St. Augustine – Oh, the Places We See . . .

Coasting: Parting shots — St. Augustine

As we prepared to say good-bye to St. Augustine, a town of many surprises, we remembered the sites that have become must-see’s for tourists: Castillo de San Marcos, Flagler College, the Oldest Wood Schoolhouse in America, etc. But we found ourselves leaning more and more toward an appreciation of the ordinary as much the tourist-book notables. Ordinary is […]

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Coasting: Scenes from Castillo de San Marcos

If you’re the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States, you deserve to be seen, climbed on, photographed, and written about. Right? Well, we think so. Of the three forts we toured (Fort Frederica in St. Simons, Georgia; Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, and Fort Clinch in Fernandina Beach, Florida) during our […]

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Coasting: Six must-do’s in St. Augustine, Florida

This is the year! America’s oldest city, St. Augustine, Florida, celebrates its 450th anniversary! So this is your year to plan a trip and make a list — a “must-do list” for beautiful St. Augustine. Not sure what we expected, having waited until our retirement years to see St. Augustine for the first time. But […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed

A bride and her bridesmaids standing in the shadows along Aviles Street, St. Augustine, FloridaJust as we were exiting a dress shop on Aviles Street, we turned to see a bride and her bridesmaids standing in the shadows. As we attempted to snap picture, the bride turned around and smiled that charming smile — not […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: New

Someone just may have to intervene and force us to enter a 12-step program to end our addiction to purchasing new art. After all, we live in a condo filled with antiques and primitives, yet we can’t resist fresh, new paintings that depict whatever area we are visiting. We have an uncanny proclivity to marine […]

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Travel theme: Sparkle

With over three hundred million lights, St. Augustine, Florida’s Nights of Lights lives up to its listing in The World’s 10 Best Holiday Displays by National Geographic. Now that’s a lot of sparkle! All over the city, historic buildings, plazas, trees, and even horse-drawn carriages are decked out in tiny lights. Tourists and locals alike seem to enjoy […]

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Here’s to a Sweet 2015!

As we dig in to our last dessert of 2014 — the Peanut Butter Stack at Cellar 6 in St. Augustine, Florida — we want to say thanks for joining us in our travels in 2014. It’s a sweet treat just knowing you’re reading along and commenting when you can. We never knew how much […]