3751 Cypress Gardens Road
Winter Haven, FL
Telephone 863 324-0301
“Harry in the Bag” is the specialty of the house at Harry’s Old Place, a tasty restaurant in Winter Haven, FL. Start with a grouper filet and cover with a mixture of crushed pecans and crushed Ritz crackers. Then add, as the waitress said, “ various seasonings.” She would not divulge which ones.
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NUPTIAL NIGHT LIGHT
If you’re looking for a unique site where you can seal love’s flame with an intimate wedding ceremony, consider Tybee Island Light Station off the northeast coast of Georgia. Surf kissing the shore creates the processional music as you ascend the 178-step lighthouse. (Don’t trip on your train!) Emotions will swell bright as the old, 9-foot First Order Fresnel lens when gray-haired Captain Longwater ties the knot at an elevation of 144 feet.
Afterward, you’ll savor low-country cuisine: a dish of boiled shrimp, sausage and potatoes. The island remains enchanted by Geechee/Gullah culture, Civil War ghosts and legendary pirates. Just across the bay, luscious Savannah drips with social grace, Spanish moss and that tale of good and evil.
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Official Link to Islands Magazine article: www.islands.com/article.jsp?ID=1000060239
On my recent trip to Italy I discovered a fantastic new product — Pocket Coffee. Why these scrumptious little nuggets aren’t available in the US is beyond me. Perhaps Starbucks lobbied against their import?
My group had just finished lunch and had no time to linger over a cup of café when we were handed packets of Pocket Coffee. Opening the wrapper I found a bite sized dark chocolate candy filled with espresso. Yes, liquid coffee. The piece brought an intense burst of mocha latte, with a hint of nutty tang.
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