Matt Troy Jones, a Lake Nona resident, was recently featured on Gordon Ramsay’s hit Fox television show, The F Word, and set the Guinness World Record for the fastest time of cutting up an entire watermelon: a jaw-dropping 18 seconds!Matt’s story has humble origins, beginning with a simple YouTube video, uploaded for the sake of showing off to his friends and family how quickly … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Nona Bar Crawl
For this month’s installment of the Nona Food Challenge Series, Aaron and Matt divert from food, and shift focus to the local bars. The challenge this time was to partake in as many local “Happy Hours” as possible, all within the span of one day’s worth of happy hours. At first mention, this mission seemed pretty simple, get a few drinks at a few bars. We soon … [Read more...]
Live + Local to Be Bigger and Better as Monthly Summer Event
As the summer temperatures continue to rise, so will the size and scope of the local favorite event Live + Local at Crescent Park in Laureate Park. From July to September, the event will switch to a monthly format that will include high-energy entertainment and new features. The new summer edition of Live + Local will be the second Thursday of every month … [Read more...]
The Story of Asados
La Perla Del Sur (The South Pearl), also known as Ponce, Puerto Rico, is the birthplace of Jose Luis Rullan Lopez De Haro. It is the place where Jose spent his childhood and dreamed of one day owning and managing his own restaurant. This also was the place where he met the love of his life, Lillian Varela, whom he married, and together they had two beautiful girls: Amanda and … [Read more...]
Summer in Full Swing at the USTA
June marks an exciting month for the USTA National Campus as it heads into its first summer of activities in Lake Nona. Summer Camp 2017 will be in full swing for kids, and the full complement of adult programming will be up and running. In preparation for the famous heat and the unpredictable Florida summer weather, all evening adult programming will be moved to the six indoor … [Read more...]