Fairytales and Legends

According to Gainesville legend, once a year a magical event awakens fairytales of long ago. Tucked away in the enchanted forest of the Alachua County Fairgrounds lies the medieval wonderland of Hoggetowne. Here, chivalrous knights fight for the honor of fair maidens, gypsies reveal fortunes, jugglers toss fire, magicians perform unbelievable feats, and musicians provide a backdrop ...

Where Angels Shop

Valentines Day is just around the corner, and there’s no better time to find the perfect gift for your special someone. Gabbriella’s, a locally owned boutique, offers a wide range of gift ideas for special holidays and special women. Gabbriella’s carries a variety of bath and body products, decorative items, romantic trinkets, candles and much more, all intended to make women ...

Letter from the Publisher

Thank you for picking up this issue of Gainesville Today ! This month is another special edition. In the center of the magazine is a 32 page Guide to the City of Alachua. You can pull it out but you will have to re-staple it. There are many new (and a few not so new) faces in this friendly small town twelve miles to our northwest. Please take a few minutes to read over the ...

The Computer Corner

I created a document and I’m sure that I saved it. However, I can not remember where I saved it or what name I saved it as. How can I find this document? When you can’t remember where you put a file or document you can use the Search Assistant for computers with Windows operating system. Click on the START button down below on your taskbar, and then navigate to the Search ...

North Florida’s Best Kept Secret

It was once Florida’s best kept secret, but the word is out and spreading about North Central Florida. And much of the credit for that word getting out goes to the Alachua County Visitors and Convention Bureau. Tourists driving down Interstate 75 or foreign travelers flying into airports in central and south Florida are becoming aware that if they are looking for the natural ...

Valentine Smiles

How about the one similarity that costs the least of these chronicles and probably makes the biggest difference: a beautiful smile. A person with a generous, natural smile is seen by many as being more successful, more honest, more attractive, and more sincere. Folks who look for ways to enhance what God already gave them—and who doesn’t? —Should start with the one feature everyone ...