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Shop Local!
We at Arbus have always championed the “Buy Local” ethos, and this year we are proud to point out just how easy that can be! Highly creative, unique, and — best of all — homegrown spots all over the city offer great gifting and celebrating choices, making for a merry season for the entire community. Our annual Shop Local Gift Guide takes you on a trip around each ‘hood, introduces you to new spots, and reintroduces you to our favorites. So, read, shop, eat, drink, and rejuvenate (perhaps in that order). Happy holidays from...
read moreGardens, and Tigers, and Butterflies! Oh My!
The massive male Malayan tiger jumps lightly from rock to rock, powerful muscles rippling beneath its coat, until he finally settles in the shallows of the gurgling stream to bask in the mist from the waterfall directly behind him. “See what I mean by the connection of art and nature?” I am at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens on a stifling hot summer day and Tony Vecchio, the zoo’s executive director, is remarking on the picture-perfect moment we are witnessing at their newest exhibit, Land of the Tiger. I have to agree that the scene...
read moreThe Impact of Design
Design. No matter whom you talk to or where you experience it, design is generally misunderstood and rarely implemented to its greatest potential. If you are a frequent traveler or inquisitive adventurer, you know great design when you see it. It stands out from the crowd, stops you in your tracks, steals your breath and makes you feel as if time has stopped. Without so much as a how-do-you-do, it amazes and delights, confounds and intrigues, startles and pro- vokes and talks to your soul. When we think of design in terms of architecture, the...
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