Earlier this week, I sent out my monthly newsletter, The Florida Spectacular. In it, I included a bit about Seth Bramson's collection of Florida East Coast railway memorabilia. In February, I led a 10-day trip through the Florida Keys and one of our stops included a short boat ride to the Pigeon Key historic district, one of Henry Flagler's work camps as his crews built the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. We took a docent-led tour there, and the docent started talking about the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. In the Keys and in hurricane history circles, this hurricane is legendary. Awful things happened, many to WWI veterans who had found work in the Keys. There was one bright spot for veterans, though: Those who boarded the train intended to bring them back to the mainland survived. Oh, the...
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Submarines, Sand, and Sandpipers
In September, we did a cross-Florida road trip, which we completely did not plan in advance. Instead, we looked for last-minute campsites a day or three in advance (I freely admit this is not for everyone.) We lucked out toward the end of our trip and scored a few nights at Fort Clinch State Park.
Campfire Cobb Salad Pizza
Combining my new favorite cookbook with my love of Florida
I can't recall where I read about "The Weekday Vegetarians", but I went from reading about it to borrowing the book from the library to keeping the book past its due date to buying a copy on Kindle. I'm obsessed with these recipes. The number of times I've made Jenny Rosenstrach's Artichoke Dip Pizza in the past few weeks should embarrass me, but I will not be shamed. I'm actually eating some as I type this.
We spent the week between Christmas and 2022 at St. George Island State Park, but I did as much prep in my nice, roomy, non-mobile kitchen before we left Gulfport. Since Jenny Rosenstrach's artichoke dip pizza and zucchini pizza hit so well with us, I figured I'd try...
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