The festival’s main events are being held March 26-28 in three different venues. Teatro on Seventh is hosting The Rum Tasting Dinner Thursday night. The following day, festival goers can dress down at Gaspar’s Grotto for Rum on the Bar B (Q). The festival wraps up Saturday night with the Main Event being held at the Ritz Ybor............more
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The International Rum Festival In Ybor City
The festival’s main events are being held March 26-28 in three different venues. Teatro on Seventh is hosting The Rum Tasting Dinner Thursday night. The following day, festival goers can dress down at Gaspar’s Grotto for Rum on the Bar B (Q). The festival wraps up Saturday night with the Main Event being held at the Ritz Ybor............more
Tampa Stair Climbers
More than 700 climbed 42 floors in the Bank of America building in Tampa on Saturday to raise money for the American Lung Association..........more
Florida Water Worries: Serious Shortages For Tampa Bay
The reservoir's level is so low we are unable to provide water, consistently, to the water treatment plant and we are unable to pull water from the Alafia River or the Tampa Bypass Canal............more
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Best Of Tedd Webb
What is a liberal? A liberal is a person so open minded, their brains fall out of their heads.........Tedd Webb The Stogie Has Obamicon Tampa Bay's Favorite Right Winger,
I Hope He Dosn't Get Mad.
Angela Rouson for City Council
Late word from the City Clerk's office says that Angela Rouson, pictured here with her husband state representative Darryl Rouson, has picked up candidate paperwork to run for the District 5 seat on the St. Petersburg City Council........here
The Year Of The Developer In Florida
This is a year for developers and their high-paid legal lackeys to make end-runs on state and local environmental regulations, all in the name of re-starting our economy by letting development and growth run rampant — which is pretty much what tanked Florida’s economy in the first place...........more
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce With Rice$5.95...........At Good Eats 40th Street And Busch Blvd. In Tampa
The Charlie Miranda Shower
"We've been spoiled in America," opined council member Charlie Miranda, famous (or infamous) for his contention that you can shower as effectively in four minutes as in 15. The Miranda Shower goes like this: water on, get wet, water off, suds up, water on. Rinse and do not repeat..........moreStogie Can Do It In 7 Minutes
Tampa Theatre's Free Sunset Cinema
Tonight, they’ll be showing “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” (clearly the best in the Indiana Jones series) at River Tower Park, 401 E. Bird Street in Seminole Heights. An inflatable, 50-foot-wide screen and powerful sound system provide excellent visual and sound effects..........here
Businessman Hakim Aquil Of Tampa
Has been selling his wares at Columbus Drive and North Boulevard in Tampa for 25 years. But new vendor rules are forcing him to shut down..........here
Tampa Is Great, Wish You Were Here
This sign makes me laugh every time I drive by, so I finally stopped to take a photo. I swear, I only went in to talk about baseball..........here
Friday, March 20, 2009
Criststimulus
Barack Obama’s most ardent Republican supporter, Florida’s Charlie Crist, finally released a website detailing where federal stimulus funds will go...........here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Palomilla SteakWith Red Beans And Rice
$5.85 At El Paraiso Cafe On 7th Ave In East Tampa
Fires North of Tampa Bay
Two fires are blazing in northwestern Florida, in the upper lefthand quadrant of this image. This western part of the Florida Peninsula has been experiencing long term drough conditions...........here
Temple Terrace, Florida
Revenue Stream 56th St. And Fowler Ave
South Bound Traffic Turning Right, Beware
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