7 Cities and the Foods That Made Them Famous
Sorry so late this week (really from last week) but had a minor injury to my hand that became infected—just wasn’t able to key for awhile—better now thank goodness
Beatles Mania Scone and Tea Bundle
Best Used Books–Check them out
Just click on the name above
I love this book stores
How to Visit the Wild Horses of Assateague Island
Dragons: Guard palace and fortresses and live in the bottom of lakes, Uthr pen dragon is a chief.
NEW DISPLAYS SHOWCASE PRINCE PHILIP’S LIFE AND LEGACY
More Best Used Books
and just in case you’re looking for a closer contact with books—-CDs, DVD, Vinyl Records and so on
Best Used Book is looking for Help —Yes last I checked they advised that they were seriously hiring a new helper.
So if you think you might like working in a shop FULL of books
Call (407) 339-8200 for additional information.
in addition to the thousands and I do mean thousand—they have at least 3,000 DVD’s from travel to documentaries—from the big hits to the oldies and don’t forget all those TV shows—-this is certainly wow factor
Exploring Megiddo: A Visitor’s Guide
The ruins of Megiddo (Biblical Armageddon) are situated on the north side of the carmel ridge in Israel. One of the most important hoard of ancient ivories was discovered upon this site.
Lrouse Encyclopedia of Archaeology
General Editor Gilbert Charles-Picard
Ancient Archaeology: Megiddo, City of Destruction (1980)
Discovering Key West From Beginnings and More
[Video features details on The Southernmost Brewery at First Flight.]
You might not know it but The USA’s international flight business started in Key West in a building that now houses a micro brewery as well a restaurant
301 Whitehead Street
Key West, Florida, 33040
United States
I ate here in the 90’s when it was
Kelly’s Caribbean Bar Grill & Brewery
Owned by Kelly McGillis, actress (remember
We actually rented a house for a week or so Just across the street from the house she the actress owned in in Key West....never saw her but who knows….we spent a lot time in Key West back then.
Florida Travel: The Ultimate Florida Keys Road Trip
But back to the Flight things: In the 1920’s Pan Am was born (in 1927 to be exact) And Signed a contract in the fall of 1927 to deliver mail to Havana by October 19th—from their Key West location—or the US Gov would find somebody who could. Naturally it wasn’t that easy but thru a charter at the last minute it was accomplished resulting in over a couple hundred pounds of mail being delivered and Pan Am on it’s way to being a major mover and shaker in the air—literally
And while Key West hasn’t paid too much attention in preserving their fight history—-Marathon has at their Aviation Museum—and they’re only about an hour (50 miles north of Key West). You could rent a car in Key West for the days drive if you didn’t bring your car (ie you flew) or you can take a Grey Hound bus —-
Keys aviation history preserved at Marathon museum
East Martello Gallery near Airport
You can find us on the corner of Caroline and Duval Street. We offer handmade pieces imported from Colombia and Mexico. As well as colorful souvenirs made by Key West locals, unique gifts, and figurines for your home! We have been in business for over 20 years! We also offer shipping on any item on our page. Feel free to call at (305) 294-3302 If you would like to order anything or for more information. Year after year, frequent visitors make Colombian Collection a definite stop 🙂 Columbian Collections Key West
15 Destinations That Look Straight Out of a Fairytale
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary sets on its own island in San Francisco Bay, off the coast of California. A maximum security penitentiary that operated as a civilian prison between 1934 and 1963, it became notorious for having a high profile prisoners such as American gangster AL Capone. Its island location, combined with the cold water and strange currents of San Francisco Bay meant that it was widely believed to be impossible to escape from. The more than mile span was no easy task, let alone for unfit prisoners.
The Battle of Alcatraz
Emma Slattery Williams
BBC History Revealed
I received this book from one of my friends that favored me with their kindness when I stayed for a month in Tintagel for a month—5 years ago this month—it is a recipe book which also gives the history of the small towns in the area and especially their historic churches.
