There is a new perfume to buy your loved ones this holiday season and it doesn’t smell like pickles (see video below). So says Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi from MTV’s Jersey Shore. Snooki at the Florida Mall Snooki will be making a public appearance at the Perfumania store at the Florida MallRead More →
Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band will be bringing his changes in attitudes to the Amway Center in Downtown Orlando on Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 8 PM to perform all of his classic hits in concert. Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett may have been born in Mississippi but it was hisRead More →
Each night, the Lake Eola Fountain in Downtown Orlando does it’s best impression of the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas as it comes alive with a choreographed musical show set to classical jazz and disco for a 4 and half minute performance at 8 pm and again at 9:30 pm. Lake Eola Fountain Show Okay,Read More →
I attended the Waterford Lakes Black Friday event for the 12 AM Midnight openings of Target, Best Buy, and other stores. The stores where very crowded with long lines but I was able to get the deal-buster for the XBox 360, the XBox 360 Kinect, and some Hello Kitty slippersRead More →
Aveda Institute is collecting toy donations for Toys for Tots on Thursday, December 8th, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. To reward the generosity, Aveda is giving a 20% discount on all salon products, services and gift card purchases made during the toy drive. The school already offers great pricesRead More →
Homegrown Co-op has launced a weekly online farmers market, featuring fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, breads, eggs and cheeses. Most items are grown in Central Florida utilizing organic practices. Each Sunday at 10 AM the market opens online at: http://homegrown.locallygrown.net …and remains active until Tuesday at 9 AM for a WednesdayRead More →
Along the commute between Orlando and Tampa along I-4 stands an attraction that has been around since 1995 called Fantasy of Flight. Forever curious on what this attraction was, I was able to check it out and experience Fantasy of Flight during their Roar n’ Soar event in 2011. Here isRead More →
A new Christmas event will be hosted at the Lake Eola Amphitheater this year as the First Baptist Church of Orlando will be presenting Christmas in the Park. This event is being hosted by the same church that produces the Singing Christmas Trees so they have some practice singing ChristmasRead More →
Each year, Fantasy of Flight host a great family event that highlights the best in classic and vintage aircraft, cars, and boats in addition to their aviation-themed attraction that is open year-round. Fantasy of Flight Roar n’ Soar Fantasy of Flight will be holding their annual Roar n’ Soar eventRead More →
Some of the bands performing on these days within the same show include Avril Lavigne, LMFAO, The Fray, One Republic, Jason Derulo, Gavin Degraw, and Cobra Starship.Read More →
If the weather forecast for Halloween night calls for rain, Publix can save the day (or night) with free trick-or-treating for kids in select stores. Halloween Trick or Treat at Publix In Halloween nights past, select Publix stores has had trick or treating for kids in Orlando from 4:00 to 7:00Read More →
For the last several years I have attended a Men’s Bible Study once a week early in the morning that can vary between 14 and 20 other men. As we study scripture and talk about our lives and family, one person from the group is responsible for getting breakfast andRead More →
A Muffaletta is a popular sandwich that originated and is most famous in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also spelled sometimes as muffuletta, the muffuletta is a type of sandwich with round Sicilian sesame bread and is known to be rather large where most restaurants will offer a quarter or half muffaletta toRead More →
As part of the Mickey’s Halloween Party that Disney World celebrates each year during Halloween at the Magic Kingdom, a Disney Villains show featuring some of Disney’s most popular characters that visitors love to hate, is shown four times a night followed by a special villain meet and greet inRead More →
To help celebrate Halloween at Disney World, the Magic Kingdom hosts a Halloween Parade during it’s Mickey’s Halloween Party called Mickey’s Boo-To-You Halloween Parade. Mickey’s Boo-To-You Halloween Parade The parade, part of the Halloween Party separate-ticket event, starts off with the Headless Horseman on horseback with a jack-o-lantern in hand. TheRead More →
Each year on special-event nights during the months of September and October, Disney World hosts a separate ticket event to celebrate Halloween at the Magic Kingdom called Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. One of the major highlights of the Halloween event is the Hallowishes Firework Show that fills the sky withRead More →
Hard Rock will be hosting a free concert and block party to celebrate their 40th birthday in Downtown Orlando on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 from 3 PM – 11 PM starring Collective Soul, Everclear, Tonic and DMC (Run DMC). Hard Rock Downtown Throwdown Orlando-based Hard Rock will be holding theRead More →
A new movie theater is being planned to open along with a new Super Target just outside the Orlando International Airport property in the Lee Vista section of Orlando. According to this Orlando Business Journal story, the developer will break ground in 2012 with a completion date of 2013. LeeRead More →
Harry Potter is the biggest attraction that has happened to Orlando since the Magic Kingdom opened at Disney World in 1971. During the weekend of November 11th through November 13th, 2011, Universal will be celebrating the Wizarding World of Harry Potter even more than they normally do with with theRead More →
Update: August 17th, 2012 – According to the Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund website, the 2012 golf tournament has been cancelled. 2011 Event Information Each year Shaquille O’Neals mother, Lucille O’Neal, puts on a charity golf tournament and banquet to support the Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund, a fund that provides grantRead More →
The Voice and Lady-Killer Cee Lo Green will be coming to Orlando in September to play the Hard Rock Live on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 8 pm as part of the Samsung AT&T Summer Krush summer concert series. Cee Lo Green Cee Lo Green has had two very large hits underRead More →
Up until 2011, Downtown Disney hosted a free Halloween Event called Happy Haunting that has now been cancelled. You can still celebrate halloween at Disney with their seperate ticketed event Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at the Magic Kingdom. For free Halloween trick-or-treating, Orlando Local Guide recommends Uptown Altamonte in AltamonteRead More →
The story below was written in 2011 when Disney Springs was still called Downtown Disney. Much has changed since that time but this article has been kept in tact as a reminder of what a night out at Downtown Disney looked like for a father and daughter in 2011: IRead More →
Bryan Adams is scheduled to perform in concert at the Plaza Live Theatre on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 8 PM. Bryan Adams Bryan Adams is known for his 1980’s songs Cuts Like a Knife, Run to You, Summer of ’69, Heaven, Somebody, and the huge hit from the 1990’s RobinRead More →