So far, we are loving Port St. Lucie. It’s a big change from Broward County, which is where I most recently put down roots. It’s also a far cry from Miami-Dade County, my native territory. The pace of life here is more relaxed, the people are more pleasant and the atmosphere is more “chill.” Though the climate is not.
The song Take Me Out to the Ball Game is as relevant for Port St. Lucie as anywhere, for in the St. Lucie Mets we have a real hometown team to root for.
As a child growing up in Fort Pierce five blocks from the Sunrise, the theater became an extension of my living room. First there were the Saturday matinees and then Friday or Saturday night movies.
Finally, things seem headed back to normal as the New York Mets open camp for spring training in Port St. Lucie. As of this writing, there’s no sign that the pandemic or a Major League Baseball lockout will interfere with this annual rite of spring.
1923 was a pivotal year for Fort Pierce and we’re happy to celebrate a few centennials.
If you didn’t already know it, Port St. Lucie is a pretty good place to live. The city keeps racking up awards for being a great place to work, own a home or retire.
Warm wishes to you for a terrific year ahead. If you know our magazine, then you know that Treasure Coast history is our franchise. One of our sections, called Living History, is intended to bring history alive by connecting past events to how they have shaped the present. We also try to bring history alive through the annual Treasure Coast History Festival, which we began six years ago.
As a child growing up on the Treasure Coast in the 1960s and early ’70s, I always had difficulty relating to popular images of Christmas such as carolers singing in snow-covered villages, sweater-clad ice skaters gliding over a frozen pond or horses merrily pulling sleighs. We simply didn’t have snow for the holidays, and many Christmases were warm enough to go to the beach.
Festival revisits rich history of the Treasure Coast If you've been following our Cow Creek Chronicles series - or if you just want to learn more about early Florida cattle…
