The movie theatre at Universal Citywalk will transition from AMC to Cinemark with a grand opening set for September 15th. Moviegoers can expect “Cinemark Luxury Lounger” seats, and one new Cinemark XD auditorium which will bring “expansive wall-to-wall screens, custom-engineered surround sound with multichannel speakers and state-of-the-art projection systems capable of delivering 35 trillion colors.”

The new PDQ in Winter Park at 925 S. Orlando Avenue held its grand opening Sunday. The Tampa-based chain serves chicken tenders, sandwiches, salads and milkshakes. This new location is a block away from the Winter Park location of Chik Fil A.

The antennae at the Rollins college radio station WPRK has finally been repaired and is back up after getting knocked down September 8th of last year during Hurricane Irma. The only way listeners could get the station’s shows and music since then was via online streaming.

Jinya Ramen bar opened in Thornton Park at 8 North Summerlin Avenue next door to Starbucks. Construction began December of last year. The reason for its elongated construction period was the detailed interior design the chain chose. The space formerly housed Verde and before that, Tijuana Flats.

Jimmy Hulas opened downtown at 68 E. Pine Street. Along with selling tacos and beer, it will serve local brands Foxtail Coffee and Valkeryie Donuts.

The free-standing retail building located at the corner of Colonial Drive and Hampton Avenue at 2000 East Colonial Drive in Mills50 is for sale for $1.7 million dollars. The building has 7,446 sq ft, 20 parking spaces and was built in 1957. The parking is divided with a portion in the front and a portion in the back.

The 2014 contract the City has with Dr. Philips Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. for its  management of the Bob Carr Theatre is set to expire on August 31st. A new agreement will extend the term for an additional year.

By 2020 the Florida legal medical marijuana industry is expected to generate $456 million dollars in sales according to ArcView Market Research and BDS Analytics. In five years the industry is expected to create 25,000 jobs.

A huge metal one-piece bridge-like section of the currently-in-construction Colonial Pedestrian Overpass has been placed at the project’s construction site: the intersection of I-4 and Colonial. Once complete, the overpass will be located east of I-4, west of N. Orange Avenue, and crosses W. Colonial Drive until touch down approximately 340 feet south of Colonial. At a cost of nine million dollars, the overpass will take users into the core of Downtown Orlando while also providing a safe pedestrian and cyclist crossing of Colonial Drive. The overpass will connect the Orlando Urban Trail to the Gertrude’s Walk Trail. There’s been a focus by the City on completing the trail located in the Central Business District. due to the addition of the bike share program, increased residential density, burgeoning sports and entertainment complexes, and expanding bus and rail transit options.

New downtown coffee shop Deeply Coffee is opening this Summer at 111 N. Magnolia Ave, across the street from the i-the-planning-stages Cambria Suites Hotel, a block from the downtown public library and a block from Lake Eola Park. The shop will serve a coffee brand roasted in Tampa called King State Coffee, roasted in Tampa, Chicago tea brand Spiri Tea, and a quarterly guest coffee roaster brand. Beer will be served in the evenings and Pearl Sugar Belgian Liege Waffles will be made in house.

We told you in January that Stasio’s Italian Deli & Market was coming to the Milk District. According to the owners, it’s expected to open late July/early August. The market will be located at the corner of Robinson & Bumby at 2320 E. Robinson Street and will offer sandwiches made to order, a full espresso bar, pizza, breakfast sandwiches and hot breakfasts, and freshly made bread. The market shelves will be stocked with products imported from Italy like olive oils, balsamic vinegars, prosciutto, pasta, seasonings, snacks, and wine.

episode 139 – bad business ideas, kevin spacey & woody allen, trading a car for guitar lessons & not being afraid of change – a conversation with nick georgoudiou

radio host, podcaster & the inventor of BRAND KNUCKLES, NICK GEORGOUDIU comes & hangs out.

we cover a ton of ground:

an accidental career in radio & podcasting

being crafty & learning to say no to saying no.

guys named jim, can they be trusted or are they just a bunch of squirrels?

an afternoon of mead & 800 tables of books.

not feeling like an imposter.

purposely “taking it down the wrong path” & making it uncomfortable to get something intresting.

kidnapping, friendship & enjoying life.

medical marijuana dispensaries & girl scout cookies.

pubicy patches, magnum p.i., lasers, moms & hairpants.

cluster trucks, food trucks & liars.

the horrible/wonderful feeling of being in love.

money having an expiration date. good idea or bad?

greek carpenters & trojan horses.

