We just wanted to make a brief note about a couple of attractions that have reopened in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown during the spring.
As you may have read in our earlier blog, the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum was...
This week, we have several things to mention. First, we'd like to take a moment to remember Shirley Walter, the founder of CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife) who recently passed away. Starting with a personal effort in 1968 to a group of volunteers...
BIG ARTS (Barrier Islands Group) recently celebrated the completion of their new performance arts center. With a state-of-the-art (no pun intended) facility on Dunlop Road adjacent to City Hall and the Sanibel Historical Village, the new hall boasts a larger, more comfortable stage for live...
Mardi Gras is upon on us once again! For those that can’t be in New Orleans or Mobile (Fact: the first American celebration of Mardi Gras was in Mobile, Alabama…15 years before the founding of New Orleans) can still party here on Sanibel Island.
Mudbugs,...
It’s been chilly in Southwest Florida recently (well, chilly for US). January and early February tends to have cooler weather, with brief periods when artic winds reach all the way down here. Nighttime temperatures dropped as low as the high 30s on Sanibel last month,...
It’s obvious that February and March are very busy times on Sanibel and Captiva (not to mention the rest of Florida) and the biggest tourism months of the year. The warm weather is here, most public northern schools have their winter vacation scheduled in February,...
It’s been a long wait, but the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum has finally reopened for the New Year after months of remodeling. Though there are still some finishing touches being made, but all visitors can now see new and various exhibits. And coming this March,...
Seems like time stands still on the islands. But the end of the 2019 is upon us and we are ready to celebrate!
The Sundial Beach Resort (Sanibel’s largest resort) will have a HUGE New Year’s Eve Celebration with games, live entertainment and buffet on...
Part of the appeal of Sanibel and Captiva is the wildlife. Birds, racoons, rabbits, alligators (preferably from a distance). And sometimes they need some help.
For over 50 years, CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife) has been working to save native and migratory wildlife...
As the weather cools down in Florida and the humidity drops into much more comfortable levels, you know that means the holidays are on their way. We’ve touched on some Christmas-related events (such as Luminary) in recent posts, but Thanksgiving is big on Sanibel and...
