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Day 317 – Walk on Water and Marie France Boutique – Shopping in Lake Mary

August 10, 2009

Lake Mary is certainly not a shopping mecca but there are 2 boutiques located at Colonial Town Park that have become quite popular fashion stores for locals. Walk on Water and Marie France. Both stores offer fashionable clothing, shoes and accessories.
Walk on Water is a bit larger and also offers other items like luggage and [...]

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Day 316 – Citrus Club and view of Orlando from the BBT tower

August 10, 2009

The Citrus Club is one of Orlando’s most exclusive and upscale clubs. I was lucky enough to be invited for lunch and dinner at the restaurant in the citrus tower (BB&T building on Orange Avenue) several times in the past and have always enjoyed the amazing views of Orlando from up here. It is not [...]

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Day 315 – Central Florida Zoo in Sanford FL – Zip Lines

August 10, 2009

As most of you already know, Sanford has its own Zoo, the Central Florida Zoo. Located right off exit 104 from I-4, the zoo entrance faces beautiful Lake Monroe and is surrounded by a preserve. If you are in the area you should definitely check out the Zoo. I had previously mentioned the zoo because [...]

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Day 314 – Amtrak Passenger Train in Sanford FL

August 9, 2009

Jose’s nephew who is currently staying with us to learn English just visited his girlfriend in Miami. Since we couldn’t drive him down there he decided to take the train. Today I picked him up at the train Amtrak train station in Orlando (Kaley Street Exit, after the 408 Exit when coming from Sanford).
So as [...]

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Day 313 – Sanford FL City Hall

August 9, 2009

The Sanford City Hall is located right across from the Courthouse on Park Avenue by Lake Monroe. I went here today because I had to have the water turned back on for one of the houses we are managing.
More information about the city of Sanford and its services can be found as usual on their [...]

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Day 312 – Lake Mary versus Sanford FL

August 9, 2009

I’m often asked why I write so much about Lake Mary when this blog has its main theme established as a blog about Sanford. The answer is simple: Sanford and Lake Mary are basically “siblings”. They are so close that it is sometimes even hard to determine where one ends and the other starts. Especially [...]

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Day 311 – Gateway at Riverwalk Condos Sanford FL

August 9, 2009

Sanford is not necessarily known to be a “condo city”. Even though there have been more town home developments recently (due to a lack of space and higher land prices), Sanford is a city of single family homes, some of them beautiful Victorian houses in the historic district. So it was a big surprise when [...]

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Day 310 – Sanford International Airport

August 9, 2009

Sanford does not only have its own lake, marina, zoo, historic district and college, it also has its very own international airport! And that right off Lake Mary Boulevard, conveniently located for anyone who lives in Sanford or Lake Mary.
I have never flown out of the Sanford International Airport but I have been here numerous [...]

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Day 309 – Seminole County Courthouse Sanford FL

August 9, 2009

The Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford is located right by Lake Monroe (where Park Avenue ends at Seminole Boulevard).
Thinking about getting married? Need to pay a traffic ticket (yikes)? Want to file for a divorce? This is the place you would do so in Seminole County. Besides that, there is obviously a lot more that [...]

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Day 308 – Ice Cream in Sanford FL at Taste of Thyme Cafe

August 9, 2009

Taste of Thyme is a quaint little cafe on Magnolia Square. Walking through Sanford I suddenly felt the urge for some chocolate ice cream – with these temperatures I am not surprised I felt that way – and so Taste of Thyme was the place to go
The ice cream was delicious (Blue Bell), [...]

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