This month Picture Retirement will enter its third year of publication. We thank each of you who have been faithful readers and look forward to continuing our retirement journey with you through this website. We hope that the content we share will encourage you to view this stage of life with the same optimism and …
Good Tidings for Christmas…
Entertaining friends and family during the month of December is just one of the many ways we celebrate Christmas. Most of our celebrations begin with a signature cocktail to set the tone for the evening. Our belief is that a welcome drink should taste good, look great and make our guests smile. Why settle for …
Looking for Fall
It still feels like summer in South Florida, and although we do a very good job of pretending the seasons have changed, it is not the same as breathing mountain air and sipping apple cider while temperatures drop below 50 degrees. Fortunately, we are not far from some beautiful states that do experience Fall, so …
The Forgotten Coast
This post was first published in August of 2017, when we began our quest to discover how Florida got its coastal names. I was born on the Forgotten Coast, in the very small town of Port St. Joe. The beach, where I spent almost every summer of my childhood is just a few miles down …
Finding Your People
Have you noticed how frequently the word "tribe" pops up in relation to women these days? It is a pretty cool buzz word that describes what a lot of us are looking for and possibly longing for at this stage of life. I think the "tribe" analogy applies to anyone, male or female, who might be …
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