Beaches of Florida

The first thing I felt when I walked out of the cold air conditioning house was the scorching warmth of Florida. Even during the afternoon its scorching. But, I'm a good granddaughter and I suffered through it to take family pictures. It was the first day in Florida and we needed to take the family photos at the beach. Unlike all the other families there taking pictures there we were not matching. We did have my mom who was the queen of taking photos. By the third or fourth photo my mom…

scenery, my family was never one to deny a road trip. Going on these trips enabled the formation of many memories that my family and I can cherish for a long time. A particular trip that is embedded in my memory is when we went to visit my uncle in Florida. Our experiences on this trip ranged from phenomenal to grievous events, but the combination of these experiences made our trip perfect. Spontaneity is my dad’s middle name. I remember waking up one day to my dad telling me to start packing…

until September 19, 2010. The United States Government predicted that about 4.9 million barrels of oil was spilled and that is about 210 million gallons. The oil spread around 2,500 to 68,000 square miles. There was a tremendous response to protect beaches, wetlands and estuaries for the spill. To help clean up the spill 1.84 million gallons of Corexit oil dispersant. The Corexit oil dispersant was used to break down the oil into small droplets to be less…

Why Tom Fazio is a Big Deal at Amelia National If you’re on the hunt for an exemplary Florida golfing home, narrow your focus on the northeastern corner of the state. Lovely Nassau County is Florida’s Atlantic Coast gateway. It’s also the home of Amelia National Golf and Country Club, an exclusive, gated community only 10 minutes from salty, golden beaches. Even better? Amelia National’s 18-hole golf course was designed by one of the titans of course architecture — Tom Fazio. If you’re a…

Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean region. Cuba is not advanced as it ought to be in 2014. Cuba’s land area is 42,803 square miles, 110,860 square kilometers. Cuba’s main land lies south of Florida in the Caribbean Sea by the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba has a lot of bays, beaches, and harbors. Cuban culture reflects on its Spanish colonial past and African influences. United Sates won the Spanish American War in 1898 the Cuban people were poverty or got rich. As some can see Cuba is not as…

In a crowded waiting room located in a working class South Florida neighborhood, an atmosphere of desperation, tension, and urgency swathed the room. The few doctors rushed around, overwhelmed by the number of sick kids, a cacophony of cries and screams pervaded while mothers pleaded. To exacerbate the situation, I was exposed to this malaise normally characteristic of 3rd world countries right in my backyard. As I bore witness to this dysfunctional system in front of me at the age of 10, I…

Colorado where his parents owned a farm. He had just taken his dream vacation to south Florida. He said, “This is a big change from what I’m used to in Colorado, but I think I can get used to this.” After the trip John was feeling down about the fact that he had to leave. One month later, John decided to do something about that. He called his real estate agent and John asked him to help look for houses in south Florida. In July, John found a house right next to the water and he bought it…

summer vacation to Florida, all I could think about was the adventure we were all going to embark upon that is my mother, Paula, my step-father Florentino, and my older brothers Luis and Saul and I. Visiting Florida was truly a vacation to remember forever, going to Florida’s world-renowned theme parks and riding the thrilling roller coaster rides that made us scream loud enough for the whole park to hear us. Visiting Florida’s historical landmarks, enjoying the white sandy beaches, and dreading…

How to Do Sunsets in Tampa One of the awesome things about living on Florida’s Gulf Coast is the free show staged nightly by Mother Nature. The sun dipping behind saltwater and white-sand beaches, or over impressive city architecture, is enough to spur you want to move here, and we at ICI Homes can help if you check out our work at three master-planned communities in the Tampa Bay area — Asturia, Bexley and FishHawk Ranch. But, if you’d occasionally like to enjoy a Gulf Coast sunset…

This was not the way I saw my life playing out. Driving down US Highway 19 in Clearwater, Florida, blasting my music, windows down enjoying the warm night air, trying to make the hardest decision of my life. Whatever I chose to do from this point on, my world would never be the same. A year before I was at Eastern Illinois University in the middle of nowhere Charleston, Illinois, living it up as a freshman in college. Partying, marching band and, somewhere in there, schoolwork were the only…