Do The Slough | Parks and Preserves in SWFL If you’ve lived in Southwest Florida for any length of time you have probably driven by the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve dozens of times and may have never ventured in. Maybe it’s just been a while since you’ve visited the slough and you’ve forgotten about [...]
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Special to Southwest Spotlight Newspaper When I was growing up kids played outside. There were three channels on the television, occasionally four on a clear day. The American lifestyle was different and a whole bunch less electronic. Who knew we’d be digitally tethered in so many ways and sitting still so much? As a slave [...]
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Run the Koreshan State Historic Site Trails If you’re looking for fun things to do and to get out doors consider running a trail run at the upcoming Koreshan State Historic Site Park. When: March 10 2013 Register: www.Active.com Don’t miss the run at Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, too! The State of Florida Parks [...]
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Norman Love Chocolate: One Size Fits All Just in case you didn’t know, Norman Love Confections and the world famous chocolate is anchored right here in southwest Florida. Since chocolate makes a perfect gift for Valentine’s Day, there is only one way to set your gift apart from any chocolate gift your sweetie has ever [...]
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Downtown Bonita Springs Chalk Art This February 10, 2013 celebrate Valentines Day with the Artist Village in Bonita Springs Riverside Park. Come do "Sidewalk Art"! Cabin #6 will open at 10am for those wishing to register and start their sidewalk art. All the cabins will be open 1-5pm. Free to the public. Chalk for sidewalk [...]
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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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Tree Lighting at Coconut Point Mall 2012 Coconut Point Mall is holding the official tree lighting ceremony November 24 from 5:00-8:00 p.m.. See Santa Claus cruise around Coconut Point in a convertible FIAT and then light the Coconut Point Christmas Tree. See you at Coconut Point!
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Christmas Bonita Springs Boat Parade 2012 This years Boat Parade event will take place on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. The Bonita Springs Boat parade begins and ends at The Fish House Restaurant located at 4685 Bonita Beach Rd. Perfect viewing areas can be found at The Fish House Restaurant and the Imperial [...]
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Bonita Springs Holiday in The Park – Christmas Click Map For Directions Bonita Springs Holiday in the Park is scheduled for December 4th 2012 beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Riverside Park in Downtown Bonita Springs, Florida. Holiday in the Park events on schedule include holiday music, the traditional blizzard in the park with a giant [...]
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Bonita Springs News & Events Stream Besides selling real estate I *really* like Bonita Springs. I like it 27 years of residency, that’s how much I like it. I am also a very nerdy type who also loves social media. You may already be friends with me on my Facebook profile, have “liked” my Facebook [...]
Taste of Bonita Concert & Festival | Things to Do Taste of Bonita is just around the corner. There are two important dates that you’ll want to save: Free Taste of Bonita Concert, Saturday, November 17, 2012 Taste of Bonita Festival, Sunday, November 18, 2012 This is the second year that the Taste of Bonita [...]
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Bonita Springs Things To Do The Bonita Springs YMCA is forming new and improved sports programs and leagues. Visit the Bonita Springs YMCA online or in person at 27200 Kent Road, Bonita Springs, Florida 34135 and sign up for any number of coaching or player positions for basketball, soccer, volleyball, flag football and more. The YMCA [...]
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Things to Do in Bonita Springs, Florida Who: Bonita SpringsTropical Fruit Club, Inc., Gulf Coast Garden Club, City of Bonita Springs What: Fruit Tree and Plant sale and ornamental plant sale Where: Riverside Park and McSwain House (27451 Old Road 41); Venues are across the street from one another. Plenty of free parking at Riverside [...]
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The Dogs, The Donnas and an Outdoor Church There are more than a few days a week that I could be spotted at Riverside Park with my little buddy, Slum Dawg Dillionaire. One day when Dill was off defending Depot Park from the squirrel population, I met another dog owner. As luck would have it, [...]
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Photos of Riverfest in Bonita Springs 2012 Riverfest continues on Saturday Morning. Here are some photos of the food, fun and games that occurred at the Friday night fish fry at Riverside Park near the Liles Hotel. If you’d like to join the festivities at the park this Saturday, here is a link to more [...]
