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• BOCA MAKES IT BETTER. MIZNER'S "VENICE OF THE ATLANTIC" IN SOUTH FLORIDA

  The debate about the South Florida peninsula is ongoing: as a vacation spot – or potential retirement/second home option - do you prefer the east coast or the west coast? Are you lured by the view of the expansive power of the Atlantic Ocean from a seaside high-rise, the pink glitz of Palm Beach and Miami’s Latin beat? Or do you prefer the soft sunsets, and sleepy, gated bedroom communities like sandy Sarasota and scrubby-shored Sanibel Island? A little of both, you ask? Without a tectonic compression of the Everglades and a shortening of the “Alligator Alley” highway which crosses them, ...
• Travel Tattler's Michael Patrick Shiels Appointed by Michigan's Governor

  LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder today announced Michael Patrick Shiels, of East Lansing, will serve on the Michigan Travel Commission. The commission helps Michigan’s travel industry grow. “One of the key components to building a better and stronger Michigan is to continuously promote all the attractions our state has to offer, including our beautiful lakes and great landmarks,” Snyder said. “Michael Patrick Shiels is a great addition and uniquely positioned to be a great asset to the commission.” Shiels is a travel writer and talk radio and TV host of “Michael Patrick Shiels in the Morning” on the Michigan Talk Network in ...