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Calvary Baptist Church – DeLand, FL
Calvary Baptist Church was my family’s church for decades. This was the church my father went to when he was a kid, and of course the one my brother and I both went to when we were kids. My father was baptized by Rev. Leslie Colding…who also happens to be the same person my mother…
DeLand, FL – Small Business Saturday – November 2016
On our way back north this weekend we stopped off for a few hours in DeLand, AKA My Home Town. The following are a few snaps I managed to get in between shepherding The Fam around the many small shops on Small Business Saturday, and of course a stop off in Bellini’s for lunch. I…
One Last Time, for now… Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant – DeLand, Fl
On December 31, 2017 ownership of Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant in DeLand, FL passed to new owners, ending a nearly 40 year era. My family has a close relationship with Won Lee’s from the very beginning: my dad and my brother helped renovate the building from Jimmy’s Highway Steakhouse into Won Lee’s back in the…
Friendly Way Food Stores – DeLand, FL – August 13, 2017
Corner of South Florida Ave and Beresford Ave I’d forgotten about Friendly Way stores, and as best I can tell this may be the only one left. I’m pretty sure the convenience store on New York Ave just East of Blue Lake Ave, near where I grew up, was a Friendly Way as well, but…
The Other Place – Ormond Beach, FL
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Wild Waters Park – Silver Springs, FL
Its been just over a year since Wild Waters in Silver Springs, FL was finally closed (a result of the State of Florida taking over it and it’s sister park, Silver Springs, as well as the aging infrastructure of the park itself and cost to maintain/upgrade). I’d been to this water park more than any…