Bourbon Bonanza by Terry Baxter, Member Since 2002 Woodford Reserve. It was the first. Your Ocean Reef beverage team chose Woodford Reserve as their first foray into a private bottling of Ocean Reef spirits. It was an inspired choice: the... Read More »
Fat Tuesday is Coming, Join the Procession! By Holly Houser, Ocean Reef Press Editorial Assistant The 6th annual Fat Tuesday Celebration is set for Tuesday, February 25 and you’re invited to join the procession! All you’ll need is a cart... Read More »
A Gift from Brazil by Jody Steele, Member Since 2005 Arriving in Miami in 2001 for just a visit, Chef Betania Salles took over the kitchen at an Indian restaurant one evening. The chef was ill and the customers were... Read More »
Carysfort 2020: Restoring an Icon, Inspiring the World When the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary surveyed 14 acres of Carysfort Reef, they found only 18 living colonies of coral. By 2019, only two of the 18 wild colonies documented still... Read More »
An Ocean Reef LOVE STORY… by Joan Birsh, Member Since 1997 After they experienced the heartbreaking loss of a spouse of many decades, neither Sandy Rule nor Kevin Crowe ever expected to find true love again…. Then three years ago... Read More »
Love Stories in 100 Words My Valentine – First Meeting She first appeared in net stockings Garbed from head to toe in black My life change was truly shocking I’ve never yet looked back Since then my gorgeous... Read More »
Spend the Day in the Fishing Village at Art & Fashion Walk by Holly Houser, Ocean Reef Press Editorial Assistant In its seventh year, the Art & Fashion Walk has grown to be a day full of fun and... Read More »
The Place to be by Far is Harper’s Bar by Mary Brady At only 30 years old, our beloved Harper’s Bar Bartender/Mixologist, Luke Jones, is a treasure. He has been at Harper’s for the last three years, replacing Andy McCutchen.... Read More »
Watershed By Terry Baxter, Member Since 2002 Nearly 15 years ago, I wrote my first column for the Ocean Reef Press. I offered my perspective as a Social Member arriving for the first time in the Marina and... Read More »
I Hate Iguanas! by Joan Birsh, Member Since 1997 I hope I am not offending any iguana lovers but I feel so strongly about those green monsters, who periodically destroy my landscaping, that I sometimes pray for a cold snap... Read More »