Living the Florida life and chasing our wildest dreams.
Sunshine and Sand Dollars is a Florida-based blog focusing on local vacation spots and traveling the world – Plus everything Disney! We enjoy sharing photography and videos of the products, places, and activities we love and writing detailed posts to engage with our growing audience.
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Mark & Brittany Mira – Ohio transplants living the Florida life in St. Pete, FL – Our passions are the beach, travel, photography, and animals – combining them at any chance is a dream come true!
We also have two rescue cats that rule our lives! Colonel Mustard, aka Mooshi & 🐱 Commander Orange Cat – We also love to show the daily adventures of The Cats of Mira Manor!
We hope to utilize this space as a way to creatively share our daily life, new adventures, local favorites like restaurants, beaches, parks and other things we love to do. Life is busy and we hope this little corner of the internet will help remind us to continue being grateful and maybe inspire others to do the same.
Our Latest Blog Posts
We are happiest with our feet in the sand and a drink in our hand.
World Travel – Japan Trip – Day Five – Osaka
On the fifth day of our Japan trip, we left Tokyo and took the bullet train across the country to Osaka!
World Travel- Japan Trip- Tokyo – Day Four – Last Day in Tokyo
This blog post details our final day in Tokyo, including visiting iconic sites, the Harry Potter Cafe, and Senso-ji Temple. The day also included exploring Tokyo Skytree and we reflect on the overwhelming yet magical experience of Tokyo before we move forward to the next destination, Osaka.
World Travel – Japan Trip – Tokyo – Day Three
So far, we have shared our two-week Japan Itinerary, our travel day and arrival, and our first full day in Tokyo… it’s been a lot and it’s only day three! On our second full day in Tokyo, we set out to make it much more relaxed and less crowded… at least, that’s how it started…
World Travel – Japan Trip – Tokyo – Day Two
Our first full day in Tokyo – and what did we learn? A LOT!!! Check out the latest Blog post for all the details!
World Travel- Japan – Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku
It can feel overwhelming and daunting to choose a hotel when you have never visited a place before, and Japan felt like that times a million. I spent months researching places that were affordable, had good transportation locations, and had good reviews.
One such place that checked all the boxes for us was Hotel…
Mark
I’m a runner, reader, video gamer, and lover of nature with an anthropology degree from Ohio University. I’m a Florida park ranger and protecting nature and helping animals of all kinds is an extreme passion of mine.
Our Story
Ohio transplants living the Florida dream while working hard to travel the world. We met in 2009 and moved to St Pete, FL in 2015 to chase our wildest dreams in the sunshine state.
Brittany
I’m a photographer, writer, day dreamer, and beach lover with a degree in visual communications. I’m a digital content creator and love sharing beautiful things with the world!
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