• The Best Places to Watch Fireworks on Florida's First Coast,Joey Larsen

    The Best Places to Watch Fireworks on Florida's First Coast

    Where should you actually be standing when the fireworks light up Florida's First Coast? There's a moment right before the first burst -- when the beach has gone quiet except for the sound of the surf and a few thousand people have stopped their conversations all at once -- that makes you understand

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  • What July 4th Weekend Looks Like in Ponte Vedra Beach,Joey Larsen

    What July 4th Weekend Looks Like in Ponte Vedra Beach

    What does July 4th weekend actually feel like when you live in Ponte Vedra Beach? You wake up Saturday morning to the smell of salt air drifting through your window before you even open your eyes. Down the street, someone has already fired up a grill -- it's not even nine o'clock. You grab your coff

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  • Moving from the Pacific Northwest to Northeast Florida,Joey Larsen

    Moving from the Pacific Northwest to Northeast Florida

    What happens when you trade gray skies for the First Coast sun? If you have spent years in Seattle, Portland, or anywhere in the Pacific Northwest, you know the particular weight of the gray. The drizzle that settles in around October and does not fully lift until summer. The way you start counting

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