My Town: Jacksonville Florida

By createev1

Jacksonville, FL

For Almost 20 years, Jacksonville Fl has been my home. I did not know much about it at all when I moved here, only that it was a huge city. Being a native New Yorker, it took some getting used to, but I have grown to love it here.With approximately 850,000 residents, it ranks as the 14 th largest city in the US ,and covers 841 square miles . It is a big city with a small town feel. Being here on my own at first, I met some of the most hospitable and nice people, and very down to earth.

I am also happy to say that Jacksonville has a growing Latin community, from Mexican, Colombian, to Puerto Rican and many others! The diversity is great. We even have our own Puerto Rican Day parade!

There is something for almost everyone, whether, it's a quiet day fishing or riding horses in the country, to museums, art fairs, to Country, jazz and rock festivals.

My favorite thing is definitely the beach, and just enjoying the natural beauty of North Florida. There are many nature parks and trails. One of my favorite places is called Huegenot Memorial Park, or as the locals call it: the Jettys. It sits across from Mayport Naval Station, and is a great beach, as well as campground. We spend as much time as we can here.

So if you are ever in Florida, don't forget to stop by and check out the River City. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

createev1

St. Patrick's Day!

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The winner of our Piñata Giveaway!

And the winner is...

Number 17

Here are the participants, the entries and the numbers that they got:

Digital Misfit ( two entries ) ( 1-2 )
va ( three entries ) ( 3- 4- 5 )
Liz ( one entry ) ( 6 )
Aestraea ( three entries ) ( 7-8-9 )
fairyland ( one entry ) ( 10 )
missknits ( five entries ) ( 11- 12-13-14-15 )
Cindy ( four entries ) ( 16-17-18-19 )
Carapace ( two entries ) (20-21 )
Clare ( one entry ) ( 22 )
Aik ( six entries ) ( 23-24-25-26-27-28 )

So our lucky winner is number 17 ---> Cindy :-)

Congratulations and enjoy your Piñata!

Thanks everyone for the participation!

Spanglish Team!

To Treasure or Not to Treasure

The other day my Etsy amiga, Botanicalbird, sent me an email sobre un dilema: stay at home to hacer un treasury or go to the Post Office to deliver another sale... "to treasure or not to treasure" that was the question!

I wanted to share this funny story with you and also show you the beautiful pictures that she sent me.

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by botanicalbird


Hi Lolo,
I wanted to share this funny story with some of my etsy friends! We have had unusually severe snow storms here in Portland, OR with several feet of snow piling up, therefore my husband and I had to walk 2 miles to the post office today so that I could ship some express mail. Got some good exercise out of the deal, but missed the treasury...damn!!
It was a tough call...ship the Express mail or stay home for the treasury??

PS. I would like to come visit you in sunny Florida!!



When I saw those pictures inmediatamente viaje a traves del tiempo and arrived to my wonderful, lovely and recordada ciudad called Punta Arenas, Chile (look it up, it is the southernmost inhabited place in the Americas!) I lived there for a long time before I moved to live in Santiago, Europa y USA. I still remember playing with the snow, walking or rather leaning 45 degrees against the howling wind of the South Seas and running through the paths among the pines.

I had such a good time and I hope to go back there algun dia and play again and again with my añorada nieve which is an unknown element here in Florida!

Thank you botanicalbird!

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