Recently I’ve noticed the people conducting business in the medians of our local highways (collecting donations, selling newspapers, panhandling, preachin’) are wearing bright fluorescent safety vests. The sales have been going on for a while, but the vests seem to be a relatively new development. I wondered about these vests – when they [...]
While I continue to deny it to myself, it’s looking less and less likely that I will ever fulfill my childhood dreams of owning my own dinosaur or robot. But I can still buy a fire engine of my very own some day. There are people who have done exactly that and they’re in Tampa [...]
The photograph below is of the Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburger and it’s getting a lot of attention at this year’s Florida State Fair. The wacky burger has been all over the papers and TV. Even Tommy jumped on the bandwagon. What is not getting a lot of attention is the crew of people who [...]
Fads come and go (that’s why they’re called fads; latin for fade. No? Never mind) but excellence sustains. That’s why they can come up with newer and wackier ideas about what’s good to stick in a deep fryer, but they will never, ever supplant the standard bearer… the corn dog. It’s not known exactly who invented [...]
A rundown of opening day at the Florida State Fair.
For the second year in a row, the Tampa Bay Rays are looking to improve the team at the trade deadline, rather than have a fire sale. What should they do?
We spend a lot of our lives waiting for stuff. Usually, it’s a lot of aggravation for little reward. But sometimes, the wait is worth it. Thanks to our sponsors at (your business here), it is my intention to highlight something that qualifies as worth the wait in Tampa Bay each week… Back in [...]
We spend a lot of our lives waiting for stuff. Usually, it’s a lot of aggravation for little reward. But sometimes, the wait is worth it. Thanks to our sponsors at (hey, do you wanna sponsor this series?), it is my intention to highlight something that qualifies as worth the wait in Tampa Bay [...]
We spend a lot of our lives waiting for stuff. Usually, it’s a lot of aggravation for little reward. But sometimes, the wait is worth it. It is my intention to highlight something that qualifies as worth the wait in Tampa Bay each week… With water being such a defining characteristic of where we live, there [...]
