Real Life & Real Estate in Bonita Springs Florida

We Have Bugs in Bonita Springs
You may not appreciate this grasshopper because bugs are gross but I thought it was beautiful so I took a picture of it to share with you. This is the first official Bonita Springs Grasshopper. What you need to know is that it was on the windshield of [...]

Bonita Beach Parking Pass
If you’re going to be living in the Bonita Springs area for a while and you’ll, no doubt, be hitting Bonita Beach. You might want to invest in a parking sticker. The average “donation” at the public access is nearly the same for a one time visit as it is [...]

How to Score in the Bonita Springs Real Estate Market
The Bonita Springs real estate market is confusing for most buyers.  There is a barrage of information coming at buyers, at light speed, from thousands of directions - the internet, newspapers and television.  You may be tempted to start searching for a home or condo in Bonita Springs [...]

Bonita Springs Evening in the Park
Every second Friday of every month the city of Bonita Springs hosts “An Evening in the Park” at Riverside Park. The event varies from month to month. This month is Jazz in the Park.
The artists cottages behind the Lyles Hotel are usually open, live music is on site and refreshments [...]

Christmas Lights & Snow in Bonita Springs 
This is just a taste of what you’ll see if you stop by Riverside Park tomorrow, December 4th, 2007 from 5-8 p.m.  The City of Bonita Springs kicks off its Holiday in the Park Festival featuring 20 tons of snow.  I stopped by this evening to see the elves decorating [...]

If you’re looking for something to do in Bonita Springs this weekend you need to hop to!  The Bonita Springs Bluegrass Festival is currently underway at Riverside Park in Olde Bonita, just across the street from the Banyan Tree.  The weather is suppose to be awesome so get out there and enjoy it and meet [...]

 
A little bit of the Before and after of the Taste of Bonita Festival at Riverside Park, Bonita Springs.
 
 Enjoy a few photos from the 14th annual Taste of Bonita, which was held at Riverside Park on Nov. 18.  More than 30 Bonita Springs restaurants participated and an estimated 7,000 to 8,000 people attended.  Admission to the Taste [...]

 
It’s that time of the year again.  The 14th annual Taste of Bonita is back, and some of the area’s best restaurants are serving up their best once again. The food festival will be held at Riverside Park on Nov. 18.  Riverside Park is located on Old US 41 in Bonita Springs, Florida.  More than [...]

Year after year, Bonita Springs’ Lovers Key makes the short list of Florida’s most popular state parks.
With near perfect beaches, trails and boat ramp, the Bonita Springs Park ranked as the fourth most popular destination among the 160 parks and historic sites in the entire state park system. Lovers Key State Park saw more than [...]

Looking for things to do in Bonita Springs or Estero Florida?  If you’re like many of the local Bonita Springs homeowners and vacationers, you get one good look at the turquoise waters and you start thinking ‘boat’.  The ultimate dream in Bonita Springs, Florida is to own a home on a canal so that you [...]

Looking for something to do in Estero?  Visit Mound Key.  Located in the middle of Estero Bay is Mound Key an archaeological site managed by Koreshan State Historic Site - State Park. 
Calusa Indians dominated southern Florida for centuries and resisted the Spanish explorers. Mound Key Archaeological Site is believed to be the ceremonial center of Calusa [...]

The evening at the park will be held at Riverside Park in Downtown Bonita Springs, just south of Everglades Wonder Gardens.The six restored cottages are now home to various local artists. The event is FREE and open to the public. The historic society of Bonita Springs will have the restored Liles Hotel open, also. IF [...]