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Hmm, I Wonder if Zombies Sell Their Real Estate … After I stopped by a seller’s home to get a real estate contract signed I headed to Zombicon in Fort Myers. What that means is 1.) Bonita Springs real estate is selling. (Actually, I’m out of real estate listings for the first time in a [...]
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Paddling Imperial River Bonita Springs Enjoy our paddleboard trip from Bonita Grande Road down the Imperial River. Make no mistake, the east end of the river where it changes from the Kehl Canal to the Imperial River, is gator land. You’ll notice that Slum Dawg Dillionaire didn’t make this trip with us. He’s just too [...]
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Riverfest 2012 – Things to Do in Bonita Springs Fl Autumn has arrived in Bonita Springs as planning for the 6th annual RiverFest gets underway. Hosted by the City of Bonita Springs, the two-day downtown event will kick-off on Oct. 26 with a happy hour celebration, live entertainment from the Rachel/Hughes Band, a cornhole tournament [...]
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Old 41 Downtown Bonita Springs Farmer Market If you do not see the video above, click here The Old 41 Downtown Bonita Springs Farmer Market started today. Head down every Wednesday to pick up fresh, local produce, seafood, baked goods and more. Support the local growers, farmers and fishermen by buying local. It stimulates the [...]
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Paddling the Imperial River With Cullum Hasty We decided to paddleboard the Imperial River on Labor Day 2012. Our journey was going to be from Kent Road to US 41/Tamiami Trail. I mostly wanted to do a run on the stretch that the Riverfest canoe race was going to be held on. When we pulled [...]
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Bonita Springs Paddle Board Gulf Access My latest hobby – stand up paddleboarding in Bonita Springs. This shot is on the Imperial River by the Imperial River boat ramp on Tamiami Trail. Gulf Access has now evolved for a motorless vessel light enough for even a middle aged chic to pick up and tote around [...]
July 4th 2012 – 4th of July Events Bonita Springs Florida Looking for Things to Do? Kick off the Fourth of July with a traditional small town parade, organized by Bonita Springs’ Professional Firefighters Local 3444. This year’s Bonita Springs 4th of July Parade theme is Shine a Bright Light on Our Community and was [...]
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Things to Do: Stand Up Paddleboarding in SWFL Ever dream of standing up on a paddleboard through the back bays of Bonita Springs and Gulf of Mexico? Well, neither did I and then I got an invite from a friend to give it a try. Stand up paddle boarding seems like a near impossibility until [...]
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Summer Dining Group in Bonita Springs Area So when are we starting the “Crawl” up again? Someone just asked me the other day and I’m in the process of planning the first one (probably June 10 2012) and looking for additional restaurants in Bonita Springs, Estero and Naples, Florida for our group to visit. So [...]
My Back Ten Feet of Bonita Springs Real Estate An avid reader and follower of shiny things, I followed a scoop.it mentioning my blog and also found a link to The Back Ten Feet, the youtube channel, actually. I followed the shiny things from youtube to their Facebook, to their blog and I got hooked. [...]
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Things to Do – Take the Causeway to Sanibel Island Just about thirty minutes away from Bonita Springs is the world famous vacation spot, Sanibel Island. Home to great beaches and a laid back island atmosphere, Sanibel also has several great attractions to visit. If you take a day trip from Bonita Springs to Sanibel, [...]
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Wine and Beer Tasting – Wine Pairing The Rotary Club of Bonita Springs Noon invites you to stroll the open-air sidewalks of The Promenade in Bonita Spring as you sample fine wines and beers from around the world with food paired to complement. The galleries of the Promenade will be open so you can take [...]
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Wine and Beer Tasting – Wine Pairing The Rotary Club of Bonita Springs Noon invites you to stroll the open-air sidewalks of The Promenade in Bonita Spring as you sample fine wines and beers from around the world with food paired to complement. The galleries of the Promenade will be open so you can take [...]
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Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed of Florida As a resident of SWFL for decades I’ve always heard of C.R.E.W. but never visited it. Finally, during a tour with Leadership Bonita I was able to visit and discover what it was about. This is certainly the abbreviated version and a means for you to find the website [...]
Things To Do Children’s Museum of Naples Florida The Children’s Museum of Naples, Florida is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization founded in 2002. It is an environment that has been developed to educationally encourage exploration and discovery. The Children’s Museum of Naples is a safe and wonderful place which inspires children and families to have [...]
