Saturday, January 29, 2011

Casting Call (No Pay)

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In our city of St. Augustine we have groups of reenactors who portray early American colonials in various historical time frames. We also h...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Spain's Greatest Writer

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S panish writer Miguel de Cervantes was eighteen years old when St. Augustine was established here on Florida's Atlantic coast. Both he...
Friday, December 24, 2010

PEACE ON EARTH

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Christmas In The Ancient City F or over 412 years Christmas has been celebrated in St. Augustine's Plaza de la Constitucion,the nati...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Eavesdropping in St. Augustine

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Heard Around The Plaza "The Pope has a permanent bedroom available to him at all times here at the Cathedral that's what makes it ...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

It's Come To This

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Regular readers may recall that Santa's throne has disappeared from his space at the St. Augustine's Slave Market. May recall? It ...
Thursday, December 09, 2010

Pirate Museum Opens

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Top L to R: Owner, Pat Croce and all female staff, Wednesday V.I.P opening, Croce and the Mayor, Fake pirates and Elaine Frazer (Fountain of...
Monday, December 06, 2010

Naughty Not Nice!

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Photo credits: © 2010 Historic City News staff photographer Date: Friday, December 3, 2010 Time: Between Midnight and 5 PM Description...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Old Friends

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Art In The Market artist and former St. Augustine resident Richard Childs (L) watches while painter Tom Wright (R) works at Spiral Press Ca...

Harassment?

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Ordinance 22-6 ,City of St. Augustine.....(prohibited in the Plaza and surrounding streets) "...artistry or the creation of visual ar...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

We say "YES!"

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We do not always agree that Ed Swift's Historic Tours of America serves the city with historically accurate narratives and we feel tha...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Apocryphal News

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The City of St. Augustine has established a program for aspiring archaeology students. This program gives students aged 16- 20, a hands-on ...
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Saturday, November 06, 2010

Old But Not The Oldest

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North America As the City of St. Augustine approaches it's 450th anniversary (in 2015) as the "Oldest City" we must point out...
Friday, November 05, 2010

For Your Safety

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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Art, Bubble Gum and High Crimes.

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Londoner Ben Wilson has spent time in British jail cells for hitting the streets and recontextualizing the petrified blobs of discarded che...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Xmas Gala

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Survivor !

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We love a good rescue at sea .......STORY What do you wanna bet that at least one reporter asked,"What were you thinking while you wer...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Bricks Of St. Augustine

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Here's an old St. Augustine tour guide joke...."DON'T STEP ON THE GRAVES !" (see brick upper left) A s you walk the stre...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Wrong Perceptions

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The other day I had a conversation with a contender in the upcoming City Commission race. He had taken an informal survey of citizens and ...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Banned !

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Click on pic to enlarge Where are the last of the Plaza artists?
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Criminal Rocks

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It is a no-brainer that law enforcement officials should apply common sense in enforcing the laws of the state of New York. Sadly, that is...