Riding a bike on a cold day is never easy when you factor in wind chill. Today I dressed in a number of layers as I prepared myself for the 14.5 mile bike ride along the Upper Tampa By Trail...........more
Monday, March 9, 2009
Cruising the Upper Tampa Bay Trail
Riding a bike on a cold day is never easy when you factor in wind chill. Today I dressed in a number of layers as I prepared myself for the 14.5 mile bike ride along the Upper Tampa By Trail...........more
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Slavery Alive and Well in Florida
Immokalee is the tomato capital of the United States. Between December and May, as much as 90 percent of the fresh domestic tomatoes we eat come from south Florida, and Immokalee is home to one of the area’s largest communities of farmworkers........more
Clearwater's Ban Of Mural
The city of Clearwater may have backed itself into a legal corner in its efforts to regulate a painting of fish........more
Skyway Jack's - St Petersburg, Florida
This is the restaurant that Cracker Barrel aspires to be, a down-home country kitchen with kitsch and outstanding breakfast fare...........here
Tampa Heights Sanitarium
Dr. Hiram J. Hampton owned and operated the Tampa Heights Sanitarium in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, advertising his services........hereLocal lore oft repeats the story that the Hamptons' backs are turned deliberately to the city.
Let's Find 10,000 Floridians Who Support SunRail
As the state legislature considers the final approvals to start construction on SunRail, it's time to rally the troops.This is a grass-roots group consisting of Floridians who believe Central Florida needs to expand its transit offerings - starting with SunRail...........here
The South Florida Blog War
Random Pixels: Blinded By Hate I despise Fidel Castro and everything about his "revolution."Castro has enslaved and deprived an entire nation of hope, democracy and freedom for half a century. I despise all that he is, just as I despise all dictators. Imagine living in a country where every basic freedom is denied and the state decides at every turn what's good for you and what's not good..........more
El Goya Reunion In Ybor City
Club Czar in Ybor City returns to its roots for one night this week to celebrate Tampa's golden days of drag. The reunion event will star the same queens who performed there in the early 1980s when the bar, then called El Goya, was the only gay nightspot in Ybor...........more
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Strip Club King: The Story of Joe Redner
Loved...Admired...Hated!!! Charismatic to some and revolting to others. Joe Redner is most often associated with owning one of the most famous nude clubs in America...
3 Mile Sauce and Salsa In Ybor
While walking around the Ybor Saturday Market the other day, I ran across a booth selling one of my favorite things: hot sauces!.............more 3 Mile Sauce and Salsa
Florida's CSX Deal
Florida's CSX deal..from $491 million in 2006, to $650 million in 08, to 2.6 billion this year. And as this powerful editorial in The Ledger today points out....no one in the Republican legislature really pays much attention to it..........more
Tampa Man Wants His Cats Back
Peter Bordwell, whose 156 rabbits and four cats were confiscated for improper confinement six weeks ago, was in court Friday pleading for his kittens back..........here
Friday, March 6, 2009
Free Pizza In Downtown Tampa
Pizzaiolo Bavaro 514 N. Franklin St will offer free pizza tastings next Tuesday, noon to 2 p.m........here
Adam Hasner Is A Hate-Monger
Rep. Adam Hasner apparently opposes freedom of speech for Muslims. A group of Florida Muslims wants to go to the capitol during the session and lobby on behalf of education, healthcare and the economy...........here
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