Musings from the Kitchen Muse – Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Musings from the Kitchen Muse (AKA Lori Cumberledge) I have been cooking and baking for as long as I can remember, and each “season” in Florida would bring out different favorite dishes. The slight chill in the air gives me a legitimate excuse to use the slow cooker and create something wholesome, hearty and homemade. My new favorite is: “Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Rolls”. This recipe is fairly...

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Paint Along Studios

Paint Along Studios

Everyone painlessly creates a piece of art that they’re proud to take home at the end of the night. An artist instructor guides you step-by-step as you paint. Anyone can do it, it’s easy and fun, you don’t even have to be able to draw stick figures. It’s an optimistic, creative place for folks to learn the basics of painting with their friends. You can even bring wine and...

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Swans of Lake Morton

Swans of Lake Morton

Lakeland, whose lakes had been home to a varying number of graceful birds since at least 1923, saw its last swan fall victim to an alligator in 1954. Mrs. Robert Pickhardt, a Lakeland native living in England at the time, was familiar with the royal flock of swans on the Thames – birds descended from the original pair given to Richard, he of the lion heart. She inquired about purchasing a pair...

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Neighborhood Porch Party

Neighborhood Porch Party

Throughout the year neighbors open their homes for a gathering of food and fellowship. Typically a Tuesday evening, a porch party is a casual social event that is open to paid members of the Lake Morton Neighborhood Association.

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College Heights Commons

College Heights Commons

An Investment in Our NeighborhoodAs a result of the Neighborhood Matching Grant from the City of Lakeland’s Community Development Department, grant monies have been used for beautification projects in this wonderful neighborhood park.One of the projects included a brick pathway constructed of antique bricks and installed by Kelly’s Masonry. It runs from the sidewalk on South Blvd.,...

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