A Native Guide to Life in Central Florida
Jun 23, 2010
The numbers came out today for the largest decline in the housing market in at least four decades. Sales of single family homes dropped by 32.7%, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Part of the blame was cast upon the expiration of a tax credit for home buyers. Demand for home loans, as one would expect, has dramatically...
Jun 20, 2010
Happy Father’s Day If there’s one way to tell it’s Father’s Day, it’s to try and go out to lunch. Nearly every restaurant becomes a clusterfuck affair on these Halmark Holidays, and today was no different. I was in the mood for the chicken sandwich at Houston’s in Winter Park (a place that is slowly changing it’s...
May 31, 2010
I heard that 32 Million people would travel in the United States over the holiday weekend. You can see a photo of all of them above, jamming up I-4 and keeping me from getting to my house on Saturday afternoon. It was a dead stop with cops and fire trucks and stupid people trying to slip around them when it was pretty clear they wanted us all to stop. My...
Jan 30, 2010
People around Central Florida were anxiously awaiting President Obama’s State of the Union address, mostly hoping to hear word about the future of NASA and the space program. During a campaign stop here before his election, he promised that NASA and space exploration would thrive under his administration. It turns out, that was pretty much a lie to get...
According to a study released by CQ Press, Orlando rates #17 in a list of crime rate rankings (Camden, NJ is #1). What I find interesting about this study is: We didn’t rank a higher crime rate in the nation We had the highest crime rate of any city in Florida. So, in a way, WE’RE #1! The next worst area in Florida is Miami Gardens (#35), Miami...
Oct 12, 2009
While most of us look at this photo and see a cute kid with a pillow, Edgewater Police Officer Myles J. Lawler sees a biological hazard. That kid could’ve wiped his nose on the pillow or or slobbered on it while he slept, contributing to a deadly cocktail that imperil’s lives. So when Erik John Batty tossed a pillow at Officer Lawler, it’s...