2009 April | Sanford 365

Day 218 – Ritz Camera in Sanford closing and how you can help your area

By Claudia at April 29, 2009 | 12:43 am | 1 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1417" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ritz Camera Sanford"][/caption] After Circuit City I am sad to see yet another business of the Target Plaza at W P Ball Boulevard go: Ritz Camera in Sanford is closing and having a closing sale. Hopefully this is the last one to go and the vacant building will be filled promptly. Since we have seen so

Day 217 – Gorgeous VW Beetle in Sanford FL

By Claudia at April 23, 2009 | 8:36 pm | 3 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1411" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chris Beetle on Park Avenue in Sanford"][/caption] After Trivia Night at the Black Swan in Sanford, Chris let me take a picture of his VW Beetle. What a gorgeous car - and so much history! This is a classic VW Beetle and even though Chris admitted that it takes a lot to maintain a car of this age, it

Day 216 – Centennial Park in Sanford FL and Cinema in the Park

By Claudia at April 22, 2009 | 7:21 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1408" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Centennial Park in Sanford"][/caption] The Centennial Park in Sanford is a beautiful spot to spend an afternoon reading or playing with the kids. The pavilion makes a great place to sit and chat with friends. The Sanford Centennial Park is located between 4th and 5th Street and Oak and Park in

Day 215 – Downtown Orlando Brick Building

By Claudia at April 22, 2009 | 3:44 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1401" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Brick Building in Orlando"][/caption] A lot of the buildings in downtown Orlando remind me of the ones you'll find in downtown Sanford - only that the buildings in Orlando are a lot bigger and most of them nicely restored. I am hopeful though that all the historic buildings in downtown Sanford will look

Day 214 – Bank Owned Historic Home for sale in Sanford FL

By Claudia at April 22, 2009 | 3:26 pm | 3 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1392" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="Bank Owned Historic Home"][/caption] This is truly one of the cutest and best priced historic homes (asking $175,000 150,000) I have seen in a while in Sanford! We showed this home (sitting on a huge corner lot on Oak Ave) over the weekend and I took a couple of pictures of the outside because I

Day 213 – Bar Camp Orlando

By Claudia at April 21, 2009 | 2:52 am | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1381" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="BarCamp Orlando 2009"][/caption] This weekend we attended Bar Camp Orlando at Wall Street Plaza in Downtown Orlando! But wait a moment - the name may be a bit misleading. This event is not centered around bars and thereby drinking. It is taking place in bars but centered around recent trends in

Day 212 – Great Dessert Place in Lake Mary FL

By Claudia at April 21, 2009 | 2:16 am | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1373" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Nana's Brownie"][/caption] I love sweets! I am also very picky though when it comes to sweets... So I rarely find just the right dessert. I might have found dessert heaven though at - and this is surprising - The Vineyard Wine Company in Lake Mary's Colonial Towne Park, obviously not what you would

Day 211 – Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium

By Claudia at April 21, 2009 | 1:56 am | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1370" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium"][/caption] After driving by the Sanford memorial Stadium so many times now I had to stop and finally take a picture of it. The stadium is located on Mellonville Avenue, less than a mile from the historic district, south of Lake Monroe. I didn't know much about the

Day 210 – Jackie Robinson lived in this Historic Home in Sanford FL

By Claudia at April 15, 2009 | 4:42 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1366" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Jackie Robinson lived here!"][/caption] Call it coincidence or not, today, on April 15th 2009, US Major League Baseball is honoring the 62nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson (the first African-American Major League Baseball player) breaking the "color barrier" on the baseball field. Therefore all major

Day 209 – It sometimes rains in Sanford FL

By Claudia at April 15, 2009 | 4:13 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="View from my office window"][/caption] What a rainy morning! My daily picture shows you the view out of my office window. Yes, it does rain sometimes in Sanford! At some point around 10 or 11am you could have thought it's night time. Fortunately we live in Florida and by the early afternoon the rain

