[Orlando Restaurants & Bars]

ethos was good...i had the shephards pie ... basically everythign you normally would have minus the meat...so if you can stomach that...its good stuff.. choco chip cookie was yummy as well!

went to cefiore in college park a couple times recently...super duper yummy! acai berry so far is my fav...this is the closest we have to pink berry in orlando right now.... anyone want to invest in a yogurt shop with me??? its all the rage on the westcoast..lets bring more to orlando!!!

theres also is a place that is a cupcake / yogurt place that opened up recently in waterford sweetbyholly.com check em out! i might go see what they are all about tonight!

Wow, thanks for the recommendation - I didnt even know about it, but I've been looking for something to rival TCBY or Pinkberry for the longest time. It's within running distance from downtown, too.

[THE Orlando Photo Thread]

The former Lexington's new owners, S&L Hospitality, didn't waste any time changing the flag to its new Crowne Plaza mark.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/or...0,1206186.story

(Sorry the picture is a bit blurry - it's taken from the BOA building w/ a crappy camera).

[Orlando Restaurants & Bars]

Update re: Daily Grind coffee house.

The Daily Grind opened today in the 800 block of North Orange - located between Citrus and Shin Sushi bar. Its a great addition to the North orange community. The buildout was very nice - warm colors and great little corners to eat or people watch. They even offer Gelato which will be a welcome replacement to the closure of the Gelato place in Thornton park. My one pet peeve was that they only had one station for cream, sugar, etc - I can see there being grodlock as its customers jockey for a position on the station.

[Orlando Attractions Area News & Developments]

Couple of updates of Lake Eve Resort (I Drive) which was posted earlier this year. Looks like they're making great progress.

[THE Orlando Photo Thread]

Prahaboheme -- I hope you dont mind -- I took some artistic liberties with your photo posted before. Let me know if you'd like me to take it down.

titled: "A wishful view of Orlando" --

[Orlando Attractions Area News & Developments]

Google trends shows Orlando as the number one area being searched for when people are looking for vacatiom homes. Google Trends I wonder how much of this translates in to sales and is not just rentals?

Unfortunately, the "Orlando" means the location from where that search is taking place, based on IP addresses, etc. See below for Google's explanation of it. Unfortunately, people in Orlando, above other places, are searching for "Vacation Homes." I guess they either have so much cash flow that they can afford a vacation home, or the more likely scenario -- they're looking to offset the mortgage on their home/condo by listing it as a vacation home.

Google Trend - 5. How do the Cities, Regions, Sub-regions and Languages work? Google Trends uses IP address information from our server logs to make a best guess about where queries originated. Language information is determined by the language version of the Google site on which the search was originally entered.

[Orlando Attractions Area News & Developments]

For those that were keeping track of progress at Lake Eve (www.lakeeveresort.com) - well the second story was just put in:

and a day later:

[Orlando Attractions Area News & Developments]

Lake Eve resort (condotel) on I-Drive just north of Floridays is U/C.

Neiman's Last Call is opened at Prime.

Mona Lisa at Celebration is topped off and the exterior looks close to done.

The Point Orlando condotel on Carrier Drive is looking very sweet; darkhorse development; very nice and ornate and good coloring scheme. sorry, no pix yet...

Here are some progress pics of the Lake Eve Resort you mentioned (sorry about the repost)