Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | March 28, 2010

Choosing a Daytona Beach Hotel

Daytona Beach hotels are located near some of Florida’s most popular attractions like the Kennedy Space Center, Disney, SeaWorld and some of the most famous beaches in the state. Both for business and vacation, Daytona Beach has everything necessary to make your trip a success. From business amenities such as availability of internet access, computers, fax machines and mailing services, to fulfilling vacationer’s needs for towels and sunscreen, many hotels provide a wide array of services. The Daytona area is a hospitality hub that hosts hundreds of major events per year, from major business expositions to annual recreational gatherings like spring break and bike week. The hotels in the area can accommodate thousands while providing individualized customer service. Daytona Beach hotels run the gamut from the ultra-luxurious resorts to economically priced rooms. There is something available for every budget. Many offer additional discounts to members of national organizations such as AARP, and to the military. Each hotel has its own list of included amenities. Some offer a complimentary breakfast, others have evening cocktail hours or even activities geared for children. Almost all of the Daytona area hotels have concierge service to assist you with locating restaurants and tickets to some of Florida’s great attractions. Airport shuttle service is an amenity that is found at more than half of the resorts. For extended stays, there are facilities that offer suites with full kitchens. Depending on your needs and wants, there are hotels that can match your financial constraints and still provide some amenities. The trick to having a pleasurable stay in Daytona is to do a bit of research before making your reservations. Most Daytona Beach hotels have websites that list the hotels location, the amenities the hotel offers, the types of rooms available and the prices per night for each room category. If you take the time before you travel to investigate the possibilities and prices, you will surely find a room within your price range that meets your needs. If you are in Daytona for business, you probably want to steer clear of the resorts that specialize in families with small children. If you are looking for a luxurious, relaxing spa weekend, then a resort offering amenities like saunas, whirlpools, massages, aroma therapy and skin treatments is probably an appropriate choice. With so many options available in the Daytona area, spending a bit of time reviewing the choices can ensure your trip is one to remember. Another consideration when making your reservation at one of the Daytona Beach hotels is to assess the needs of any travel companions you may have. If you are attending a business conference, you may want to stay in the hotel where the people you’ll be networking with are staying. If travelling with family or friends on a holiday trip, you must consider the need or requirements of the folks in your group. Groups with young children may want to review which hotels offer child care services or have kid-friendly menus. Many of the hotels offer amenities geared to individuals with special needs, such as roll-in showers for those confined to wheelchairs. The more time you spend up front reviewing all of the options available increases the odds that your trip to Daytona will be enjoyable and rewarding. Article Source: http://www.articlecreek.com — Article Directory | Web Site Promotion

Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | March 26, 2010

What is Good Health?

What is Good Health?
 By Thomas Eldridge

There are many ideas, and opinions, on what constitutes good health, or what a meaningfully healthy lifestyle feels like or looks like. It could be said that health should be a natural condition, or at least a consistent state of well being. But what is this natural condition? There are some people who accept pain and discomfort in the body as a necessary part of living. This pain is considered to be a motivator, something for the body to fight against. They accept this condition because they observe that there are so many people with health complaints and so few people free of problems. It is even taken for granted today that dying of a degenerative disease is acceptable if the person had led a ‘good life’.

My parents both died of cancerous type diseases. I seem to be the only one who is not saying, but they ‘lived a full life’. Keep in mind that I am the one nobody can understand. I am not quite the black sheep. I am the different one who stopped eating sugar thirty years ago. No one could understand why I would go to so much trouble to read food product labels trying to find something that did not contain sugar. Today it is many times worse because of all the sugar substitutes in our food products. If I were reading labels today I would choose sugar before the sugar substitutes if I had no other choice. My choice today is to not buy any processed food products. I believe that my continuing good health depends on me making my own food from simple organic ingredients. I seldom read food labels these days because I buy very little with a label on it.

Is good health some sort of perfection? In homeopathy good health is said to manifest when a person’s “vital force” is being expressed by perfect functioning of all parts of the body and by a sense of general well being. This holistic approach to health states that nature, of which we are an important part, has a constant tendency toward what is best for it. This vital force of nature reaches its masterpiece in the human body and the human consciousness. Harvey Diamond in his part of the book Fit for Life II: Living Health states that humans are “constructed for health and happiness.” Life on earth lived in its ultimate achievement is a constant and unshakeable zest for well being and enthusiasm, says Diamond. I have a lot of respect for the diet that the Diamonds recommended. It still is an excellent diet for cleansing out toxins. I am not a great fan of being all that you can be, going for it all or pursuing excellence as a lifestyle. To me this is a short road to burn out and premature gray hair. I was unconsciously going for it all in my younger years. I worked very hard. I cannot say that I experienced good health or happiness back then.

