And he or she’s properly conscious of the fascination folks have with the state. “It’s virtually this legendary place. Everybody has a connection to Florida, no matter whether or not you reside right here: We watch Disney films, folks go on trip right here, everybody has a great-aunt who has a rental in Florida. For higher or for worse, folks simply wish to look.”In the end Calise hopes readers will merely be alongside for the journey and open to all that Florida has to supply. “Even for those who’re undecided that you'd ever wish to go to look at coleslaw wrestling in Daytona Seashore, it's best to indulge us a bit bit. I would like folks to see all of the totally different Floridas that exist. That is our residence, and we would like folks to come back and luxuriate in it as a lot as we do too.”Right here, Calise shares a few of her favourite excerpts from the guide with Vogue.The Citadel“When you’re researching a visit to Tampa, you'll come throughout Ybor Metropolis. It’s a really cool place as a result of there are roaming roosters and previous brick buildings that appear to be you’re stepping onto a film scene and loads of historical past. There are guys rolling cigars within the window. That's nice, and it's best to see it. However it's best to keep till it’s nighttime after which go to The Citadel.It’s a goth membership that’s been round for over twenty years. It seems like a medieval citadel and consists of 5 giant rooms: One is a dungeon, and one is that this dance flooring with fog and go-go dancers in bizarre outfits and other people whipping folks within the nook. Everyone seems to be sporting a unique outfit: Individuals are dressed of their perfect goth or fetish or Halloween costumes. It’s actually a come-as-you-are area, [with] one of the best people-watching. They play industrial, goth, EDM. I don’t all the time just like the music, however I all the time have an excellent time there. It's a must to search for Peter Pan and an older gentleman sporting ladies’s lingerie whom they name the Senator. It's a enjoyable neighborhood and so welcoming—and so Florida.”The Panhandle“Along with the Worm Gruntin’ pageant—the place worms are coaxed from the bottom with a vibrating wooden stake—there’s this annual custom on the seaside throughout Spring Break referred to as the Flora-Bama Interstate Mullet Toss the place folks attempt to throw useless mullet fish so far as they'll throughout the state line. It is simply so enjoyable and goofy.”Weeki Wachee Springs State Park“I all the time take folks right here. There’s this nice custom that goes again to the center of the final century the place ladies costume like mermaids and dance underwater and also you get to see them respiratory out of air hoses. And there is additionally a water park, so you will get within the springs too and understand, Oh, my gosh! That is so chilly. These ladies are dancing and sporting costumes in the identical temperature. It’s improbable and has such a particular place in my coronary heart.”