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Mark Gauert

Mark Gauert, Executive Director of Magazines for the Sun Sentinel, is the Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of City & Shore and PRIME magazines. He was born in Kansas City, grew up in New Mexico and married in France. He and his wife, Cecile, live in southwest Broward. They have two boys – still the only native Floridians they know.

From the big shows aboard some of cruising’s biggest ships to the quiet hush of charming Vero Beach. From dancing on the sands with Lionel Richie and Nile Rodgers in the Bahamas to driving into mud puddles off road in Florida’s “outback.” The October issue of “Explore Florida & the Caribbean” offers something for every traveler, from adventurers to deckchair readers. We’ll stand in the shadow of giant elephants and giraffes at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, explore the $1 billion new old Pier Sixty-Six resort in Fort Lauderdale and swim with manatees in Crystal River.

The new issue of Explore Florida & the Caribbean takes you places

October 16, 2023 at 11:52 a.m.

From the big shows aboard some of cruising’s biggest ships to the quiet hush of charming Vero Beach. From dancing on the sands with Lionel Richie and Nile Rodgers in...

The cover of the May 2023 edition of Explore Florida & the Caribbean

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Explore Florida & the Caribbean: Read the summer 2023 issue online

May 10, 2023 at 10:40 a.m.

From the cruise ports of the Atlantic to the sunny beaches of the Gulf, from the islands of the Bahamas to the Riviera Maya of Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean...

Out of my depths: There are those who get out of the water when there’s a shark, and those who get in | Commentary

November 17, 2022 at 6:24 p.m.

The "bucket-list" trip to Bimini called for stops for conch fritters, a tour of the Dolphin House Museum — and a boat tour, "where we go swimming with reef sharks."...

It’s not just a small-centered world, after all, aboard Disney’s ‘Dream’

May 19, 2022 at 8:18 p.m.

I didn't want to go on a Disney Cruise. Didn't want a sea-going theme park. Didn't want to share a pool or hot tub or sundeck sunning space with a...

Explore Florida: A room with a view of a dolphin (and osprey and manatee) on Captiva Island

April 28, 2021 at 7:04 p.m.

There's a king-sized bed in room 1864 at South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island. A propeller-shaped fan on the ceiling, soft linens and a flat-screen Samsung almost as big...

Postcards from the edge: Traveling to the Keys in a pandemic | Commentary

September 30, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

No one wants to know where I've been. No one wants to hear about the sunsets on Mallory Square in Key West. Or the bucket-list seaplane ride to Fort Jefferson...

Florida Keys resorts take fire, hurricane, pandemic in stride

July 1, 2020 at 11:20 p.m.

Fires, floods, hurricane-force winds. Now pandemic. The managers at three popular resorts in the Florida Keys say they were just coming back from previous catastrophes at their properties when new...

Tips from a running coach: How to exercise at a safe social distance

April 15, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

Thinking of going for a run, walk or bike ride? Everyone else has the same idea these days. Running coaches Mackenzie and Nick Stump opened Fleet Feet Sports Delray Beach...

The distraction we need now: ‘Tiger King’ and its only-in-Florida moments

March 27, 2020 at 7:41 p.m.

"Tiger King" has everything. More plot twists than "Game of Thrones." More meth-fueled mayhem than "Breaking Bad." More teeth in animals than "Jaws," "Life of Pi" or "The Ghost and...

‘Men of Style’ take the runway Nov. 29 in Fort Lauderdale

April 12, 2023 at 4:57 a.m.

12 South Florida men with little or no modeling experience will take the runway for charity Nov. 29 in Fort Lauderdale.

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