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Kwik-E-Mart : Eleven 7-Elevens around the U.S. have been transformed into Kwik-E-Marts to promote The Simpsons Movie and I just happen to live right down the street from one. My son and I are big Simpsons fans so we went to check it out this morning.

It was great! They really did do a complete makeover of the store. I didn’t see any signs that said 7-11, but Kwik-E-Mart was branded everywhere. All the employees had Kwik-E-Mart shirts on and there was even a real live Apu.

There were a couple of Springfield’s (Orlando’s) finest there to keep control of the crowds. (Plus they were giving out free doughnut samples.) You could buy Krusty-O’s frosted cereal, Buzz Cola and Squishees. We bought all three along with a special Simpsons comic that told about the makeover. They also gave out Simpsons tattoos to the kids.

Great job 7-Eleven!

Eleven 7-Elevens around the U.S. have been transformed into Kwik-E-Mar ...

Updated: Jul 02, 2007 7:40am PST

Sunrise on Pier 60 : Morning on Clearwater Beach

Sunrise on Pier 60

Morning on Clearwater Beach

Updated: Jun 30, 2007 11:06am PST

Ocala National Forest : In mid February I walked the length of Ocala National Forest over 3 1/2 days. We were spared rain, and got to see some of Florida's remaining pine forest.

Ocala National Forest

In mid February I walked the length of Ocala National Forest over 3 1/ ...

Updated: Jun 13, 2007 9:35pm PST

Hillsborough River State Park : Moving Water

Hillsborough River State Park

Moving Water

Updated: Jun 13, 2007 1:59am PST

Lion Country Safari / February 5, 2005 : Located in Loxahatchee, FL, <a href="http://www.lioncountrysafari.com/" target="_blank"><b>Lion Country Safari</b></a> is America's first drive-through cageless zoo. It has been a leader in conservation since 1967. Lion Country Safari provides a habitat in which many endangered or threatened species live and reproduce.

Lion Country Safari / February 5, 2005

Located in Loxahatchee, FL, Lion Country Safari is America's first dri ...

Updated: May 29, 2007 2:07pm PST

Florida/Eastern Caribbean - April / May 2004 : <b>April-May, 2004 . . . Miami, Florida: Jungle Island (formerly Parrot Jungle Island); the Falls Shopping Center . . . Cruise to the Eastern Caribbean: Ports of Call: Nassau, Bahamas; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Coco Cay, Bahamas</b>

Florida/Eastern Caribbean - April / M...

April-May, 2004 . . . Miami, Florida: Jungle Island (formerly Parrot ...

Updated: May 28, 2007 1:44pm PST

Florida Getaway : Our late winter trip to Florida in March 2007. Destinations included Miami Beach, the Everglades, the Keys, Sarasota and Naples.

Florida Getaway

Our late winter trip to Florida in March 2007. Destinations included ...

Updated: Mar 16, 2007 8:38pm PST

Lowry Park Zoo : Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

Updated: Mar 10, 2007 7:57pm PST

Along the Tamiami Trail - Miccosukee Inidian Village / February 3, 2007 : The Miccosukee story has been a story of survival through adaptation. They originally belonged to the Creek Confederacy; however, they migrated to Florida before it became part of the United States. During the Indian Wars of the 1800s, most of the Miccosukee were removed to the West, but a few families escaped and hid in the Everglades. They now number about 500 people.

In order to escape the soldiers during the 1800s, the Miccosukees spread out through the Everglades with only one large family to a tree island, or hammock, as they call it. They used to travel by dugout canoes to hunt, visit each other, or trade. Some of the old canoes, each hollowed from a single cypress log, are displayed in the village. One canoe took almost two years to carve but they lasted a long time.

The Miccosukees never settled in one community like the Indians on reservations in the West. They have always been rather independent. They stayed to themselves in the Everglades for about 100 years, resisting efforts to make them like everybody else, but when the highway, Tamiami Trail, was built in the 19230s, the Miccosukees started to accept some of the new world's concepts.

In 1962, The Miccosukees were federally recognized as an Indian Tribe, thus separating Miccosukee from the Seminole Tribe. The tribe now has complete education, health and public safety departments, which combine appropriate aspects of Indian and nonIndian practices.

Through all these changes, the Miccosukees have kept their own identity and language. They still celebrate their Green Corn Dance each spring. In that sacred ceremony, the clans get together and for four days, they sing and dance and celebrate the gift of the corn that renews them and is the secret of their tribal strength. Their Indian medicine knowledge remains strong, and the young people are educated in the Miccosukee traditional folklore.

Along the Tamiami Trail - Miccosukee ...

The Miccosukee story has been a story of survival through adaptation. ...

Updated: Mar 05, 2007 3:57pm PST

Chihuly at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden / January 20, 2007 : The <a href="http://www.ftg.org/Chihuly/index.html" target="_blank"> <b>Chihuly at Fairchild</a></b> exhibition has returned and is on exhibit throughout <a href="http://www.ftg.org/index.html" target="_blank"> <b>Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden</a></b> from December 9, 2006, to May 31, 2007.

World renowned artist Dale Chihuly is making an unprecedented return to Fairchild with a new and expanded installation of his magnificient art. The 2007 exhibition marks the first time Dale Chihuly has ever exhibited in the same location twice.

Dale Chihuly is most frequently lauded for revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement by expanding its original premise of the solitary artist working in a studio environment to encompass the notion of collaborative teams and a division of labor within the creative process. However, Chihuly's contribution extends well beyond the boundaries of both this movement and even the field of glass: his achievements have influenced contemporary art in general.

Chihuly at Fairchild Tropical Botanic...

The Chihuly at Fairchild exhibition has returned and is on exhibit th ...

Updated: Feb 18, 2007 9:45am PST

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