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Art and Craft Festival at The Promenade Bonita Springs Things to do in Bonita Springs, Florida! Save the dates for this years Bonita Springs Art Festival in sunny Bonita Springs, Florida! Click the map for directions to the The Promenade. To contact the Center for The Arts to learn more about attending [...]
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Free Things to Do in Bonita Springs Estero When: Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 10:00am until Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 5:00p.m. Where: Coconut Point, 23130 Fashion Drive, Estero, FL Description: Ring in the New Year with us at the Coconut Point Art Festival at Coconut Point Mall in Estero, Florida, just north of Bonita [...]
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Bonita Springs Boat Parade December 10, 2011 Looking for things to do in Bonita Springs? The 26th Annual Bonita Springs holiday boat parade is set for December 10, 2011 and is brought to you by Bonita Springs Rotary Club Noon. Details with meeting locations and the captain’s dinner are as follows: Sign Up: Captain’s Dinner [...]
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Traveling Vietnam Wall in Bonita Springs, Florida Enjoy the video above of the Patriot Guard escort motorcade of the Vietnam Wall pulling into Riverside Park in Downtown Bonita Springs, Florida. Dec. 1-4 a replica of part of the Vietnam Wall will displayed at Riverside Park on Old 41 Road in downtown Bonita Springs, Florida. Click [...]
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Taste of Bonita at Riverside Park NEWS RELEASE Re: 18th Annual Taste of Bonita Contact: Mary Shallies 239-331-1432 18TH ANNUAL TASTE OF BONITA coming to riverside park The 18th Annual Taste of Bonita, presented by The Rotary Club of Bonita Springs Noon, takes place Saturday and Sunday, November 19th and 20th at Riverside Park [...]
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Off The Beaten Path in Bonita Springs Definitely stop and eat at Buffalo Chips ~ Bonita Springs’ favorite upscale dive offers the hottest wings and the coldest beer in town … and a little local culture. Taste of Bonita – 3rd weekend of November every year. Taste of Bonita is the biggest Florida food festival [...]
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Friday Night Lights | Estero HS Game Time 9/02/11 7:30 PM vs. Ida Baker (Cape Coral, FL) (Estero High School) 9/09/11 7:30 PM vs. Island Coast (Cape Coral, FL) (Estero H.S.) 9/16/11 7:30 PM @ North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers, FL) (North Ft. Myers H.S.) 9/23/11 TBA vs. East Lee County (Lehigh Acres, [...]
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Things To Do: Entertainment & Laser Light Show BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (May 26, 2011) – A real pyrotechnic grand finale will highlight a high-powered laser light show as darkness falls in Bonita Springs on Monday, July 4th, 2011 at the City’s annual Star Spangled Bonita celebration. The light display will conclude the City’s annual Party [...]
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Things to Do in Bonita Springs and Estero Florida So, it all started with a search that someone made on Google. They searched “Top 10 Restaurants in Bonita Springs, Florida” and found a post on Life in Bonita Springs, titled the same. When I went to the post, which I had written years earlier, I [...]
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Sitting Quietly is Actually a Thing To Do The great American pass time is sitting on the tush, usually in front of a television or computer. We spend an awful lot of time indoors. Too much time indoors, as a matter of fact. Yesterday, I got a call from Marian from the Choir Project to [...]
Walking paths and cycling lanes in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Flamingo Island Open Mic Blue Grass Stage Weekends in Bonita Springs promise farmer’s markets, fresh produce and fresh seafood from the Gulf of Mexico. If you miss the a Saturday farmer market, like I did, you can run to Flamingo Island to get locally grown produce. Last weekend that was my plan but instead I [...]
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Bonita Springs National Art Festivals 2011 The Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs currently has two fine arts / fine crafts festivals scheduled for the year 2011 at the Promenade at Bonita Bay Shopping Center. Works of art from over two hundred National and International artists will be available for viewing. Proceeds help support [...]
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River Park at Imperial River, the newest Park in Bonita Springs, Florida.
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Congo River Miniature Golf and things to do with kids
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A hidden boardwalk thru cypress preserve in Bonita Springs, Florida.
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Cocohatchee River Park, Boat Ramp and Playground Just South of Bonita Springs, Florida in Naples, Florida.
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