Posted in funny, orlando on February 28th, 2008 4 Comments »
Sorry Spencer, this one is for you!
FYI, Seminole County is where I live and I’m a bit embarrassed that people in my county were up in arms over McDonald’s giving out a single Happy Meal to kids with good grades. It’s not like they were giving them a free Happy Meal meal and making [...]
Posted in local-reviews, mylife, orlando on January 30th, 2008 No Comments »
If you live in Central Florida and you haven’t gone to the Willow Tree Cafe then you don’t know what you are missing. The Willow Tree Cafe is a authentic German restaurant on 1st St in historic downtown Sanford. It’s much more than just a place you go and get a delicious meal like say [...]
Posted in orlando on January 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Interstate 4 is the main highway running through the heart of Orlando. There was a major 70 car pileup early this week due to intense fog leaving for zero visibility. Very tragic as four people lost their lives and many others seriously injured.
Reason for bringing this up is I had to point out this crazy [...]
Posted in orlando on August 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
Well if there is one thing that stays constant with this blog its that I get “stuck” on a topic for a few days, oh well. Carrying on that tradition here’s another posting about Orlando’s economy. While verifying the story I posted yesterday I ran into this page on the Orlando Economic Development Commission. Obviously [...]
Posted in orlando on August 6th, 2007 No Comments »
A friend sent this over to me today, it’s a story that bodes well for me. According to a report by CNN/Business 2.0 Orlando is the #1 hottest market for America’s best jobs. As it states, and as most of my fellow O-town residents know our great city (many times in accordance with UCF) has [...]
Posted in mylife, orlando on July 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Late Thursday night the Orange County Commission approved a venue deal of $1.1 billion dollars that will give us a new state of the art arena, performing arts center, and a major renovation to the Citrus Bowl. As a lifelong resident and someone who expects to live here my entire life I couldn’t be happier! [...]
Posted in finance, orlando on April 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Ran across this article posted on CNN.com yesterday and thought it would be worth passing along. In it the National Association of Realtors says it expect home prices to fall for the first time in the 40 years they have been tracking sales. They also expect median home prices to drop 8.7 percent by the [...]
Posted in business, orlando on June 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Great news for Orlandonians that are in the IT industry, and actually even for those that aren’t. eWEEK.com, a well respected technology publication, lists Orlando as one of the ten cities most likely to become the next big technology hub. Things are going well lately for “the city beautiful” with lots of new high paying [...]