The document provides information about various topics from the February issue of Bungalower magazine, including: - The top headlines from last month. - A 100-word anthology series by Scottie Campbell. - Upcoming February events in the area. - A roundup of favorite local ramen spots. - Details about the February 2020 issue of Bungalower magazine.

1. BUNGALOWER.COM
TOPTENTHINGSTOKNOW
The most-read headlines from last month.
STORIED ORLANDO
100-word anthology series by Scottie Campbell
FEBRUARY EVENTS
We don’t want you to miss anything.
ramen roundup
Some of our favorite spots to get noods
ISSUE 27 FEB 2020
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FOR A COMPLETE LISTING VISIT AND MORE INFO
ON THESE SELECTIONS, BUNGALOWER.COM/EVENTS
FEBRUARY
Seating is first-come, first-served
at this super-popular event.
Celebrate the biggest movies
of the year at the 92nd Annual
Academy Awards with a massive
big screen. Enjoy dinner and drink
specials, a paparazzi-lined red
carpet, and an Oscar pool.
7 p.m. | Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Avenue |
Maitland | FREE | enzian.org
6:30 p.m. | SeaWorld Orlando, 7007 Sea World Drive |
Out of Bounds | $45-250 | cityoforlando.net
OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS:
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An evening of upcycled, wearable
art featuring the work of local
designers that’s presented by
Keep Orlando Beautiful. Meet,
mingle, and schmooze with
Orlando’s sustainable fashion
glitterati while sipping on
cocktails and eating all the foods.
FEB 03 - PET PHOTO SHOOT @ ORLANDO BREWING
FEB 06 - DINNER WITH DOUGLAS KIRKLAND @ SNAP!
FEB 08 - PAWS IN THE PARK 2020 @ LAKE EOLA PARK
FEB 08 - VIRGINIA DRIVE LIVE @ IVANHOE VILLAGE
FEB 08 - FRENCH REVOLUTION PARTY @ NAN’S PLACE
FEB 09 - VINTAGE VALENTINE @ PARK AVE CDS
FEB 11 - DON SONTAG PAINTING WORKSHOP @ POLASEK
FEB 13 - THE GARDEN OF EDEN PARTY @ A&H MAITLAND
FEB 13 - “PROFESSOR LOVE” @ SAVOY ORLANDO
FEB 14 - MARGARITA MADNESS 5K @ HARBOR PARK
FEB 14 - “CINDERELLA” @ DR. PHILLIPS CENTER
FEB 15 - ORLANDO WETLANDS FESTIVAL @ FORT XMAS
FEB 15 - CUPID’S UNDIE RUN @ ELIXIR ORLANDO
FEB 15 - AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-IN @ OCLS
FEB 22 - BOURBON AND BUSKERS @ AUDUBON PARK
FEB 22 - SOCCERBALL 2020 @ HYATT REGENCY
FEB 22 - CFL BREWERS GUILD FEST @ ACE CAFE
FEB 22 - SANFORD PORCHFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL
A site-specific opera that takes
the audience between Cheyenne
Saloon and Ceviche Ballroom
to follow the story of Minnie the
Bible-reading saloon owner and a
cast of singing cowboys.
7:30 p.m. | Cheyenne Saloon, 120 W. Church Street |
Church Street | $125 | operaorlando.org
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OSCAR WATCH PARTY
ON ENZIAN BIG SCREEN
An outdoor pet and family-friendly
event in The Mennello Museum
sculpture garden with live music,
amazing folk artists, food, and
more. Vendors range from craft
beer and cocktails to macrame-
making wizards. And it all happens
on the shores of Lake Formosa in
Ivanhoe Village.
Noon-5 p.m. | Mennello M useum of American Art,
900 E. Princeton Street | Ivanhoe Village | FREE |
mennellomuseum.org
15TRASH 2 TRENDS 2020
RECYCLED FASHION
THE GIRL OF
THE GOLDEN WEST
INDIE-FOLKFEST
29 Over 25 restaurants and food
truck peeps will be serving up
their signature tacos and fancy
drinks. There will also be Lucha
Libre wrestling, a kids fun zone,
mechanical bull riding, a taco
eating contest and more. Yes this
is outside of our downtown core
but definitely worth a drive.
2 p.m. | Drive Shack Orlando, 7285 Corner Drive | Lake
Nona | $29-50 | tacofests.com
ORLANDO TACO FEST

