The South Florida Traveler

Have you always wanted to spend the day swimming with the dolphins? To feel, to touch these magnificent animals is often a dream to many, but when you live or visit Florida, the opportunity is there to experience this firsthand. From now until December 15th, the Miami Seaquarium is offering a 30% discount to Florida residents.
The Seaquarium offers 2 different experiences at Dolphin Harbor, their 12,000 square foot, 700,000 gallon dolphin pool that is home 12 Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins. The first is titled Dolphin Odyssey. It is a 2-hour experience where participants are able to touch and feel the dolphins …read more

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Were you one of the lucky ones to score tickets to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at the Fountainebleau this past weekend? This annual holiday lingerie extravaganza made its way to Miami Beach this past weekend as part of Fountainebleau’s star-studded grand re-opening. Usher kicked off the show, and he was soon joined by 35 supermodels decked out with their Angel wings including the much loved Heidi Klum. If you failed to get tickets to this show, don’t worry as it will air on CBS on December 3rd at 10:00 pm.
You can also get a sneak peek here.
photo credit: newscom

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 Why do you live where you live? Do you have family nearby? Is your job keeping you grounded? Are you stuck because of the housing market? Are you just in your comfort zone? Whatever the reason, the community where you live has a huge effect on you, your children, your values and how you go about your daily life. For those of you that are ready for a change of environment and are focusing on what area would be the best to raise your family in, you might find the results of Business Week’s latest study quite interesting.
An article that …read more

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Back in July, I blogged about the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach. This art and culture center is a great place to escape to the serene outdoors, to take part in the tea ceremonies and to enjoy the current exhibits. They also host some fabulous events including one that is taking place this weekend, called Sushi and Sail with Taishi.
Taishi is Morikami Museum’s Young Professionals Group. They plan events each year for professionals in their 20’s – 40’s with proceeds going to support the educational programs at The Morkiami. On Friday, they will be hosting Sushi & Sail that …read more

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 Starbucks has created quite the controversy. After their brilliant ad on Saturday Night Live (and I must say it fully caught my attention), Starbucks was faced with outrage by the public. How could they be bribing someone to vote? According to wsj.com, the good news is that Starbucks has pulled their initial offer, concerned that they would be violating election laws, and will now be offering free coffee to anyone that requests it. Even better.
What do you think? Would a free cup of coffee get you out to vote? Do you think Starbucks was violating the law or do you …read more

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And you knew there was a reason you voted. Well, yes there are many reasons, but now you can add another one to the list. Starbucks is offering a free tall-sized brewed coffee to anyone that votes on Tuesday. How will they know? In most cases, they will just take your word. So go, get out there and vote, and enjoy a nice, hot cup of coffee.
For those of you that missed it, here’s a replay of the commercial that played on Saturday Night Live regarding their special offer.

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For the past few months, I have been busy blogging away at Southern Byways, but I am happy to let you know that I am back, and will be keeping you updated on the best of South Florida. And for those of you who missed me while I was gone, here’s a little sampling of what I was up to:

America in Bloom named Stuart, Florida, one of America’s most beautiful cities. They were noted for the special attention they pay towards environmental awareness. To find out what other cities made the list, check out my post.
Ready to Chill? Orlando just …read more

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Yes, you heard correctly. Delta announced today that they will be offering the convenience (soon to be a necessity) of broadband Wi-Fi on over 330 domestic flights. Woo-hoo! They will be using the Gogo system for this service which will allow any Wi-Fi enabled device to access the Internet.
Free of charge? Of course not, but it will only be $9.95 on flights 3 hours or less and $12.95 for flights longer than 3 hours. Although, they did not give out the launch date, they did mention that it would be launched this fall.Service will launch on Delta’s 133 MD88/90 aircraft and will quickly expand …read more

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Can you imagine going on vacation without having to worry about transporting your luggage?  A true luxury – right? Well the increasing travel rates are causing some drastic measures by some, but is this the answer? Here’s how it works:

Place your order
Pack your bags
Have your bags picked up
Board the plane
Arrive at your destination and have your bags waiting for you

Is this the answer for you? The Luggage Club provides door to door service, it gets rid of the hassles of dealing with checking in luggage at the airport, they accept MC, Visa and AMEX, they deliver to the continental US, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto …read more

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Did you know that August 1st is National Girlfriend’s Day? Well, neither did I until Peter Shankman from HARO (Help A Reporter Out) filled me in. No, it’s not a day where all the guys in this world are expected to shower their girlfriends with gifts and never ending love, but it’s a day for girls worldwide to celebrate their “girl friendships” everywhere. While looking into what this holiday actually entailed, I came across a site that detailed more of the special days that occurred this month. If you don’t have a need to celebrate this next month, you do now …read more

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