Movie Cinema in Bonita Springs | Frank Theater If you’ve lived in Bonita Springs, Florida for several years you will have know the Frank Theatre location as the former Regal Cinema location and a couple of other short lived theaters that were only opened for brief periods … before Frank Theatres moved into the space, [...]
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Ice Cream in Downtown Bonita Springs Florida One of our family favorite deserts is ice cream and there is no place better for ice cream in Downtown Bonita Springs than For Heaven’s Shakes ice cream. Besides the periodic random pit stops through out the week for a cool treat, our family occasionally skip dinner all [...]
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Downtown Farmer’s Market Open for 2023-2013 Season The Downtown Seasonal Farmer’s Market is open for the season every Wednesday. Enjoy the video above of the vendors who are available. Items available at the farmer’s market include a huge variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, seafood, baked goods, pastry, novelties, heirloom seeds, gardening supplies, local honey, local [...]
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Bonita Springs Government, Parks and Utilities Leadership Bonita students 2011-2012, sponsored by Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce, were treated to a few inside tours of several facilities in town such as Bonita Springs Utilities, Bonita Springs Parks and Recreation, Bonita Springs Code Enforcement and Bonita Springs City Hall. Bonita Springs Utilities: Some interesting things that [...]
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Economic Development, Industry & Business in SWFL The most amazing discovery during the economic development segment of Leadership Bonita was the number of organizations in southwest Florida who offer advice, guidance and incentives for bringing business and industry to Southwest Florida, Lee County and the city of Bonita springs, Florida. A day full of economic [...]
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Leadership Bonita 2011-2012 Every Leadership Bonita program starts with a weekend retreat. This year’s retreat, like the last few, was held at Hyatt Coconut Point on Estero Bay. It’s a gorgeous resort hotel, by the way. I wasn’t thrilled to be away for a few days and had told myself that I could just drive [...]
Leadership Bonita 2011-2012 This post is part of a series written over the 2011-2012 year documenting the Leadership Bonita Program. Other chapters are below:The Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce offers the Leadership Bonita program to members of the community of Bonita Springs, Florida. The Leadership Bonita program is designed to hone leadership skills, create [...]
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Boutique Landscape Garden Nursery Old Bonita Springs The great American shopping destination for landscape or gardening needs is often the big box stores. Bonita Springs and Estero each have one of the big box stores. Bonita Springs also has mom and pop boutique sized landscape and gardening stores sprinkled about, too. Hidden away in Old [...]
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LBD shops at Miromar Outlets in Estero Florida, just north of Bonita Springs, Florida.
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Snow Birds support local Bonita Springs and Southwest Florida businesses.
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Rail Head Cafe has moved to Village Walk of Bonita Springs, map and reservation contact included in the post.
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Simply Cupcakes of Naples, Florida A trip from Bonita Springs to Lely to check on listings is just a clever excuse to make a pit stop at Simply Cupcakes. This little bakery simply makes the best cupcakes in Southwest Florida. There, I said it. Mini-Me and I picked up up a half dozen cupcakes to [...]
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Heaven Scent flower shop in Bonita Springs, Florida.
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Hunted and Found in Bonita Springs Florida Recently, I took a cruise down Hickory Blvd., swooped into Kings Kew and found the most impressive mailbox flower. Long story, short: I posted the flower image on Flickr and was told it was a Passiflora, a Passion Flower. It bubbled for a few weeks until last Sunday [...]
Engel’s Bicycles on Old 41 There are a few old building on Old 41 that have been restored. They’re in front of Riverside Park, just south of the Imperial River Bridge. The buildings are a trip back in history. They’re in great condition and now serve local businesses. Engel’s Bicycles repairs and adjusts bikes, plus [...]
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More to Look Forward to in Olde Bonita If you didn’t know, the town of Bonita Springs was once named Survey, back in the day. I believe it was named Survey because the engineering crews who originally surveyed land of south Florida were stationed here. I guess when the Nelson’s were thinking of a name [...]
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LBD Does The Runway This is your tripped out version of an Abercrombie add. It involves a hot piece of pocket pup in a powerder blue hoodie; all for the paws … I mean cause. It is taken in black and white for drama. Well, do you feel the drama? It had to be LBD’s [...]
