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PART FIVE of our Summer Adventure Guide: Relax
By Danielle Charbonneau Some of the best advice I was ever given is, “If you live like a tourist in your own town, you’ll never get bored.” I have found this advice to be remarkably true. As an adventurer by heart and a columnist covering fun things to do in ...

PART THREE of our Summer Adventure Guide: Adrenaline Junkies
By Danielle Charbonneau Some of the best advice I was ever given is, “If you live like a tourist in your own town, you’ll never get bored.” I have found this advice to be remarkably true. As an adventurer by heart and a columnist covering fun things to do in ...

PART ONE of our Summer Adventure Guide: Fun & Games
By Danielle Charbonneau Some of the best advice I was ever given is, “If you live like a tourist in your own town, you’ll never get bored.” I have found this advice to be remarkably true. As an adventurer by heart and a columnist covering fun things to do in ...

URBAN ADVENTURE: Learning to Scuba
By Danielle Charbonneau I’ve been known to keep a pretty exhaustive bucket list. Two activities on this uber-long, idealistic list of mine include scuba diving and setting a world record (for anything). This June 16, I will have the opportunity to complete both of these simultaneously. Dixie Divers in Deerfield ...

URBAN ADVENTURE: Painting with a Twist
FIRST ROW Riley Andres, Julia Freshour, Reese Andres, Conner Bennett, Jake Schulte, Christian Quinones and Alex Marquez SECOND ROW Coach Taylor Barton, Vivianne Hache, Victoria Scarpinito, Grace Parnas, Summer Schulte, Ronald Hache, Isabella Taylor, Mattheus Santos, Raphael Santos, Shane Schulte, Coach Kelly Schulte and Coach Anthony Mariano THIRD ROW Coach ...

URBAN ADVENTURE: Kiteboarding
By Danielle Charbonneau Rick remembers the first time he saw a kiteboarder. He was sitting on the beach at dusk when suddenly he saw a young man being effortlessly dragged through the waves attached to a neon kit. Rick watched as the kite pulled the man’s body along the shoreline for ...

ADVENTURES IN SHARED INDULGENCE
Whole fried snapper, which is prepared table side. By Danielle Charbonneau In a world where we retreat to our own corners of the home, plugged into our own individual iPads and laptops to binge watch Netflix in the privacy of our own little sphere, culture can sometimes be a bit isolating. ...

URBAN ADVENTURE: Flyboarding
By Danielle Charbonneau The instructor helps Danielle's boyfriend Baris strap on his flyboard in the aquamarine waters of Aruba. By Danielle Charbonneau One of my favorite holiday traditions as an adolescent was watching “Jingle All the Way” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold plays a determined dad on a mission to buy ...

URBAN ADVENTURE: Sensory Deprivation
By Danielle Charbonneau I am an astronaut, weightless, pushing effortlessly off the edges of my vessel in outer space. I am an embryo, floating in a mother’s womb. I am bathing in a giant bowl of lime Jello. Now I am me, staring at the sky, laying peacefully on my ...