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Season is here and there are dozens of activities happening in South Florida. The biggest obstacle may be choosing what to do, where to go and what to see. 

The Flagler Museum, offers a Gilded Age style lunch each afternoon during season. Cafe Des Beaux-Arts is located on the Flagler Museum grounds in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion. It is reminiscent of a 19th century Beaux-Arts railway palace. Guests will enjoy culinary delicacies in the elegance of the Gilded Age - gourmet tea sandwiches, scones and sophisticated desserts - while enjoying the panoramic views of the Downtown West Palm Beach waterfront skyline.  The Cafe Des Beaux-Arts lunch is served through March 26, 2016 at Flagler Museum Whitehall, One Whitehall…

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The Annual Strawberry Festival at the First Presbyterian Church in Tequesta is coming to town next Saturday, March 5, 2016. Come experience a magical world filled to the brim with strawberry creations. 

The Strawberry Festival will have a great variety of fun events for kids like face painting, a bounce house and a craft center. The Strawberry Café will be offering delicious lunches and desserts inspired by strawberries. Treats like strawberry milkshakes, strawberry trifles, homemade jams and jellies, fresh strawberries and so much more will be available for purchase. There will be a silent auction and raffle offering some pretty amazing items like certificates to some of the best local restaurants in town. In the church garage there will be an…

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Want to go on a different adventure or spend a day doing something different from the usual in South Florida? Then you have to explore the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton. Gumbo Limbo is a nature center that dedicates its being to protecting the coastal and marine environments of south Florida. 

Each year, the nature loving staff at Gumbo Limbo rehabilitates hundreds of endangered marine creatures, making sea turtles their specialization. They house a wide variety of precious sea turtles, from leatherbacks to the Floridian loggerheads and they are all available for you to come visit. 

Gumbo Limbo’s Mission: “To support coastal and marine education, conservation and research endeavors of the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.”

What makes the Gumbo…

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There are many delicious restaurants and cafes in South Florida which offer fresh seafood delights.  However, lobster rolls are a unique culinary skill. There are as many recipes for lobster rolls as there are chefs in Palm Beach County. There are tons of variations of the lobster roll - bun or no bun?  Serve hot or cold? 

Three local Jupiter restaurants offer tasty variations of the New England lobster roll. 

Cod and Capers Seafood Market and Restaurant, 1201 U.S. Highway One, North Palm Beach, has a recipe that calls for its lobster roll to be filled with freshly steamed, hand-picked Maine Lobster meat tossed in light lemon-mayo dressing and served in a New England split-top roll. 

Chowder Heads, 2123 S. U.S. Highway 1, Jupiter, prepares…

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Who doesn’t like to enjoy their winter months in the perfect South Florida weather? While most of the nation is trudging through snow and bundling up this time of year, Floridians are enjoying sun, mimosas and polo season! 

Every Sunday at the International Polo Club Palm Beach you and your family and friends can come out to the polo club from 2-5pm to relax, sip and enjoy as you spectate the elegant game of polo. 

The International Polo Club Palm Beach has earned its reputation as one of the best polo destinations across the globe. It is home to the “largest field of high-goal teams” and hosts the most prominent matches in the United States. The sport of polo is a centuries old sport that been enjoyed by royalty and the world’s elite for decades…

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Enjoy a spectacular waterfront event with the family at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum on Saturday February 27, 2016 for its new sea-inspired festival, SEA-FEST for KIDS.  Meet lively characters from Jupiter’s past, a real pirate or two and favorite children’s book authors.  Kids can take part in a treasure hunt and sea-inspired adventures.

There will be live entertainment all day on the deck, with music by the Back Porch Band, followed by historical plays by students of the Jupiter High School Drama class.  Story-time with authors Scott Lamberson and Harvey Oyer III will be reading from Professor Clark the Science Shark and Just Dance Inc. will be creating a world of dance fun with DJ Milkstool.  There will be food trucks with…

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Today on February 22, 2016, South Florida is celebrating the famous Margarita!

This refreshing alcoholic beverage is basically the unofficial drink of South Florida!
So tart and sweet, if you would like to partake in the celebration of the National Margarita Day, there are many places to go!

Some restaurants with in Palm Beach and Broward County will be shaking up the tequila and sour mix specials on this day! Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida will be enjoying “Tequila Time” and will offer $5 margaritas all day from open to close! roccostacos.com.  El Camino in Delray Beach, Florida is celebrating classic margaritas for $3 all day long! 15 NE Second Ave., Delray Beach. Call 561-865-5350, or visit elcaminodelray.com.

“Are…

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South Florida is known for sunshine, beaches and sun kissed oranges. Will another fruit outshine the oranges?   Christopher Columbus brought the first citrus saplings to the “new world”.  Early Spanish explores, quite possibly Ponce de Leon himself, planted the first orange vegetation in St. Augustine. This legacy has blossomed into $9 billion dollar industry. The sunshine state produces more oranges than any other region in the world.

Years ago, “u-pick” orange groves were all over the state. Now they are few and far between. There is nothing is more refreshing than the scent of orange blossoms.  The wonders of a beautiful sunlight grove bursting with bright colors of blue sky, green citrus trees and abundant oranges are impressive. 

Florida…

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Tomorrow, sculptor and scuba diver, Thomas McDonald and his students from the Riviera Beach Maritime Academy will be revealing their latest project. McDonald and his artistically gifted students have been working hard on a beautiful mermaid sculpture that will live underwater. The mermaid, named Andrea, is made of concrete and is supposed to be submerged tomorrow off of the Coast of Palm Beach County.

McDonald has created a number of other under water sculptures that currently rest on the sea floor off of the Breakers Reef in Palm Beach. Last year, McDonald donated three 1,500-pound shark sculptures. The three cement hammerhead shark sculptures were sunk into the crystal clear waters of the Lake Worth Lagoon at Phil…

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The Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center, located in Boynton Beach, brings old Florida History to life.  There are so many schools sprinkled around our area that it is hard to believe that at one time all the children in the area attending the same school.  Children dress and reenact pioneer days in South Florida.

What stands today, as the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center was a one-room schoolhouse. In 1913, the one room schoolhouse was replaced with a new “modern” building with six rooms and indoor plumbing!

The Boynton Beach School was added to the National Register of Historic Places. By 2001, the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center opened. Their mission statement “strives to engage young children…

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