Monthly Archives: November 2023
Lake Louisa State Park- the Lake
Lake Louisa State Park is located in Lake County just south of Clermont off of US 27. This slideshow is of the lake itself.
Rum Runners volume II, a second batch- The Forward
Order the book here! It’s difficult for modern Floridians to conceive what prohibition was like even with dry counties in the parts of the state persisting into this millennium. It was a different time – a time of intense factionalism and “wets versus dries” defining everything about a person or an elected official. The country […]
Overview of the American Revolution in Florida
This is an excerpt from the introduction in Kartik Krishnaiyer’s new book Florida and the American Revolution. We learn as young children in school about the American Revolution and the “fight for freedom” of the colonists in the 13 “original” colonies. We learn about how plucky freedom fighting “patriots” fought the greatest world power and […]
Southwest abandons Fort Lauderdale international base – potential implications
Southwest Airlines (WN) will abandon its efforts to build a Latin American gateway in Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in June 2024, shifting most flights to Orlando (MCO). As a result Orlando gains new service to San Jose, Costa Rica, Providenciales, Nassau, Punta Cana, Grand Cayman and Cancun all of which will be axed from FLL. Additionally, […]
FDOT moving ahead with 10th Street Connector project in Broward County
The long-standing effort to connect traffic from the Sawgrass Expressway to Interstate 95 is moving forward. Florida DOT has released a statement regarding the SW 10th Street Connector project in Deerfield Beach. The SW 10th Street Connector will be moving forward into the final design and construction phase in 2024 with the selection of a Design-Build […]
Men’s Basketball preview: The rest of the state
A quick look at the schools who aren’t in power five conferences (outside FAU who we did a full preview of due to their status nationally). Bethune-Cookman A lack of depth probably dooms any real chance for improvement this season. Keep an eye of Zion Harmon, a potential SWAC player of the year. Florida A&M […]
Florida State Men’s Basketball preview
Florida State were probably consistently the best team in the ACC from 2017 through 2021 (Virginia has an argument but I opt for FSU). The bad news is part of that period coincided with Covid which curtailed the Seminoles otherwise excellent chances of winning titles in 2020 and 2021. While the Seminoles have beaten in-state […]
Florida Gators men’s basketball preview
Year one of the Todd Golden era in Gainesville didn’t go according to plan. After a whirlwind media tour where Golden professed confidence in the roster he built, the Gators struggled to score for much of the season and limped their way to a 16-17 season and a first round exit from the NIT. The losing […]
UCF Men’s Basketball preview
UCF enters the Big 12, which last season was probably the country’s best conference. For a university with the nation’s second-largest undergraduate enrollment sitting in the middle of a huge TV market, this is an incredible opportunity. Johnny Dawkins team last season scrapped and fought in the American but fell short too many times, and […]
ACC Media Day press “gaggle” with Miami Head Coach Jim Larrañaga
Our friend Neil Blackmon attended the ACC Media Day and provided us with this incredible discussion where Coach Larrañaga not only discusses the coming season and the recent success of his Miami program, but the importance of better non-conference scheduling for ACC schools.
The Florida Squeeze 