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Jacksonville<br />
FLORIDA<br />
GO SHOP<br />
UNCLE DAVEY’S AMERICANA<br />
6140 St Augustine Rd • 904-730-8932<br />
uncledaveys.com<br />
Step back into the 19th century with Dave<br />
“Uncle Davey” Nelson, a Civil War buff who<br />
turned his hobby into a 30-year-old business.<br />
His store focuses on Civil War memorabilia,<br />
weapons and documents, but also includes<br />
unrelated vintage maps, coins, photographs<br />
and other nostalgic collectibles.<br />
GO SEE<br />
FLORIDA/GEORGIA FOOTBALL CLASSIC<br />
At Jacksonville Stadium<br />
1 Stadium Pl • 800-985-3542<br />
The annual face-off between the Georgia<br />
Bulldogs and defending national champions<br />
the Florida Gators is always intense. Georgia<br />
has the overall lead through the 87 years<br />
they’ve played each other, and will be looking<br />
to avenge last year’s loss. The three-day-long<br />
party surrounding it helps attract 100,000 fans<br />
and professional tailgaters. Oct. 30.<br />
GO EAT<br />
JULIETTE’S BISTRO<br />
At the Omni Jacksonville<br />
245 Water St • 904-355-6664<br />
omnihotels.com<br />
This bistro bills itself as Southern, but its<br />
eclectic menu draws from Italy, Thai, French<br />
and Japanese cuisines. Get your fried-green<br />
tomatoes topped with crème fraîche or a<br />
caprese salad on mizuna. Sweeten the deal<br />
with an orange crème brulée. $$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
THE WINE BAR<br />
320 First St N, Jacksonville Beach<br />
904-372-0211<br />
thewinebar.us.com<br />
Sure to please the most discriminating<br />
oenologist, The Wine Bar has one of the<br />
best selections of wine and beer at the<br />
beach, with an impressive menu of tapas and<br />
gourmet cheese, to boot. Enjoy live music<br />
Wednesday through Saturday.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
Author Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in<br />
Jacksonville’s Mandarin neighborhood<br />
during the Civil War. For more than a century<br />
afterwards, a cannonball could be seen<br />
lodged in an oak on the property, but the tree<br />
eventually grew around it.<br />
Kansas City<br />
MISSOURI<br />
— Lilla Ross — Mary Bloch<br />
— Josie Gulliksen<br />
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GO MAGAZINE OCTOBER <strong>2010</strong><br />
GO SHOPPING<br />
CELLAR RAT WINE MERCHANTS<br />
1701 Baltimore Ave • 816-221-9463<br />
cellarratwine.com<br />
The epitome of a user-friendly store, this wine<br />
shop mostly sells bottles that cost $20 or<br />
less, with shelves categorized by country and<br />
grape. Wine (and scotch) classes educate the<br />
novice as well as the afi cionado.<br />
GO SEE<br />
SHERRY-LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART<br />
2004 Baltimore Ave • 816-221-2626<br />
sherryleedy.com<br />
Works by internationally acclaimed artists as<br />
well as local up-and-comers are displayed in<br />
this gallery in the Freight House District. A<br />
substantial permanent collection complements<br />
the ever-changing temporary exhibits.<br />
DEANNA ROSE CHILDREN’S FARMSTEAD<br />
13800 Switzer Rd, Overland Park, KS<br />
913- 897-2360<br />
opkansas.org<br />
With more than 200 animals, a fi shing pond<br />
and a one-room schoolhouse, city kids can<br />
come here to experience life on a farm. Feed<br />
baby goats, milk a cow or take a wagon ride to<br />
complete the experience.<br />
GO EAT<br />
BLUE GROTTO<br />
6324 Brookside Plaza • 816-361-3473<br />
bluegrottobrookside.com<br />
This two-level restaurant offers a nice perch<br />
from which to watch modern-style Neapolitan<br />
pizza being created. Try the guanciale pizza,<br />
topped with cured pork, chiles, onion, garlic<br />
and ricotta. The bar is packed with twenty- and<br />
thirtysomethings after work. $$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
GRINDERS<br />
417 E 18th St • 816-472-5454<br />
grinderspizza.com<br />
If you wear leather and ride a Harley, you’ll fi t<br />
right in at this joint. But non-motorcycle riders<br />
are more than welcome to check this place out.<br />
It offers beer, wings and pizzas, and outdoor<br />
concerts attract crowds in the summer months.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
In 1976, Bernstein-Rein, one of the<br />
largest advertising agencies in Kansas City,<br />
created the now legendary combo for kids:<br />
McDonald’s Happy Meal.<br />
Key West<br />
FLORIDA<br />
GO SHOP<br />
KERMIT’S KEY WEST KEY LIME SHOPPE<br />
200-A Elizabeth St • 305-296-0806<br />
keylimeshop.com<br />
Everything key lime is available here—cookies,<br />
candies, sauces, jellies, bath gels and, of<br />
course, pies—and colorful owner Kermit<br />
Carpenter makes it fun to shop. Meeting him<br />
and watching his staff prepare their signature<br />
pies is as much a treat as tasting all of the<br />
goodies.<br />
GO SEE<br />
LOOE KEY NATIONAL<br />
MARINE SANCTUARY<br />
30 minutes by boat from Key West<br />
At Strike Zone Charter, 29675 Overseas Hwy/<br />
Mile Marker 29.5 •305-872-9863<br />
strikezonecharter.com<br />
This tranquil, untouched refuge in the Lower<br />
Keys beckons aquaphiles for snorkeling or<br />
scuba diving. The colorful “groove and spur”<br />
reef and bounty of tropical fi sh—including<br />
angelfi sh, parrotfi sh and barracudas—make<br />
for a great day on the water. You’ll also swing<br />
by the wreck of MV Adolphus Busch (with its<br />
bow still sticking out of the water), which was<br />
sunk to create an artifi cial reef.<br />
GO EAT<br />
HALF SHELL RAW BAR<br />
231 Margaret St • 305-294-7496<br />
halfshellrawbar.com<br />
The best part about this bar and eatery is<br />
its location on the water along the Historic<br />
Seaport. Enjoy the view while noshing on<br />
clams, oysters and Key West pink shrimp<br />
served a variety of ways. Oysters cost only a<br />
quarter each during happy hour. Don’t miss<br />
the grouper po’boy, made with locally caught<br />
fi sh and old-fashioned Cuban bread. $$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
HOG’S BREATH SALOON<br />
400 Front St • 305-296-4222<br />
hogsbreath.com<br />
Hanging out at the Hog’s Breath has become<br />
a rite of passage for Key West visitors and<br />
locals alike—and why not? There’s live music<br />
every night, and cold, frothy beers on tap in a<br />
friendly, open-air setting.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
Forty-two bridges connect Key West to mainland<br />
Florida. The longest is Seven Mile Bridge, which<br />
is slightly shorter than its name suggests.
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