365 Pictures , Random rainy day

Day 208 – Thai Corner in Lake Mary – Thai Food in Sanford Area

By Claudia at April 14, 2009 | 2:23 pm | 4 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1353" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Thai Corner in Lake Mary"][/caption] Today we had a Thai lunch at the Thai Corner in Lake Mary. I had previously mentioned the restaurant on this blog and now wanted to test it personally. Lunch prices were all around $9 and serving sizes good, even though I think I could have eaten more (but then

Day 207 – Easter Bunny

By Claudia at April 14, 2009 | 2:14 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1350" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Easter Bunny 2009"][/caption] The times when I still believed in the Easter bunny are long gone but I still like the idea of a cuddly little bunny bringing us Easter eggs so today I just took a quick picture of the little Easter bunny we had at our house. Very random, I know... Anyway, Happy

Day 206 – Mosaic Station in Sanford FL

By Claudia at April 14, 2009 | 2:08 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1346" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="Mosaic Station in Sanford FL"][/caption] Mosaic Station is located on Palmetto Avenue in downtonw Sanford FL. The store doesn't only offer mosaic supplies and custom mosaic art work, it also offers private mosaic classes which I think is a great idea! If you'd like more info about those classes, give

Day 205 – Best deal in Balwdin Park – Bank Owned town home for sale

By Claudia at April 10, 2009 | 9:50 pm | 4 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1320" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Baldwin Park town home"][/caption] We went to show this beautiful town home in Baldwin Park today. Baldwin Park is, as many of you may know, the beautiful urban lifestyle community in the heart of Orlando, close to Winter Park, downtown and arts/museums/parks. At only $209,000 this 3 story bank owned

Day 204 – At the YMCA in Lake Mary

By Claudia at April 10, 2009 | 9:28 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1319" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Outdoor pool at the YMCA in Lake Mary"][/caption] We have been members since February 2009 but believe it or not, today was the first time we actually went to the YMCA to exercise and keep up with our new year's resolution to stay fit. Well, better late than never :) Our main focus at this point is the

Day 203 – Olive Garden in Sanford FL

By Claudia at April 10, 2009 | 7:18 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1318" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Olive Garden in Sanford"][/caption] Today we went for a quick unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks lunch at one of my favorite chain restaurants in Sanford - Olive Garden. When I first came to the US, the first Italian restaurant I ever ate at was Olive Garden (that was in Paducah, KY). Back then I

Day 202 – Trees of Central Florida

By Claudia at April 10, 2009 | 7:05 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1317" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Trees, so many trees!"][/caption] Just a quick shot to show off our beautiful Central Florida trees! I am not an outdoors person by any means but I love nature and to look at it! This shot was taken in Lake

Day 201 – Back at Watson Realty in Lake Mary

By Claudia at April 10, 2009 | 7:00 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_1316" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="My office at Watson Realty in Lake Mary"][/caption] So starting today I have officially moved my home office back to the main office at Watson Realty in Lake Mary. I had tried working from the house for the past months, but quite honestly, I don't seem to be a good candidate for that (too many

Day 200 – Jeanine Taylor Folk Art in Sanford FL on First Street

By Claudia at April 10, 2009 | 6:41 pm | 1 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1315" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Jeanine Taylor Folk Art in Sanford"][/caption] Right next to Gallery on First in Sanford you will find another great art gallery, Jeanine Taylor Folk Art. Jeanine Taylor is promoting contemporary folk artists at her gallery in order to bring the public closer to Southern folk art and its importance to

Day 199 – The Freaky Sanford Wal Mart Tree

By Claudia at April 10, 2009 | 6:25 pm | 2 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1314" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The freaky Wal Mart Tree"][/caption] Sooner or later I had to mention the "freaky Sanford Wal Mart Tree". Why it is freaky? Well, the tree itself is not, it's the hundreds of crow and ravens - excuse my ignorance about these birds, all I know is that their cries and appearance freak me out a bit. Well,

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