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Celebrity Chef Tour

The James Beard Foundation’s Celebrity Chef Tour brings a taste of what happens at the James Beard House in New York City to more than 20 cities across the country each year.

IL Cielo will welcome the JBF tour again to Southwest Florida on Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m.

Hosted by Il Cielo’s Chef Melissa Akin, the dinner will begin with a cocktail reception featuring Tito’s Vodka and hors d’oeuvres from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.  » Read more

Welcome Them Home!

Collier-Lee Honor Flight, an organization whose mission is to transport local veterans to Washington, DC to visit memorials and honor their service, invites the public to attend the welcome home celebration at Southwest Florida International Airport on Saturday, September 29 from 9 to 10:30 p.m. 

More than 2,000 family members, local service members, law enforcement and well-wishers are expected at the welcome home ceremony for the veterans on the American Airlines flight returning from Washington,  » Read more

Most Beautiful

Golisano Children’s Hospital, just across the causeway from Sanibel, was recently selected the most beautiful hospital in the country, according to Soliant Health’s 2018 list of the 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S.

Soliant Health, an Atlanta-based healthcare staffing company, conducted a month-long national poll of medical facilities across the United States. After all 262,613 votes were tallied, Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida appeared at the top of the annual ranking with 68,146 votes.  » Read more

Precious Heirlooms

One of our favorite guests, Don. P. from Farmington Hills, MI, always tickles our staff by giving out personally-made Ocean’s Reach t-shirts every time he visits.   

He recently shared that his daughter “took 22 used Ocean’s Reach T-shirts that she had saved from years of visiting Ocean’s Reach, along with 8 souvenir shirts from past years on Sanibel, and took them to a lady that makes quilts.   » Read more

90 for 90

By Vance Carlson, Park Rapids (MN) Enterprise

Fred Nordstrom developed a love of biking at an early age. 

Eight decades later, Nordstrom is still an avid bicyclist. 

“I started biking in the 1930s. We lived on a farm in Iowa and I would bike to school every day,” said Nordstrom. “I still bike twice a week with the Hubbard Bicycle Club (in Park Rapids,  » Read more

Just Eight?

Photo by David Hillegas

We ran across this article in Coastal Living, citing “8 Reasons We Love Sanibel Island.”  Personally, we can think of quite a few more, but we do love the list they came up with!

Written by Kara Corridan, the article starts…  

“The very act of arriving on Sanibel Island, off Florida’s southern Gulf coast,  » Read more

Only Days Away!

Photo by Amanda Auer

It’s almost here!

The 5th Annual Island Hopper Songwriter Fest is the largest songwriter festival in Southwest Florida and offers a unique experience to interact with singer-songwriters who wrote your favorite hits.  Enjoy artists such as Midland, LOCASH, Travis Denning, among the 72 different acts featured.  Hope to see you there!

It’s Shred Time, Bro!

Photo from mtbproject.com

Like mountain biking?  Think you can’t find decent trails in flat Florida?  Think again. Caloosahatchee Regional Park offers close to 800 acres of pine flat-wood, oak forest and cypress swamp, with 20 miles of hiking, horseback riding and mountain-biking trails, rated beginner through difficult.

The trails are located at 19130 N. River Road in Alva, FL, just about an hour away from Ocean’s Reach.   » Read more

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