Thursday, March 5, 2009

Project 3.0 In Ybor City

A hundred years ago, it served as a horse stable for Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Most recently, it housed a micro-brewery. Today, the 103-year-old building in Ybor City is reinventing itself again, this time as a model for sustainable development..........more

Friends Of Stogie

At Chubby's

PoHo: Is Rush Limbaugh the New Face of the Republican Party?

Kate In Her Hot Mama Jeans

Creative Loafing has a new website and I’m one of their contributing writers. They invited me to their launch party and I thought it’d be fun. That’s what I get for thinking. I put on my hot mama jeans, did my hair, and even applied some goddamn makeup. One of my favorite Republicans, Jim Johnson, said he’d meet me there so I stuck the boys with my mom for the evening and took off for South Tampa..........more

Cigars, Casitas and Children's Books

We took a trip to Ybor City, once the cigar capital of the world,where Cubans, Spaniards and Italians lived and worked........more

The Travel Slut's Gasparilla Photostream

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Tampa

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Florida-Seasoned Craig Fugate

President Obama intends to nominate the head of Florida's emergency management office to lead FEMA, a post that came under national scrutiny in 2005 over what many said was the inept response to the damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina.......more

Tedd Webb: Obama And The Communist Party

The "changes" Barack has instituted are not new, they are the platform of the Communist Party USA, seriously. In 6 weeks Obama has managed to get this country on a collision course with Capitalism.............more

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Florida's Proposed Breeder Police Legislation

My great state has offered up twin bills, SB 2002 and HB 1249, to promote healthy dog breeding practices through warrantless home searches and a maze of often dubiously helpful restrictions for anyone housing ten or more dogs...........more

Friends Of Stogie

At The Tally Ho

Paving Paradise

Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nude Nite in Tampa

We got our hands stamped at the door. Fantastic. That ink never comes off with one washing. Now I have to go to work tomorrow with "NUDE NITE" on the back of my hand...........more

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Zoom

Join Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo for the fourth annual ZOO Zoom, a 5K run that winds through the Zoo and along the scenic Hillsborough River..........here

Latreasa Goodman Of Fort Pierce, Florida

Last Saturday called police to complain that a cashier–citing a McDonald’s all sales are final policy–would not give her a refund..........more

The Cracking Reservoir

I guess the great job HDR did on designing the Cracking Reservoir and the 6-Lane Cluster Study of Lithia Pinecrest warrants another contract to the tune of over 1.5 million dollars to the firm for another PD and E study, this time for Van Dyke Road..........more

Monday, March 2, 2009

Friends Of Stogie

At The LA Hangout

Libre Air: Castor Seeks Flights To Cuba For TIA


Tampa International Airport could become the fourth U.S. airport to serve U.S.-Cuba charter flights under a request by U.S. Rep Kathy Castor, D-Tampa........more

RuPaul Coming To Ybor City

The daring diva comes to L'Olivier Restaurant & Cabaret in Ybor City this weekend to promote his show, along with the release of his new album, Champion...........here

Hanging Dog

Ballast Point Park

Ybor City's Ferlita Macaroni Factory To Be Demolished

Less than six months after a wrecking crew tore through the 1913 Gary school, another historic building is on track to meet the same fate...........more

L'Olivier: Kicking up its heels in Ybor City

L'Olivier is the newest distraction in historic Ybor City. Is that like Oliver!, the 1968 musical? Or "Cousin Oliver" from The Brady Bunch? We sent Wingman correspondent Wade Tatangelo to find out. Here's his official report...........here

West Central Florida Beekeeper's Co-op

Eden's Nectar
Is the brand of honey that is always sold in the region where it is extracted from the hive. How do we do this? By representing your local beekeeper's and marketing their product direct to you..........more

Friends Of Stogie

At The Tally Ho

Circulo Cubano de Tampa - Ybor City

On October 10, 1899, Cuban immigrants formed a recreational society known as El Club Nacional Cubano. Three years later, the society of three hundred members changed its name to El Círculo Cubano...........more

Destination: Spring Break in Ybor City

Looking for rich Spanish cuisine or some of the best nightclubs in the state? It is all less then two hours away in the colorful city of Ybor in Tampa.........more

Everglades Bike Ride Set for April 4

In support of the proposed RIVER OF GRASS GREENWAY BY THE NAPLES PATHWAYS COALITION. A unique opportunity that combines cycling, nature, history and culture.......here

10 Worst Cities For Commuters: Tampa Number 6

Tampa commuters are victims of urban sprawl. As late as 2005, 25% of area properties were classified as investment properties; this rate was almost double the national average..........more

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Guerrilla - The Taking of Patty Hearst

Wednesday, March 4, 8:00pm
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

TAMPA MARATHON ON BAYSHORE

With an approaching rainstorm, the runners are on their way down Beautiful Bayshore Blvd in Tampa Florida. The temperatures were cool, but the spirits were high as thousands made their way to Macdill Air force Base for the turnaround point..........more

Alina Meador Of Brandon Captures Tampa Bay Area Spelling Bee

Fifteen of the area's pre-eminent middle schoolers gathered at Saturday's spelling bee at Admiral Farragut Academy to compete in the art of reciting letters from memory...........more