Spend Christmas enjoying holiday decorations, delicious food and quality time with family at Rosen Centre’s Christmas Day buffet, and walk around the hotel, appreciating a beautiful view of the sparkling pool on a warm and sunny winter day. The bright and sophisticated holiday buffet display features pan seared salmon with roasted fennel cream, tenderloin of beef tip with pearl … [Read more...]
Nutcracker Ballet performance at Rosen Shingle Creek
Dancing mice, toy soldiers and sugarplum fairies come to life in Rosen Shingle Creek's Nutcracker Ballet, a holiday tradition performed in the hotel's grand lobby by the talented young dancers at the Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance in Windermere. Enjoy the free dance performance, then browse the more than 30 Christmas trees decorated by local nonprofit organizations, who … [Read more...]
Winter Wonderland at Rosen Shingle Creek
Enjoy the luxurious Rosen Shingle Creek as it transforms into a Winter Wonderland featuring holiday activities that delight travelers and locals alike. Children can write out and share their Christmas wish lists with Santa, hear fanciful stories lovingly told by Mrs. Claus, pose with the family in a holiday photo booth and receive a festive face painting and fun balloon art to … [Read more...]
Sock It to Cancer
At the exclusive Sock It to Cancer fundraiser, guests may use up to five new adult- or child-size pair of holiday socks to vote on the decorated Christmas trees of 30 participating charities, browsing trees while enjoying delicious culinary treats, desserts and a holiday signature drink. The tree with the most socks receives a $5,000 donation. Proceeds will benefit The Adam … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Holidays in Florida
On the lighter side of the Nonahood, this is a column about the humorous realities of life in Central Florida. We must choose to laugh and sweat rather than cry and sweat. The Christmas holidays gently settle upon Floridians like drifts of pollen atop our cars. Or they did. Or will. I’m not sure, newspaper publishing calendars escape me. When I was a … [Read more...]