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Creative Outlets

Let your creativity run wild at this paint your own pottery and art studio located just over the Bridge of Lions on Anastasia Island. With owner Debra Siewart’s expert guidance, you’ll find the perfect project, whether it’s creating with clay, decorating a clay bisque project of your choice, or creating glass fusion jewelry or decorative items. Puddy Mud offers classes for both adults and children, children’s clay camps, and after school programs. Party packages and events for groups of all kinds are available including corporate team-building, bridal showers, and birthday celebrations. Open daily; call for seasonal hours and class information

Health & Fitness

Voted the Best of St. Augustine from 2005-2008, this full-service athletic club and center offers outstanding facilities, including a full weight room, olympic size pool, racquetball court, steamroom, showers, locker rooms, and refreshment bar. Certified instructors offer a full range of group exercise classes, from step aerobics, spinning classes, and kick boxing to yoga flow and pilates; and a talented corps of certified personal trainers are on staff to assist you with any training needs. Short term memberships are available so you can maintain your health routines even while vacationing. Childcare available. Open daily.

Museums

Paintings, costumes, furnishings, mechanical and musical instruments, and other relics of America’s Gilded Age offer a glimpse into 19th century daily life. The Lightner collection includes beautiful examples of cut glass, Victorian art glass, and the stained glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Music demonstrations offered twice daily at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Museum Store offers an eclectic collection of books, jewelry, ornaments, notecards, reproduction antiques, children’s games, and gifts.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this extraordinary house museum was built in 1883 as a 1/10 scale replica of a portion of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. Notable for its poured concrete and coquina stone construction and Moorish horseshoe arches, the interior houses an astounding collection of art, antiques, and furnishings, including Oriental rugs, paintings, intricately carved furniture, hand-pierced brass lamps, and a 2,400-year-old Egyptian “Sacred Cat Rug.” State-of-the art audio tours available in English, Spanish, and French. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. is the last time to start a tour); Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free onsite parking. Available evenings for wedding ceremonies and private parties.

Performing Arts & Entertainment

	Host Jackie Knight and Knight Productions present top national comedians as seen on HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, and The Comedy Channel. New acts are featured every week; showtime is 8:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat. or Thurs. through Sat. for Comedy Special Events (call or see website to check schedule). Full bar and full Gypsy Cab Co. menu available.

This community theater organization presents shows year-round and has been voted St. Augustine’s “Best Live Theatre” for nine years running. Located at 11 Old Mission Avenue in Uptown St. Augustine, box office hours are Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat. 2-6 p.m. The new upcoming season includes a mix of popular mainstage productions as well as cutting edge studio theatre productions in the black box theater. Highlights of the 2010-2011 season include The Crucible, G.I. Holiday Jukebox, and Gypsy. Limelight’s downtown location makes it a perfect dinner-and-theater combination. Call the box office or visit the web site for additional information, special productions and events, and tickets

Tours

Headquartered in the historic Spanish Military Hospital, Ancient City Tours offers a variety of tours and services by day and its popular ghost tour at 8 p.m. nightly (and 9:30 p.m. on Saturdays). A Ghostly Encounter is the only walking ghost tour to enter a certified haunted building and visit historical cemeteries. Tour the narrow streets of St. Augustine and hear tales of those who came before us and refuse to leave. Ancient City Tours also offers historic and educational tours with customized itineraries for groups including adult/senior tours, corporate groups, as well as clubs and organizations.

Founded in 1996 in one of Henry Flagler’s East Coast Railway buildings, San Sebastian Winery is one of Florida’s premium wineries and is a pioneer in the development of table, sparkling, and dessert wines from hybrid and muscadine grapes. Vintage-dated varietals from hybrids such as Stover and Blanc Du Bois, Port, and Cream Sherry dessert wines are also part of the award-winning San Sebastian brand. Complimentary winery tours and wine tasting are offered 7 days a week; Mon.- Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The wine shop features gourmet foods, unique gift items, and gift baskets.