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Day 327 – Silvestros Italian Restaurant Opening at Park Place at Heathrow in Lake Mary

August 11, 2009

The location that was formerly the restaurant/bar Wine Down (before that Urban Flats) at Park Place at Heathrow will soon be home to a new Italian restaurant, Silvestros. Silvestros actually has its original location in Cocoa Beach, FL and they are now opening their new location here in the Sanford/Lake Mary area. I am excited [...]

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Day 326 – Flea World Sanford – America's Largest Fleamarket

August 11, 2009

Sanford is home to America’s largest flea market, Flea World. Located on highway 17-92 (you know you are getting closer when you pass Bargain Boulevard), this huge area of air conditioned warehouses (though open on sides, therefore not really cool) offers its visitors pretty much anything you might be looking ford, from clothing and accessories [...]

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Day 325 – A Saturday Morning in Sanford FL

August 11, 2009

Sanford FL is a great place to enjoy a relaxed Saturday morning, away from all the hustle and bustle. Since I also wanted to check out the new covered shade I had written about during the week, I decided to visit the weekly Sanford Farmers Market on Magnolia Square and then walk a bit through [...]

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Day 324 – New Store Fawn and new Location of Cindys Dance Studio Sanford FL

August 11, 2009

It’s always exciting to see new businesses and stores coming into Sanford. One of the newest stores will be Fawn in the Bishop Block Building. You can check out their web site here. This unique kids store is scheduled to open beginning of September 2009 and will offer high quality fashion for infants, toddlers, kids, [...]

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Day 323 – Seminole Community College Sanford

August 10, 2009

Founded in and with 86 different degrees and certificates, Seminole Community College is a major education facility in Central Florida. Recently it was announced that SCC will now also offer a 4 year baccalaureate degree (Interior Design starts in January 2010). That is exciting news for Sanford and Seminole County and will make this area [...]

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Day 322 – Short Trip to Miami

August 10, 2009

Since Jose had to renew his Colombian passport and then get his visa for our upcoming Germany trip we had to plan a short trip to Miami. We left super early (5am) to be at the Colombian Consulate by 10am. Everything went smooth and so we had the rest of the day to relax a [...]

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Day 321 – New Covered Shade will keep Magnolia Square dry

August 10, 2009

When walking through downtown Sanford this afternoon I noticed some action on Magnlia Square. Sure enough something is happening here: the installation of a covered shade! So of course I had to ask how long we will get to enjoy “shelter” of rain and sun on Mangolia Square. Apparently this shade is here to stay! [...]

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Day 320 – Caddies Pub Heathrow Lake Mary FL Opening August 2009

August 10, 2009

On Day 239 I had already reported about the upcoming opening of Caddy’s Pub at Park Place at Heathrow in Lake Mary. Now, there is finally a sign on the building and I sneaked in today to ask the manager about the final opening date. He said it was still not a sure date but [...]

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Day 319 – Sanford Civic Center

August 10, 2009

The Sanford Civic Center is located across from beautiful Lake Monroe in downtown Sanford. The civic center has been a great place for community events. It is also meeting point for various groups, clubs and organizations of the area. The facility makes a great location for any type of community event like fundraisers, seminars or [...]

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Day 318 – Risk – The Pink Army

August 10, 2009

My sister gave us Risk, the popular board game 2 years ago for Christmas. We never got to play it until now. Since none of us knew the rules we had to teach ourselves, but the rules are quite simple to understand: it’s all about world domination!
So Jose, his nephew, our friend Lupe and I [...]

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