I just read about a convention coming to Orlando on September 14-18. The Sunburst Convention of Celebrity Impersonators. Who knew there was such a thing? This is the fifth or sixth year apparently. https://www.sunburstconvention.com/home I wonder what goes on there? I wonder if I can find an Indiana Jones for my son’s birthday party? Also on […]
Continue reading …$200 Million Attraction Coming to I-Drive
June 25, 2008 Comments Off on $200 Million Attraction Coming to I-DriveORLANDO, Fla. — A giant London Eye-like observation wheel is coming to Orlando. The 400-foot wheel will fit about 40 people into each capsule on the wheel and offer a bird’s-eye view of the City Beautiful, plus on a clear day a view of 25 miles of the surrounding area. Official with the Singapore company […]
Continue reading …I was a lucky guy yesterday as I got to meet the host of the Travel Channel’s “Great Vacation Homes“, “Sam’s Disney Favorites“, “Girl Meets Hawaii” and the soon to be aired “Passport to Great Weekends“… the lovely Samantha Brown. Samantha said something that made me stop and think… she was talking about the reasons […]
Continue reading …At the end of last week I was fortunate enough to take a day out of the office to visit Kennedy Space Center. It had been around 14 years since I last went and the memories of that visit were still pretty strong… as I walked away all those years ago I was struck […]
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