The Florida Page – May 2013
FOR UK VISITORS DRIVING IN FLORIDA. (Tell the ones in your life!) “After offending tourists and causing havoc in local tourism offices, and likely running afoul of the Geneva Convention, the State of Florida lawmakers completed a speedy about-face yesterday officially repealing a hastily-created and little-noticed 2011 law requiring foreign tourists to get a special [...]
The Florida Page – April 2013
■ WE ALL get scam emails but because of my work I get unique British-theme ones. Do these deluded people (out of India it appears) really think I would believe this letter (copied verbatim below), replete with poor syntax, missing definite articles throughout, came from Downing Street? —–Original Message—–From: British High Commission <admin@autopark.net.ua> Sent: Wed, [...]
The Florida Page – March 2013
ONE OF THE challenges faced by tourists from the UK, and we residents who host them is this: How does one enjoy the sophisticated nightlife and gourmet restaurants of Miami plus Mickey Mouse family theme park pleasures in the same trip. Well there’s that tedious four hour drive on the Turnpike. OR, roll of drums, [...]
The Florida Page – February 2013
WE’RE STILL flooding into Florida! In 2012 foreign visitors to Miami International airport were 1) Brazil 2) Mexico with 1.17 million 3) Columbia with 1.03 million and 4) UK with 921, 603. Source Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau. I don’t have figures for UK arrivals in Florida’s Orlando and Tampa airports. ■ ASCOT DAY in Ft [...]
The Florida Page – January 2013
To my British readers in every corner of the Sunshine State. May 2013 be the year YOU flourish in Florida. ■ WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16, 2013 Newly popular British singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding on tour from the UK comes to the Fillmore Theatre in Miami Beach. More ticket information at: www.livenation.com ■ AGATHA CHRISTIE’S Classic Mystery Series, [...]
The Florida Page – December 2012
‘TIS HARDER to feel that incomparable English Christmas among palm trees, so celebrating with jolly Brits at the events below may kick start your Yuletide spirit. Many British clubs across Florida don’t get Union Jack Newspaper so don’t provide info for this column, so email me so I can connect you directly with a club [...]
The Florida Page – November 2012
■ CHRISTMAS is a creeping round the corner. I know the following seasonal event is one of the jolliest because I have attended for years: Annual Christmas Party presented by the British-American Chamber (BACC) of Broward-Palm Beach. Join fellow fun Brits for a glamorous poolside Cocktail Hour from 6.30pm then inside for Traditional Christmas Dinner [...]
The Florida Page – October 2012
BRITISH-AMERICANS in FLORIDA: A Call to Arms! FACT: There are now several thousands of you longtime Sunshine State resident expats reading this column who can vote. I wouldn’t be writing it otherwise. It’s to emphasise the power you have. Our state is accepted by both parties as the one their man must take. Remember the [...]
The Florida Page – September 2012
I FOUND myself in London unexpectedly during the Olympics first week. Since I wasn’t there for fun or Olympics, how upliftingly lovely to be greeted by the official Olympics band at Heathrow Arrivals. There was also a gaggle of official Olympics pink T-shirted welcomers – some for athletes, some just for us ordinary folk. That [...]
The Florida Page – July 2012
DOES THERE come a point when an expat becomes more American than British? One word made me ponder that. Cupcake. A new study by Oxford University Press, conducted over the last six years, found that British children are using wholly American words in their writing, noting: “Words commonly used include garbage truck (instead of dustcart) [...]
