You may recall Kim posting last week the Amway Center demolition to occur earlier this morning. And while it was a bit delayed than originally reported (demolition was set for 5am but happened around 7:30am), the Amway Arena as we know it no longer exists.
If you’re near the downtown Orlando area you likely heard the noise…brief as it was. You can view photos and video of the Amway Arena implosion on Wesh.com’s website.
Ok. It’s not necessarily news. This has been around for years, and in researching, the only thing I could really find was a Topix.com convo about the situation. A friend of mine lives in the Conway neighborhood and one of the first times I went over to his house a few years ago, I was dumbfounded when I had to navigate through a herd(?) of peacocks. Yes – PEACOCKS!
I’ve been wanting to post about this for the longest time! It’s by far one of the oddest things I’ve ever encountered, and to this day, every time I go visit said friend at their house, I go with trepidation…for fear of the attack of the peacocks.
Does anyone have any info or insight about how these peacocks ended up here? Or why they chose this particular neighborhood?
At most, I’ve seen probably 30 or more taking over the neighborhood. At this specific time there were only a couple out. They don’t do any damage that I know of, peacocks just aren’t the “pets” you’d normally expect to see roaming freely in a city community.
Konnichiwa!
Last week via Twitter we noticed a local eatery and favorite of many Central Floridians, Ichiban, stating they are closing for [very secretive] renovations. We confirmed with the restaurant they are officially closed–as of yesterday–for about five to seven weeks.
The enhancements…err…shall we say tease of enhancements…sound quite exciting. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see!
Not sure if you Follow The City of Orlando on Twitter or not, but yesterday they posted a string of Tweets (with the hashtag #SOC) from Mayor Buddy Dyer’s State of the City Address. The Tweets just happened to catch my eye, as they hosted what I thought to be some interesting pieces of information. I’d like to find out more about where exactly the info came from (studies, polls, etc.) because I’m not sure I completely agree with some of the statements. That’s just me making uneducated judgements, truthfully. Read these and let us know what you think!
The address ended with this statement, which I really enjoy:
Everyone who calls Orlando home, are partners in our journey to make our City the best place anywhere.” — Mayor Buddy Dyer
I’ve been watching the development of this new Tijuana Flats location–directly across from Target near the Fashion Square Mall–for months now. I wouldn’t necessarily say Tijuana’s has the best food around, and certainly doesn’t satisfy my craving for Mexican Food, but it definitely has a place and time! So this particular location is ideally located in the heart of some Orlando shopping. (I’m sure, too, the nearby Chipotle wasn’t too thrilled about this!)
Location deets:
Tijuana Flats
2914 East Colonial Drive
Orlando FL 32803
407.897.7121
What do you think? Good location?
For a complete listing of Tijuana Flats locations in Central Florida check-out TijuanaFlats.com.
Woop, woop!
Our friends over at The Daily City recently ran a contest on their site, recognizing some of the “best of the best” and fan favorites of all things Central Florida. Our little site, PulseofCentralFlorida.com, is honored to have been nominated and included in the “Best Events Blog” sub-category under “Media.” While we don’t necessarily consider ourselves wholly an events blog and more of a “cultural” blog (from a unique perspective), we’re thrilled to have ultimately been voted runner-up!
Huge shout-out to The Daily City for facilitating this fun contest, and to all those who have and continue to support our site. We love doing what we do, and are happy to know people read our blog. Love you, Central Florida!
You can view all of the categories and the finalists on The Daily City website.
The downtown Orlando location of Eola Wine Company recently moved and has a brand new location: across the street from the old location! That’s right, this longtime staple of the downtown scene just moved into a larger space, directly across the street from Post Parkside Apartments management office. I haven’t been yet–except just a drive/walk by–but I’m eager to get over and see what all the changes are about.
Here’s a look:
New Location (Occupying Both Spaces on Bottom)
Old Location
Have you been to the new location of Eola Wine Company? What are the differences you’ve noticed?
This isn’t a College Park blog, but we’ve sure had some news to share this week about one of our favorite neighborhoods.
Sadly, this time the news isn’t all that fun. Both Quiznos and neighboring Delish Frogen Yozurt are closing this week. I can only speculate about the reason for the closings, but hopefully the spots won’t stay empty for long.
So long, subs & fro yo!
About six months ago I shared with you all about my personal vet clinic, located in College Park. This coming Saturday (12/3) from 10am-2pm (the clinic isn’t normally open on the weekends) is holding an open house to the community, so if you’re interested I’d recommend checking it out.
At the open house attendees will have the opportunity to meet with the primary doctor, have a chance to win raffle prizes, among other things. Here are some additional deets:
If you end up going to the open house this weekend, or have been taking one (or more) of your pets here, I’d love to get your thoughts on the place. Share them here in the comments section of this post.
Struggling restaurant here in Central Florida needing a little pick-me-up? (Man, I can think of a few!) You might want to listen up then, because this could be a big break for you.
The Food Network has a reality show called “Restaurant: Impossible” and they’re currently casting for the third season. And they’re opening up the casting to restaurants here in our very own Central Florida. Obviously it’s a television show so ya gotta have some personality, as well as some very specific qualifications to be considered. This includes:
Full information on the casting can be found at RestaurantImpossible.com.
Special thanks to a post on Heather McPherson’s “The Dish” blog on OrlandoSentinel.com for bringing this to our attention.
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