South Florida Living

I found a December 1993 edition of BLK magazine, the first Black gay magazine in America, with RuPaul on the cover at the African-American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale. The complete archive is right here in Broward County. Most people have no idea.

The South Florida Adventure Pass returns for summer 2026, giving locals unlimited admission to five popular attractions including Zoo Miami, Butterfly World, Flamingo Gardens, MODS, and Sawgrass Recreation Park. Here's everything you need to know before you buy.

Oakland Park Pride delivered a full-on good time, cold lemonade from Cali’s Lemonade Express, new shoes, and a Head Shoulders Knees and Toes championship I did not come to lose. Here’s why this Broward community celebration deserves a lot more attention.

John Palmer Payne's honest guide to Wilton Manors: where to eat, drink, park, and why this LGBTQ+ city is unlike anywhere else in South Florida.

A full Memorial Day weekend day in South Florida: breakfast in Lauderdale by the Sea, BBQ wings at Beach House Pompano, the Jellyfish Museum, and mermaids at the Wreck Bar in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s everything, ranked and recapped.

There is a specific kind of tired that feels good. Not the tired that comes from staring at a screen too long, or from a meeting that should have been an email, or from the low hum of modern life running louder than you want it to (these days, that's far too often). This is the other kind. Sunburned calves, sand still in your shoes at 9 pm, dirty feet and hands, voice slightly gone from talking to strangers all day. The kind of tired that only comes from actually doing someth