In This Weeks Slice:

• All American Sunset Cruise 🇺🇸

• Big plans for Davis Blvd 🛒

• Health and wellness take the beach 🌊

• Cars and Coffee is back 🏎️

IN THE NEWS

Oakes Farms plans to build a new larger store on Davis Boulevard 🛒 after its longtime farm market was severely damaged last fall by up to 5 feet of water from Hurricane Ian’s storm surge. “The interior of it was ruined from the flood so all the electrical was bad, all of the drywall, the equipment that was in there was bad, so eventually, it’s just going to be a teardown and a rebuild,” said General Manager Dan St. Martin. (GB)

As insurance costs rise, property owners consider self-insurance. 📈 Self-insurance, on the surface seems like a wild and desperate choice. Yet Florida's reformed — but still rather messy — insurance market has some property owners considering it. (BO)

July announced as hottest month for global temperatures since 1880. 🥵 According to NASA, July 2023 was 0.43 degrees warmer than any other July in NASA’s record, and it was 2.1 degrees warmer than the average July between 1951 and 1980. (WNK)

Blu Jelly cafe opens in North Naples. 🫐 The local restaurant serves breakfast and lunch in the Uptown Center space at 2650 Immokalee Road, formerly home to Araya Sushi Asian Grill and Dunkin’ Donuts, next to CiCi’s Pizza. (GB)

THINGS TO DO

Today

🍊 Harry Potter Trivia at Ankrolab Brewing. 7:00 - 9:00pm (Bayshore)

Tomorrow

🍊 “Pop of Pink” by High Tide Studio & Gallery. In part inspired by #BarbieSummer, and in part by the lovely pinks found in Florida nature and architecture, this show includes paintings with - you guessed it - a pop of pink. 5:30 - 7:00pm (Design District)

🍊 Be Our Guest: How Collier’s Chef Made Everglades Synonymous with Hospitality. When Barron Collier lured gourmet chef Claus “Snooky” Senghaas to the 10,000 Islands, it is doubtful that he imagined he would end up as chef, maître d’ and general manager of two fine hotels with upscale restaurants — serving sports stars, celebrities and presidents. Join this lecture about one of Everglades’ most colorful characters. 2:00 - 3:00pm (Everglades City)

Friday

🍊 2nd Annual Born in the USA Sunset Cruise on the Naples Princess presented by Tacos and Tequila. Food, drinks, liquor pull, raffle + more! Proceeds to benefit Naples Take a Soldier Fishing. 5:30pm (Naples Bay)

🍊 Live music at Seed to Table: Valerie Tyson 8:00 - 11:00pm (Immokalee Rd)

Saturday

🍊 Third Street Farmers Market has fresh produce, flowers, pastas, seafood, pastries & baked goods, prepared foods, jams, relishes, fresh roasted coffee and much more. 7:30 - 11:30am (Olde Naples)

🍊 Vanderbilt Farmers Market is North Naples largest, longest running, year round, pet & family friendly Farmers Market! 8:00 - 12:00pm (Vanderbilt)

🍊 Wellness Triathlon at Naples Pier presented by Naples City Lifestyle. 8:00am for a 3 mile beach walk, 9:00am yoga, and 9:45am meditation. (Olde Naples)

🍊 The Super Scaly Slimy Family Day. If it’s scaly or slimy, bring it on! You’ll be learning about the scaly and slimy residents of Florida and other slimy topics. Crafts, games, and activities for kids of all ages! Free and no reservation necessary. 10:00 - 1:00pm (East Naples)

🍊 Free tours of Historic Palm Cottage. Under the stewardship of Naples Historical Society, Palm Cottage™ — a house museum — invites visitors to experience the rustic, hand-crafted charm of Old Naples. Tours are led by well-informed Docents who share unique insights, historic facts and colorful tales about this local architectural gem and the community surrounding it. 12:00 - 4:00pm (Olde Naples)

🍊 ‘Truck Yeah’ Food Truck Rally at Riptide Brewing in Bonita Springs. 2:00 - 10:00pm (Bonita Springs)

Sunday

🍊 Sunrise Yoga at Paradise Coast Sports Complex. Free. 7:00am (East Naples)

🍊 Cars and Coffee at Mercato. All makes and models welcome, come see some amazing cars! 9:00 - 11:00am (Mercato)

🍊 Enjoy 25% off your check at Seventh South. Only during the month of August so don’t miss out! (Olde Naples)

Monday

🍊 Visit the Naples Botanical Garden while their summer rates are still in effect. Open 9:00 - 2:00pm. (Bayshore)

Tuesday

🍊 Naples Collects is on exhibition at Artis Naples. As a follow-up to the hugely popular Naples Collects exhibition of 2016, this season’s version continues to share the most inspiring and engaging art from local private collections. The paintings, sculptures, works on paper and mixed media pieces in this exhibition allow us to share with the museum’s visitors some of our community’s most prized possessions. 10:00 - 4:00pm (Pelican Bay)

HAPPY HOUR 🍹

The French has a long happy hour from 2:30 - 6:30pm. Their happy hour menu includes $5 beer, $8 wine, $9 select cocktails, plus bites! (Olde Naples)

DOWN FOR A DRIVE? 🚘

All weekend long, comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias is going to be performing live at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL. 8:00pm. (Hollywood)

FUN FACT 👣

If you’ve never heard about the Skunk Ape or Florida’s bigfoot, then you don’t know all about Florida. The Skunk Ape is a mythical creature roaming the forests and swamps of Florida.

According to the myth, the skunk ape is a large hairy animal that looks like an ape and has a very unpleasant smell. Some have claimed to have seen the skunk ape, but it remains a legend to this day. (Source)