Books by Dan Santoro

So many iconic Fort Lauderdale restaurants have come and gone. From steakhouses to floating eateries and a doughnut shop that catered to a strictly adult audience, these dining destinations served up everything from gourmet seafood to post-beach chill foo

Once upon a time there was asleepy oceanside town in SouthFlorida that came to life for onlytwo weeks every springtime. Thena midwestern English professorwrote a cheeky novel based on hisobservations of college guys andgirls on Spring Break 1959 as theychased each other across the surfand sand in search of that perfectsomeone.When the novel Where the Boys Arewas released in early 1960 and themovie version debuted at the endof that year, it put Fort Lauderdaleon the lips and to-do lists of millionsof North American collegestudents and other fun-seekers formuch of the next three decades.The city dubbed "The Venice ofAmerica" welcomed everyone andthe party still hasn't stopped!

Once upon a time there was asleepy oceanside town in SouthFlorida that came to life for onlytwo weeks every springtime. Thena midwestern English professorwrote a cheeky novel based on hisobservations of college guys andgirls on Spring Break 1959 as theychased each other across the surfand sand in search of that perfectsomeone.When the novel Where the Boys Arewas released in early 1960 and themovie version debuted at the endof that year, it put Fort Lauderdaleon the lips and to-do lists of millionsof North American collegestudents and other fun-seekers formuch of the next three decades.The city dubbed "The Venice ofAmerica" welcomed everyone andthe party still hasn't stopped!