Summer Coming to Daytona. June 2017

Summer coming to Daytona

Summer Coming to Daytona. It is June. Temperatures are in the upper 80s on the beachside, and hitting 90s in the mainland Daytona Beach area. The turtle season is active, and today I saw 3 new nests on our beach. Water in the ocean is in the upper 70s, and […] Read more »

Wine Walk in New Smyrna Beach

Wine Walk in New Smyrna beach

My son and his beautiful girlfriend are fond of New Smyrna Beach, a neighboring city to the south from Daytona area. He has friends there, so he knows about all events and hardly misses any. He went to Wine Walk in New Smyrna Beach quite a few times before and […] Read more »

Turtle Season is Back on Florida Beaches

Baby Sea Turtle

Sea Turtle Season is Back on Florida Beaches May 1 is the beginning of the Sea Turtle season on the beaches of Florida and in Volusia County where Daytona Beach is. “All of the world’s sea turtles are designated as either endangered or threatened and are protected by state, federal […] Read more »

Fall in Daytona Beach

Towers Grande

I love the Fall in Daytona Beach. The temperatures comfortably in the mid to upper 80s, and it is a welcome change from even low 90s. It is comfortably warm. The water in the ocean is still warm, and you can be outdoors pretty much the whole day… I find […] Read more »

Plaza Resort & Spa. Glorious Past

Plaza Resort. Plaza elections

The history… Market reports, listings… Market reports, listing…  how boring… I am looking at The Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, and I ponder about its past… A few years ago my Moscow friend from school and college years sent me a photo of Hotel Clarendon on one Sunday […] Read more »

100 Million and Counting

Daytona Beach Condos

“Florida breaks another tourism record with 29.8 million visitors in first quarter” This is the title of the article I ran into May 17 in Tampa Bay Times. It is about yet another record. I remember all the hype a year ago, when Florida reached 100,000,000 visitors a year record. […] Read more »