We ditched all our museum plans in favor of searching for dessert shops - and a hearse for an SUV.
MoreThe Waffle House has got enough character, controversy, craziness and crime to have become part of Southern American lore and inspired dozens of lists on the Web. Have you experienced it first-hand?
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Travel diary: Florida unchained
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With a first-time visitor to Florida as my travel buddy, I had to venture beyond the warm, idle comfort of hanging at my parents' place to show him that the Sunshine State is not just made of chains, plazas, driveways and the water.
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