Hey Orlando, it’s Monday. 

After taking a few days off (did you miss me on Friday? Don’t lie!), I’m feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the week ahead with you. Hopefully, your weekend included some bright spots too, because let me tell you, we need them, especially during these turbulent times.

In other news, today is an important day — it’s the last day you can register to vote in the city’s upcoming primary election. If you’re l
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It’s Hump Day, y’all, and our giveaway with The Julian Apartments is still going strong over on Instagram. You can win $200 worth of local goodies (and bragging rights) just by liking our photo on IG and tagging a friend who would like it too. You’ve got until noon on Friday to enter to win.

Now, let’s get to today’s news, shall we, including an update
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Hey y’all, welcome to Monday. 

I’m writing to you from a tiny little town called Seacrest Beach in the Panhandle. It sits on a strip of beach called 30A smack dab between Destin and Panama City. And let me tell you, after spending 120 days in my house with a change of scenery only for Publix runs and literal runs, this is one view I won’t soon forget.

Now close your eyes and just imagine you’re here. Wind in your hair, salt on your face,
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Hey y’all, it’s Friday, and I recognize that the bad news abounds these days, so here are three things I saw on the web this week that made me laugh or at least smile ear-to-ear.

1. The internet had a field day with videos of “John”, an animatronic from the Carousel of Progress attrac
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I’m baaaaaaack. 

Did y’all miss me on Monday? Lucky for me, I had Friday off to catch up on some reading (I’m halfway through “White Fragility” and a few chapters in of “Untamed”) and TV-watching (I finished “How to Get Away with Murder”, the new “Unsolved Mysteries” and watched “Hamilton” via my bro-in-law’s Disney+ login — thanks, Chris!).

Point is, I did anything but write a n
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Welcome to Friday and (we hope) the beginning of your long weekend.

We’ve got a mini-holiday edition for you before we head off to our long weekend plans (a.k.a. staying home, reading tall stacks of books, and trying to calm our fireworks-fearful pets… maybe also going for read more

It’s Hump Day, y’all and it’s the first day of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.

Orlando grassroots organization Peer Support Space is hosting the virtual event, Black Mental Health Matters, a “response to the increased need for healing and emotional support systems for Black community members” to coincide with the first day of the month.

The event is tonight at 6 p.m. and is free to attend. Register read more

Welcome to Monday, folks.

Who’s tired of talking about the coronavirus? Raise your hand.

Guess who’s tired of writing about it too? This girl.

BUT here’s the thing, I can’t stop writing about it. Not when we’re reporting 9,000 new cases in a day. Less than two weeks ago, we were still reporti
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It’s Friday, y’all and I’m kicking it off with some potentially good news for downtown Orlando businesses — thanks to Pulptown member Kelly L. for the head’s up.

Last week, the Downtown Development Board approved an amendment to its existing Special Event Funding program and will now offer up to $3,000 to qualifying downtown businesses to assist i
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It’s Wednesday, y’all, and the read-o-meter says it’ll take you 6 minutes and 46 seconds to read through today’s news. 🤪

Let’s get started.

The Orange County Reopening Task Force is meeting today to talk coronavirus updates, NBA and MLS plans, and more. The last task force meeting was June 3 and a l
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