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Lake & Sumter Style

Lake & Sumter Style — Lake and Sumter Counties' premier life+style magazine — lives on the cutting edge, utilizing innovative design and revolutionary, award-winning photography. Trendy-modern-fashionable Style focuses on the lifestyle that makes Central Florida a great place to live and work!

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Cupcake Time Café

In a world where it feels like quick and healthy food is hard to come by, Cupcake Time Café in downtown, historic Leesburg breaks the mold by selling delicious and nutritious lunch options guaranteed to satisfy. Don Folker and his…

IN THE KITCHEN: Irie Eats

The intense flavors of spicy jerk chicken or tender curry goat are enough to set any food lover’s taste buds on fire in a good way. Caribbean food is a fusion of bold and unique tastes and spices with common…

CITY SERIES: Mount Dora, America’s Festival City

A gaggle of Segway riders zips downhill along Mount Dora’s Fourth Avenue. “Whoa,” yells one of the women as she points and makes a sharp left onto Donnelly Street, the town’s main drag. The group effortlessly adjusts its direction on…

Spain — Conversations worth having

Imagine my surprise when I checked out of a luxury resort in Spain after a week’s stay and the final bill was less than $2 — and that’s only because I had a bottle of water from the minibar. I…

Fair winds in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires (or “Fair Winds” in English) is a name befitting South America’s second largest city. The youthful, fashion-conscious population of this culturally rich Argentine port moves purposefully but is ever so polite and welcoming to foreign visitors. Classy, cosmopolitan,…