Author: philipsura
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The Bark
The Bark is a vegetarian restaurant on the corner of All Saints Street and Railroad Avenue in Tallahassee just across the street from Railroad Square. They opened in 2017 as the successor to Bread and Roses Kitchen, therefore the name. Over the last couple of years, mainly during the pandemic, it became our favorite restaurant…
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Murals I
Anyone driving, cycling or walking through Tallahassee with reasonably open eyes must have noticed that murals have become very popular here. There is not a part of town where you do not find a building or large structure with a colorful mural painted on it. The epicenter, though, is Railroad Square where almost all old…
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First Friday at Railroad Square
One of the very popular destinations once a month in Tallahassee is the First Friday at the Railroad Square Art Park. First Friday is basically a big outdoor party with food, live music, street art and open galleries. During peak months, when students are in town and it is not too hot (in spring, late…
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Capital Cascades Trail
One of the few bicycle and pedestrian friendly structures in Tallahassee is the Capital Cascades Trail. I do not know the official definition where the trail starts and ends, but one can make a good argument for the following route starting at the northern end of the St. Marks Trail, right at the roundabout connecting…
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Spanish Moss
One of the defining sights in Tallahassee are oak trees with plenty of Spanish moss upon them. Of course, this is part of the imagery of Deep-South culture and Southern-Gothic. No southern movie, whether historic dramas like Gone With the Wind, thrillers like Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte or horror flicks like Jeepers Creepers can go…
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Fuel
On our nightly bicycle rides through Tallahassee, Railroad Square and vicinity became one of our main places to stop and have a beer. As all the bars at the beginning of the pandemic were closed, we typically brought our own beer cans with us. In fact, we still do that even as bars and restaurants…
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White Stones and Buildings
We live in Midtown Tallahassee and an easy way, avoiding traffic, to ride your bicycle towards downtown is to take Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard south. That way, you can stay clear of busier streets like Thomasville Road and Monroe Street. Initially, you ride for about a mile or two through the quiet Levy Park…
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Swimming Pools
I already mentioned that we started our nightly bike rides when all public swimming pools in Tallahassee closed in March 2020 as Covid started to rear its ugly head. The city pools were closed for about two months and the Florida State University (FSU) outdoor pool, the Morcom Aquatics Center where the FSU swimming and…
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Smokey Hollow
If you go to the location below Apalachee Parkway where the photo of the New Capitol in the introduction was taken, you are at the location of the now lost Smokey Hollow neighborhood, an African-American community in downtown Tallahassee that was destroyed in the early 1960s to make place for the new elevated highway. The…
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