What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chicken With Peppers and Onions
Black Beans and Rice
$5.59.....At Gold Ring Sandwich Shop, 2510 N Tampa St, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Neighborhood Tree Watch Program

This is a segment from the July, 2011 episode of the program "Spotlight Tampa"
on City of Tampa Television.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa
Tampa Bay Homeless
"Whatever you do for the least among you, you do for me.".....Jesus Christ

On A Wet Clump Of Mangroves & Sandbars In Tampa Bay

Next to E.G. Simmons Park at the end of 19th Av. in Ruskin, developers want to change the zoning to get 5 times more housing than their current zoning allows, to go from 1 house per 5 acres
to 1 house per 1 acre on 170 acres.

Of the site’s 170 acres, only 29 are uplands while 141 acres are wetlands — mostly underwater!

You have to see the aerial photos to appreciate the insanity of adding residential housing density to these submerged lands and mangroves growing knee-deep in Tampa Bay.
See more photos, maps and details here.

Attend the hearings:
July 25, 6:00 p.m: PRELIMINARY Zoning Hearing
Sept. 13, 9:00 a.m: FINAL County Commission Hearing
County Center, 2nd floor, 601 E. Kennedy, TAMPA

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa

Tampa Bay Homeless

Cuban Blogger: Dimas Castellanos

Repeating the words of Jose Marti:
"May all who want the nation to prosper help to establish things in the country so that every man may work in an active job that contributes to his personal independence."
Visit Dimas Here

Columbia Cuban Sandwich

Interview with 4th generation family member Richard Gonzmart of the Columbia, Florida's Oldest Restaurant, about the ingredients, and what makes the Tampa Cuban Sandwich different from a Miami Cuban Sandwich.

Gabrielle Perham In The News

Gaby For Mayor
The SOG City Oracle is pleased to endorse the candidacy of Gabrielle Perham for Honorary Mayor of Riverview, Florida. After reading (that) excerpt from her bio, I think this young lady might be a viable candidate for Mayor of Tampa sometime in the future. I am not suggesting "honorary" here. I am impressed!

Also At Saint Petersblog, Recreating Tampa, The Spencerian, Battleground Tampa Bay
Gaby For Mayor

Tampa Locavore

Stogie's Top Ten Locals
Clean - Good Price - Great Food
1. El Paraiso Cafe - 4112 East 7th Avenue, Tampa
2. Nicko's Fine Foods - 4603 North Florida Avenue, Tampa
3. Martha's Place - 5202 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa
4. Las Margaritas - 4031 West Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa
5. Big John's Alabama BBQ - 5707 North 40th Street, Tampa
6. Three Coins Diner - 7410 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa
7. Yummy House - 2202 W Waters Ave, Tampa
8. Pop 'N Sons - 4812 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa
9. La Teresita Restaurant - 3248 West Columbus Drive, Tampa
10. CDB Italian Restaurant - 5104 East Fowler Avenue, Temple Terrace
For More Visit Tampa Locavore
Eat Local!

High Hopes in High Heels

High Hopes in High Heels meets regularly to discuss the mission, needs and volunteer opportunities for various, local nonprofit organizations or worthy causes. Each project brings us a new opportunity to offer service and support to a group in need as well as network amongst other professional women.
info

Tampa's Trinity Cafe

The mission of Trinity Cafe is to restore a sense of dignity to the homeless and hungry while serving a nutritious meal. We faithfully treat all of God's children with acceptance, compassion, love and respect.

here

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Homeless Living In Tampa
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6th Annual WMNF Americana Fest

A showcase of Florida’s best young Americana bands.
Saturday Jul 9 4:00PM
Skipper's Smokehouse
info

Go HART

A Nice Clean Ride For Everyone
One of the few things Hillsborough County can be proud of.
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit

Wet In Tampa

Homeless Living

Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Smothered Pork Chops
With Mashed potatoes, Greens and a Pepsi.
$7.49.....At Martha's Place, 5202 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Welcome Home! - Sleepy Vikings

Saturday at 9:00pm - Sunday at 1:00am
New World Brewery
1313 8th Ave. Ybor City
info

A Progressive’s Library

Dave of r/ct has a new blog, he will be posting a book a day.
here

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Homeless Living In Tampa

Tampa Bay Homeless

Fuck Casey Anthony

A page on Facebook as of this posting has over 600,000 likes.
here

Homeless Vendor

Lady selling cheap stuff to the homeless in Downtown Tampa.

