True Florida Stories
Joe Pimentel could be the most protected man in the world. At the Florida Rottweiler Rescue Ranch, Pimentel spends his days caring for more than 100 large dogs in the beating sun and the suffocating Gainesville humidity. Working through piles of floating dog hair, pools of slobber and a smell only a dog rescue could produce, Pimentel wouldn’t have it any other way … Read moreBig Dogs and a Bigger Mission
Even though the weather was hot and the land swampy, promoters advertised Florida as a paradise on Earth, and oranges were the ambrosia … Read moreValencia’s Last StandÂ
The metamorphosis begins with a glue stick tube straight to the eyebrows. Then, three shades of foundation are painted over every pore … Read moreIn the spotlight
My parents, Andrew Hasebroock and Megan Dunne, were just friends during the 1998 fall semester at the University of Florida … Read moreJust keep packing
Maybe you’ve seen him running through the streets of downtown Gainesville or ordering a horchata latte and waffles at 4th Ave Food Park. Maybe you even saw him that one time he decided to run from his apartment to the Oaks Mall and back, a whopping 7 miles … Read more‘Happy Thorsday’