floreeedaaaaa!

ann and dabney are not florida-bashers. an actual resident until she was eleven years old, dabney's seen the parts of florida that are beautiful to behold. sometimes eerie and creepily beautiful, but beautiful all the same. you skeptics, turn a blind eye to disney world for a moment.

there's the ocala national forest.




blue spring state park, where manatees go in the winter months.




st. george's island.




that said, there is little in st. petersburg, florida to recommend it (besides a free place to stay while ann and dabney are here, and $69 one-way jetblue flights). but one of the town's bonafied saving graces is the aveda institute, where you can get highlights and haircuts for seriously little money. granted, students will be doing your hair, but they are supervised students. and, sure, both of your butt cheeks will fall asleep in the four hours it takes them to complete six foils, but at least it will only cost you $30 for the experience. that's worth a little ass tingling, isn't it people?