Found on Old 41 Road in Bonita Springs, Florida Visit: 27570 Old 41 Road Bonita Springs, FL 34135 Call: 239-947-8383 More info: Mexican Pottery Bonita Springs Website: Pottery as Art
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I’m a Sucker For Dogs The Susan Komen 5K run will be coming up in March and I am not remotely ready. I must first try to push the plate away or put the fork down. Oink. Next, I need to actually run. Uhg. Having been under the weather for many weeks I just started [...]
The Prettiest Peppers in Bonita Springs Florida What if that childhood rhyme: “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” was really “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Purple Peppers.” That was the first thought I had when I saw these purple peppers at Farmer Mikes in Bonita Springs, Florida. They were so pretty. I [...]
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Farmer Mike’s Is O-P-E-N Farmer Mikes is open again (November 2012) Last week I learned that Farmer Mike’s traditionally opens the day after the Taste of Bonita festival. Since I was involved in the Taste of Bonita as a member of Rotary I was at the festival. My daughter brought me a bowl of fresh [...]
Found Old Bonita Springs, By Surprise A few weeks ago I stopped by a yard sale in the name streets of Bonita Springs. The name streets are in Old Bonita Springs, as in where the older charming homes are with character. The streets were all named after founding fathers and developers of our city. Goodwin, [...]
The Gorton’s Fisherman Yes, it’s true, the Gorton’s Fisherman lives on Hickory Blvd. on Bonita Beach. He’s a couple of doors down from the Mermaid Mailbox. It’s been a spell since I’ve taken this photo. It’s been a while since I’ve even been able to post something on the blog. I’ve been a hostage. The [...]
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Bonita Springs Boat Parade Sign Up 2008 Folks are looking for the date, time and deadline to sign up for the Bonita Springs Holiday Boat Parade. The Boat Parade Captain’s party is on Wednesday, November 19th from 6-8:00p.m. The Captains Dinner is at Fitzgerald’s Pub. Captains, bring your first mate for dinner and your $35 [...]
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Bonita Springs is Gonna Get Ripped If you’re like me and you’re tired of choking on bugs while you’re riding your bike or running there is salvation behind those doors. LA Fitness opened last Friday and I’m wearing out the treadmills, not choking on gnats and enjoying seeing a whole bunch of friendly faces from [...]
Tijuana Flats is In Naples and *Now* Bonita Springs Yesterday, to do something different I headed out for a bite to eat at a new, local Bonita Springs restaurant and then took in a movie. The new restaurant I *finally* tried was Tijuana Flats. Tijuana Flats is located in Bonita Springs but it might be [...]
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Estero High School Team Sports Coach Belinda, who coaches Estero High School Cheerleaders, sent me the latest booster form via email and I thought I’d share it with the community. With everyone buckling down I decided to grab a 1/2 page add to support the teams. My kids graduated in ’87 but I still know [...]
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Are There Things To Do Besides Eat, Shop and Build? It doesn’t take much looking around to see that things around the Community of Bonita Springs aren’t quite the same as they use to be. At the risk of sounding like a codger with a “back in the day” story I will tell you this. [...]
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Muvico vs. Regal What if they both lose? Years ago, long before I became a spinster, I raised my kids in Bonita Springs, Florida. I recall the day The Prado shopping center was built and the day the new movie theater came to town. Regal Cinema opened it’s doors and most Friday and Saturday night [...]
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Not Every Day is Sunny In Bonita Springs Even Mini-Me said, “Isn’t this the strangest day in May, it’s so gray”. We do get those gray days here every once in a while. I came back with, “Funny you should mention that, I took a picture of a Poinciana tree and the sky was so [...]
Bonita Springs Dine & Dash If you’re working and living in Bonita Springs and not here on a vacation, having a fast place for lunch is a must. If you’ve put off dining out in the busy Bonita Springs tourist season, now is the time to see what you’ve missed. There are a variety of [...]
Security Doesn’t Cost, It Pays The tenant in an Eldorado Acres home moved out and didn’t leave a key. After I gave it a valiant effort at attempted burglary the owner of the home asked me for a locksmith to just pick the locks and rekey the door. I gave the owner Mikey G’s number [...]
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Happy Birthday Krusty Today is Krusty’s birthday if you didn’t guess by the title. I’ve been put in charge of throwing a soiree with tacos as the entrée, orange soda and a Publix cake. Yes, there was an order placed. Hey, I have to let him think he’s getting away with something just for tolerating [...]
