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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Fried Shrimp
With Beef Fried Rice
$5.95.....At New China, 8900 North 56th Street In Temple Terrace
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2011 Be More Giving Award

Jamie Synn Of Tampa

I'm 27 years old and live in Tampa, Florida where I was born and raised. The thought of leaving the "Sunshine State" has never even crossed my mind.
Visit Her.....Here

Creative Loafing To Host Tampa Mayoral Debate

February 10, 2011
Ybor Square
1911 N. 13th St. In Ybor City
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First Night St. Pete

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Tampa Bay Bloggers

2010 Highlights

The feud between Tampa Bay's own Michael Hussey and The Godfather Kenneth Quinnell seems to be over, Hallelujah!

Tampa's fugitive monkey is running for mayor.

Local bloggers Litbrit, Madfloridian, Re/Creating Tampa, The Spencerian, Vox, Tiny Little Dots, Tampa Rail, Tommy in Seminole Heights, Deep Something, Bartlett Park,
Finding Tampa, The Campaign Manager, The Tampa Pirate, Tampa Taxi Shots continue to inform us all and we welcome our new member The SOG City Oracle.

Jim of The State of Sunshine we miss you.

And last but not least, Peter Schorsch of St. Petersblog makes us all proud!

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Breaded Pork Chops
With Black Beans And Rice
$4.99.......At The Gold Ring Cafe, Tampa St. And Columbus Dr. In Tampa
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Tampa's Nebraska Avenue

From Ybor City To The Hillsborough River
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Stogie Recommends

The Last Winter
Starring Ron Perlman, James LeGros, Kevin Corrigan, Larry Fessenden And Connie Britton.

Great Si-Fi

Tampa Bay's Couch Homeless

A new way of measuring has produced a broader, bleaker look at homelessness in Tampa Bay. In 2011, new rules will affect the local counts in each county, which previously failed to capture many of the so-called couch homeless.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd

A Case Of Excessive Ego In The First Degree
This just in! Stop the presses! Get me rewrite, baby! Grady Judd has just announced he had Cheerios for breakfast this morning! Grady Judd has also proclaimed he plans to have a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch and as for dinner, stand by — a press conference will be forthcoming.
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Valencia Garden Restaurant

The End Of A Tampa Institution.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Richard

He Is 70 Years Old. He Is From Ohio, But Now Lives On The Streets Of Tampa.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Gyro
With Fries
$3.99.......At The Gas Station, 50th Street And Busch Blvd.
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Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Tampa Community Focuses On Energy Efficiency

An affordable townhome community planned for Tampa is expected to be one of the first in the nation to achieve a top-tier rating for energy efficiency, reducing usage by more than 45 percent. The 57-home Westshore Landings One, expected to be complete in 2010, is a joint effort between TECO Energy’s Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas in cooperation with the Westshore Community Development Corp.
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Ivory Mandarin Bistro In Dunedin

Ivory Mandarin Bistro

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