Ashley James Realtor

09/02/2026

04/11/2023

Venice Beach has been nominated in the USA Today 2023 10Best Readers' Choice travel awards! An expert panel selected Venice Beach, Fla., as one of 20 contenders nationwide for Best Free Attraction. The contest gives voters four weeks to vote for the candidate of their choice at https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-free-attraction-2023/

You can vote once a day for the run of the contest. Voting ends Monday, May 8 and the winners will be announced on Friday, May 19. VOTE FOR VENICE HERE: https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-free-attraction-2023/venice-beach-venice-florida/ 💙

📷: Don Hubbard

01/27/2023

Congratulations to Sarasota County Schools for supporting 34 schools to become FLPBIS Model Schools in 2021-2022!
Booker Middle School
Heron Creek Middle School
Lamarque Elementary PTO
Triad School
Englewood Elementary
Gulf Gate Elementary
Atwater Elementary
Ashton Elementary
Brentwood Elementary School

Cranberry Elementary
Garden Elementary

Northport High School
Oak Park School

Tatum Ridge Elementary
Taylor Ranch Elementary
Toledo Blade Elementary School
Woodland Middle School
Riverview High School (Sarasota, Florida)
Venice Elementary School
Venice Middle School

Gocio Elementary School

01/02/2023

12/31/2022

WE'RE #1! There are plenty of reasons to call Florida home — but when it comes to the best place to live in the Sunshine State, Tampa has just been named #1 by Forbes 😎 Check out the full list here: bit.ly/3hWS0C9

12/30/2022

Star gazing alert!! Every planet in our solar system will be visible in the sky for the next few nights! ✨ 🪐

Here's how to get the best view: https://bit.ly/3VtRxFc

12/07/2022

Lights in Bloom - Selby Gardens - Sarasota, FL 🎄💐🎅🏻🧑🏻‍🎄✨

Photo by: Dylan Jon Wade Cox

“December 10, 2022 – January 5, 2023
(select nights)

6:30 to 9 p.m.
Early Entry Begins at 5:30 p.m

Lights in Bloom® features more than two million lights illuminating the gardens and walkways. Don’t miss a holiday photo opportunity, activities, and entertainment. Food is available for purchase from the Michael’s on East grill, including a cash bar.”

- Maybe, I’ll see you there for Lights in Bloom this year for 2022. It’s one of my favorite things to photograph!

This is one of my pictures that is currently one of the main ads for Selby. I’m excited to do some updated options.

Drone photo from 2020

I’ll post ticket pricing information in the comments.