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We’ll Try to Keep That Florida Recount Thingy From Happening Again This real estate site has recently been nominated for top website by Posh’d. Posh’d is a site with the purpose of promoting sites that are extraordinary and not your normal or templated websites. Posh’d now allows readers and consumers to decide which site wins the award. Simply [...]
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Gourmet Grocery & Produce Store Have you been to The Fresh Market in Bonita Springs? The Fresh Market is just a couple blocks from where I live so I pop in all the time. You’ll just love The Fresh Market. The atmosphere at The Fresh Market is just so nice. It’s a specialty grocery [...]
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Love is in the Air in Bonita Springs If you’re looking for something special to send your sweetie this Valentine’s Day take a few ideas from the pros. Bonita Springs Flowers and Gifts is located right on US 41 – Tamiami Trail and they’re a one stop shop for special deliveries. Bonita Springs Flowers [...]
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Luna Pizza at Miromar Outlet Who doesn’t want to know where to get the best slice in town? Anywhere you go, you want to know….at least I do. Well, I’ve saved everyone in Bonita Springs and Estero the bother wading through bad pizza. Luna Pizza in Estero is the BEST in Estero. Period. It’s over [...]
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Leoni’s Pizza Delivery in Estero Florida As luck would have it I was visiting a family member in Marsh Landing in Estero and I got hungry. Marsh Landing is across the street from the Coconut Point Mall and technically in Estero but its sort of the “gray area” of the city line. It was a [...]
Edit: This Business has closed. More Things to do with Kids in Bonita Springs If you’re in Bonita Springs and you’re caught in a cold snap (like tonight), a heat wave like our tropical Bonita Springs summers or you get over exposed to the sun at Bonita Beach, you’ll need to keep Kid Zoo in [...]
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Veterinary Animal Hospital For Bonita’s Best Residents Today I drove the shopping center called the Centre at Bonita Springs. It’s where the Publix grocery and Kmart is at Bonita Beach Road and US 41. I passed White Sands Animal Clinic. There was a truck backed up to the door, Dr. Mason’s truck. Sunday morning was [...]
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Computer Repair in Bonita Springs, Florida Ok, I’m back in action. Thanks to Platinum Coast Technology of Bonita Springs, again. (again and again) My laptop ended up getting gunky after Comcast installed some junk on it – booo! It wasn’t cooperating, freezing up, programs wouldn’t open. All sorts of bad stuff was just slowly getting [...]
Cancer, Cosmetics and Frozen Peas Today I stopped into Ulta in Estero Florida at the Coconut Point Mall. It’s a make up, accessory, beauty product store. I’m not really sure how it’s classified. I just know they have isles and isles of make up by literally dozens and dozens of different manufacturers. I’m not a [...]
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Pottery as Art | Mexican Pottery During the last couple of weeks I’ve watched the inventory get placed at a new business on Old US 41 in Bonita Springs. The building was once the Jacob’s Interlock Paving of Bonita Springs building and The Village Haus a while back. Since it’s been empty for a spell [...]
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Bonita Springs Art Show | Art League of Bonita Springs Today was the day. Together with my Mini-me I made a trip to the Art League of Bonita Springs. It’s one of those places I pass almost daily but I’ve never stopped in. Spurred on by a Google news alert about the gift shop I [...]
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Something Naughty in The Window – That Special Dress On my way into “Q”, uh, that’s Quiznos in The Prado at Bonita Springs I walk by a dress shop named “That Special Dress”. I’m sort of not a dress person and next to never have the opportunity to wear a gown, but a girl can dream [...]
The Anti-Ironing Zone – Dry Cleaning in Bonita Springs Several months ago I stumble onto One Price Cleaners. I had been a loyal customer of a different cleaner for years but a "creepy" started working there and I had to leave that scene. It took me three weeks of driving the old cleaners before "creepy" [...]
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Bonita Springs Homeowner Insurance The Southwest Florida and Bonita Springs area has not gone without insurance growing pains. A few years ago, after a succession of storms, big insurance dumped us. Almost every one of us lost our insurance; cancelled on the spot. Shamefully, our government allowed it to happen. Our local Bonita springs insurance [...]
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