By Lyn Gabrielsen

I first tasted a Bees Knees on Thursday, March 12, 2020, the sad day we canceled THE PLAYERS Championship. My husband, Jimmy, and I left TPC and headed to Valley Smoke for dinner.  I love gin, and I love honey, so when the drink arrived with one of those big, fat ice cubes with a fancy lemon twist, I was in heaven. But, as we all know, I was not to taste a Bee’s Knees for many months, and boring red wine became my choice of beverage as my waist will testify.

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Fast forward a year….back at the bar at Valley Smoke.  “A Bee’s Knees, please.” It was just as I remembered.  Perfect. 

Because I’m a nerd and have lots of free time, I decided to research my resurrected, favorite cocktail. 

The Bee’s Knees was a Prohibition…

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By Gwinn Volen

We are six months into 2021. Unless you just don't pay attention to the news, the real estate market in Northeast Florida and across the US is on fire. Buyers and buying agents are exhausted, and here is why.

Inventory remains impossibly low in all beach areas. If we look at the last six months compared to 2020, housing supply is down 44-77% depending on which beach community you analyze.  Nocatee has the lowest inventory levels and is down a whopping 77% from last year, while Neptune Beach is down 44%.

Economics 101 Applies to Real Estate

With that decreasing supply and continued high demand equals, we have, you guessed it, increasing competition and rising prices.  

In looking at the median home sale price over the last six…

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