Blog Posts
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Escape the Office, Embrace the Gulf: Your Guide to Working Remotely from Port St. Joe
I’ve been working remotely for over 15 years. It’s a little secret many people still don’t know about me. My remote work life used to start late at night—it was my third shift, as I used to call it. No one knew except me, my laptop, and the internet. And somehow,...
A living Gallery of our lives, our people, and our love story
From the moment you step into our beach house in Port St. Joe, you’ll know—this is no ordinary vacation rental. This is a sanctuary layered with meaning. A place where every corner tells a story. This is our Forgotten Coast Sanctuary, a beach house born from...
Our Weekend Retreat in Port St. Joe
There’s a kind of tired that even sleep or caffeine can’t fix. The kind that comes from calendars packed too tight, from conversations that feel like logistics meetings, from the blur of raising kids, building careers, and keeping it all afloat. It builds quietly,...
Step Inside Our Beach Home: A Coastal Sanctuary with Room for Everyone
There’s something special about stepping into a place and feeling instantly at peace. No clutter. No chaos. Just light, warmth, and intention. All your worries are now gone. That’s exactly what we wanted to create when we opened the doors to Forgotten Coast...
Meet Us: How We Fell in Love with Port St. Joe
We didn’t know this a year ago, but a new chapter in our lives began when we decided to slow down, take a breath, and let the road lead us somewhere new. That’s exactly how our story with Port St. Joe began. We didn’t set out looking for a second home. We weren’t...
SCOM Alumna Publishes Book about Tallahassee
School of Communication alumna Elizabeth “Ely” Rosario recently published her 3rd book, “100 Things to Do in Tallahassee Before You Die.” Rosario came to Tallahassee from Puerto Rico. She realized that students had a tendency of staying within the two-mile radius of...
Voices that Inspire
Elizabeth “Ely” Rosario - My children come first. Listen at WFSU website Ely Rosario is the business manager at Jackson Properties. She’s truly a renaissance woman. She’s an author, manager, athlete and a real estate investor, but her most important role is being a...
Place your mat on the front row
Sometimes when I leave hot yoga I feel high. Tonight is one of those nights! I have always said “I’m high on life” and I truly can’t understand why people resort to drugs and alcohol to get the natural feeling your body can produce on its own. I can enter the tunnel....
Ely’s Top Reads for 2021
The continuous search for knowledge is the highest form of wisdom. Jordan Peterson No one can take away your knowledge, your education, your own thoughts. I love sharing and learning ideas from others. I am always open to reading anything even if it is something...
Living a Lie
For several years now I have been researching, writing, and even publicly speaking about the idea of knowing yourself, of being genuine, authentic, and finding a way to set yourself free. I shared the steps I had myself taken to walk away from a bad relationship, to...