Amelia Island Living's NEW WEBSITE 2010

Posted in: Island Perspective
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Amelia Island Living eMagazine has a new website online in 2010, check it out by clicking here.  The ARCHIVED magazine articles (more than 500) from 2001 through 2009 are still available online and searchable here, by entering "advanced search."  Featured eMagazine columns in the archived website include Tourism & Attractions, Steve's Marketplace, Garden Talk Q & A, Real Estate News, Amelia Island Community and Island Perspective.

Feb 4, 2010 - 6:30:49 PM Read more

American Myth Debunked: The "Real" First Thanksgiving in Florida

Posted in: Island Perspective
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Plymouth and Pilgrims connote to most Americans the scene of the very first Thanksgiving. Forget those textbook images and instead picture a more balmy southern setting for Thanksgiving in the Sunshine State.  Florida historians want Americans to know that the "real" first Thanksgiving was long before the Pilgrim landing, when Spanish explorers hosted a Thanksgiving feast with the Florida Timucua indians as guests. PERHAPS A SANGRIA TOAST TO THE SPANISH THIS THANKSGIVING?  READ MORE...

Nov 25, 2009 - 1:00:01 PM Read more

FOOTBALL ISLAND: Florida-Georgia Fans on Amelia Island

Posted in: Island Perspective
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It's "Football Island" here the weekend of the Florida- Georgia college game. Dubbed "the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party,"  it's a big deal on Amelia Island. We've got both Dawg and Gator fans here. (Some call Amelia Island "Georgia" with a Florida address.) Party at the Frat Bash, featuring the Swingin' Medallions, and eat some gator tail at Amelia Island Plantation... READ MORE...

Oct 14, 2009 - 3:16:16 PM Read more

Play Me A Memory: Billy Joel, Elton John Face 2 Face

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Nostalgic baby boomers basked in youthful memories, swaying to tunes of their fellow boomers, Billy Joel and Elton John. The icons of ivory, “the” piano men, gave fans their money's worth, at this very first show of the “Face 2 Face” 2009 world tour, kicked off in Jacksonville, Florida. Many songs conjured up memories that have been in the vault a long time. Who doesn't hear a tune from long ago and remember something or someone from the past?  The economy is bad.  Regardless, fans turned out “to forget about life for awhile.”  For a night we forgot our 401Ks have tanked, along with our home equity.  We were "in the mood for a melody," and the artists were greeted with a sea of smiling faces in coastal northeast Florida. READ MORE ABOUT RELIVING MEMORIES, FACE 2 FACE IN JACKSONVILLE...


Mar 12, 2009 - 9:32:00 PM Read more

Watch Out For Right Whales, Amelia Island

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One of the most endangered large whale species is seen each winter in the waters near Amelia Island, Florida, as well as nearby off St. Marys and Cumberland Island, Georgia. Right whale females migrate between November and March to give birth, and are monitored in the waterways off coastal Florida and Georgia by various scientists. Estimates put the number of right whales at perhaps  350 to 400 remaining worldwide, a jet black mammal described as huge – comparable to the size of a floating school bus.
 
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Feb 20, 2009 - 3:29:23 PM Read more

Food for Thought: Buy American Wild-Caught Shrimp

Posted in: Island Perspective
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Here in Fernandina Beach, Florida, the birth place of the modern shrimping industry, we should be even more conscious of buying wild-caught domestic shrimp than the “average” American. What better time than now, with May’s Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival, to reflect on the seaside lifestyle we are lucky to enjoy here on Amelia Island, and the bounty of the sea off our coastline.  If you’ve been to the beach at night, you’ve seen in the far distance off shore, the twinkling dots of light – the shrimp boats off Amelia’s coastline. READ MORE ABOUT WILD-CAUGHT AMERICAN SHRIMP...

May 1, 2008 - 10:05:57 AM Read more

Buried Treasure on Amelia Island's Beaches

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The price tag for premiere Amelia Island oceanfront real estate is $2 to $5 million. But in the shadow of multi-million dollar beach homes, at the fringe of the dunes, is something quite priceless. There’s buried treasure on Amelia Island’s beaches, and it’s only about a foot beneath the surface.

Nov 7, 2007 - 11:46:25 AM Read more

New Design & Features at Amelia Island Living

Posted in: Amelia Island Community, Island Perspective
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Welcome to the new, re-designed Amelia Island Living eMagazine.  Although the eMagazine's design looks different, previous content is still online, searchable by key words (over 450 eMagazine articles dating back to 2001.) During October 2007 new interactive features are being implemented into the Amelia Island Living website.   A new social media network with videos, Amelia Island featured photos , and new blog about Amelia Island. Become a member of the new www.AmeliaIslandLiving.net social network!

Sep 15, 2007 - 9:58:00 AM