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leugardens.org
Make plans to head on over to a new interactive exhibit at Leu
Gardens! This amazing hands-on experiences take childhood
games up a level turning them into fun discoveries about nature.
Are you game?
Arts &
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Affairs

6. On January 16, the Winter Park City
Commission approved the Orange Avenue
Overlay District in a 3-2 vote that sent some
resident chins wagging.
The 95-acre Overlay District is essentially
a permitting tool that will set new land
development code regulations for a
specific part of Winter Park that ranges
from Pennsylvania to Westchester Avenues
along Orange Avenue, by amending the
Comprehensive Plan and Land Development
Code.
This specific corridor has seen a large
number of popular businesses open up in
recent years, including the first-ever Foxtail
Coffee, Buttermilk Bakery, The Heavy, and
most-recently a new location of Black Bean
Deli. All of which you can read about on
bungalower.com.
Despite the recent uptick in new and trendy
businesses opening in the area, Winter
CONTROLLING WINTER PARK GROWTH
THE COMING OF AN OVERLAY DISTRICT
Park city leaders see the new Overlay District
as a way to fight “economic stagnation” in
the corridor. The plan will allow the City to
promote and incentivize specific types of
development and restrict others, namely more
dense mixed-use projects.
"WE SHOULDN'T CALL IT
ORANGE AVENUE OVERLAY, …
WE SHOULD CALL IT ORANGE
AVENUE ARMAGEDDON."”
- A TRIGGERED WINTER PARK RESIDENT
The first vote was scheduled for a Monday
Commission meeting but ended up running
for twelve hours with plenty of proposed
amendments and public commentary for
and against the move (mostly against). The
meeting wrapped up around 2 a.m. and had to
be picked back up on Thursday for even more
public commentary. At the end of the second
meeting, a total of 42 amendments were
proposed, not all of which were approved.
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The largest landholder in the corridor,
Demetree Global, has been slowly
buying up property at the intersection of
Orlando and Orange Avenues for years,
in an attempt to assemble a large enough
development parcel to support a very
ambitious mixed-use development called
Winter Park Station. Another name floating
around on the interwebs for the mysterious
project has been “Gateway Garden Station.”
The former Lombardi Seafood’s building
at 1152 Harmon Avenue was purchased
by Demetree for $4.8 million, and they
currently lease out to Porch Therapy’s Jen
Crotty for her The Heavy concept on a
short-term lease agreement.
A slide, presented at the Winter Park
Commission meeting, included renderings
depicting what the Winter Park Station
could possibly look like at that corner if given
maximum building allowances under the new
overlay guidelines, which would allow for a
seven-story mixed-use development on the
property.
One of the passed amendments produced
during the marathon public meeting resulted
in capping the proposed development at six
stories rather than seven. Because Winter
Parkers hate height #nodensity.
Demetree has since stated that it would not
be putting together a formal plan for the
property until the Overlay District process
is finished and approved later this year. All
of the amendments to the comprehensive
plan will be sent to Florida state officials
for review before being read by city
commissioners before being put into action.
Stay tuned to this story on bungalower.com.
Head to bungalower.com/2020/01/20/winter-park-approves-overlay-district/
to read this article online and see the OAO District Final Report for yourself.
unSWEET TEAunSWEET TEA
In 1893, downtown Winter ParkIn 1893, downtown Winter Park
residents cut the Hannibalresidents cut the Hannibal
Square neighborhood outSquare neighborhood out
of the municipality as it wasof the municipality as it was
predominently black. Thepredominently black. The
community was de-annexed incommunity was de-annexed in
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WINTER PARK 101
Winter Park was originally
developed as a winter resort
for wealthy snow birds
looking to escape chilly
winters and was originally
named “Lakeview” in 1858.