Gaby For Mayor

A Product Of Tampa Bay

I'm running for Honorary Mayor of Riverview! To cast your vote for me, please send me a donation to my charity of choice, the new Boys & Girls Club of Riverview. $1=1 vote. And stay tuned for details on events that will be fun ways to show your support!
info
813.704.0460
gabrielleperham.com

Cool Ride

Downtown Tampa

Primitive Florida

Grow Your Own Food
Cuban tamales with pork, roasted peppers and 2 slices of avocado.
All homemade and homegrown.

For help visit Home Farming.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa
Tampa Bay Homeless

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations in Cuba

Airs @ 9 E/P On July 11.

Stogie's Socialist Tent City Plans

Tent space $10.00 a week. HART bus stop. Power. Clean water, showers. Healthmobile visits,
Day Care, In-House 24 Hour Security, Internet, Food available from the collective for labor,
(Pork, Poultry, Dairy Products, Assorted Fruits and Vegetables).
Join Waiting List Here
Back on October 13, 2009 Hillsborough County commissioners Al Higginbotham, Mark Sharpe, Ken Hagan and Kevin White pressured by residents of East Lake Park rejected plans for a tent city in the eastern part of the county. "Hillsborough Cares" would have been modeled after Pinellas Hope,
a Catholic Charities-sponsored tent city near Pinellas Park......here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Sausage & Peppers
$8.00......At Jo-Jo's, 7041 State Rd. 52 in Bayonet Point.
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

HART Routes

Route #2 Nebraska Ave
Downtown To Suitcase City
info

Rick Scott's Florida

They were kicked out of their home. They now live on US 19 at Hwy. 52 in Bayonet Point.
Tampa Bay Homeless

Florida Child Killer Gets Off

Once again our Justice System fails us. Everyone knows she is guilty. But the prosecution never proved it.
Is this the best the State of Florida has? Great job by the jury.
In Memory Of Caylee Anthony

5th Annual Ybor Aficionado Days

Ybor Aficionado Days 17 restaurants in 3 hours.
Carlos Eats documented each restaurant visit and will be positing each review individually.
Here is one and two.
Stop 1: The Dog’s Bollocks Pub - Stop 2: Bernini

United States Of America

Happy Birthday!
A little battered, but still hanging.

Remember when fireworks were illegal in Florida? Probably not. I used to buy fire crackers under the table at the corner store in Ybor City for a quarter ( 5 bottles, the time before plastic.) a pack.

Florida Socialist Donor State

The new budgets cuts over $1.7 Billion in education, and gives $1.6 billion of that
to the rich in the form of tax breaks.......more
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Cut nearly $1.5 billion in corporate income taxes which would involve cutting the corporate income tax rate from 5.5 percent to 3 percent and phasing it out by 2018........more
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Cut billions in spending and billions in corporate taxes at the same time. The spending cuts hit pretty much every vulnerable aspect of society, including public schools, Medicaid
and every cent of funding aiding the homeless........more

They are stealing our money, doesn't anyone care? Too busy at the circus?
Sign courtesy of the Tampa Tea Party.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa

Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Palomilla Steak
With Red Beans and Rice
$4.99
Where Tampa's Poor Folks Eat
Huracan, Corner of Sligh and Central in Tampa.
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Primitive Florida

Homeless Shelter
Find a place nobody wants. Move around only in the dark, stay very quiet, put out a few rat traps and you might have yourself a home.

Welcome To Rick Scott's Florida.

Finding Tampa's One-Year Anniversary

This week marks the one-year anniversary of Finding Tampa.
here
Happy Anniversary!