Lilly Pulitzer (1931-2013), the famed Palm Beach clothing designer, thought it would be fun to incorporate her name in the patterns of her dresses. Look closely and you will spot the ‘Lilly” signature hidden in her whimsical designs. Since the 1950s, Lilly Pulitzer items have been recognized as one of the iconic styles that represent the Palm Beach resort life.

Lilly and husband Peter Pulitzer settled in Palm Beach shortly after their marriage. They owned orange groves and, with produce from these, she opened a fruit juice stand on Via Mizner in Palm Beach. While working at the stand, Lilly found that squeezing juice made a mess of her clothes. Seeking to camouflage the juice stains, she designed a cool shift dress without sleeves made of bright,…

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Its that time of year again for the annual South Florida Fair. This year, the South Florida Fair is bringing everyone two fairs in 2021. The first fair which starts tomorrow January 15th through January 31st will be a mini fair and the full traditional fair will be held in May of this year.

The mini–South Florida Fair rolls into West Palm Beach this January 15th through 31st. The upcoming fair will be held outdoors and include the typical fair foods and beverages, a variety of local and tribute bands performing daily, shopping from local vendors, a giant sand sculpture, racing pigs, farm animals, rides, fair games, and much more.

Both fairs will continue to be held at the South Florida Fairgrounds. According to organizers of the fair, everyone…

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Several local restaurants have teamed up together to participate in the first “Eat in for Education” event this January. The Palm Beach Chapter of the Florida Restaurants and Lodging Association (FRLA) is hosting the virtual event to help support educational scholarships for local culinary and hospitality students. The event is scheduled to take place this January 20th and January 21st.

Fifteen local hotels and restaurants will participate by donating three-course takeout meals for the event. Diners will have a two-tier option to spend $50 or $100 dollars on a takeout meal for two. Palm Beach County residents are encouraged to participate and purchase these takeout meals to help benefit the event and help support local businesses.

In previous years,…

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Did you know that there are only two marked graves in Palm Beach?  Hidden among the dense green ferns of the Pizza Al Fresco courtyard off Worth Avenue, you will find the only cemetery in Palm Beach proper. Side-by-side in a lushly landscaped courtyard, down a Via, just off Worth Avenue you will find to old headstone markers. Neither belongs to a human being.

The more famous of the little-known pair is Johnnie Brown, the “Human Monkey”. Johnnie Brown was the pet spider monkey of Addison Mizner. According to Palm Beach history and folklore Mizner was an eccentric Palm Beach character of the roaring twenties. Johnnie Brown was just one of Mizner’s exotic and unusual pets. The monkey accompanied Mizner to all his Gilded Age high society events.…

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It is easy to experience the Florida Everglades just west of Boynton Beach. Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge is located just west of Boynton Beach, and a short drive from West Palm Beach.

Water in south Florida once flowed freely from the Kissimmee River to Lake Okeechobee and southward over low-lying lands to the estuaries of Biscayne Bay, the Ten Thousand Islands, and Florida Bay. For thousands of years this intricate system evolved into a finely balanced ecosystem that formed the biological infrastructure for the southern half of the state. early colonial settlers and developers the Everglades were potential farmland and communities. By the early 1900s', the drainage process to transform wetland to land ready to be developed was…

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It was announced in December that the popular ArtiGras Art Festival held every winter will be moving back to Palm Beach Gardens. For the past 20 years, the annual art festival was held in Jupiter but due to construction, the festival is moving back to Palm Beach Gardens.

Recently, the festival organizers have announced that they are looking for volunteers to help partake in the weekend activities. The entirely outdoor festival is taking over the Gardens North County District Park the weekend of February 13th through February 14th, 2021.

This upcoming festival will be in its 36th year and will feature more than 280 artists. ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival was recently recognized as one of the top fine arts festivals in the country and volunteers are…

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The Town of Jupiter’s Loxahatchee River Center, located at 805 North U.S. Highway One, invites you to flutter on over to the second annual Atala Butterfly Festival and Family Day.  On Saturday, January 30th, 2021 between 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.  The River Center will be celebrating the Atala butterfly! Once thought to be extinct, this beautiful butterfly is local and flourishing in our own backyard. 

The Atala is a small colorful butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southeastern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and on other Caribbean islands. Its coloration and habits are unique among butterflies within its scale. Due to the decline in the butterfly’s host plant, triggered by overharvesting the root of the plant for starch…

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Jupiter’s Abacoa hosts a weekly Open Air Dining every weekend throughout the winter. Dine outside along Town Center Drive in Jupiter at one of several restaurants located within Downtown Abacoa.

The Open-Air Weekends Dining Event will feature live music and great food in the streets this winter. Several restaurants move their tables outside and onto the street for the weekend event. The Open-Air Dining is every Friday and Saturday night beginning at 4 pm to 10 pm.

Restaurants located within the Downtown Abacoa area include Aquazure Restaurant and Bar, Bahama Bucks, Freshii, Brick and Barrel Gastro Pub, Crux Coffee Roaster, Civil Society Brewing Company, Copacabana, Costello’s Trattoria, Das Beer Garden, Hokkaido Hibachi and Sushi, JJ Muggs Stadium…

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Downtown Palm Beach Gardens has added a new outdoor fitness program that offers a fun, calorie burning ways to stay healthy. The outdoor shopping and lifestyle center is hosting two fitness classes this January as part of their Downtown Collective X Fitness class series.

 Head to the Downtown Park starting today, Tuesday, January 12th for outdoor Zumba with Jeanne. The Zumba classes are taught every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 9:30 am. Zumba is an exercise fitness program that combines music and movement to incorporate interval training with fast and slow rhythms. Zumba is known to help improve cardiovascular fitness and weight loss.

Every Wednesday afternoon, head to the Downtown Park to participate in Pound with Renee. The classes begin at…

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This weekend, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum is hosting their annual Family Adventure Day. The fun filled day has been redesigned to create socially distant and funs ways to visit the Lighthouse grounds with activities and adventures.

Each child will receive a Youth Explorer Goodie Bag to begin the family adventure. The bag includes a pair of binoculars, coloring pages, a Lighthouse pencil, a ship-making kit, and clues to a special mystery scavenger hunt.

Throughout the day, families will be able to visit the museum, Lighthouse, Tindall Pioneer Homestead, Keeper’s Workshop, nature trails, and the historical grounds.

Tickets are required for the day and special time slots has been added for you to choose from. Time slots include 10 am to…

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