Floridiana Magazine

A Day at the Mount Dora Arts Festival

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:30:14 +0000

On a normal day, downtown Mount Dora provides visitors with a variety of unique dining and shopping experiences. This past weekend however, downtown was transformed into an art lover’s dream with the 45th Annual Mount Dora Arts Festival. Having never been to the Arts Festival, we added it to our calendar at the beginning of...

Year in Review: Natural Florida

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 13:00:01 +0000

Florida is home to 175 state parks, trails, and historic sites, with countless other wildlife refuges and wildlife drives. Looking back at 2018, we visited numerous places we consider to be natural Florida – some of them more than once. Links to the original posts are embedded within the descriptions. Pioneer Park, Zolfo Springs Encompassing...

Year in Review: Florida Travels

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 18:09:45 +0000

Over the past year, we have traveled the state looking for those places that represent the history and the heritage of Florida, as well as the spirit and the characteristics that make it home. We covered a lot of ground in 2018 and hope you have joined us on some of our journeys. Here are the...

Caladium Festival Lake Placid, Florida

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:00:04 +0000

Florida is home to many festivals, ranging from the absurd to the logical. By definition, festivals celebrate something unique about a community or its culture. For the central Florida town of Lake Placid, that uniqueness is its designation as “Caladium Capital of the World” and 2018 marked its celebration of the 28th Caladium Festival. History...