Well, the countdown to the 50th running of the Daytona 500 is on!! We leave on Feb 12th and I can not wait to be in Daytona Beach for the race !! We are about 10 miles from the Joliet track, but we are not big Nascar fans, so we never go to that race. We go the the 500, there is nothing like the energy for the 1st race of the season. Prior to the start of the race -- there are trailers and more trailers -- it is a Nascar flea market -- but this is who I come early to see:: How can you not ... Read more »
Daytona Beach Special Events
Origianally posted on www.travel-daytona.com on 9-24-07 Special Events in Daytona Beach Florida I love crowds !! I love the celebration !! I love the events !! There is something so powerful about sitting among 500,000 Nascar fans who have come together for a purpose and are being thoroughly entertained. I am drawn to Daytona during the events…. I feel as if I am missing something is I am not there. I try to attend at least one special event per year. We usually come down for the Daytona ... Read more »
Daytona Beach – She knows how to throw a party !!
Originally posted on www.travel-daytona.com on 9-23-07 Renata's Perspective As you leave a city, you will unknowingly take your impressions of it with you. Daytona has left it's impression upon me. I am from Chicago and Chicago has a dominant male personality. It is unmistakable and you feel it as you stroll thru the streets. The streets are rough and unforgiving; the buildings are a massive hovering presence that has an unmistakable profile against Lake Michigan. Chicago, the harshness ... Read more »
Daytona Beach Restaurant Review – DBNJ – Stinky Dogs
Originally Published in :: Yes, this is one of my favorite on-line columns and I pay close attention to this from home , as I am always on the lookout for a new and exciting place to hang out..... to catch this column yourself, I whole heartedly recommend http://www.news-journalonline.com for Daytona Beach News and current events. February 20, 2008 Could let dogs out, but there's room inside LUNCH BUNCH Two can eat out for less than $20 Food Editor Catherine Klasne met her husband, Nick, an ... Read more »
It Is A Daytona Beach Boat Day
Hi, I have the blues, but the wrong kind of blues. It is the final day of January and we are feeling the chill of another Chicago winter...this is what my flower garden looks like today. I guess on the bright side there are no weeds to pull... This is what my hot tub looked like at 2PM this afternoon, you see it started snowing at my house at 11AM, and another 6 inches has fallen since I took this picture. I have paid kids to shovel my driveway 2x -- I am doing my part to stimulate the ... Read more »
Daytona Beach Restaurant Review – DBNJ -Pasta Cafe
Originally Published in :: Yes, this is one of my favorite on-line columns and I pay close attention to this from home , as I am always on the lookout for a new and exciting place to hang out..... to catch this column yourself, I whole heartedly recommend http://www.news-journalonline.com for Daytona Beach News and current events. February 13, 2008 Cafe offers more than just pasta Even though the name promises pretty much everything pasta -- and Pasta Cafe certainly makes good on that promise ... Read more »
Daytona Beach Restaurant Review – DBNJ – Caffe Latte’s
Originally Published in :: Yes, this is one of my favorite on-line columns and I pay close attention to this from home , as I am always on the lookout for a new and exciting place to hang out..... to catch this column yourself, I whole heartedly recommend http://www.news-journalonline.com for Daytona Beach News and current events. February 06, 2008 Neighborly place ladles it out LUNCH BUNCH Two can eat out for less than $20 News-Journal staff writer Margie Schlageter -- and her husband, Tom -- ... Read more »
Daytona Beach – Restaurant Reviews – Mike’s Galley
Today we are doing a restaurant review of a little out of the way breakfast place in Daytona Beach Shores.... This is a SECRET...do not tell anyone...we do not want people to know about this place !!! Find this resort and park in the parking lot..... It is 1 resort south of this location:: Yes, Sun Glow Pier !!! So when you find the pier, you know that you are close very close, you will start to small something VERY VERY Good !!!! Here is the address...of Mike's ... Read more »
The Bridges of Volusia County (Daytona Beach Bridges)
This was originally posted on my www.Travel-Daytona.com site on Sept 16th, 2007 But since I will be de-activating that bog in a few weeks -- I wanted this article to live on in the cyber world, since there were -0- visitors on my other site -- it was really my practice blog, I wnated to post it again for your enjoyment -- or your reference or your travel planning or with what ever you see fit....Didn't you just LOVE Clint Eastwood in the Madison County version?? Me too !!~. Enjoy ... Read more »
Daytona Beach & Neighboring Mainland Communities
Daytona Beach & Neighboring Mainland Communities Daytona Basic Community - Road Information When you arrive in Daytona you will realize after fraternizing with the locals, that there is "Mainland " and "Beachside". Now I know that you guys are sophisticated traveling people, unlike myself having to ask "What is the difference ?" and after the eye-rolling dumb looks it was explained that Beachside is on the east side of the Halifax River and Mainland is on the west side of Halifax.. The ... Read more »