Winter Park Magazine

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Says Price of an encounter with Emily: “That afternoon, the backdrop behind the sculpture shifted into a beautiful range of lavender to periwinkle—soft, atmospheric and impossible to ignore. Against those cooler hues, the sculpture felt even more present and luminous.” Morgan Samuel Price began her career in 1968 as an illustrator for Hallmark Cards and later became an art director for a small daily newspaper, the News Herald, in Lake County, Ohio.

Photography by Carlos Amoedo Many Winter Parkers consider New Smyrna Beach their very own Hamptons—a swift getaway for a weekend with coastal beauty (Smyrna Dunes Park!), a touch of Old Florida (Canal Street!), a taste of culture (Arts on Douglas!), delicious dining (name your favorite!), and an IYKYK (If You Know, You Know) subtlety.

Harold Ward was a foundational force behind many of the city’s most important charitable causes, and a clear-eyed counselor to both his clients and community organizations of every variety. Photo by Carlos Amoedo When Harold A.

Katie Gill Warner, longtime director at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, holds a resident barred owl. The center treats more than 200 sick or injured owls every year. Photo by Carlos Amoedo Doris Mager, who 48 years ago famously lived for a week in a vacant bald eagle nest near Maitland to boost awareness of threats to the species, died in 2023 at age 98. But the aptly nicknamed “Eagle Lady’s” expansive and adventurous spirit soars over the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey.

The Winter Park home, built in 1955 on property that backs up to Lake Osceola on Palmer Avenue, was designed by celebrated architect James Gamble Rogers II, who during his decades-long career had a profound influence on the city’s architectural aesthetic. The home was lovingly restored and thoughtfully modernized by Carrie and Daryl Carter.

Rhythmically sliding my items through security to the bagger, the Publix cashier looks up and cheerily inquires: “Do you have any plans for the weekend?” I freeze. It’s not just the cashier listening for my answer—a peek into my personal business—it’s the bagger and eavesdropping shoppers behind me. I’ve been getting this question more lately and I still respond like a deer in headlights. Do I tell the truth?

Bob Morris, author (and aficionado of New Smyrna Beach), takes a break at his favorite stop on the Smyrna Dunes Park boardwalk. Says Morris: “It’s a view unequaled in all of Florida; the morning breeze and the good salt air getting me right for the day.” Photo by Carlos Amoedo It’s just after daybreak and I’m passing the quarter-mile marker on the loop boardwalk at Smyrna Dunes Park. I’m walking counterclockwise, the best way to go.

All family-owned, some new, some tried and true, you won’t want to miss these delicious finds in New Smyrna Beach.

Don Sondag may be best known for his portraits of prominent people, but his first love is painting landscapes. “I enjoy the challenge of capturing the outdoors and color,” he says. “I like the work of plein air painters and photorealists.” In a city with more than its share of artists per capita, Don Sondag is one of the best-known and most respected.