Category: Travel
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Upcycled Plant Pots
Mexico is famous for using every day items for a purpose. The country is constantly coming up with creative ways to upcycle. After a visit the local plant nursery to purchase succulents for a new project, I found the containers they were in to adorably rustic and simple. They look delightful on my balcony and…
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Andale’s 10th Anniversary in Playa del Carmen
The music from the Andale 10year anniversary bazaar echoed from my balcony. We walked toward a barricaded street stuffed with people. Andale is a publication in Playa del Carmen. Crowded groups push their way along piles of used and new items. Books, pallet furniture, clothes and godly amounts of shoes. Snack vendors hog the street…
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Destination Destin
There are plenty of beaches in Florida But none like Destin Powered sugar sand between your toes Emerald green water that falls off the edge of the earth A real life piece of art Framed in a window Dolphins swim ever so close to the shore Surfers kneel Sunset is god
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Manatee Viewing Center at Apollo Beach
Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach is not only a local electric company but also a manatee viewing center and refuge. Manatees flock in large numbers to the power station’s discharge canal where saltwater – taken from Tampa Bay to cool Unit 4 – flows, clean and warm, back to the bay. As Tampa…
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Tarpon Springs at the Sponge Docks
Tarpon Springs, located on the west coast of Florida just 40 miles South of Tampa, is a modest Greek town that is home to the Sponge Docks. In fact, Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any city in the United States. The first Greek immigrants arrived in the city during the…
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Road Trip from Arizona to Florida and Everywhere In Between
Maintaining Slangshot.org came to a halt as I became consumed with my move to the Sunshine State. But now I’m back in hopes to shed some light on the gorgeous beaches that surround me and downtown Tampa living. The cross-country road trip from Arizona to Florida proposed never before seen sites, old friends and new…
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It’s Business as Usual in Tombstone Arizona
Most teenagers had posters of pop stars on their walls. My wall was covered with gunslingers. Blame my obsession with the movie Tombstone, I guess. My first time in Tombstone was on the way back from a high school soccer game in Douglas Arizona. Our bus pulled over in historic town for a pit stop on…
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Through the Lens: Ecclectic Bisbee Arizona
On the way to Bisbee Arizona from Sierra Vista, I notice sign that read: San Pedro House. I pulled over thinking it might be a ruin but it turned out to be a 1930’s converted ranch house that now functions as a visitor’s center and bookstore/gift shop. A 100 to 150 year old massive Fremont Cottonwood…
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Payson Arizona is Home to Shoofly Village Ruins
Ruins were in the vicinity (as they always are in Arizona) when our camping trip in Payson was rained out. Our wet, defeated selves shuffled into a nearby hotel room with all the comforts of home. The camping gear lay untouched and soaked from the night before at Houston Mesa campground. We packed up and…
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