The third annual Florida Turkey Trot will be both an in-person run/walk and a virtual event. In its second year, this new Thanksgiving-morning tradition brought about 4,000 participants to the park for the third event of the Fit2Run/NBP Holiday Challenge. For 2020, there will be staggered starts both on ThanksgivingContinue Reading
A Rowing News reader poll put Nathan Benderson Park atop a list of 10 notable rowing facilities across the continent. The list also included the hallowed Schuylkill River in Philadelphia and Charles River in Boston, as well as Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Lake Natoma near Sacramento, Calif., and St. Catharines/Port Dalhousie, Ontario. NathanContinue Reading
Today is the first day of the latter half of 2020. Given what we have dealt with thus far, expectations for part two of this special year have been thrown out the window. If aliens arrived and pigs began to fly, we might not even bat an eye. At timesContinue Reading
Looking for What’s On 6.26-7.3? Here are some ideas on where to go and what to do that will be safe and fun on the Suncoast! Coco Joe’s Italian Ice Coco Joe’s Italian Ice 5120 Manatee Ave. W.Bradenton, FL 34209 Oh, Boy! Coco Joe’s has a NEW TREAT! The BigContinue Reading
The Suncoast’s premier sports facility, Nathan Benderson Park (NBP), and its leading TV station are coming together to celebrate Independence Day — with you! Nathan Benderson Park’s annual July 3 tradition, NBP Fireworks On The Lake, returns with a social distancing twist. It’s the finale of WWSB ABC7’s Independence DayContinue Reading
The folks at Nathan Benderson Park have something very special going on for the next several months. They have put together – 1 mile, 5K, 10K and half-marathon virtual events that registrants can run or walk at their own pace, in their own place and at their own time. TheContinue Reading
I had the opportunity to spend some time yesterday with Barbara Strauss who, along with others, helped to bring “THE FENCE” to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.
Every week we hope to entice you to go out and do something fun in the area. Maybe you’ll see something on this calendar you never thought you’d try, but now you think you might!
Every week we hope to entice you to go out and do something fun in the area. Maybe you’ll see something you never thought you’d try, but now you think you might! This area of Florida is filled with interesting things to do and see and experience. Get out there and do it!
Every week we hope to entice you to go out and do something fun in the area. Maybe you’ll see something you never thought you’d try, but now you think you might! This area of Florida is filled with interesting things to do and see and experience. Get out there and do it!
As parents we spend whatever free time we have taking care of our families. It is just a fact of life that I am okay with because as long as the days were when they were toddlers, the time flies by with an exponential quality as they age. We try to cherry pick their extra-curriculars so we can see them around the home more. Birthday parties and sleepovers are abundant and routine and we get used to spending our weekends driving them from here to there.