Burmese Python. Photo: Vince Adam/Shutterstock.com Imagine a predator invading your space that can grow up to 20 feet long or more and has a telephone-pole-sized girth. This intruder eats everything it can swallow, and indeed has been known to swallow animals twice its size. Small and medium-sized mammals are no match for this fiend that
Colored pink Elena’s art house on Matlacha Island, Cape Coral, Florida on January 18, 2016. Photo: Nadezda Murmakova/Shutterstock.com Matlacha (pronounced MATT-luh-SHAY) is one of Florida’s best-kept secrets. This small coastal village nestled near the Gulf of Mexico just west of Fort Myers is full of charming attractions. Less than 700 residents live here, making it
Photo: Pexels/Pixabay.com If you happen to be in Lakeland, FL this weekend (February 28 – March 1, 2020), you have to check out the Up Up and Away Festival. On Friday, February 28th the hot air balloon festival will happen, rain or shine. If you have family with you, bring the kiddos along so they
Ultra main stage. Photo Credit: Hunter Crenian / Shutterstock.com **Update 03/06/2020: Due to the coronavirus epidemic, this event was cancelled by the Ultra organizers per the City of Miami’s request.** If you’ve never been to Ultra Music Festival, you are missing out! The Festival has been voted twice (in 2016 and in 2017) as the
Photo Credit: chutima kuanamon/Shutterstock.com Here in Florida, we are known for our beaches, the unforgiving heat, beautiful weather all year-round, theme parks and many other things. But one other thing we should be proud of is our natural beauty, particularly the plants and landscape that surround us that we so often take for granted. There
Photo Credit: Anut21ng Photo/Shutterstock.com Florida has its fair share of exotic and wild animals. From alligators to manatees and various species of snowbirds. We have it all. But there are places in Florida where animals such as monkeys may roam free and even have their own private island. Several places in Florida, actually. Here, we
Photo Credit: www.disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog On October 1, 2021, Walt Disney World will turn 50, and like many people around the world do when they are going to turn 50, Walt Disney World wants to celebrate this huge milestone with a bang. A huge party that will end all parties to celebrate the fact they have been
Photo Credit: Joanne Date/Shutterstock Florida is home to over 160 state parks, so there is no shortage of wildlife and natural beauty in this state. If you ask any true Floridian, they will tell you that apart from the white sandy beaches, the state parks in Florida are the best part about living here. You
Photo Credit: https://miami.curbed.com//Triple Five Group American Dream Miami will be the largest shopping center in the US. The mall is expected to open by 2025. Construction is set to begin in late 2021 by Canadian development firm Triple Five Group, according to Miguel Diaz De La Portilla (Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr) the law firm
Photo Credit: oneinchpunch/Shutterstock The Sunshine State has no shortage of places to party and have a good time. For New Year’s Eve, this idea is taken to another level. Throughout the entire state of Florida, there are parties hosted for all to attend and enjoy. Here, we will provide you with the places to be