8. We love seeing in-between
spaces get some well-
deserved love in The City
Beautiful. Especially when
they’re next to art institutions
in our downtown core. Know
of an ignored space that is
begging to become an actual
“place” in Orlando? Send us a
photo and an email to
news@bungalower.com and
we’ll write about it!

9. DESIGN RELEASED FOR DOWNTOWN ALLEY REVAMPDESIGN RELEASED FOR DOWNTOWN ALLEY REVAMP
The Downtown Arts District hosted a community fundraiser at their new
headquarters in the historic Rogers Kiene Building on January 11 to fund an
ambitious courtyard expansion planned for a long-ignored alleyway that encircles
the northern and eastern edges of the property. Pictured here!
The planned courtyard is being designed by local firm Interstruct Design and
Build and Lincoln Property Company has since offered their services to repurpose
vintage materials from their building site that they are removing from the Church
Street Ballroom to be used in the new outdoor public plaza, including cast iron
decorative fencing, glass lattice structures, antique bricks, steel trusses, and more.
The park project is estimated to cost $600,000 including the in-kind donations
from Lincoln Property.

10. The first son of the United States and the
Prince of Wales aren’t the best of friends
but after a public confrontation they are
forced to spend time together for damage
control. They soon realize there is a strong
attraction between them and engage in
a secret relationship until their secret is
exposed.
February is just synonymous with love.
Sure, that can be about hoping cupid
does his due diligence and matches you
with the perfect mate or it can be about
self-love. After all, loving yourself will
make it easier for cupid to spot his target.
There’s no better place to find love in all
its forms than between the covers...of a
book.
Your local library staff has pulled these
selections to help you celebrate 2020’s
second month.
BY CASEY MCQUISTON
great
READS
OCLS.INFO
SPONSORED: “Great Reads” is a regular roundup of books that the Orange County Library System thinks you should peruse that month.
CHECK OUT BUNGALOWER.COM FOR MORE GREAT READ RECOMMENDATIONS
Ask yourself…are you truly
who you want to be? This
much-lauded book can help
you answer this question.
With tried and true tactics
that have helped everyone
from celebrities to business
executives, this guide will
help you discover all the
ways you can become the person you’ve
always wanted to be.
BEST SELF: BE YOU, ONLY BETTER
BY MELANIE FALICKCooking smaller,
more intimate
meals, can be
economical and
stem the boredom
associated with
batch meals. Lane
offers a variety of
delicious recipes
for weeknight dinners and ideas for
preparing special occasion dishes with
minimal fuss.
DINNER JUST FOR TWO
BY CHRISTINA LANE
RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE
THE KISS QUOTIENT
BY HELEN HOANG
Stella’s a thirty-year-old
successful econometrician,
but her love life is non-
existent. What’s a forthright,
on-the-spectrum, girl to do?
Seeing little hope of change
without expert help, Stella
hires a professional. Michael
Phan is an escort, a consummate professional
in the art of love, and he’s willing to teach
Stella all he knows.

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LUNCH & LEARN:
FUN WHILE IT LASTED!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, NOON
Nothing lasts forever — even many
of Central Florida’s most beloved and
interesting attractions. Learn about
some of the area’s innovative, unusual,
and sometimes short-lived amusement
ventures. Presented in English and
Spanish. Members free; non-members $5.
In honor of Black History Month, we proudly
present “Marching Forward”—the award-
winning University of Central Florida film that
reveals how a love for music at Jones and
Edgewater high schools reached across the
divide of segregation in 1960s Orlando. Free.
“MARCHING FORWARD” SCREENING
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2 P.M.
BRECHNER SERIES:
PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY
IN FLORIDA
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2 P.M.
Join Jim Clark of the University of Central
Florida history faculty and author of
“Presidents in Florida: How the Presidents
Have Shaped
Florida and How
Florida Has
Influenced the
Presidents” for
an informative
and entertaining
review of the
Sunshine State’s
presidential past.
This is a free
event.
CENTRAL FL HISTORY 101: CIVIL WAR, CITRUS,
AND THE GREAT FREEZE (1860-1894)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2 P.M.
Join museum director Michael Perkins as he reviews the events that shaped Central
Florida history from the Civil War to the present. This four-part series will delve into the history of
our area from long before the opening of Disney World to today. Members free; non-members $5.
65 E. Central Blvd.
Orlando, FL
407-836-8500

