Umm… don’t. =)

Seriously, though…
I grew up there. It’s a cool old-Florida kinda town. (I think cohesive is talking about Lake Mirror.) If anyone talks of “The Lake,” they’re referring to Lake Hollingsworth and prolly about doing something on the 3-mile perimeter trail.

There’s usually lots going on as far as music and arts and it all depends on your tastes. Downtown, off Kentucky is a great Irish pub (Molly McHugh’s) and around the corner off Main is Lillian’s… they have a pretty regular band schedule.

One good thing about it is that you’re almost halfway between Orlando and Tampa, so your choices are practically limitless.

If you like thunderstorms, Lakeland has some of the best (Polk County is the lightning capital of the world).

http://www.thelakelandwebsite.com/
http://www.lakeland.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeland,_Florida