While at Siesta Key, I saw a lot of Information About Saint Armand’s Circle. We decided to drive to St. Armand and check the place out.  St. Armand is an island in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast. To get to the island, we had to drive across a bridge connecting Sarasota to Bird Key. This is a beautiful drive. We then crossed another bridge which took us to St. Armand’s Key. The road takes you straight to St. Armand’s Circle.

One of the first things we learned was the circle has two names. John Ringling who owned St. Armand Key, planned the layout of the town. In the center of the business district he placed a circle named after his friend President Warren G Harding.

We found the Circle is surrounded by upscale stores and Restaurants. My wife loved the stores and shops. I enjoyed the art and food. St. Armand’s reminded me of places in California. I have not seen anything like this on the east coast. As far as the clothing store went, I did like The Black Dog. My wife on the other hand seemed to enjoy all of them.

After shopping we decided to have lunch at Cha Cha Coconuts. The Circle has lots of places to eat, but the combination of the name and the menu pulled us to Cha Cha’s.

Besides having over one hundred shops, stores and restaurants, we found another side to St. Armand. By continuing on John Ringling Blvd. through the circle, we arrived at Lido Key.

Lido Key has resorts and beaches. We drove to the three beaches on Lido, which are Lido Beach, North Lido Beach and you guessed it South Lido Beach. In summary the Information About Saint Armand’s Circle is that it is  a place where you have upscale shopping to swim trunks on a beach in less than a mile of each other.