ARG! Once a year executives trade neck ties for eye patches, throw beads instead of business cards, and Tampa falls into the hands of pirates (and beer cans, port-o-potties, and plastic wrappers). It was Gasparilla time! For you non-Tampa natives, Gasparilla is a Tampa-made holiday where the city celebrates fictional Jose Gaspar, a pirate. Did…
Author: Pyra-Danny
I'm an 'EXPERIENCE-er'-- living for many and different experiences before I'm unable to do so. I'll sleep when I'm dead.
KITES INVADE TREASURE ISLAND
BAM! I turned at the noise to see a small teddy bear fall from the sky. A little girl laughed and placed the plush toy upright in the sand. Almost immediately, a giant green and black kite swooped down and picked the toy up by the hook around the bear’s neck. The teddy bear was…
REST IN PEACE
“You’ve got to live like you’re dying…” I want to pause and remember the passing of someone who I never really knew, whom I only met once, who lives across the world, yet has left an impact on me. Earlier on Saturday, my cousin Carlo Malazo passed away. Although our mothers are sisters, we only…
MANATEES LOVE TAMPA ELECTRIC
In my attempt to escape the northern air that was trying to take control of Florida, I came face-to-face with dozens of sumos playing in the water. I wasn’t in a Las Vegas buffet… or waiting in line for the monorail at Disney. I was watching the equivalent of me jumping into jacuzzi– except in the form…
