With the opening of the Beaches only days away, beach residents will be pondering whether or not to fight the crowds that converge to the shoreline to begin the beach going season. The Opening of the Beaches festival put on by the City of Jacksonville Beach every year is like our greeting card to the […]
Are you a fan of the Beaches Green Market and/or the Atlantic Beach Mid-Week Market? Do you enjoy eating foods grown locally; fresh, organic food? Do you enjoy gardening yourself, or even just looking at the beauty of growing food? This Sunday is the day when more than 20 farms from three counties welcome […]
For one night only, you can see ballroom reinvented as BURN THE FLOOR makes its way into our area. The show starts at 7:30 tonight and is only here for one performance at the Times-Union Center for Performing Arts. The new Broadway production of BURN THE FLOOR broke box office records and enjoyed two extensions […]
Residents in Atlantic Beach are making noise over their deteriorated cell phone service. Our own Jeannie Greenwald is at the center of it all – she faces a daily deluge of dropped calls and an AT&T iPhone that at times could be compared to a useless paperweight. “I look at the phone and it says […]
This time we’re recommending glamping. That’s camping, for those of us who love the outdoors and nature— and air conditioning, beds/bedrooms, full kitchens, and a screened porch to enjoy the deep-woods ambiance. Take your pick: the hanging porch swing, one of four rocking chairs, or the picnic table, all enclosed on a wraparound screened porch. […]
As part of our life living at the beaches, we have a constant access to our beautiful shorelines 24/7. But sometimes, we must journey ‘off the island’ to enjoy some of Florida’s natural springs. As heavy smoke rolled into our area Monday due to wildfires well to the west of the beaches, it was time […]
If you haven’t seen the popular musical Jersey Boys, there’s still time to catch the show will it’s in Jacksonville. This is the final weekend for Jersey Boys at the Times-Union Center Moran Theater. Click here to check for ticket availability. The show wraps Sunday, April 1. Whether or not you’ve seen the show, everyone […]
It’s just one of those things. We’ve loved make up since middle school, and we’ve become quite the connoisseur with all our years of practice. We do it for ourselves; it’s not about impressing anyone. We love the process, the experimenting, the texture, the fun. We’re always looking for something new. So naturally we’re […]
Making its debut in Jacksonville, the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys opened Tuesday night and is here for a three-week run! The musical is one of several Broadway touring productions being presented at the Times Union Center Moran Theatre by the FSCJ Artist Series this season. Jersey Boys tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four […]
Former Miss America and Jacksonville native, Leanza Cornett, recently headed the cast of Nunsense! at Alhambra Theatre. It ran for five weeks and ended on February 5. While Leanza was here, her young friend Elise Lobb, a local high schooler, model, and terrific golfer, took her to one of her favorite beaches boutiques, Rosie True. […]
The beaches community really is a fertile place for musical talent, too. Must be that salt air, those sea breezes. Growing up at the beaches is a fortunate thing! Well, we already knew that, but it really is something; we roam […]
There’s still time to enjoy the work of local artist Gary Mack. Head over to the Adele Grage Cultural Center in Atlantic Beach and see his work lining the walls now until February 29. Gary Mack’s work has been shown around the beaches for years. He’s painted many of our iconic beaches locations. He’s truly […]
Florida’s Historic Highway A1A begins just south of the Georgia border, then comes east to hug the coastline all the way to Key West. Mile Marker 0. We’ve all seen that white oval A1A decal. It’s iconic. Remember that it’s northeast Florida’s A1A too, and the Mayport Ferry is part of that highway, the same […]
This is our last installment of the 26.2 for 2012. It was another smashing success, and as the cities remove the last of the evidence of the race – street markings, yard signage, banner flags that lined our Third Street (aka historic Highway State Road A1A), the neighbors, too, have race remnants around their yards. The […]
The Jacksonville Band Friends of Blake came out to entertain the runners, volunteers, spectators, and photographers at the 20 mile mark of the course. The staged themselves near to the street and amazed us with their ability to play guitar with knit gloves on their fingers (and their musical talent, for sure)! It was […]
