I'm a Southern California girl who fell for a Florida boy. After a long-distance relationship with my now-husband Mike, I packed up my life with my 2 sons and moved to Sarasota, a city where I knew absolutely no one. I started @tanyainsarasota to document the process of getting to know, and hopefully falling in love with, my new hometown, one restaurant at a time. Four years later, that little Instagram account has grown into a following of thousands, my own guide to the best food & finds in town, and the Tanya in Sarasota Podcast. I'm also now on YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook. Turns out, being the new girl in town was one of the best things that ever happened to me.