Trevalga Church – Churches of Cornwall
Marlin Destination Guide
Marlin, Tx: In 1892 a gusher blew in Marlin–not of oil but of hot mineral water. In a discovery that would change the face of the community, water shot 75 feet into the air. Within three years, Marlin became a spa boom town. People flocked from all over the country to enjoy he purported health benefits of the mineral waters.,,(today)…At the Hot Water Pavilion downtown visitors can touch the hot water pouring from a marble fountain. Across the street, a 1929 Hilton Hotel, one of the first built by hotelier Conrad Hilton, still stands as a poignant reminder of the town’s healing spa era.
Texas Brazos Trail Region
Texas Historical Commission
Marlin: Click here and when you get to the page scroll to the bottom and watch the Videos at the bottom.
2021 Juneteenth Family Day Parade & Festival
“Laura With Bun” by Jaume Plensa is part of the Tampa Museum of Art’s permanent collection and is on display outside the building.
Art Spot Online:
there are 16 episodes to watch just click on Art Spot Online
Tampa where there’s Much to Learn
Tampa was once the second choice for the premier city of the developing Florida’s west cost—Cedar Key was the developer’s Plant’s prime location—-But Cedar Key made the mistake of trying up escalate demands for purchases that were vital to his railroad the main thrust of his development. And we all know what happened later due to Plant’s redirected efforts. Today Tampa Bay sets on the Bay a great city with it’s own college, a port, bridges linking it to the city’s across the water way and so much more while Cedar Key “basks in sleepy isolation, and only remembers the glories that once was.
But a trip to both cities have their good points let’s look at some of Tampa’s today.
120 W Gasparilla Plaza,
Tampa, FL 33602
https://www.facebook.com/TampaMuseumofArt/
In downtown Tampa, next to the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Tampa’s Riverwalk,
The Museum houses one of the largest Greek and Roman antiquities collections in the southeastern United States. As one of the region’s largest museums devoted to the art of our time, the Museum’s permanent collection also embraces sculpture, photography, painting, new media, and more.
801 Water St,
Tampa, FL 33602
https://www.facebook.com/tampabayhistorycenter/
Tampa Bay History Center is a history museum in Tampa, Florida. Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area’s first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors, and historical figures who shaped the area’s history, as well as a reproduction of a 1920’s cigar store.
Go to this site for all manner of Museum produced videos:
Scarfone/Hartley Gallery
The University of Tampa
R.K. Bailey Arts Studios
310 N. Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33606
https://www.facebook.com/ScarfoneHartleyGallery/
The Scarfone/Hartley Gallery exhibits works of art as an extension of the classroom, providing an opportunity to view and study significant original artwork by contemporary national, international and regional artists. The Gallery also features work by fine arts faculty, alumni and students during scheduled exhibitions, receptions, lectures and performances.
Maitland has some lovely historical sites, art museums and great lakes many with great parks and today we’re going to visit one. There are also several great restaurants.
REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK
Tennessee
Reelfoot Lake: Tradition, Mystery & Lore
(this gives a date of the earthquake in December 1811—-the quote below in Feb 7,1812 Interesting)
Reelfoot Lake State Park: A cataclysmic earthquake on February 7, 1812—perhaps the most violent ever to strike the continental United States–caused an enormous area of land to sink as much as 10 feet. Water from the Mississippi River entered this depression, creating a 14-mile-long lake. Much of the lake’s charm and strangeness is imparted by the venerable bald cypress trees that fringe its margins. They rise tall and ghostly from the dark water, and to spring and summer canopy the shoreline with delicate fresh green foliage.
Off the Beaten Path
Reader’s Digest Book
Reelfoot Lake State Park Offical Drone Tour 2020
TOUR: WATERHOUSE RESIDENCE MUSEUM
Today we’ll do the First stop—Lake Lily. The lake is skirted by 17-92 and is on the Western side of the lake. you can turn west onto Maitland Ave South—Antonio’s will be on your right once you turn in. Continue to the first street to your left Lake Lily and turn in—-there’s parking along this small street—I like to park at the end near the Water House Residence.
