Carolina Pena And Isidro Rosario

In the pediatric intensive care unit at Tampa General Hospital,
a badly beaten toddler improved from critical to serious condition.......here

Shark In Pickup Truck

The man who caught the shark seen in the back of a pickup truck this weekend has come forward. He's Josh Lipert of St. Petersburg, and he caught the shark off the St. Pete Pier around 2 o'clock Saturday morning........here

Christopher Lloyd Q&A Tampa

Tampa Theater's Sunset Cinema
Showed Back to the Future in Sulfur Springs. Christopher Lloyd happened to be in town and came after the film to do a Q&A.

The Cigar Maker

Mark Carlos McGinty
The Cigar Maker is the story of a Cuban rebel who battles labor strife and vigilante violence in the Cigar Capital of the World, Tampa's Ybor City in the early 1900s. Based on true events and his family's history, McGinty's second novel celebrates family and culture in a city made famous by hand-rolled cigars and their connection to organized crime, violence and racism.

here

Ben Hedblom's Shoes

Were new when he started freshman year at Land O'Lakes High School. He's now a senior, and he's worn those same now-tattered sneakers for the past four years as part of a bet......here

The Cigar Trade In Ybor City

This woman began wrapping tobacco leaves into cigars when she was 16. In her prime, she could produce 400 hand-rolled cigars a day.
here

Bill McCollum And The Gay Baptist Homophobe

Lies, lies, lies. So many lies that the mind reels and the stomach lurches, trying to keep up. The lies that have been told by Christian extremists in Florida to preserve the state’s archaic and cruel law prohibiting gay adoption should shame anyone who still supports it.......here

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Palomilla Steak
With Real Fried Rice (Not New York Style) And Platanos
$7.99.....At Arco Iris, On Columbus Dr. In West Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!

Blobs Of Tar Washed Up On Alabama's White Sand Beaches

It could be at least a day before BP can make another attempt at putting a lid on a well spewing thousands of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.
here

Drill Baby, Drill

Ms. Jackie Gets A Little Older

At The Firehouse In Temple Terrace

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Friends Of Stogie

Laura At My Place In Tampa

Ybor Art Studio

Ybor Art Studio, an Arts & Events Studio open to all types of artists. From artists, ceramics to belly dancing. You name it, they have it there.

Hicks Road

Hudson

Welcome To Tampa

Expect Delays

Cat Depot In Sarasota

Cat Sanctuary
(No-Kill)
here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Assorted Chinese
$5.00.....At Top's China Buffet, 1528 West Brandon Boulevard, Brandon

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!

Florida GOP Selling Charlie On E-Bay

Original Charlie Crist Oil Painting
Current bid: US $1,200.69

DOT Road Art?

Spring Hill

Homeland Security & VIPER Checkpoints In Tampa Bay

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Greek Salad
$5.99.......Garden Gyros, 3025 E Busch Blvd, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!

Lady With Red Umbrella

In Tampa

Tampa Community Forum

Make Democracy Work For The Rest Of Us!
MoveOn members are meeting up at a community forum in Tampa Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at 6:00 PM to talk about how our democracy is being overrun by lobbyists and big corporations—
and what we can do about it.
Temple Terrace Library, near Busch and 56th
Sign Up

Tampa Is Crawling With Trekkies

In an announcement that will turn Tampa, into a place of dread and infamy for some, a whirlpool of horror for some — and a much-desired destination for others — this weekend’s Vulcan Events Convention in Tampa, will attempt to se a world record for largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek Character in one place.........here

Life In Occupied Palestine

Free: Wednesday, May 5th, 8:30pm
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

Almost Every Corner

MLK And Florida Ave In Tampa

Drill, Baby, Drill

Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Grows, With Little Success Stopping Flow

here

Playing Dominos

In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Baked Fish
With Rice And All You Can Eat Salad And Soup, Bloody Mary Extra.

$6.99........At Niko's Place, 6818 US 19 In New Port Richey

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Church Ladies

In Tampa

Steve Of Cars & Concepts

In Tampa

Not A Bum Or Drunk

MLK And Dale Mabry In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Meat Loaf
Rice And Peas With Soup (Not Shown)
$6.99......At The Country Skillet, 2839 Roosevelt Boulevard, Clearwater
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!

Ybor Men's Tradition Of Cigars, Cocktails, Games Might Fold

On the second floor of the historic Centro Asturiano building, beyond crystal chandeliers and oil paintings, a last stronghold for Latin and Italian men fights off extinction.......here

MC Film Fest

here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Fried Shrimp
$6.99........My Place, 4944 East Busch Boulevard, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!

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Kick-Ass
Is a 2010 action-comedy superhero film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The film was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-produced the film with actor Brad Pitt, and co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman.

Puerto Rico Parade In Tampa

Live Simulcast With Afghan Youth

Be part of a live Skype broadcast with the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers.

8:30-10:00pm at Misseo Dei, 2750 5th Ave N. St. Petersburg

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