Free Film: Wednesday, May 12th, 8:30pmCafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The Yes Men Fix the World
Free Film: Wednesday, May 12th, 8:30pmCafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Picadillo Yellow Rice And Plátanos
$5.99......At Latin Cafe, W. Cypress Street, In Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
130 Cameras In Tampa Bay
Victor Prout and Nolan Browne Monitor video screens showing segments of roads in the bay area in the Florida Department of Transportation Traffic Management Center. The center watches 140 miles of Tampa Bay
area roads via 130 cameras.........here
Monday, May 10, 2010
4 Million Gallons And Growing, In The Gulf Of Mexico
I've been sick to my stomach over this for weeks now. What on earth have we done to ourselves? It's the economic recession all over again, except with oil instead of money as the object of greed, while wildlife, natural habitat, and indeed ultimately the economic livelihood of those who make their living either in the Gulf waters or on it's beaches will suffer mightily......The Spencerian Drill Baby, Drill
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
Sunday, May 9, 2010
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 McGintyThe 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.
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 SteakWith 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
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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.
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!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
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!
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, 8:30pmCafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Baked FishWith 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!
Friday, April 30, 2010
What Stogie Had For Dinner
Meat LoafRice 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!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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
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!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Stogie Recommends
Kick-AssIs 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.
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
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Real Tacos$3.00.......At Taco Son, North 56th Street, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Ybor City: The History of Cigars in America
There are many places in the world that are seemingly built for cigars, places with factories and roads paved of tobacco, places where leaves blossom freely and cigars are always lit. One of these places is Ybor City.......here
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