There is an "old Florida" eatery in the Ben Autograph Collection Hotel in West Palm Beach, offering premier views of the Palm Harbor Marina and Intracoastal Waterway. Proper Grit is a proper Florida Public House serving locally souced, comfortable cuisine. The hotel feeds into the spirit of West Palm Beach’s great locales. The hotel’s new executive chef, Jesse Pita has created a divine new menu for the eatery, the Proper Grit.

Proper Grit honors the high-spirited, casual-yet-refined experience of an early nineteenth-century public house, with the inventive food and beverages of a modern-day gastropub. The restaurant is in the lobby-floor dining room styled after Old Florida’s regal beginnings mixed with the warm, casual comforts of home, Proper…

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The Fall leaves do not change color here in Palm Beach County unless you consider palms turning from bright green to brown.  While fall is known as a sweater, pie, and soup season, for most of the country, it should also be known as the ultimate beverage season, too. Think about it: Pumpkin spice lattes, apple cider, and a medley of delicious fall cocktails are just the ticket on a chilly day.

These autumnal drinks are warm and cozy, yet chilled. Here in the Palm Beach County area, some are cold for those who love icy beverages year-round!  Try one of these delicious, iced autumn beverages to get into the season:

Palm Beach County Pumpkin Chilly Iced Espresso:

Ingredients:

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk

2…

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The Southeast Florida housing market reported higher median prices, a rise in all-cash sales, and constrained inventory levels in September compared to a year ago, according to Florida Realtors' latest housing data.  Condominium sales were up but single-family home sales slipped a bit from a year ago. The housing market reported higher median prices, a rise in all-cash sales, and constrained inventory levels in September compared to a year ago, according to Florida Realtors' latest housing data.

Median prices are up, yet inventory continues to lag.

Median prices:

-        up 18.3% for single-family homes,

-        up 17.2% to $255,000 for condos,

-        single-family home sales down 1.3%,

-        condo sales up 4.9%.

“The…

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Build STEM skills in and outside of the classroom. It is imperative to encourage curiosity and confidence, connect in-class experiences to real-world concepts, and prepare today’s students for a promising future.  STEM/STEAM Day falls on November 8, 2021. Palm Beach County children are significantly better off with strong science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics skills. That is why STEM and STEAM education programs are so important. 

There is now a greater need for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts to integrate with the arts (STEAM) across the wider curriculum.  STEAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and…

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Looking for a great place to host a birthday party in Wellington? Consider Urban Air Adventure Park. located at 10560 Forest Hill Boulevard. Take your next party into the stratosphere with the birthday party experts at Urban Air Adventure Park.

They handle everything from setup and hosting to entertainment and cleanup. Leave the work up to the party specialists. Let them get the work done, so all you must do is show up and have fun. The party experts make it simple to host a party for kids of any age. Urban Air Adventure Park continues to be voted the Best Kids Birthday Party Place year after year.

It is the perfect place for stress-free, indoor birthday parties for boys, girls, kids, and teens. Everyone can have a blast here! Urban Air is more…

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Catch a world premiere exhibition at the first-ever virtual reality expedition of Machu Picchu.  The exhibit opened October 16, 2021, at the Boca Museum of Art and will run through March 6, 2022. “Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru” showcases these rich histories and traditions. The Boca Museum is located at 501 Plaza Real in Boca Raton.  State-of-the-art drone-virtual reality technology was used to film the location providing a never-before-seen look at the mythical landmark.

Through cinematic motion chairs and virtual reality headsets, visitors experience the sights, sounds, and breathtaking vistas of the ancient city 7,000 feet above sea level as if they are there. Roaring jaguars, screaming macaws, and torrential rainfall envelop…

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What can you do to add a substantial component of well-being to your everyday routine? There are a few ways to find your focus and become a happier person, better equipped to handle things. The Yoga Room is located on Cypress Drive in Tequesta.  It is a cozy space filled with a staff of remarkable, certified teachers.  The Yoga Room offers Vinyasa, Yin, and Restorative styles of yoga. 

Present-day life is complicated and full of stress. Balancing a healthy family, social life and prosperous business can seem like an impossible task. Putting out fires all day long at work and home can take a toll on your well-being. Trying to find peace within the issues of everyday life can become an additional stress factor.

The Yoga Room is a place to find…

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The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach welcomes the Miami City Ballet for a special exhibition.  To celebrate the arrival of “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection” at the Norton Museum of Art. The Miami City Ballet will perform José Limón’s The Moors Pavane as part of the exhibition’s special programming on October 29 at 7:00 p.m.

The performance will be followed by a conversation and Q&A with Dante Puleio, artistic director of the José Limón Dance Foundation, and Daniel Lewis, president of Miami Dance Futures.

Born in Culiacán, Mexico, in 1908, Limón and his family fled during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. At age seven, he and his parents emigrated from Mexico to Tucson, Arizona,…

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Living in the Palm Beach County area has many advantages. One is being able to take your boat and grab something to eat. Many popular and award-winning restaurants are in Palm Beach Gardens and in Jupiter. They are fun spots situated on the water or in an area that has access to the water. These restaurants offer everything from scenic views to seafood, burgers, tacos, pasta, sushi, pizza, and much more.

Next time you are on the boat, stop off at one of the eateries listed below and grab something to eat or a refreshing beverage.

Jupiter Restaurants on Water:

Guanabanas:

Café Des Artistes:

The Woods:

Square Grouper:

U-Tiki Beach:

Dive Bar:

The Lucky Shuck:

Beacon:

Topside:

Palm Beach Gardens Restaurants on Water:

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Hopefully, you remembered to change the clocks back an hour Southeast Floridians.  Simple question, when does daylight savings start? When does daylight savings end?  Maybe, you wonder How Many Days till Daylight Savings 2021?  When do we Fall Back in 2021?

Here is just a friendly reminder of this weekend's time change. Remember to set your clocks back one hour. Currently, most of the United States begins Daylight Savings at exactly 2:00 am on the 2nd Sunday in March. Daylight Savings then reverts to Standard Time on the 1st Sunday in November which answers the question when do we Fall Back? 

Make sure to set the clock back one hour on November 7, 2021, at 2:00 am.  It will get darker earlier in the evening, and the sun will rise bright…

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