Cypress Gardens, the state's first big theme park, reopens today with some big changes. ...more

March 29, 2009

Cypress Gardens, the state's first big theme park, reopens today. ...more

March 28, 2009

An ex-NFL player and his estranged wife, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and her actor brother, recent divorcees, a pair of Southern belles and fraternity brothers are among the 11 two-person teams hurrying for the finish line — and the $1 million grand prize — on the upcoming 13th edition of CBS' "The Amazing Race." ...more

August 19, 2008

High Tea, Plant City Style He, a cowboy, makes a mean scone. She, a nurse, is a tea expert. Together, Rick and Susan-Lynn Lewis give harried holiday shoppers an alternative to mall madness at Plant City's Simply Country Gifts & Southern Belles Tearoom. The "country Victorian" tea room offers Christmas carol teas this month. ...more

December 2, 2007

The frilly lace curtains, gilded forks and elaborate place settings convey the cozy elegance one might expect from a tea room best described as "country Victorian." ...more

December 1, 2007

The frilly lace curtains, gilded forks and elaborate place settings convey the cozy elegance one might expect from a tearoom best described as "country Victorian." ...more

December 1, 2007