Anna Maria Island

Music, Museums, Muses and the Arts

The Anna Maria Island Muse: Overseeing The Arts...

Anna Maria Island and area have a great array of art and culture to share with the community and visitor alike.

Here at the Anna Maria Island Life blog we try and represent that heritage by posting the galleries and organizations that make it possible.

Anna Maria Island Muses

The Greek goddesses who presided over the arts and sciences were called Muses. They were believed to inspire all artists, especially poets, philosophers, and musicians.

These Muses were the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.

The Muses sat near the throne of Zeus, king of the gods, and sang of his greatness and of the origin of the world and its inhabitants and the glorious deeds of the great heroes. From their name words such as music, museum, mosaic are derived. 

Much like the Greeks of the day, in 'this day'... Anna Maria Island too has its Muses. The following is a list of Anna Maria Island Muses (as displayed on the Island Players website).

Health and Fitness Club Disounts

Save on Your Health and Fitness...

That's right, now you can get fit and save money too, on any short term membership at the Anna Maria Island Health and Fitness Center.

Simply visit the Sun Saver Coupons website at www.SunSaverCoupons.com to save 15%.

City of Anna Maria and the Pine Ave Restoration Project

Growth and Development Controversy Ripples Through Quiet Anna Maria Island Community...

It's being reported in an article at the Bradenton Herald that the "normally laid-back island community" of Anna Maria has been stirring with turmoil and controversy over the past few weeks."

The controversy is the "old debate between those who want this one-square-mile city of 1,000 on the northern end of Anna Maria Island to remain as it was when they moved here... and those who would like to see changes, especially in the commercial district along Pine Avenue."

"It boiled over two weeks ago when a legal consultant, Michael Barfield, requested under Florida Sunshine Law all the e-mails first-term City Commissioner Harry Stoltzfus had sent from city or personal computers regarding city business."

The first batch of e-mails from Stoltzfus’ home computer generated nearly nine hundred pages of documents, and more than 1,260 pages on the second. Barfield said in reading the e-mails it appeared Stoltzfus was trying to target a particular business, the Pine Avenue Restoration Project, referred to as PAR.

Life Is Good When You Live In Paradise!

Visit Anna Maria Island Once and
You're Sure to Come Back... Again, and Again...

Yes, that is today's tag line and we mean every word of it!

Living here on Anna Maria Island truly is like living in paradise because Anna Maria Island is a tropical island paradise like no other.

A bold statement you say?

Well, maybe.

But then if the Anna Maria Island vacation experiences section of the Anna Maria Island blog is any indication, it is a tag line that fits well with what vacationers are saying about their time on Anna Maria Island.

Share a Piece of
Anna Maria Island With The World

Have you been to Anna Maria Island?

If so, would you like to share your Anna Maria Island experience?

Perhaps you live on the island and would like to contribute your craft and expertise on an Anna Maria Island topic of your own choosing.

We encourage you to do so. Its as easy as writing your article and submitting it to us.

Simply contact us directly and we will tell you how!

Had an Experience on Anna Maria Island You'd Like To Share?

Then Share It With Us,
So We Can Share It With The World...

Do you live on Anna Maria Island?

Do you love Anna Maria Island as much as we do?

If so, then take advantage of this opportunity to tell the world why. Write us an article and we will publish it on the Anna Maria Island blog.

Got a hobby or serious interest that somehow involves Anna Maria Island?

Are you a landscaper, gardener, fisherman, business person or authority on something you do on Anna Maria Island?

Have you vacationed on Anna Maria Island?

Maybe you would like to write an article about your Anna Maria Island vacation experience, or what its like growing up or living on the Florida Gulf coast... on beautiful Anna Maria Island.

Its entirely up to you what you submit, so long as its something you are passionate about, it would be of interest to others, and that its to do with Anna Maria Island. In other words, if you think you would like to write about something that would be of interest to readers of the Anna Maria Island Life blog, then by all means... write it and we'll publish it.

It just has to be appropriate and something our readers would find interesting.

Welcome to Anna Maria Island Life, a website and online portal to all the good things that are Anna Maria Island.

Bike Trails

Wanna Take in Anna Maria Island by Bike...

Rent a bike from Fun and More Rentals, located right here on Anna Maria Island.

Are there bike trails for us two wheel freaks when we land on Anna Maria Island?