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The Streaming Pick of the Week is Milk on Netflix!

Chris and Drew review Deadpool 2!

The Vox Populi includes a review of Deadpool 2.

Dr. Drew gives his two cents on NOT seeing Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Billy D brings Death to the Movies with Dude Bro Party Massacre 3, Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets, and Dredd 3D.

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1. When visitors to the popular local-loving Orlando food hub East End Market in Audubon Park can’t find parking, they may drive behind the building into a residential neighborhood to park. The streets have plenty of on-street parking. However, they’re immediately met with multiple yard signs telling them parking is not allowed on the streets. The signs vary from one that resembles an actual city sign with the black P and the red circle and line through it to ones that say in all capes  “EAST END CUSTOMERS – PLEASE RESPECT OUR NEIGHBORS – NO PARKING ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS.” Are they right? No. Communications Director for the City of Winter Park told The Daily City “Yes, the city allows on-street parking there.” All of the signs are misleading and wrong. READ

2. 12,041,616 total passengers came through Orlando International Airport in the first quarter of 2018! Thanks in part to 309,000 additional seats coming into Orlando International Airport in March, the first quarter of 2018 is another one for the record books. Domestic passenger traffic is up almost 7 percent while international traffic has climbed approximately 13.5 percent over the same time last year, bringing the total number of travelers on a 12-month rolling total to nearly 45.5 million. READ

3. The Complete Streets program is coming to Longwood! The Florida Department of Transportation announced they intend to start construction on the Ronald Reagan Complete Streets project in May. The Ronald Reagan Blvd Complete Streets project will reduce median and lain widths to shorten the crossing distance at Church Ave and Ronald Regan Blvd, add buffered bike lanes, and add more than 40 on-street parking spaces to support local businesses. The contractor has already been selected. READ

4. The popular Mills50 late night fusion taco palace Tako Cheena has opened up a new Parramore location across the street from the Orlando City Soccer stadium inside the Stonewall Bar at 741 West Church Street. The second floor patio area looks right onto the stadium. READ

5. According to the Foxtail Coffee website, the popular locally-based coffee chain is opening a new location in the former Rhino Subs building at 805 Lee Road. Renovations have already begun. No opening date has been announced. READ

6. Mills Park, the 14.5 acre shopping development at the corner of Virginia and Mills in the Mills50 District has an empty 2.55 acre site available for sale. It’s entitled for 177,350 SF of hotel or office space. READ

7. We told you a few weeks ago that the popular latin restaurant Agave Azul with a location at the corner of Kirkman and Conroy near Universal is opening a location in Winter Park that’s currently under construction. Well, the company has ambitiously announced a third location in Windermere. The address has not been released nor has an opening date.

8. After 10 years of selling their gelato in more than 800 Publix stories, Gelato Fiasco is opening its first brick and mortar dessert shop in the SODO District in SODO Shopping Center at 25 W. Crystal Lakes Street. That area south of downtown is booming with the Lucky’s Market development, the just opened Fresh Kitchen and a Panera Bread taking over the old West Coast Wings building. READ

9. A caviar-serving restaurant has opened in Mills50. It’s called Bits & Bubbles and it located in the former Brooklyn Coffee building owned by the owner of Funky Monkey Wine Bar that recently closed on I-Drive. READ

10. And finally, a dragon caught on fire in Disney World. The parade prop was seen in several videos and photos online with its head engulfed in flames being doused with a fire retardant. Guests were not evacuated. Several guests have said online that the spectacle was the best part.

Hey baby! In this episode Bowie is back from Japan, we try some Japanese snaks, and discuss Frozen 2 having a gay lead. So just a normal day!

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there’s we more than meets the eye to KALYA O’BRIEN & i think we just started to scratch the surface. one things for sure, she’s a lot of fun to talk to.

we covered a lot of ground on this episode. all this & more:

digital/video reporting, blogging, journalism & story telling

work life vs. your actual life

spending a hurricane with a hippo & a porcupine

skydiving sucks even if it’s with a really good looking dude

the pros & cons of having wedding photos done at cracker barrel

goat yoga, more like goat pee pee

meeting guy fieri

being stuck on an island with horrible people

when dads learn to text

not being taken seriously

the heart, the mind & lloyd dobler

waking up in the middle of the night thinking you’re gonna die

eating pickles for money on youtube

being pen pals with a convicted murderer

john mayer is living the dream

quitting your job in order to be happy

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