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Malia stood before Travis holding out today’s page from his R. Nichols
gratipad. It must have fallen out of his pocket. Wordlessly, she ripped it into
tiny pieces, her blue eyes never leaving his. She threw the pieces in his face,
turned on her heels and left his office. Travis actually liked the gratipad.
Each morning he’d write five things he was grateful for - Jameson, his dog
Thadeus, porn, coffee, gaming, etc. - then he’d peep it throughout the day.
His coworker Malia’s name was always number one. The pad was a gift from
his wife, whose name is not Malia.
BY SCOTTIE CAMPBELL
Storied Orlando is a micro-story project - each story is 100 words or less. You can find
more of this micro-literature project at thoroughlyusedup.wordpress.com.
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14. TOP TENTOP TEN
THINGSTHINGS
TO KNOWTO KNOW
1) Lucky’s Market closing all Central Florida locations.
2) Ruth’s Chris moving out of Winter Park building.
3) New 12-story micro-apartment building coming to S. Eola.
4) Bad As’s Sandwich opening new location in Winter Park.
5) Someone dropped a giant poo on Lake Eola.
S I T D O W N
FRANK BILLINGSLEY
Frank Billingsley, who has served
as Mayor Dyer’s Chief of Staff
for ten years, was appointed as
the Director of Placemaking and
Competitiveness. A role that will
focus on identifying “… innovative
approaches, priorities, and
enhancements within the city to
ensure Orlando surpasses peer
cities in the overall experience and
supports attracting and growing
high-value jobs that further diversify
the local economy.” Billingsley will
be responsible for working with
private and public resources to
create and activate public spaces
and to create unique experiences
that further economic development
and quality of life.
The term “Placemaking” refers to a
multi-faceted approach to planning,
design, and management of
public spaces that promote health,
happiness, and well-being using a
local community’s best assets.
Use this QR code to hear an audio
interview with Billingsley about
what he has planned for his new
designation at City Hall.
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BUNGALOWER
HEADLINES OF
JANUARY ‘19
6) A new climbing gym is opening downtown near Creative Village.
7) Milk District church for sale.
8) K Restaurant has closed.
9) Get a Dog-Friendly Dining permit if you own a restaurant.
10) New Michael Jordan apparel shop opening in Modera Central.
WHERE TO EAT RAMEN
KAI ASIAN STREET FARE
Modern Asian cuisine with Thai,
Vietnamese, and Korean flavors.
When you’re done eating a bowl,
1555 State
Road 436,
Winter Park
grab some
wings, tacos,
or other
yummy small
plates.
DOMU
Some of the
best noods in
town.
3201
Corrine
Drive
Known for their
amazing broth and
appetizers. Jinya has
one of the coolest
interiors to hang in
while grabbing some
drinks with friends.
Just don’t try to
touch the moss wall.
jinya ramen bar
8 N.
Summerlin
Avenue
Tucked into a small
retail space across from
the Orange County
Courthouse, is one of
the best spots to be on
a chilly February day.
You may meet a lawyer
to take home too.
the ramen
486 N.
Orange
Avenue
The name means “slurp”
in Japanese which isn’t a
surprise because you won’t
want to waste a drop.
Enjoy the vintage Japanese
toys and decor while you
lick your bowl.
susuru
8548 Palm
Parkway
Honorable mentions include: Soupa Saiyan, Takumi, Seito Sushi, Hawker’s Asian Street
Fare, Sticky Rice Lao Street Food, Umi Japanese Restaurant, Hotto Potto, Kabooki Sushi.
These are the same
owners as Susuru, so you
know they know they’re
way around a ramen bowl.
This one’s in College Park
though so no tourists.
jade new asian
2425 Edgewater
Drive