Life in SWFL. Lee County.
If you were around Fort Myers between 2007 and 2014, there’s a good chance you’ve still got a little mud on your boots—or at least a blurry photo on your old Motorola Razr—from the Lakeside Country Bash. Oh yes, that glorious stretch of years when Lakes Regional Park turned into…
Every single time I go to Fort Myers Beach, I swear I’m going to be smarter about sunscreen. Every. Time. And then I come home looking like a lobster who lost a fight with a tanning bed. But you know what? Totally worth it. There’s just something about sinking your…
Boots, Beer, and Lakeside Country Bash Sometimes Cape Coral and Fort Myers feel like they invent festivals just so we’ll have an excuse to eat barbecue and sweat in boots. And for years, one of the loudest, rowdiest, most talked-about events was Lakeside Country Bash. If you’ve lived here a…
If happiness had a smell, I swear it would be fried dough and powdered sugar drifting through the air at the Lee County Fair. The second I walked through those gates, my brain went straight to, “where’s the funnel cake stand?” Forget the rides, forget the animals, I was on…