• RIVER RATZ CAFE

    I’m not sure anyone has heard of this place.  It’s in Central Florida about 12 miles northeast of BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA in the city of Nobleton, Florida on the Withlacoochee River.   And if you don’t know where Brooksville is,  it’s 1 hour northeast of Tampa and 1 1/2 hours northwest of Orlando.  This is a cool little riverside cafe.  We drove past it while driving from Orlando to Brooksville.  It catch our eye so on our way by back to Orlando we stopped in to check it out.  It’s nothing fancy but has character.  The cafe is only open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays from 11am-7pm.  You can rent…

  • BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL

    Many different cities have BLUEBERRY FESTIVALS.  This year I went to the BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL in BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA.   Brooksville is about 1 1/2 hours northwest of Orlando and 1 hour northeast of Tampa.  Some parking was FREE and some was  $5.00.  Festival admission was $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children, under 12 was FREE.  This has been my favorite BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL yet.  I think this was the Sixth Annual.  They did a great job.  The festival was 2 days, a Saturday and Sunday.  They have it in their downtown area, up and down the streets.  The festival offered lots of entertainment, live music and dancing, magic shows, dog shows,…