Inscription. 
This road was the first direct route from Northeast Florida to Maitland. It followed Maitland Avenue around this west side of Lake Lily and continued south on what is now Highway 17-92. During the Second Seminole War the United States Army used this trail to connect the forts along its route. Fort Maitland was built in 1838 on the west shore of Lake Maitland, a day’s march from Fort Mellon (Sanford). The fort was named in honor of Captain William Seton Maitland (1798-1837), who was cited for bravery in the battle of 1836, and died in 1837 as a result of wounds received there. The fort was located south of present Fort Maitland Park and was in use only until 1839. In 1915, Orange County paved the route with bricks, making it the first grouted brick road in Florida. This road became part of the Dixie Highway, which opened in 1925 and ran from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to Miami. In 1927 the road was joined to the Black Bear Trail at Lake Lily. Both names described the road from this point south. These bricks were covered by asphalt in the 1960’s and in 1998 the asphalt was removed and the Maitland Historical Society restored the bricks, with assistance
WATERHOUSE RESIDENCE MUSEUM
Waterhouse Residence Museum & Carpentry Shop Museum
820 Lake Lily Dr. (A&H’s Lake Lily Campus)
The Waterhouse Residence is currently closed to the public.
The day of visit Waterhouse Residence was closed and as noted on their site as of 6/13/21 still is.
Regarding William H. Waterhouse Residence. William H. Waterhouse left his home state of New York to pioneer the unsettled interior of the Florida peninsula. With his wife and children, he settled in what would become the city of Maitland, building a skillfully crafted frame home of his own design in 1884. Today, the building is home to the Waterhouse Residence Museum, and has been restored to reflect the way of life enjoyed by a middle class Florida family in the late 1800s and the turn of the century. Adjacent to the house is Waterhouse’s Carpentry Shop, which has also been set up as a museum.
The house was added to the NRHP in 1983 (reference #83001434).
Carpentry Shop Museum; sets near the house and is also closed.
We check out the information about the house at its front steps
History
even went up on the porch for a bit better view
Keep going for more Lake Lily, in Floirda
Somerville, TX
Some Texas towns have the distinct smell of cattle or oil, but when old-timers wax nostalgic about Sumerville’s early days they recall a different scent: creosote, a wood preservative. A tiny railroad town, Somerville once boasted a railroad tile factory (hence the creosote odor) and a roundhouse that serviced steam engines. Travelers could always get a good meal at the passenger depot, which housed a Harvey House restaurant. During the railroading era, these elegant restaurants were found in depots throughout the Southwest. Alas, the Somerville depot is now gone, but it’s story lives on at the Sumerville Area Museum which is located in a historic building downtown. Visitors can explore the town’s railroad past through historic photography memorabilia, military exhibits and pioneer artifacts.
Somerville Historical Museum
we walked out to the lake and then to our left down to
The Cottage at Lake Lily
Indoor venue
Capacity: 30 persons seated,
48 persons cocktail style
again a walk around the area and left ward bound again.
Such a pretty park around the lake on what was once a home for a family
Lovely areas to just set and rest in the peaceful area along a very busy highway which surprisingly seems a distant memory here.
past the kid’s play area which is next to the public bathrooms (not pictured) below
One more picture and then will wait for next Friday to look at a bit of the wild life that call the park home — as we move closer to the busy highway and then turn back to home at the Waterhouse again.
Virtual tours: Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle: Castle dates from 1080 when Wm. the Conqueror raised a motte-fortress close to the royal hunting forest (now Windsor Great Park) as part of a string of defenses around London. Both Henry I and II began expanding the castle and stone replaced original wood. Round Tower has been altered but still on top of William’s motte, dates from 1170. Edward III 14th c. began transformation into one of the world’ most ionic royal palaces. Charles II altered exterior creating a series of splendid barque state apartments. George IV converted it to Gothic and a severe fire in 1992 damaged a 100 rooms that had to be restored.
Come back Tuesday for the 2nd part and completion of the Cornwall tour.
