Read more about the article Flagler College – St. Augustine, FL

Flagler College – St. Augustine, FL

It’s a busy season around here. Within the past year, we’ve had two college graduations and one wedding! Today’s post highlights Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, where Thing 1 graduated.

Everyone asks, “How did your daughter pick Flagler?” Well, it’s easy. Flagler was one of the few colleges open for college tours in August 2020 during the pandemic. I knew someone who attended there in the late 1980s and had seen the campus in the early 1990s. I remember Flagler being a small, liberal arts college in a pretty cool town. Despite not being able to enter many of the campus buildings during the tour, Flagler College felt like the right choice for my daughter. And we fell in love with St. Augustine.

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Read more about the article Father Miguel O’Reilly House, Trinity Parish Church, and Memorial Presbyterian – St. Augustine, FL

Father Miguel O’Reilly House, Trinity Parish Church, and Memorial Presbyterian – St. Augustine, FL

On our latest visit to St. Augustine, we stumbled upon the St. Augustine History Festival. During the 5-day event, the University of Florida Historic St. Augustine (UFHSA) presented special events at over 30 historic sites, churches, gardens, and cemeteries. Most events were free and didn’t require tickets or reservations. 

I looked at the schedule and decided to see three sites – the Father Miguel O’Reilly House, Trinity Parish Church, and Memorial Presbyterian Church. It only took about two hours since the sites are located close to each other, and the tours occurred around the same time.

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Read more about the article Deepdene Park – Atlanta, GA

Deepdene Park – Atlanta, GA

People often associate landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted with Central Park in New York City, the US Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. However, Olmsted also created the Olmsted Linear Park, a series of six adjacent parks in Atlanta’s Druid Hills neighborhood. We finally had the chance to explore the 22-acre Deepdene Park, the largest of the six linear parks. Over 100 years old, the park remains a tranquil setting for enjoying the outdoors.

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