Community
Human Error, It’s Icing on Her Cake
Confectioners’ mistakes spell sweet success for blogger Jen Yates, now a best-selling author.
Answer Man
Donating Is in His Blood
Buzz Kill
Feeling threatened by his new neighbors, the ‘killer bees,’ the writer launches a preemptive attack.
Sam Behr’s Untiring Commercial Appeal
Tires ain’t pretty. But the onetime pitchman’s TV ads about them were beauties.
Moving Memories
Edgewater High School students are moving to an $83 million campus this month, and some of the icons that have helped define EHS are being given places of honor in the Eagles’ new nest.
Lunch With Norm
Philosophical conversations and books form the bond of friendship for the writer and a retired doctor in his 90s.
Answer Man
A Magic Mystery and Fox History
Mount Dora
This lakeside town 40 minutes from Orlando is full of homespun charm and out-of-towners seeking nostalgia.
If They Build It . . .
For fan enjoyment and as a city showpiece, the new Amway Center looks like a winner. But as a game-changer for downtown? Well, we’ll see.
Keeping It Real—Polite
When The Real Housewives of Atlanta visited Helen McLaughlin’s beauty salon, they acted as if they belonged.
Made for TV
The voters may have spoken loudly on Alan Grayson’s future in Congress, but there’s no way he’s going back to private life. This guy has prime time written all over him, and we have some pitches that could make him a TV star. Hey, Alan, let’s do a meeting.
Answer Man
Even Parking Meters Take a Day Off
Positively Ducky
The venerable Peabody hotel gets a dazzling makeover.
ANSWER MAN
A Real Head Turner
Advertising, With a Twist
‘Sign spinners’ may be annoying, but just the fact that you noticed them is the reason they exist.
Stargazer
Jack Kazanzas’ devotion to the Christmas Star may not have been widely understood but it won’t be forgotten.
Strip Club
At Jack’s motorcycle salvage yard in Sanford, hard-to-find parts are there for the taking.
ANSWER MAN
Light’s Out at City Hall, Not That Anyone Noticed
Slim Pickings
These lunch ladies cater to parents with a distaste for what their kids are eating in school.
iOrlando
iPhone apps cover our world, even those parts hiding in plain sight.
Busy Bodies
UCF’s School of Medicine opens its bright, shiny new home with an offer that could do a (dead) body good.
Our Town
People and places that define Orlando