If we wanted this ‘ultimate achievement’ of good health our goal would be to reach old age and maturity without aches and pains, to be well-balanced and spared emotional traumas and stress-related illnesses. To have zest for life we would wish to be like the beaming, healthy-looking 90-year-olds featured in vegetarian magazine articles. Working out at the fitness club at 91 years of age could demonstrate the principle that the best condition for the body is resilience and flexibility. To take up piano lessons at 83 years might demonstrate an absence of constricting contractions in body and mind. The problem is that we tend to extrapolate these stories into believing that this example of ‘good health’ is the best way to go. Pushing yourself into the gym when you are exhausted and should be resting is not good health.

It seems apparent to me that for millions of years people lived in some sort of harmony with the natural forces of nature. Good health was some sort of consistent state of being. Otherwise, how would we be here? If we were always in poor health for millions of years I cannot see how we would have survived. A long time ago the dinosaurs disappeared suddenly. Today species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at an accelerating rate. Throughout history at least some of us must have maintained an instinctive natural knowledge about how to live healthily enough to allow our species to continue. How we are doing today is a mute question. Are we going to continue to survive or is our current acceptance of sub-marginal health a sign of something?

Perhaps it is time to take a look at what this instinctive natural knowledge of good health might look like in our modern culture. I feel that it is not that much different than it has been for millions of years. This ‘knowledge’ probably includes simple things like sunshine, pure water, sleeping when the sun sets, relying on wholesome foods from nature, having daily alone time in the outdoors and living physically active lives in communities of loving supportive people.

Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | March 24, 2010

About My Daytona Directory

  My Daytona Directory owns and operates city guide sites in Daytona Beach, South Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange and Holly Hill.  Through our directories thousands of consumers search for local restaurants, hotels, wedding services,  photographers, conference centers, and various shops, goods and services.

  My Daytona Directory is host to some of the finest florists, bakers, auto mechanics, clothing stores, office supplies, attorneys, accountants, beauty salons, barber shops, thrift shops and businesses of all types in Daytona Beach, South Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange and Holly Hill

  My Daytona Directory reserves a special section which focuses on area restaurants, hotels , conference centers, wedding professionals, and non profits.

  If you have a business in Daytona Beach, South Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange or Holly Hill our directories are the best advertising value in Volusia County.  For under $9.00 per month you can advertise on all 6 of our sites and all six sites will link to your web site.  If you don’t have a web site then you can have a web page within all of our sites for under $30.00 per month.  My Daytona Directory can also build your business a web site very reasonably. 

  Our internet development specialists have built web sites for local restaurants, caterers, hotels, wedding professionals and all types of businesses.   My Daytona Directory is a one stop shop for all your internet needs.  Visit our sites at www.mydaytonadirectory.com, www.daytonabeachdirectory.net, www.ormondbeachdirectory.com, www.portorangedirectory.com, www.hollyhilldirectory.com, and www.southdaytonadirectory.com.

Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | January 30, 2010

Daytona Beach Restaurants

My Daytona Beach Directory has over 427 business listings for restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars. My Daytona Beach Directory specializes in advertising and promoting all the finest restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars in Daytona Beach Shores, Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach.  When you plan to visit the beautiful Daytona, Port Orange and Ormond Beach area for a vacation or just business, we highly recommend that you search My Daytona Beach Directory to  find all the best restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars the area has to offer.
  Whether you’re looking for Chinese, Thai, Japanese steak houses, steak houses, diners, formal dining, gourmet dining, chinese buffets, German, sub shops, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Mexican, seafood or sushi restaurants  Daytona Beach is the place to go.
  No other beach and vacation-resort areas have the wonderful selection of restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars that Daytona, Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange and Holly Hill do.  Daytona Beach has been hailed as “the world’s most famous beach” and our  restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars are just as famous.
 Port Orange, Daytona, Holly Hill and Ormond beach restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars have historically been host to thousands of college spring breakers from all over the world.   For several weeks every year students pack out the Daytona Beach and Ormond beach restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars for a time of fun and wonderful buffets casual and gourmet dining.
  Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars also get  booked up for Biketoberfest.  Biker enthusiasts ride in from all the country to eat in the fabulous restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars in the Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Holly Hill and Ormond Beach area.
  Another well known Daytona Beach biker event is Bike week.  Make sure you get a seat in our Daytona Beach  restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars early , because Daytona Beach hotel restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars get slammed during Bike week and Biketoberfest.  At it’s peak, bikers line up end to end from South Daytona Beach to Ormond Beach; a total of 12 miles in all, and fill all our restaurants.
  Race week is another event which jams up Daytona beach, Ormond Beach and Port Orange  restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars.  This world reknowned Nascar racing event brings in Race fans from the world over.  Nascar enthusiasts love the dining in Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Holly Hill and Ormond Beach.
  Turkey Rod Run also brings in fun loving car buffs but this event is for the hot rod show cars.  You can drive down the Daytona Beach restaurant  ally (A1A) and check out all the gorgeous vintage and classic cars as they are parked in front of the Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars .  This event takes place during the Thanksgiving weekend and brings lots of business to Daytona , Holly Hill, Port Orange and Ormond Beach restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars
  All in all there are few beach vacation areas that are host to so many fun events and can boast of so many fine restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars as can Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Port Orange and Ormond Beach.  We host the greatest variety of restaurants including; Chinese, Thai, Japanese steak houses, steak houses, diners, formal dining, gourmet dining, chinese buffets, German, sub shops, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Mexican, seafood or sushi restaurants. 
  We hope you’ll come visit Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach real soon.
  You can also find listings for Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach  restaurants, eateries, lounges and sports bars by searching the Holly Hill Directory, The South Daytona Beach Directory, The Ormond Beach Directory and The Port Orange Directory.

Sincerely,
 The My Daytona Beach Directory Staff

Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | November 24, 2009

Daytona Beach is the Perfect Wedding destination

The Daytona Beach area is the perfect destination for a wedding to remember! Couples who want a getaway filled with sun, surf, and romance will love the area’s many unique venues available for weddings and receptions. Chose from a lush garden hideaway, a romantic cruise down the Intracoastal Waterway, or at the former home of multi-millionaire John D. Rockefeller. NASCAR fans can choose to make the Daytona International Speedway the backdrop for their memorable day.

Visit MyDaytona Directory for the areas best wedding professionals.

Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | November 24, 2009

Daytona’s Finest Hotels on the World’s Most Famous Beach

The City of Daytona Beach alone hosts over 130 hotels.  From mom and pop motels to some of the world’s most luxurious spas and resorts.  Daytona Beach Hotels are the place to stay for a memorable vacation.  Check out My Daytona Directory to learn more about Daytona’s Hotels, motels and spas, conference centers.

Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | November 24, 2009

The Best Venues for a Summer Wedding in the Greater Daytona Beach Area

You Won’t Regret Picking One of These Wonderful Sites!

Daytona Beach and the surrounding areas are some of the most beautiful places to get married, especially in the summertime. Summers in Daytona Beach are often hot, so it’s best to plan accordingly. Finding the perfect spot is not always easy.  You’ll want to find a beautiful place with a nice breeze and have a backup plan in case of rain. Usually, however, the rain doesn’t come until the middle of the day in the summertime, so morning weddings are ideal, especially sunrise weddings on the beach or on the Halifax River. The following information includes the author’s top five choices along with some runners-up.

The best place the author can recommend is the incredibly beautiful Lighthouse Point Park in Ponce Inlet, just south of Daytona. The parking lot faces a quant “side beach” with beautiful white powdery sand and a view that is breathtaking. This little beach is connected to a boardwalk, that attaches to the jetty, one of the most picturesque   places in Florida. The little beach faces an inlet separating Ponce Inlet from New Smyrna. There are always beautiful boats and when you turn around there is a lovely view of the lighthouse. The ambience in this area is unforgettable. There are also covered areas in case of rain and the restroom facilities are always clean. There is a charge of $3.50 per car to get in unless you have an annual beach park pass. If your wedding is small, you will not need a permit, but if you plan on hosting more than 50 guests you may need one. The Beach Services personnel will be happy to assist you. Contact Tammy Andrasco at (386) 239-6414, extension 21 or (386) 329-7873.
Bonnie Stanford

Daytona Beach Wedding Directory

Posted by: mydaytonadirectory | November 24, 2009

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