Well, I guess it depends what you call bike trails.

There is a new bike lane along Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach, located on Anna Maria Island. There are also bike lanes in Holmes Beach (central Anna Maria Island), and in Anna Maria City, our most northern and charming village on Anna Maria Island!

Anna Maria Island is probably one of the last remaining quaint, Old Florida style islands left.

Anna Maria Island Baby Rentals

Crib, Stroller and High Chair Rentals on Anna Maria Island...

Anna Maria Island's 'Fun and More' Beach, Bike and Baby Rentals is expanding into new geographic locations along the Florida Gulf coast.

In the interest of serving these different location best, Anna Maria Island now has its own dedicated vacation equipment and supply rental website.

Anna Maria Island Baby Rentals

The new Anna Maria Island vacation rentals website is simply called Anna Maria Island Baby Rentals and is located at http://AnnaMariaIsland.FunandMoreRenta ls.com.

The reason we went with 'baby rentals', when Fun and More Rentals clearly rents everything from bikes and kayaks to beach chairs, coolers and beds, is because baby and toddler beds, cribs, strollers, high chairs and other baby furniture items by far make up the lions share of the vacation supply rental requests serviced by Fun and More Rentals.

In other words, the new Anna Maria Island Baby Rentals website was create so you, our customer, can find the baby rental products you need... even easier!

Festivals, Art, Theater, History and Other Must See Events

Anna Maria's Island's Cultural Connection...

Realize Bradenton is all about the arts, the culture and the heritage behind the community of Bradenton.

The idea of turning downtown Bradenton into a vibrant hot spot, or 'Cultural Destination' if you will, seems to have rubbed off on neighboring Anna Maria Island.

As January Holmes put it in his recent article entitled 'Buzz Worthy: Anna Maria's Cultural Connection'... the idea of a Cultural Connection is, "a contagious phrase — in a good way." In the article he says, "I recently had the opportunity to meet a group trying to make a difference for Anna Maria Island — Cultural Connections. It’s mission: promoting the island’s appealing cultural attributes."

He goes on to explain that, "Those attributes are more than the white sand beaches that lure thousands of visitors each year." And lets face it, he is right when he says, "One can only sit on the beach so long before wondering what other things are hidden in this tropical paradise."

Anna Maria Island truly is a tropical paradise. That... no one would deny, yet there is so, so much more, and that’s where Cultural Connections comes in. Cultural Connections on Anna Maria Island is the "guiding light to area festivals, art, theater, history and other must-see events".

Blog and Information Portal

Anna Maria Island Life...

What is Anna Maria Island Life?

Anna Maria Island Life is a group of websites that provide information about life on Anna Maria Island, planning a wedding, local businesses and services, as well as information about things like where to stay, where to eat, what to see and do while on Anna Maria Island, organized events and entertainment, even local issues and news.

What is the Anna Maria Island Life Blog?

 

The Anna Maria Island Blog is the hub that ties these web properties together.

For anyone planning a vacation on Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Lido Key or some other location close to Anna Maria Island, the Anna Maria Island Blog has a Vacation Equipment Rental and Supply category that may be of interest.

That's right, you can leave it all at home and just bring yourself!

Fun and More Beach, Bike and Baby Rentals, right here on beautiful Anna Maria Island... has everything you and your family need to enjoy your vacation of a life time!

Vacation Destination Like No Other

Things To Do On Anna Maria Island...

You are planning a trip to paradise, but you've never been there and are wondering what to expect.

Just what are some things to do while visiting Anna Maria Island you ask?

Well, Anna Maria Island truly is a spectacular place to both live and visit.

Surrounded by Gulf of Mexico waters, trimmed with miles of sugar white sand beaches and teaming with life.

There certainly is no shortage of things to see and experience on Anna Maria Island, and we'd like to take this opportunity to recap just what some of those things are.

Vacation Destination Like No Other

It's been said that from the moment your toes touch the sands of Anna Maria, you'll know you've arrived at a vacation destination unlike anywhere you've been before.

While on Anna Maria Island, there is no need to plan your day around crowds, rush and traffic... cause those things simply cease to exist once you set foot in this laid back, Old Florida Paradise in the Sun!

As soon as your feet hit the beach, you chart your own course. Simply soak up the sun, or better yet... surf, jet ski, scuba dive, go boating and fishing... or create your own unique island adventure.