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01/01/2026

🎊🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉🎊

May your year bring you joy, health, happiness and prosperity!

12/30/2025

Pilates for our health article!

Thank you Jan Waters, owner of Banyan Tree Pilates & Yoga in Boca Grande for allowing us to write about this article, model and learn more about Pilates 😃😃

If you didn't already know

"Joseph Pilates, for whom the practice was posthumously named, was born in 1883 in Germany. He was a boxer, gymnast and a diver, and in 1913, he traveled to England to join a circus troupe as a tumbler, according to the National Pilates Method Alliance.
World War I began, Pilates and his circus were taken into custody as prisoners of war and detained for the entirety of the war on the Isle of Man. It was there that Pilates started running exercise routines for inmates, many of whom were soldiers, some injured. This experience shaped his regimen, as he was forced to find adaptations for wounded inmates, even for those who struggled to walk. In fact, the first version of Pilates was performed from a hospital bed — the very first iteration of the modern reformer." written by Anna Ridilla

With New Year's Day coming up 🎉🎇 🥳
maybe some stretching is an order! 🫡🫡🫡
Get them resolutions in by being active! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

Thank you again, Jan Waters and Renee Lindsey for modeling! 💁‍♀️💁

Photos by Matthew Gutman
and submitted

12/26/2025

This holiday season why not try a Cran Kringle!
Fun idea for making your own rock candy and mixed drink.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces Triple Sec
2 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
3 ounces champagne or prosecco

Method: Chill ingredients (including martini glass). Pour Triple Sec and cranberry juice into the chilled sugar-rimmed glass then slowly top with sparkling beverage as desired.

Grow your own sugar crystals!
4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup water
Mason jars or clear cups
Cotton string
Popsicle stick or straw
Rock Candy Sticks with Ball Penta

Dip the stick in water and roll it in sugar. Let it dry overnight—this gives your crystals a head start! In a saucepan, heat 1 cup of water until it starts to boil. Slowly add sugar, stirring constantly, until no more sugar dissolves (around 4 cups). This creates a supersaturated solution. Pour the hot sugar solution into jars. Tie the stick to a straw or popsicle stick and place it across the jar’s opening, letting the string dangle into the solution without touching the sides. Place the jars in a safe location and let them sit undisturbed for 7 to 10 days. Watch the crystals grow day by day! Once the crystals are big enough, remove the string and let it dry on a paper towel.

Photo by Caroline Clabaugh

12/25/2025

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

12/24/2025

The myth.. the legend.. Chef Mimi Carvalho! She prepared their Salmon Rice Bowl from South Beach Bar and Grille for the Nov/Dec magazine. Lovely dish and lovely place, thank you!

Chef Mimi Carvalho
Photo by Matthew Gutman

12/12/2025

Mosquito plane flying through downtown and around Boca Grande from our Flashback Frames in Nov/Dec magazine. Check out downtown with the old gas station, throwback for sure.

12/05/2025

Final thought

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
–Tony Robbins

12/04/2025

Poem for this magazine and photo by Watson Wu

12/01/2025

This history article on the Plume Boom is a great read

Did you know that in the late 1800s and early 1900s plume hunting in Florida became so popular that these birds were once almost endangered? Hunted for their exquisite feathers that would in turn be made for hats, a craze that was felt in major cities and across seas as a fashion statement.

Guy Bradley a reformed plume hunter stepped up and became one of the first game wardens to protect these birds and arrest those hunting illegally. The population started to bounce back in just three years of him monitoring the everglades. Unfortunately it was short lived as he was shot and killed by poachers that he suspected were poaching cormorants. In memory of his service the Audubon Society established the Guy Bradley Award that is presented annually to wildlife officers for exceptional service. Additionally, the Everglades National Park has dedicated a visitor center and trail after Guy Bradley.

Thank you Guy Bradley for your service, it was not in vain.

Photos of Great egrets by Pat Wright
and a photo of Guy Bradley
Written by Miryam Laux

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

11/20/2025

Gasparilla Roasting was featured in this magazine and what a great spot! Wide selection of coffee beans are available for purchase and the owner Steffen Capello also does tastings for you. Great little spot to check out for all the coffee enthusiasts!

"Steffen Capello, owner of Gasparilla Roasting in Englewood, believes people should drink coffee however they enjoy it. “You be you,” he said. “If you like cream and sugar, wonderful. If you want to drink it black to taste the nuances, that’s great too. The point is to enjoy it.” For him, the ritual matters as much as the flavor."

The Morning Anchor
By Angela McPhillips
Photos by Matthew Gutman

09/04/2025

Congratulations to this year's Charlie winner in Design Excellence:
The Art of Flyfishing
Gasparilla Magazine, The Boca Beacon: The newspaper of Boca Grande/Gasparilla Island,
Matthew Gutman

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