Every year, many people in the US celebrate their Italian heritage with a Christmas Eve tradition known as the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Our family is no exception, and, as Christmas Eve upon us, I am working diligently to prepare our Christmas Eve feast. The origin of this tradition can be traced back to […]
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1921-2021 Before 1921, the only way to access the island was by boat. This limited development but did not detract people from taking a boat and enjoying a few days on the beach. When the toll bridge to the island was finally finished in May 1921, the population on Fort Myers Beach grew to 62.
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As we enter anther Christmas season, I have been reflecting upon some of the past Christmases I spent on the Beach back in the day. Living in a trailer at Red Coconut RV Park for the first fourteen years of my life, Christmas vacation was one of my favorite times of the year. This was
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Each day as I travel off the island, I notice more and more beach landmarks being demolished to make way for the Margaritaville resort. So far, the old Surf Club (Mermaid), the Pierview Hotel, Beach Bums, and Helmerich Plaza have been razed. For the past decade, the old plaza has been deteriorating as the lawsuits
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We just got back from Crystal River where we spent a couple of days scalloping in the warm gulf waters between Crystal River and Homosassa. This was only my third attempt at diving for scallops as an adult, but I do vaguely recall searching for these elusive creatures in Pine Island Sound when I was
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