If you’ve checked around, you know that there’s not one thing to do in GreaterJax™ this weekend.
Not one damn thing.
Zero. Zilch. Bupkis.
Nada.
While temporarily it will seem a relief not to think about Christmas and New Year’s, pretty soon you’ll wonder what the hell happened.
Rather than wallow in your post-holidays blues, make plans to get out of town as soon as you’re rested up.
From garlic to manatees and the Renaissance, Your Greater Jacksonville Examiner has some suggestions*.
Please be advised: decisions must be made. Many are scheduled for the same weekends. Consider it a personal challenge.
*Some travel required.
January
- 2013 North Florida Hunter Jumper Association Jacksonville Winter Series – Green Cove Springs, Fla., Jan. 16-Feb.2
- 26th Annual Florida Manatee Festival – Crystal River, Fla., Jan. 19-20
- 24th Annual Ormond Beach Native American Festival – Ormond Beach, Fla., Jan. 25-27
- Gasparilla Pirate Fest – Tampa, Fla. Since 1904, Jan. 26,
- 10th Annual Mike Roess State Park Yesterdays Festival – Keystone Heights, Fla., Sat., Jan. 26
- 27th Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire – Gainesville, Fla., Jan. 26-27, Feb. 1-3
- 28th Annual Orange City Blue Spring Manatee Festival – Orange City, Fla., Jan. 26-27
February
- 14th Annual Delray Beach Garlic Fest – Delray Beach, Fla. Feb 8-10
- 24th Annual Sandestin Gumbo Festival – Sandestin, Fla., Feb. 15-16
- 5th Annual Steinehatchee Fiddler Crab Festival – Steinehatchee, Fla., Feb. 15-17
- 18th Annual Northeast Florida Scottish Games & Festival – Green Cove Springs, Fla., Feb 23
As you can see, all the Florida Cracker culture – including food & restaurant culture – you’ve heard so much about is well represented in January and February.
Let yourself stay jazzed from the holidays a little longer, and then it’s time to hit the road in search of adventure again.
If not you, whom? If not now, when?
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OFFICIAL BIO: K Truitt is a second-generation, native Floridian born in Jacksonville. Truitt worked in public higher education for 25 years, most recently in Texas, is a successful grant writer, knows newspaper publishing, printing and graphic design and wants to work in the public sector. Contact: kt.4examiner@yahoo.com
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