This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s downtown “bungalow neighborhoods.”

Click HERE to listen to Episode 366 of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1 FM, and don’t forget that our February print issue is out in the streets and you can read it online HERE.

TOP TEN HEADLINES

1. Michelin announced five new additions to its Florida guide, and most of them are omakase restaurants. #TrendAlert
2. Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil” is coming back for another season and this time they’re highlighting several Orlando restaurants.
3. Orlando City Soccer unveiled their new 2024-25 “Legacy Kit” featuring a nod to their uniform designs from the team’s early days. Poor Duncan McGuire had a no-good, rotten week, y’all.
4. One of our favorite local annual events, the Lunar New Year Dragon Parade is coming back on February 25, so mark your calendars.
5. Mid Drive Dive, a new concept by two East End Market alums, is expected to open in early March in the former home of Graffiti Junktion.
6. An SUV crashed into Warrior One Yoga last week and then drove off into the night.
7. Tickets are now on sale for our upcoming YogaHigh events at The Acre Orlando.
8. “People We Love 2024: Eleven people making Orlando a better place to be.” – Orlando Weekly
9. “‘Very heartbreaking’: Cleanup continues at Orlando homeless shelter after fire displaced over 200 residents.” – WESH 2
10. “Dr. Phillips Center 2024-25 Orlando Broadway season: Old faves, new hits, familiar names.” – Orlando Sentinel

ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• “To ban, or not to ban, that is the question. Debate over book bans continues at Orlando Library.” – 90.7 WMFE
• “Winter Park’s Leaf Blower Ban may wind up on 2025 ballot.” – The 32789
• “Cool Job Alert: Social media for Orlando Police.” – Bungalower
• “Firefighters still battling Sunday blaze in Orange County.” – Bungalower
• “Winter Park hosting 45th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, March 2.” – Bungalower
• “MLS to lock out referees. Orlando City could start season with replacement officials.” – Click Orlando
• “Officer arrests, pepper sprays 12-year-old at Orlando middle school.” – Click Orlando
• “Orlando man robs bank – just one day after being released from prison for the same crime.” – FOX 35
• “I went to Orlando for Pride and found a city worth the visit.” – The Globe and Mail
• “Lin-Manuel Miranda added to lineup of MadSoul Festival happening at Orlando’s Loch Haven Park in March.” – Orlando Weekly
• “Mayor Phil Anderson delivers state of the city address.” – Winter Park Voice
• “Orlando real estate data shows a spike in the housing market.” – WFTV 9

• “House of the Day: 4/3 Dr. Phillips pool home asking $969,000.”
• “House of the Day: 3/2 Midcentury home asking $655,500.”

HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Monday 2/19: 2024 Oscar Live Action Shorts (Maitland)
• Monday 2/19: Bianca Del Rio – Dead Inside Comedy Tour (Out of Bounds)
• Monday 2/19: Ricky Montgomery (Milk District)
• Tuesday 2/20: WPRK Giving Day 2024 (Winter Park)
• Wednesday 2/21: “Napoleon Dynamite” Live (Milk District)
• Thursday /22: Magic, Myths, and Music at The History Center (Downtown)

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